Category Archives: projects

Of Failed Boat Sales and Mislaid Plans

By B.J. | Published March 22, 2021

I’ve not updated the blog in well, forever, because life has been…mundane with not very much sailing. We’ve been in New Zealand since before the pandemic, and life here has been mostly normal since the virus isn’t out of hand. Weekly poker games, lunches with friends, boat work, and other Read On..

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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..

Also posted in hard to find parts, haulouts, New Zealand, procrastination, Windlass | 1 Comment

Rain Delay…

By B.J. | Published February 15, 2016

Brief post…very short. As of Monday AM the forecast in New Zealand was for rain for the next four to five days.  Which means the yard would be able to do little work, and we’d be sitting on the hard over the weekend and into next week. We decided to 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..

Also posted in haulouts, heads, hell, liveaboard, maintenance, misery, New Zealand | 3 Comments

All our Bags are Packed, Ready to Go

By B.J. | Published May 16, 2015

No, we’re not Leaving on a Jet Plane, but we are leaving New Zealand today. We’ve been here six months, its getting cold, and we’re ready to head to warmer places for a while, so its off to Fiji. It is about a six-day trip, plus or minus a day.  Read On..

Also posted in Fiji, New Zealand, passages | 2 Comments

Getting Ready to Go

By B.J. | Published April 6, 2014

We’ve finally gotten our package with our documentation from the states, the major repairs are complete, and we are now preparing to leave Panama for the Galapagos. Which means work. Lots and lots of work. We have a long list of things to secure, check, service or fix to make Read On..

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Mr. Fixit’s Update

By B.J. | Published February 22, 2014

Progress is being made on our repairs, but not fast enough. We’d planned to be in Costa Rica some time ago.  Will was scheduled to spend a couple of weeks interning at Robert H. Perry Yacht Design (and see Bob’s blog in the blog roll) so we booked a flight 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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I Have Always Relied on the Kindness of Others…

By B.J. | Published May 16, 2012

Blanche Dubois contemplates the technical issues confronting her autopilot installation. or “The Second Worst Project Ever:  The Stunning Conclusion“ There is no way this autopilot installation would ever have come together relying purely on my own technical skills.  As previously stated, I’m pretty decent with electrical and electronic things – Read On..

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