Cruising BC’s southern Gulf Islands
If you have not already read the first post in this series, you can do that here. Bedwell…
Cruising BC’s southern Gulf Islands
If you have not already read the first post in this series, you can do that here. Bedwell…
Cruising with Crew – The southern Gulf Islands BC
On our summer Cruise this year we did something that we’ve never done before, we took crew with…
Project creep
Project Creep and the precarious art of getting very little accomplished. Boat projects always turn out to be more involved than you first think.
Devices, devices – everywhere. Installing USB power outlets.
I was at the helm not too long ago and noticed that with another family aboard, we had…
Getting the solar panels dialed in
When we purchased Lutris she had a couple of 55W solar panels that came with her. Once we…
Where for art thou?
Today marks three weeks since I waved goodbye to Lutris [as Eärendil] as she pulled out of the…
Meet Lutris
I’m building this blog right over the top of our former blog, Aboard Insolita. That means that everything…
Weigh Anchor
We’ve always weighed anchor by hand, I’ve never had a boat with a windlass, and it’s never really…
New Sail Shakedown
Chris and I were able to get out for a lovely daysail, and put a stiff breeze into…
More power, baby
This winter I am hoping to tackle a 4 phased upgrade to Insolita’s charging and battery systems. Going…
Really? You’re not going to paint?
Once the mast had come down to deal with the wiring issues, Jeff the yard manager at Delta…
Insolita’s Summer Cocktail
I’ve come down to a decision on Insolita’s Summer cocktail, which by the way I’ve decided is going…
New Friends Aboard
We took Rachel’s sister and her husband out for their first sail. It was partly cloudy and rained…