1928 Classic Yacht
I have been finding a lot of small stuff to tend to. Put together – well its starting to feel like I am at the start of a refit. The engine is the main thing but I am not replacing that now. The next thing is the water in the bilge. I have not found…
I decided to change my focus a bit and start poking around the engine and the engine compartment in general. I lifted up the floor boards in the engine compartment and the forward cabin…. most of it better than I expected and the remainder about what I expected to see. Some stuff I noticed; The…
Bilge The fresh water system has a leak somewhere – maybe multiple (a tiny one in the aft cabin head sink). I know this because I turned off the water pump and the system lost pressure. I was hoping that this was the bulk of the water coming into the bilge but I now doubt…
Getting the inside ready for some freshening up. The varnish is fine but it needs a deep clean and then fresh white paint. The boat has a wet bilge but I am keen to change that. My hope is that a ‘bilge-in-a-bilge’ will isolate the water coming in from the stuffing box (normal) and that…
The conditions for taking Euphemia out of the boathouse were perfect. no wind, calm sea, high tide, and two of the boats along the way out were themselves out. Valerie and some friends came along. One friend is a boater and was prepared to fend off – but not needed. The boat backed out nicely…
Valerie has taken more of an interest in this boat than any other boat we have had. Normally the boat is ‘my thing’. So Valerie has taken on the task of buying plates, glasses, etc. I have been poking around – looking for some of the boats ‘secrets’ and coming up with some maintenance tasks….
I went to the Burrard Yacht Club to meet the previous owners, to get a final walk through and then bring Euphemia to its new home. I was joined by two friends. The weather was a bit unstable with the day being the last of a few days of strong winds. The hope was that…
Forecast I will be bringing Euphemia II to its new home on Sept. 30th. So at this point I can see the date in the long term forecast. It looks ok but not great. I will look at the wind forecast when the trip is about two days away. Navionics tells me that the trip…
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