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John V. G. Mayton
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- Goldsboro, NC
- United States
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Welcome from Cap'n John and his daughter, Marina, aboard S/V Kittiwake
Profile Information
- Profile Type:
- Sailor
- Homeport:
- New Bern, NC
- About Me:
- I've been a sailor off an on for 50 years. Lived on an O Day 40 with wife in CA. Moved to NC 10 years ago. My daughter wants to get another sailboat, live aboard, and go cruising. I bought a 1986 Northern 37 ketch for her and will spend the next two years getting it ready to leave.
- Current location:
- Bridgepoint Marina, New Bern, NC
- Destinations visited:
- Lived aboard an O'Day 40 is SoCal for five year. We sailed the coast from Mexico to Santa Barbara, and the Channel Islands.
- Looking to:
- Heading to the Caribbean in two years. My Daughter, Marina, got this chapter of the adventure started with the question, “Daddy, what would it take to get another sailboat, live aboard it, and go cruising. She needs to finish college and I need to pay off the boat.
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It is a small space
Posted on July 28, 2013 at 9:48am 0 Comments 2 Likes
It is a small space, but I never thought of it that way. Paneled in rich dark honey colored teak the interior of my sailboat seems soothing to me. The largest “room” on the boat is the solon and it’s about eleven feet wide by eleven feet long. Of course within the solon are the settees which borders the port side of the solon area from beneath the companion way ladder thwart ship to the port side of the area then forward to the bulkhead and where it makes a right angled turn to extend all…
Continuebattered but still in the game
Posted on May 13, 2013 at 8:06pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Before heading off to work on Friday I packed my stuff for a weekend on the boat and stowed it in the car; gym bag, toiletries and laptop. At 5:30 I check out of the office and headed east towards New Bern, stopping briefly to fuel up at Sam’s Club. Arriving at the dock it was still light out as I loaded my gear in a dock cart and proceeded to the boat. Climbing aboard I settled in after a quick check of the bilges and other routine tasks such as opening the thru hull valves for the…
ContinueGetting a few more things done.
Posted on May 6, 2013 at 5:17am 0 Comments 0 Likes
It has been more like Seattle than North Carolina for the past several weeks. Clouds masking the sun and the occasional rainy day might be well for the farmers but not for those of us who NEED some sunshine to feel normal. I am so tired of overcast that I’m beginning to think, “Forget waiting for retirement, I’m leaving for the tropics now!!” At any rate it was dark…
ContinueA sweet day with my daughter.
Posted on April 10, 2013 at 1:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I awoke at 0600 and after making the needed head call I returned to my bunk to check out the weather on my Kindle, read the USA Today news, and listen to Pandora’s comedy channel for a bit. Tim, my friend from the marina, had invited me to ...join him to get breakfast so I got…
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"Hi All,
french built 2010 43 has been very dry down below but now a slow leak has occurred which is showing at the limber holes under the floor board in forward cabin. Bilge pump goes every 3hrs for 20secs. Not sure if it’s fresh/rain water or…"
Do you dream about offshore cruising?
"hello
been years since on site.
im having trouble changing my heading. are we limited to words?
is there an instruction page?
Thank you
lola"
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Don't have a phone at present, but you can msg me from here if you need a hand with anything. If I'm not doing something else, be glad to lend a hand.
John