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Around the World in 80 Years…Maybe

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Category: Boat Projects

… And then the mast went up!

November 8, 2011 James Boat Projects, James' Blog

We lifted the stripped mast on to the deck and rigged it up on deck. The day was, at this point, perfect… … With the wind generator tied off and[…]

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Tongue and Groove

November 5, 2011 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts

The repaired bulkhead is now clad in 1×3 tongue and groove oak boards.  There are some trim issues to be sussed out, and the fasteners need to be bunged, but[…]

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Putting things together

September 25, 2011 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts

That’s my dad.  Dean Hankins.  He spent a couple weeks with us, during with time I put him to work about half the time.  We also managed to do some[…]

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Filling and Fairing (Mast Project)

September 16, 2011 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts

Let’s see.  Where were we?  Oh, right.  Bulkhead. This is structural filler.  It’s also called cat hair, because it’s shortish strands of fiberglass chopped up and mixed into an epoxy[…]

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Constructing the Arch (Mast Project)

September 7, 2011 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts

The last post was about forming the patch at the top of the arch.  I got stymied when I couldn’t lever it into position.  Well, I cut the piece out[…]

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Very First Reconstruction (Mast Project)

September 5, 2011 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts

Last thing we wrote about the mast project, we were going to hang tight through Irene and then get back to it.  As we posted, the hurricane wasn’t so bad[…]

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Deconstruction 2 (Mast Project)

August 27, 2011 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts

When last you saw us, we looked like this: Once the mast was secure on the dock and the storm passed, it was time to remove the mast step.  In[…]

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Deconstruction (Mast Project)

August 19, 2011 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog

See how happy I am?  Why am I so happy?  I don’t think this post will really answer that question…so it must be because I love the photographer. What is[…]

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Cockpit Sole Rebuild – Part 1 Demo

June 18, 2011 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts

Now that we’ve been working on this project for weeks, I wish I had posted mini-project updates as I went.  Since I wish I had, I’m going to split it[…]

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Increasing Solar Efficiency

February 15, 2011 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

I really like this: Atom Voyages: Solar Tracker. (Oops, broken link.) On S.V. Sapien, James and I had a small solar panel on a cup-and-ball mount and another on a[…]

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