Aside from various repairs and maintenance we have made a few major upgrades and improvements. Miscellaneous projects such as rebuilding the windlass motor, repairing moisture saturation, adding improved video sound and a new $14 toaster definitely improve our living quality, but aren’t groundbreaking, so I’ll omit. For new additions and modifications, only time will tell …
Category: upgrades & installs
Passions and Projects
40+ year-long professional career, dutifully fulfilled, is sunsetting. But I’m turning the page altogether now, and the Sun also rises onto our 40+ foot sailboat. It was a jolly good run. Kelly made her leave five years ago - just waiting for me to trade one passion for another. So, we segue away from a …
Vinny (Da Vane) II
Vinny started out in a box. Actually four boxes. Cardboard too, but built to take the punishment that UPS dishes out for being shipped from the UK to Hampton, Virginia. Vinny arrives at the dock (almost) ready for crew service! Vinny is also known as a wind-actuated auto-steering rudder pilot mechanism. “Huh? Ok, so now …
Aqua Alta
Sitting in the Fayaway’s cockpit facing aft, toward the southwest. Taking in all there is in this relatively busy mid-coast Maine town. I hear squawking ospreys, speaking to each other as they circle and perch atop nearby mastheads. I hear a slow rumbling murmur of the Vinalhaven ferry moving its passengers to a nearby island. …
Spare Bits – How Much Is Enough?
We reached the decision point, while on a brisk sleigh ride ENE. Seemingly non-intuitive, we decided to exit the Gulf Stream while riding along at a respectable 8 knot clip. It didn’t feel right. However, to avoid getting slammed by yet another northerly around Cape Hatteras we cut diagonally across the Gulf Stream speedway on …
SV Fayaway 