morro bay = projects
Christiana Before I dive into the project talk, I’d like to say that I ADORE MORRO BAY! To the point of it being on my list of places to return to…
DIY
what’s been going on?
a lot. the end. Just kidding! It has been a busy, productive April, May, June, July, and August. MACH 5 looks like a cruising boat now! Mark and me (Christiana)…
a greenhorn, that’s me!
Hardly anything on the haul-out to-do list was a task that I (Christiana) could do on my own. I still feel overwhelmed (and over-helmed) when sailing MACH 5. I’m unskilled…
prior owners
No matter what you buy used, at some point in your ownership, you have a moment of what was the prior owner (PO) thinking? With a boat, it seems to…
life on the hard
SV Mach 5 and her people are doing hard time. We motored to Napa Valley Marina over two days. It was cold, windy–sometimes wet. We had new experiences including the…
diy screens
One of the “features” of buying a 31yo sailboat is that all the portlight screens have gone somewhere, other than on the boat. We have 14 portlights aka as windows…