While I like the New Found Metal portlights that are installed on the boat the one in the galley was leaking and is set too far back to easily reach so my project last weekend was the portlight removal and fiberglassing in the resulting hole. Portlight Removal The removal of the portlight was easy as it’s just eight screws holding the window in place. In the...
One of the known issues, when I purchased Pomaika’i, was a few soft spots in the deck. The bow area that supports the windlass, an electrical winch that raises and lowers the anchor chain, was the worst area on the deck. When you used the winch the deck would bounce so much the windlass just turned into a blur of motion. Definitely not something I could rely on...
I’ve been taking care of a bunch of small boat projects around the boat. I’m still waiting on the insurance company to submit an offer to settle for the damage done two months ago. It’s been a long and frustrating process as patience isn’t one of my virtues. Once the insurance payoff happens, I have to move the boat about 4 hours up the coast...
Well, Life thought I was bored, so it sent a phone call from the marina. I became un-bored. I was the victim of a boat crash. I got back to the marina as quickly as possible with a ton of worst case scenarios racing through my head (and the accompanying solutions) because they didn’t have a lot of information. All I knew was that the boat had been hit and there...