Maintenance Archives | Sailing Rua Hatu https://www.svruahatu.com/category/maintenance/ Exploring the world on a Vancouver 36 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 19:55:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.svruahatu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-SVRuaHatu_Stamp-32x32.png Maintenance Archives | Sailing Rua Hatu https://www.svruahatu.com/category/maintenance/ 32 32 Worlds Apart – Summer 2023 in Panama https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/worlds-apart-1/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/worlds-apart-1/#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=5024 Greetings from sleepy Turtle Cay Marina during the peak of summer and the Atlantic hurricane season. While Janine visited Europe, I spent my days working on various boat projects, hiking with Kiwi and enjoying the remote Caribbean coastline. Take a look at what happened while the storms raged offshore. Situated beyond the major cities and …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/worlds-apart-1/feed/ 0 A Quiet Paradise Named Turtle Cay https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/07/a-quiet-paradise-named-turtle-cay/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/07/a-quiet-paradise-named-turtle-cay/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:01:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=4962 After two short sails from Shelter Bay, we arrived in Turtle Cay Marina. There we settled in and got to work ordering parts, upgrading our plumbing and generally enjoying this remote marina on Panama’s Caribbean coast. Lightning in Linton Bay After departing Shelter Bay Marina, we made our way to the end of the breakwater …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/07/a-quiet-paradise-named-turtle-cay/feed/ 0 Playing Catch-Up https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/06/playing-catch-up/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/06/playing-catch-up/#respond Sat, 03 Jun 2023 16:39:36 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=4823 Since much of our time in Panama had been spent building our new dinghy, we took the last few weeks to catch up on some much needed boat maintenance as we get ready to depart for South America. We headed back to Las Perlas to get back to work and enjoy some empty anchorages. The …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/06/playing-catch-up/feed/ 0 Hurry up and wait a bit longer https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/09/hurry-up-and-wait-a-bit-longer/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/09/hurry-up-and-wait-a-bit-longer/#respond Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=3286 We finally receive our long-awaited new sails and test them successfully. Now we’re ready to set off for Costa Rica, if only the weather will cooperate. After three months of patiently waiting, our new sails finally arrived on Tuesday afternoon, September 6. Packaged in two impressively compact boxes, the four sails weigh a total of …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/09/hurry-up-and-wait-a-bit-longer/feed/ 0 The Quest for New Sails https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/08/the-quest-for-new-sails/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/08/the-quest-for-new-sails/#respond Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=2606 It is that time in a boat owners’ life when the sailboat is in need of a new wardrobe. Our current inventory of sails came with the boat. Each from different sailmakers and possibly handed down from other boats since some measurements on the old sails don’t quite match the sailplan. Our genoa foresail has …

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