From a sailboat renovation perspective every angle on a sailboat isn’t square, except maybe where you make the inside edges. This leads to a much more time consuming cut/fit process than a house or building renovation with a lot of...
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Cabin Makeover, Quarter or Half-berth?
In the heart of the cabin makeover, starting with the 1st wall is the first step to creating a new quarter berth. The wall construction is framed wood, epoxied in, and insulated with foam board. Walls covered with 3/8 plywood,...
Continue reading...Remove the engine
1st step in converting to electric is to remove the engine. The old Atomic 4 was refreshed and working fine after I overhauled it, but it sucks gas. Not being diesel I wasn’t comfortable with the thought of running a...
Continue reading...Cabin Floors Repair
After removing the gas tank, I observed some rot on the cabin sole from saturated fuel, water and bilge goo. Lifting up the sole, the cabin floors 3/4″ wood cores were completely saturated with water and slime. I checked the...
Continue reading...Winter Projects Rundown, SV Northern Comfort Season 2
November 6 to 16, 2019 Upcoming Winter Projects! Northern Comfort was now hauled out. Time for winter projects! My dad and I put together a cover to protect against the winter cold, wind and rain while we work on our...
Continue reading...Winter Rundown, Cabin Demolition and Covering Up
…getting ready for season two, electric motor conversion and a total cabin demolition….
Continue reading...End of Season 1 – 2019 Haul-Out and Inspection
..wondering if season 2, 2020 will be as interesting as the first season with Northern Comfort, little did we know….
Continue reading...Genoa Roller Furling Repair (Furlex) Oct 2019 Windstorm
…tie-down during storms, even when you think it’s right you quickly realize that you still have more to learn…
Continue reading...Installing Amazon 12v 5000W Diesel Cabin Heater
Getting colder, and the little space heater isn’t cutting it. How about one of those little diesel cabin heaters?
Continue reading...Self-level epoxy countertop and end of season 1 projects
A number of projects as we come into September, up in Canada it’s starting to get cold. I need to get rolling with this self-level epoxy countertop project otherwise the cold will affect curing time…. I couldn’t clean the fridge...
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