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Since I last posted, I’ve shifted focus from the refit work to sailing and traveling with Swan and since the start of the year have completed two significant initial voyages. The first was a three-month circuit through the Bahamas starting and ending at St. Simons Island, Georgia. I cast off on Janu...

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Since my last update, James and I have completed the refit, aside from a few small projects I will wrap up shortly. The overall effort took about fourteen months, including eight months on the hard at a nearby boatyard and the remainder at dock. Since my last posting, we have installed a Monitor win...

Thanks again for the comments and feedback. You make an interesting point about possible use of the original quadrant for tiller steering. As it turns out, we are using the quadrant, but not for the steering action, which is direct from tiller to rudder shaft. Instead we're using the quadrant as par...

Thanks for the comments! The tiller connects directly to the rudder post with a bronze tiller head fitting. We ordered the fitting from Edson Marine. Also, we had a steel key made for the key way by a local machining shop. Getting the final fit right for the key was one of the trickiest parts of the...

I'm working with accomplished sailor and boat-builder, James Baldwin, on refitting and modifying a 1980 Cape Dory 36 for offshore voyaging. Simplicity and seaworthiness is the overriding theme, and we've made good progress in the one-year project. So far, we've removed the diesel engine and fuel tan...