Action: To Do List item A0245 - Inspect all light fixtures and wiring. Delete all plastic inline butt splices and solder connections. Connect wiring with crimped/mechanical connections. Completed: Cost: $ To get access to the overhead LED lights and wiring,...
We renamed our True North 34 sailboat - DOVE . Why? After considerable time - 2015 through 2020, casual thought, and an epiphany, we decided the existing sailboat name INDRA was not suitable for our sailboat or us. Indra is the name of the ancient Hindu warrior god of...
In Part 1 of our search for the correct or optimum propeller size for Indra, we discovered what size propeller we had and the many "issues" with it. In Part 2 of our search we increased our knowledge of propellers enough to understand what pieces of information we...
In the first part of our search for the correct or optimum propeller size for Indra, we discovered Indra had a right hand rotation, 18" diameter by 13" pitch propeller sized for a 1.25 inch propeller shaft. We also discovered a lot of issues with the current propeller...
Indra’s propeller had “issues”. We discovered it had galvanic corrosion and dezincification caused by lack of zinc anode protection and no protective paint coating. While we cleaned it up, sanded it, applied protective paint, and installed a zinc anode on the shaft,...
As we purchased an old, but new to us, sailboat in 2011, a 1978 Perry 47 ketch, we by pure chance (the internet) became aware of an organization called the Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA). After a brief cursory review on the internet about the SSCA, we decided...
The £200 Millionaire by Weston Martyr I was organizing files on the computer's hard drive and found a old PDF file labeled the "The £200 Millionaire ". I opened and re-read it and vaguely remembered reading it many years ago - it was as concise and...
Lesson – Risk Mitigation – Safety and Security NOTICE: The goal of this post is for us, our family, to learn something from a tragic event and apply what we learn to reduce the risks of a similar incident happening to us. If you learn something from this post -...
It is finally a reality, a small change for the better, and we renewed and got ours - the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Certificate of Documentation (COD) valid for 5-years. Delivery Time and Cost 26 days - Time from COD Renewal request to US delivery. 41...
We purchased Indra four years ago on 22 March 2015 at Holiday Oceanview Marina (HOV), Samal Island, Davao del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines. We had her hauled out and put on the hard on 4 September 2015 and she is still on the hard to this day. Dates of visit. The...
