We bought the cheapest dinghy on Facebook Marketplace 😂 And it didn't go so well! But also on a really really exciting note, we went sailing...
Expedition Evans
Let's do a bit of a tour of the boat. We go fore to aft and point out all the things we need to fix on the boat, and all the things we just want to fix or add.
The final survey is complete, and we passed! He had very little to comment on, only a handful of things to correct and none of them major. Lots of hose clamps
The repairs are finished and we think we are ready. Our surveyor is coming in the morning and we are in a rushed panic to get everything ready.
Well here it is, WITH SAILS installed! We finally hoist the sails and take a look at what we've accomplished.
Well, after 4 months of delays, it's finally time to get the mast stepped! The weather is cold, and it even starts SNOWING while they climb the mast...
Our freshly fixed boat manages to runs aground sitting in its slip, we get our mast hauled to a different yard, and we get the interior of the boat picked up..
It's time we get all the gel coat and fiberglass dust out of the boat so we can move in! The dust got EVERYWHERE but with an air compressor, a lot of rags..
We're pushing towards becoming a sailboat again and turning this now floating boat into our home. Every panel, screw, bolt feels like a win and we're loving it.
New beginning, here we come.
It's Launch Day! We've spent the past many months sanding, grinding, glassing, painting, sweating, crying, and lots of laughing...all to get to today.
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It's the final days before we launch. Dana and Lou come to help. Brett gets home from a work trip and we wind up in the air.
Our bilge has been completely rebuilt. And now it's time to use whatever it takes to make it smooth. Fairing, sanding, painting, flow coat? peel ply? Who knows.
WE DID IT!! With that last bit of fiberglass we have completely finished the repairs of our salvage yacht! Cleaning, fairing, painting, and reassembling to do.
Pressure washing helped, but it's time to get to work with some sanders, scrapers, paint stripper, oh and we even try an air compressor and soda blaster (lol).
Installing Our Rudder Once AGAIN (but this time with a little piece of string) | Expedition Evans 25
Installing our rudder once again...This is a huge step in restoring our salvaged sailboat back to her former glory. It really should have been pretty easy...
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An error in almost any one of the previous steps could mean that the keel doesn't line up just right and would require some serious work to fix it.
Now one final detail, cleaning up the bolt holes and giving them a bit of a chamfered edge and we're there! Also, very exciting- Brett comes back next week!
With Brett off to his other work, it's boat building with Jade again. Except this time, it's not so much building as it is removing some of our hard work.
Fiberglassing once again! We beef up the area directly around the keel and specifically the keel bolt area. We have the glass, time and means.
Before we can even think of putting the keel back on we need to re fiberglass the bilge sump box to the hull again.
We had a blast filming this and wanted to keep it more raw and real...so here you go, time to get to know us even better!