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
21 May 2023 | Home port
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.
On the water again
20 May 2021 | Clam Bay
Jay Bigland | Sunny/warm
Heinz and Lisa's boat Umbra at anchor.
May 20 Out on the water again. We changed the oil and fuel filter a couple of days ago so all is good. A little brisk, so we headed off early and hung out on a mooring can at Newcastle Island while waiting for Dodd Narrows slack. We readied the reefed main while at the can and then sailed off the can. The wind eased just before the narrows, so we rolled in the Genoa pulled the main to center and motored through the narrows. Less of the north wind on the other side as is always the case. By Round Island, with motor and sail out, the engine dipped and quit. Thankfully it didn't happen in the narrows, and there was lots of room to sail. Upon inspection Jay noticed immediately the problem. When changing the fuel filter, a few days ago, we had shut off the fuel line leading to the lift tank in order not to get air in the line while changing fuel filters. We had forgotten to turn it back on again. Once we put the lift tank pump on again the filter and lift tank refilled, and the engine was happy again instead of being starved of its diesel. We were able to shut off the motor once again and enjoy a sail. Jay was delighted, as I had resisted sailing for favouring motoring for so long, we almost had forgotten how to sail. I've always wanted my fridge on and the power that requires with the engine. However, the fridge, we discovered last trip, is in need of a trip to Vancouver for servicing. It sucks back power, and the compressor sounds like it is on, but I think it is so old and full of rust, that the freon has gone, and needs to be recharged. Hopefully restrictions on travel will soon allow us a trip to Vancouver. In the mean time, the ice block is doing fine for short trips. It also forces us to get back to being "rag hangers", instead of "stink pots". We taught those terms to Jim, when he was about 3 years old, and he got to know everyone on the dock by his opening line of ""Well, are you rag hangers or stink pots" ?We rendezvoused with Heinz and Lisa at Clam Bay and had sun downers drinks.
May 20 Out on the water again. We changed the oil and fuel filter a couple of days ago so all is good. A little brisk, so we headed off early and hung out on a mooring can at Newcastle Island while waiting for Dodd Narrows slack. We readied the reefed main while at the can and then sailed off the can. The wind eased just before the narrows, so we rolled in the Genoa pulled the main to center and motored through the narrows. Less of the north wind on the other side as is always the case. By Round Island, with motor and sail out, the engine dipped and quit. Thankfully it didn't happen in the narrows, and there was lots of room to sail. Upon inspection Jay noticed immediately the problem. When changing the fuel filter, a few days ago, we had shut off the fuel line leading to the lift tank in order not to get air in the line while changing fuel filters. We had forgotten to turn it back on again. Once we put the lift tank pump on again the filter and lift tank refilled, and the engine was happy again instead of being starved of its diesel. We were able to shut off the motor once again and enjoy a sail. Jay was delighted, as I had resisted sailing for favouring motoring for so long, we almost had forgotten how to sail. I've always wanted my fridge on and the power that requires with the engine. However, the fridge, we discovered last trip, is in need of a trip to Vancouver for servicing. It sucks back power, and the compressor sounds like it is on, but I think it is so old and full of rust, that the freon has gone, and needs to be recharged. Hopefully restrictions on travel will soon allow us a trip to Vancouver. In the mean time, the ice block is doing fine for short trips. It also forces us to get back to being "rag hangers", instead of "stink pots". We taught those terms to Jim, when he was about 3 years old, and he got to know everyone on the dock by his opening line of ""Well, are you rag hangers or stink pots" ?We rendezvoused with Heinz and Lisa at Clam Bay and had sun downers drinks.
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