Monthly Archives: February 2009

Doing the math…more than a mile?

By B.J. | Published February 27, 2009

I counted the strips of teak caulking on the boat the boat the other day. In the middle of the boat there were slightly more than 100. 100 X 53′ = 5,300 linear feet of caulking. Of course, that’s just an average, some of those strips end before the bow. Read On..

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And then there were Three…

By B.J. | Published February 25, 2009

Somehow, I’ve convinced another of my unwitting classmates to join Jeff and me on the Great Teak Debacle of 2009. Welcome David to the project everyone. Hopefully he will still speak to me when this is over.

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Planning the First Trip: V-O-R!!

By B.J. | Published February 19, 2009

Hometown favorite Puma Ocean Racing’s Il Mostro during one of the Volvo Ocean Race in port races. So…assuming my ambitious grand plan for the teak actually comes off and I have the deck reassembled by the first weekend in May, the first trip of the season is being planned. The Read On..

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Oh Boy! Another Teak Update

By B.J. | Published February 18, 2009

Hey, it’s what I’m working on and what is consuming my life from a boat work perspective. And it’s February and I already wrote about the damned ice. Self portrait of grit and determination as your humble author digs out more teak from the top of the dodger with the Read On..

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Far from Complete…

By B.J. | Published February 15, 2009

But it’s a start at the project list. It feels smaller than last year, so maybe I’m actually accomplishing something. I have a spread sheet where I am planning the projects and upgrades for the next 2-3 years; this is a partial list. Only those things labeled as “Winter 08/09” Read On..

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The Teak Blade

By B.J. | Published February 12, 2009

In case anyone was curious, it’s really quite simple. It has a U shape at the bottom of it which is roughly the width of the teak groove. The circular portion is where it attaches to the Fein Multmaster, which vibrates the whole thing to give it it’s cutting action. Read On..

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So it wasn’t four hours…

By B.J. | Published February 12, 2009

But I did get over there to work on the Teak a bit today. More tomorrow – it’s actually warm here, I wish we were ready to do some caulking. There are two sorts of grooves in the teak – shallow more ornamental ones, and deep ones that run all Read On..

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The Blogger in Winter

By B.J. | Published February 10, 2009

Writing a sailing blog in the New England winter is like…is like… Well the general feeling is “loss for words” I suppose. My view on all of this was stated very early on here – it is largely a self indulgent activity with little merit beyond scratching my own itch Read On..

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Motivation…Calling Matt Foley!

By B.J. | Published February 10, 2009

“If you don’t get all that Teak re-done by May, you might end up spending your whole summer in a VAN, down by the RIVER!” I’m finding it REALLY easy to find things to do that do not involve digging teak caulk out of my deck. The biggest excuse of Read On..

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Do I at Least Get to Wear a Cool Hat?

By B.J. | Published February 6, 2009

Commodore (noun) – an officer in temporary command of a squadron. I’ve been a “Commodore” in the Bad Way before, more than once, through every fault of my own. What I am referring to of course is having more than one boat. In the past at least twice I have Read On..

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