What a view from up here
Ever since we bought the boat, there’s a few things I’ve been meaning to go up the mast and take a look at. Lights, rigging, VHF antenna, wind transducer, etc. All that stuff you can’t inspect or repair from deck level. We plan on pulling the stick next year when we haul out and it’d […]
Note to self
Not too much excitement going on, just more sanding and fairing. And a bit more epoxy primer over the last couple days.
A bigger cockpit
Thursday it rained the better part of the morning, so filling and fairing fiberglass was out of the question. I decided it was finally time to pull the steering pedestal assembly and get it out of the way. I need to sand and paint inside the cockpit well and it’ll be a lot easier to […]
Put a lid on it (part deux)
Cockpit work has been slowly progressing, but it’s a pain in the arse. Sand, vacuum, acetone wipe, and fill with thickened epoxy. Story of my life lately, and I’m getting a little bored with it.
Six10 in the morning
I’ve been working with 2-part epoxy for quite a few years now. If memory serves, I think my first experience was the cylinder head repair on my 327 Chevy racing motor when I was 17 years old. My Dad showed me how to use JB Weld to fill a crack between two valve seats, and […]
A little less teak this week
Now that the coaming extensions are installed, it’s time to get some more wood out of the way so I can do some filling and fairing on the glass.
Hey, it actually fits
How ’bout that feeling you get when you work on something for months and are finally rewarded with success?
Jello mold
I haven’t posted much lately, but trust me, I’ve been busy working on the boat every chance I get. The big project looming over my head of course, has been how to rebuild the raised coamings around the cockpit.
More Teak Troubles
Yesterday I finally started sanding all the teak I’ve been stripping for the past two months. After about 5 minutes I gave up. The teak is so pitted and grooved I was getting nowhere.
Weekend Update
This past weekend was the 4th of July. As usual, we didn’t do too much. Friday morning we took Fat Suki to Korth’s Pirate Lair for breakfast. Surprisingly it only took us about 20 minutes to get there and we got up to 17 kph. Way faster than we thought our little dink could go.