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The Oberdorfer Pump Mechanic

Why does a 30-minute job take 4 hours on a sailboat?  This is how I replaced an Oberdorfer N202M-07 raw water pump that cost me the incredible sum of €486. ($266 for the pump + $127 for UPS freight +...

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Getting High

The weather has been bad and I've been lying low. Lying low means changing the engine oil, transmission oil and fuel filter. It also means getting high - up the mast that is. If you haven't read it...

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Downsizing to a Pocket Cruiser

Sooner or later sailors, specially solo sailors, with a somewhat large sailboat will face some harsh realities:     a) the need to downsize to a smaller boat    b) life without a boat    b) death I...

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Alive

I've been mute, deaf and dumb since April 19, but I'm still alive. And I'm hoping to sail south next week, all the way to the anchorage in Culatra. I offer you a photo-story of what's been going on. I...

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First Leg: Peniche to Cascais

Poor visibility, but I've seen worse. On Sunday morning I woke up to fog so thick I could hardly see the port entrance. Large water drops fell from the soggy sail flaked on the boom ready to be...

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Sailing from Cascais to Sines

Slept like a man with no worries in life and motored out of Cascais at daybreak feeling more relaxed and alive. The first day on a cruise is always a bit tense; on the second day it's the only thing...

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Sines to Alvor

At 6:00 I cranked the Tigress manual windlass until the 25 kg Kobra anchor clanked loudly onto the bow roller. Tied the anchor down and motored out on a clear calm day. What looked like a 36-foot...

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Kayak Adventure in Culatra

I was lying in the shady cockpit in Culatra staring at my toes and pondering my main problem: I had ran out of gasoline for the dinghy outboard.  Rowing the dinghy 400 m ashore during the day is easy....

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Sailing Home Blues

I bought a bus ticket back to Olhão where a water taxi (25 euros) ferried me back at break-neck speed to Jakatar, anchored just as I had left it, except for some new neighbors. I had planned on going...

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Filming Life Afloat and Other Idiosyncrasies

Purely out of boredom, I made three New Year's resolutions, and I'm glad I did: Exercise arduously on a regular basis, rather than off and on. (I'm sticking to it.) Spend more time on the boat. (I'm...

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Stormy Weather, Bad Film, Wet Feet, Good Times

"Red Alert: waves potentially 12 to 14 m high and strong winds. Potential disaster when peak wave heights coincide with high tide at 18:00 h," said the national weather forecast. Windguru showed waves...

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Bare Aluminum Mast

If you're bored reading yet another post about my mast-climbing heroics, just imagine how I feel. I'm the one doing the climbing, grunting and scraping! Funny thing is I like it. Everybody is asking...

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Water Foot Pump Parts

How many parts does a water foot pump have? Way too many. Plus, I forgot to take pictures during the disassembly process and got confused about how the four valves are set up. Staring at the pump's...

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Pump Mechanic - Episode 2

In my last post, I said I could now disassemble and assemble a foot pump in a flash. I was wrong. I should have said that "I can now destroy a pump pretty damn fast!" In case you didn't read my last...

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Almost Ready to Sail South Soon

The "Before and After" photo shoot About 1 year ago, I had a minor accident in Nazaré during a haulout. The stern pulpit and stern boarding ladder got an ugly bruising. I straightened the pulpit as...

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Sailing in the Algarve, One More Time!

In Culatra on the kayak, taken with my cheap Rollei action cam. In the early morning of July 22, I untied the lines and sailed south solo. I sailed - using the sails - most of the way, in real sloppy...

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The Stoical Sailor

We've had nothing but rain, strong wind and dark skies for weeks. What's a man gonna do? To cheer up, I purchased an online book called “A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy.” Maybe I...

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Sailing to the Algarve for the 16th Time

I sailed out of Peniche on the morning of July 21, 2018, headed for the Algarve, for what I believe to be the 16th round trip. It just keeps getting better. After a number of years of solo sailing,...

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Brits in Alvor

2018 marked my 16th round trip to the Algarve. On this trip, I anchored in Cascais and Sines, bypassed Sagres, and arrived at Alvor 3 days later just before dark. The usual routine. Leaving Peniche on...

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The End of an Era, Time for Something New

Late one morning, after having spent six days anchored in Alvor, I motored out the winding Alvor channel on a rising tide without running aground. The plan was to sail to the marina of Albufeira, to...

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Jakatar, a Corbin 39, Wins the Peniche Regatta

Jakatar won its last (2019) regatta in Peniche, in its last year in Peniche, just before sailing off to the Algarve, maybe forever! If you can read Portuguese, you can read the Newspaper report about...

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Building a Mooring and Deploying it from the Boat

I gave up my marina berth in Peniche and decided to place Jakatar on a mooring in Alvor, Algarve, 175 miles to the south. Since I would not have a car or a place to build a mooring ashore or even the...

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Marina vs Mooring

"A man is never lost at sea."  - Ernest HemingwayIs Hemingway's motto also applicable to a mooring?Jakatar has been on a mooring in Alvor since July 2019. What are the advantages and disadvantages of...

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Killer whales attacking sailboats near Portugal and Spain

More than 30 orca attacks on sailboats since July 2020 could have a devastating impact on thousands of yachts sailing through the Portuguese and Spanish coastline each year. The video below shows one...

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Corbin 39 in Sailing Magazine

This photograph of Jakatar was featured in a "Used Boat Notebook" article published in Sailing Magazine. The writer David Liscio contacted me, through the Corbin 39 Association, and I made some...

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