Painting
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Cabin Wall Rebuild Part 3: Mostly Sanding
When last we checked, I had applied a thick helping of fairing to the cabin walls. Now that we are in the boatyard, we can sand it smooth. This took a really long time. Luckily, Lauren found it hypnotically relaxing.
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Working on the Mast Part 1
I haven’t posted an update in over a year. Not because I haven’t made progress, but because I haven’t made any meaningful progress. My original idea was to wrap up each project in two or three posts. But every time I try to work on a project, I get stuck. So I try a different project, and get stuck. Every bolt is seized. Everything needs two people. The weather sucks. It just never ends. I’m in Seattle, so it rains 9 months out of the year, and I can only work on the boat over the weekends, and sometimes I just need to sleep. Plus there’s always some sort of…
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Cabin Wall Rebuild Part 2: Fairing, Epoxy, New Hatch, and More Fairing
Now that Rick and Jayme were done with their portion of the work, it was on to my portion. I had to fair all of the cabin walls, fill some areas with thickened epoxy, and install a new hatch. I did this over the course of like two months, so I’m going to break it down by project.
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The Refit Plan
Here’s my plan for upgrades and repairs. I see three “types” of projects. Projects I can do at home, projects I can do while in the water, and projects I have to do on “the hard”, up in Port Townsend. I have 3 weeks of vacation each year, so that’s when I’d tackle those big projects. One marina has a 2 year waitlist for a live aboard. The one I want, has a 5 year waitlist. I’m hoping the first one opens up, I can move aboard, save money, and then move to the other one when it’s ready. I’m basing this on priority, as well as season. For instance,…
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Cleaning and Reorganizing and lots of Cleaning
You know what’s fun? Cleaning. Especially cleaning something that probably hasn’t been cleaned since Reagan. The boat has been sitting largely untouched for many years. There actually wasn’t too much mildew, but there was a ton of gunk. And junk.
