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 […]
Latex Mattress: Upgrading Our V-Berth
When it comes to outfitting our sailboat, comfort is a crucial aspect that directly affects the quality of our journey. A good night’s sleep is vital for sailors who need to be well-rested and energized for their time on the water. If you’re considering replacing your worn-out closed cell foam mattress, latex foam can be […]
Cleaning Our Water Tanks
Our water tanks are fairly new. Removing the old stainless steel tank was one of the first projects we did back in 2013. That tank had at least one hole in it and the entire bottom was rusty brown. We think the old tank was about 90 gallons. The two polyethylene, rotomolded tanks we replaced […]
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 […]
Engine Room Insulation
Our Perkins 4-108 is located under the companionway steps right next to the galley and quarter berth and is fairly noisy. There is existing insulation, but it’s now over 40 years old. When we did the sea trial, we used a free phone app decibel meter and clocked the noise at around 80 dB. And […]
Coming Clean – Installing our new shower
We live at a marina full-time. It just so happens to be a very nice marina with a very nice and new in 2015 facility that includes restrooms with showers, a laundry facility, a gym and clubhouse. Before the new building, the old restroom and showers were pretty lame. They were clean, but with only […]
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 […]
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.
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.
The skinny little cabinet full of paper charts
Just forward of the knee space under our chart table is a tall, narrow, and deep locker with several shelves for storing rolled paper nautical charts. At 8 inches wide by 23 inches tall, and nearly 36 inches deep, this locker is the perfect place to stash copious quantities of rolled up paper… but not […]