Narnia

One of the benefits of being retired is that you can go sailing whenever the wind and weather are nice. You are not relegated to whatever the weekend holds. Today, Thursday was such a day. Clear sunny skies, warm breeze blowing high teens to mid 20 Knots, and an almost empty bay. It was the […]

The negative tide was a bit too low for Narnia to navigate the channel for sailing this morning so I opted for a morning paddle on SF Bay. It was a gorgeous Spring day with almost no wind and dead calm in the bay. There was not another boat to be found, not even the […]

Since it was such a beautiful Friday morning on San Francisco bay, and Narnia has been raring to go for weeks, I decided to take her out for a solo jaunt around Alcatraz Island. We cast off at 8AM with calm N winds, clear skies and flat water. Except for the occasional commuter ferry, Narnia […]

It was a gorgeous day in the SF Bay area today. A perfect day for boat projects. Narnia came to us with a circa 2005 22″ LCD TV. The TV actually still worked fine, but it wasn’t really viewable except from straight on, drew 70W of power, and it lacked support for modern streaming technology. […]

We’re spending the weekend aboard Narnia and enjoying the Spring-like weather here in Northern California. We spent the day knocking out some small boat projects, decluttering and cleaning. The to-do list never ends. Scotty is enjoying his walks around the marina. We never get tired of the sunsets.

Our wonderful neighbors (Patty and Bob) shared some gorgeous photos of our small Capri 18 sailboat (Narnia’s little sister) that we keep docked behind our home in the delta. Photos of the Capri are as viewed from their backyard. We are truly fortunate to live in such a beautiful waterfront area. From our dock we […]

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..