Narnia

The bay was it’s normal blustery self as Narnia took us for an amazing sail around Angel Island and Alcatraz

Amazing 12hour / 60 mile sail to the Farallon Islands and back on Saturday . Typical cold foggy day along the coast. Tons of camera shy whales and other aquatic life along the way. We went aboard Coho II from the Modern Sailing club. What a wonderful time!

Taking Narnia out for a blustery sail around the bay. Typical summer winds. Love how well this boat handles.

How does Sue spend a gorgeous Saturday? Why changing out the seagull drinking water filters aboard Narnia of course. Practicing for that “fixing the boat in exotic places” lifestyle. ⛵️

Sue and I took a “mooring skills” class today. We cruised out of Sausalito (with an instructor) to Angle Island and practiced picking up mooring balls. As expected, Sue did awesome! Great class through Modern Sailing.

Monday night happenings on Narnia: Measuring the starboard Spade anchor rode (chain and rope). Can you guess how many feet ?? The port side Rocna anchor is at home – we just took off the chain to measure and now in the back of the truck (not needed at this time – just adds weight […]

One of the hazards of owning a boat, you get to attend boat shows to spend money. Luckily we made it out relatively unscathed. We did attend a few “Cruising Mexico Seminars” though. That’s gives us some great ideas.

Monday night happenings on Narnia: More navigation instrument programming walk-throughs!! Dan knows my “end user requirements”. :-)‚

So Dan managed to break one of the windlass foot switches last week (don’t ask). Sue was nice enough to replace them today. Good as new.

While Scotty was vacationing at Auntie April’s, we moved Narnia to her new “permanent” home on SF Bay. Yes we bought a dock in Emeryville so we could legally live aboard Narnia.

We purchased a slip for Narnia at the Emery Cove Yacht Harbor in Emeryville Ca. We use to keep our 2005 Hunter 46 here from 2005-2010, so know we like the harbor and enjoy the sailing area. At “only” 40′ long, Narnia is the smallest boat in the land of giants at this end of […]

Exciting Friday evening.. Physical design review with Dan on Narnia navigation instrumentation .. oh my!! Just love this stuff !!!Narnia’s electronics are circa 2005 and generally still work great, but we need to augment them so we can use “modern” convivences like iPads and Laptops to Plan, Control and View the various aspects of the […]

Note to self: make sure there are a few extra screwdrivers on Narnia. Dan is working on the anchor chain counter tonight ..The counter uses small magnets in the windlass drum to count revolutions and convert it into feet back at the control head in the cockpit.

Hung our first picture tonight on Narnia (sunrise photo from Emeryville last month )

Narnia came fairly well equipped with electronics that were state of the art in 2005. Over the years the previous owner added, changed, and removed components with little thought to those that would come after him. I’m playing detective to try and figure out (and label) what’s what in the mass of wiring. I love […]

The top of the fuel tanks had some corrosion when we purchased Narnia. It’s time to clean them up. A brass brush, some baking soda, and lots of elbow grease. Left side cleaned in this picture.

Narnia will be getting a new dingy in a few weeks. Dan is working hard to get the old 15 HP outboard working for the dingy …

Dan was able to capture the beautiful sunrise this morning (no filter used on camera)…