After a nice couple of days at Liberty Bay and Poulsbo it was time to head to Edmonds to meet up with my family and celebrate my sister’s birthday. This trip involved transiting Agate Passage and then crossing the main channel of Puget Sound. There is a strong afternoon and evening wind forecast for Admiralty … More One month
It has been some time since I’ve posted about SWEET PEA’s Salish Sea adventure. I’ve been busy on my new boat/home SWALLOW and posting on this BLOG what I hope are helpful information on semi-generic trailerable sailboat things before the information disappears into the dead portions of the Internet. So here begins again the tale … More Some catching up
Trailer sailors are great boats … one of many reasons it is easy to inspect the rigging each time the boat is put on/off the water as we rise/lower the mast. … More Rigging Inspections
As Spring has come I am touching up AIR BORN’s rudder & tiller varnish. Sage 17 and Montomery 15 owners, as the rudder design is the same, will find this post helpful in doing rudder and tiller maintenance on their boats. … More Spring commissioning – rudder and tiller
In this post I will outline my process for finish varnishing … More Varnishing Part 2
‘How to varnish’ is one of those topics that sailors can spend hours discussing and never come to a consensus. In the end most agree that: … More Varnishing
For a new boat, or a boat that has never been bottom painted, the first step is ‘shooting the waterline‘. There are many ways to do this: water hose method, string and a level, or a laser level. These all assume you know where the waterline should be … not always obvious when the boat is brand new. … More Antifouling bottom paint – the waterline
If you plan on leaving your boat in the water for an extended period of time applying antifouling bottom paint to you boat required (usually). Most locations will result in bottom growth after a few weeks, though there are exceptions. … More Antifouling bottom paint: selecting bottom paint
Exterior and interior wood, to me, makes a sailboat ‘salty’ and appropriately like, well, a boat. From my early days, when my folks started sailing, a proper boat required some wood showing. When my folks went looking for a family boat a few 100% wood boats were considered (though only for a short time). … More Wood finishes
SWEET PEA has been lifted off her trailer, centerboard dropped, striped, sealed, antifouling painted and reinstalled back in into the boat. She is now set for another 10+ years.
M17 #375 - SWEET PEA 