Hood winked
Back in early June I removed the dilapidated old sea hood in order to fix and finish the companionway hatch. Since I’m having so much fun working with fiberglass and resins lately, I figured now would be a great time to build a new hatch turtle. Ugh….
More core
Not much exciting to write about. More core repair the past couple weeks.
Core Values
Last summer we peeled up all the teak decking and filled about a thousand screw holes in the fiberglass skin with epoxy. We knew we had some serious moisture issues in the core material and would eventually need to address the problem. “Eventually” finally came last week.
Boat jewelry
American architect Louis Sullivan coined the phrase “Form follows function”, meaning that the shape of a building or object should be primarily based upon its intended purpose. Frank Lloyd Wright, who worked for Sullivan in the ’20s rephrased that statement to read “form and function are one”.
Teak Week
So last summer I bitched and moaned about spending all my time scraping the old Cetol and varnish off the teak and not getting it completely ready for the surface treatment. Sure, I got a nice tan, but man, did I ever get sick of it right quick. I knew I didn’t want to have a […]
Still plugging away at projects
Our boat has a lot of teak. It’s old, and worn out. Jeni’s stripped off all the brown Cetol now, and I know why the previous owners slathered every inch of woodwork in the stuff. To hide all the problems…..
Hatching a plan
The companionway hatch is starting to look pretty rough. Plugs missing, screw heads popping through, joint caulk peeling and flaking, and teak slats starting to come unglued. Worst of all, the eyebrow drip rail is half missing.
Just fiddling around
Maybe it’s just me, but for some reason when I “finish” a project, it’s never actually quite finished. Perhaps I’m just a procrastinator by nature. It’s been nearly two years now since I fabricated and installed the Corian countertops in the galley.
Steaming mad
Nature hates straight lines. This becomes evident as you cut a very expensive piece of wood and the first thing it does is warp every which way.
Miscellaneous Projects
I’ve been working on a few miscellaneous projects lately.