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Happy Way Bus #2
Yes, Jen & Harry are still boat people! But life sorta happened and we've been away from Solla for another painfully long stretch. It hasn't stopped us from doing remote boat projects, however. What follows is a retrospective on my 2nd chaps project. If you're not into sewing, feel free to skip this one... or just come look at the pics. A real update will be coming soon, I promise.
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Cruising Musings
Wherein Jen & Harry finally get a case of "boat-envy", and it's a bad one. (Also some fun pics from cruising Baja so far in 2022.)
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Catch-Up Jan-April ’22 Post
A post to catch you up on January - April 2022, where we actually make it back to Mexico, back to the boat, back to boat-work, and finally, back on the water.
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Happy Way Bus
A retrospective (not a how-to) on creating custom chaps, for any other brave souls who embark on this sizeable sewing project. Also, the origin of the name of our dinghy, the Happy Way Bus.
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A Few Troubles in Solla Sollew
In the Dr. Seuss book after which our boat is named, Solla Sollew is a place where there are no troubles, or at least very few. Well, we’ve had a few troubles, and in the world of boats, they are unfortunately not “very few”. For short attention spans, I will skip to the end and tell you that we are temporarily repaired, back in the water, and have options for the next round of repairs in 6-9 mos., after a season cruising in Mexico.
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New-Cruiser Tips, vol.2
I'm very pleased with the anchor chain marking scheme we chose, and it's great to get it off our to-do list with the extra time at the dock in Morro Bay.
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Sew, Sew, Sew!
As soon as we got home from the Christmas holidays with family up in Tahoe, we got to work. I had 3 covers to make in 3 days: outboard, hydrovane, and staysail foredeck bag. (I was going to make a 4th, a cover for the windlass, but aborted for the time-being). Each posed a very different plan of attack. For the outboard, I planned to roughly follow the steps laid out in this Sailrite video. I wanted to deviate slightly and have the throttle cover be attached to the main body cover instead of 2 separate pieces like they do, and I had 6 pleats instead of 4. I got pretty…
Sailing/Cruising Blog of Jen & Harry aboard the Solla Sollew
