A few month back we received our dream windlass from http://www.deepblueengineering.co.uk/ ( Is there such thing as “dream windlass” ? – sure is for us! ) Playing around with our new “toy” (truly far from toy quality) we realized we should have ordered 2 handles with it. The boat is nowhere…
The cold temperature impeded this weekend’s productivity but we did get the transmission on the engine, one step forward. First chore, clear some snow. We are definitely into winter mode, cold and snow adds to the work load. Damper plate on. Are you sure it the right way back? Up…
The engine is finally in the boat. It has not reached its final destination yet but its up and in the boat. In itself this was a pretty straight forward operation: pick up the engine, raise it over the boat and down in the hole.The bigger challenge has been to…
When we started planning this boat, a classic and rugged looking manual windlass was clearly part of the big picture. We quickly found out that it wasn’t going to be easy to find that windlass we dreamed of for our boat and a point came when we accepted we were…
The tin can is shaping up, starting to see an engine room shape up. I need to get her done…. just ignore the heat… When the temprature approaches 40 C is when I have to stop. By then, the steel is so hot that it burns through my canvas pants….
The latest big deal was the purchase of our engine: a Perkins Sabre M92B. We had been looking at Beta Marine also but this engine came up as the right engine, for a great price, at the right time. We could have delayed this purchase but having the engine will make…
Shipped from the East coast, our engine arrived to Montreal where I had to go pick it up. I did not look forward to this trip through the city… but we made it. Marley offered to come with me for moral support. Engine unpacked! That made it for an engine…