Almost any boat you buy will require proper resealing as most owners let them go in the last few years before selling. The boat is looking awesome. Soon it will be down to just normal maintenance. Your cruising area looks fantastic. Our water up here is rock solid and another two months before launch!!
As a new live aboard you should be very critical of what things you bring on to the boat. As it is very easy to clutter up the boat and and that makes it longer to get ready to go sailing and the next thing you know is that you do not go. Junk adds up quickly to extra weight as well. Once you are done with the power tools they will last a lot longer out of the boat then left in a locker and you will be surprised at the amount of weight. However battery powered tools like drills and your oscillating tool are still worth keeping on board as are hand tools Etc. Also if you can keep your walls clean of knick knacks it is also safer in heavy weather as it will be less things to hit with your body.
Absolutely. We find living aboard we've slowly gathered alot of things. And the 'putting away' takes so long when you decide to go sailing. We are def getting better now at keeping things as minimal as possible!
When I was building the Nicholson 32's we had leaking deck problems on almost all of them. There was saltwater ingress after they had been sailed gunwale down. We found that the water was entering through the glued joint between hull and deck and then traveling along the glass bond ing layer until it found a way out. Same setup as the Swansons and really difficult to rectify.
That's exactly the problem. One-day, Kieran would really like to glass over the deck-hull join and fix the issue for good. But that's a pretty big job and therefore quite away down the list at the moment.
The bed looks great. Smart plan to mix in sailing. Projects can become a corridor. Thank you for posting!👊🏼
We agree the projects definately become an obstacle, we aim to have a good balance between work and sailing as much as possible👍
Almost any boat you buy will require proper resealing as most owners let them go in the last few years before selling.
The boat is looking awesome.
Soon it will be down to just normal maintenance.
Your cruising area looks fantastic. Our water up here is rock solid and another two months before launch!!
Yeah it seems to be the case with any boat really...you don't realise how much work is required until you in the thick of it😅
As a new live aboard you should be very critical of what things you bring on to the boat. As it is very easy to clutter up the boat and and that makes it longer to get ready to go sailing and the next thing you know is that you do not go. Junk adds up quickly to extra weight as well. Once you are done with the power tools they will last a lot longer out of the boat then left in a locker and you will be surprised at the amount of weight. However battery powered tools like drills and your oscillating tool are still worth keeping on board as are hand tools Etc. Also if you can keep your walls clean of knick knacks it is also safer in heavy weather as it will be less things to hit with your body.
Absolutely. We find living aboard we've slowly gathered alot of things. And the 'putting away' takes so long when you decide to go sailing. We are def getting better now at keeping things as minimal as possible!
Good idea about getting Awry shipshape, save the cosmetics for when and if you decide to sell.
Yeah exactly right 👍
When I was building the Nicholson 32's we had leaking deck problems on almost all of them.
There was saltwater ingress after they had been sailed gunwale down. We found that the water was entering through the glued joint between hull and deck and then traveling along the glass bond ing layer until it found a way out. Same setup as the Swansons and really difficult to rectify.
That's exactly the problem. One-day, Kieran would really like to glass over the deck-hull join and fix the issue for good. But that's a pretty big job and therefore quite away down the list at the moment.