deck hardware

MESSing around

March 1, 2014 by Carly Filed Under: bahamas, boat baby, deck hardware, Kids, nassau, projects, Sewing, windlass

Today was a day of making messes! On my part, not really on anyone else’s. I’ve been looking at a great baby bed for the new bub but found out it was going to be $180 to ship it to Nassau. It’s a Snuggle Me Cushion, check it out the thing looks fabulous and I may still get one when a friends boat comes over next month. So today I though hell I could make one of those puppies. It was one of those bad ideas that made a crazy mess – but entertained the girls.

I sacrificed one of our king sized Ikea pillows, took out the feathers and sewed up the center. Do you realize how many feathers they put into pillows? A lot! I ended up going out on the dock and off loading the last half into the garbage can. The poor restaurant near us was showered in a haze of feathers. But that’s ok, the garbage can hide me and they didn’t see who the culprit was. I’m sure our neighbors thought we were plucking a chicken for dinner.

The pillow worked out ok and will do for now, it created a cozy bed for bub with little bumpers all the way around. I’ll initially use it in the bed with us until my pelvis decides to snap back into place then the baby can sleep on our book shelf. Yesterday I cleaned off our junk collecting area that was meant to be a hanging locker but no doors were ever put on. This has now become the bub changing area.

Carl on the other hand was doing actual work and not messing around. He installed two fans and a power point in the forward cabin for when my mum arrives in a few days. I’m constantly battling him over this cabin, he wants to turn it into a workshop and I fear after my mum leaves he’ll get his way. We really don’t need all these beds but it is nice for guests.

Yesterday Carl installed our second windlass also, now we have two operational bow anchors. It’s great because now we can also use the windlass for docking in strong winds. Extremely handy. He’s also been grinding out all the rust in the anchor locker. It’s almost done.

Above: the bookshelf bed

Above: baby change station / unfinished hanging locker in the aft cabin

Above: this is the before picture.

Above: our new windlass

salty pictures

September 18, 2013 by Carly Filed Under: deck hardware, Galley/Cooking, Kids

Here are some other pictures I found on Carl’s ipad. Check out the space! She needs some love and girly touch but we could swing a horse in her.

video update

July 15, 2013 by Carly Filed Under: deck hardware, Galley/Cooking, Refit

Here’s a quick video of our interior and some exterior. The interior is in the middle of getting painted.

dorade heaven

June 21, 2013 by Carly Filed Under: deck hardware, Kids, Refit, Sewing, watermaker

We really didn’t want dorades on the boat because they just take up deck space but we see now how hot the boat can get without them. I guess new boats have better ventilation or something because you never see dorades on them. Any-ho our dorades are shit hot!

Installed the new boom vang from forespar.

Took off the old mast boot. Who doesn’t like a new pair of boots???

Getting the interior all prepped for painting next week – extremely excited! And finally the batteries have found their home. They got moved around a bit but under the girls’ beds is where they’ll stay.

Carl has been busy wiring up the engine room. Need to have a lot of gadgets working soon. We’ll have to move the boat to either Biloxi or New Orleans to get the boat hauled out to paint the hull.

The girls enjoy coming to the boat every few days. Cali is making it up and down the stairs/ladder better, even with a cast. Now that there’s less fiberglass work being done they can actually sit without getting an itchy bum. I bought a couple of foam mattress’ on overstock.com and have cut them down to fit into the two aft berths. With my electric knife it was like cutting butter. Hancock Fabric had a half off sale so I bought some 100% cotton fabric to cover them. I’ve almost completed the port birth and I must say it doesn’t look too bad, unlike my windlass cover which is embarrassing. I’ll just tell everyone that Carl made that one. I’ll post some pictures of the mattress’s when my girls stop using it as a rock wall.

Carly

looking good

May 15, 2013 by Carly Filed Under: deck hardware, Refit, windlass

Just found some pictures that I forgot to post. Carl likes things to be perfect and “pretty”, guess that’s the mega yacht captain coming out in him. My mum heads back to Australia in a week so then I’ll have to put my head down and bum out and start again on the sails. Will have to break open the LZ1 DVD – that sewing machine hates me!!

Carly

making lemonade

March 18, 2013 by Carly Filed Under: deck hardware, Refit, windlass

We are finally making some headway on the boat and getting some rewards. Carl is putting the primer on the outside. He’s feeling a little discouraged but I think it looks hot!

Our lovely windlass from lighthouse. Oh so shiny!

We are raising and re bedding all deck hardware.