Repairing a Self-Tailing Winch
We live about 60 miles east of the SF Bay Area. One day Rich went to a marine consignment shop in Alameda to consign some old boat stuff he had in his shop. While he was there he found a Barient self-tailing winch. While that shouldn’t seem surprising, it was. We rarely see self-tailing winches […]
All Decked Out
After 8 weeks of hard labor, the decks are DONE! And we’re really happy with the results.
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.
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…..
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.
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 […]
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.