Jordan freshens up on his high school math to calculate what wire size we should order for our new standing rigging. After attempting to sort through the many ...

Desiree starts her next project, sewing the new settee cushions! With Desiree learning the ropes of sewing she is starting with the settee back cushions to ...

After getting back from California Jordan is taking on the tedious and time consuming project of polishing our new chainplates. We made these chainplates from ...

With Desiree learning through trial, error, and research she has made a lot of progress on her sewing skills and has found her new favorite tool, a hot knife. ...

After getting back from our California adventure Desiree got back to work on making new curtains. This is the first of many sewing projects that Desiree will ...

Curtains are coming along! Check out my working template and meet my mom who came down for a visit when she heard I'd be working on my first sewing project!

Installing mounting clips and musings about jumping in and learning a new skill. You gotta start somewhere, right?

After 1 year and 4 months in the boatyard, 4 trips to the urgent care center, roughly 300 trips to west marine, a couple emotional breakdowns, and countless ...

Check out Jordan's strategy for bending the Carpal Teak for the Transom!

This may be our last week in the boatyard! With all of our dirtiest projects coming to an end we will hopefully move to a marina soon, but to make that happen ...

Though we've spent the majority of the last year covered in bottom paint, fiberglass, bronze and wood dust, paint and epoxy, we are lucky enough to share a ...

Progress! Installed the cockpit coamings and winch bases! 50+ year old wood trim has never looked this good!

Jordan is finally back to work on Atticus after a month of working a "real" job. Check out what's next on the project list, including patching up some ...

Studying via iPad, over 3G internet, listening to lectures on the stereo, all on a sailboat built in 1963! Where tech and classic construction unite! As soon ...

Yeeeehhaaaaa! Check out our hillbilly Atticus steam box! This is the first step in bending our new teak cap rails.

How do we sponsor our refit and future circumnavigation plans in our twenties? One great source of income has been working on superyachts. Desiree drops us a ...

Jordan shows us the restored teak pieces (including winch blocks, combing blocks, and cockpit combing) that he's been working on. Next step: varnish!

Last step of our companionway woodworking project is applying AwlBrite! Check it out!

Check out the original exterior wood work! This 50 year old piece has aged about as well as Atticus herself and with a little TLC will look as good as new!

It's crazy to see the deck totally transform as we take each step forward. From re-coreing, to fairing, to spraying primer and topcoat, and finally to applying ...

Here we go! We've taped off sections of the deck and are working together to roll the awlgrip paint and scatter the GripTex coarse particles on the wet paint. ...

Desiree finished spraying topcoat on the cockpit locker doors, and Jordan is working on varnishing the companionway wood and priming the turtle hatch. She's ...

To seal our new companionway sliding hatch we decided on using West Systems Special Clear Hardener. This will offer a long lasting, durable seal, protecting ...

Spraying the second coat of Awlgrip 545 primer to our custom made Turtle Hatch. The first coat was mixed with 40% reducer to allow for the primer to soak into ...