Category Archives: mechanical
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
Filed under deck, general, hull, maintenance, mechanical, photos, planning, plumbing
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 lot of random little progress
I haven’t been focusing on any one big task lately since my todo list before shipping up to Langkawi next month is just full of a zillion little things. My plan now is to head up to Langkawi to begin … 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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Repower whining; window painting; dinghy; LASIK
I am finding planning the repower job to be a terrible mess. I have a spreadsheet with 94 rows (and counting) to keep track of all the different contractors I’ve been in touch with for stuff like the actual installation; … Continue reading
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Pedestal guard; propeller
For a long time I’ve been trying to figure out a way to make an enclosure for my chartplotter. I can’t buy one because my pedestal guard (a 1″ o.d. bent SS pipe that is bolted to the deck and … Continue reading
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Windows; LEDs; prop shaft; boarding ladder; sinking neighbor
It was a pseudo-busy boat weekend, although I don’t think there’s much substantial to show for it. On Thursday I wrapped up a couple dangling projects and continued working on the dodger windows. Those are coming along mostly nicely and … Continue reading
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Beta Marine 38 will be Oia’s new engine
After a little back and forth with Beta Marine’s sales guy, I have a quote for the engine (with various options) that is a good 30% better than my original estimate. All I had to do was ask for a … Continue reading
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