Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas ALL

Huge Storm in the Pacific Northwest

We have had a trying day or two with storms here.  Winds in the Strait of Georgia exceeded 55 knots while winds in the marina hit 39 knots.  It did a lot of damage to our West Dock (we are on dock D)

One of 2 Boats Beached

Outer Part of Dock Separated and Ran Aground

Motor Yacht Beached and Flooded at High Tide

Carolyn Surveys the Damage

Dock and Boats on Shore

Dock Before It Totally Separated

White Rock Pier Heavily Damaged

OCTOBER ALREADY!!!

The summer has gone by ridiculously quickly. Here we are into the fall and the rains will soon come to the Pacific Northwest.  One of the items on our list of things to fix on board are our mattresses.  They have lasted the last 9 years, but they are spring mattresses and  they are becoming uncomfortable.  We are therefore replacing them in the next couple of weeks.  We have patterned each of them and the new ones are being fabricated by RCB Royal City Bedding in Surrey BC.  They make all kinds of mattresses and seating for yachts. 

Master's Cabin

Master's Cabin

Forward Cabin

FUEL POLISHING

Here is the new Racor filter installed to polish the fuel and return it to the tank.  The switch to turn it on and off is to the right and the in-line shut off valve is on the left.

Racor Fuel Polishing System

FUEL POLISHING

As a result of the bad start to the cruise this summer, we purchased a Racor fuel polishing system.  It has just been released.  Is the least expensive of the systems I have seen, and the simplest.  Pictures to come!

2018 CRUISE

This year we started by heading to Gabriola Island, but the winds were over 25 knots and right on the nose.  We tried motor sailing in the rough seas, but the engine immediately started to sag.  We were headed for Silva Bay and the entry is not the place to have no engine power in high winds.  We opted instead to turn the boat south and went into a broad reach headed for Active Pass.  We would only attempt it if we got there in time for slack tide.  We did make it, got through and picked up a mooring ball in Montague Harbour.  We were there for 2 nights, then motored over (slowly as we could only get 1200 RPM out of the engine) to Ganges Harbour.  We managed to get the Racor filter changed there and picked up some spares when we got to Sidney.

Under Sail Heading to Active Pass

Deadbeat Hitchhiker

Terratima Docked in Nanaimo Harbour

Yacht "Clan VIII" Coming into Nanaimo

Perini-Navi Built -148 Feet in Length

Carolyn on a Walk on Thetis Island

Pier Adjacent to Ferri Dock - Thetis Island

Thetis Island Ferry Departing

Thetis Island

Sailing on the Strait of Georgia 

Departure Coming Closer

Here are images from last year

Under Way to Comox

Comox Marina

Sailing From Victoria to Sidney

Ogden Point - The Entry Point to Victoria 

Harbour

In Ladysmith Marina

ADDITIONAL CALL SIGN

We have added a call sign for our Amateur Radio for offshore communication:

VE0KLV

AROUND THE MARINA

Just some pictures from a  few recent walks

Heron Feeding at Low Tide

Dawn 

Sunrise

Our Marina

IP465 - POLAR PLOT

There is a great new app that plots the performance of a sailboat based on displacement, sail area, length overall, length at the water line, etc.  Here are the results for the IP465:

Polar Plot from iOS App "iPolar"

APRIL ALREADY

Here it is April already.  We have a second call sign for the SSB to be legal in international waters ; VE0KLV  which is a version of VA7KLV which is my main call sign. 

No hauling out this year.  We are planning on heading out to Bowen Island for the May long weekend.  We used Easter to do some maintenance 

Webasto Heater Replacement

Our hydronic heating system on board Terratima has a Webasto diesel fueled unit.  It has not worked properly from the day it was installed.    After years of frustration with the system, the final straw came when we discovered that the heat transfer jacket was cracked and water (glycol) was entering the combustion chamber.  The cost to replace the jacket was $1,400 for the part.  I had it ripped out and replaced with a Russian-built unit that cost me the same amount and has worked flawlessly.  So much for American ingenuity.