Flicka Sampaguita

Joshua Wheeler berthed Sampaguita at Ballard Mill Marina in the Washington Ship Canal, so reaching Puget Sound meant a transit of the locks. His account in Flicka Friends #58 (Spring 2014) logs a two-day early-season cruise on 2-3 April 2014 — out through the locks and down to Blake Island on a single port tack held for seventy minutes without touching the tiller, then across to Bainbridge Island to pick up Kim and a reefed beat out of Eagle Harbour against fifteen knots of wind. The round trip came to 30.86 nautical miles in eight and a half hours of sailing.

She has since ranged well north of Puget Sound. The cover of Flicka Friends #65 (Winter 2016) shows her stern-tied to shore in Hardy Island Provincial Park on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, and Flicka Friends #66 records that Josh Wheeler spent twenty-four days exploring the Salish Sea aboard her, alongside a photograph of her waiting at the Ballard Locks at the beginning of a trip to the San Juan Islands, the Gulf Islands and Vancouver.

Sails and Canvas:
2023 - NEW Northwest Sails and Canvas 3-reef mainsail, 100% jib, 140% drifter, tri-sail, and storm jib.
Plus: 80% jib, 140% genoa, gennaker.
Old mainsail included - tired but usable back-up. New slides.
Old 100% jib included - still serviceable.
2023 - NEW Northwest Sails and Canvas mainsail cover
2024 - NEW Harken tiller cover.
2022 - NEW Harken headsail cover.
2022 - NEW Mauri-Pro hatch cover.
Plus: Canvas boom tent.

Rigging:
2022 - All NEW Port Townsend Rigging standing rigging.
2022 - All NEW 316 SS 3/16" chainplates. Previous chainplates were 1/8" thick.
2021 - Internally run halyards. 2x - main, 2x - headsail, 1x - spinnaker halyards.
2021 - Mast, boom, and whisker poles refurbished.2021 - NEW Lunasea Tri-color/anchor LED masthead light.
2021 - NEW teak bow platform.
2021 - Solid teak bow sprit refurbished.
2022 - All NEW running rigging.
Plus: 2x - Schaefer 4-part block and tackle.
Single-handers package with halyards and reef lines led to cockpit.

Rudder:
2021 - NEW tiller, Old tiller included for spare.
2021 - NEW Port Townsend Foundry silicon bronze pintles and gudgeons.
2021 - Refurbished rudder.

Engine:
2023 - NEW 6hp Tohatsu four stroke ultra-long shaft outboard motor - approx. 200 hours.
2023 - Assorted spares for Tohatsu - propeller, thermostat, impeller kits, lube and oil gaskets, zincs, spark plugs, fuel filters, fuel hose,
2015 - NEW Garelick outboard bracket.
2023 - NEW 3-gallon gas tank and hose.
Plus: 2.5-gallon jerry can.

Self-Steering:
2023 - NEW Pacific Light Windpilot Servo-Pendulum w/ bracket for transom hung rudder.
Plus: Spare vanes, rudder, fasteners.

Ground Tackle:
25 lb. CQR with 30' of 5/16" chain (30 lbs.), 50' of 1/4" chain (30lbs.) and 300' of 5/8" 3-strand nylon rode.
Plus: Another 50' length of 1/4" chain.
15 lb. Bruce with similar dedicated rode.
13 lb. Danforth with dedicated rode.
300' of 3/8" polypropylene stern tie line on a spool.

Electrical:
2022 - NEW mast wiring for lights and VHF.
2022 - NEW DL135 Dakota lithium iron-phosphate battery - (135 amps).
2022 - NEW Standard Horizon GPX2400 VHF - receives and displays AIS signals, w/ 3' masthead mounted antenna.
2022 - NEW Standard Horizon PA horn.
2021 - NEW Lunasea Tri-color/anchor LED masthead light. Tri-color/anchor/strobe.
2022 - All navigation and cabin lights LED.
Navico TP1600 electronic autopilot.
2022 - 4x - Renogy 50-watt flexible solar panels.
2022 - Victron MPPT 75/15 smart charge controller.
2022 - Whale Supersub Smart 650gph electric automatic bilge pump.
30-Amp Shore Power plug, breaker panel w/ 4x AC plugs.
50' 30-Amp Marinco shore power cord,
Plus: Depth sounder, cigarette lighter/USB charger, 9-breaker electric panel.

Galley:
Force 10 two burner propane stove.
SS Sink w/ 3/4" drain and Groco thru-hull with wooden plug.
Ice Box.
Shelves and cabinets.
35-gallon Nauta fresh water bladder plumbed to the sink faucet. (Original tank decommissioned and turned to storage.
2022 - Whale Galley Gusher foot pump for Nauta bladder.
Worthington 1.4-gallon propane tank.
2023 - 2x Fire extinguishers.
2022 - 2x galley strongpoints for strap.

Other:
2020 - All 6 bronze portlights refurbished with new seals.
6x - portlight screens.
Weems and Plath clock and barometer.
2022 - Fully rebuilt cockpit-located Whale Gusher Titan hand bilge pump.
2022 - NEW (never used) cabin-located Whale Gusher Titan hand bilge pump and plumbing.
2021 - Sliding companionway hatch refurbished. Now removeable for maintenance.
2021 - Added cabin ceiling teak grab rails above settee.
2021 - NEW Lexan in Bomar forward hatch.
2x - Groco 1.5" thru-hulls for cockpit drains w/ wooden plugs.
Removeable cockpit soul for storage access where an inboard engine would be.
2022 - NEW gasket added to removeable cockpit soul. Spare gasket included.
Lewmar bronze winches.
Bronze cleats, bow roller, cranze iron, hawser.
April 2024 - NEW Bottom paint.
2020 - 4x - NEW fenders.
Water hose.
Keepers for storage covers, ice box, stove, shelves, drawers, and cabinets.
2024 - NEW 3-strand nylon dock lines.
Air horn.
2021 - Osmotic blister repairs and barrier coating.

Inflatable dinghy or kayak available with negotiation.

Circumnavigated Vancouver Island twice.
Pacific Tour - Port Townsend to Baja, Mexico, to Marquesas, back to Port Townsend