With the bitter winter weather looming, I knew I had to get Tiare hauled out and complete the long list of essential maintenance tasks before it was too late. But just as I was about to make my way to the boat yard, a last-minute emergency boat repair delayed my plans.
I install two Engel fridge/freezer units into our new galley onboard our 55 foot Wharram sailing catamaran.
17 years OLD and time to RETIRE! We bend on a new Genoa! Plus add small jib to our new inner stay.
“Imagine my excitement when I received quotes for ready-made trampolines for our 55-foot Wharram catamaran!
Wow was she going to look smart!!
But my heart sank when I saw the sky-high price tags. Thousands of dollars? No way could I afford that.
Has been a while since I last uploaded a video. In this video we 1/ Travel to Sado Island in Niigata to an open day for a Miyadaiku trade school 2/ Enjoy a local Shrine festival 3/ Hang the rudders back on Tiare Video gets me close to current times. Next video will be up …
Well, I have finally done it. I’ve gone and painted my topsides. And prepped my hull for a new generation of anti-foul. This is a major milestone for me. Tiare has needed a hull repaint for a number of years, slowly becoming a little more drab with each small knock the tender makes on …
With the starboard side rudder wood dried out. Both rudders are ready for sanding, glassing and filling ready for epoxy undercoats. The starboard back stern repairs are all done and we go through a couple of typhoons. Nothing major and I enjoy the peace of mind that comes with being on the hard in …
But although was bad, the epoxy glue lines seemed to have stopped it from spreading further.
So was a matter of taking the plunge and cutting a large chunk out of the sternpost, took a bit of nerve to make the first cut.
The summer heat is ongoing and slows progress down. Fortunately, I am working under the boat and in the shade but still, the humidity and heat takes the energy out of you. Replacing our metal thru hulls and valves with Trudesign Composites. http://www.trudesign.nz/marine. Learn how to remove extremely well stuck thru hulls and drill …
Now Tiare is out of the water, I take down our Sillette Sonic Drives to replace the anodes, bellows, shaft seals and clean and fill the corrosion pitting on the lower legs, then give acid washing a go before acid etching and a repaint. Last winter I discovered that the SB side leg had …
Well it has been a few months since the last video. Quite a few things have happened. Winter has gone, Spring has been and gone and we are now into the rainy season. Sam our eldest son is now in living in Japan, Tom has gone up to Hokkaido for six months as an IT …
Plus I take a quick look at the Bali 4.0 and the Lagoon 42 catamarans. These are the plastic fantastics and floating apartments that talk about in the “Cat or Mono” video I posted . They may not be good upwind or heavy weather sailboats but the designers have got it right for practical design …
Four days in Yokohama at the Japan International Boat Show. Read More »
Introduction But the biggest factor that makes taking kids cruising and the level of success is you. Its how you approach the issues of safety, health, education. And it’s your OWN expectations that are going to influence your life afloat. In my mind, there is no doubt that taking your kids for an extended cruise …
How can I afford to go sailing, to stay out there?
Well, that is a very good question.
So if you are interested in how you can afford to sail once you have cast off the ropes that bind you to land-based living read on.
Are Catamarans faster?
Are Monohulls more traditional and romantic?
Are Catamarans more expensive to buy and maintain?
Are Cats nothing but a modern floating apartment block or the safest way to cross an ocean?
Can a Catamaran out sail a monohull upwind?
Self-righting, sinking or floating?
Why give away everything that we had built, for something as unstable as a sailboat?
As usual with a Wharram catamaran this is not complicated. With a few basic tools, a simple homemade (boatmade) tripod and one of the mainsail blocks, plus plenty of humour, it makes for an enjoyable day, well at least for me ! Taiga helps me pull out the motor and the Beast add his …
This years winter projects and beaching a power catamaran. I go over what I hope to achieve over the next four or five months aboard Tiare as I get her ready for another season in Japan. Australian cruising friend Graham visits Yuge Island and beaches his Malcolm Tennant power catamaran for a prop clean. …
