In this video, there is a short update on the progress of my osmosis treatment. I get started on removing the old bronze thru hulls. Last but not least I put ...
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The tide is ready to turn on our refit and a few creaks and groans come out of Chuck while tightening deck screws before the painting of the interior hull ...
"Don't nobody got no Mr. Roboto!" This is a really fun video guys. You'll get to see, from start to finish, the installation of our below-decks hydraulic ...
Oh my gosh! What a project installing this windvane has been.... I guess that’s the tradeoff for a really good deal. Join us as we start to drill holes in ...
Continuing the refit of our Albin Vega 27, Lealea. The weather. Always the weather. Varnish, paint, epoxy and fiberglass all need better conditions than we ...
We are starting to work on Varuna to get her all ready to sail South! Join us as we start to get our hands dirty and get our first taste of boat projects! We ...
After a few days out sick, we resume our project, removing a loose glass bulkhead, inspecting and repairing canvas... To view the complete Cruising Lealea ...
It feels like Spring in Petersburg. Unusually warm weather allows a lot to be accomplished on Lealea's refit. To view the complete Cruising Lealea Refit ...
Making test patches of plywood to see how stain, penetrating resin, epoxy and varnish in various combinations will work for our project. We thank you for your ...
Time to start planning the haulout and major refit of Lealea, our 43 year old Albin Vega 27 sailboat. Just part of the living aboard and cruising life. ...
Obviously, we had to continue sanding and scraping, and scraping and sanding and sanding and sraping.... We spent the past 2 weeks just doing THAT. sooooo much ...
After sanding the damaged areas in the bilge, it was time to re-glass the floors and add some significant improvements to the original structure. Don't ...
Kamau is building a 54 ft boat in his yard. In part 2 (of 2) Kamau shows us his progress. We get to check out his strongback, the plywood and fiberglass dingy ...
Kamau is building a 54 ft boat in his yard. In part 1 (of 2) Kamau tells us about how he got started on this huge project. Kamau's YouTube channel: ...
After 3 long months in Haiti, (Dec. 14 - Mar. 15) we take the plane back to Uma and pick up where we left off refitting her. As we were inspecting some hidden ...
We took down her paint basically to the fiberglass. The green patches are where we had to re-core the deck.
Our Albin Vega Velocir needs new interior paint because the original is pretty rough! Here's how we prepped for painting-- sanding with a rotary sander, ...
PART 2 of 2: A guide to repair and fixing fiberglass blisters on boats. This is a common problem among sailboat hulls produced in the mid-seventies. ...
Camper Nicholson 31 owner repairs cracks and crazing in the gelcoat on the hull. This is caused by impact to the hull, manufacturer error in too thick gelcoat ...
A guide to repair and fixing fiberglass blisters on boats. This is a common problem among sailboat hulls produced in the mid-seventies. Narrated by a Camper ...