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Getting Ready for Sea and Troubleshooting the Cape Horn Windvane

01 Wednesday Dec 2021

Posted by farreachvoyages in Local Sailing, Repairs, Upgrades

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Cape Horn Windvane, Voyage preparation

With the engine installed and the FlexOFold prop dialed in I finally managed some time to take the Far Reach out on a four day cruise. It had been nearly two years since I had spent any significant time on the boat while underway. I needed to check the engine and the overall condition of the running and standing rigging as well as op-check the boat’s systems, simple though they are, before making the long sail to the Virgin Islands in November. On 10 August I motored the boat down the ICW from the Neuse River to

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