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The Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival

I attended and volunteered at The Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, hosted by the Northwest Maritime Center, on September 8th and 9th, 2018. My motive is to share some positive encounters...

Category: Overnight Trips, The Dock Life Tags: admiral ship supply, adventure, bronze, center, documentary, festival, film, Flicka 20, foundry, joni mitchell, kaci cronkite, manry at sea, maria coryell-martin, maritime, northwest, olympic peninsula, port townsend, robert manry, sailboat, Sampaguita, sketching, small boat, tinkerbelle, varnish, volunteer, wooden

Admiral Ship Supply

Visiting Port Townsend and closing the circle on my circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. Hanging at Admiral Ship Supply with a friend and the Lady Washington is on the hard right in...

Category: Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: Admiralty Ship Supply, boatyard, circumnavigation, Lady Washington, maritime, port haven, port townsend, Vancouver Island, washington

Moving Forward

I spent two nights in Port McNeill waiting out the weather at the Government dock and on a walk I saw an enormous nursery stump in someones yard. It was the...

Category: The Dock Life, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: circumnavigation, fisherman, flicka, government dock, IGA, lumberjack, Nursery Stump, Port McNiell, sailboat, Vancouver Island

Giving it a go

Not much time for blogging on the go. Taking care of the boat and myself takes everything. I’m in Westview, BC, my first rest stop in a week. My goal is...

Category: Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: british columbia, Canada, flicka, Malaspina Strait, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, Strait of Georgia, Texada, Vancouver Island, Westview

Repairs and Maintenance

A new propane solenoid and rewired stern light. The project is not completely done in this picture but it is now. You can see the jug of distilled water as I...

Category: Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life Tags: bracket, garelick, jaw, outboard, power inverter, propane, rigging, solar panel, solenoid, Sta-Lok, stern light, tank, Teflon, turnbuckle, Yamaha

Sussing my seacocks

Sampaguita’s cockpit drain seacocks. This photo is post repair. The one on the left was the leaker. The seacock on the right is an example of the previous putty jobs....

Category: Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life Tags: bilge, clamp, cockpit, drain, flicka, groco, hose, Marelon, plumber's putty, sailboat, Sampaguita, seacock, Teflon, Thru-hull, valve, wood plug

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Sailing With Josh

Explorations and experiences of sailing and living aboard.