Discovery is a Saga 43 (hull #18) built in 1998. Her original owners were involved in her build and lived on her half the year for the first 25 years of ownership. She is a semi-custom design with an 8′ keel and single 100% jib over the solent rig to prioritize upwind/downwind sailing in the PNW. Below deck, the owners opted for a dedicated navigation station over a second head, along with an expanded galley, ensuring both functionality and comfort for extended cruising.
Over the past to years of our ownership, Mason and I have made the following adjustments to prepare for life aboard and travel offshore:
2023
- Replace fuel tanks
- Install computer monitor + Apple TV
- Replace all engine exhaust hosing
- Replace outdoor speakers
- Install Starlink
2024
- Install Cerbo GX and alarm sensors across water, holding, and fuel tanks.
- Install bimini + solar panels with 500 Watts
- Install Air pump to fresh water pump to stretch out cycle time
- Convert from lead-acid batteries to lithium
- Install powerful alternator + isolation transformer
2025
- Install washing machine
- Install lee cloths in master cabin + settees
- Remove safe and CD Changer
- Replace DSC VHF at the nav station and add handheld at cockpit
- Mast down:
- Replace rigging (Joe at Ballard Sails)
- Repaint the mast (Pacific Fiberglass)
- Install new VHF antenna, tri-color light, steaming light
- Mount radar on mast
- Install whisker pole
- Install monitor windvane
- New Main Sail (Contender Fibercon constructed by Ballard Sails)
- Replace fresh water-pump
- Replace starter motor
2026
- Haul out in Puerto Escondido, BCS: Bottom paint, replace shaft seal, grease prop
