More weird stuff we have set up aboard Fayaway. Maybe a better name would be "tips and tricks" or a second installment of the popular post “Seven doo dads”? For other boaters the ideas might be obvious and not worth pointing out. We can’t claim credit for some, and more likely they’d been acquired or …
Category: upgrades & installs
Yanmar Yarn
Tale of a used diesel motor sale. For each our last three sailboats, we’d purchased new auxiliary engines. Yup, gluttonous upgrades. Moored on the tumultuous Merrimack River, we've accepted the fact that to get to and from the ocean, unless you're a hard-core purist and or an exceptionally patient sailor, you're smart to employ a …
Escape Washington
Last time, on Gudgeon Curmudgeon, we left you with our tale of replacing the heavy bronze gudgeon, partaking in several other fixes, and finally deciding to replace our drive shaft. Life is grand with a shiny new gudgeon! Did you non-sailboat language speaking folks look up the word gudgeon? If not… What is a gudgeon …
Gudgeon Curmudgeon
At last check-in we had been continuing down the ICW, anchoring along the way. We visited the town of Bath, NC, one of the homes of Blackbeard the pirate... At location of little sailboat icon, we were anchored in the little harbor of Bath, NC. We were purposely going down the ICW to stop and …
Two Sheets To The Wind
18th century term describing someone who is Not as drunk as someone who is “three sheets to the wind”. Derived from the act of being unable to control his vessel, hence leaving the sheets unattended. In a recent post, Seven Doo Dads, I briefly mentioned converting over from one to two independent mainsheets, and eliminating …
SV Fayaway 