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A note about surveys

I'll expand on this another time, but I'm learning something valuable: the quality of a boat survey differs from surveyor to surveyor. As I keep encountering ...
/ Miscellaneous, Aside, survey
20220608 Tank fittings

Letting Go of the Holding Tank

My almost worst-case scenario came to pass. "Oh, and I need to show you something," the repair tech said. Up the stairs we climbed to access ...
/ marine head, Repairs
20220603 Keel repair

Keel Repair Progress

Work continues on the damaged keel. As a reminder, the keel kissed a rock in the Victoria, B.C. harbor in 2019. This was not the first ...
/ keel, Repairs
20220602 Port side of boat

Update on Boat Repairs

Keel and bottom paint A few days later finds the boat mostly bottom painted. The keel remains unpainted because additional work is going to be required ...
20220601 Starboard view

Haulout Day: The Big Reveal

Today was the big reveal! Today was the day to pull Swoose out of the water so that the keel could be repaired and the bottom ...
/ bottom paint, keel, Repairs

Note about toilet and coolant hose!

I can't say often enough how happy we are to have a working toilet and a working engine! Yesterday, we motored over to the pump-out station ...
/ Aside, Repairs

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