Kaimusailing

s/v Kaimu Wharram Catamaran

Vessel Name: Kaimu
Vessel Make/Model: Wharram Custom
Hailing Port: Norwalk, CT
Crew: Andy and the Kaimu Crew
About: Sailors in the Baltimore, Annapolis, DC area.
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Recent Blog Posts
21 March 2024 | St. Marys, GA

Just Add Water

The rainy weekend started off with overcast and fog but no rain. It looked like I might be able to get something done on the D4 dinghy. I wanted to change the bow seat which is really the bow deck. The sailing option uses the deck to hold the freestanding mast. I didn’t like how the deck looked, [...]

01 March 2024 | St. Marys, GA

D4 Dinghy Alternative Seats

The rain event was more wind than rain, strong winds with gusts up to 44 mph. We drove into town to see what the harbor was like. There was a small sailboat that had dragged anchor and was sitting close to shore. The tide was out. We left and played with Bleu at Notter’s Pond.

23 February 2024 | St. Marys, GA

D4 Inside Seams

Day two of the dinghy build started out with me finishing wiring the hull bottoms together on the centerline of the bottom panels. This was much easier than the wiring of the chine edges of the bottom panels and the side panels.

15 February 2024 | St. Marys, GA

D4 Dinghy Day One

A Wharram Pahi 26 had been anchored in the river nearby the boatyard and was hauled out with the travel lift. I went around to look at it and talked to the owner couple. I was surprised that it had been built in Martinique in 1988. The boat is more than 30 years old.

11 February 2024 | St. Marys, GA

D4 Redux

The inflatable (deflatable) dinghy I had bought was deteriorating. It had bottom seams separating. It is a West Marine branded dinghy made out of PVC. HH66 is the adhesive to reattach the seams. A friend had a similar problem and bought the same adhesive. I was waiting to hear from him how it worked [...]

06 February 2024 | St. Marys, GA

The Clincher

We decided to go to Amelia Island for the day, probably to the beach. Our plan to cycle around on the Raleigh 20’s seemed like a bad idea, Bleu can’t keep up with a bicycle for very long and when he quits he quits. So we would walk, where?, Fort Clinch State Park. She has a forever pass for Florida [...]

Sole Beneficiary

22 January 2016 | St. Mary's, GA
Capn Andy/Cloudy
The gluing in the galley of the plywood repair to the sole took place without the angst that interfered with the first attempt. The pieces were sanded to prepare for the epoxy, then dry fitted with clamps, then glued. The little propane space heater was put in the galley to keep the space warm enough to help the glue set. In the pilothouse the captain’s chair needed repair, so it was glued with a spanish windlass around it to keep it tight. The warm air from the galley also makes its way into the pilothouse.
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The question about the last blog’s photo and title, they refer to the young Russian and his new nickname, Killspyski. We have been joking that he is here to spy on the nearby submarine base. Of course he isn’t.
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Of other things Russian, I saw a good deal on eBay for a camera, so I bid on it and won it. The payment didn’t go through, so I was on the phone with them about it and it turned out the seller was probably Russian and hadn’t set up their account properly. I hope the deal does go through. The Russian economy has been in a bad state and the ruble has dropped in value. Anyone in Russia who can sell something to us in the West will get a better return than if they sold it to another Russian.
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After the galley sole repair had set up, I went back and added thickened epoxy to all the glue joints. This would strengthen the repair and fair the joints for later when the oak flooring was relaid on the sole. In the pilothouse the captain’s chair repair was completed by gluing the seat onto the frame of the chair.
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The new deck plate for the hole in the pilothouse sole left by the departed freezer needed planking overlay to match the rest of the pilothouse sole and I asked one of the yard’s woodworkers if there was any oak available. I envisioned taking a thick piece of oak and slicing off thin planks for the deck plate. He said he was going to the lumber store and I could ride with him. We had lunch and I bought oak plywood which was taken into the yard’s woodworking shop and ripped into strips the same width as the existing oak planking. The strips were then cut to length for the plate.
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The day ended with a pork chop roast at the communal laundry/kitchen. The picture is of the galley sole repair clamped together.
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