SV Three Quarter Time

The view of the Yaquina Bay Bridge from Three Quarter Time The engine replacement took place over the winter and spring months. Sydney and I moved back onto the boat in early May, after spending 8 months in Alaska working and visiting with family and friends. Paul continued working over the summer in the Lower 48, and one week a month, was able to come back to TQT and help prepare for her August departure. During that time, a new group of Coho Hoho sailing vessels was working it's way south for warmer waters. It was then that we also started making new friendships with non-Coho vessels that also left behind the Pacific northwest, with Mexico and beyond as their destination. We are grateful to have met folks on Bella Nave, Lorien, Cayuse, Simplify, Westy, White Raven, Severance, Tuwamish, Malo, and a few others while in Newport. It's all about safety when watching a solar eclipse Lincoln Beach, Oregon (just a few miles north of Newport) was the starting point

On August 19, 2016 we attempted to leave Newport, Oregon and catch up with our fellow Coho Hoho sailing rally members.  Unfortunately, our engine lost oil pressure (we later learned she threw a couple of rods) and we limped back into port.  Within a few days, we both had jobs lined up for the winter, to keep us busy and to help pay for the engine replacement.  We were looking at around $30,000 to replace the iron jenny with a newer one on Three Quarter Time.   Yet as luck would have it, and explained in a previous post, we found a donor engine on a farm outside Portland that had less than 2,000 hours on her, and she was offered at a fraction of the cost of a new engine!    However, there is no lift available where we were at for  recreational  vessels, only  commercial  ones.  This added to the complexity of our engine replacement.   Paul had to remove the old engine by himself, using a block and pulley system, as well as the boom on TQT.  But amazingly, he accomplished that task un

Three Quarter Time (photo credit Debbie Brethauer S/V Bella Nave) Hello!  Debbie here!  I would like to offer our most sincere apologies for letting this blog trail off after we broke down in Oregon in August 2016.  We lost that forward momentum that was needed to keep you all up-to-date on our repower for TQT.  It was a very draining experience and was especially difficult for us because we lived separately for around 7 months while I worked in Alaska and stayed with family and friends, and Paul worked for a contractor that took him across many cities and states in the US.  We only saw each other every 3-7 weeks for a one week visit each time.  During the Christmas holidays, we were blessed with more time with each other.  This week, I will write a blog each day to get you all current with the engine replacement, getting back on the open seas, and finally making our way further down to bluer waters.  A lot has happened since that fateful trip August 19, 2016...