“It Feels Soft, not solid,” he said. “Here let me tap it a few times.” She replied “Well stop stepping on it, that damn sure isn’t going to make it …
Sanding the Boom
This blog is all about Debbie and the work she is doing this weekend. One of the things I love is when Deb can come help on a boat project. …
10 Facts you didn’t know about Sailing
You want me to do what with which rope? The blue one? Wrap it around what? What do you mean halyard? Halyard yourself! This is most people’s first experience of …
Foxy’s in Jost Van Dyke
For anyone that has ever been to Foxy’s, you likely have great memories of it. As you know 2017 was not kind to the islands and Jost Van Dyke was …
New Episode Posted – Installing all new Fixed Glass Ports
Welcome aboard. This week we install all the new large fixed ports on the Boat. See how we prepared the surfaces in last weeks video and this week we …
New Episode Posted – Drilling Holes to inspect Core and Non Skid Paint Test
Welcome aboard. This week we drilled holes up into the roof from down below in an effort to inspect the core. This was a suggestion by the yard owner rather …
Continuing the Port Installs – Cleaning up and finishing it off
In the last blog post, we left off by sealing the first of the ports by adding 3M 4000 and bedded the glass in this substance. We then forced more …
My GrandSquid helper
In our last blog post, we installed the first two ports, and I had my cute little helper with me. When I was installing the ports in the front of …
We install the Glass in the 2 Front Fixed Ports
After the last week’s discovery of the additional problems with Rot, we knew we had to rethink our next steps. After speaking to the yard experts and starting to form …
New Episode Posted – Trimming Ports and Expert Discussion
We had our meeting scheduled with Michael from Mayer Yacht Services to talk about our options for the rot already, so we had some time to start on other work. …