Previously: PART 13: A BIT OF EVERYTHING With the cooler weather here again it was time to line up an indoor job for a few days. I've...

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Previous Post: BOAT RESCUE PART 11: INTERIOR FINISH WORK.  The weather has been perfect and I had all my paint materials in hand, so ther...

Previous Post: One Year in Restoration: the Boat Rescue. It's been a busy summer ... is it almost over already? Between trips in Sin Ta...

Previous Post: Part 10: Interior Work Starts in Ernest. Just a note in passing, today marks exactly one year since we pulled the Ballad ho...

Previous Post: BOAT RESCUE PART 9: THE FUN CONTINUES. It seems as though progress has been slow, but checking my photo files I realize thi...

Previous Post: BOAT RESCUE PART 8: FIRE IN THE HOLD .... well, in the garage anyway The last few weeks many projects have been started, bu...

PREVIOUS: BOAT RESCUE PART 7: GETTING IT ALL UNDER COVER The Yanmar 2GM20F is now officially alive. The next step is to build a gantry over...

PREVIOUS: BOAT RESCUE PART 6: INTERIOR REBUILD CONTINUES, ENGINE EXAMINED .. (Please click on any picture for an enlargement.) The origi...

PREVIOUS: BOAT RESCUE PART 5: INTERIOR REBUILD STARTS. (Please click on any picture for enlargement). The interior woodwork has all been ...

Previous: BOAT RESCUE PART 4: LET THE RESTORATION BEGIN As you can see by the picture below, Bennath's hull is now free of all the old...

(Previous: BOAT RESCUE PART 3: SO, WHAT DID I DRAG HOME? The rescue of a 1976 Albin Ballad 30' sailboat It's a relief to stop ta...

(Previous: BOAT RESCUE PART 2: THE MOVE. ) The rescue of a 1976 Albin Ballad 30' sailboat. Next step was to see just what I'd bo...

(Previous BOAT RESCUE: THE DANGERS OF SEARCHING CRAIGSLIST. The rescue of a 1976 Albin Ballad 30' sailboat. Deciding to rescue a boa...

(click on any image for a larger version) This year's Pacific Northwest Rendezvous was held July 1st to 3rd at Deer Harbor Marina  on...

(Click on pictures to enlarge.) It seems I have become a two-boat owner again. While searching Craigslist the other day for boats for sale...

The Black Fly and my Eastport Pram share the same mast, boom, and sail. Originally for the Eastport Pram, the rig is a copy of the popular S...

Like a lot of boat owners I have an electric bilge pump with an automatic float switch lurking in the depths of the bilge, to insure against...

Every couple of years I haul my boat to re-apply a coat of nasty toxic ablative antifouling paint. I use a full face respirator, disposable ...

An interesting  ezine on sailing a well-worn Pearson 30 around the Bahamas.... I thoroughly enjoyed it!