Fun video: how to scream
My online pal lukkucairi got inspired by the boat's name, and made this great video: She fully rocks! lukkucairi, you can swab our deck whilst rocking on anytime you want.
Winch Maintenance
Click To Play Last weekend we did some long needed winch maintenance, and decided to show you what we did. In this video, we're taking apart an Andersen 26 2-speed winch, cleaning it, regreasing it and reassembling it.
Making a splash at the docks
When we returned from our most recent trip to Bedwell Harbour, we were a little apprehensive about docking the Big Boat for the first time by ourselves. The wind was blowing fairly strongly, even in the harbour, but as we made our approach, things seemed to be going well. Thankfully, Donna Gail, the very large […]
A visitor and a diesel
Marc A few weeks ago, our friend Marc visited us from Vancouver. Now a librarian, Marc once apprenticed as an electrician, and we hoped we could press-gang him into service. As it turned out, he was a great crew member, and we'd be happy to kidnap him have him back any time. We poked at […]
Our first gale
After finally getting the engine up and running, we set out for part of the April long weekend on our first trip by ourselves. As usual, we were hoping to get to Montague Harbour, and as usual, we ended up at Bedwell Harbour. We had some trouble with the placement of our new dinghy, so […]
Diesel Maintenance
We knew when we bought the boat that there was some maintenance that needed to be done on the engine. But, in our haste to use the boat, we put it off. Of course, like all things, that meant that a couple of weeks ago, the engine stalled, right as we were trying to leave […]
Run Aground!
We acquired a fourth boat, or fifth depending on how you want to count them. In addition to Scream, we own Wai Whare, two dinghys and an offshore life raft. The latest arrival is Gone Fission, an 8 foot Walker Bay plastic rowing dinghy with inflatable tubes on the sides and sails! Scream came without […]
Surveys
We hired a surveyor to inspect Scream before we purchased her. We're not experts in boat maintenance and we were enamoured with the boats, so we wanted an objective, expert opinion. We called a number of surveyors. They were recommended to us by our broker, our insurance agent, and by friends. Surveyors supervise repairs paid […]
Celestial Navigation pt 1
We're learning simple celestial nav these days - how to use a sextant andfigure out where you are using the sun, math and some tables. As I've googled around on that topic, I found a guy who figured out how to make a sextant out of an old CD, its case and some lego. I'm […]