Category Archives: maintenance
After a long time, a visit to the boatyard
It’s been a long time, but Oia still exists, of course. We’ve been living in NYC (and Singapore — visa issues, long story) since early 2012 and Oia has, sadly, moved to the back burner. She’s spent the year slowly undergoing refit in … Continue reading
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Good and bad news; boatyard progress; etc
First things first. The bad news: our cruising plans, which had been set to begin right around now, have been indefinitely postponed. The good news: they were postponed because I accepted an offer to continue at Voxel in New York, … Continue reading
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Quick trip to the boatyard
A week ago I took a quick trip up to Langkawi for a few days to see how things were coming along in the boatyard and do a little work of my own there. The first thing I noticed was … Continue reading
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A couple weeks in the boatyard and around Langkawi
After a little over a week back in Singapore to rest and work after reaching Langkawi, I flew back up for a couple weeks to spend some time working on the boat. It was really busy with lots of things … Continue reading
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Trip recap: Singapore to Langkawi
A brief summary: after a much longer than expected journey, Oia is in Langkawi on the hard stand at the B&V yard a few miles from Kuah. It was quite an adventure: we departed One 15 Marina at dawn on October 20 … Continue reading
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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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Rigging; cleaning; etc
Last Thursday I finally got off my butt and gave Oia a good scrubbing to get rid of the accumulated filth of a few months in the marina coupled with various recent dusty projects. She’s looking… decent. I still can’t wait … Continue reading
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LASIK; repower contractor at last
I did the LASIK surgery last week. Recap in a nutshell: it was totally worth it, and it’s very exciting to be able to see pretty much all the time. Only downside is there’s some recovery time involved. Currently I’m … Continue reading
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Engine; windows; life raft
I met with engineers from the local Westerbeke distributor Thursday, and I was decently pleased with their competence in measuring and poking around to see if the 44C would be a suitable engine. After 45 mins or so they left … 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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