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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Fiberglassing Continues
The work continues on the boat and progress is slow and steady. By the way, slow and steady is exactly the process we need. As the boatyard is doing the work, …
DreamChaser goes up on the hard
As you likely saw last week, we sailed !!! Yeah. But where were we sailing to? We were sailing to the Shipyard. We needed some work done on the boat. …
S/V DreamChaser Sails
It has been 3 years ago to the month that we bought our Formosa 51. I remember driving back from where it was located with the euphoric glow and enthusiasm …