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Another weekend of Spring, some more off the list.

Nothing too exciting or new this week of obvious Spring.  Rowan had to work the weekend so Devon did some tasks on the list.

We are planning on crossing the Columbia River bar this month.  We have to make sure the boat is “seaworthy” which is different from “river worthy”.

The teak block adapter mounting the staysail winch had started to pull away from the mast.
Out with the old. The broken dried out husk of a mount.
In with the new. Modern winch mount plate, all aluminum and strong.
New tachometer light switch, very important to operate at night.
Reinstalling the all important cockpit table.
Sparking new alternator.
New LED cabin lights, only draws 0.17 amps!

The list is still really long.  It is directly proportional to how much you really want to use your boat.  Of course the dollar amount of the task list  is exponential in terms of the boat usage as well.

Life is well now that Spring has showed itself.

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We are Devon & Rowan and this site is about our life aboard our sailboat, how we got here, and where we hope to go in the future…

We started our boating life in the Portland Oregon area with an Ericson Independence 31 before moving to the SF Bay area. In 2013 we purchased and moved aboard Casita, our Hans Christian 33. In October 2024 we finally cast off the dock lines and headed south. We are currently cruising Mexico with plans to do a Pacific crossing.

We aren’t retired and we aren’t wealthy so we will cruise until we run low on funds or low on fun and then look at our options. Please join us for this next phase of our adventures together.

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