Quick update. I got back to Estrella on April 8th and found her in great shape. A bit dirty from a winter of Columbia River mooring that I easily power washed off. Brought her engine on line and tested her basic systems for a trip to the boat yard. The boat yard work went as […]
With actual getting to sailing is 2 hours away, working on Estrella is a 40 mile round trip commute from Al’s house to the Estrella and back, and Rocky Pointe management not allowing me to stay on my boat while I’m working on her (they limit overnights to 6 per month) I decided it was […]
Sunny warm days with a breeze. Couldn’t ask for a better weekend. Cruised Multnoma channel to Saint Helens Saturday morning and enjoyed a windless warm afternoon at the Saint Helens public dock. There was lots of Halloween activities in Saint Helens. The people here take Halloween very seriously. They celebrate for the entire month! Sunday […]
Estrella and I met up with Dan and Olivia at Saint Helens fuel dock Saturday afternoon. We took a spin around Sand island and docked at the Saint Helens public dock for the afternoon drinking wine and beer! Sunday morning we headed out in the rain for a long run to Cathlamet. Approaching Cathlamet, we […]
Well, I was doing my normal engine check prior to my upcoming trip and discovered that one of the two tandem alternator belts obliterated itself on the front of the motor! No problem, I thought, since I knew I had lots of belts in the spares box the PO left. I pulled out a belt, […]
Finally got my canvas enclosure done (mostly). I’ve been busy getting Estrella ready for a cruise with my son, Dan and his fiance, Olivia. However, I had already begun the freezer thermostat job which lead to the freezer pipeline insulation job so those had to get done. Then there was the icing of the freezer […]
Time to head back to Brookings where my trusty MacGregor awaits her new owner. I really did not want to sell her but as she is a great Baja boat, just painfully to haul 2000 miles down and 2000 miles back. I need to find a boat I can leave in Baja and the buyer […]
I’m a board Estrella on a hot afternoon at her slip in Rocky Pointe Marina. Today I made two soft shackles as a going away present for Festina Lente. My temporary installation of a digital thermostat to control the freezer seems to be working. Other freezer issues include replacing the refrigerant pipe insulation near the […]
Estrella was officially (on request to Poseidon for his consideration) renamed on June 11 at 6:10PM PDT. We had a number of guests to help with and witness that all proper considerations to Poseidon and his brothers of the wind were completed in a boisterous manner. Estrella was decked out in glitter on her newly […]
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