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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23 December 2023 | St Marys, GA
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25 November 2023 | 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
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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 [...]

Pilot Gas Rip Off

23 April 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
Cap'n Chef Andy | Chilly AM Warm PM
The big trip up to Crisfield did not go precisely as planned. Waiting in line at the Jacksonville airport for an hour and a half made my sore hip even sorer. Back at the boatyard I began stuffing the car with things I thought I might need.
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I spent all the next day packing the car and the next morning left at 9:15. The car, which was charged to me as a full gas tank needed 3.4 gallons to top it off after just a 30 mile drive from the airport.
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The trip according to Google maps should take about 11 hours to cover 700 miles. I had my galaxy S20+ paired with the car and received a couple of calls as well as had the phones Google maps displayed on the car’s touchscreen display. The type C USB cable wouldn’t charge the phone, but it normally lasts all day on a charge.
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When I got to Florence, SC, it was time to get more fuel, not because I was empty, but because fuel prices in North Carolina were reported to be high. I stopped at Pilot store #337, pump #4, and put in 10.935 gallons of 87 octane, at a price of 3.359/gal. The bill was $42.20, hey, wait a minute, 10 gallons would be $33.59 and my purchase should have been around $37. I went inside and complained and they said they couldn’t do anything about it. After quite a bit of cajoling they gave me a customer service number which put me on hold for quite a while. The 5 dollar rip off wasn’t worth what I was going through, but how could I let them perpetuate this scam. Everyone who comes through that pump and buys 87 octane will be charged 50 cents more a gallon. If it wasn’t such an egregious error I wouldn’t have noticed it. I finally got someone to put in a credit for me and maybe I’ll receive it in a few days. The personnel at the gas station did nothing, not even a sign on the pump. Evil.
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The was about a half hour delay. I had also endured a 40 minute delay from construction South of Emporia and a 20 minute delay after that one. At Emporia I took Rte. 58 to Virginia Beach. My phone ran out of juice and died. Well, I figured, I know the way, it shouldn’t be too hard to get to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel at Virginia Beach. I followed the signs to Virginia Beach.
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At Virginia Beach I found myself driving North along the beachfront and then West on Rte. 60, where is the Bridge Tunnel? I stopped at a Food Lion, got breakfast fixings and asked how to get to the bridge. I was about 5 minutes away but I have wasted a lot of time driving around that town.
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Over the bridge and on my way to Pocomoke where I hoped I could get a charger for my phone at Walmart. By the time I got there I had been on the road over 13 hours. I got my charger and then drove to Crisfield, about 20 miles, on local roads. By the time I checked into the marina and got aboard it was past midnight.
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The image is of the car’s display screen showing the route from St. Marys to Crisfield.
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