How to do bronze stanchions on a budget.
Securing for hurricanes
Securing Angelsea for hurricanes in the mangroves Hello from beautiful St. Thomas! At least it is today, but we still have a few weeks of an active hurricane season left on the calender. This post is in response to…
A new engine for Angelsea
New Engine on the way. Well we gave it the old collage try. I worked and worked on rebuilding Shanti’s engine. Ran like a watch the first few hours. But something happened and it doesn’t run like a watch no…
Belaying pins
Well I have been remiss in my blogging. So I have a lot of catching up to do. But first let me tantalize you with an upcoming project. Belaying pin yep, it’s gonna be fun. It will also make Shanti…
Varnish
Hi all, Back in March of 2009 I decided to try “Honey Teak” which is a 2 part varnish. Practical Sailor had done a test and found it to hold up well as much as 5 years out. They reported…
2 dimples and $8000
This is about a sojourn of simple but poor maintenance and the associated costs. The moral of the story is all about paying attention to details. This all started when I purchased Shanti in SoCal. During haul out and survey…