 |
04-10-2016, 15:08
|
#1
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Vancouver Island
Boat: Hullmaster 27
Posts: 1,144
|
Another Boat in BC
Hello All 
Having recentlly found myself with some "time off" from work I decided to take the opportunity join the sailing world, and now find myself partnered up with a 1975 Hullmaster 27.
I managed a successful 2-day trip from Victoria to bring her to her new slip. And now I have to familiarise myself with how everything operates (or doesn't as the case may be), before venturing out to explore the BC coast.
The lockers are all full of "stuff" the previous owner left - and I mean FULL. So today I've been playing the "what is it? and do I need to keep it?" game, as I go through all the lockers one by one. I even unearthed a couple of lifejackets dated 1972! And there's still a few things I just don't know what they are for.
I'm sure I'll have lots of clueless questions for you guys in the future - but for now just checking in to say Hi!
|
|
|
|
04-10-2016, 15:10
|
#2
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Back in Northern California working on the Ranch
Boat: Pearson 365 Sloop and 9' Fatty Knees.
Posts: 10,489
|
Re: Another Boat in BC
Congrats and welcome to the forum.Enjoy the magic.
__________________
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow - what a ride!"
|
|
|
|
|
04-10-2016, 15:33
|
#3
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Vancouver BC
Boat: Lagoon 380
Posts: 367
|
Re: Another Boat in BC
Welcome fellow west coaster
__________________
You can sail anywhere on the planet and never be more than 7 miles from land - it might be straight down, but its never more than seven miles 
|
|
|
|
|
04-10-2016, 15:59
|
#4
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cowichan Bay, BC (Maple Bay Marina)
Posts: 9,816
|
Re: Another Boat in BC
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelkara
Hello All
I managed a successful 2-day trip from Victoria to bring her to her new slip. And now I have to familiarise myself with how everything operates (or doesn't as the case may be), before venturing out to explore the BC coast. |
Hi, yourself!
I just moved our boat up from SF Bay to Maple Bay Marina. We went Victoria to Sidney then to Maple Bay.
Where are you located?
Congratulations on your new boat. We've had ours for 18 years now.
Looking forward, as you are, to exploring. Spent the night on the hook at Genoa Bay last Saturday.
__________________
Stu Jackson
Catalina 34 #224 (1986) C34IA Secretary
Mill Bay, BC, SR/FK, M25, Rocna 10 (22#) (NZ model)
|
|
|
|
|
04-10-2016, 16:18
|
#5
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Skagit City, WA
Posts: 25,812
|
Re: Another Boat in BC
Good plan. Empty out every place you can find, Trash the moldy useless stuff. Clean it up. Also look beneath/behind and get to know your boat. Seacock locations etc. You find some weird locations for things sometimes. On one boat I found a great sextant in a wooden box shoved way back behind the curved settee back.
__________________
"I spent most of my money on Booze, Broads and Boats. The rest I wasted" - Elmore Leonard
|
|
|
|
|
04-10-2016, 16:41
|
#6
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Southern California
Boat: Catalina 320
Posts: 1,411
|
Re: Another Boat in BC
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheechako
On one boat I found a great sextant in a wooden box shoved way back behind the curved settee back. |
OMG I just remembered where I left Grandpa's sextant. 
|
|
|
|
|
04-10-2016, 20:42
|
#7
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Vancouver Island
Boat: Hullmaster 27
Posts: 1,144
|
Re: Another Boat in BC
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stu Jackson
I just moved our boat up from SF Bay to Maple Bay Marina. We went Victoria to Sidney then to Maple Bay.
Where are you located? |
We're practically neighbours then - I'm over in Cowichan Bay.
|
|
|
|
|
05-10-2016, 00:34
|
#8
|
|
Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: aboard, in Tasmania, Australia
Boat: Sayer 46' Solent rig sloop
Posts: 30,277
|
Re: Another Boat in BC
Welcome aboard CF KelKara,
and, glad to hear you're having "too much fun" investigating your new boat. May she bring you more pleasure than pain! ;-)
Ann
__________________
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people do nothing.
Who scorns the calm has forgotten the storm.
|
|
|
|
05-10-2016, 03:20
|
#9
|
|
Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 52,431
|
Re: Another Boat in BC
Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Kelkara.
__________________
Gord May
"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
|
|
|
|
|
05-10-2016, 09:06
|
#10
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: PNW 48.59'45N 122.45'50W
Boat: Ian Ross design ketch 63'
Posts: 1,472
|
Re: Another Boat in BC
Welcome. We're in Blaine, WA. If you turn southeast and wiggle your mast I'll probably see you. Welcome!
Sent from my SM-G900V using Cruisers Sailing Forum mobile app
__________________
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts...
|
|
|
|
|
05-10-2016, 16:15
|
#11
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Vancouver Island
Boat: Hullmaster 27
Posts: 1,144
|
Re: Another Boat in BC
Day 2 ...
My volt-meter wasn't working, so I opened up the electrical panel to see if there was a bad connection - spaghetti-tastic!
Most of today was spent disconnecting all the wires, then connecting them up again. I was a bit constrained by the length of the wires, but by routing them sensibly, removing some wires that didn't go anywhere, and a little bit of electrical tape, and it looks a whole lot better.
And yes it was a loose connection on my voltmeter - it works now.
|
|
|
|
|
05-10-2016, 16:22
|
#12
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cowichan Bay, BC (Maple Bay Marina)
Posts: 9,816
|
Re: Another Boat in BC
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelkara
Day 2 ...
My volt-meter wasn't working, so I opened up the electrical panel to see if there was a bad connection - spaghetti-tastic!
Most of today was spent disconnecting all the wires, then connecting them up again. I was a bit constrained by the length of the wires, but by routing them sensibly, removing some wires that didn't go anywhere, and a little bit of electrical tape, and it looks a whole lot better.
And yes it was a loose connection on my voltmeter - it works now.
|
We live in Cowichan Bay, pass by you on our way to our boat.
Can you say: "Wire ties?" Much better than tape.
__________________
Stu Jackson
Catalina 34 #224 (1986) C34IA Secretary
Mill Bay, BC, SR/FK, M25, Rocna 10 (22#) (NZ model)
|
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
| Display Modes |
Rate This Thread |
 Linear Mode
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
 Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor Spotlight |
|
|
|
|
|
