| A Series of Unfortunate Events |
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| Sunday, July 4, 2010 11:02 AM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 63 n.mi. On Board: Osito, Sonia, Timon [Image:100704_65517_0.png] Map: [Image:Screen shot 2010-07-04 at 6.53.07 PM.png] We left on a steamy (~30C with the humidex) Monday afternoon, and motored under light winds northwards to |
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| Best Sailing Weekend Yet |
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| Sunday, May 30, 2010 6:37 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 45.5 n.mi. Year-to-Date: 56.3 n.mi. GPX Tracklog: [Image:2010-05-28.gpx] A two nighter weekend - I sailed to beausoleil island on friday night, with about 15 knots of wind from the northwest. I sailed right into the anchorage, ju |
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| First Sail of 2010 / Victoria Day Weekend |
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| Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:38 AM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 10.8 n.mi. Year-to-Date: 10.8 n.mi. GPX File: [Image:2010-05-224.gpx] [Image:Screen shot 2010-05-25 at 10.37.25 AM.png] We spent Friday and Saturday cleaning the boat, and preparing for sailing - fully reorganized the contents of |
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| Launched! |
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| Thursday, May 6, 2010 1:50 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| A wholly uneventful launch (the best kind!), I was at the slip by 9am [Image:IMG_6006.jpg] [Image:IMG_6010.jpg] [Image:IMG_6013.jpg] [Image:IMG_6016.jpg] [Image:IMG_6024.jpg] [Image:IMG_6026_2.jpg] [Image:IMG_6027.jpg] |
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| Echo Charger Installation Details |
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| Thursday, May 6, 2010 1:47 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| This is not 100% complete, as I am planning on relocating the house bank, but here's pictures of the echo charger installation and solar panel charge controller relocation. I'm going to build a better panel for the charge controller as well, when I r |
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| Ready to Launch! |
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| Wednesday, May 5, 2010 3:24 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Work Done By: Timon I spent the day doing launch prep. I Antifouled the hull, installed batteries and solar panel, started engine to dewinterize, reconnected raw water intake hose and closed all thru-hulls. Also, I installed a xantrex echo-charge t |
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| Sailing with Sonia, Osito, and Mom |
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| Monday, September 28, 2009 5:46 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 8.9 n.mi. Year-to-Date: 310.7 n.mi. A nice daysail, we went out in a bit of a drizzle, which cleared up - and sailed at around 6 knots for a while in 10-15 knots wind, with about 10-15 degrees of heel the entire way. The weather |
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| Note to self |
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| Monday, September 14, 2009 12:30 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| battery supplier: http://discover-energy.com/ |
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| Spectacular Brown Bay |
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| Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:22 AM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 28.2 n.mi. Year-to-Date: 299.6 n.mi. Motorsailed at almost 7 knots up to Brown Bay on Saturday, and anchored in a basically empty anchorage - now that summer's "over", the anchorages are much more enjoyable! There were |
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| Fixing some wiring issues |
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| Monday, September 7, 2009 8:48 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| I started changing the wiring of the boat to more suit the way I would like it to be, [ http://joliebrise.orawski.com/FOV1-00019238/FOV1-00019239/?OpenItemURL=S000BB4E7-000BB4E7#2009-09-07 ]See the projects page for more info |
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| Beasoleil with my mom and Nadia |
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| Sunday, September 6, 2009 8:47 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 14 n.mi. Year-to-Date: 271.4 n.mi. [Image:Picture 8.png] [Image:Picture 9.png] [Image:Picture 10.png] (We definitely didn't drag!) |
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| Beckwith Island with the Satovs |
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| Saturday, September 5, 2009 8:47 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 37.9 n.mi. Year-to-Date: 257.4 n.mi. [Image:Picture 5.png] [Image:Picture 6.png] [Image:Picture 7.png] [Image:IMG_4688.jpg] [Image:IMG_4691.jpg] [Image:IMG_4699.jpg] [Image:IMG_4702.jpg] [Image:IMG_4703.jpg] [Image:IMG_4706.jpg] |
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| A Fix-it day/ Finishing Projects |
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| Sunday, August 30, 2009 12:27 AM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Description to come later [Image:IMG_4634.jpg] [Image:IMG_4637.jpg] [Image:IMG_4638.jpg] [Image:IMG_4639.jpg] [Image:IMG_4640.jpg] [Image:IMG_4642.jpg] [Image:IMG_4648.jpg] [Image:IMG_4649.jpg] [Image:IMG_4652.jpg] [Image:IMG_4655.jpg] [Image:IMG_465 |
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| Bone Island with Sonia and Osito |
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| Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:57 AM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 32.4 n.mi. Year-to-Date: 219.5 n.mi. Motored up in no wind to Bone Island, with intent to anchor in Hockeystick Bay - hoping to be close to Las Brisas for the weekend to socialize a bit - Hockeystick was already full, so we motor |
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| Beausoleil Island with Osito |
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| Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:52 AM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 25.5 n.mi. Year-to-Date: 186.9 n.mi. Sailed up to Beausoleil, headed for Chimney Bay - sailed in company with Totziens for a while. When we got to Chimney, the anchorage was pretty much full - so I returned to Cedar Springs for |
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| Frying Pan Bay Long Weekend |
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| Friday, July 31, 2009 7:48 AM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 34.9 n.mi. Year-to-Date: 161.4 n.mi. A nice weekend out with Mom and Osito. Sailed out most of the way to Frying Pan Bay on Friday Morning, and motored the rest of the way in to get there quick enough to find a spot for the long |
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| Another Quick Daysail/Mirror Dinghy First Sail |
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| Thursday, July 30, 2009 7:44 AM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 7.6 n.mi. Year-to-Date: 126.5 n. mi. [Image:270809_74526_0.png] [Image:IMG_4258.jpg] [Image:IMG_4261.jpg] I also took out the Mirror Dinghy for a quick sail Distance Travelled: 1.0 n.mi. Max Speed: 4.7 kts [Image:270809_74719 |
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| A Quick Daysail |
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| Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:43 AM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 9.7 n.mi. Year-to-Date: 118.9 n. mi. [Image:270809_74417_0.png] |
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| Solar Panel Install |
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| Friday, July 24, 2009 1:36 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| I made a rail mount for the solar panel, it seems to be able to churn out about 3 amps under ideal circumstances [Image:IMG_4161.jpg] [Image:IMG_4163.jpg] [Image:IMG_4255.jpg] in cloudy conditions i'm still getting about 0.5 amps out of it [Image:I |
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| Unpleasantness |
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| Friday, July 10, 2009 3:29 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| There's a story for these pictures, but you don't want to hear it [Image:iPhone Image 7D03B4.jpg] [Image:iPhone Image 7D03DC.jpg] [Image:iPhone Image 7D038B.jpg] [Image:iPhone Image 7D040F.jpg] [Image:iPhone Image 7D0342.jpg] [Image:iPhone Image 7D0 |
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| Furler! |
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| Friday, July 10, 2009 3:19 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| My new Harken Cruising Unit 1 has finally been installed! I took the boat out for a quick sail out in the bay to test it out, it works beautifully! Distance Travelled: 2.1 n.mi. Year-to-Date: 109.2 n. mi. [Image:270809_74234_0.png] [Image:iPhone |
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| Satov Cousing Camping Weekend |
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| Monday, July 6, 2009 3:32 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| A "long" weekend with a short sail, a group of Sonia's cousins came up to the boat on a camping trip - now a yearly tradition. It was a full boat, with six people and two dogs, we had a great time hanging out and barbecueing with the two ba |
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| Frying Pan Bay/Osito's First Sail |
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| Saturday, June 20, 2009 3:46 PM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| Distance Travelled: 27 n.mi. Year To Date: 102.1 n.mi. Sonia, Osito, and I motored to Fryingpan Bay, rafted up with Heeling Power and Breathless, then sailed home early on Sunday. The motor up on Saturday was cold and dreary, a fairly nasty day to b |
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| Of Interest |
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| Tuesday, June 2, 2009 12:51 AM -0400 |
By: Timon Orawski |
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| All of my sails on Jolie Brise to date, you can really see how I'm starting to spread out further now! [Image:020609_125209_0.png] |
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