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. |
23 April 2024 | St Marys, GA
D4 Launchie
The laptop pooped the bed, so I have to scurry around with alternatives. Not as bad as typing on the phone.
17 April 2024 | St Marys, GA
Dinghy Skeg
I was suffering with what seemed like a cold and also had allergy symptoms. I awoke and felt fine. The green pollen that was coating everything was gone. Maybe it will return.
07 April 2024 | St. Marys, GA
Clammy Hands
Items came in from TEMU, the Chinese cut rate retailer. One was a nice little drone that cost about twelve and a half dollars. It looked like an easy thing to play with while I coughed and sneezed. I was fighting a summer cold, even though it is not summer elsewhere, it seems like it here. A nice [...]
02 April 2024 | St. Marys, GA
Sun Doggie
After laminating the cedar strips onto the gunwales of the dinghy I found the screws I used wouldn’t come out. The epoxy had seized them. The screw heads were stripped so I cut a straight slot in the heads with the cut off wheel. The cedar smoked when the screw heads got red hot. I could remove [...]
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.
Yachtwin on Board
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I planned to use two single blocks to make a 3:1 purchase to hoist the motor. It would involve a lot of climbing up onto the C&C and back into the dinghy. When I got to the C&C I stood the engine up to see how far it had to be lifted. The mount was adjustable and I could set it so that the engine would slip onto the mount from the side while standing on its skeg on the floor of the dinghy. I had to be careful not to dump it into the Bodkin. It slid on so easily and after a few quick turns of the clamps it was secure, job done.
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Of course I had to try the new wiring and fire up the motor, but nothing happened when I applied 12 volts to the starter wire. It turned out the crimp connection had slipped apart. I redid it and vroom!, the engine started right up and idled properly. I checked the voltage from the alternator and it was 16 volts open circuit, so we had charging current to the battery and battery voltage to the starter. Good to go.
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The picture is of the Yachtwin mounted on the C&C 24, Trillium.
