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 […]
Hurricane Dorian
After a couple days of inspecting everything, we can now say we had no damage to the boat at all from hurricane Dorian. As mentioned in the previous post, our dock had a little damage, but even that was relatively minor. In the two days after the storm we drove around town in addition to […]
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: […]
A Captain’s Chair
One of the things we always wished was better on our boat was the view from the helm when sitting on the helm seat. We like the mounting position of our Chartplotter on the binnacle and don’t want to change it, so we need to be able to see “over” it. This works great when […]
Transom Upgrades
We’ve never been totally satisfied with the transom arrangement on C Ghost. We like the molded in swim platform, but the way the factory designed ladder is stowed and deployed hinders more than helps our activities at the aft end of the boat. Here’s what the original ladder looks like when it’s deployed: To be […]
New Microwave Cabinet
When we bought C Ghost, it came with a small microwave oven tucked into a cubby hole that looked almost custom designed around the oven. We never thought much about it until a couple months ago when the oven started making weird noises and then stopped working. I replaced an internal fuse and got it […]