Learning how to climb to the mast, you’d think with my tower climbing background would be easy, it’s harder than it looks especially swinging in the wind!
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Lake Ontario First Solo Sail
Another first, a first solo sail in SV Northern Comfort from Hamilton to Port Whitby, over 100 nautical miles.
Continue reading...Preparing for First Solo Lake Ontario Sail
Preparations for my first solo sail in Lake Ontario in Northern Comfort
Continue reading...Final Preparations, Delivery and Successful Launch!
Even with all the best laid plans, it isn’t until the boat is laid into the water do we know that all that work we did ended up with a successful launch of SV Northern Comfort.
Continue reading...Finishing the Hull Stripes and Painting the Hull
Mixing Fire Engine Red and Sea Green from Interlux Brightside, made a nice liquid brown which we used to re-apply the stripes and waterline. Painting the hull really nbrings this old girl back to life doesn’t it! The old paintjob...
Continue reading...Prepping for Paint, Primary Colour Interlux Brightside White
All that sanding, and prep work pays off with our hull gleaming white!
Continue reading...Painting Anti-foul Timelapse, Anode change and Intro to Next Steps
Getting the hull ready for the great lakes, and protecting the propeller shaft from corrosion.
Continue reading...Keel & Skeg Blister Repair & Clamps and More Clamps
This video is covering the first stages of the lower outside hull repairs.
Continue reading...Continuing the Boom Repair, Primary Coats of Interlux 2000E
Completing the Boom repair, this is part 2, applying Interlux 2000E epoxy primer and top coats, finishing up the restoration of the boom.
Continue reading...Bilge Hull Repair – There’s a hole in my boat!
Found a hole in my boat. What were they thinking?
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