Category Archives: hard to find parts

Firmly Etched in Wet Sand…

By B.J. | Published June 8, 2019

…below the high water mark. That’s how I generally describe our plans and how we make them. But sometimes it’s nice to actually KNOW what you will be doing, and it is also required to know when you are applying for things like visas and permits. The Original Plan. Sort Read On..

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Catching Up in New Zealand

By B.J. | Published May 28, 2016

First, my profuse apologies for not updating this more.  I’ve been writing, but writing fiction, not blogging. That’s been taking a lot of my time. The good news is I’ve written something like 130,000 words since last July. But very few of those words ended up in this blog. Whether Read On..

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For Want of a Hose…

By B.J. | Published November 17, 2015

So here we are, almost a week later, and still in Savusavu, Fiji. Last Friday it went according to plan. Mostly. We got up and had breakfast, went to the market, cleared out of customs and spent all but the last $1.60 of our Fijian money. We set off around Read On..

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The Main Problem

By B.J. | Published March 27, 2014

This has been an extremely difficult post to write and I’ve been putting it off even though we’ve been aware of this problem for some time.  It has been hard not because the awfulness or severity of the problem (but it is severe, awful and expensive), but rather how the Read On..

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Frozen Out

By B.J. | Published December 27, 2012

The best best laid plans of mice and me oft go awry… Although I’ve not yet gotten the blog caught up with our physical location (I think I left you somewhere in the USVI National Park on St. John) we’ve been back in the British Virgin Islands for over a Read On..

Also posted in broken things, BVI, maintenance | 2 Comments

Parts is Parts

By B.J. | Published November 24, 2011

One of the many items on the to-do list is to assemble a list of spares.  In some remote parts of the world, if you can believe this, Federal Express does not guarantee delivery by 10:00 a.m. next business day.  In fact I’ve experienced just that in the wilderness of Read On..

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Ripped!

By B.J. | Published April 16, 2010

No, unfortunately I am not talking about my abs or my pecs.  Rather I am talking about the state of affairs on board Evenstar. The electronics installation has finally commenced; better late than never.  Delayed several weeks by (planned) vacations, (unplanned) floods and (unplanned) children’s illnesses I’ve final started in Read On..

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Spritting Mad

By B.J. | Published June 12, 2008

Many thanks and Kudos to Vickie in HR Parts once again, she finally secured Evenstar’s new bow sprit. This is a lovely piece of stainless steel that we spotted on the deck of Freight Train VII, a sister ship we ran into at Block Island last year.Running the spinnaker has Read On..

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Reconstruction Begins

By B.J. | Published May 6, 2008

Woot woot! The bolts are here, they started putting Evenstar back together today. Vickie from H-R parts, in the extremely unlikely event that I have a third child I will name it after you, even if it is a boy. You rock.

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A Bolt! A Bolt! My Kingdom for a Bolt

By B.J. | Published May 2, 2008

Well, 12 bolts really. It seems that the bolts that held the rudder bearing to the rudder post came off rather ugly when the rudder was disassembled. Apparently they are also very special. It would seem that a 10mm 1.5 pitch bolt in this particular diameter, size and thread pattern Read On..

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