Departure date....well more like we are aiming to leave for Mexico depending on weather: September 27th - October 6th. SO MUCH TO DO IN A MONTH! AHHHH We finished the mast the night before we left for the BVI. We got all the steps on and wrapped it all up so the paint would not … Continue reading On the HARD, PRISM floats again, test sail, IT ALL WORKS!!!!
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The Rush To Finish Before Vacation
We have been working day and night to get these projects done and make it so PRISM can go sailing again. WE ARE GOING NUTS WITH A WANT-TO-BE power boat, there is nothing we want more right now than to have a mast and bowsprit again. Friends of our came by the boat and made … Continue reading The Rush To Finish Before Vacation
Summer Update
Where is all the time going?!?! we have been so busy! I don't even know where to start to update about everything that has happened. We did finally get all the varnish finished! We finished the cap rails first then were stopped due to weather and busy weekends. Jon in 1 week knocked out the … Continue reading Summer Update
The Tale of a Rusty Winch
-Written By Jon- PART ONE: The process of rebuilding our winches was not a planned one. When we decided we where going to do the outside bright work I went about removing as much hardware as I could from the teak areas that needed to be varnished. Among the various pieces where our two primary … Continue reading The Tale of a Rusty Winch
Getting our shit together.. literally, MORE bright work, Birds….and our pretty re-installed winches!
Yes we are STILL working on the bright work.. It is never ending. But we are almost ready to start with the cetol.. all we need to do is bleach some of the areas that went grey. In the mean time.. Jon has been getting the boat ready for our haul out in February, starting with … Continue reading Getting our shit together.. literally, MORE bright work, Birds….and our pretty re-installed winches!
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