Cat is my Copilot

wow, its been a while, huh?

2010-09-05T13:42:00.000-07:00

so, my first post in a year or so... i got shanti sailing for a summer and did some short trips, mostly staying in the straits between whidbey and the mainland. then i went back to humboldt (by train) for the fall and winter. then back to Shanti, set her up, got ready to take her to port townsend, changed my mind and came back to humboldt for the summer. so now i'm living on land for the summer and fall, i have no idea where i'll end up at this rate... but here are some pics that my fellow wharf-rat Kenny took last year and a few from last sping by billy. the sloop is Kenny's boat "the bachelor's wife"

my first sail on shanti

2009-07-16T23:00:00.000-07:00

older shots

2009-07-08T16:43:00.000-07:00

here is shanti getting picked up out of her trailer

and afloat w/ her mast stepped for the first time since i bought her.

me explaining the junk rig to my stepdad [i'm the one with curly hair]

the rigging shop i work in, and out of

and a bit of beauty, the view from my dock...

update w/o pics (sorry)

2009-07-07T22:57:00.000-07:00

after much work, (much thanks to Sue!) the sail is on the mast.
no pictures of sue and lou working on shanti were taken(i blame the rum) new photos are on the way (i promise)

2009-06-17T23:37:00.000-07:00

well the sail went to uk halsey to be fixed,

shanti is in the water now, pics of that on the way. possibly some that actually show lou too! my truck is gone now, i'm truelly engineless!!!

2009-05-10T10:50:00.000-07:00

recently, Christy and Noel interviewed Roger Taylor about his boats and voyages, at the end of the interview he mentions my little boat because they were both in the 2006 jester challenge (before i got her) mine finished 2nd, he turned back early...
furled sails podcast: the simple sailor

rocket stove project part 1

2009-03-11T15:20:00.000-07:00

here are some pics of my rocket stove project if you have any questions about anything feel free to ask me

gratuitous pictures for your veiwing pleasure

2009-03-11T12:23:00.000-07:00

here we have a plastic bottle raft i saw at the boat show [they sailed to haiwaii on it]

shanti and shadow in the snow

and a pretty picture i took down at the harbor

engine removal...

2009-03-11T08:58:00.000-07:00

so, the engine is out and i have a lot more work to do including chafe protection, LED lights on the masthead and making the holes in the bottom go away

shanti update

2009-02-18T16:31:00.000-08:00

well, work on shanti proceeds at a snail's pace but i have one of th v-berths cut out to make room for my new 13 gallon holding tank and whenever i hit a snag on that i work on getting the engine pulled out. meanwhile shadow lounges on the fordeck like the bum he is.

Point Partridge hike pics

2009-02-18T11:16:00.000-08:00

just thought i'd show all you people out there in weblandia these pictures i took monday out on Point Partridge
first is the strait of san juan de fuca

where it all begins

2009-01-30T14:45:00.000-08:00

so here i am writing my first post from inside shanti's main salon (ha ha!), even though she is still on the hard ie sitting in the parking lot of skagit valley college's marine tech department (see top pic). i'm going through her electrical system and removing the Detritus of 20 years of shoddy wiring. i just went to the seattle boat show and made some connections for cheap sailcloth so that i can repair her sails and make her look like the photo on the right again. i can't wait to get her in the water and move on board.