Join the Founders Circle and become part of the story at: www.MarinerSpirit.com Two stories. One ship. Sixty years of memories that don’t quite agree. In ...

For five months, we’ve been preparing to restore Lady Hawk without doing much restoration at all. We built the workshop, brought in the machinery, stockpiled ...

People keep telling me this is an engine. Others insist it’s a motor. Both sides sound completely convinced. The strange part is that they’re both arguing ...

What was supposed to be a simple day of maintenance and diagnostics on Lady Hawk’s 1962 Grenaa semi-diesel quickly turned into something else entirely. While ...

This 1962 Danish engine shouldn’t have been built when it was. While the world was building rockets, computers, and modern diesel engines, somebody was still ...

For months, people have been asking the same questions: What exactly is the business? Why tequila? Why aren’t we already in Mexico? When do we leave? This ...

A shop needs two things: somewhere to put your tools, and somewhere to use them. This week we turn an antique chest into a toolbox and finish a massive ...

We bought one old wooden ship. That was supposed to be the project. But somewhere along the way, the tools started piling up, the crew started growing, the ...

Head to MarinerSpirit.com to support this project! I was about to spend $5000 on roughly 200 board feet of white oak for the restoration of Lady Hawk, our ...

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Uncertainty about big life choices… If this story moves you, if you feel that pull toward adventure, legacy, and a different kind of future, join the Founders ...