Boat Mattress Problems Over the last year with the boat being in the yard, with it being closed up for so long, with the leaks and humidity of not running …
How to install a ceiling in your boat
We have wanted to install a new ceiling in our boat for some time now. We even did this on our previous boat. This week we decided to finally do …
How to Make Fiberglass Repairs
Identify Fiberglass Repairs We had a leak around our mast and figured we had to make fiberglass repairs. It was believed the original leak was due to the through bolting …
Not Another Boat Leak – ARRRGGHHHH!
Finding another boat leak This week we found that another boat leak in heavy rain. This was so disheartening after all the work we had done. Deb and I divided and …
How to repair a wooden frame with Epoxy
About a year ago, we had an issue and broke our hatch frame. Our hatches are all wooden, and while they hinge, they don’t have a stopper. That means that …
Mast Step Repair
I wanted to maintain the original mast step on our boat when we replaced the wooden mast with an aluminum one. to do that we would need to refinish it …
Final Prep and Fairing the Roof for Paint
There has been a lot of work on the boat this week. It is has been crazy to watch this from afar. Usually, I am close to the boat, and …
New Episode Posted – Maritime Traditions and Mast Stepping
We stepped the mizzen mast. It has been wrapped up for a long time in the shop waiting on other projects to be complete like repairing the coach house roof. …
Removing the Butterfly Hatch
I have a love and hate relationship with the butterfly hatch on our boat. I had removed this once before and sanded it all down to bare wood and refinished …
New Solid Lifelines and Stanchions
For years Deb has commented on wanting solid handrails rather than lifelines. This started on our first boat, a 30-foot laguna. When we moved up to the 43 foot Gulfstar, …