Monthly Archives: April 2008

Look Ma! No Rudder!

One must take some amusement as this ghastly cutlass bearing project careens out of control. If nothing else, you can REALLY see where the Swedes build a really big, tough boat. This is a picture of where the rudder used to be. No, that’s not the rudder – it’s just Read On..

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It Never Ends…

The little joys of boat ownership are without number. I really DO love boats and owning them, but every now and then something happens that makes you shake your head and wonder just what we are thinking. This time it is Swedish engineering. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the Read On..

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Summer’s Over, Get Back to Work!!

Maybe I need to revise my definitions, otherwise with the early morning haul out of Evenstar today we just concluded the shortest summer in recent memory. This is actually a rather short stay on land while the marina paints the bottom and replaces the cutlass bearing. I bet you don’t Read On..

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Raw Water & Parts Fiascos

A small problem noted in a survey a while back has become a large problem through sheer stupidity and ignorance on my part. It was noted when we bought Evenstar that the “Raw Water Pump” was leaking and needed placement or repair. This is something with a lesser capacity for Read On..

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It’s Officially Summer!

Well, not in the formal sense. But it’s always been my opinion that it’s summer “as long as the boat’s in the water.” Since we wet stored this year I had to amend that a bit to mean “as long as the boat is uncovered.” Well, the shrink wrap came Read On..

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