"Before the snow flies," is a busy time around a farm, and this year it involves improvements to the shed, fixing Akiva's platform, and doing a few other ...

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The finishing touches go onto the shower pan, which gets a drain installed, and the anchor locker, which gets an outlet for gunk that might make its way via ...

Another sail arrives! Our staysail is the second out of our four working sails to be completed. Thanks to M&H Bartles, Sailmakers. We keep at a few smaller ...

The usefulness of fiberglass, when applied in the right places, makes the proper application of it an important skill. This week, we tackle three projects, two ...

We get down to business in this episode. Installing our Nature’s Head, a marine toilet. The days of walking to the shorehead will be in the past! Thanks for ...

It seems like we start something, get it to a point, then move on to the next thing... and that's completely on purpose. We'll be able to know where we want ...

Our first look at the cushions inside the boat! We are half way through making all the cushions. I love the striped fabric for the dinette and the light color ...

Steve is the 5th generation of his family to live at Pinetum Farm, and many of his tools are lovely hand-me-downs, but some are workhorses he bought at the ...

We have so many to thank for helping us with materials for this project! It took, of course, longer than I thought to get the hang of it but mostly that was ...

Before we went to the boat show, Steve made progress with the galley sink, counter, and stowage area. He broke out some locust and used cherry for the first ...

To Jeff, who reached out to help with the windlass project, my emails kept getting sent back. Thanks for being willing to help! It means a lot to us. Thanks ...

We hope you caught the live discussion with Chesapeake Light Craft's John Harris that stood in for last week's episode. If not, here it is: ...

Typical work week for us, boatbuilding and video-making. The cabin house gets a little prettier with a splash of function. Enjoy the show! p.s. if you’re ...

We went live aboard a small cruising boat in Annapolis during the Annapolis Sailboat Show with Nica and Jeremy Waters, cruisers who went all-in on their ...

The sound gets better at 13:11! Thanks for your patience. We had the mics turned down from the noisy day before, when we were walking around a crowded show ...

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Here are the streaming and in-person events over the coming week: 7 a.m. ET, Friday, October 15: A2A Live from the Annapolis Sailboat Show The stream will ...

Oh what a tangled web we weave! Anyone will tell you about the compromises in nearly all liveaboard choices, and to be sure at least a vast majority of cubic ...

We sailed the boat, took a vacation, but we're not done building yet. We get right back into it working with Jack on our electrical. After a few days down ...

This week it's just what it says on the tin. Steve goes through making the four remaining drawers for the workbench after he finishes the proof-of-concept ...

After the high of raising and sailing with our mainsail it was hard to follow. Our buddy, Hoffa, convinced us we needed to take a more legit break and come ...

The Bellota the Bilge Dragon t-shirt can be found here: https://www.bonfire.com/bellota-the-bilge-dragon/ All of the milling in the last episode is starting ...

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