S/V DAKOTA

DAKOTA

Who: Dave, Karen ...and Charlie.
Port: Maple Bay BC Canada
28 August 2012 | Desolation Sound
20 August 2012 | Pender Harbour
19 August 2012 | Maple Bay Marina
17 August 2012 | Maple Bay, BC
27 May 2012 | Portland Island, BC
19 May 2012 | Maple Bay, BC
16 April 2012 | Maple Bay, BC
13 April 2012 | Maple Bay, BC
05 April 2012 | Maple Bay, BC
29 March 2012 | Maple Bay, BC
25 February 2012 | Maple Bay, BC
16 February 2012 | Maple Bay
24 January 2012 | Maple Bay Marina
22 December 2011 | Maple Bay Marina
04 December 2011 | Maple Bay Marina
25 October 2011 | Maple Bay Marina
25 October 2011 | Maple Bay Marina
19 August 2011 | Maple Bay
15 August 2011 | Montague harbour
12 August 2011 | Paisley Island

Time to Clean the Bottom

19 May 2012 | Maple Bay, BC
Dakota Crew
It's time...it's time to have her hauled out and we really need to clean and inspect the bottom of Dakota. We haven't seen the bottom at all...even when we bought her a year and 1/2 ago! We saw pictures but never up close and personal!
It was a beautiful day and promised to be sunny with a nice cool breeze! She was lifted and Holy Toledo Batman!....we had a whole farm of muscles growing along the bottom of the keel. I'm guessing the previous owner (The Nut) didn't paint the bottom of the keel at all!
We had the sea life scraped off and the hull pressure washed and we got settled on some blocks and stands. Now for the hard part...scraping and sanding and then painting. By the end of the day we were both tinged blue with paint and I wore much of the ablative paint on my legs and hands.....but we got 2 coats of paint on and she looked very nice.
We had our 5 year inspection done while she was out and besides a few minor fixable problems, the boat was sound! Phew! That's a relief! Dave also did a close inspection of the hull and no problems seen! Double phew!
The second day on the hard was polishing and waxing and then back in the water. We took a spin around the bay and noticed a huge difference in the speed and handling....Dave removed a large zinc attached to the rudder right behind the propeller....and the disturbance that it caused was quite noticeable. Now the boat can pretty much steer in a straight line on her own.
Dave has been down at the boat for the last 3 days installing a new waste tank with a mascerator pump, the new barbeque, and cleaning up generally. It's the Wooden Boat Show down at the Marina this weekend and he has been entertained with the various boats coming in.
I've sorted and bought the provisions for an up coming cruise this week and we will start taking loads down tonight and tomorrow.
Let the sailing season on the West Coast begin!
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Vessel Name: DAKOTA
Vessel Make/Model: 1982 40 foot Bayfield- Cutter Rigged Ketch
Hailing Port: Maple Bay BC Canada
Crew: Dave, Karen ...and Charlie.
About:
We started dreaming of sailing around the world about 3 years ago while taking our 25 foot Bayfield around Desolation Sound in BC. We bought our 40 foot Bayfield recently and will take the next 10 years to clean and refurbish the boat for our future around the world sail. [...]
Extra: "Come on Darling, Come with me. I'll take you sailing on the deep blue sea Set our sails under a perfect sky Drift on down where the Tropics lie, I Love Sailing." Eileen Quinn
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DAKOTA

Who: Dave, Karen ...and Charlie.
Port: Maple Bay BC Canada