Glazed Over with Projects

Bomar hatches

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 […]

No Rest for the Wicked

Forward hatch

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 […]

Hood winked

Old Sea Hood

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….

Leaks & Stormy Weather

We had our first stormy weather last Saturday, so what did Rich and I do?  We went to the bay area.  What should we have done?  We should have stayed home to make sure the boat didn’t leak like a sieve.  So how did we fair?  Not too bad, but not great.