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Author Archives: B.J.
OMAgerd, a Cyclone!
So…about that Sunday departure… We’re still in Sydney. We’re likely to BE in Sydney for several more days. Last Friday we headed of to Costco to do a provisioning run for the passage. First, we got up early and dropped both sails. We replaced the jib halyard, and inspected the Read On..
Back in the Saddle Again…Almost!
We’ve been back in Australia for almost a month, and I’ve yet to update you all on…anything. My bad, but we’ve been so busy. We’re finally getting ready to leave Australia, after almost two and a half years. We’d only planned to be here a year, then reality intruded. The Read On..
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The New Zealand Honeymoon of Necessity
The original plan for our 25th anniversary was quite simple; I bought a pair of tickets to see Book of Mormon at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney and started looking for a nice place to go to dinner. Danielle would tough it out alone on the boat while we spent Read On..
Posted in Albatross, Customs & Immigration, New Zealand, Penguins, South Island
Tagged Christchurch, New Zealand, Oamaru, South Island
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The Long Goodbye
Some of you may have noticed that I’ve not posted in a while. The reason is simple – we’ve been off the boat since June and traveling. In the last two months we’ve left Australia temporarily and have been to the U.K., France, and a now the United States. Evenstar Read On..
Posted in Family, Milestones
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Our New Home…
Well, for the blog, anyway. After way too much difficulty over a lost tilde, I finally got all the files and databases moved over to pull the entire blog and all its history to a new hosting company. So GatorHosting.Com, here we are. Please stay up. If you’re curious about Read On..
Posted in Housekeeping
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Movin’ On Up
Sail Evenstar will be moving in the next week or so to a new host. So it may go offline or look weird. Probably it will look weird, since I’m bound to screw something up. So please be patient…thanks!
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The Hatch Horrors
Water, Water Everywhere Several of our Lewmar Ocean Hatches have been a problem for some time now. Way back in 2011 as part of my preparations for cruising we replaced our crazed and cracked hatch lenses with new, shaded ones. Presumably new seals were installed, but we didn’t address any Read On..
Passage to the Marquesas – a Flashback for the Archives
This was originally run on Sailing Anarchy as a front page story in June 2, 2014, right after we completed this passage. I thought I’d cross-posted it to the blog for posterity, but it turns out I did not. So I’m going to post it here in it’s entirety in Read On..
Posted in French Polynesia, Marquesas, Nuka Hiva, passages
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Adventures in Woodworking and Soldering
Straight off, I have to disclose that the title of this post isn’t strictly accurate. I don’t really do “woodworking.” It’s more like “woodabusing,” in which I end up forcing, splitting, cutting, re-cutting and usually abandoning what seemed like such a good idea at the time. So I may buy Read On..
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Measure Twice, Cut…How Many times?
“No Battle Plan Survives Contact With the Enemy” – Helmuth von Moltke If you haven’t figured it out from my posts to date, the initial battery installation didn’t go as smoothly as planned. There were some speed bumps. A few dips in the road. A couple of potholes. A long, Read On..
