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S/V Vicarious
Who: Spencer and Kathleen
Port: New Bern, NC
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Sail Vicarious
Join us as we find, refit and outfit our Fisher 37 for a trip around the world.
Patriots
Spencer
03/18/2010, New Bern

A small project that has been bugging me since I installed the dinghy davits and couldn't fly our flag anymore.

Also today, we designed and ordered new boat cards... we'll post a picture when they arrive next week.

We've also been motoring around with our little 2 HP to break it in. It's a bit noisy, but super light and easy to operate.
Communications
Spencer
03/17/2010, New Bern

I decided to try these little walki-talki's out. They are only $35, which is way less than any fancy headsets. We are planning to cruise to Beaufort, NC this weekend and will try them out. Kathleen will stay at the helm while I'm on the bow, giving her direction - forward, reverse, neutral, etc. I think it will work out.

I'm also going to be trying out my new snubber - 5/8" line and a rolling hitch - old school indeed!
03/17/2010 | rob wilson (rob att yahoo dott com)
You're doing an awesome job on that boat. Incredible. But the radios aren't going to cut it for you. Get a pair of "marriage savers" from Cruising Solutions. They are bi-directional (talk/receive at the same time), no button to push and they make communication while anchoring so easy. They truly are worth the bucks. We've had ours 3 years and they are worth every cent. We tried the kind you have first and they just don't work, the handsfree and bi-directional is critical. Great job on the boat!
03/17/2010 | Pete (pete dott svprim att yahoo dott com)
Rob is right. Marriage Savers are great. Check them out in Lats & Atts. The only thing I would recommend is a bungee chin strap for the foredeck unit so it stays on your head.
BTW: we met your friends on BELLE when they stopped in Palm Coast the other day.
KiwiGrip continued
Spencer
03/17/2010, New Bern

I finished the KiwiGrip project today. I scraped off the last of the Treadmaster from the cockpit locker covers. I painted a few other areas and touched up a few spots where some stains were bleeding through showing dark spots in our otherwise beautiful deck!
Screens
Spencer
03/16/2010, New Bern

Here you can see the break in the side screens and my expert snap work - first time ever!

It's very easy with the right tools.
Snaps
Spencer
03/16/2010, New Bern

Another item that we learned about this past weekend was that we cannot see out through the screens very well. We have all the windows on the pilot house covered with screen and have been removing the front and back sections when we are underway. They will be our bug screens and sun screens, so we would like to leave them up when we can. We had our local canvas guy cut the side ones so that we can remove the section that covers the front, side windows. He was too busy to finish the job today, so I borrowed his snap tool and supplies, and drilled the holes, counter-sunk them, added sealant and installed the snaps on the screens... much better than he had done - I might add.

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