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Showing posts with label maintenance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maintenance. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Starting A Boat With A Paperclip

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This isn't a project per se... well actually it is, but the most important part of this post is the successful trouble shooting of a pr...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

To Helm with It

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Rich & Jeni continue the re-fit of their Tayana 37, s/v Ramble On . Here, the helm gets treated to a new finish.  Note also the transf...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Fender Washers--Basically Useless?

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Drew has been at it again...  Here he is testing fender washers as might be used instead of proper backing plates for items thru-bolted on d...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Roadmaps For Troubleshooting

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Our boat, Eolian , came with a full set of factory prints covering wiring, plumbing, and rigging.  And tho there had been changes (mostly to...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Out Damned Spot!

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This is a mash-up of posts which originally appeared on Windborne in Puget Sound On Eolian 's decks hundreds of black spots have been...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Rusty Hinge Replacement

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This post originally appeared on Windborne in Puget Sound You may remember that one of the early projects we did on Eolian was to rebuild...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

The New Brasso: Redux

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This post originally appeared on Windborne in Puget Sound Earlier I whined about the recent reformulation of Brasso . Wasn't the old ...
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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Rebuilding Whale MK IV Tiptoe Pump

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Maintenance on a boat is a constant.  Maintenance tasks are small boat projects that can provide a great deal of satisfaction.  Rick aboard...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Wire Cable vs. Stanchions

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Over at Sail Delmarva Drew puts the test equipment he has built to work investigating the ability of various recommended lifeline materials...
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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Closet refurbishing

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Out there aboard s/v Jana , Janna tackles refurbishing one of the closets.  It's a bigger job than you might expect... We are back in...