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...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...
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...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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