Tevah is on the hard. Several Boat projects are underway. A short time before this we had made the decision to retire from parish ministry and set sail for a winter away. A year after this picture was taken we Read more…
One of the things that you need if you are going to live on board for more than a couple of days is “Space” Space for normal routines and space for storage. A number of these projects are to address Read more…
The watermaker is setup in the garage at the moment. I have determined that it does need a new membrane kit.
I found that because of the relatively soft mahogany I needed to make the head of the bolts larger. I welded a piece of SS to the bolt and then let it into the deck of the Swim platform.
The dinghy has been in build mode now for since 2013 when I visited Wooden Boat School and learned the fundamentals of boat building. This is really like summer camp for older people and here is the result.
This is a real space saver/creator. I looked at a bunch of pics on the internet and came up with this.
I made this from some bits and pieces left over from bigger projects
This is my pot Jumper A tight SS cable between the Keel and the rudder skeg to prevent lines from getting fouled in the prop.
You might call this a red neck air conditioner, but it really helps increase the flow of air through the boat especially in light air conditions.
Here was some wasted space that now has a good size shelf for dry goods Storeing cans is always a challenge. I saw this in the latest issue of good old Boat magazine
Final paint applied to quarter berth shelf and can storage
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Mark Twain
New pin for boom gooseneck Installed spring in Spinnaker pole connection
At the beginning of September we will leave Saint John and head down the Eastern Seaboard. We will hope to be in Annapolis for the boatshow the middle of October. From there we will head down the ICW beginning in Read more…
Some time in the last year we made the decision to retire on my 60th birthday. We discussed my dream of sailing south to the Bahamas for the winter. When it was agreed, the first thing I did was Read more…
I did a couple of welding projects yesterday. One was to begin an antenna mast for my WIFI antenna and my AIS antenna. This will be a Short mast on the stern. Here is the beginning of it. Read more…
One of the things that you must do if you are going to take a vessel to another country is to establish it in a registry. To do this there are several steps and some funds to pay. Read more…
Here is the swim platform all ready to be reinstalled. New fasteners and varnish. Finish is also all done on the dinghy as well. I got two of these flexible 100 watt panels. The mount directly on the Read more…