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 [...]
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.
Finally, we are away from the dock!
16 May 2017 | S Pender Island
Jay/Cool/sunny
The view from Poet's Cove coffee shop.
At long last, we made it away from the dock. THe re-alignment of the motor also identified the fact that the transmission needed a minor rebuild. While we were at the dock, the check valve in the foot pump gave way, so we replaced it with a Jabsco check valve. The water would cycle through the pressure side and backwards through the foot pump and then back through the pressure side. The Jabsco check valve was incorrectly assembled and had to be rebuilt 2x in hopes of stopping the leaking. It will take one more time, but it will have to wait until I get home because the place I have to go into the check valve is a little bit of a grimy hole. It is a minor inconvenience to have to keep the pressure low when there is water in the line. I have been warned about Jabsco products before, but I though check valves are pretty simple engineering. My bad.
The mechanic we had was (again) a rookie (first week on the job). For $100 an hour I watched him drop several tools into the bilge, until I realized that, if I were to retain financial solvency, I'd better help this guy. Eventually, he did a reasonably decent job of it. The new motor mounts are vastly superior to the old ones. The alignment was checked over by Ben Gartside himself, so I have no doubt of the quality of the job. So, 2.5 weeks after the job was supposed to be done, it is done.
Yesterday morning we left under rainy skies. We motored over to Sidney Island. Eventually boredom took over and we headed over to the Island and walked the park 2x. It was so cold last night, we started the heater while we watched a movie. We turned off the heat for sleeping as we are still in the winter sleeping bag. This morning we took the last of the upcoming tide and cast off at 0600 for S Pender Island. We are tied to a mooring can in Bedwell harbour waiting for the BCA rendezvous. While we came in, we saw a BCA boat leaving. It seems like we are the only BCA boat here at this point. Maybe somebody else might drift in tonight.
The weather has improved somewhat although it is still chilly. I think the forecast was for 12C today. It is forecast that, after we get home, the weather will warm up in time for us to get our bikes running.
At long last, we made it away from the dock. THe re-alignment of the motor also identified the fact that the transmission needed a minor rebuild. While we were at the dock, the check valve in the foot pump gave way, so we replaced it with a Jabsco check valve. The water would cycle through the pressure side and backwards through the foot pump and then back through the pressure side. The Jabsco check valve was incorrectly assembled and had to be rebuilt 2x in hopes of stopping the leaking. It will take one more time, but it will have to wait until I get home because the place I have to go into the check valve is a little bit of a grimy hole. It is a minor inconvenience to have to keep the pressure low when there is water in the line. I have been warned about Jabsco products before, but I though check valves are pretty simple engineering. My bad.
The mechanic we had was (again) a rookie (first week on the job). For $100 an hour I watched him drop several tools into the bilge, until I realized that, if I were to retain financial solvency, I'd better help this guy. Eventually, he did a reasonably decent job of it. The new motor mounts are vastly superior to the old ones. The alignment was checked over by Ben Gartside himself, so I have no doubt of the quality of the job. So, 2.5 weeks after the job was supposed to be done, it is done.
Yesterday morning we left under rainy skies. We motored over to Sidney Island. Eventually boredom took over and we headed over to the Island and walked the park 2x. It was so cold last night, we started the heater while we watched a movie. We turned off the heat for sleeping as we are still in the winter sleeping bag. This morning we took the last of the upcoming tide and cast off at 0600 for S Pender Island. We are tied to a mooring can in Bedwell harbour waiting for the BCA rendezvous. While we came in, we saw a BCA boat leaving. It seems like we are the only BCA boat here at this point. Maybe somebody else might drift in tonight.
The weather has improved somewhat although it is still chilly. I think the forecast was for 12C today. It is forecast that, after we get home, the weather will warm up in time for us to get our bikes running.
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