Work continues aboard our Albin Vega 27 sailboat. Chuck gets the engine controls connected and our fuel tank installed. To view the complete Cruising Lealea ...
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After a two week frenzy, we are once more living aboard Lealea. The first phase of the refit is coming together. Installing the settee and back pieces before ...
Rebuilding the old sailboat. The refit of Albin Vega#1860, Lealea, continues... The interior is beginning to come together. Laura has polished up the sink and ...
Our Endeavour 32 sailboat gets a new water tank lid to replace the rotten one that was contaminating our drinking water. This project, like all boat projects, ...
Rebuilding the old sailboat. The refit of Albin Vega#1860, Lealea continues... Mast up and protective tarps rigged, Lealea is prepared for the Southeast ...
Rebuilding the old sailboat. The refit of Albin Vega#1860, Lealea continues... Installing an essential piece of equipment: the Water Maker, a reverse osmosis ...
Rebuilding the old sailboat. The refit of Albin Vega#1860, Lealea continues... On a boat or ship, the "Ceiling" is the liner of the hull. That which you ...
I rip out some of the old carpet headliner in our O'day 272 while waiting for our rudder to arrive in the mail. ...
Time for yet another DIY sailboat restoration update video. Feel free to check out my other videos. All videos listed chronology: http://vid.io/xov5 If you ...
The rebuild of our Albin Vega 27, Lealea continues. To view the complete Cruising Lealea Refit Playlist, click the link! ...
Progress! Installed the cockpit coamings and winch bases! 50+ year old wood trim has never looked this good!
Yeeeehhaaaaa! Check out our hillbilly Atticus steam box! This is the first step in bending our new teak cap rails.
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 ...
We mapped out our deck so that we can strategically prep and apply nonskid particles over the next couple of days. We'll be using Awlgrip paint and coarse ...
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 ...
We are back everybody! After a short hiatus (Jordan's Ankle has been healing and Desiree has been in the Caribbean working as a freelance stewardess on a 154ft ...
Great news! We finished spraying the topcoat and it looks great! The stars aligned and weather, equipment, and nearby boats all were favorable. The finish ...
The boatyard warrior is back in action! Jordan gives us a status report on the long overdue project of painting the deck! We Just finished filling all of the ...
This winter I restored my 41 year old Albin Ballad (sailboat) to cruising condition. It was a lot of work but it turned out pretty nice! Video of the final ...
We're thinking that the 1963 Allied Seawind might just be the sailboat for us. Just to be sure, we're having the boat surveyed and hauled out of the water to ...
Follow Desiree and Jordan as they arrive in Key West to survey a 1963 Allied Seawind to find whether it really is the sailboat of their dreams, or if this boat ...