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 …
Getting the salon ready for new varnish
We have been contemplating sanding the entire interior down to bare wood and varnishing it all since we bought the boat. Initially, we were going to do it in sections …
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
“Let the Good Times Roll” as they say down here in New Orleans. Happy Mardi Gras. Today is Fat Tuesday, and for a city like New Orleans, it is the …
Solid wood Masts – Beautiful Timbers
We popped into the boatyard over at Mayer Yacht Service and saw these masts sitting on horses along the side of the building. We got to know the owner of the …
5 Crazy things we found this week
We had a host of tasks and projects this week on the boat. Join us as we; cut holes in the roof of the boat, trim fiberglass around the ports, …
Deisel, Water, and Waste. Oh My!
With all of the new fiberglass work we are having done on the deck, it means we had to remove and will have to reinstall a lot of hardware and …