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Atticus Update 80: How to sew an inside corner, buying sails!
After 2 weeks of sewing and fiberglass work all day, everyday, we have saved up enough $ to buy sails! Desiree explains a sewing trick she learned the hard way.... By making a lot of mistakes :)
Atticus Update 69: V Berth Tour and Foam Talk!
We can't wait to get rid of our moldy foam and make proper v-berth cushions! Quick tour of my favorite little space in the world!
Atticus Update 65: Settee Cushions Done!
My second sewing project, complete! Introducing our newly upholstered settee cushions! What do you think?
Atticus Update 52: Installing Sailrite Mounting Clips for Curtain Track!
Installing mounting clips and musings about jumping in and learning a new skill. You gotta start somewhere, right?
Atticus Update 51: Installing Teak Handrails with Bed-It Butyl Tape
Today we installed teak handrails and sealed them to the cabin top with bed-it butyl tape! Not nearly as messy or stressful as installing and sealing our newly fabricated cap and rub rails with sikaflex!
Atticus Update 48: Celebrating our Final Farewell to the Boatyard
Celebrating our final farewell to the boatyard with sundowner key lime Rum & Cokes. Check out the new caprail and wish us luck for our first move in over a year!
Atticus Update 47: Moving our Stuff to the Marina!
After 1 year and 4 months in the boatyard, 4 trips to the urgent care center, roughly 300 trips to west marine, a couple emotional breakdowns, and countless mistakes, we're finally wrapping up our messy projects and moving to a marina where we can finish o...
Atticus Update 46: Jordan Bends the Transom Teak
Check out Jordan's strategy for bending the Carpal Teak for the Transom!
Atticus Update 45: Last Weeks in the Boatyard
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 putting in some overtime to finish up our last boatyard projects.
Atticus Update 44: Jordan Visits Desiree in La Paz, Mexico
Though we've spent the majority of the last year covered in bottom paint, fiberglass, bronze and wood dust, paint and epoxy, we are lucky enough to share a couple days of luxury in La Paz, Mexico while Desiree works on a 150 ft. Charter yacht out here! Sto...
Atticus Update 43: Cockpit Coamings Installed!
Progress! Installed the cockpit coamings and winch bases! 50+ year old wood trim has never looked this good!
Atticus Update 38: Bending Teak
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.
Atticus Update 42: Caprail #Fail
At best refitting Atticus has been 2 steps forward 1 step back. Today was more of a 3 steps back kind of day. Split scarfing on my cap rail project and the beginnings of bowsprit fabrication.
Atticus Update 10: Quick coat of primer
Jordan seals his fairing projects with Awlgrip 545 primer!