Boat Projects Ladder Down Slowly! One of the first project after we first took the boat out was to replace the ladder with something a little more useful. It has been one of the most used things on the boat. Odin came with a three step collapsible ladder. The top of the ladder connected into
Boat Projects Keel Cable Failure Probably Cause and Solution (Keel Cable System and Repair) <– Lifting the keel while in the water After retrieving both ends of the keel cable, we were able to look at them and try to determine what caused the cable to fail. Some ideas came from details when I ordered the new cable. After looking at the two pieces, I
Boat Projects Raising our Keel and Repairing the Cable (Keel Cable System and Repair) <–Methods of lifting the keel with boat in the water After our keel cable broke while in the marina, we ordered a new one and waited a month for it to finally arrive. We still didn't know how it broke, but we knew we needed to replace it. The entire
Boat Projects Raising the Keel in the Water (Keel Cable System and Repair) Catalina 22 Keel System and manually raising
Sailing Featured Our Keel Cable Snapped! (Keel Cable System and Repair) We got two baby sitters lined up for our two-year old to cover us until after dark and headed down to the boat. Work and weather had kept us off the boat for a few weeks, so were a little worried about spiders having invaded our boat (link to spider
Boat Projects Dirty Bottom Problems Odin's keel was in good shape when we purchased it. Even though it had been in the ocean, it had definitely been power washed. There were several places the boat had run aground, but not enough to do any damage. Forward had a bit of ablative paint left on the
Boat Projects We bought a sailboat! In May 2008, we purchased our first sailboat—a 1980 Catalina 22. It was in rough shape, filled with water, and needed a lot of work, including re-coring the deck and some extensive fiberglass work.
