Tag: boating

Sailing Vessel Serenity: Repairs 2020

Sailing vessels need constant repair and maintenance.  Salt water corrodes metals, UV rays from hot sun bake plastic and clear coat, and constant rain condensation and other moisture  cause mold and algae.  All of these forces conspire to degrade you boat’s working parts and it’s appearance.  Now old dogs like me have a hard time getting funds to repair yachts. Everything for a boat costs extra money because a boat is a luxury item. But my yacht is my modest home and I am on a tight budget on disability. I am hoping I can develop this blog and affiliate marketing to make beautiful videos for your enjoyment. If I can make an income from my home I can get off public assistance and feel I am pulling my own weight so to speak. What a humble home I am making here and l you guys and gals who watch my videos and blog post help me so much and I thank each member.

Thankfully I managed to scrape up enough favors to repair a few items have been bugging me for months. I thank my friends Mickey and Linda for my newest additions to the repair tools for Sailing Vessel Serenity. I am lucky to have such good friends. So many have supported my efforts here I appreciate him so much not just monetarily, spiritually as well.

The spiritual connection, my wonderful Ward friends that I made during the Covid crisis is very strong since Jesus is Lord and loves us all as brothers and sisters. I have used social media to reach out to those less fortunate than me. I get to share my testimony of the Atonement more in crisis than my gospel learning time pre-Covid. My testimony has grown during this crisis because sharing the Restored gospel brings many blessings both in heaven and here on our Creators earth. I have never felt so blessed.

Blessings me including these materiels to repair my yacht. Hatch hinges, fiberglass repair kit, and anchor chain are all items I bought at West Marine.

Items purchased at West Marine

I have found the staff at West Marine very helpful. They suggested T90 instead of the liquid wrench I was searching. It got my shackle bolt loose when nothing else worked. I receive no preferencial treatment or money for my endorsement so far. But I recommend them for helpful staff. Thank you for reading, happy sailing.

SV Serenity: Projects in the Works

Although my friends have been asking me what’s new on the boat, I have not written anything officially on the blog. This is a quick post to catch my readers up on the boat and I. First I have been making a video of working on different parts of the boat that need attention. There is a whole list of things that needed to be fixed. In addition, I got a 12 string guitar and I have been trying to compose a short intro tune for the video blog. More on this later. For now, I am working on the following:

1.) Wench maintenance
2.) Outboard motor Maintenance
3.) Fix Motor mount and lift
4.) Shop for an inexpensive electrical main panel
5.) Paint the galley
6.) Troubleshoot the tack rudder cable.

I have video of some of this effort. My last video I was not happy at all with all the static. Seems there was someone working on their boat at the marina and their electrical motor interference degraded the sound quality of the video. I did not notice the static until I posted it on YouTube and listened to it there. I was appalled and now I’m shy about releasing any other video before its ready. So that is why I have paused in posting anything in April. I am struggling to do better.

I think the Serenity theme song which is currently in development will be both sweet and a good laugh. Mainly because I have never played a guitar before in my life. I picked up an acoustic guitar and tried to learn chords, however mostly I got frustrated and gave up. It was not until a friend gave me a 12 string guitar to refurbish along with some amplifiers where suddenly creative energies from being at peace on my boat that chords began to flow into music to my ears. I found the electric guitar easier to handle the fret positions than on the acoustic. So wow I have a chorus written for an intro song I hope will be ready for publishing my next video. I have to practice because again, I have never played guitar before April of 2019. I am amazed at how easy it is to play and how great it sounds on my yacht. I wonder if my neighbors mind? So far, no complaints.