Category Archives: galley
A mostly preparatory weekend
Almost ready to sail up to Langkawi. We spent most of the weekend at the boat cleaning, organizing, and tying up loose ends. The dockbox finally got emptied out after a year and a half of accumulation of random stuff. … Continue reading
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Charlene: Long weekends on S/V Oia
Another post from First Mate Charlene! Seeing as it was the long weekend, with the Presidential Elections and Hari Raya holiday, we spent quite some time on Oia. When I spend a longer time on the boat, it affects my … Continue reading
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Engine quotes; LPG overhaul; NMEA; transom
Got my hands on a couple more repower-related quotes over the last week or so. A Yanmar dealer up in Phuket was only interested in installing Yanmar engines; I found that a 4JH5E with a 7° down-angle gearbox would probably … Continue reading
Dinghy; various new stuff
I arrived back to the boat today after being in the US for a few weeks, carrying lots of bits and pieces for a variety of projects. I found that the marina staff had decided they didn’t like my dinghy … Continue reading
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Fan; baking; dodger glass; foot pump; dinghy; etc
It was a busy long weekend at the boat (Monday was Labor Day in Singapore). I started Saturday by making my usual rounds at Jalan Besar looking for various hardware. I was surprised to find that even Poey Huat, which is … Continue reading
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How not to sell an engine; other engines; solar; etc
Yesterday a Yanmar rep came by the boat to try to sell me a 4JH5E engine. I had previously contacted him about the 3JH5E, a smaller engine, but I guess he didn’t really want to sell me that. I was … Continue reading
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Oven molding
I finally managed to finish all the staining and varnishing of the molding around the gimbaled oven. It only took… three weeks. It looks decently nice although it’s a bit darker than most of the rest of the finishing. Here’s … Continue reading
Oven trim; engine cleaning; dodger glass; sore toe
This weekend there was a lot of shopping and not really a lot of accomplishing, or so it felt. I did a few random jobs on deck: replacing fender ropes on a couple fenders, seizing shackles on the Bruce anchor … Continue reading
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Radar; hatch; trim; etc
A second weekend in a row with not all that much progress to show. In fact, so little progress that for once I don’t even have any pictures of the stuff I worked on this weekend. Friday morning I went … Continue reading
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Gong xi fa cai; anemometer; hatch
Last weekend was a busy one, with a few nice accomplishments aboard Oia and a lot of Chinese New Year festivities. Wednesday night was CNY Eve. Doug managed to get some tickets aboard the Singapore Flyer, which was surprisingly empty, … Continue reading
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