A bigger cockpit
Thursday it rained the better part of the morning, so filling and fairing fiberglass was out of the question. I decided it was finally time to pull the steering pedestal assembly and get it out of the way. I need to sand and paint inside the cockpit well and it’ll be a lot easier to […]
Put a lid on it (part deux)
Cockpit work has been slowly progressing, but it’s a pain in the arse. Sand, vacuum, acetone wipe, and fill with thickened epoxy. Story of my life lately, and I’m getting a little bored with it.
Dear Gougeon Brothers…
I’m pissed. As you probably already know, I’m in the midst of mixing mad quantities of epoxy resin, hardener, and thickeners on my current cockpit project. I have but one beef, and decided to take it to Sailing Anarchy for some creative input. Here’s my post, word for word:
Six10 in the morning
I’ve been working with 2-part epoxy for quite a few years now. If memory serves, I think my first experience was the cylinder head repair on my 327 Chevy racing motor when I was 17 years old. My Dad showed me how to use JB Weld to fill a crack between two valve seats, and […]
A little less teak this week
Now that the coaming extensions are installed, it’s time to get some more wood out of the way so I can do some filling and fairing on the glass.
Central vacuum system
Boat projects generate quite a bit of dust and debris. Sanding, scraping, cutting and grinding. No matter what, it always ends up everywhere.
Port side deck and lower moldings
I haven’t been posting much lately, but I’ve been making progress on the side decks. Weekends and evenings are the only time we get to work on the boat the last few weeks and it seems like things are going slower than usual.
Holy cowl
Like Dad always said, “If it’s stuck, use a bigger hammer. If it breaks, it probably needed fixin’ anyway.”
More fun with rope
Ever notice how it rains right after you wash your car? We’ve had quite a few good storms roll through Northern California over the past week or so, and I even had the chance to go sailing through one or two last weekend (my buddies boat, not Ramble On).
Hole-y Fiberglass, Batman!!
Things are getting serious. We’ve taken the teak off back to the face of the coachroof and did a little deck prep for filling the bazillion screw holes with thickened epoxy this week. If you cover one eye and disregard anything aft of the port lights, the deck is actually starting to look pretty good.