Batteries

The Comforts of Home

The Hanging Locker Dilemma One challenge that every cruiser faces, is creating the comforts of home, especially on a small sailboat with limited storage space. Whether you’re planning a weekend getaway or an extended voyage, efficient organization is key to ensuring a clutter-free sailing adventure. We take a closer look at how to transform our […]

storage locker

Creating a New Storage Locker

Tayana’s have a lot of storage locker space, and yet, it never seems to be enough.  We’ve completed a few projects where we were able to convert unused (or poorly used) space into useable storage lockers.  And we’ve thought about changing the storage under the settees and engine room, but that’s for another post. Once […]

trash can

Taking Out the Trash

There are a lot of things I never thought I’d get excited about until we moved on a boat, and the trash can is one of them.  The trash can has been a problem since we “remodeled” the galley.  The old trash can was a hole in the middle of the countertop.  It wasted a lot […]

2017 Projects

AC Wiring Done Right

We haven’t been doing many website posts lately, but we HAVE been uploading recent project videos (and some old videos too) to YouTube.  So if you’ve wondered where we went, head over to our YouTube channel or you can watch videos on our website as well.

Treasure Hunt

One of the big differences between living in a house and living on a boat is where stuff is stored.  In a house it all makes perfect sense.  Clothes are stored in the bedroom closet; bath towels are stored in the linen closet; and food is stored in the kitchen.  It sounds pretty logical, right? […]

Getting Down to Business

Boat projects the past couple weekends included finishing sanding the cabinets and painting the cabinets.  I only had the front half of the boat to sand so I hung a tarp, opened a hatch and some ports, donned my dust mask and dove in.  What a dusty mess!