Chip & Debbie Willis on s\v Elegant'sea

Our new Bosworth "Sea-lect" Y-Valve  ready for transporting to the boat.

We purchased a new wired hand-held remote for  our Lewmar H3 windlass from Ebay .

The picture is the starboard side hinge looking into the aft lazerett. The hinge is the white threaded part. The pipe that goes through the ...

May 2025 ⛵ Chip & Debbie 💑 curently in Marina de La Paz, La Paz BCS (Baja), Mexico

 The finished product. Debbie finished off the last of four Bomar - Pompanettellc Hatch, 100 series covers. The white Sunbrella will help ke...

      Debbie is making new hatch covers for our Bomar - Pompanettellc Hatch, 100 series . These are stock hatches for our Islander Freeport ...

       Today we tested our  Standard Horizon MATRIX AIS+ VHS radio  with our  Digital VHF/UHF 125-525Mhz Antenna Power & SWR Meter . We ...

     About two years ago one one two life lines that hold our stern steps when they are down and in the water broke. We stopped in Mazatlan ...

While having some deck painted by Chava we decided to have the top of the binical painted.

     We realized we needed a longer cord for our electric pump that we use for inflatables. Most of the time we use a hand pump but now it s...

    Debbie is finishing up on our Spectra Ventura 200T water maker watermaker flush hose relocation. 

       Today Debbie and I launched our Achilles LSI dinghy and we are putting new grab lines on the dinghy tubes. Our old ones have been ea...

The painting of the gunels, sail track areas and non-skid looks really good. Also the area by the winches and back around to the stern step...

Debbie made us a companionway hatch boards storage container from some Sunbrella. It has been working out great! 

    Our Beta 38 temperature guage stopped working on the enging control panel. We have tried grounding the wire from the sensor to the block...

    Debbie decided it was time for new winch covers. We had purchased the fabric (Sunbrella) a while back. Inside of the cover there is a ch...

We had Sirgio of Dawn Rigging here in La Paz Mexico splice and whip our hurricane lines (three 25-foot lengths of 5/8" Sampson double ...

    On Wednesday of each week at Club Cruceros (in Marina de LaPaz) there is a musician jam session. I have been attending the last few wee...

    New house batteries for s/v Elegant'sea. Our old house batteries lasted about five years. They are not holding a charge as well now....

Our new battery.     OK, time for a new Beta 38 hp diesel engine starting battery. The one we have is a bit over seven years old and they a...