From a sailboat renovation perspective every angle on a sailboat isn’t square, except maybe where you make the inside edges. This leads to a much more time consuming cut/fit process than a house or building renovation with a lot of...
Continue reading...2019
Season 1 recap, some thoughts on sailing keeping dreams alive
…what sailing keeping dreams alive means along this journey of life…
Continue reading...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...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...Engine Teardown
We bought the boat with a dead engine. It wasn’t seized, but would not fire up. After testing, all 4 cylinders had no compression. I have not seen that before in all my past engine mishaps and repairs. I was...
Continue reading...Delivery
Delivery from Grand Bend, to Hamilton Transport provided by James Van Tuyl, Van Tuyl Marine Transport. They did a great job, very careful and charged what they said they would charge. Video of us clearing out the cradle and getting...
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