KARL got a little brother this week, a Banana-Boat, that can be rowed, sailed and motored. What an awesome new fleet member! Last week was full of ...
In the week that Thailand falls under marshal law... the top coat is now being applied and the masts look like new. Goy's paint team are working on various ...
We're still waiting for the top coat to arrive and the painters are almost done faring the deck and boxes. The cockpit box is taking shape too, whilst the ...
KARL is finally back to where he belongs: in the water! Not much more to say about that...it feels great and it surely was a super special day for me. Find ...
The painters have finished faring the deck and the head painter is keen to crack on with the Awlgrip 545 undercoat. There's still a bit to do with the deck ...
Karl's bottom paint is finally finished and he is standing on the hard with his new black robe, ready to go back into the water, where he belongs. What a ...
The big news this week was the launch of Thea after two years in the boat yard. Meanwhile the painters have almost finished faring the deck and the carpenters ...
We're into week 12 and things are starting to take shape. For the first time I walked into the saloon and got a glimpse of what it's all going to look like. ...
After more than four weeks to take down the paint of Karl's botom, it took only two to put the first layer of etching primer on. It seems that everything went ...
Whilst the rest of Thailand took to the streets to celebrate Songkran, we took a short break in Ko Lanta where we answered your questions. - why did we get ...
Not only delayed but it's also just a short one this week...KARL is finally down to bare aluminium and my paint has arrived also. Things are progressing and it ...
Big progress on the project list this week. I finally got Karl's holes welded. It was quite exciting and I am really happy that it is done. I also started to ...
It was all about the painters this week as they raced against the ensuing storms to spray the first couple of layers of Awlgrip 545 primer. The painters ...
The welder will come next week and I used the time for some other projects on the endless to do list. I widened the through-hull for my new depth sounder and ...
Week Eight of our boat's refit and this week we discover some holes in the deck. The painters are almost ready for the Awlgrip undercoat and the galley is ...
Meet The A Team, now known as the E(sper) Team! For our Week Seven Summary video we introduce you to the entire team responsible for Esper's refit. In this ...
This week I organized a littel Sanding Party and had some friends over to help me to smoothen the surface of Karl's hull. It was a fun day, we got a lot of ...
10:55 Meet "Pong Ton Tui! #1 Carpenters!" Our sixth summary video of progress aboard Esper, which is undergoing a major refit in PSS Satun Boatyard, Thailand. ...
Not much has really happened this week. I am still grinding, nearly finished, and I have only found three more holes. The rest of the hull seems to be quite ...
Come into my office. Yes, we have an office, albeit a bit noisy and breezy. It was a frustrating week for some (me) but the rest of the team has been cracking ...
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It's time to find out the truth...so I have to take down the paint of KARL's hull to see if there are more holes hiding underneath. What a job! It's day number ...
This is to accompany our blog post on Esper's Refit Week Three, which you can find here: http://followtheboat.com/2014/02/23/esper-refit-week-3. It was ...
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