Hood winked

Back in early June I removed the dilapidated old sea hood in order to fix and finish the companionway hatch.  Since I’m having so much fun working with fiberglass and resins lately, I figured now would be a great time to build a new hatch turtle.  Ugh….

Core Values

Last summer we peeled up all the teak decking and filled about a thousand screw holes in the fiberglass skin with epoxy.  We knew we had some serious moisture issues in the core material and would eventually need to address the problem. “Eventually” finally came last week.

Boat jewelry

American architect Louis Sullivan coined the phrase “Form follows function”, meaning that the shape of a building or object should be primarily based upon its intended purpose.  Frank Lloyd Wright, who worked for Sullivan in the ’20s rephrased that statement to read “form and function are one”.  

Teak Week

So last summer I bitched and moaned about spending all my time scraping the old Cetol and varnish off the teak and not getting it completely ready for the surface treatment.  Sure, I got a nice tan, but man, did I ever get sick of it right quick.  I knew I didn’t want to have a […]

Still plugging away at projects

Our boat has a lot of teak.  It’s old, and worn out.  Jeni’s stripped off all the brown Cetol now, and I know why the previous owners slathered every inch of woodwork in the stuff.  To hide all the problems…..

Hatching a plan

The companionway hatch is starting to look pretty rough.  Plugs missing, screw heads popping through, joint caulk peeling and flaking, and teak slats starting to come unglued.  Worst of all, the eyebrow drip rail is half missing.

Steaming mad

Nature hates straight lines.  This becomes evident as you cut a very expensive piece of wood and the first thing it does is warp every which way.

Miscellaneous Projects

I’ve been working on a few miscellaneous projects lately.  

Flush and fill

New boat projects have taken the forefront lately, but regular system maintenance is still an ongoing process as a live-aboard.  Running hot water is a creature comfort most of us would rather not live without, and maintaining our hot water system is one of those things that comes with living on a sailboat.

Leaky Perkins myths dispelled

Some would say “I’d rather be good than lucky.”  Others say “I’d rather be lucky than good.”  I’d rather say “I’m good, now how’s about a little of that luck y’all keep talking about?”  I think I need to buy a Lottery Ticket right about now because, despite my last post, not all diesels leak […]