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.

God closes a door and opens a window....

14 March 2015 | San Carlos
Jay/Hot
3/12
Its raining and hailing right now (1530). At least that takes care of the heat for today. Today was the day the electrician was supposed to make it here. Mananaland lives up to its name as manana is when he might show up. We are supremely annoyed that we postponed the remaining oil changes until tomorrow. I hope he can go over the ignition system in a timely manner so we can finish the oil changes. The good news is the jobs are dwindling down in preparation for splashing on Wednesday.
The shipping company sent me an email with reference to taking the mast down. That is not on as there is no mast tower in all of La Paz. Clarification of this issue will have to wait for Monday as these guys keep bankers hours. I have found United Yacht Transport to be incompetent and useless as far as the sales staff are concerned. "Not my department" is the usual response from these folks. If the yacht transport flakes out on us, we will have to do the bash in April, double back for the biopsy and then down for a long bash up the coast in July and August.

This just in....

Mr. Bigland,

I do not believe this ship will be calling LaPaz.
I checked with chartering and it's not on this voyage. We will be calling Manzanillo if that's an option for you.

Please let us know.

Thank you.

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

I was ready for this. I was warned by Glen Priestly (Borboleta) that United had done this to him. To their credit, they paid his moorage and management for the extra time the boat was stuck in Mexico. While they have not agreed to this with me, I expect things to go reasonably for the deal. After all there is no point in messing with a guy who can poison their business by giving a bad review to the Bluewater Cruising Assn.
After a night of thinking, I concluded that Karina will need a bottom on her if she is going to have to wait in La Paz indefinitely waiting for United to show up. So I went over to the folks at Comex and paid way too much for 2 gallons of paint that would need redoing when Karina gets to Canada.

The only good this out of all this is, we can take our time getting away from the dock here in San Carlos. It looks like the winds are fluky for the next few days after launching. So we'll wait until good N winds come and then we'll likely run to Puerto Escondido and stop in on Kip and Mary. Then hop down to San Evaristo, Caletta Partida, and then La Paz. There is more good in this as we can decommission Karina slowly and leave her direct to the airport and leave the boat with the manager. We hope to get to San Carlos the same day, sleep in the car overnight and head for the border the next morning. Kinda thinking about being in Nanaimo by April 15 or so. Missin' the Tuesday boys (jam session).
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