I continue sanding the hull of my new sailboat (a Warrior 38). The goal is to get rid of all the old barrier coat (an epoxy primer). After a failed osmosis ...

We reached out to about 8 different Sail Lofts in Southern Florida to price out our sail pack for circumnavigation. Super Sailmakers were not only the first to ...

Hi, and welcome to Sailing at 9000! Our channel is part adventure travel and part "virtual sailing" ... It's also a bit of "how to", especially as regards our ...

As we mentioned so many times, being in this Boatyard have its benefits. You know what they say " one man's trash is another man's treasure." We got to ...

This may be our last week in the boatyard! With all of our dirtiest projects coming to an end we will hopefully move to a marina soon, but to make that happen ...

Jordan is finally back to work on Atticus after a month of working a "real" job. Check out what's next on the project list, including patching up some ...

After sitting in the steam box for almost 3 hours we now bend the teak to the plywood pattern which we traced from Atticus' gunwale.

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!

Here we go! We've taped off sections of the deck and are working together to roll the awlgrip paint and scatter the GripTex coarse particles on the wet paint. ...

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 ...

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 wind just might ruin the weekend, as we were looking forward to finally spraying topcoat! We are soooo close! Jordan breaks down the weather situation.

Desiree sprays the final coat of primer (Alwgrip 545 Epoxy Primer) and does an excellent job! Check out the spray master in action!

In the spirit of egalitarianism Desiree will be spraying the last coat of primer tomorrow. She's a little nervous...

Desiree is back in town after doing some freelance stewardess work in the Bahamas. The last time she saw the boat, it was multi-colored from sanding through 50 ...

Living on a sailboat in a boatyard with a broken leg is less than ideal, but there are a few perks, most notably the electric shopping cart at the grocery ...

Watch this to see what happens over a 6 week period on a sailboat refit! See the before and after pictures and videos :) A special 'thank you' to Andrea Blasi, ...

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Jordan reveals some pretty nasty rotten balsa core in our cockpit. Check our other Atticus Updates to see how to fix this problem.

There is a LOT of sanding to do before we can apply the topcoat over the primer. As I sand away my father is finishing up our new companionway hatch and turtle ...

We took down her paint basically to the fiberglass. The green patches are where we had to re-core the deck.