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 |
25 July 2023 | Home port
25 July 2023 | Home Port
12 July 2023 | Poet’s Cove
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14 August 2022 | Home port
20 July 2022 | Home port
15 April 2022 | Nanaimo Home
14 April 2022 | Nanaimo
13 April 2022 | Saltspring Yacht Club
12 April 2022 | Van Isle Marina
11 April 2022 | Van Isle Marina
09 April 2022 | Van Isle Marina
08 April 2022 | Van Isle Marina
07 April 2022 | Sidney Spit Marine Park
06 April 2022 | Montague Harbour
05 April 2022 | Clam Bay
30 March 2022 | Home Port- Nanaimo
10 February 2022 | Mill Bay
06 September 2021 | Home port
31 July 2021 | Home port
Recent Blog Posts
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.
San Carlos - We made it!
31 October 2012 | San Carlos
Jay/ Hot
10-31
Yesterday morning we were up early and had breakfast with "the guys" in the RV park. They spent the whole time we were there talking about TV remote controls. Anita says she knows why I am so expert at TV remotes. I have spent every non working moment discussing TV remotes in the staff room at lunch break.
We were on the road at 0800 and we soon made it to Tucson. We were just in time for rush hour unfortunately. After a few stops we got on the freeway, we soon got onto I-19 for Nogales. We had no trouble at the border. Mexican Customs were their usual polite and accommodating. We then blitzed down the "hassle free" highway for San Carlos. The hassle free means there is no speed limit for out of country plates.
Just outside of Hermosillo we bought a roadmap of the town as I always get lost going through the town. This time was no exception. Even with a roadmap, we soon realized the street names are missing a lot of the time. Anita was frantic as we blitzed into seemingly confused streets. We shot out of the town 15 minutes later using the navigational strength of some trailer trucks that looked like they knew what they were doing.
Just outside of San Carlos we saw these massive tanks being hauled down the highway (picture). They took both lanes. This stopped all oncoming traffic when the highway was down to 1 lane each way.
Eventually, we passed them when the highway became 3 lanes for a few yards. Marina Seca welcomed us and we soon noticed Nyon (Kyra and Rick) just a few boats down from us. By bedtime we had commissioned the boat enough to live in.
This morning I took a close look at the rudder. It will have to be sanded a bit and then I will epoxy the areas the Imron didn't take. Tomorrow (Thursday) I will sand and prep the rudder. Tomorrow evening I will put 1 coat of epoxy. Friday morning I'll do a 2nd coat and then we will prep the hull for paint on Sunday. We should splash on Monday and then take 3 days at the dock to finish commissioning Karina. Grub up and off to Santa Rosalia. The ocean water is around 26C. This is good as I think we left the shortie wet suits at home.
I am heading off to the showers and then to bed. We would like to be up early (0600) as the sun gets too hot to work by noon. Anita got a pool pass from the marina, so tomorrow we will go for a swim in the afternoon.
Yesterday morning we were up early and had breakfast with "the guys" in the RV park. They spent the whole time we were there talking about TV remote controls. Anita says she knows why I am so expert at TV remotes. I have spent every non working moment discussing TV remotes in the staff room at lunch break.
We were on the road at 0800 and we soon made it to Tucson. We were just in time for rush hour unfortunately. After a few stops we got on the freeway, we soon got onto I-19 for Nogales. We had no trouble at the border. Mexican Customs were their usual polite and accommodating. We then blitzed down the "hassle free" highway for San Carlos. The hassle free means there is no speed limit for out of country plates.
Just outside of Hermosillo we bought a roadmap of the town as I always get lost going through the town. This time was no exception. Even with a roadmap, we soon realized the street names are missing a lot of the time. Anita was frantic as we blitzed into seemingly confused streets. We shot out of the town 15 minutes later using the navigational strength of some trailer trucks that looked like they knew what they were doing.
Just outside of San Carlos we saw these massive tanks being hauled down the highway (picture). They took both lanes. This stopped all oncoming traffic when the highway was down to 1 lane each way.
Eventually, we passed them when the highway became 3 lanes for a few yards. Marina Seca welcomed us and we soon noticed Nyon (Kyra and Rick) just a few boats down from us. By bedtime we had commissioned the boat enough to live in.
This morning I took a close look at the rudder. It will have to be sanded a bit and then I will epoxy the areas the Imron didn't take. Tomorrow (Thursday) I will sand and prep the rudder. Tomorrow evening I will put 1 coat of epoxy. Friday morning I'll do a 2nd coat and then we will prep the hull for paint on Sunday. We should splash on Monday and then take 3 days at the dock to finish commissioning Karina. Grub up and off to Santa Rosalia. The ocean water is around 26C. This is good as I think we left the shortie wet suits at home.
I am heading off to the showers and then to bed. We would like to be up early (0600) as the sun gets too hot to work by noon. Anita got a pool pass from the marina, so tomorrow we will go for a swim in the afternoon.
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