Recent content by CTOlsen

White Slave, by David Maislish (Australian) . An American merchant ship runs aground on the west coast of Africa, and the seamen are taken as slaves. An incredible non-fiction story of survival. Available on Kindle and print. I read it in 2010 and am re-reading it.

Looks like a great trip, and well chronicled. You have seen more of the Ches Bay in 6 months than I did in the 30 years I lived and sailed there. Contratulations!

It is a great place to live. We moved here in 2015 for work reasons, retired in 2021 and never left. As a native long islander, who lived in the south for 30 years, this place will forever be home.

She is on a mooring now under the new owner. She's still Loki for the time being, and moored in the Mystic River across from Abbots's lobster house. Enjoy your trip.

It's a classic Down Easter a Nauset 35 that's been repowered once and rebuilt twice. She fits the Mystic ambience well. I'll definitely stay on the website and lurk ocasionally, and get input on things like instruments and electronics. I've been a Raymarine guy, now have to transition to...

Many thanks to all of you that have offered me advice and feedback on our beloved O-34, Loki. My wife and I have owned her since 2009, and are now experiencing a paradigm shift which is taking us into the world of Downeast Powerboating. Loki will continue to be sailed in the Mystic CT area by...

...the words of a power boater from the lips of sailor. Unfortunately, we do not all have immediate access to waterways beyond the 3 mile zone, thus the reliance on a taxpayer funded, free to the user, VHF radio communicating glorious pump out boat.

Thanks Loren. This system has served me well. Yes, the deck pump out connection also remains available for use, and comes in handy when we anchor/moor in a protected harbor with public pump out boats. I'm changing out the whale pump this spring as a preventative measure.

Similar, yes.

I am in the process of removing my originally installed secondary winches, Lewmar 43's in order to add some comfort real estate on the deck. Additionally, I'm moving the cabin top winches, Lewmar 30's, aft about 10" (removing the original horn cleat) to improve use of them for sheeting...

My elbow doesn't look at all like this beautiful stainless piece of hardware.

I am not near the boat, just arrived at our winter residence in VA. Sorry, can't measure or get pix.

I kept my O34 in the lower Chesapeake for 6 years, and generally hauled for 2 months to do maint. I found that I was dealing with gel coat blisters almost seasonally- grinding and filling and re- barrier coating. I've been in Mystic CT since 2015 and haul each fall, splash in the spring. Not a...

I had a similar, although less significant problem a short while ago; low water flow through the engine leading to vaporizing of raw water out the transom discharge. I disconnected hoses and inspected parts to discover that the problem was on the inlet side. I found that the strainer cover was...