Happy New Year, Matey!

Happy New Year, Matey!

Quietly closing out 2016 in my most favorite of all places: aboard my good ship Nereus. Perfectly content — it’s been a great week aboard. While many have argued 2016 had been a difficult year — and I would not disagree in principle — this is the year Nereus began sailing for fun again. Also, we’ve […]

Coming Along

Hatch project is coming along nicely. Faced it with new teak (OMG is that expensive!). A couple coats of varnish on already. All I want to do it put a grab bar on the front end to help ease opening and closing from deck (nothing to grab on that end) and a shinny finish coat […]

Our with Old (and rotted)

   The plywood under the companion way hatch was in pretty bad shape. I had this idea that I’d remove all the teak and replace the plywood. After reinstalling the teak, it’d be good as new! The problem was it took a special tool to break through it — namely my foot. I guess using […]

Almost Ready to Go!

     Mainsail came out of the sale locker with a significant amount of mildew on it. Spent the morning scrubbing that with a brush. It’s showing it’s age. However, the boat’s coming together and we’re gonna be ready to go. We are moving to Marina del Rey on Wednesday!