After removing all the hardware from our old masts, removing corrosion, and cleaning the aluminum Jordan now re-installs the old hardware and many new pieces. ...

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 ...

As we have been refitting Atticus we have in our free time sailing O'Day 22s from the Key West Sailing Club to train Desiree on how to sail. After many days on ...

After being bummed out by the massive crowds, the heat of the valley floor in Yosemite, and a failed attempt to get a site at Camp 4 we decided a long hike ...

Instead of Selling Jordan's motorcycle and returning to Key West we decided to take Lucile (the bike) out for one last epic ride to one of California's most ...

Half Dome, one of Yosemite's most iconic peaks, was on the top of our list to hike. But instead of suffering the tedious permit process we decided to hike the ...

Desiree's mom takes over in the galley! Marina life is pretty awesome!

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?

Today we installed teak handrails and sealed them to the cabin top with bed-it butyl tape! Not nearly as messy or stressful as installing and sealing our newly ...

Check out our new slip and work shed! Desiree just received her Sailrite ultrafeed in the mail and is excited to tear into it! New curtains, here we come! Any ...

We're finally out of the boatyard! Not too far of a trip to the Marina around the corner, but the change in lifestyle is drastic! Showers, gym, captain's ...

Celebrating our final farewell to the boatyard with sundowner key lime Rum & Cokes. Check out the new caprail and wish us luck for our first move in over a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Swimming with whale sharks and exploring beaches along the coast of la Paz, Mexico makes some time away from Atticus bearable, but I can't wait for the day ...

After sitting in the steam box for almost 3 hours we now bend the teak to the plywood pattern which we traced from Atticus' gunwale.

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

At best refitting Atticus has been 2 steps forward 1 step back. Today was more of a 3 steps back kind of day. Split scarfing on my cap rail project and the ...