After weeks of research on Jan 30th the mechanic and his young and strong able-bodied helper successfully swapped out my batteries, so I was operational again! My plan was to pull out right at daylight for this trip, which was about 7 AM. I did all the steps on my pre-trip checklist and was just in the process of untying the last of the mooring lines when I noticed water pumping out from one of the bilge pump ports. That shouldn't be happening and it required immediate inves

When I got ready to leave the Naha on my last trip and I attempted to fire up the main engines the starboard engine started but the port engine would not start. Just by the way it sounded I suspected that the problem was low voltage on the starting battery. So, I shut down the starboard engine and then fired up the generator, which has its own dedicated starting battery. I ran the generator for a bit, and it charged the batteries. Then I started both engines with no issue

This was my first trip of 2026, and of course it had to be to the Naha, one of my favorite places in the whole world! I haven't been out in a while. My excuses are: Deferred maintenance - I had some maintenance that needed to be done but wasn't urgent Bad weather - This time of the year is famous for really bad weather More bad weather - We had a lot of it! City League Basketball - I can only get out on Friday & Saturday during the season Here is a little map snippet tha

While there is a chance I will get out once or twice before the end of the year it is not likely. So, once again, it is time to summarize my year on Faraway. Here are the numbers for 2025, with some notes to go along with them. Number of trips: 24 Nautical miles logged: 2,058 Gallons of fuel purchased: 1,507.4 Cost of fuel: $6,194.83 Average cost of fuel per gallon: $4.11 Cost of maintenance, repairs, and parts: $20,981.67 Cost of moorage: $2,081.88 Cost of insurance: $2,422