Category Archives: photos
Oia is sold
It’s a little bittersweet, but as of today (November 23, 2012) Oia is sold to her new owners, Victor and Svetlana, who I hear are aboard in the B&V yard, getting situated, and learning about their new boat. Congratulations to them! … Continue reading
Oia is for sale sold
UPDATE: As of November 23, 2012, Oia is sold to Victor and Svetlana, who are aboard and happy with their new boat! Congratulations and fair winds! After a fair bit of thought, and lots of hemming and hawing, I have finally decided … Continue reading
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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Trip prep; NMEA wiring
I’ve set most project-type tasks aside to get Oia tidied up for next week’s trip. At this point everything’s mostly in order: decently well provisioned (except for perishables which I’ll pick up the day before we sail), most stuff stowed … 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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Mainsail; some small projects; route planning
The clock is ticking and in just a couple weeks I’ll be heading up to Langkawi to haul out and start major refit work. In the meantime I’m still working on a bunch of little tasks. Over the weekend I … Continue reading
