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 |
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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.
Newport
15 August 2010 | Newport Oregon
Jay
8/13
We left Westport the next day at 0900. We had a very choppy bar as we were a little early. Anita, ever the early bird, decided to make the supper salad while Karina bounced around the bar. The consequence for Anita was seasickness, for Karina another plugged fuel filter. Oh well, our fuel must be getting pretty clean by now.
We motored all day and all night until 0500 when Anita decided to sail. Unfortunately, she managed to get into trouble with the change between motoring and sailing. She is still getting used to Wayne and, at the same time, Navio (electric self steering) decided to give up the ghost. Some of the cargo in the cockpit locker had shifted and ripped out some wiring for Navio. With all the trouble, I had to come on deck and help get things squared away. We got sailing and I went back to bed.
After that episode, Anita let me sleep through my shift by a half an hour. I appreciated that.
After breakfast, I decided to take Navio apart and check all the connections. It took a while to get to the root of the problem. Once we got Navio fixed we started the motor as the wind was dropping and we needed to make the bar at Newport in the early afternoon.
We made it in by 1430 and it was another uneventful bar crossing. Newport Marina is nice and affordable. We will stay over a day and see the town.
8/14
Visa cutoff day today. In honour of that, we went to Fred Meyer's and got an ipod. The media player we had before packed it in. We also grubbed up with food at Safeway. The weather is foggy and cool. One of the sailboats we met in Westport, Grace, caught up to us. They had motor troubles when leaving Westport. It is sorted out and they have caught up to us. We are kicking around the idea of heading out Monday for Coos Bay.
8/15
We are staying around the marina today. I am going to spend some time on the internet this morning. Anita is going to cook up some beans for chilli tonight. We are beginning to notice some things as we travel south:
*We are the exceptional couple. We are the lifers. Married for the first time to each other and never separated. Most of the other cruisers on this trip are 2nd or third marriages or boy/girlfriends.
* We are not the oldest - but we are not the youngest couple on the water. The age ranges from 55-70. All very fit and healthy.
*All have very strong personalities. I think you have to have an attitude to be out on the water. The smaller the crew - the stronger the attitude.
*If you think you are going to get down the coast in daytrips - forget it. The overnight trips are good for us. We like to have enough light to get over the bar and away from the crabtraps (>300 feet of water) to about 15 miles offshore. The motion at that distance from shore is easier. Close to the coast, the waves build and break. We can tolerate one overnight just fine. As we are tourists, we want to see a few of the harbours as we pass South.
We left Westport the next day at 0900. We had a very choppy bar as we were a little early. Anita, ever the early bird, decided to make the supper salad while Karina bounced around the bar. The consequence for Anita was seasickness, for Karina another plugged fuel filter. Oh well, our fuel must be getting pretty clean by now.
We motored all day and all night until 0500 when Anita decided to sail. Unfortunately, she managed to get into trouble with the change between motoring and sailing. She is still getting used to Wayne and, at the same time, Navio (electric self steering) decided to give up the ghost. Some of the cargo in the cockpit locker had shifted and ripped out some wiring for Navio. With all the trouble, I had to come on deck and help get things squared away. We got sailing and I went back to bed.
After that episode, Anita let me sleep through my shift by a half an hour. I appreciated that.
After breakfast, I decided to take Navio apart and check all the connections. It took a while to get to the root of the problem. Once we got Navio fixed we started the motor as the wind was dropping and we needed to make the bar at Newport in the early afternoon.
We made it in by 1430 and it was another uneventful bar crossing. Newport Marina is nice and affordable. We will stay over a day and see the town.
8/14
Visa cutoff day today. In honour of that, we went to Fred Meyer's and got an ipod. The media player we had before packed it in. We also grubbed up with food at Safeway. The weather is foggy and cool. One of the sailboats we met in Westport, Grace, caught up to us. They had motor troubles when leaving Westport. It is sorted out and they have caught up to us. We are kicking around the idea of heading out Monday for Coos Bay.
8/15
We are staying around the marina today. I am going to spend some time on the internet this morning. Anita is going to cook up some beans for chilli tonight. We are beginning to notice some things as we travel south:
*We are the exceptional couple. We are the lifers. Married for the first time to each other and never separated. Most of the other cruisers on this trip are 2nd or third marriages or boy/girlfriends.
* We are not the oldest - but we are not the youngest couple on the water. The age ranges from 55-70. All very fit and healthy.
*All have very strong personalities. I think you have to have an attitude to be out on the water. The smaller the crew - the stronger the attitude.
*If you think you are going to get down the coast in daytrips - forget it. The overnight trips are good for us. We like to have enough light to get over the bar and away from the crabtraps (>300 feet of water) to about 15 miles offshore. The motion at that distance from shore is easier. Close to the coast, the waves build and break. We can tolerate one overnight just fine. As we are tourists, we want to see a few of the harbours as we pass South.
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