Tue Feb 8 10:32:04 EST 2011, Toronto, Canada
Below and to the left of the lighthouse, what looks like a floating piece of ice is actually a red nun (buoy with a pointed top), marking the entrance channel to the harbor.
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Thu Feb 3 17:10:48 EST 2011, Toronto, Canada
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Wed Feb 2 18:27:16 EST 2011, Toronto, Canada
It warmed up to -10C (14F) and got windy last night and this morning. This is the entrance to the harbor where Issuma is. The waves broke up the ice a fair way into the harbor, but not as far as Issuma, which is still frozen into the ice.
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Mon Jan 24 11:03:22 EST 2011, Toronto, Canada
Outside the harbor yesterday, when it was cold (-19C/-4F). The misty areas of the picture are steam coming off the water and steam from the spray when the water hits the ice-covered rocks.
Today it warmed up enough to snow (for those not used to cold climates, snow requires clouds and clouds reflect heat back to the surface, so the coldest temperatures happen when there are no clouds--ie when it is not snowing).
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http://torngats.blogspot.com/2011/01/scene-not-often-seen-trawler-in-nain.html#links
Sun Jan 23 16:29:33 EST 2011, Toronto, Canada
In contrast to the previous picture of sailing on a beautiful summer day in Labrador, here is where Issuma is today, locked in the ice, which is now covered with snow. Being covered with snow means the ice wont get thicker as quickly (because snow is a good insulator), which is good, as the thicker the ice is, the longer Issuma will be stuck in the ice.
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and nice boat, isn't she?
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Are you thinking you want her back :)
Fri Jan 21 7:53:58 EST 2011
As Issuma is still frozen into the ice, I can only dream about sailing :), so here is a picture of Issuma this summer in Labrador.
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Jerry, s/v 'Kama'
Jerry, Happy New Year. I imagine one could still go sailing in NY harbor now, which would really be nice. Is your boat out of the water for the winter? While there is open water less than 100m from me, the boat is firmly enough held to the dock by the ice that I'm not going anywhere until it melts.
I have fond memories of sailing Rosemary Ruth in NY Harbor, both summer and winter.
I like the roller furling sails on Issuma, because the sails are all big (so physically harder to handle without roller furling gear) and it is a much wetter boat than Rosemary Ruth, so changing headsails on a furler-less Issuma while going to windward in a chop would be no fun.
I don't have a chartplotter on Issuma (though there is one on Rosemary Ruth), but use a laptop with charting software. A chartplotter would be better (because it is waterproof), but then I'd need all new charts, which would be really expensive. I find electronic chartplotting of any kind makes coastal sailing, especially singlehanding into harbors, much easier.
Best wishes on your trip to Nova Scotia, it is a nice place.
Tue Jan 18 21:58:11 EST 2011
To answer George's comment about the reels of rope on deck. One reel stores 100m (330') of 22mm(7/8") polyester and 10m chain. The other reel stores 200m (660') of 20mm (3/4") blue polyethylene rope (underneath a cover for UV protection).
These ropes are used for anchor rodes, sea anchor rodes, and as shore lines (tying the boat to shore as well as using an anchor to limit how far it will swing).
We used these ropes a lot in Labrador, where we often wanted either a second anchor or a shore line. Having reels makes it quick and easy to handle long ropes. Since it is handy to have the ropes available, I leave the reels on, even when not expecting to need them for anchoring, or shore lines.
The disadvantage of having these reels is that they are pretty heavy when the rope is on them, which is weight in the wrong place, and also that thay stick out, so the boat cannot go alongside a wall on the port side. Not being able to go alongside a wall on the port side is usually not a big deal, and has only occasionally been an inconvenience.
The rope reels are stainless steel with plywood bolted onto the ends. There is a solid stainless steel rod going through them which they turn on.
The picture was taken this summer in Hudson Strait. In the background is an ice floe with two seals on it.
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Mon Jan 17 16:48:34 EST 2011, Toronto, Canada
Much less appealing a picture than one of sailing in Labrador in summer, this is how Issuma looks now, frozen into the ice. Note the icicles that have formed on the chimney.
Forecast is for warmer weather tomorrow, though not warm enough to melt the ice around the boat :(.
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The BTU/hour rating of the Sigmar 120 diesel heater in the pilothouse is 5,000-12,000. The BTU/hour rating of the Dickinson Alaska diesel heater up forward is 6,500-16,250. I am in the process of replacing the Sigmar 120 with a Dickinson Lofoten, which has a BTU/hour rating the same as the Alaska, but should put out a lot more heat.
With the two heaters I have, the boat can be kept 25 degrees C (~45F) above the 0utside temperature, or 20 degrees C above the outside temperature when it is windy. I am hoping the bigger heater in the pilothouse will improve things.
I used the Delta-T both for insulation (mostly for keeping heat of the sun out of the interior), and for non-skid (they do not market it as non-skid), as the embedded ceramic particles mean the paint will never go on smoothly. I will soon be painting over it with epoxy with sandpaper grit particles (I am told this is what all the tugboats in NY use on their decks) to get a better non-skid surface.
My experience with the insulating paints is that they make a noticeable difference for thermal and acousitc insulation, however, they are nowhere near as effective as foam insulation. If I was ever to consider painting the bilge in Issuma, I might put a coat of thermal insulati
Those are interesting pumps in your links.
Sat Jan 15 18:57:36 EST 2011
This is a picture of Issuma in August, just north of Nain, Labrador, taken from the sailboat Evensong.
At present, Issuma is frozen into the ice in Toronto.
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After I've set the storm jib, I often don't bother to take it down until I'm next motoring or going into port. When I take it down, it gets lashed ondeck, without a cover, until reaching port, so it doesn't see much less UV when lashed ondeck than it does when set.
Thu Jan 13 19:05:17 EST 2011
This is a view of the harbor in Nain, Labrador last August. The masts of Issuma are visible to the right of the ship.
Brian, in his comment to the previous post, points out that there is still no ice in Nain, which is incredible for January.
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