It's time for the fiberglass and gelcoat grinding to be over! We tear into the boat more only to discover that it's not built the way anybody thought...

We cut all of the tabs off the grid with minimal drama (only inflicted a little more damage than necessary). Progress is slow, we do have some good news.

We FINALLY get the keel dropped on our Beneteau 49 that we bought at auction so we can finish the fiberglass repairs.

We make the official call that the salon needs to come out, completely. Luckily we've had plenty of practice with Beneteau interior design and get it out quick

We take little break from the grind (literally) to talk through the damage thus far and our feelings about it.

The grinding saga continues! Our leaking Beneteau 49 has serious structural damage and we're almost done removing all the gelcoat and interior pieces...

We are grinding maniacs in this episode. We grind gel coat, and then grind gel coat some more and in between we talk about how it's going grinding gel coat.

And so the repairs begin. One day we'll sail our beautiful yacht to romantic tropical beaches, but today is not that day.

As promised! Here is a short video explaining what happened and what needs to happen with our boat. At least as far as we can tell at this point.

As we put together more of the story with this boat we learn that this boat was initially damaged several years ago. It seems it was repaired and damaged again.

We know our Beneteau 49 has a damaged grid. But we don't know how extensive that damage is, yet. This week we DIY our way to removing the interior furniture...

We leave the protection of the marina and sea-walled bay and head to a more hospitable yard! This is our first time handling this large of a boat (Beneteau 49).

We have a lot of repairs to do on our salvaged Beneteau 49 - but the yard the boat is at doesn't allow DIY repairs......or our dogs.

Battered, Beaten, Bashed and Broken....Bought. We bought our dream boat, broken and wrecked from an insurance salvage auction.