After having the engine worked on we left the marina only to find a few minutes later, the engine died. Being towed back to the marina we were beginning to feel like a boomerang. The Racor filters have been cleaned and rebuilt, our fuel and tank have been ...
We serviced the Meissner winches and had our fuel and fuel tank polished. The engine ran well and we thought we were good to go so we headed for points south. Unfortunately, only a few minutes after leaving the current marina our engine stopped. We were to...
We’ve done some cleaning on a bilge and installed a light fixture in the VIP stateroom. Also did some updates to the medicine chests and replaced the shaft/prop zinc. Leaving Brunswick and heading south to Cape Canaveral. Unfortunately, we took a slight ...
Moving up from our Catalina 42 Mk 1 called Cakewalk we now feature the sailboat Isabella, a Super Mikado 56 made by the French shipyard CNSO. Sailing, partying, dancing, cooking, and sometimes pushing the limits. This sailboat had been neglected for some ...
We decided to do some detailing on Isabella, a little wet paint and some improvements to the flooring. The cockpit floor was sanded, painted and then covered with interlocking Dri-Dek tiles.
Down below in the cabins and saloon areas we had previously pai...
We launched the dingy to check out a black mark on the port side of Isabella. Whew! It was just a scuff and not a scratch. Also made a terrible discovery of a leak with the hoses going to the VIP sink. Hmmm, that’s probably why our water pump kept cyclin...
This time on Sailing Intermission we reflect on the year 2022. We’ve picked out some of our favorite DIY and other footage. It’s been a fantastic year as Isabella went from a project to a home with lots of improvements.
Wishing you all the best for 20...
Warm wishes to all and a special thank you to our subscribers. We hope you are all staying warm and celebrating the holidays.
This time on Sailing Intermission, we met up with some friends that we knew from Florida, so much fun! Steve built doors for our ...
We tied up a few loose ends on Isabella:
The seacock in the aft head had seized. With much lube and flexing back and forth we were able to make it easy to open/close. Karen finished cleaning and oiling the teak toe rail all the way around the boat. Did a ...
For the Thanksgiving holiday we visited family in San Diego. Had a great time walking on the beach and seeing seals. The San Diego Zoo was simply wild. We even managed to squeeze in the Griffith Observatory, Getty Museum, a ferry ride to and overnight stay...
We went tripping and ended up in Dallas for a short stay. Karen cleaned rust stains off the deck. The shackle bolt came loose releasing the mizzen boom which then crashed into our solar panel. Fortunately, there was a line on the end and it was a soft land...
This week was doubling up, holes for a clamp. With tropical storm Nicole moving nearby, we added extra dock lines in preparation of some big blows. We have 1 5/8" stern rails. Since clamps of that size are hard to find off the shelf, it gave Steve an oppor...
Steve installs aluminum steps on the Mizzen mast. We now have three steps. This will make it so much easier and safer when attaching the halyard to the sail. Clean up after completing a project is always essential and Karen uses our new cordless vacuum to ...
After returning from the Annapolis Sailboat Show it's time for some R&R by going to the beach. Being lucky enough to get a great boat show price on a new tool, the WinchRite, we review it's features. It makes every winch an electric winch. Isabella's d...
We took too long hunkering for the hurricane and fixing our loss of RPM problem. So Isabella headed back to port instead of continuing to Annapolis. We said goodbye to Petra and flew to the boat show. Ran into a lot of subscribers, did our time in the Sail...
We leave our safe harbor near Savannah and consider ourselves lucky for not pushing on to Charleston. A weird trip. Had planned to sail to Annapolis. Between waiting for a mechanic and hunkering down for Hurricane Ian our plans changed.
Headed back to sou...
This time on Sailing Intermission we stayed near Savannah to wait for Hurricane Ian to pass. We were very lucky as the storm went around us and sent only some wind and rain our way. When the hurricane was a day away we thought about racing ahead to Charles...
We’ve started our journey to Annapolis, MD. After leaving Georgia we traveled to St. Catherine’s Sound Inlet. Due to an unfavorable wind direction we chose not to raise the sails. And doubly unfortunate the engine would not reach maximum rpm. Changed o...
This time on Sailing Intermission Steve finishes strengthening the davits or should we say sheerlegs.
We traveled to Dallas for some face-to-face business. Staying two nights at the circa 1922 Magnolia Hotel gave us enough time to visit our old dancing cl...
This time our adventure was a little wet. We spent a lot of time cranking up the generator for the first time. It should have been done before but we found out the generator strainer was leaking. The strainer to the rear AC was dirty and needed cleaning.
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Our life on a sailboat. Fix, fix, fix, haha. We corrected the fact that our water pump was cycling too much. Spruced up the teak toe rail. During a hot and humid day our A/C kept throwing an error. Turns out we had to replace the water pump.
We're getting...
Hello, everyone! This time on Sailing Intermission see a tour of updates we’ve made to the owners’ cabin since our last tour (Propeller, Dirty Tender & Tour Ep52). We travel to Texas for a short visit. Upon returning home to Isabella our updates co...
We made it to Georgia, There for a little while, Then on to the Chesapeake. We toured the marina. Took a trip and reflected on our trip. She is a Georgia peach!
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