…getting ready for season two, electric motor conversion and a total cabin demolition….
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End of Season 1 – 2019 Haul-Out and Inspection
..wondering if season 2, 2020 will be as interesting as the first season with Northern Comfort, little did we know….
Continue reading...Genoa Roller Furling Repair (Furlex) Oct 2019 Windstorm
…tie-down during storms, even when you think it’s right you quickly realize that you still have more to learn…
Continue reading...Installing Amazon 12v 5000W Diesel Cabin Heater
Getting colder, and the little space heater isn’t cutting it. How about one of those little diesel cabin heaters?
Continue reading...Self-level epoxy countertop and end of season 1 projects
A number of projects as we come into September, up in Canada it’s starting to get cold. I need to get rolling with this self-level epoxy countertop project otherwise the cold will affect curing time…. I couldn’t clean the fridge...
Continue reading...Mast Climbing Fail, Again
Learning how to climb to the mast, you’d think with my tower climbing background would be easy, it’s harder than it looks especially swinging in the wind!
Continue reading...Lake Ontario First Solo Sail
Another first, a first solo sail in SV Northern Comfort from Hamilton to Port Whitby, over 100 nautical miles.
Continue reading...Preparing for First Solo Lake Ontario Sail
Preparations for my first solo sail in Lake Ontario in Northern Comfort
Continue reading...Final Preparations, Delivery and Successful Launch!
Even with all the best laid plans, it isn’t until the boat is laid into the water do we know that all that work we did ended up with a successful launch of SV Northern Comfort.
Continue reading...Finishing the Hull Stripes and Painting the Hull
Mixing Fire Engine Red and Sea Green from Interlux Brightside, made a nice liquid brown which we used to re-apply the stripes and waterline. Painting the hull really nbrings this old girl back to life doesn’t it! The old paintjob...
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