Sailing Whimsy
Adventures on a classic Pearson 35 sailboat
Monday, September 5, 2022
Installing a Dorade box vent on my sailboat
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Adequate ventilation inside a sailboat's cabin is a must, whether in the hot tropics or colder climates where condensation becomes a pro...
Friday, May 6, 2022
Filling-in the bilge sump; restoring engine bay and area below cockpit
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. I have been very negligent in updating this blog mainly because restoring boats is simply not an orderly, chronological process that mov...
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Marine diesel engine rebuild, part 1: removing propeller and shaft
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WHIMSY came with a Beta Marine 28 diesel engine built in Sept 2000. This is a marinized version of the Kubota BD 1005, meaning among other t...
Saturday, December 18, 2021
Installing the windlass and spurling pipe
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I went with a Lewmar H2 windlass with a gypsy and capstan combination. There are many pros and cons for vertical or horizontal windlasses...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
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Building new stairs
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A ladder is useful short-term, but carrying paint buckets, tools and other heavy things up and down a boat 25 times a day using a ladder is ...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Investigating the rudder shoe
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When I started the bottom job project, I had a chance to check the rudder fittings. I noticed a crack in the fiberglass over where the rudde...
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