Kaimusailing

s/v Kaimu Wharram Catamaran

Vessel Name: Kaimu
Vessel Make/Model: Wharram Custom
Hailing Port: Norwalk, CT
Crew: Andy and the Kaimu Crew
About: Sailors in the Baltimore, Annapolis, DC area.
25 November 2023 | St. Marys, GA
17 November 2023 | St. Marys, GA
17 November 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
03 November 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
26 October 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
17 October 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
11 October 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
04 October 2023 | Alice B. Tawes, McReady Pavilion, Crisfield, Maryland Eastern Shore
03 October 2023 | Alice B. Tawes, McReady Pavilion, Crisfield, Maryland Eastern Shore
03 October 2023 | Alice B. Tawes, McReady Pavilion, Crisfield, Maryland Eastern Shore
20 September 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
17 September 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
10 September 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
03 September 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
27 August 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
21 August 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
13 August 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
06 August 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
30 July 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
23 July 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
Recent Blog Posts
25 November 2023 | St. Marys, GA

St Marys Thanksgiving Week

The last two posts represented my accumulated writing while packing a rental car, driving 11 hours South, unpacking, and getting readjusted to the boatyard in St. Marys. It was not convenient to post to the blog during that time.

17 November 2023 | St. Marys, GA

St. Marys Arrival

17 November 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD

Crisfield Departure

The countdown to departure from Crisfield gets down to a few days. The weekend has passed and after nice dinners and a lot of wine I find myself grilling the last strip steak. The dinner is ridiculously quick and easy. The steak is grilled for 2 ½ minutes a side and while it’s grilling several [...]

03 November 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD

The Senior Moment

I needed to repair my garden hose at the boat so I rode the bike up to the hardware store just a little past the grocers. I took it easy, this is the farthest I’ve gone on the bike since the hip surgery. The female hose end cost $2.39 and went into my pocket. I rode back near downtown near the marina [...]

26 October 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD

Legionaire's Disease

The ride on the rented golf cart took only 20 minutes, but was very enjoyable, both to get out of the marina and get errands done. I now had wine and two packages from TEMU. The total for the TEMU purchase was about fifty bucks. In it I had a nice chef’s knife, a cheap hearing aid, five USB LED [...]

17 October 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD

Piscetorius

The problems of posting the blog seem to climb to new levels. When I arrived here about 6 months ago I could sometimes use the laptop to post using a USB extension cable and a little remote WiFi antenna. When this method failed to work I would write the blog on the laptop, then bluetooth it to the [...]

The Dinette

08 February 2012 | Bodkin Inlet
Capn Andy/colder
The new inverter arrived and it worked great. It was connected to the battery bank under the dinette seat. The wiring had already been led to the cabinet where the microwave oven would go. The previous inverter which would run tools and lights caused the GFI outlet for the microwave to pop. When the microwave oven was plugged into it directly, the timer would run properly, but nothing would get heated in the oven. It was a modified sine wave inverter and had nice voltage and wattage meters on it. They indicated the oven wasn't drawing its full power from the inverter. The new pure sine wave inverter didn't have any fancy meters on it, but the GFI outlet didn't pop, the contents of the microwave warmed properly, and the inverter ran cool. The cooling fans only came on after 3 minutes of nuking.

The cabinet for the microwave needed to be modified. The oven fit perfectly. Two thin wood rails were glued to the sides of the cabinet for the microwave to rest on. Then a shelf was installed just above the microwave. This space will have a horizontal cabinet door that will swing down on euro hinges.

The picture is the dinette under construction. The blue modified sine wave inverter can be seen on the left dinette seat as well at the deep cycle batteries. The dinette table which would be right in the middle has been removed.
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