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 …
New Episode Posted – Inspecting the Fuel Tanks and More
This week was all about starts and stops, but I also pose a question to you, the viewers. One of the things I did in this weeks episode reviewed the …
New Episode Posted – Learning some Craftsmanship (DoveTail Joints)
This week we talk about craftsmanship and how to hone a craft. For us, it is about hand cut dovetail joints. Our boat has some on it, so we figured …
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. …
New Episode Posted – Thunderstorms, Mast Stepping Prep and Designing Cockpit Railing
This week we prepare the teak mast step for installation. The mast is going to be stepped next week and we needed to ensure that the wooden mast step was …
New Episode Posted – Unplanned Boat Projects, Sanding Hacks and Competitive Jenga
In this weeks episode, we change our plans to deal with an unplanned project. I went to the boat and noticed a system fault 135 error on the Xantrex …