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. …
Discussion with the experts
After we found the rot in the roof and that section of the bulkhead that was rotted. We then found some more rot, and I was worried about the core …
Trimming the Port Openings – Getting ready for new Ports
With our discoveries in the coach house roof (here and here and here) we decided we would shift our focus to something different to continue progress forward while we contemplated …
Cutting More Fiberglass – Based on what we found
When we cut the fiberglass off the roof of the coach house near the companionway, the core was in much worse shape than I originally anticipated. I was hoping …
New Episode Posted – How our Boat is constructed
As we continued to check on the core problems in the coach house roof, it led us to really dive deeper and understand how the boat was constructed in this …
Cut the Fiberglass and take a closer look at the core
After our exploratory holes to discover how the core was in the Coachhouse roof, we needed to take this to the next level. This is very similar to a process I …
Testing for Rotted Deck Core
One of the things we have done previously on our boat was to inspect the core in the deck. We were pleasantly surprised when we did it because the core …
Painting the new Coachhouse
When I got to the boat today, the first thing I noticed was that there was some masking paper covering the side of the toe rail. Because of the giant …