Category Archives: haulouts

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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Hard Times in New Zealand

By B.J. | Published February 13, 2016

The day I have dreaded for weeks has almost arrived.  Tomorrow at 1:00 in the afternoon we’re pulling Evenstar for a week and putting her on stands on the hard. Hopefully no more than a week. We’re doing this for a few reasons, but mostly because we are getting the Read On..

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Look Ma, No Engine!

By B.J. | Published January 21, 2015

If you’ve followed this blog you will know that the generator – a Westerbeke 6.0 kw diesel – has been the bane of my existence almost since the day we left cruising.  If there was one “do-over” for this whole experience, it would have been to yank this stupid, leaky, Read On..

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Camp Evenstar

By B.J. | Published January 21, 2015

Our home is out of the water and has been for a couple of weeks now.  We pulled Evenstar in Opua to get some much-needed work done.  The basic list is: New standing rigging.  All the wires that hold the mast up are original to the boat and need replacing.  Read On..

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Cocked-up…

By B.J. | Published June 24, 2012

Or so say our friends across the pond when something is messed up a fair amount.  Bollocksed-up works too, but sadly there is nothing on the boat called a “Seabollocks” because it sounds like there should be. Getting the boat hauled on schedule and getting the bottom painted all proceeded Read On..

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It’s Officially Summer!

By B.J. | Published April 17, 2008

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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