Sailing the Karina C

Vessel Name: Karina C
Vessel Make/Model: Spencer 35
Hailing Port: Nanaimo, B.C.
Crew: Jay + Anita Bigland
About: We are a crew of 2 ready to take on adventure on the Pacific Coast. We have returned from sailing to Mexico from 2010-15.
Extra: email us at jayanitabigland@gmail.com
25 July 2023 | Home port
25 July 2023 | Home Port
12 July 2023 | Poet’s Cove
21 May 2023 | Home port
14 August 2022 | Home port
20 July 2022 | Home port
15 April 2022 | Nanaimo Home
14 April 2022 | Nanaimo
13 April 2022 | Saltspring Yacht Club
12 April 2022 | Van Isle Marina
11 April 2022 | Van Isle Marina
09 April 2022 | Van Isle Marina
08 April 2022 | Van Isle Marina
07 April 2022 | Sidney Spit Marine Park
06 April 2022 | Montague Harbour
05 April 2022 | Clam Bay
30 March 2022 | Home Port- Nanaimo
10 February 2022 | Mill Bay
06 September 2021 | Home port
31 July 2021 | Home port
Recent Blog Posts
25 July 2023 | Home port

Ode to Old Age

We made it back in time to do a little work on a project we have going in the back yard: a retaining wall. We have bought 4 palettes of bricks and we are about to lay them. We've hired a young man who is a very good worker and he has been ever so helpful. Today I (Jay) went to the ophthalmologist's office [...]

25 July 2023 | Home Port

Poet's Cove to Home

Heading N on Trincomali Channel

12 July 2023 | Poet’s Cove

To Poet’s Cove

Beautiful costumes at Mexican Festival

21 May 2023 | Home port

First Big cruise of 2023

Jay & Anita at Tod Inlet

14 August 2022 | Home port

August Cruise

Rion and Michelle Berg at Gowland Point

20 July 2022 | Home port

Out for a couple of weeks

In late June, Anita’s shoulder and my eye healed sufficiently to make a little journey on Karina C.

In the Marina San Carlos

09 November 2012 | Marina San Carlos
Jay/ Hot
11-09
We were up early this morning to change the oil on Bartholomew. Yep, he's back to Bartholomew from Black Bart. (When we like the motor he's Batholomew. When we don't like him he's Bart) Yesterday, when I attempted to start the motor in order to warm up the oil, the motor wouldn't start. We found the problem was the starter button. It took several hours to sort that out and, by the time we were done, so was the day. We didn't even get a chance for a swim.
By the time lunch rolled around, we were installing parts. Over lunch the bees gradually gathered in the cockpit until they became a real problem. Out with the electric tennis raquet. Anita, courageously, opened the hatch just long enough to snap the above picture and close down again. I would swat for 5 minutes and work for one for a couple of hours. Eventually, I gave up and went for a walk and hope the bugs would carry off their dead (at least 150) and go home. By sundown, a new starter button was installed and I suspect our starter problems are over for this season. It was a huge job to winkle out the old button and put a new one in.
Today, the oil change went very well and we were done by 0900. So, flushed with the success of the oil change we went into Guaymas in quest of our park passes. We found them, went to visit our money in the Scotia, stopped to drop off our dive tanks, grubbed up and were home by lunch. This afternoon, Anita decided to clean the chicken while I had a well deserved nap. She is now paddling around the pool. I would be there too if my wetsuit was ready.
Tomorrow, it is fixing to blow hard for a couple of days. So, we are OK with that as we have very few things to do before we go. We have decided to head to Puerto Escondido as the winds don't favour a passage to Santa Rosalia. Kip and Mary should be arriving in Puerto Escondido soon and the sea is cooling very quickly.
On the to do list:
*install depth sounder
*restring guitar
*wash the boat
*flush the water tanks
*commission Wayne
These are all small jobs - but necessary.
San Carlos is a nice place to commission the boat for a vacation. The only problem is the bugs make the place unbearable. I seem to be busy at any time of day nursing a couple of bug bites. Apparently, it was a wet summer so the bugs are plentiful.
Anita is torturing me by swimming around in the pool with her beautiful, slim body and long blonde hair. Here I am on shore afraid of a little cold water. I am not afraid of the clouds of bees I was killing yesterday though.
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