Sailing Idaho, the Salish Sea and beyond Posts

May 14, 2010 / Uncategorized

So, today is the day!! Yesterday was a busy day doing some final cleaning and scrubbing, securing the anchors so they don’t bang around, finishing the jib sheet cleats, getting everything dialed to drive to…

May 13, 2010 / Uncategorized

The jib sheet cleats Turnstone came with were a temporary affair at best… the previous owner had the old jam cleats fail in the middle of a trip, and these were all he could come…

May 10, 2010 / Uncategorized

After getting my ass handed to me (quite literally, still can’t stand up without making old man noises) mountain biking in Moab, back on the sailboat obsession freight train!! Since the weather’s kind of snotty…

May 8, 2010 / Uncategorized

Used soft scrub on the cockpit today… seemed to do a great job, actually. A little bit of bleach in there, a little elbow grease and things are looking much sharper. And by “used” I…

May 1, 2010 / Uncategorized

Enough said. The trailer lights have been replaced. They work. I have no pictures or video of this, as no one needs to see me throw tools… again.

April 28, 2010 / Uncategorized

The final step – for this year – to resurrecting the gel coat was to fill the four holes in the hull from the old Turnstone signs, plus repair a small scratch on the port…