Tools & Techniques Archives | Sailing Rua Hatu https://www.svruahatu.com/category/tools-techniques/ Exploring the world on a Vancouver 36 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 21:43:56 +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 Tools & Techniques Archives | Sailing Rua Hatu https://www.svruahatu.com/category/tools-techniques/ 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 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 Boatyard on the Beach https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/04/boatyard-on-the-beach/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/04/boatyard-on-the-beach/#comments Fri, 14 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=4568 Since moving onboard, we’ve struggled to find the right dinghy to meet our daily driving needs. Thus far we’ve worn through two inflatable dinghies, repaired (and re-repaired, and re-re-repaired) our aging inflatable SUP, and nearly sunk ourselves on multiple occasions in the tiny sailing dinghy that came with Rua Hatu. So after surveying all of …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/04/boatyard-on-the-beach/feed/ 1 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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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/08/the-quest-for-new-sails/feed/ 0 Haulout in Humboldt https://www.svruahatu.com/2021/01/haulout-in-humboldt/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:00:08 +0000 http://svruahatu.home.blog/?p=313 Certainly our journey through the San Juan Islands was a wonderful start to our adventures, but with nearly fifteen years worth of accumulated ablative antifouling below the waterline of Rua Hatu, the most recent of which was already two years old, we were in desperate need of a bottom job before we crossed any significant …

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