Month: January 2022

Made some progress on rebuilding the binnacle this weekend

Of course I still need to rebuild the actu helm pump but the pieces are not in yet also need to add the valves but same story

Brought the freshly painted binnacle home on the weekend and starting to reinstall all of the new pieces. I guess that isn’t reinstalling but I think you get my point.
Of course I have completely forgotten how to run the tubing for the hydraulic steering so I have reached out to the owners group for help.

I can’t remember how long it has been since I added anything to this blog.

I can’t remember the last time I actually did any work on Akupara.

I can’t remember why we even started this project, only to get so close and then to let it all slip away.

I think Covid has a lot to do with it. The complacency, the desire to just hide. Who knows.

If we don’t make an honest stab at it now, it will forever be lost…

I watched a video of a guy with his Whitby 42 this morning.

I miss sailing. I miss the aloneness. I miss the shrinking of one’s universe to the point that it starts at the bow and ends at the stern.

I need to sail.

Enough said.