Airship Goes to Alaska Since Tuesday (sunny!!!) it's been pretty rainy here in Juneau, so we've been focused on work, and fixing things that need fixing. Here's our Fix-It list: 1. The carburetor on our outboard motor This outboard has never been right in the head. It's a Mercury 6HP…
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Here she is, headed back to the water (where she belongs!) 🙂 A pressure wash, a new coat of bottom paint, shiny new zincs, antifouling paint on the running gear, and now we’re ready for more adventure. Since the end of September when we got this boat, we’ve logged over…
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Some improvements we've made to the boat this weekend: 1. An adjustable laptop stand from Twelve South called the HiRise turns the aft galley counter into a perfect standing desk for me. (This might also work in the Airstream on top of the cutting board in the kitchen.) Kevin can put his…
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We spent the weekend up at the boat in Anacortes. We left Portland late on Friday and got to the marina around 9pm, and then stayed up late (3am!) doing boat stuff. Fun! The wind was really whipping when we arrived and there were gale warnings and tons of rain…
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This is an upgrade we should have done ages ago! The acrylic slider doors on our overhead cabinets had gotten quite a few scratches on them during our travels. Seems that no matter how tight you keep your ship, there's always something that'll shimmy its way over to that acrylic,…
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It was blue sky and white puffy clouds most of the day today. We did a short hike in the morning… …then off to Container Store, Home Depot, and the market for some supplies. Inside the overhead cupboards of our 2005 Airstream (22' International) the sidewalls were orange, so when…
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We've been busy organizing and streamlining this week while working out at Champoeg Park. Thought I'd just share a few of the details. I know I mentioned before, new pillows. Still really loving the extra brightness these bring to the interior of the Airstream: (Leaf patterned pillows from Jo, and…
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Last night, in about an hour, we built shelves into one half of our closet. An HOUR! Crazy. Here's what we did: we measured all the things we could measure inside the closet, and then we went to Home Depot and did some in-store planning and spec'd out what we…
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Thanks to Tiffani, we now are in the club of people who can see inside this dark cupboard. I bought two of these a while back but only just installed this one yesterday. It's the Dioder LED battery-operated lamp from Ikea ($14.99). It's got a sensor, and when you open the…
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We're at Armitage County Park in Eugene for the night. We picked up our Airstream from George Sutton this afternoon and figured we'd stay down here to check out the new things we had added and tweaked. You can see in the photo above that it's absolutely gorgeous here. We've…
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