The Latest from the Log
Anchorages, marinas and boat projects from the Gulf Islands, San Juans, Desolation Sound and beyond.
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SpaceX Starlink Internet Ordered
I have been on the wait list for the Starlink internet provided by SpaceX, and today I had the opportunity to pre-order a Starlink…
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Head Mirror Replacement
Perhaps one of the cheaper replacements on the boat with this only costing a few hundred dollars, this is perhaps one of the best…
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Stateroom Stereo
Sometime prior to our purchasing the 4788, someone removed the built in stereo in the master stateroom, and left a hole in the wall.…
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Shopping for canvas
With the 30 to 50 mph winds today, my hopes of surviving this season with the fly bridge canvas were quickly shredded as was…
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Filling the hole where the radar was.
After we installed the Simrad NSS 16 which integrates the radar, chartplotter, depth finder and autopilot into one large screen, we were left with…
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Winter Monitoring
With this being the first winter of owning the 4788, I wanted to be sure that we don’t have any damage due to freezing.…
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Head Lighting Upgrade
The guest bathroom / head like many of the other lights on board has really yellowed lights, from plastic decaying over time, and some…
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Keeping the House Batteries Charged with Solar
For the winter, we took off a number of the solar panels that would have been completely destroyed in wind storms, but we did…
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New fuel filter for the generator
Our Westebeke 12k generator is critical in the operation of our boat as we spend quite a bit of time during the summer with…
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Another heater replacement
Now I have had the pleasure to replace 2 of the 4 wall heaters. This time it was the one at the bottom of…