Drain Bamage
A month or so ago I decided to clean out the kitchen and bathroom sink drains with vinegar. I’ve done this one time before and it worked great. Because there is no p-trap the sinks can get a little stinky and cleaning them with vinegar makes them nice and fresh again. The process is simple.
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.
Intergrip(ping) the Cabin Top
Hatches and cabin top projects – Week 3 No, we didn’t finish painting the cabin top with Interlux Intergrip last weekend. I washed the boat Friday in preparation for painting on Saturday. The plan was for both of us to start early Saturday masking, get the first coat of Intergrip on and maybe the second (and […]
Glazed Over with Projects
Hatches & Cabin Top Projects – Week 2 In typical boat-project fashion, refurbishing the two overhead hatches has taken way longer than expected. Rich managed to get both Bomar metal hatch frames off the boat without bending them too much. He removed the old glazing, scraped out the weather-stripping, and attempted to remove the old […]
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 […]
No Rest for the Wicked
Rich is off work for the next TWO weeks, so there is no rest for the wicked – it’s project time again. I briefly mentioned to him a few months ago that it would be nice to get the final paint and non-skid on the cabin top before winter. That way next summer we can finally finish […]
To Helm with It
The Helm In keeping with getting this beast ready to take out for a spin, we finally put the steering wheel (the boaty term is the helm) back on the boat. Way back in early 2013 we took a bunch of stuff off the boat, the wheel included, and it’s been in storage ever since. […]
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.
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 […]
A tip of the cap
How do you make a straight piece of wood bend around corners? Well, if you’ve been following us for a while, you might recall my previous experiment in steam bending. I briefly entertained this idea for the cockpit coamings, but almost immediately realized this would not work for what I needed to do outside.