She photographs well, does Swoose, especially with the newer dodger and matching sailcover. But as I spend more time with her, I begin to see age-related things. Topping lift Right now I’m focusing on the topping lift because it exhibits excessive friction. What do I mean by excessive? I...
Discovering the Old Boat
Delivery Trip: Port Townsend to Olympia
I took advantage of a good weather window to bring Swoose south to Olympia, with a few interruptions and unexpected weather shifts along the way. Wednesday: Port Townsend to Kingston On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Jan delivered me to the boat in Port Townsend and helped me get launched....
What is This Zerk Fitting For?
When I began to explore the boat on April 1st, I took a lot of photos. The photo for this article shows the control panel and in the lower right corner is a Zerk fitting (it is mounted at the bottom of the panel, just to the right of...