Bedding Stanchions
Have you ever worked really hard on a project and then when it was done you just couldn’t get off your lazy butt to do much of anything? Well, that’s where we’ve been for the past couple of weeks, on our lazy butts.
Electrical Project Part IV
DC Electrical Update We finally finished the electrical project! Of course it seems nothing is ever completely done. We’ll have to revisit the electrical when we get new batteries and when we take down the mast to rewire it. But for now, we are checking this one off the list. The best part is we […]
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…..
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.
Getting wood
We made a trip to the Bay Area a few weeks ago and stopped along the way at a place I’ve been wanting to visit for several years. A guy I know builds laminated wood compound bows for big game hunting and told me this is the place to go if you’re looking for exotic […]
Port side deck and lower moldings
I haven’t been posting much lately, but I’ve been making progress on the side decks. Weekends and evenings are the only time we get to work on the boat the last few weeks and it seems like things are going slower than usual.
Spaghetti Western
“Funny thing about weekends when you’re unemployed. They don’t mean quite so much. ‘Sept you get to hang out with your workin’ friends.” – Les Claypool