So here is the update. I am currently siting on deck in complete darkness hoping the rain gives me a break long enough to write what is going on.
The Electronics on Elusive have not been going to good, so in light of that i have decided to leave them here with my friend who is working on them while i do other things.
unfortunatly my visa for costa rica is expiring and i need to get it renewed before sailing to Ecuador. That meens that i will be taking a bus trip down to Panama city for a while. this trip on the bus also gives me a great opertunity to check out a couple of steel hulled boats that are forsale. with luck i might be able to shift the wayward odyssey into a steel hull, and sail off of the guide book paradise next cruising season. along with my electronics being left with the hands of my friend, will also be left me laptop. so my, sad to say, speratic posting will be even more speratic untill i am re-united with my computer. but i will try and post when ever possible. so thats where it stands now, and the plan is to sail to the Tortugas Islands before leaving the boat. I will update next chance i get, unitll then,Cheers!
Josh
LiveYour Dream!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
Cabin Work
Hello,
Today I did some more work in the cabin. TheGalley to be specific. I had a uncomplete deep shelf behind the stove that was not finished, and was looking pretty bad. So today along with afew other projects I got out the hard wood, tools, screws, and paint. The Galley looks alo better now that I have that part nearly complete. II got some food from the super marcket today, put a nice thick piece of Almond wood as trim, and then paineted the rest of it glossy white to the hight of the counter. I also painted the well where the stove hangs white. all inall it looks alot better, and the boat is one step closer to being complete.
The other day I did some welding on the bowsprit to be able to have wood planks to walk on, instead of net. Sense i will be goingback to panama with the bus how ever, I think i will wait to finish it up when i get back. primarly because i will be able to get better material there.
I still have been unable to get the sat phone to hold a signal long enough to send an email, or to receive weather information. I moved the antena onto one of the backstays, but it seems no better, maybe a bit worse accually. So that is another thing i have to work on.
I got some food from the super marcket today. Those are always interesting trips. One good thing about these store over pricing the food is tht it all does not normally sell before the expiration date. The stores are then forced to put alot of the food on discount before it goes over the date. :D you can imagine that that is where I will normally be found! MUAHAHA I love a good deal!
That is todays update, now to check the weather and see about a good day to depart for the Ilas Tortugas!
Cheers, and good deals!
Josh
Live Your Dream!
Today I did some more work in the cabin. TheGalley to be specific. I had a uncomplete deep shelf behind the stove that was not finished, and was looking pretty bad. So today along with afew other projects I got out the hard wood, tools, screws, and paint. The Galley looks alo better now that I have that part nearly complete. II got some food from the super marcket today, put a nice thick piece of Almond wood as trim, and then paineted the rest of it glossy white to the hight of the counter. I also painted the well where the stove hangs white. all inall it looks alot better, and the boat is one step closer to being complete.
The other day I did some welding on the bowsprit to be able to have wood planks to walk on, instead of net. Sense i will be goingback to panama with the bus how ever, I think i will wait to finish it up when i get back. primarly because i will be able to get better material there.
I still have been unable to get the sat phone to hold a signal long enough to send an email, or to receive weather information. I moved the antena onto one of the backstays, but it seems no better, maybe a bit worse accually. So that is another thing i have to work on.
I got some food from the super marcket today. Those are always interesting trips. One good thing about these store over pricing the food is tht it all does not normally sell before the expiration date. The stores are then forced to put alot of the food on discount before it goes over the date. :D you can imagine that that is where I will normally be found! MUAHAHA I love a good deal!
That is todays update, now to check the weather and see about a good day to depart for the Ilas Tortugas!
Cheers, and good deals!
Josh
Live Your Dream!
Bodged up Oars
Hello,
Well I got my oar fixed for the moment so can go ashore. I had to take a chunk of wood I had on he boat, and turn it into a dowling with my Machete. Then taper the end to fit inside the broke blade. All in all, it worked alright, and passed the surf test yesterday. So I am slowly getting the boat provisioned up, and shoulg be sailing to the Tortuga Islands soon. Provisioning takes a little time sense I can only take what I can carry for the mile walk back to the beach. but it works out alright. but at least it does not require going up and down a mountain like the place I was at near quepos.
I finished the owrk on the Autopilot yesterday, and it seems to be working fine. We will see how it handles with the day and a half sail.
so thats the update,
Cheers, and coconuts!
Josh
Live Your Dream!
Well I got my oar fixed for the moment so can go ashore. I had to take a chunk of wood I had on he boat, and turn it into a dowling with my Machete. Then taper the end to fit inside the broke blade. All in all, it worked alright, and passed the surf test yesterday. So I am slowly getting the boat provisioned up, and shoulg be sailing to the Tortuga Islands soon. Provisioning takes a little time sense I can only take what I can carry for the mile walk back to the beach. but it works out alright. but at least it does not require going up and down a mountain like the place I was at near quepos.
I finished the owrk on the Autopilot yesterday, and it seems to be working fine. We will see how it handles with the day and a half sail.
so thats the update,
Cheers, and coconuts!
Josh
Live Your Dream!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Been Meaning to Post These
Hello every one,
I am still anchored in Herradura.
My WIFI conection is not to good, so this will be a quick update.
I have been working on my engines raw water system the past few days, and now it is better then ever!
I am going to re-install the rudder sensor for the autopilot tomorow, then test it.
The weater has been crappy lately, but hopefully i will get some good weather to take of again, and with all systems go!
I am also working on a online photo album, and will let you know when it is up and runnning!
Cheers,
Josh
Live Your Dream!
Elusive possibly for sale! Contact for details.
I am still anchored in Herradura.
My WIFI conection is not to good, so this will be a quick update.
I have been working on my engines raw water system the past few days, and now it is better then ever!
I am going to re-install the rudder sensor for the autopilot tomorow, then test it.
The weater has been crappy lately, but hopefully i will get some good weather to take of again, and with all systems go!
I am also working on a online photo album, and will let you know when it is up and runnning!
Cheers,
Josh
Live Your Dream!
Elusive possibly for sale! Contact for details.
Friday, August 29, 2008
For Sale!
Elusive may be for sale soon, if you have any interest, or questions, feel free to email!
Joshhi53@gmail.com
Joshhi53@gmail.com
Broken board, broken oar, and no raw water ..
Well today I coninued the hunt for the raw water problem with the engine. I had taken the pump off yesterday and opened it up, beliving it to be a bad impellor. but that was not the case.
when i put the ump back on the engine it seemed as though the belt was just to big. so having to taken off and such I decided that it was the day to fix the water pump belt problem, once and for all.
The steel bracket that holds the engine mounts has been giving me problems with tensioning my water pump belt, from day one. the bracket comes in contact with the pump, at what seems to be the perfect tension. It is not possible to make the belt any tighter then what the distance to the bracket allows. usually after afew hours, or more of running. the vibration of the pump against this bracket moves it sufficiantly to loosen the belt a bit.
I have allways meant to cut a pit of the bracket off, to allow the pump to pass, but never got the will power up to do it.
yesterday was the day. I got out the grinder, and discs, and cut away a piece of worthlss, no good steel, that was unstructing my water pump!
but sadly, the water still was not flowing through the engine.
so, today i did afew tess, and checks, but still can nt find why there is very little water making it to the engine pump. tomorow i will continue, with a simple check from under the boat, for a clogged through hull fitting. If that does not fix it, I will just have to keep hunting!
went for a surf today, had aewnice waves, but sadly broke an oar on thedinghy getting in. aswell broke my old board in the waves. none the less, it still was fun. but, now i have to track own another oar!
Cheers,
Josh
S/V Elusive
Live Your Dream!
when i put the ump back on the engine it seemed as though the belt was just to big. so having to taken off and such I decided that it was the day to fix the water pump belt problem, once and for all.
The steel bracket that holds the engine mounts has been giving me problems with tensioning my water pump belt, from day one. the bracket comes in contact with the pump, at what seems to be the perfect tension. It is not possible to make the belt any tighter then what the distance to the bracket allows. usually after afew hours, or more of running. the vibration of the pump against this bracket moves it sufficiantly to loosen the belt a bit.
I have allways meant to cut a pit of the bracket off, to allow the pump to pass, but never got the will power up to do it.
yesterday was the day. I got out the grinder, and discs, and cut away a piece of worthlss, no good steel, that was unstructing my water pump!
but sadly, the water still was not flowing through the engine.
so, today i did afew tess, and checks, but still can nt find why there is very little water making it to the engine pump. tomorow i will continue, with a simple check from under the boat, for a clogged through hull fitting. If that does not fix it, I will just have to keep hunting!
went for a surf today, had aewnice waves, but sadly broke an oar on thedinghy getting in. aswell broke my old board in the waves. none the less, it still was fun. but, now i have to track own another oar!
Cheers,
Josh
S/V Elusive
Live Your Dream!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Wind and Rain!
Hello everyone,
It was quite the nasty weather yesterday! the morning was nice, I could do some interent out on deck. speaking of which, I was on a forum the other day, it gets your location throug your IP address. It said I was at Palmarta Rica! ha ha I suppose thats why WIFI navigation is not going to catch on!
any way, we had quite alot of wind. which turned into waves and swell, we had 3 foot white caps in the anchorage! of course that is not a very large wave, but does not make it a comfortable place to be anchored! with all the waind we had I saw quite alot of boats pull in to get out of the weather. if anyone who is reading this is going to come and anchore here, I strongly suggest NOT anchoring right behind the island. with this stron S SE wind it would come in between the island,a nd the mainland, and create water spouts! thats right, water spouts - tornados on the water! i saw no less then three, and i was not sitting on deck watching the weather so long. just periodic check ups. the funny thing was that the spouts would only be right around the island. as soon s the moved away, they went away.
The salvage plan to try and find a missing mooring did not go to well. we used a whole tank of air searching a little area fora fifty five gallon drum. could not find it.
the water had so much silt in it you could not see the end of you arm!
We still have th swell of yesterdays wind coming in here, the swell is not as big as yesterday. but at least it is not that terribly un comfortable three foot chop! hope fully I will get some nice waves to surf on later.
oh as for the new features. I could not find a map i could place on here, then simple put a dot, or trail so people can visually follow along. but i will start posting on every, or nearly ever post the Latitude, and Longitude. then if you have google earth, or a nautical chart of the area, you can see exactly where I am. Google earth works very well, I have it now on my computer, simply type in my Lat, Lon, into the search box, and you will fly right into where I am.
I hope that will help for the people requesting better loations.
as for poeple requesting the planned route, I am still working on that.
Cheers,
Josh
S/V Elusive
It was quite the nasty weather yesterday! the morning was nice, I could do some interent out on deck. speaking of which, I was on a forum the other day, it gets your location throug your IP address. It said I was at Palmarta Rica! ha ha I suppose thats why WIFI navigation is not going to catch on!
any way, we had quite alot of wind. which turned into waves and swell, we had 3 foot white caps in the anchorage! of course that is not a very large wave, but does not make it a comfortable place to be anchored! with all the waind we had I saw quite alot of boats pull in to get out of the weather. if anyone who is reading this is going to come and anchore here, I strongly suggest NOT anchoring right behind the island. with this stron S SE wind it would come in between the island,a nd the mainland, and create water spouts! thats right, water spouts - tornados on the water! i saw no less then three, and i was not sitting on deck watching the weather so long. just periodic check ups. the funny thing was that the spouts would only be right around the island. as soon s the moved away, they went away.
The salvage plan to try and find a missing mooring did not go to well. we used a whole tank of air searching a little area fora fifty five gallon drum. could not find it.
the water had so much silt in it you could not see the end of you arm!
We still have th swell of yesterdays wind coming in here, the swell is not as big as yesterday. but at least it is not that terribly un comfortable three foot chop! hope fully I will get some nice waves to surf on later.
oh as for the new features. I could not find a map i could place on here, then simple put a dot, or trail so people can visually follow along. but i will start posting on every, or nearly ever post the Latitude, and Longitude. then if you have google earth, or a nautical chart of the area, you can see exactly where I am. Google earth works very well, I have it now on my computer, simply type in my Lat, Lon, into the search box, and you will fly right into where I am.
I hope that will help for the people requesting better loations.
as for poeple requesting the planned route, I am still working on that.
Cheers,
Josh
S/V Elusive
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