On Jun 14, 7:24 pm, katy wrote:
cruisin wrote:
On Jun 14, 10:34 am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"cruisin" wrote in message

groups.com...

Not really. It's actually pretty beautiful and the people are
actually pretty cool. I love it when I can bash another myth.
Anyway, we're stuck here for a bit looking for pipefittings for a new
exhaust riser, and a couple bazillion other projects, mostly small but
requiring city-type resources. Papeete is a city, all right.
Got new logs and pics up on the site, for those interested.

Fumbling along living the dream,

Mike and Barb
s/y Arabella
http://www.sailinglinks.com/notes.htm

You should have listened to Capt. Neal when he said simplify, simplify,
simplify! Now look at you guys. Stuck with more projects than sense.
But, there are sailors and there are tinkerers. Tinker away!

Wilbur Hubbard

I know, Wilbur, and we haven't hardly been sailing at all on this
trip. We should have listened to the wise and benificent Capt. Neal
when we could have bought a Crapanado 27 with an outboard and a cedar
bucket instead of this POS boat.
I live every moment consumed with regret.

Mike

I saw you smirk when you wrote that...say "hi" to Barbi for me...- Hide quoted text -

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Well, ya know, the Admiral says hi back, and wants me to tell you
she's not leaving here until we have an autopilot!
Not to mention an engine that works, but you can see her priorities.
What a complicated mess this boat really is. The wonderful Hydrovane
self-steering rig I spent too many boat units getting and installing
never really worked yet. The "bulletproof" Robertson autopilot uses
too many amps when sailing (it's either that or the fridge, and I like
cold beer) plus broke during the crossing, so we've been steering this
tub by hand for 3000+ miles. The company is out of business, so
getting it fixed is problematical, plus it's kind of intermittant-
breaks during a passage, then days after you've arrived in port it
decides it wasn't really broken. The docks here, as everywhere but
the US, I guess, are wired with 220 volts, so we had to track down the
appropriate transformer...then it blew the dock circuit breaker every
time we turned on our "AC in" breaker.
And on a much grosser note, the blingedy blangedly electric head needs
another intimate encounter with yours truly. Luckily the manual one
is hanging in there for now.
This is the real stuff you deal with while cruising, along with the
pink sunsets and drinks by the pool at some luxury hotel.
Shoulda bought the Coronado with the purple upolstery and the cedar
bucket.

Best,
Mike 'n Barb
s/y Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com