Thursday, February 24, 2022

 ... Ok, that didn't get too far.  I'll take another whack at documenting Karma on this blog.  

Next really huge project will be a deck recoring.  Perhaps I'll have time between epoxying sessions to post the discover and repairs. 

Friday, August 28, 2020

 Kinda stepped away from this.  I had good intentions, but perhaps my commitment was lacking.  I have about 11 years of backlog on this site, but fortunately have plenty of photos to jog my memory and to post.  Let's see how far I get this time.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Labor Day Weekend 2009




Jennifer and I spent time on Karma Labor Day weekend. Karma was slipped at up the Great Wicomico River Marina. It was a beautiful weekend, the marina and restuarant was pretty busy.


Monday, March 9, 2009

Bottom Painting & Barrier Coating

This was a major event…still in progress

The materialsDSCN0899

Here’s the deal:

Final prep the hull, wash down with solvent; sand; remove dust with another solvent wash down; apply 5 coats of an epoxy barrier coat, then 1 coat of bottom paint while each coat is still tacky.

Time and temperature dependent DSCN0904

Each coat requires about 45 minutes to apply and 3-5 hours to get to the recoat stage. Doing the math gives you about a 36 hour around the clock project…

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The mixing tool: 1/2” drill, mixer and paint can lid (important)

DSCN0895Barrier coat applied

Still gotta do the same thing for the keel, rudder and under the jack stand pads. Except this time I’ll use straight epoxy instead of the Interlux 2000E barrier coat paint.

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Bottom coat applied, waiting for round two.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Sailing on Argo


Argo is a 35 foot yawl that is owned by Brent. We went sailing on her today. This was Argo's first sail with her new owner.




Sunday, July 1, 2007

Crusin' with Kelly and Michael




Kelly and Michael went on a day sail with me. The wind was up quite a bit in the bay so we went up the Great Wicomico River and had lunch till it layed down a bit. We did manage to get the sails up coming out and did a bit of river sailing.



I gave Michael the helm so he could get the feel of a sailing vessel.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Father's Day Cruise

It's difficult to get the whole family on a cruise with everyone's schedule this summer. I used Father's Day as the motivation for us all to cruise around the bay.
Autopilot sure is a nice feature.

Karma is way bigger than Short Run a Coronado 28. There's lots of room. Just look how relaxed Kelly is.