Monthly Archives: March 2009

Approach Avoidance… I Don't Wanna Go

By lizzy | Published: March 27, 2009
Squall rain and a whipping wind woke me at dawn as Swell yanked and yawed on her mooring. I squeezed my eyes shut and rolled over again, not ready to face the reality of the day ahead”¦ despite the less than ideal conditions, I would HAVE to leave today. I had attempted to wait for [...]
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I've Got No Strings to Hold Me Down

By lizzy | Published: March 24, 2009
The amount of chaos inside Swell that had accumulated over the last two weeks of projects in the marina was mindboggling. Wood and metal scraps, half used glues and caulking, bits of wires, dirty rags, random screws, washers, and nuts, broken and assorted drill bits, frayed ends of cut ropes, cans of paint and varnish [...]
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Reef Smooch

By lizzy | Published: March 20, 2009
To my own disbelief, I had correctly wired in the wind generator and watched with glee the next morning as the ammeter on the board showed amps coming in with each gust! Without further celebration, I got back to work to remount and rewire the solar panels. My ‘albatross’, arrived in timely fashion with my [...]
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Wind Generator, Some Assembly Required

By lizzy | Published: March 17, 2009
With Sylvain’s assistance, the wind generator post goes up”¦up”¦up”¦and we both stand back and have a look”¦ “Trop haut,” (too high) we both agree. “It’s going to vibrate too much.” UGH. The sun is almost setting, can’t it just be right!? We pull it down again. I dismount the wind generator, hang it from the boom and [...]
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Foreign Pests of All Sizes

By lizzy | Published: March 13, 2009
After a weekend of full surf immersion, I greeted the final items on the list last Monday with a sunburnt smile”¦ Okay, here we go”¦ Pull up the re-cut headsail. Go to the top to see where it lays. Search my hardware extras and find the PERFECT piece to lash to the masthead to make [...]
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A Sprint to the Present

By lizzy | Published: March 2, 2009
Swell is once again bobbing happily in the Pacific”¦for now, only at the boatyard marina, but piece by piece and day by day Swell comes together. Under time pressure from the Dear & Yonder filmmakers to be ready for some action in the next few weeks, I have been busting my tail to get her [...]
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