by Dana | Mar 6, 2021 | boat maintenance and repair, Grand Bahamas Banks, GulfStar 45 sailboat, nassau
S/V Gallivant, sailing at a 15-degree tilt as an 18-knot wind angled at our boat’s bow.Gallivant is a a Gulfstar 45; we were sailing the Bahamas Banks to Nassau.We ended our excellent day of sailing from Bimini to our anchor point on the Grand Bahamas Banks with... by Dana | Jan 24, 2021 | 60th birthday, boat maintenance and repair, buying a sailboat for the west indies, cruising life, GulfStar 45 sailboat
Hang gliding for my 40th birthday in New Zealand.Just weeks before my 40th birthday, I reluctantly filed for divorce on a long-dead marriage. Years prior, I joked, “Married, but not dead.” At 40, I updated my new M.O. to “Divorced, but far from... by Dana | Jul 11, 2020 | boat maintenance and repair, expired flares, flares, Sauvie Island Portland Oregon
Expired flares.Most boaters know they need flares for their boat, so they buy them. Did you know most flares expire in 3 1/2 years? We had about a dozen expired flares, most expired about 10 years prior. We bought newer flares and kept the old ones in case we... by Dana | Jun 14, 2020 | boat leaks, boat maintenance and repair
We are no strangers to getting rain-soaked aboard our boat.This is me on our first sailboat in 2012, in route to Port Townsend, Washington.Shhhhh. Dribble.Dribble.Dribble, SLOSH.It’s pouring out today—again. Summer in the Pacific Northwest. We’re no longer... by Dana | May 17, 2020 | boat maintenance and repair, fixing leaky tiki trawler, recovering teak deck
In the past, if we weren’t under covered moorage, this pot would be fullof water and the towel around it and the surrounding floor areawould be soaked. At those times, we were too miserable to take photos.This particular leak was likely due to dried out and... by Dana | Jun 19, 2019 | boat maintenance and repair, moving back aboard a boat, Puget Trawler
Serendipity at Portland Rowing Club’s docks in Sellwood, a stone’s throw from the Sellwood Bridge, Portland Oregon.She’s the Puget Trawler, the last one on the dock, with the blue canvas on her windows.Portland gave us a hale and hearty wet welcome...