I have a friend of mine who is offering me a huge discount on his beloved Cape Dory, so I have listed Santosha for Sale. If I can get what I need for her I can make it happen, if I don’t I will keep her, she is a Fantastic vessel and I am very attached to her.
We had a great Sail on Saturday, blew the winter cobwebs out. Engine fired up perfectly, in fact she was all systems go!
Here is the listing for interested buyers:
www.sailboatlistings.com/view/55829
Its been too long, so here is a trip that I plan on repeating this year!
My Brother in the UK has a 32′ Ketch as well, Its a Westerly Renown I believe. Sometimes I find it interesting to compare UK and US boats from the 70’s and 80’s.
Dad came one for a week, helped me fix the head and change fuel filters, as well as scrape the prop. Here are the highlights:
Went sailing for a couple of days, was going to anchor out and enjoy the weather, instead spent my Sunday fixing this…
Sometimes owning a boat sucks.
Memorial Day Weekend
After all the work I have done in the past few months, Santosha is not close to being “Re-fit” I still have plumbing and electrical to replace, however she is very usable so we piled the kids and their friends, and the dog , and Jean and I into the car and set off Friday afternoon.
I replaced the fresh water pump last weekend, not as easy as it might seem due the boat yoga involved in getting to it but it worked well.
Last week I received a new 2″x 41/2″ White Oak post and a sheet of 3/4″ Marine Ply from Siewers Lumber in Richmond VA, and headed with my friend Edward down to Urbanna in the pouring rain. The first job was to remove the cabin sole from around the base of the old post to facilitate removal of the rotten one.
More rot, all the ply had started to delaminate and I realized that the problem had been around for longer than I had owned the boat. Continue reading
Once we had Santosha back in the slip, I re-checked all of the fresh water pipes and through hulls. After we refilled the water tank I still could spot any leaks. I did find that my fresh water pump had blown, which kinda sucked.
So assuming that it must have been the stern gland we set out with Pearce and a couple of his friends for a quick overnight trip to the Corrotoman River a three hour sail from Urbanna.
“Marlin Spike Seamanship” like electrical systems, has never clicked with me. I can do all of the important knots for sailing, Sheet Bend, Rolling Hitch, Bowline, etc. and have completed a few rough looking three strand eye splices, but the double braid stuff and the decorative wrap never seem to work out.
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