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Category: Maintenance

Fun With Magnets (and Screwdrivers)

  • By admin
  • April 22, 2020
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Regardless of how big or comprehensive your selection of tools is onboard, it’s hard to dispute that a good selection of screwdrivers is essential. If you’re wondering where to start, Bob … Continue Reading

Plan and Budget vs Reality for Boat Yard Work

  • By John Casey
  • February 11, 2019
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In the previous post, we looked at the purchase price and admin costs associated with actually buying the boat. In this post we are covering what our boat yard work … Continue Reading

On To Cat Island…Almost

  • By John Casey
  • April 16, 2018
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By March 9th we had started to grow restless in our anchorage at Rock Sound, Eleuthera. I was probably feeling it more than Christa, as we had been trying to … Continue Reading

Sailing Log Template

  • By John Casey
  • March 15, 2018
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Some time before we moved aboard, I got ambitious and created a sailing log template on Adobe with ideas I got from a number of sources online. Our plan was … Continue Reading

Yanmar SD60 Sail Drive Service Manual and Parts Catalogue

  • By John Casey
  • March 2, 2018
  • 4 Comments

There is lots of information and manuals available online for SD50s, but the SD60 stuff seems hard to come by. For those out there that are having trouble finding these … Continue Reading

Entertaining Dolphins to Little Farmers Cay

  • By Christa Greer
  • February 22, 2018
  • 10 Comments

After our near disastrous visit to Emerald Cay Marina where I fouled the propeller, we were breathing a huge sigh of relief as we headed north along the Exumas with … Continue Reading

We Pull in to Emerald Bay Marina for Fuel…and then things got interesting

  • By Christa Greer
  • February 17, 2018
  • 3 Comments

As we headed north from Georgetown along the Exumas, we thought it would be wise to take advantage of the fuel facilities at Emerald Bay Marina. We planned our arrival … Continue Reading

Living on a boat isn’t all dolphins and mermaids

  • By Christa Greer
  • January 22, 2018
  • 3 Comments

Several people have recently commented that our life aboard Low Flite looks amazing…and it usually is. We experience fabulous sunsets, swim & snorkel off the back of our boat, hop … Continue Reading

So much to learn…like deck wash valves

  • By Christa Greer
  • January 9, 2018
  • 1 Comment

We have a very convenient option on the boat, a deck wash hose at the front of the boat by the anchor windlass, which can spray either fresh water or … Continue Reading

More Boat Maintenance – It’s a dirty job…but someone’s gotta do it

  • By Christa Greer
  • January 8, 2018
  • 1 Comment

Women sometimes have difficulty finding their place on the boat. This can be for a number of reasons such as when they’re following their partner’s dream and trying to see … Continue Reading

Boat Maintenance

  • By Christa Greer
  • December 16, 2017
  • 1 Comment

There’s an aphorism that says cruising is merely making boat repairs in exotic locations. Although we haven’t really had to “repair” our boat yet, after our first night at anchor, … Continue Reading

Quick USA Eyelid LED Lights

  • By John Casey
  • December 11, 2017
  • 1 Comment

Anyone that has these little courtesy doorway/stairwell LEDs probably like them as much as we do. Low amperage, indirect light that helps prevent a spill in the middle of the … Continue Reading

Boat Work Complete?

  • By John Casey
  • December 9, 2017
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We’ve now started to turn a corner, as we’ve finally moved from deliberate boat work to provisioning ourselves so we can live on anchor, or perhaps occasional mooring ball, and … Continue Reading

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