Spray N Wash

Lively seas and lively dolphins at work with Freedom Boat Club.

Brief demo of certain Type V PFDs, both dry and in the water.

Caution, loud wind noise. Clip of storm as observed in Buttonwood Sound, Key Largo FL, on January 28, 2017. Apologies for the vertical aspect, videographer didn't know better back in 2017.

A Special Vignette on a simple solution to the jamming turnbuckle / toggle problem that occurs during mast raising on the Hunter 23.5 sailboat, and other Hunter water-ballast series sailboats. Originally published August 2020. Harken 138 shackle at Hamilton Marine: https://shop.hamiltonmarine.com/products/shackle-assembly--25--ss-14367.html Intro and closing music: "Wings of Steel," Reynard Seidel. https://www.epidemicsound.com

A brief video about a brief shakedown cruise with Spray N Wash and crew Eric from Mere Point boat launch on down and around upper and lower Goose Islands in the Maquoit Bay area south of Brunswick Maine. Music: "On Wings of Steel," Reynard Seidel, Epidemic Sound.

A quick update that progress on the boat is moving along steadily even though I haven't posted anything new over the past few weeks. The electrical system installation got put on hold briefly when an opportunity to get the bottom painted suddenly arose. Here's a peek at that project. Originally published 2/2020. Music: "John Kanaka" by The X Seamen's Institute, South Street Seaport.

Just an introduction and some background on myself, and a little about my future plans, as I kick off this channel. I spent the summer of 2020 with the boat in Maine, and then moved to the Tampa Bay area permanently in October, where I am pursuing lots more sailing and exploring along Florida's west coast and possibly beyond. Background music - me just picking around on the resonator.