What Happened?
They say a boat is a hole in the water that you throw your money in, and there came a point where I just could not afford to keep it and sold it for a song. In all honesty, it was the most uncomfortable, seasickening, and miserable thing that I just absolutely loved doing. Even […]
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Doing some repairs.
I took Friday off and came down to the boat and worked on it through Saturday. I didn’t even get to take it out. I installed the radio that my father and I analyzed over the week and found out we really should jumper two pins to get the connector to work right. currently the […]
Read MoreOn the bay
I am trying to go to the boat every other weekend spending one weekend working on the boat and the other taking to boat out. This weekend (5/23/15) I sailed all the way from Forked river to Toms River and anchored there for the night. The next day the wind was from the south and […]
Read MoreMoving the boat to it’s new home.
The Plan The night before the final arrangements were made. I would meet up on Saturday morning with Brad and his friend Cynthia and we would sail from Jersey City to Sandy Hook. Then anchor overnight and Sunday shoot down the coast to Barnegat Bay and Forked River. The Reality Brad and […]
Read MoreSplash
I went down and watched as they put the boat into the water. I filmed it as well but I lost the base to my camcorder and can’t get the video off of it without it. I have ordered a cable for it but it may not arrive before I sail the boat on the […]
Read MoreLet the Panic begin.
The boat is scheduled to be put into the water on Monday April 6th. I went to the boat for a half day yesterday and tried to epoxy putty the sump pump in but it didn’t hold to the pump. If it is still holding to the boat then I will try and add more […]
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So much to do so little time.
Last weekend I went to the boat with Jacob who was my helper for the day. While we were there I used a bucket head wet/dry vac to suck the water out of the bilge. This was the best method so far to completely empty the bilge. Then I tried to glue the sump pump […]
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Starting to get ready for spring.
Today, Wednesday March 11th, is the first day the weather reached 60 so I went to the boat yard to start prepping the boat. However, even though the air was 60 I still had to negotiate a field of ice and water to get to the boat. Then once I got the ladder set up […]
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Door Handle Covers
I took the original covers and stripped the cracking white paint off of them. I had considered sending them out to be properly chrome plated but that would have cost way too much at $225 per handle so I decided to fake it. After watching this video comparing different chrome paints I decided to go […]
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