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This is our baby at dock. You can hardly tell I haven't powerwashed her in six weeks...Shot by David George of Somersault I
...a progressing work...
Because this is
just too much
boat
for Lake Ontario
Copyright (c) Marc Dacey/Dark Star Media 2006-2020. Above photo (c) Marc Dacey. Powered by Blogger.
The online log of S/V Alchemy, her restoration, her crew and their voyage
“You never enjoy the world aright till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars: and perceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world.”-Thomas Traherne
"He that has patience may compass anything."-François Rabelais
"[The sea is] neither cruel nor kind ... Any apparent virtues it may have, and all its vices, are seen only in relation to the spirit of man who pits himself, in ships of his own building, against its insensate power."
-Denys Rayner
“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
-Charles Bukowski
"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." -Yoko Ono
My wife, my teenaged son and I plan to start voyaging in spring of 2020, plagues notwithstanding, for an estimated five to six years. I hope to move us aboard before that point to work out the kinks of living on a boat.
The careful reader will note the URL of this blog has "alchemy 2009" in it, a reference not only to our boat's name, but also to the original, anticipated departure date.
This is called "tempting the gods of the sea and life in general" and will not be modified. You have to know when to fight, and when to appease. Frankly, it matters that we go, not when we go. This is a good lesson for all aspiring voyagers, I think: the hubris of long-range planning lurks like an evil watermark on every "to-do" list.
Here you will find various notes on our preparations, labours and education as we try to become better sailors in a good old boat. I hope to continue to discuss in this blog the realities of preparing for a marine-focused extended sabbatical, the issues both mundane and philosophical confronting the potential cruiser, and the efforts required by everyone involved to make it happen.
Also, here is my current sailing resume.
Please note that all text and images on this site are copyrighted and may not be used without permission of their respective authors and creators.
Please note that I have not bothered to resize photos and they may be seen at full size and aspect ratio simply by clicking on them. Some photos formally hosted on third-party servers are not at present appearing; I will locally host these photos as I can afford the time to relink them.
Please also note that anonymous comments are usually spam and will typically be deleted without reading.
Author's text and most images other than product shots specifically created by product manufacturers are copyright 2006-2021 M. Dacey/Dark Star Productions. Photos sources linked from online news and related organizations are copyrighted to their creators.
"He that has patience may compass anything."-François Rabelais
"The Great Lakes sailor is wild-ocean nurtured; as much of an audacious mariner as any. "-Herman Melville
"[The sea is] neither cruel nor kind ... Any apparent virtues it may have, and all its vices, are seen only in relation to the spirit of man who pits himself, in ships of his own building, against its insensate power."
-Denys Rayner
“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
-Charles Bukowski
"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." -Yoko Ono
My wife, my teenaged son and I plan to start voyaging in spring of 2020, plagues notwithstanding, for an estimated five to six years. I hope to move us aboard before that point to work out the kinks of living on a boat.
The careful reader will note the URL of this blog has "alchemy 2009" in it, a reference not only to our boat's name, but also to the original, anticipated departure date.
This is called "tempting the gods of the sea and life in general" and will not be modified. You have to know when to fight, and when to appease. Frankly, it matters that we go, not when we go. This is a good lesson for all aspiring voyagers, I think: the hubris of long-range planning lurks like an evil watermark on every "to-do" list.
Here you will find various notes on our preparations, labours and education as we try to become better sailors in a good old boat. I hope to continue to discuss in this blog the realities of preparing for a marine-focused extended sabbatical, the issues both mundane and philosophical confronting the potential cruiser, and the efforts required by everyone involved to make it happen.
Also, here is my current sailing resume.
Please note that all text and images on this site are copyrighted and may not be used without permission of their respective authors and creators.
Please note that I have not bothered to resize photos and they may be seen at full size and aspect ratio simply by clicking on them. Some photos formally hosted on third-party servers are not at present appearing; I will locally host these photos as I can afford the time to relink them.
Please also note that anonymous comments are usually spam and will typically be deleted without reading.
Author's text and most images other than product shots specifically created by product manufacturers are copyright 2006-2021 M. Dacey/Dark Star Productions. Photos sources linked from online news and related organizations are copyrighted to their creators.
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- Rhys
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- Navigation Mac: Francis Fustier's interesting blog
- New Found Metals: Portlights of value
- Nieuwe Zorg: touring a century-old Dutch skûtsje
- Noonsite: News and views cruisers can use
- Ocean Weather Services: Get routed
- Oceanbrake: Makers of Jordan Series Drogues
- On Ainia: A Bristol 45.5 around the world
- Ontario Boat Builders' Co-op: Socialism at its wettest
- Outback Charge Controllers
- Panbo: Marine Electronics
- Peter Karadi: Custom Yacht Builder, Fabricator and Restorer
- Piracy Reporting Centre
- PKYS Inc.: Simple explanations of complex boat electrical topics
- Port Credit Marine Surveys: Wallace knows more than you about boats
- Proper Course
- S/V Atalanta: Refitting a Little Harbor 44
- S/V Beach House, an Endeavour 42 at large in the Caribbean
- S/V Belafonte: A two-year circ in a Malo 42
- S/V Bluebottle, a Pacific-crossing Lidgard 49 foot steel ketch
- S/V Byamee: a steel cutter now on passage
- S/V Chasing Summer: Rebuilding a Spencer 42
- S/V Cygnus 3: An Oyster 45 on passage
- S/V Easy Go, a homebuilt, junk-rigged dory schooner
- S/V Eolian, a Downeast 45 ketch
- S/V Fiona: Eric Forsythe's sailed more than you ever will
- S/V Fortuitous, a Catalina 22 in Barnegat Bay, NJ
- S/V Galactic, a 45 foot steel cutter
- S/V Giulietta, a custom-built Portuguese ORC racer
- S/V Goodonya, an Ericson 39B cruising Australia and beyond
- S/V Hawk: Beth Leonard and Evans Starzinger
- S/V Hermes: Wandering in a Pearson 33
- S/V Heron, a Beneteau 47 on cruise
- S/V Isbjörn: Crew on a classic Swan 48
- S/V Jakatar, a very philosophical Corbin 39 in Portugal
- S/V Joana, a Steel Roberts 53
- S/V MingMing: Simply solo sailing in a junk-rig
- S/V Mollymawk: A steel ketch at the ends of the Earth
- S/V Momentum: "The Motorsailer Project"
- S/V Nereida: Voyaging with the world's oldest female solo circumnavigator
- S/V Nine of Cups: Newer circ blog
- S/V Nine of Cups: Older circ blog
- S/V Obsession, a Beneteau 305 out of P.E.I.
- S/V Ocelot, a world-girding Kronos 48 catamaran
- S/V Panache: A Leopard 48 cat goes both hither and yon
- S/V Panache: A Leopard 48 cat on a circ
- S/V Panope: Refitting a Colvin 34
- S/V Papillon: An O'Day 25 in Minnesota
- S/V Pelican: Following a Dream
- S/V Pétillant, a voyaging Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 43DS
- S/V Precipice
- S/V Quiescence: A Catalina 42 on passage for the tropics
- S/V Rhapsody, refitting a neglected Aries 32
- S/V Seal: An expedition yacht in high-latitude charter
- S/V Sentinel: A steel Roberts 38 that spent seven years voyaging
- S/V Silas Crosby, a 36 foot Brent Swain cutter in steel
- S/V Skye: A Lyle Hess 32...built in 1988
- S/V Solstice: a Cape George 31 cutter in charter
- S/V Speedwell: Keeping cruising simple may involve junk
- S/V Teleport: a junk-rigged North Atlantic 29
- S/V Time Machine
- S/V Totem: Good ideas from the crew of a Stevens 47
- S/V Tres Hombres, a working sail freighter out of Grenada
- S/V Valhalla: A Fuji 32 ketch with a prolific writer at the helm
- S/V Veleda IV: World Cruising an Ontario 32
- S/V WhiteBird: How bad could it get?
- S/V Windway, a steel Joshua 40 preparing for a circ
- Sabre Dancing: Rebuilding a steel Roberts 38
- Safe Propane Installations: how to avoid being a horrible warning
- Sail Far, Live Free: Maritime musings from Lake Michigan
- Sailing School Brittany: A great place for RYA-grade sail training
- Sailing Simplicity: A skipper ponders the simple life aboard
- Sailing Totem, a blog about a family doing a circ on a Stevens 47
- Sea level barometric pressure conversion tool
- SetSail: Thoughts on all aspects of cruising with ocean vets The Dashews
- Shipping and Freight Resource: A blog that's laden with information on cargo transport
- Small Boat Projects: Don't be a horrible warning
- Southbound II: Herb Hilgenberg, Weather Forecaster and Router
- Tad Roberts, B.C.-based designer of some salty boats
- Teach yourself electrics!
- Tenaya Travels: 50,000 Miles in a HR 40
- The Boat Galley: Practical tips for cooking aboard
- The Engineering Toolbox: All sorts of helpful calculations
- The Greenheart Project: Developing "Sustainable" Shipping
- The Incredible Hull
- The Marine Installer's Rant
- The Natural Navigator: Accessing one's inner chartplotter
- The NN10 Nesting Dinghy
- The Nordkyn Project: Design and build of an ocean-going, 13 m sloop
- The old "SailCalc" site, temporarily hosted
- The Voyages of s/v Sequitur on a Leisurely Circ
- The Voyages of Silverheels III
- TidesChart: What goes up...
- Trackline Attachment Syndrome
- Untie the Lines: Video diary of a young German rehabbing a beat-up alu sailboat
- Vixen's Voyage: Around the world in a wooden 34-footer
- VolksCruiser: Why pay retail?
- Volumes of Salt: My sea-related book reviews
- Voyager Windvanes
- Wallace Gouk, Marine Surveyor
- Warpaint: How the Royal Navy keeps the steel unrusted
- Water levels at Toronto
- Wind Map...very cool
- WindGURU
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