Tag: SV Imagine

Ice Ice Baby. Refrigeration on board.

Ice Ice Baby. Refrigeration on board.

San Diego is playing Miami today. Humidity is through the roof. It’s smoldering hot. I am sweating. Moving just a little bit feels like running a sprint. Even my brain is lazy and I can only come up with some lame 80’s song for a 

No Copper on Our Hull.

No Copper on Our Hull.

In 2020 regulations dictate in Washington State and California that the hull paint on pleasure vessels should be of the non-copper kind and/or have a very slow leaching rate. Thousand of pleasure boats are mostly sitting at the docks and are continually leaching copper into 

Taking Care of a Lady.

Taking Care of a Lady.

It took us months but there she is in all her restored glory ready for new adventures. Completed as hull #54 on the 7th of March 1969, our Imagine turned 50 this year. Radu discovered on the day that this hull ID number is actually 

SV Imagine’s Sail Inventory

SV Imagine’s Sail Inventory

Sails we carry on our Alberg 37. Our #1 Genoa is our hardest working sail, it’s on the furler, easy to handle, very big and at 135% it goes 3 feet past the mast. We often reach 8-9 knots only with this headsail and without 

Viva La Bilge Pump!

Viva La Bilge Pump!

Since this night I can attest to, that the most important crew on board is the bilge pump. We are motoring, because there is absolutely no wind, unfortunately, because a little while back a seam in our engines muffler box gave out and seawater is 

How Much Does It Really Cost to Sail Away?

How Much Does It Really Cost to Sail Away?

Most think that this is an unachievable dream. Not so. It is attainable and will cost as much as you have. Cruisers spend money the same way on water, as they did on land. Some cash out their life on land early, some later. Some 

SV IMAGINE in Detail.

SV IMAGINE in Detail.

These are the specs of our Imagine. May this list help you in your endeavor to outfit your boat. We bought her in November of 2014 and it took us 18 months to make her cruising ready, because of a very limited budget, a high 

SV Imagine. From Search to Ownership..

SV Imagine. From Search to Ownership..

The search. A very emotional process. We fell in love with our Alberg 37 the first moment we saw a picture of her on a yacht site. The decision to buy her, for more money than originally calculated, was made quickly. When I finally saw her in person in Seattle, 

The Airhead Story

The Airhead Story

Thursday 5 FEB 2015 | Boat plumbing nightmare Just ordered our Airhead composting head (toilet). I am elated. Can’t remember ever being so happy about buying a toilet. We moved on the boat a week ago and we have been using nearly only the onshore marina