More Standing and Running Rigging
Rigging Defined Rigging comprises the system of ropes, cables and chains, which support a sailing ship or sailboat’s masts—standing rigging, including shrouds and stays—and which adjust the position of the vessel’s sails and spars to which they are attached—the running rigging, including halyards, braces, sheets and vangs. If you think that sounds complicated – you’re RIGHT! And we have a […]
Backstay and Headstay Replacement
I believe the general consensus on replacing the standing rigging on a sailboat is around 10 years. We’re not quite positive as to when ours was done last, but we do know it’s been over 10 years. We were told that the mast and boom were replaced in 2003. We kind of assume that’s when […]
All Decked Out
After 8 weeks of hard labor, the decks are DONE! And we’re really happy with the results.
New Chainplates – Not as Hard as We Expected
We finally finished installing the new chainplates! We’ve been dreading this project since Day 1. What we thought was going to be a huge, fiberglassy mess inside the boat turned out to be a small fiberglassy mess inside the boat. With two of us working together, one on the Fein Multimaster and one on the […]
What about those chainplates?
As you may have noticed we haven’t updated our website for little while, but we have updated our YouTube channel. That’s where the most recent information will be, so if you think you’ve missed something, head over the YouTube and subscribe. I have one (maybe two) more videos to finish putting together for the Electrical Project […]
Changes for the New Year
I think when you have a huge, multi-year project you’re working on (like we do), it makes it easier on family when they ask you what you want for Christmas. We have a huge list of boat projects that all cost money, so we’re never at a loss for things we need. Amazon, West Marine […]
Jib Track – Done! (almost…)
We tackled the jib track project this weekend. It’s been either raining or we’ve been too busy socially to get anything done lately. Finally, the weather cooperated this weekend and we installed the port jib track…almost.
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 […]
Bully pulpit
Since we installed the new bowsprit last summer, we haven’t had a pulpit platform on the boat. Or a windlass. Or chain. Or even an anchor.
Fall Projects
I know, I know…we haven’t posted in a loooong time. When I sat down to write this post I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about because I didn’t think we had worked on many projects around the boat. I recently bought an Aeropress coffee maker and was going to write about that. […]