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Electrical Plan & Prep

I don’t have my electrical plan completely nailed down, but I’ve been giving it a bit of thought as I don’t want to build past any infrastructure I might need in place. Here’s what I’m planning on… I considered a bilge pump but decided against it since the boat will probably be stored dry. Just […]

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Painting the Bilge

I can’t wait to see the floors installed but I don’t want to sand/paint the bilge. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this got me stalled out for a while. Begrudgingly I’ve finally gotten in gear. I had already done the bulk of the bilge sanding but the bulk part is also the easy […]

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Finishing the Floorboards

I hit quite a stall during Christmas and haven’t gotten much done in a while. It’s that bilge. The thought of sanding all those nooks and crannies multiple times I think just ran me down. I did however get all my floorboards ready for install as that part was fairly easy and so more fun […]

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Floorboards, Pt.2

In the last post I described what I am going for and how I made sure I had enough sq.ft. of board coverage (length and width). For how I want my sole to look and lay out, there was not enough area with the boards that were included in the kit. To get more coverage, […]

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Floorboards, Pt.1

Where to start? I have a whole lot more to go in this build but at least to date this has been the most challenging piece by a long shot. According to other blogs, I’m not alone. Part of the difficulty is simply discerning what the goal is, much less how to accomplish it. As […]