Next Friday we will premier our video of leaving the boatyard after almost a year of refit work. It is a huge deal for us and I know some of …
New Episode Posted – Replacing Rotted Stringers Part 1
This week we finally tackle the recently discovered rotted stringers under the galley settee. In this video, we explore what is really going on under the floor/sole. We also come …
New Episode Posted – New Fuel System Mizzen Traveler and More AwlWood MA
This week we go over the new fuel system and share the design, considerations and draw and return process. While normally you think fuel is not all that complicated, and …
New Episode Posted – Lost tools, Impellers and Cutting Stainless Steel
This week we lose tools. No, Seriously we lose tools. In a span of 3 days, I lost 5 tools. How does that even happen? We did start to prepare …
New Episode Posted – 50 Year Birthday Celebration (Virtual Reality)
This week Deb had been scheming and planning and set up a surprise birthday party for me for my 50th Birthday. Sadly I said to her, I have to Travel …
New Episode Posted – Lots of Little Work equals some progress
This week we made progress on a lot of little tasks. None of these made me feel great about our progress, but getting many of them done was needed. We …
Making mistakes and just arriving from Stupid Town – Timing Matters!!
This week we prepare the surface of the toe rails and cap rails on the boat for brightwork. I made a number of mistakes and in our typical fashion, the …
New Episode Posted – Painting the Galley Ceiling and Bedding new Stanchions
This week we finally install and bed the stanchion bases. We really struggled with these and needed to find screws, nuts, washers and acorn nuts to make them look great …
New Episode Posted – Part 2 of the Awlwood MA series (Free downloadable tools)
This week we finish putting the Awlwood MA on the boom, and traveler car. As I mentioned in an earlier video the application of this product (and most frankly) is …
New Episode Posted – We try the Awlwood MA Brightwork Finish (Part 1)
This week we start the process of applying a new finish to the wooden boom and mizzen mainsheet traveler. This finish is called Awlwood MA which is a 2 part …