New Electronics

We spent the weekend working on our new Garmin 18

GMR HD radar system and preparing the steering pulpit for the new chartplotter. People at the marina call this "Getting High". Go figure. Helping me is my friend Bill Zlobl. Boys and their toys.

Hurricane Irene

My first Hurricane was coming. Spent 2 days preparing the for Hurricane Irene to hit. We rode it out in a condo at North West Creek Marina, New Bern, NC. Well, I couldn't resist going to the marina to check things out. She hit Cape Lookout Island at 7:45 in the morning. The water rose very quickly here. Storm surge, 7 feet. Great crew at the marina worked the docklines, which were under water, till late that night. At 9:30 PM I was starting to wonder if it would ever end. It finally did. No damage to Continuum. Thank God. The people in the pic are our friends that rode it out with us. Bill Chapel and his son Billy. Thats Mona in the middle.

Vessel Upgrades

While Continuum was in great shape, some of the equipment needed to be update (Radar, GPS, Stereo, Wind generator, Windlass). Other equipment needed to be added for safety and comfort. The wish list only gets bigger the longer you own a boat.  We found ourselves setting budgets and boundry's to cope with our economic constraints and prioritizing our wants and needs.

The bucket list:

*  Windlass
*  Anchor and Chain
*  Raycor dual fuel system filters
*  Stereo/Radio Cd/DVD
*  Garmin 4212 Chartplotter and Navpod housing system
*  Garmin 18 GMR HD radar system
*  Solar Panels (Kyrocera 135 watt panels)
*  Refridgeration ( we love ice cubes)
*  Rehab the dingy or buy a new one
*  Hatch covers
*  New Anameter for our B&G wind indicator system
*  Water Maker

The list goes on and on.  Everyones says, "its a boat."

What we have completed so far in 2011.

*  Racor dual fuel system filter
*  New Lighthouse 1501 Windlass with a redesigned chain locker.
* Forward anchor wash down
*  Replaced all the anchor rode with 325 ft. 5/16 chain on starboard main with a 45 lb. Manson Supreme     Anchor.  Replaced the port side anchor chain with 250 5/16 chain and a 45 CQR anchor
* 2 - 135 watt Kyocera
*  Clarion CMV1 DVD/CD/USB RECVR Sterio with remote in cockpit
*  Polyplanner MA-800 cokpit speakers & Polyplanner MA-840 interior speakers
* Xantrex Linkpro battery monitor
* Adler Barber Cold Machine, yes we have ice cubes
*   New hatch covers
*  New B&G mast head unit for wind speed and direction (anameter)
*  Rehabed dingy.  Sealed inside and outside.  New Paint
*  Installed a back up bilge pump and alarm  (2000 gals per hour)
*  Redesigned our Yanmar Diesel engine  exhaust system,  engineer Harvey Smith and replace all engine mounts.
*  Added galley storage and add empeller hatch, Gene Lysogorski





 

Continuum- The Beginning

This is the begining of this Blog, however, I think a little back ground is appropriate.  Mona and I sailed, on and off, through charter companies in the Caribbean (BVI, USVI, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenedines) for about 20 years.

In 2009 we sailed with Hank Schmit aboard his 47 Swan from Huntington Harbor, New York to Bermuda. 
We sailed through New York City and past Ellis Island and the Stature of Liberty.  It was an amzing trip through blue waters to Bermuda and was what inspired us to own our own boat. 

In February, 2009 it happened.  I found Continuum.  A 1998 40 ft., Caliber Long Range Cruiser. A custom made bluewater cruiser.  Hull #97.    She had been immaculately maintained.  It was love at first site.

The usual negotiations commenced and after a survey by Rob Eberly and hull out in Oriental, NC, she was ours.  This is our beginning.