Why a Shower Floor Isn’t as Simple as It Looks A shower floor sounds like the simplest thing on a boat to build. It isn’t — not once you account for a boat that never sits quite level. The trim problem A cruising catamaran doesn’t stay put transversely — she’s stable side to side, twin […]
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Acrylic Hatch Lenses: Finally, Hatches You Can See Through After months of solid, opaque hatch covers — and a long, frustrating search for a European acrylic supplier who’d actually reply to messages — the lenses finally arrived. Fitting the lens: why MS sealant, not urethane Bonding an 8mm acrylic lens into a 15mm-deep hatch trough
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Diagnosing and Repairing Hull Delamination: A Real Structural Repair, Not a Cosmetic One Pulling up an old floor panel to find “a little bit of delamination” turned into a full structural repair once the actual extent of the damage became visible. Finding the crack, and following it further than expected A suspected crack in the
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Removing Harry’s Overhead Hatch: Filling In the Forward Deck Opening Cutting a big hole in the boat isn’t unusual on this refit. This particular hole is the reason the whole flush hatch programme started in the first place. The hatch that started it all The forward hatch over Harry’s bunk was the single worst offender
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Reinforcing a Doorway Bulkhead: Beam Theory in Practice A doorway bulkhead looks like a small, unimportant piece of structure. Get the engineering behind it wrong, and it isn’t. Why this small section needed real reinforcement This particular bulkhead section sits on the outboard side of the boat, carrying a genuine structural job: supporting a real
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Prioritising Solar Over Shore Power: Setting Up Our Victron System An electricity bill from the marina prompted a real question: why is Paikea drawing power from shore when there’s a full lithium bank and a growing solar array sitting mostly unused on the roof? Flipping the default relationship As standard, the boat’s electrical system worked
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