Location Updates

We are updating our "Where is JUMBLE?" Google Map. For 2017, we're using yellow to distinguish from our 2014-15 voyage (in red).

JUMBLE is now equipped with an AIS (Automatic Identification System) so we can also be tracked via that. I usually use Marine Traffic. We are MMSI (Marine Mobile Service Identity) 367764210. You can also just look us up as "JUMBLE". Be aware that sites like Marine Traffic rely on nearby stations in their network to pick up our VHF signal (range 5-25 miles), so their positions are not always up-to date.

I'm honestly still figuring all this techno-magic out, but it's a great help in keeping watch. Here's a sample of our navigation screen, sitting at anchor in a thunderstorm with crappy visibility:

JUMBLE is Red, Triangles are AIS Targets (Other Boats)

Jumble on the Move

JUMBLE is sailing again, although not yet very far. This post is coming to you from exotic Block Island, RI. Our plan is a shakedown cruise around New England before heading south to Florida sometime in October.

For the last two years we've been working, saving and giving JUMBLE a major overhaul in and around Greenport, NY. I'll spare you the boring details, but here's a quick list of the major items:

1. Removed Bottom Paint, Gelcoat Blistering, Faired and Barrier Coated Hull
2. Replaced Forward Cabin Roof and Beams, Added Mast Compression Beam, Removed Post
3. Painted Topsides, Deck, Cabin
4. Stripped and Varnished Toerail
5. Stripped and Varnished Masts, Re-bedded Hardware and Added Dutchmen where Needed
6. Laminated New Booms
7. Patched and Glassed too Many Areas to Mention, Ruthlessly Eliminated Leaks/Rot
8. Replaced All Deadlights and Portlights
9. New Anchor Windlass, New Self-Tailing Sheet Winches
10. Added 22 gal Water tank on Port
11. Added Class B AIS and Navigation Computer, Rebuilt Nav Station
12. Replaced Wiring, Changed House Bank to 4 Trojan 105s 
13. Built Hard Companionway Dodger/Seahood
14. Running Backstays for Mizzen and Lots of New Rigging
15. Replaced Motor Mounts and Shaft Seal
16. Refinished Interior Paint/Varnish (Not enough time for all of it)
17. Built Compression/Lift-Up Hatches for Stern Deck
18. Removed And Glassed over Thru-Hulls for Speed, Depth and an Unused Sink Drain
19. Installed in-Hull Depth Sounder
20. Rebuilt Salon with Double Bunk Starboard and Removable Hanging Table

I probably forgot some projects, but let's leave it at 20 items. Pictures tell the story better.

Winter 2015-16 in Greenport

Boats Stored for Winter

JUMBLE with Hoop-Style Shrink Wrap

Winter 2016 - Removing and Replacing Forward Cabin Top

Spring 2016 - Working on the Bottom

Summer 2016, Painting Hull and then Toerail Varnish

Working in Hoop Tent

Anna Helping with the Keel

Fall 2016, Heading Indoors for Winter 2016-17

Our Home from July 2016 to May 2017

View from Our Place

Large Dutchman on Mizzen

Glassing and Re-Joining Aft of House and Companionway

Large Cabin Top Patch 

House Coming Together

Masts Hanging for Varnish

Enclosed Area Behind Anna (The only area we could heat above 60°)

Gluing Booms from 2x4 Stock in Enclosure

Spring 2017: JUMBLE's Finally Tastes Saltwater

Scuttle (Companionway Dodger) Under Construction. Plywood Sides, Nida-Core Top

Removable Hanging Table

Enclosure for Navigation Computer, DC-DC Regulator, AIS and Autopilot

New Navigation Setup

New Beam for Mainmast. Nothing Fancy, Just a Blob of Wood

Anna's Happy to be Back on the Water

JUMBLE back in Three Mile Harbor, Two Years Later