Where have you gone? Today we are getting personal and sharing some surgery complications. Would you mind if we do that? You may have noticed if you are a subscriber to our weekly youtube show, that I have been off the boat now for some time. I will spend a bit of time and explain […] More
The purpose of sea strainers So what is a sea strainer you may ask? On a boat, many appliances are water-cooled rather than air cooled. Think of your house air conditioner or your refrigerator. They have coils either outside your house or on the back of the fridge, to dissipate the hot air that they […] More
Do you need to bed port glass in your boat? If you have a boat, chances are you have needed to know how to bed port glass. In our first boat, we had aluminum framed fixed ports in the galley and at some point they leaked. In our next boat, we had 14 Beckson opening […] More
Hurricane Michael Tore up Florida Trees were knocked over like this for miles and miles Hurricane Michael left a wake of destruction in its path. We have been thinking for a while now that it would be great to buy a waterfront lot. We wanted one that would have a canal or place to park […] More
Unwanted help at the boat ramp We get some unwanted help and this week we tackle a problem that has been facing us for a little while now. We have had in the stateroom ceiling just on the outside of the mast opening in the deck. I had thought that when we had the deck […] More
We have wanted to install a new ceiling in our boat for some time now. We even did this on our previous boat. This week we decided to finally do something about that crappy ceiling in the salon. We have been contemplating different materials to use on the overhead and haven’t found one that we […] More
Identify Fiberglass Repairs We had a leak around our mast and figured we had to make fiberglass repairs. It was believed the original leak was due to the through bolting of the belaying pin rack. We removed it and during the refit and had the deck fiberglassed to cover the holes that were through bolted. […] More
Leaks This week we tackle what we think is a source for a leak we see down below around the mast and Deb Varnishes Varnishing Deb gets motivated and varnishes the salon, and starts the general cleanup that will be required to move back aboard. Gulfstar Work We do some work on Last Affair preparing […] More
Time with Family This week we got to spend some great time together during our family Christmas. We planned on taking a full week plus off work and boat projects while we went and visited family and stayed with Deb’s Brother and Sister in Law. Wow, We had a great time. We started by picking […] More
This week we start grinding new paint. We also take a router into the fiberglass between the new coach house and the roof. It was depressing and scared me, but it is amazing how experience allows us the delusion of confidence. I think there is a leak. I clearly have delusions of confidence to tear […] More
Finding another boat leak This week we found that another boat leak in heavy rain. This was so disheartening after all the work we had done. Deb and I divided and conquered some of the work on board the boat, as well as in our storage shed. Work trip But first, I flew out of town […] More
What is your state of residency? When you live on a Boat or in an RV, you have to consider where you want that to be Legally this is called your state of residency and it is something that you must consider. Many things will factor into your decision and below we will discuss the […] More