Sail with Bliss

We have a new website and blog! The new address is: http://www.sailwithbliss.com

We recently ordered new Samson line for our genoa furler. During the line replacement, we did maintenance on the Furlex system, which inclu...

We had a rigging survey done in 2011 and one of the findings was an undersized pin in two of our lower shroud turnbuckles.   In order to res...

We put a Turk's Head knot on our wheel. The Turk's Head is used to indicate the rudder is centered. This is especially handy at nigh...

The Caliber 40LRC has convertible cutter rig.   This means that the inner forestay can be rigged aside when not in use.   The Navtec inner...

The lockers (lazarettes) in our cockpit have horrible latches that "bite" you every time you walk by them because of the way the...

We added some 12v lights to the cockpit.  It makes things a little brighter.  Happy Holidays!

Our Jabsco PAR-MAX water pump started going off intermittently for about a second, every hour or so. We looked high and low for a slow leak ...

During our trip up north, the anchor came loose while Geralyn was steering into the big waves. Just kidding about Geralyn steering into the ...

We've had our boat for two years now, and we have put 500 hours on the engine. It's actually overdue, but the time came to replace t...

We never saw this on the barograph before and wouldn’t mind if we didn’t see it again.

I spent some time going over our tracks from our August trip, so I could see our average speed. We did all our projections based on 5 knots,...

We have been replacing our old light bulbs with LEDs. Not only do they use less energy, but they are brighter, especially the red ones (for ...

Motor Maintenance You will need: Set of hex allen wrenches, 1/8, 1/4, 3/16" 7/16" 3/8" drive socket tool Flat bl...

Sunday 8/18/2012 - Martin Slough, WA to Portland, OR We left early on Sunday morning trying to avoid yet another low tide.   We arrived...

Saturday 8/17/2012 - Martin Slough, WA We thought about heading back to the marina on Saturday, but the weather was lovely and we didn...

Friday 8/16/2012 - Martin Slough, WA We woke up to a beautiful, sunny day.   We took the dinghy out for a spin.   The new motor was fin...

Thursday 8/15/2012 - Astoria, OR to Martin Slough, WA   We hustled in the morning, pre-dawn, to get Bliss out of the marina before the ...

We are sailing South, heading home to Portland.   

We are so happy we have an autopilot!