Loose Moorings: Recent Comments

Comment on Sailing scuttled by weather-again.

Tim — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:06:54 GMT

And all the while you were forced to be in "the now", without the nagging past and the worrisome future, those great imposters whose business is to torment.
Exactly, and the real challenge is to be that way at all times, not just when sailing!

Comment on On land, looking over the water

Eric — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:57:27 GMT

Hi, Nathan

I am enjoying following your blog and I have had some of the personal thoughts you are so bravely sharing.
Wishing you fair winds,
Eric

Comment on Rebuilding Hydraulic Cylinder for Adjustable Backstay

John Duffin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:28:37 GMT

I have a question regarding this repair as I am doing the same task.
Does the aluminium piston come apart (unscrew) so that the new oil seal can be located, or does the new oil seal have to be forced over the piston outside diameter.
John Duffin

Hi John, I don't recall, but I seem to remember that the piston was a one-piece unit and that the seal was forced over it. If you do so, it can help to put the seal in hot water for a few minutes to soften it.
Good luck

Comment on Sailing

Susan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:54:33 GMT

Hi Nathaniel
Reading this from Thetis Island and remembering when we anchored in Clam Bay off of Thetis this past September
Enjoy your sail...Susan
Hi, I was wondering what happened to you. Good to hear from you. Gonna come sailing soon?

Comment on Dreaming

Tim — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:19:04 GMT

I agree with your avoidance of "gurus". From my brief research, Tolle doesn't seem to be living that contradiction, but in any event he doesn't so much tell you what to do as to point to things for consideration, many of which are noteworthy. As I've tried to live in the "now", I've found more peace, less anxiety, and less struggle over meaning. Perhaps sailing is the ultimate "living in the now"?

Sailing absolutely is living in the moment. And I will pick up the Tolle book since it's sitting right here. No one can accuse me of being closed minded :)

Comment on Dreaming

Tim — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:46:20 GMT

Have you ever listened to some of what Eckhart Tolle has suggested? The power of now, how all we ever have is the now; we never have the past nor will we ever have the future, we will only ever have the now. Interesting and useful stuff, in my experience.

Tracy has read it. I think it's on the boat. I'm reluctant to read gurus because for all their wisdom, they are well-paid and famous, so by definition their values don't sync with their words. I'm reminded of fat cat TV evangelicals who get filthy rich off the backs of people desperate for meaning. A limitation in my thinking, almost certainly. WIse men don't judge the source of knowledge but take what they can get, wherever it is and regardless of what it looks like.

Comment on First Sail Out of Victoria, 2010

Darcy — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:30:45 GMT

I think the water has some healing effects. Back when I used to live near the Atlantic ocean, there was nothing that would make me feel better like a trip to the water. Any headache, any sinus issues...it all just seemed to melt away when I got to the beach.

Comment on British Columbia is so Beautiful When You Have a Boat

Suzanne — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:53:19 GMT

I'm laughing at the fact that you look like you might have moored in my parents' front yard... They live on the property on the main part of the island that looks out onto Wolf Island (you'd likely have seen the tugs on their dock!)
Thanks for the pics- it's nice to see home :) And Happy Sailing!

Thank you. I guess you mean in Wolf Island in Beecher Bay? I haven't been there since last summer, although it's a delightful spot. Looking forward to going back and visting the Smoking Tuna Cafe (I believe that's what it's called).

Comment on Harken Roller Furler Maintenance

John — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:17:44 GMT

I have a 27 catalina and while puting it up on the hard i lost the pin that connects at the bottom of furler that attaches to for deck. Any one know what size it is so im ready for spring .
Every thing is burried in 5 feet of snow now

Comment on nova kool replacement

SEAN — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:51:18 GMT

nice job!, just so you know, the plate can be cut to within 1/2" of the raised area without affecting the warranty on the system

best regards
sean