Narnia

It has been a rather wet and blustery week here in Northern California, so I decided I had better head down to the marina to check on Narnia. Upon arrival I noticed that one of the spinnaker halyards had wedged itself behind the port spreader light about 30′ up the mast. For the life of […]

Sue spotted this visitor today swimming through our backyard. We love having a water front “land home” with all the wildlife it brings. The burning debate is “is it a seal or a sea lion”?

When at sea and away from easy internet connections, email communication is still available via Narnia’s HF Radio and WinLink email. The host of s/v Narnia’s blog allows updates via email by providing special tags within the email text. The Winlink radio email network allows the crew of Narnia to connect to various Ham Radio […]

We were camping in the RV at Half Moon Bay over Memorial Day weekend in 2018, and as was our habit at the time, we were perusing Yacht World and dreaming about sailing off around the world. Ever since we sold our last “Big Boat” in 2010 (a 2005 Hunter 46LE, sv Snoozie) and downsized […]

We spent Sunday afternoon scrubbing the winter moss off of the deck of Narnia. The North side of the boat gets very little sun, so today Narnia got a good bath. Great day.

So here it is January 9, 2021 in Northern California, and the weather feels like Spring. Warm and sunny with a light Southwesterly breeze just strong enough to fill the sails. It was a perfect day to take Narnia’s little sister, the Capri 18 that we keep docked behind our home, out for a sail […]

What better way to start off 2021 then with completing some boat projects. Today was the long overdue mounting of Narnia’s life raft. As with all boat projects, the 1 hour job estimate actually took all day to complete. A large portion of the time add was due to Dan launching some vital parts of […]

So what does a repacked and certified life raft look like? Well not much changes, a couple of new labels and a box of stuff they said they replaced. You have to take it on faith that it was really done :-). Thank you Avalon Rafts in Wilmington CA for handling the repack. We did […]

We decorated Narnia for Christmas this year for the Emery Cove boat lighting contest. We came in 12th place (yes there were more then 11 other boats!). We won 2 t-shirts.

Narnia is a Caliber 40 LRC (Long Range Cruiser) and as such she is capable of carrying about 212 gallons of diesel fuel in her 2 tanks. As we spend most of our time sailing, not motoring, we tend to not use a lot of fuel. This becomes an issue as the fuel in the […]

2020-11-28 16:45:06 Emeryville We purchased Narnia’s dinghy early in 2019 but kept it at home as we never had an occasion to unpack and use it on board. Today we brought the motor and dinghy to Narnia for a test run.

We got the outboard mounted on the stem rail using the outboard lifting davit (worked like a charm). Also used the arm to lower the outboard onto the dinghy. Easy, at least at the dock. Motor is a Jonson 15HP 2-stroke.

2020-11-08 17:30:11 Emeryville We put the full enclosure canvas on just before the hail and high winds started. Rocking and rolling at the dock. Warm and cozy in the cockpit. Scotty doesn’t even notice.

2020-11-08 14:58:50 Emeryville Sunday happenings at Narnia: Lubricating zippers and snaps before we zip on the winter full enclosure (so we can stay dry in the cockpit when it rains)… 20 knot winds at the dock..

Dropped off Narnia’s life raft for inspection, packing and certification. Not too bad of shape for being 15 years old. Had over an hour walk through of the raft and how to use it, etc… We will make another trip to pick it up in a few weeks…

Discover’s Day in Hawaii allowed a day off from work to take Narnia for a quick single handed trip around SF bay. Was also an opportunity to try out the new dock bumpers when leaving and docking. They worked great. Weather was sunny and warm.

A little boat maintenance today. Had to drill out and tap a couple of screws for the salt water wash down pump connector.

Narnia carries both a small kayak and an air floor dinghy to use as general transportation from anchorage to shore. Since it was such a beautiful day, decided to take the kayak out for a paddle.

Sue and I Installed 40′ of hull hugr dock bumper on the “new” dock in Emeryville over the weekend. Now Narnia won’t get scratched when she leaves and enters the slip. Note that even though we own the dock, the HOA says we are not allowed to screw anything into it, so we devised a […]