Category Archives: sailing

Plumper Cove

Posted on 2013-04-28 by TJ

Plumper Cove is a BC marine park on Keats Island, which is in the mouth of Howe Sound between Bowen Island and Gibsons. The weather this April has been unseasonably cold and wet, but the weather forecast was good for … Continue reading →

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Halket Bay

Posted on 2013-04-14 by TJ

Halket Bay is the eastern-most bay on Gambier Island, just past Bowen Island in the mouth of Howe Sound. There’s a marine park in that wraps around much of the bay, interrupted by some private land on the eastern shore. … Continue reading →

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Marine Maintenance

Posted on 2013-02-03 by TJ

The Gulf 32 has Universal 32 HP diesel, model 40 (which is also model 5432). It is mounted immediately below the aft companionway and accessible by raising the floor-boards, if by “accessible” one means “can been seen.” There are two … Continue reading →

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Prop Walk

Posted on 2012-12-11 by TJ

I’m learning about backing up sailboats, a topic I thought I knew a good deal about before I found myself backing up a full-keel sloop that appeared to have a mind of its own. I’ve sailed mostly lighter boats under … Continue reading →

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Light Winds

Posted on 2012-12-03 by TJ

I’ve seen this question come up in the search terms a couple of times, “Can the Gulf 32 sail in light winds?” Short answer: yes. I’m still getting used to the boat, and have only had her out once–in light … Continue reading →

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Love, Money and the Double Coincidence of Wants

Posted on 2012-11-23 by TJ

Toy-model economic discussions tend to critique the barter economy as dysfunctional due to the problem of the “double coincidence of wants”. In a barter economy, so the story goes, if Bob has a widget and wants a cow he must … Continue reading →

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Maiden Voyage

Posted on 2012-10-26 by TJ

Getting “Gulf Winds” from Point Roberts to False Creek at the end of October was not going to be particularly easy, and as it turned out I chose a day in which the weather was about as nasty as I’d … Continue reading →

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“As I see, I will, and as I will, I do”

Posted on 2012-10-20 by TJ

I’ve been on the West Coast for almost two months now, and my primary plan has come together nicely: I love it when a plan comes together. My plan was to buy a Gulf 32 with mostly original gear for … Continue reading →

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Some notes on fiberglass blisters

Posted on 2012-10-14 by TJ

I’ve been reading a lot about the “boat pox” that many fiberglass hulls suffer from. There is no shortage of ideas as to what causes this issue, but very little in the way of science, which is publicly testing ideas … Continue reading →

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Daring Marine Rescue!

Posted on 2012-07-21 by TJ

Well, OK, not really so daring, but it does count as a marine rescue. Every few years I find myself pulling someone out of the drink, so I guess I was overdue. Alex and Tim and I had an excellent … Continue reading →

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