Exterior Teak Restoration: A Labor of Love
Owning a sailboat is not only an adventure on the water but also a continuous journey of maintenance and care. Our 46-year-old sailboat holds cherished memories and timeless beauty, but its exterior teak has seen its fair share of wear and staining over the years. In this blog post, we’ll take you through our teak […]
A Galley Transformation: Switching from Propane to Electric Appliances
In the pursuit of a more reliable and efficient cooking experience aboard our boat, we recently embarked on the journey of converting our propane galley to electric appliances. After years of struggling with a propane oven and cook top range that proved inconsistent and challenging to control, we decided it was time for a change. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bedding Stanchions
Have you ever worked really hard on a project and then when it was done you just couldn’t get off your lazy butt to do much of anything? Well, that’s where we’ve been for the past couple of weeks, on our lazy butts.
All Decked Out
After 8 weeks of hard labor, the decks are DONE! And we’re really happy with the results.
Electrical Project Part IV
DC Electrical Update We finally finished the electrical project! Of course it seems nothing is ever completely done. We’ll have to revisit the electrical when we get new batteries and when we take down the mast to rewire it. But for now, we are checking this one off the list. The best part is we […]
Electrical Project Part II
Electrical Project Part II We uploaded part 2 of the electrical project. In this video we install the new breaker panel and briefly talk about upcoming projects. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay up to date with our boat projects.
Unintended Project – Jib Tracks
We never planned to install new jib tracks, but as often happens on a sailboat, this became one of several unintended projects. For those who don’t know, jib tracks are metal bars typically mounted on the outside edge of a boat. The jib sheets (the lines that control the jib when sailing) run through blocks on […]
To Helm with It
The Helm In keeping with getting this beast ready to take out for a spin, we finally put the steering wheel (the boaty term is the helm) back on the boat. Way back in early 2013 we took a bunch of stuff off the boat, the wheel included, and it’s been in storage ever since. […]