One of the reasons we’d chosen to sail to New Zealand was that, back in the developed world, we would[…]
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Category: Maintenance
Boat projects and updates
On the Selling of Boats
The process of selling Villa stretches all the way back into November, when we arrived in New Zealand and started[…]
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“Selling” Villa at Gulf Harbor
We pulled back into the marina and docked in what would now be our official slip, a tight spot where[…]
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Vuda Marina for a new Furler
We dropped anchor outside Vuda and took the dinghy in for dinner. We’d gotten a recommendation for an indian place[…]
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Prepping in Panama City, Take Two
Now on the dock at La Playita Marina, we set about getting Villa’s engine back in fighting form. One theory[…]
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To Las Perlas and… back again. :-(
We just crossed the Pacific, but we didn’t really get through the Panama story before we left. Here’s the start[…]
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Prepping and Provisioning in Panama City
After crossing the canal, we found ourselves in the La Playita anchorage, with a broken alternator and a sheared bolt[…]
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Linton Bay: Projects Continue in the Roll
Back in Linton Bay, we packed away all our new purchases… And settled into getting our engine put back together[…]
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Painting our Bottom in the Dusty Yard
After over two weeks of sanding, Villa was finally ready to paint. The final finish was far from perfect, but[…]
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Hauling out in Cartagena for New Years
Oh, Ferroalquimar. You are so close to being a great yard, and yet… We hauled out in the morning on[…]
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