Our goal has always been to challenge ourselves and our vessel and by so doing learn and grow; to share our experiences and the lessons learned through our videos and written logs and to promote small boat cruising. Now we have found our place in Southeast Alaska. The videos we have produced so far cover three trans-Pacific crossings, several haul outs and refits, rough sailing down the Pacific Coast, San Francisco Bay, living aboard in the tropics and in Alaska, Cruising in Alaska and Island Life. If nothing else, we hope you will enjoy and learn from out mistakes. Adventure: 1. a bold, usually risky undertaking; hazardous action of uncertain outcome. Cruising in a small boat like our Albin Vega 27, Lealea, has offered plenty of opportunities for adventure. A lot of them are on video here. Join us and learn what we've done right and what we, perhaps, should have done differently. CruisingLealea.com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter @CruisingLealea.
How about get a 'plastic welding tool' and then you can 'weld' multiple tarps together in whatever size you desire? There is such a tool for fixing polyethylene kayaks, some kind of electric iron-looking or spatula-looking device, which is said to work great. But actually I would ponder skipping the tarp and using household-grade xps foam board which can be weatherized by the "foamie build" style of construction, which preps the surface of the board by simply sanding it, then uses outdoor household paint (or common wood glue) as if it were an epoxy resin, and any cotton sheet (or common household screen-door material) as if it were fiberglass cloth weave, for a result which is incredibly sturdy and featherweight light. xps foam sheet is inexpensive, 4'x6' sheet is like $20, from any home construction store. Using these sheets you could make a solid awning made up of multiple small xps foam panels connected by flexible seams of painted fabric, similar to how a skin-on-frame kayak also paints its fabric, then the entire awning could be unfolded into the rigid structure, or folded up for storage. It would be completely weatherproof and then after years of use just repaint it with the same household-grade outdoor paint. Dig up the howto's on building kayaks using xps foam sheet.
You sound like an engineer. d;^) I've used one of those welders on plastic kayaks. I don't think it will work on these tarps but I'll check. anything rigid would have to be stored or disposed of when not in use. We need to be able to fold and store in the cockpit lockers. or it has to be cheap and easy enough to build in one day discard and replace from time to time.
Hey Chuck, glad to hear you’re doing well! As for the boat, I figure I retired so that I’d have leisure time, to leisurely work on the boat! At least your choice to keep it smaller means a bit less to work on. 😊 ❤ to you and Laura Kent and Megan, s/v Demeter
Laura's schedule is too crazy for us to do Live Streams. Our most recent recording of reading the Pilot was delayed for two hours because Laura was called out for an emergency after putting in a 12 hour day at the clinic. Future content will focus on Boat, Pet Center, and Life in Southeast Alaska. How much of each will depend on our viewers.
Fortunately, the business is pretty much Laura's baby. I have very little to do with it. I take care of . the boat and the household. I think I will make the monologue from the boat a regular thing.
@@Cruisinglealea please do! I find sharing my progress and plans useful to keep my focus. Diferrence is that I share my Progress with my brother, not with all of RU-vid:-)
No. We broke down and bought a house after 11 winters aboard in Alaska. Chuck turned 75 this year and his rather colorful past is starting to catch up with him.
It's a relatively new problem. Glo never mentioned it until a few years ago when a purse seiner went on the beach across the narrows on Kupreanof. It's right in front of her as she sits at her desk in the North Harbor office. Still there, rotting away on the beach. I think it's kind of "Picturesque" but it really bugs Glo. Then there are a couple of floating wrecks in the harbor too. $10K just isn't enough to deal with the problem anymore.
Yes. We now own the Petersburg Pet Center. Paid it off last year. There will be more on the clinic soon. That was the best we had. Not good enough but I wanted to share it anyway. There will be lots of furry animal stuff coming. Cruising with pets etc. also boat maintenance, cruising and Island Life in Southeast Alaska.
Interesting. I like your channel , but this bothers me…. the only way I can deal with this nonsense is to get drunk. See , it’s your fault I’m an alcoholic!
And what a ride you all have had… and I must say, your ocean passage logs were instructive and a great study on how a relationship should work out there… Looking forward to more???!!!👍👍⛵️⛵️
Its OVER! Wah!!!!! Chuck is too old for those long voyages anymore, and they own a business, a building and House. That huge refit for NOTHING! all that varnishing so many varnishing vids......GAH I watched them all! I remember the vids thah ended with chuck puking in a bucket! THEY SWALLOWED THE HOOK Wah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was hoping that we get to see down the coast through the canal and up to Vermont, and THEN transition to a farming homesteading channel. How dare you live your own life!!!!
