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Continue reading →: You learn something new everydayOn the weekend of the 12th and 13th we had the pleasure of joining the Sauvie Island Yacht Club for the Anchoring Cruise. The location was the lagoon at Swan Island basin, on the Willamette River in Portland. This sounds great, a lagoon! It’s actually pretty industrial, it’s where all…
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Continue reading →: No parts left over so we must have done it right!After getting the engine off the boat we managed to get it up to the parking lot and into the back of the truck without too much drama. In my previous post I think I forgot to mention that the engine weighs ~400 lb so we were very happy to…
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Continue reading →: Breathing new life into the old auxiliaryLike most sailboats of her size (31 feet) ‘Imi Loa has an inboard engine. In our case it is a small (2 cylinder) Yanmar diesel. It is rated to produce a whopping 15 horsepower but it is old and tired and most certainly not producing 15 horsepower. It does have…
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Continue reading →: Back in the SaddleFor the first time since last October we actually went sailing today!! It was a rare day of blue skies and good winds. Temps were in the upper forties and the winds were 12 to 15 knots. It was pretty darn cold sailing upwind (which is what we did most…
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Continue reading →: Happy Valentines Day, and a warm boat.We finally got a real heater. And with the heater installed, of course we had to ditch those 1lb propane cans and install a propane system to run it. The tank mount is temporary(of course). The heater works great, it’s rated at 9700btu on high. We are happy we got…
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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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