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I checked one of those "where are you on the list of groups to be vaccinated?" apps and found that I am nearly last. Dogs and cats apparently get the vaccination before i do but I squeezed in ahead of hamsters. Now you might infer from that that I am a paragon of health. Inferences are often...

I've searched through a lot of posts about dinghies but one question keeps popping up that I haven't seen fully answered. How do you get those dinghies onto the cabin top??? Near term, I don't think I'll have much use for a dink but on my longer planned cruises, I'm sure there will be times I...

100 days in the Broughtons certainly sounds epic in many ways. Being at anchor most days so early, how did you spend your time? Hiking, fishing, reading, contemplating life's mysteries?

Thanks for the suggestions. Any long distance cruise will occur in 2022 or 2023 when I am fully retired without time constraints. For 2021 I plan to be shore based in Burlington while working remotely and taking several one or two week cruises to include the Richelieu and Erie canals. I'll...

I've been doing some armchair cruising. Haven't run aground yet, fuel usage has been quite small, I have a well equipped galley and even a fireplace. None of those conditions will hold when I get off of Navionics and onto my boat but that's where the adventure is! I've been pondering where to...

Thanks for all the info. It's very helpful. I've watched more water heater and hose connection videos than I ever thought I would but I think I've got it figured out now - except for the size of the hoses and fittings. That's apparently a state secret. Living two hours from the boat is a real...

Thanks for those details. Question about the pumpout. So if it is Pumpout position and I run the macerator, nothing goes aboard, right? But regardless of the position, I can still pumpout through the deck pipe. Do I have that right? I recall the surveyor saying the valve should be wired shut...

Pumpout Macerator Valve

I made my third attempt to winterize my TomCat. I must admit I'm still more in the learning rather than doing phase. First, the good news. I finally took the boat out for a short run up the river. Wow! Whisper quiet, smooth as silk and fast as lightning. Very, very cool. I then tried to...

I was so relieved when my new truck got it's first scratch. It is now full of dings, pings, bumps, scratches and indentations. I honestly don't know where a single one of them came from. All I knew was that I could not prevent what had already occurred. The mysterious boat stains don't decrease...

I've posted some pictures in the album Headliner Stains

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Odd \"stains\"

Discoloration on headliner

Turns out the stains are not due to the fiberglass curing and leaching out funny stuff - unless the leaching is so powerful that it's going straight through the vinyl headliner! :smileo I'm obviously still getting to know the boat. When I was away from it, I assumed it had raw walls like my...

For the next several months, I will be making once a week day trips to the boat (if I'm lucky) rather than multiday cruises. Rather than pumping out the holding tank every time I go (and frequently re-winterizing it) , I plan to switch to wag bags. Given that, I want to do a deep clean of the...

For the bypass, don't you need a valve at both the inlet and outlet? If I'm understanding the geometry, you put a T connection with ball valve on the inlet, run the hose up to another T at the outlet. Drain the tank by taking the hose off. Reconnect hose and with both valves in off position...

Through the hatch - hadn't thought of that! I'll poke my head through and see if I can reach the cleat. That would solve the problem. The other solutions require more holes in the boat. I'm saving all of my holes (and reinforcing existing hardware) until I find someone reliable to do the work...

Apparently, I can release the windlass https://www.lewmar.com/node/1182 I'll keep a proper sized wrench handy