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The Wrong and the Right Way to Cover a Boat
I have a… glitch. A flaw in my psyche. I’m stupid. Well, not stupid. I’m poor. I will always default to the cheapest option. Then when that doesn’t work, I’ll go with the expensive option, which now would have been cheaper if I had just done that in the first place, instead of wasting money on the cheap option.
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Aft Cabin Part 2: Fiberglass Repair, New Floor, Paint, Insulation
Yeah. I know. It’s been like 2 years since I updated this website. I’ve actually made progress. Just haven’t updated the site in a while. Let’s start with some small things I accomplished.
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Aft Cabin Part 1: Gutting
Polerys is neat because it’s only a 35 foot boat, but it’s a center cockpit, with an aft cabin. The problem is that the aft cabin has two twin sized beds, with a toilet in the middle. Because there’s nothing like sleeping next to a toilet. I knew from the beginning that I wanted to put a queen sized bed in there. In order to do that, however, I had to remove everything. I want to insulate it, too, so that means removing EVERYTHING.
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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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Cabin Wall Rebuild Part 1
Welcome to my personal hell. I’m going to go off on a quick rant, and then I’ll get into the actual project. I purchased Polerys for $18000. At the time, the owner was in another country, locked down, due to COVID. One of her friends showed us the boat. She had scheduled all of the interested buyers back to back, so I was given a 30 minute window. Therefore, I had a limited ability to look at the boat.
Rebuilding a 1963 Chris Craft Sail Yacht 35 to sail the world
