It’s been a year since I made the six-day (just under 700 miles, at around 4 – 5 knots) solo sail around the coast of Florida from Fort Myers to Jacksonville between Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. As is commonly the case when sailing to a schedule, I had a week to move a boat that was ill-prepared between two hurricanes; the trip had some highlights:...
Played around with the drone a little on Sunday. This summer I painted the decks and I think they look nice 🙂
The final area in the forward stateroom renovation was to clean and remodel the forward head. For starters, the head had a horrible mold issue as it was closed in with almost no airflow for a few years. Also, the previous owner never finished the install of the electric toilet. This project was a little more complex than the head remodel on the original boat I owned...
While I like the New Found Metal portlights that are installed on the boat the one in the galley was leaking and is set too far back to easily reach so my project last weekend was the portlight removal and fiberglassing in the resulting hole. Portlight Removal The removal of the portlight was easy as it’s just eight screws holding the window in place. In the...
On my trip from Fort Myers to Jacksonville last year, I ran into issues with the engine overheating. The shop in Fort Myers that fixed the transmission also did a temporary fix on the heat exchanger where the cap fits onto the top of the heat exchanger. The cap connection had been welded before me buying the boat, so having a second weld was far from optimum. ...
Did a little practice with the drone today taking some photos and video of an anchorage on the ICW. I did an update which seems to have changed all my settings (this happens so I should have known to make sure) so the videos and photos aren’t the best, but still interesting shots of the local area. Drone Pictures Drone Videos I just did some color...
The first step in remodeling the forward stateroom is the v berth painting. The v berth will be the secondary sleeping area of the boat but in the interim, while doing the refit, this area will serve as my workshop and tool storage area. Right now, I have all my tools and supplies piled into the main salon and it is an organizational catastrophe. The sleeping berth...
Took a landbased trip down to Naples, Florida. My cousin was vacationing from California and I spent a couple of days visiting with her and her son while they were in the area. Naples, Florida is a little beachside community in the lower Southwest part of Florida catering to the vacation and retirement crowd. On Friday morning I headed out to the beach to get...
While waiting for the Greyhound bus out of town for a short vacation in Naples, FL I took some drone video and photography of the Main Street bridge in downtown Jacksonville. Main Street bridge is an iconic landmark in Jacksonville. I’m starting to get the hang of piloting the drone while at the same time controlling the drone camera. Most of these I took with...
One of my hobbies is photography and the newest field in photography is using a drone to capture images and videos. I haven’t done a lot of photography lately, just not being that inspired, and I thought a drone might give me a different perspective. Plus I needed an outlet for when my projects on Pomaika’i just weren’t going my way, something to do...