As summer winds down, I am starting to get prepared for the winter work. You can tell that summer is over, less people at the marina, the nights are getting down in temperature; even the birds are quieter. Where are...
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Sailing for the fun of it, beating the storm back
Canada Day weekend sail I was happy to get out and sail around the harbour. I knew a storm was coming in so I headed back early to make sure I didn’t have a blow coming in as I was...
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...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...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...
Continue reading...Prepping for Paint, Primary Colour Interlux Brightside White
All that sanding, and prep work pays off with our hull gleaming white!
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