Setting a Drop Dead Date
So far, our timeline for completely overhauling our life has looked like this: 2015-2016 Intermittently toy with the idea of moving to Costa Rica or really anywhere outside the U.S. for a change of pace. July 2016 AirBnB on a small sailboat in the Baltimore Harbor, play around with the idea of [...]
Under the Engine Bilge
Under the engine is an isolated part of the bilge. There's a pipe that runs from the forward cabin to the aft cabin where the primary bilge pump is. I didn't understand why this was important until I thought about it a while. The engine can leak oil, diesel, and [...]
The Center Cabin Seating Area
There was a bench on either side of the center pilot house that I suspected might have some termites. The center pilot house sits above the engine midships. The seating was in pretty bad shape so I thought I'd check it out and see how much needs to be removed. [...]
A Little Spring Cleaning
I stopped in one of the big-box hardware stores and rented a small electric pressure washer to do some cleaning on the top-side. It isn't exactly clear how long the boat has been sitting here but the best guess is around 5 years. And it has an awning but it [...]
Floor Stringer installation
The floor stingers need to be painted on all six edges so it was easier to do that before installing them. The ends actually weren't painted because they will be epoxied in (which is a universal primer) and then painted. The photo above also shows the initial coats of enamel [...]
Time to Paint
With everything in the main cabin gutted and cleaned, it was time to paint the bilge and basically everything under what will be the sole (floor) First the forward Head (bathroom) and Chain Locker. The areas that aren't painted are where the floor of the chain locker in the very [...]
Sans Galley (Part III)
After a bit more work, the flooring in the Galley has been removed exposing the fuel and water tanks. It isn't obvious from this view but where the white squares are near the center of the image is the bilge whereas either side of that are the Water and Fuel [...]
Captain Jack and Quartermaster Autumn
Boatswain Fain
The Sea Shanti
