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Rigging and Bottom Work – Part 5
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 During the three weeks our boat was on land, we took care of a number of other boat projects that are more easily done, or only done, with the boat out of the water. That included two things we didn’t even know we’d have to address until […]
Rigging and Bottom Work – Part 4
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 5 Our new standing rigging arrived this past Wednesday. It took two days to unpack it, make sure it was all correct, and then attach it all to the mast. The crane arrived on Friday and lifted the mast with it’s new rigging back onto the boat. The […]
Rigging and Bottom work – Part 3
Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Part 5 In this article we focus on all the mast work that we were able to do much more easily while it was down on the ground. The featured image above shows the top of the mast once we got our first look at it on the ground. […]
Rigging and Bottom Work – Part 2
Today was the most anxiety producing day of this project. Our mast had never been pulled out of the boat since it was originally installed almost 20 years ago.
Rigging and Bottom Work – Part 1
Today was the first day of a very anxious week. We need a week’s worth or more of major work on the boat.
Steering Pedestal Repairs
Update: At the end of this article are additional pictures and commentary by reader Colin Mills who successfully replaced his upper steering bearing without having to remove the pedestal. On our trip back from the Bahamas last year, we noticed an unusual amount of play and roughness at the wheel when steering. While we noticed […]
Our New Dinghy
While in the Bahamas last year, we realized that the single biggest upgrade we needed was a better dinghy. We got our old dinghy when we were living and cruising in the Chesapeake Bay. It was a little over 8′ long, had a “soft” (inflatable) bottom, and was powered by a 2HP electric motor with […]
Dinghy Lifting Winch
Lifting our 360 lb. dinghy out of the water just got a lot easier.
Antennas
A lot of “landlubbers” that visit our boat are curious about all the antennas mounted on our cockpit arch. We didn’t install these all at once but have accumulated them over time when a need or new technology requirement arose. Follow along with the featured picture from left to right. Here’s what they all do: […]