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It seems like everyone has a white boat....so we've decided to make a change with ours. We're so sorry for the month of silence - there hasn't been much to update on our end, except the tent still hasn't been repaired and there's only been a few spaces in...

Got a scuff? A scratch? A problem area on your boat that needs fixing, but unsure if you can make the repair with Awlgrip paint? Have no fear, I tested it out so you don't have to! Hopefully someone finds this helpful. Don't miss out on upcoming sailing ...

Happy NEW YEAR! It's always fun this time of year to look back on what we have accomplished this year. And this year we accomplished a lot of boat work from fibreglassing to painting we've done some major upgrades to Barefoot! What do you think?? (S5 E18) ...

In this episode we continue to make progress with cleaning and spray painting Wilda! Today we focus on the front bit, cleaning, washing and wiping the beam and the catwalk. After that we continue under the boat and the forward area inside the hulls. SHE LO...

It's time to anti-foul the bottom of the boat, but first some sanding is required! This is the result. Next step is bottom painting

We finally got all the one part primer scraped off the boat, now let hope we don't run into any more obstacles. We decided to go with Awl Grip 2-part primer and topside paint. The two part paint cures through a chemical reaction so we won't have to wait da...

Can you paint a boat in the rain? Does prop antifouling work? Waiting for the weather to give us a break... 00:00 Getting the spray painting done 00:29 Painting antifoul and topsides in the rain 01:36 On the hard during lockdown 02:00 Police boat with a ...

This week we are painting and redoing the paint and nonskid on the coach roof. We used AlexSeal primer and top coat in the shade Cloud White to paint the boat. We touch briefly on the application in the video, but we want to reiterate how well the roll add...

We take you through the trials, tribulations and ultimate successes of painting our entire boat with a roller and brush (Roll and Tip method). Here's the link to the video we found really helpful on Roll and Tip method from the channel Tips from a Shipw...

All of our sailboat repair and maintenance blogs are now hosted on our dedicated maintenance channel, MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipmaintenance An edited version of this video is now hosted there. Although ...

With the boat lifting onto the hardstand last week we commence our boat works which predominately included doing some repairs around the prop shaft, sanding back the keel removing rust spots and filling and fairing, epoxy, prime underneath and finish off w...

I prepared this time! I actually wrote out a specific list of things I wanted to find out at the boat show related to forthcoming projects. I questioned a few technical experts from different companies and received a lot of valuable information. And saw th...