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Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️<p>Washing out the storage lockers under my boat's aft deck has reminded me:</p><p>-Metal cans rust<br>- Drips from oil bottle caps get sticky<br>- My dogs shed</p><p>I took a break for lunch, but will get bad to it shortly. When I'm done I hope I have enough steam left to wash the aft deck. 🤞🏻</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a></p>
Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️<p>While using the Internet to determine whether lockmaster -- the person who controls a lock on a waterway -- is one word or two (it's one), I stumbled upon this great info piece about going through inland waterway locks (which happens to be what I'm writing about now): </p><p><a href="https://www.passagemaker.com/technical/the-key-to-locks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">passagemaker.com/technical/the</span><span class="invisible">-key-to-locks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GreatLoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatLoop</span></a></p>
Jason 🛥️🏄‍♂️<p>This will be interesting for boaters: the section of the navigable channel next to the American Airlines Flight 5342 and Black Hawk crash site has been permanently marked "no wake." </p><p>Undoubtedly, many boaters will not be accustomed to slower travel in this section of the river.</p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/boatlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boatlife</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/dmv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dmv</span></a></p>
Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️<p>I'm watching the 2-hr Safety Video that San Juan Sailing/Yachting requires all charter guests and instructors to watch. It focuses on basic boat handling skills, as well as area-specific info. If you are interested in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> and time to spare, why not give it a watch? You can find it here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZJ6P4i-5mi0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZJ6</span><span class="invisible">P4i-5mi0</span></a></p><p>What cracks me up about this video is the reliance they place on crew members. I'm a mostly solo cruiser and have learned not to rely on assistance for anything.</p>
S. Lott<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/boatlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boatlife</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sailing</span></a></p><p>46 days ago, we plowed a furrow to enter the Myakka River past the South Gulf Cove lock. Water was about a 0.9’ above low water. </p><p>I’ve been dreading the return for almost 7 weeks. Today, water was 1.3’ above low water. And rising all the way to 1.4’. We drifted through without a problem. </p><p>What. A. Relief. (And a testament to learning to wait for the higher tides under the full moon.)</p>
S. Lott<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/boatlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boatlife</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sailing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://itmaybeahack.com/TeamRedCruising2/2025_cruise_week_8.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itmaybeahack.com/TeamRedCruisi</span><span class="invisible">ng2/2025_cruise_week_8.html</span></a></p><p>The “doing nothing” part just hit a wall. We are moving next week. And my editor starting sending comments back on chapters. So. I have to actually do some real work.</p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Yesterday's fallow canal section was a 10-minute walk. Half already has the water restored. The weir (in the previous post) is in good shape because volunteers worked on it. The dry canal bed still looks bad. See the photo ALT text.</p><p>What's involved to undo a 1950s decision to stop maintaining a canal, sell off adjacent land, fill it in, and build roads on it? You can read about the challenges on the work-crew blog:<br><a href="https://lhcrt.org.uk/category/blogs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lhcrt.org.uk/category/blogs/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/restore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restore</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>1700s canal engineers tried various weir designs. This one's circular. Excess water flowed down the channel and over the perfectly horizontal ring of bricks, to drain away.</p><p>Sadly, this is part of an orphaned section of canal that is now fallow.<br>Happily, there's a group of Lichfield volunteers rebuilding this canal and its locks, to reconnect it to the Birmingham Canal Network. It'll take years because two roads were built across the land.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/weir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weir</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️<p>Whatever the previous owner painted the bottom with was really good. April will be three years and it's gone roughly 9000 nautical miles since then, including two soft groundings in sand. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Technically, it doesn't NEED painting yet -- it still looks pretty good -- but since I know it will before the end of the season, I may as well get it done now. I really don't want to have it hauled out during the season unless I need to. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a></p>
Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️<p>It's going to be in the 50s here today and tomorrow, with rain expected tomorrow afternoon. I've got a bunch of stuff to do today with the jewelry making class that runs until 2 PM and I'm hoping to get the rode marked so the paint can dry overnight. Then I'll get the power washer out to wash below the waterline; the bottom gets painted when I get it to Bellingham. I'm also going to try to wash the decks and gunwales and let the rain water help rinse them off. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a></p>
Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️<p>A few days ago, I got the boat out of the garage and into the sun on my driveway so I could work on it before towing it to Bellingham. It's GREAT to have all that space in the garage again and, looking at this photo, it's hard to imagine that it actually fit in there. </p><p>Unfortunately, there's snow forecasted in the mountain passes for the next week or so, so it looks like it'll stay right where it is for at least another week. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ILikeBigBoatsAndICannotLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ILikeBigBoatsAndICannotLie</span></a> 🤣</p>
John Twynam<p>A wooden boat is docked in a calm body of water with a sailboat visible in the distance at Humber Bay in Toronto, Ontario. The scene is set against a backdrop of lush greenery and a few buildings under a bright sky. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BuyIntoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyIntoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/HumberBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumberBay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/lush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lush</span></a></p><p><a href="https://john-twynam.pixels.com/featured/humber-bay-park-in-toronto-ontario-2-john-twynam.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">john-twynam.pixels.com/feature</span><span class="invisible">d/humber-bay-park-in-toronto-ontario-2-john-twynam.html</span></a></p>
S. Lott<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/boatlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boatlife</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sailing</span></a></p><p>Wind gusts to 35 knots. Glad to be on a mooring ball. Glad to be sheltered between islands. Glad the boss suggested we get groceries when it was calm two days ago.</p>
Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️<p>So now here is my question. The chain gets marked with spray paint at 25 foot intervals: red, white, blue, gold, repeat. Because this red whipping is right around the hundred foot mark, it should be marked gold. But the people who use the boat should understand that there is 100 feet of chain so marking there shouldn't be necessary at all. But do you think that they are dumb enough to think that the red whipping line is a red marking? Should I paint over it with gold spray paint? <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a></p>
Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️<p>The true test of this solution is seeing whether it will get through my windlass. With luck, I'll be able to establish that tomorrow. Today I need to mark the chain and ride with oil based spray paint that I finally found and let it dry overnight. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a></p>
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Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

One of my maintenance tasks for the boat was to resolve a fraying line problem where my anchor chain connects to the rest of the ride. I did some research on this and decided that whipping the frayed area would stop the fraying. The regular whipping twine was too thin for this job, so I got some 3/32 Tactical cord. This is my first attempt at whipping and I think I whipped it good.😉 #boating

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