This is the boat when we started. It’s been a long way since then. Finally we have our things in order and the boat is ready for her voyage. SV Silver Lining with all of her new gear is taking us on an adventure to the Sea of Cortez and past. This blog has been set up to help us share our adventure with all of you. We hope you enjoy reading about our adventure and start looking for tickets to join up in whatever remote place we end up. Again, thanks for reading and enjoy,
Elan and Ashley
Hello to you both. I read with interest what your going through. More background would be great. I’m wondering how you got to where you are today. It did not happen overnight.
I just recently finished a year log odyssey in the Bahamas with my family. We had little experience when we started and had a great time. We sailed a (not built by me) homemade plywood catamaran, and I met many sailing boats far funkier than mine.
Good luck on your adventure. BTW, I had two 120W panels putting out 20+ all (sunny) day everyday. I only had ONE set of T105’s. I could have relatively cheaply bought more T’s in the islands or SA, but finding 120W Suns (less than 225 on ebay) would be difficult. Grab as much sun as you can. You can always add capacity later.
Have Fun!
Chris Curtis
I will definitely add more background to our “about us” page. We have been rushing to get things in order and the blog was sort of pushed out early because I had a good internet connection (something we will soon lose). I bought the boat in 2006 from an elderly gentleman who had let the boat go far beyond usable condition. It had no windows, the engine was seized, the transmission needed a rebuild, it was devoid of electronics and running rigging, the interior was rotten away and it needed new cushions, it needed new pumps, a new head, new ground tackle, and much much more. We did all of that and then moved onto luxury items like the furler and new standing rigging (which I did myself). We added radar, and little touches here and there. The dodger was a huge addition and we got it right on the second try. I tried an aluminum frame first, and decided it was far to wobbly for us and eventually bought our dodger used in Seattle. Everything on our boat was done as inexpensively as possible, and most of the work we did ourselves.