Refit
We’re Back in Maine!
We are back in Maine and back to the boat!! We took five days to drive from Florida to Maine. We were able to visit with friends and relatives along the way which was great! Now we are back at it. It’s an all out push to get the boat ready for launch in late … Continue reading
Traveler Rebuild is Complete!
We are getting back into the boat projects again. One project that has been sitting on the shelf here in Florida is the mainsheet traveler. The traveler allows us to trim the main sail by controlling the position of the main boom. Our traveler is almost 35 years old and in pretty bad shape. I won’t go into … Continue reading
A Little Painting
With the beautiful weather here in Florida we find it hard to stay focused buuuuut…. With our departure date looming we find time (between trips to the beach) to get some boat work done! We have been working on the traveler and spreaders, rebuilding and refinishing. The refinishing is done, now I have to track down … Continue reading
New Rigging!
Well it’s been a while since our last post, nothing much to report until now. We ordered new rigging for our main mast from www.Riggingonly.com. They were great to work with, very professional, high quality and much cheaper than any other rigging shop we contacted. New upper and lower shrouds, back stays, and triatic stay … Continue reading
Update
Well it’s been a while since our last update but we’ve been pretty busy. Tanya has finished up the paneling in the head, we put some final touches on the engine bay, installed the fuel filters, installed the windlass, epoxied the exposed core on the forward companionway, Awl-gripped the companionway sliders, fitted the new ports, … Continue reading