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 Sidney

03 May 2017 | Westport Marina
Jay/cool/wet
We got the motor running. Seemed like every hour or two, it would stop and the fuel injection pump would need to be bled again. Tightened up all the connections and that seemed to help a bit.
Heinz suggested a "lift" tank (see pic). He made a beautiful little tank that seems to do a good job. Time will tell if that solves the problem. Yesterday, when I was taking apart one of the fittings that is now redundant, I detected a loose connection which could have been the source of my problems. There are 2 sights. The near one is to the motor. The one further back is the return to the fuel tank.
We took Karina up to the work dock at Gartside to be informed that it will be 10-14 days for the new mounts to appear from Australia! So we went over to "old home" (Westport Marina where we lived while I did consulting work for the Ministry of Education 20 years ago). They have a 2 week rental for slips which is affordable. We have visited with Tina and David, Carol and Kelly, Paul Hunt, Chris and Jackie.
This weekend the weather looks forthcoming, so we are going to help David and Tina with their fascia on one side of their house.
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