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Jasper & Karen
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  • Bowen Island BC
  • Canada

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Pink Lady?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jan Hayashi Aug 14, 2013.

Mizzen Mast Refit

Started Nov 3, 2009

There's another one out there...

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End of an Era

Jasper and I lived aboard Viajador (1956, Hull #33) from the time we bought her in 2006 until the summer of 2023, when we became landlubbers once again. We kept the boat, thinking we'd still be supporting beach cleanups each summer on northern Vancouver Island, but Jasper's macular degeneration has progressed to the point where docking has become fraught with peril and he is anxious about spotting nav markers, too.  Time to call it quits.The good news is that we managed to keep her in good…See More
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"Anyone on this site interested in buying Hull #33, Viajador? Jasper's eyesight isn't up to sailing any longer and we've decided to sell."
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...is it really six years later?

Spring 2020 and we're still working on fibreglass...what a terrible correspondent I've been!  Here's what's happened since last I updated you all.We replaced all the fibreglass on the cabin, deckhouse and most of the decks--some of it was still intact, at least!  In the process, we had to replace a few sections of the deck, a bit of Cleopatra's couch and some of the gunwales that had just rotted right out.  Elsewhere, liberal use was made of products like Rot-Fix, ScuptWood and buckets and…See More
May 23, 2020
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"Can anyone offer advice on how to re-install the rubber gaskets around the fixed portlights?"
May 23, 2020
George Henderson left a comment for Jasper & Karen
"This is George Henderson, owner of "Faith," Hull #69 located in the Boston area. Just letting the community know that she is on the market since I now live in CO. Makes me sad but I'd like to see her legacy continue. If you know of a…"
May 12, 2019

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End of an Era

Jasper and I lived aboard Viajador (1956, Hull #33) from the time we bought her in 2006 until the summer of 2023, when we became landlubbers once again. We kept the boat, thinking we'd still be supporting beach cleanups each summer on northern Vancouver Island, but Jasper's macular degeneration has progressed to the point where docking has become fraught with peril and he is anxious about spotting nav markers, too.  Time to call it quits.

The good news is that we managed to keep her…

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Posted on February 27, 2025 at 7:30pm

...is it really six years later?

Spring 2020 and we're still working on fibreglass...what a terrible correspondent I've been!  Here's what's happened since last I updated you all.

We replaced all the fibreglass on the cabin, deckhouse and most of the decks--some of it was still intact, at least!  In the process, we had to replace a few sections of the deck, a bit of Cleopatra's couch and some of the gunwales that had just rotted right out.  Elsewhere, liberal use was made of products like Rot-Fix, ScuptWood and…

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Posted on May 23, 2020 at 6:00pm

Viajador, Hull no. 33 update

Hello, all--

We're long overdue for an update here.  We hauled Viajador in October, 2014 to deal with some extensive cracking of the fibreglass on the decks and cabin top, as well as some rusty fasteners that were bleeding through the hull.  Thirteen months later, we splashed back into Howe Sound (BC, CA) with a very sound hull, a brand new cabin top and not much else done!  We're currently hunkering under an inelegant but reasonably effective tarp tent, which the 70 kph winds last…

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Posted on December 6, 2015 at 4:05am — 6 Comments

Viajador's 2014 Summer Tour!

We're kitting up right now to take off on a 4-6 week venture, end of this month.  Our first destination is the north end of Vancouver Island:  a lovely large cove named "Sea Otter" which has the bad luck to be on the receiving end of all the debris being washed up the outer coast of Vancouver Island.  There, we'll spend a couple of weeks with a team of volunteers collecting and sorting the debris, much of it from the Japanese tsunami, for recycling or landfill.  Toward the end of that time,…

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Posted on July 23, 2014 at 10:32pm — 4 Comments

Our 2012 Sojourn in Sointula

For those of you who haven't ventured into northern British Columbia waters as yet...come soon, while the whales are still visiting!  There is no experience that quite compares with sailing through the spectacular archiplelagos of our inside passage and finding massive marine mammals rising beside your boat for a breath of air!

The downside of the inside passage is that there are two wind directions and they're always against you.  You've got to be prepared for a lot of motoring if…

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Posted on September 29, 2012 at 11:44pm — 1 Comment

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At 2:15pm on May 12, 2019, George Henderson said…

This is George Henderson, owner of "Faith," Hull #69 located in the Boston area. Just letting the community know that she is on the market since I now live in CO. Makes me sad but I'd like to see her legacy continue. If you know of a potential buyer I can be reached at georgehenderson.usa@gmail.com / 857-221-1581. She is in great condition and has been lovingly restored. There are pics on my members' page and a link to a Google Drive folder is below, where you will find pics and a survey.

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1rIBwFD2-o9rJCVKsPaEcLq9jj8A54fJl

At 6:35pm on June 17, 2014, Gerald Muffley said…

Jasper and Karen, I am upgrading the roster for 2014 and have some questions about your boat and its former owners.  Could you give me a call 909 561 4245.  Also could you send some water to dry So. Calif.  you get all the rain and snow.

Gerald (MUF) Muffley

At 12:06am on April 20, 2009, Clyde A. Phillips said…
Karen and Jasper,

Thanks for your blog. It was what I needed to get me into these things. If it weren't for your I may not have boarded this one, so yours got me here, even though it was Justine who introduced me. I'm glad you added some of your pictures--they are a real addition to the growing number of pictures here, and I'm sure those who are "up to here" in their own projects really appreciate them. Me, I just love pictures of Newporters. Reminds me of the old days.

Peace,

Clyde
At 9:39am on March 23, 2009, John Barlow said…
I will take a couple of pictures of the door and send them to you. My door is hinged lengthwise in the middle so it is out of the way while sailing. I have thought about replacing it some time with a dutch type door that is water tight. I have always worried about going off shore and getting the cockpit full with a wave. A dutch door that was water tight on the bottom would prevent a wave from flooding into the interior. I have made almost everything else water tight.
John Barlow
At 8:02am on March 12, 2009, John Barlow said…
Her name is Western Way -named for where she was kept most of her life off Northeast Harbor - Western Way passage in Maine. Hull # 83.
At 11:47pm on March 9, 2009, Justine said…
I lived in Nanaimo, Bc when I was younger. Beautiful country. ( yes I've been everywhere from Canada to Mexico, California to Mass. and eveywhere inbetween) Your not far from there and there is no flat land and a million trees :)
 
 
 

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Muf, our Keeper of the Roster, has updated it.  But he still needs information on boats out there that he doesn't have, like new owners, old owners, where any of the boats are.  We don't post the roster on the web site, it is only sent to owners.  Please send him anything you might have, or call him at:      

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909 561 4245

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and  

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The Ning site has been given a reprieve.   I have  transferred my Ning site to the blogspot site and will leave it there. I am keeping my Ning site open as a home for my photos and drawings.

Many of my photos there do not relate to Newporters, but a search through my collection may prove useful for your studies.

My drawings are not accurate in many respects as a result of the PAINT program used to draw them, There is no accurate scale and at best they are only useful to indicate some specific detail.  Some are inaccurate because of my poor memory.  Use them to help you think, not as a detailed presentation of the subject matter.

If any of you want to start a web site I suggest you remember what has happened to both my Ning site and this site (which is a Ning site) and remember that my Blogspot site is free and Blogspot's owner (Google) has promised to keep it that way.

 

Clyde's email:

camgphil@msn.com 

Put 'Newporter' on Subject Line.  Email is the best way to contact me.  I do not regularly look at this site or its messaging system.  Email will get to me post-haste. 

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