Living Aboard A Sailboat

Tag - teak

Christmas Break

Took a week off of work for the Christmas break. Originally the first few days were supposed to be dedicated to the sail plan changes but the rigger came out two weeks early and did the first phase of the install by himself. So spent most of the week just enjoying the break, getting back into the habit of going to the gym and doing some minor work around the boat...

Busy Day Wood Working

The goal for this weekend was to finish up the exterior teak and other wood working projects. It was another scorcher this weekend, 90’s with 70% humidity and RealFeel was 104. I think the heat and humidity slows me down more than the work. Another day of getting up early to beat the heat. Started sanding the varnish that was left on the hand rails. I taped off...

Wood Working Weekend

Spent Saturday morning working on the exterior teak on the sailboat Palani. It was forecast to be a sweltering day, so I started at 5 am. The teak was originally varnished but allowed to go bad over the last few years. The varnish (what little bit that was left) was spotty and coming off. I removed most of it on previous weekends with a putty knife. I don’t...