Here’s a quick list of everything major we did to prepare for cruising this fall. When we have a bit more downtime, we will follow up with some “how it was made”-type posts for some of these more interesting and complex projects (denoted by an asterisk): Brendan fabricated and installed […]
A lot has happened since last summer — both on the boat and off — and we’ve struggled to keep up with the blog! So we thought we’d give a whirlwind photo tour of some of what’s happened in the past year since our last post to get us all caught […]
I spent last weekend doing some work on the sailing dinghy we got from Henry and Birgitta. First off, I am really excited about this sailing dinghy. Brendan was in the market for a new [hard] dinghy after a mishandling of his previous [inflatable] dinghy last summer resulted in a […]
I have been trying to compile pictures of all of the projects I have done since buying Creeky with the intent of publishing all of them on this blog to document my progress. Part of the reason for doing this is to share updates with friends and family, but it’s […]
So, I hate this paint. And I’m not just referring to the color, which reminds me of my first car (1982 Volvo 240DL wagon). It was “cute” on the car and would be cute on a dinghy, but it’s not the right color for a blue water boat. The other […]
It took us 4 days to completely sand and paint the hull. First, we sanded the hull with random orbit sanders. We wore lots of protective gear for this job, since the black powder from sanding got everywhere. Then we painted the hull with a red undercoat so that we’ll know when it’s time […]
Sometimes you think you have everything ready to go, until a surveyor finds a soft spot in the hull… Nothing better than a last minute repair! Better to find out about it now than when it’s in the water. […]
