Lower Ramu Bible Translation Ministry

On Monday I re-installed the prop shaft and reconnected all the bits and pieces.   Everything went back together about as easily as it had come out.  Then I sanded the areas that had been patched and gave those areas a coat of bottom paint.  The next day I and two of the PBT workmen gave [...]

Yesterday was the big day, the day I had been dreading; the day I was going to at least attempt to remove the prop shaft and cutlass bearing from Stap Isi.  And as it turned out it was just about the easiest repair I had ever made on the boat.
What caused  my dread was the [...]

Thought it might be interesting to make a regular post on the progress of repairing Stap Isi.  Right now, since it is costing us about $US 20 a day to have the boat in the slipway, I am pretty much fully engaged in getting these repairs done as quickly as possible.
This morning I picked up [...]

Back in September 2006 when we sailed into Madang harbor one of the first orders of business on our agenda was to get the boat hauled out of the water for some repairs.  The bottom paint needed refreshing and we needed to replace the cutlass bearing (where the prop shaft emerges from the back of [...]

I can’t imagine living in Madang without a boat.    Beautiful anchorages, crystal clear water, pristine coral reefs, and lovely islands are all easily accessible; but only if you have a boat.  Without a boat, I guess one stays home and prays that something good is on our single TV channel.
But owning a boat does create [...]