The painting marathon is over… only a few sprints to go
Yesterday we did not touch a paint brush… no painting, no blasting…. not even a thought of it. Yeah… really! Yesterday we got to stand back, look at her …
Sandblastiing and painting
Three consecutive days of blasting
Three consecutive days of sandblasting appears to be our limit… we are exhausted and sore, but happy. Three days of sandblasting means I have been in the suit for …
I have a secret…
Yep… I have a secret. I actually enjoy sandblasting. I know, “sandblasting” and “enjoy” do not belong in the same sentence, so let me explain. With the right equipment, …
A month of progress with our young hard working guest
Youen is the sons of lifelong friends, neighbors from my childhood. Friendship that travels through generations is something special. Our grandmothers were friends, I am friends with his parents …
Whats more fun then sandblasting and painting?
Pretty much anything!!! It was one very long day (it always is and that’s what is so dreadful about sandblasting/painting a steel boat)…. Up at 5am, work started at …
Not much new blasting and painting
So I said it, I’m ready to be done with the boat building and get sailing. Unfortunately, we’re not there yet and as I am not keen on giving …
Blasting and Biking
This evening, I’m quite cozy on front of the wood stove with Mack-a-pousse purring on my lap, Murphy is laying on front of the fire and Marley curled on …
The Concept Of Murphy O’clock
We are finally done painting our bow section..oouff…but that’s only a little part of the whole, we have to keep going. We are sandblasting and painting the boat in …
All I want is sushi
The blasting of the bow started in our gigantic integral sewage tank. That started on Thursday the 27th of August. It seemed to start well, but we soon noticed …
Getting ready for the blast
It’s simply too hot to do anything today so I must as well write some more. I realized I didn’t make any mention of how we prepared the boat …
