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Faux fir for a real wooden boat

By Gyrfalcon88 / July 22, 2023 /

For the past 12 years, we have had 5 grey painted plywood hatches along with 2 fir hatches in our stateroom. At some point, there must have been either fir hatches that got replaced, or a fir floor that was cut up for renovations and replaced with ply.   Mostly the hatches are covered up…

Smaller spring projects: Starboard generator seal replacement, electrical upgrades, and others TNTC

By Gyrfalcon88 / June 4, 2023 /

At the end of last year, a seal on the starboard generator developed a small leak. While we were hauled out, we decided to replace the seal.  Ushana disassembled the generator. It was tight quarters (not usually a problem on the Gyrfalcon, but it was this time due to the tight clearances in the Northern…

OPTIMIST’S PRE-SEASON OFFER and COVID-19 Update

By Gyrfalcon88 / February 6, 2022 /

We’ve been a little quiet on the GyrBlog front.  We’ve been busy with work at Seagen (Nancy), keeping Nancy fed (Peter), several upgrade projects, and pondering the future of the pandemic. We totally understand hesitancy about booking summer plans when there are so many unknowns about the future path of the COVID-19 pandemic.  We also…