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
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 | 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 [...]
Galley Slavery
The stairstep planks were varnished with two pot urethane acrylic. An electric heater was set in the galley to help cure the paint, also the cabinet door frames were removed, sanded lightly with 150 grit, and given another coat of helmsman varnish.
The sample of "Discovery" laminate that was so disappointing was given to the kitchen department at Home Depot with thanks for their help. Meanwhile the search for laminate continues. 5 more samples were ordered from Formica, 5 from Wilson Art, 6 from Pionite, and 6 from Nomar. I was looking for a blue slate stone look, not wild granite or marble.
The stairstep planks were crosscut with a circular saw. The old steps were sanded and ripped lengthwise to produce two pieces. The larger piece was about 4 1/2 inches wide and had a bullnose edge from the original step. The second piece was about 1 1/2 " X 3/4" and square section. The two pieces were glued together and then the pair were glued to the bottom of the new step. This produced a double riser with the smaller piece behind the bullnose piece. Small square bearing blocks will be glued to the sides of the stairway. Then the steps with their risers will be glued down to the original bearing blocks and the new bearing blocks. The new steps will be 3 1/4" set back from the hull side. The bottom step, which will have none of the stairway to attach to, will sit on hidden stilts. These will rest on the sole, so the bottom step can't be permanently installed until the sole is installed, and the other steps can't be installed until the galley gets its new arctic white paint.
The picture is the galley area with fiddles, cabinet door frames, tools, etc., a work in progress.
