The most common trip, by far, is going to and from the Farm. I was at the Farm the other day assessing the damage from the fallen trees – in particular the damage to the water system.
Month: March 2020
Rail Repair
I was pulling away from the dock at Chatter Box Falls when I noticed that one of my fenders was still out. I tried to pull it up but it was too difficult for me to get at it with the canoe strapped to the side. In my effort to do this I pulled off…
Princess Louisa Inlet
Multi-day cruise in the finest weather possible. Nights at dock on Farm (picked up two canoes) at dock, ‘out-station’ Narrows Inlet (joined by a friend/boat) Chatter Box Falls (joined by more friends/boat) Chatter Box Falls (1 friend/boat left on 2nd morning) Chatter Box Falls (last friend/boat peeled off at Egmont) I cut the trip short…
Boathouse
As I contemplate the work to re-varnish Merva I come to the boat house and better protecting Merva from the sun. I have decided to start to ‘button up’ the boathouse. I started this with replacing some of the more deteriorated plywood on the sunny side.
House Batteries
Getting ready for a cruise to Chatter Box falls. Depart around March 20th. First order of business is to get parts. I went looking for replacements for the house batteries (2x Trojan T-125 Plus) but could not find any locally. So picked a pair of ‘Interstate’ equivalents. They are about 10-15% poorer on the spec….