Saturday Feb 24th Departure: Clipper Yacht Harbor Arrival: Marina Bay Yacht Harbor, Richmond Distance (nm): 17.1 Engine Hours: 1 Crew & Guests: Julian, Colin, Marley. Weather: Sunny, but nice wind. Cool! Log: Set off to Marina Bay, thinking of maybe just heading up Raccoon Straights, but it looked a bit too tempting out in the … Continue reading BruGar Bruhaha Weekend
Month: February 2018
Boundless in a Blow
Departure: Clipper Yacht Harbor Arrival: Clipper Yacht Harbor, Sausalito Distance (nm): 28.8 Engine Hours: 1 Crew & Guests: Julian, Colin (Marley taken home) Weather: Sunny, fairly Cool and consistent 20 - 30 knots Log: With a forecast for 20 - 30 knots, it seemed like a good day to get out there and finally put into … Continue reading Boundless in a Blow
Naming, Nav Station tidy, VHF, fender covers, and finishing the scupper through-hull (busy week!)
A couple of jobs completed this week: Boat Name: Installed the new boat name graphic: VHF & Nav Station rework: Tidied up the nav station, which required the purchase of a new B&G VHF Radio. If we are being totally honest, the previous ICOM radio was fine. It connected to the Vesper 8000 via NMEA … Continue reading Naming, Nav Station tidy, VHF, fender covers, and finishing the scupper through-hull (busy week!)
Back home to Clipper
Departure: Berkeley Marine Center, Berkeley Arrival: Clipper Yacht Harbor, Sausalito Distance (nm): 11.4 Engine Hours: 1 Crew & Guests: Julian, Colin Weather: Sunny, Cool and pleasant steady 8-12 knots Log: After going back in the water and checking the three new through-hulls for leaks, we said our 'see you later's' to the wonderful crew at Berkeley … Continue reading Back home to Clipper
Bottom Paint, Through-hulls, Transducers and Topside Paint Job
We went in for a bottom job, and to complete the electronics install with a new speed/depth/temp transducer and the forward-looking sonar transducer, but 'scope-creep' is inevitable. Here is a summary of what the almost three weeks out of the water entailed: 1. Old Transducer Removal: Extracted the old Raymarine depth transducer from the bow … Continue reading Bottom Paint, Through-hulls, Transducers and Topside Paint Job