Installing a Cockpit Shower & Deck Washdown
Cockpit Shower We’ve seen a lot of cruising boats that have a shower pump that can be used in the cockpit. We really liked that concept for a few reasons. Using the shower in the head is a bit of a chore. The curtain helps keep the water off the countertop and toilet, but there’s […]
New Anchor Chain
If you read Chapman’s Piloting and Seamanship it will tell you that for a boat our size, you need about 8′ of anchor chain and 300′ of nylon rope. Our boat came with just a little more chain than that and a little less rope. The more common practice now is to have a lot […]
Mid-summer Project Update
So it’s mid July already and we’re making a little headway on the project list. Our goal this summer was to get the boat put together enough to take it out on the San Joaquin River. Ground Tackle We started with the ground tackle, and have finally managed to get the bowsprit on, the anchor […]