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.
01 March 2024 | St. Marys, GA
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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
Recent Blog Posts
01 March 2024 | St. Marys, GA

D4 Dinghy Alternative Seats

The rain event was more wind than rain, strong winds with gusts up to 44 mph. We drove into town to see what the harbor was like. There was a small sailboat that had dragged anchor and was sitting close to shore. The tide was out. We left and played with Bleu at Notter’s Pond.

23 February 2024 | St. Marys, GA

D4 Inside Seams

Day two of the dinghy build started out with me finishing wiring the hull bottoms together on the centerline of the bottom panels. This was much easier than the wiring of the chine edges of the bottom panels and the side panels.

15 February 2024 | St. Marys, GA

D4 Dinghy Day One

A Wharram Pahi 26 had been anchored in the river nearby the boatyard and was hauled out with the travel lift. I went around to look at it and talked to the owner couple. I was surprised that it had been built in Martinique in 1988. The boat is more than 30 years old.

11 February 2024 | St. Marys, GA

D4 Redux

The inflatable (deflatable) dinghy I had bought was deteriorating. It had bottom seams separating. It is a West Marine branded dinghy made out of PVC. HH66 is the adhesive to reattach the seams. A friend had a similar problem and bought the same adhesive. I was waiting to hear from him how it worked [...]

06 February 2024 | St. Marys, GA

The Clincher

We decided to go to Amelia Island for the day, probably to the beach. Our plan to cycle around on the Raleigh 20’s seemed like a bad idea, Bleu can’t keep up with a bicycle for very long and when he quits he quits. So we would walk, where?, Fort Clinch State Park. She has a forever pass for Florida [...]

26 January 2024 | St. Marys, GA

Zen and Bike Maintenance

Eloisa rolled into the boatyard after a long drive down from the mountains. It was getting cold and isolated up there. I had a nasty toothache and we went to Southern River Walk. Bleu, her black American cocker was showing a bit of plumpness. I had had a sandwich and some wine already, so I didn’t [...]

Over the Edge

17 April 2023 | St. Marys, GA
Cap'n Chef Andy | Hot Afternoons, Thunderstorms
The summer weather pattern has settled in at St. Marys, cool mornings with increasing heat and humidity in the afternoon punctuated by thunderstorms. This pattern will continue with the daily ambient temperature getting hotter and hotter into May and June. The summer months are usually very hot and then the hurricane season strikes. I will be safely up on the Chesapeake Bay at Crisfield where conditions are about ten degrees less.
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I’ve been subscribing to several YouTube vblogs about Catalina 30 yachts.
https://www.youtube.com/@sailingfujin this one is by newbie sailors with an old Catalina 30 that is new to them.
https://www.youtube.com/@sailingsole this one is about a $3500 and a young couple.
https://www.youtube.com/@tucklynniebinsadventures198 this one is about a couple getting a beautiful Catalina 30 for only $1000, except it had a diesel engine that was toast, and the husband put a Harbor Freight Predator gasoline engine in it and passed survey and marina inspection.
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I went shopping for bread and eggs with Komputer Ken and Doc, of Doc’s Chop Shop. On my way from the bread to the eggs I saw a nice pack of 4 pork chops, so I bought them. On the way back to the boatyard while Ken and Doc conversed about some action movie actors, I thought about how I would cook the chops. They asked me what was on my mind and I said, I’m going to sear the pork chops, then set them aside, whisk together ¼ cup of coloradito mole paste, ¼ cup of medium salsa, and ¼ cup of chicken stock. Then I’ll put the chops in the sauce, add 2 more cups of chicken stock and a cup of brown rice, and simmer for a few hours.
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And so I did. I whisk together the sauce so I can taste it as it is, then adding the chops, rice, and stock. The chops will get shredded later when they are nearly falling apart.
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Later I had a meal of it when the chops were still intact and not ready to shred. I ate on the communal pandemic porch while a couple of kids made mud pies with utensils from the “Free Pile”. I dawdled a while, then returned to Kaimu’s galley. It was too hot to remain there for long. The concoction in the pot had begun to burn. Should have kept an eye on it.
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The laptop’s power supply started acting up, lights intermittently flashing. I may not be able to post on the blog before I return to Crisfield, MD. I ordered a new power supply to be delivered there.
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After consuming the last of the pork with mole sauce I was invited to dinner at Southern River
Walk. I went with Big Dave and Geoff and Karen showed up and joined us. Then Roger and Tanya, a couple who were helping Dave get his motor yacht ready to launch, joined us. It was delightful conversation. I had some roasted corn and shrimp soup and a few glasses of pinot noir.
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The next day I went to the Jacksonville airport to pick up my rental car at noon. Two hours later I left with a Ford Edge SUV, not the VW Jetta I was hoping for. The Jetta gets close to 50mpg. The Edge’s dashboard said it was averaging 22.4mpg. I had been standing in line for about an hour and a half, not good for sore arthritic hip. The delivery of the car to the kiosk in the parking garage was a wait of about a half hour. Not a happy camper.
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The image is of a shrimper that came into the yard recently. Someone asked if it was Forrest Gump’s shrimp boat.
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