Strange red head, beach, dolphins, sunbathing, medicine chest, water pump, abandoned boats You never know what you’ll see on Sailing Intermission. Steve and ...

Plugging a hole, lights, stripping paint, iguanas, raccoons, beach, bikini, cartwheel and more. We’re continuing our detailing of Isabella down below. Steve ...

The refit of Albin Vega#1860, Lealea continues... Rain and workshop tales. To view the complete Cruising Lealea Refit Playlist, click the link! ...

Working together Chuck and Laura glass in the forward bulkhead using System Three Epoxy. The refit of our Albin Vega 27' sailboat, Lealea, continues. To ...

Mixing epoxy and applying the fiberglass cloth to the new bulkhead, again. A few sunny days in a row allow us to get quite a bit more done toward refinishing ...

Just a supplement to our Cruising Lealea Refit No. 35. More details on making a pattern for the new bulkhead. To view the complete Cruising Lealea Refit ...

Long version. Just hanging out and chatting while the work continues on rebuilding the interior of our Albin Vega 27 sailboat, Lealea. Progress on the new ...

Short version. Just hanging out and chatting while the work continues on rebuilding the interior of our Albin Vega 27 sailboat, Lealea. Progress on the new ...

Paint won't dry at 40f. We knew that... To view the complete Cruising Lealea Refit Playlist, click the link! ...

At last we begin work on putting it all back together. The refit of our Albin Vega 27 sailboat, Lealea, continues. The bulkheads are back from being glassed ...

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 ...

Taking a short break from the project to volunteer at the weigh in station for the 35th annual Petersburg Chamber of Commerce Salmon Derby. To view the ...

The Albin Vega 27 is said to have problems with the deck stepped mast support beam. During our refit we are taking steps to strengthen the whole mast support ...

The centerpiece of the interior rebuild of our Albin Vega 27, Lealea is the new main bulkhead. We spend a lot of time and effort on getting the fit just ...

Removing the main bulkhead. Another step in the refit of our Albin Vega 27 sailboat, Lealea. Many thanks to our dear friend Pat for assisting with the dirty ...

Williwa shipmate Tom Straughn flew to Petersburg, Alaska to help with the refit of our Albin Vega 27 sailboat, Lealea . Tom arrived and immediately picked up ...

The refit of our Albin Vega 27 sailboat, Lealea is proceeding nicely. Removed bulkheads to replace and refinish. With help from Tom Straughn of Williwa ...

The refit of our Albin Vega 27, Lealea, continues. Shipmate Tom arrived and immediately pitched in. We got a lot of work done today To view the complete ...

Chuck and Laura continue the work on rebuilding Lealea's interior. The more we do the more we find to do..... To view the complete Cruising Lealea Refit ...

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 ...

Making progress on the refit of our Albin Vega 27, Lealea. The first pieces of interior woodwork are nearly done. Is that a light at the end of the tunnel or ...

Finally we are seeing some results. The first wave of of stained and painted pieces are nearly done. Rebuilding the interior of our cruising sailboat, ...

The crew spend their days in continual cycles of mixing epoxy, painting epoxy and waiting for epoxy to dry. They say you learn more from failure than ...