“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.
Tiare needed tighter rigging and the new sail was left forgotten in the cockpit. What was I thinking?
With an approaching Typhoon and the memory of last years typhoon and the wrecked catamaran still fresh, I am starting to feel a bit overwhelmed.
I FAILED! 6 DAYS IN A COMMERCIAL YARD TO REDO TIARE’S ANTIFOUL! The old adage Never enough time to do it right. But always enough to do it again. Damn. Every now and then you got to admit to a mistake, stop crying and deal with it. And this is what this story is about. …
Our Catamaran’s new, new anti-foul. [SEA JAPAN EP:28] Read More »
PART TWO: OUR CHOICE BASED ON LOCATION, TIME AND COST This week is part two of our decision to replace our 55 foot Wharram Catamaran’s standing rigging. Sailing and cruising around Japan brings its own rewards and challenges. One of the challenges is trying to do maintenance and replace gear. Japan has all the stuff …
Steel or Synthetic (Dyneema) standing rigging. [SEA JAPAN EP:27] Read More »
Decided to replace our old stainless wire standing rigging with new synthetic dyneema rope using the long bury method and low friction rings. This video is an interview I did with an Australian rigger Peter Grieg.I took this video, with the idea that I would use it as a guide when I did my own …
New Dyneema Rigging. Long Bury Splice how to: Part One. [Sea Japan Ep:26] Read More »
When we originally bought Tiare she had varnished masts Which looked fantastic, but being in the tropics, with all the high UV were just too much maintenance. Each year a new coat of varnish had to be applied, meaning going up the mast to sand and varnish. Just too much hassle After a couple of …
Rebuilding a rotten wooden mast [Sea Japan-Ep25] Read More »
Short video on putting Tiare our Wharram 55″ cruising catamaran back in to the water. Being dragged up onto a rough, unused and old concrete fishing ramp had its draw backs, no electricity and no water, but these were offset by the cost (free) and there was no officially imposed time limit, which allowed me …
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 …
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