Penetrating a Structural Bulkhead the Right Way Every wire, hose, and pipe that needs to cross a bulkhead has to pass through it somehow — and how that hole gets made and finished is the difference between a boat that holds up for decades and one that develops a serious structural problem. Why a Hole […]
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Resilience & Routine: Working Through Valencia’s Historic Floods Living on a boat means the weather isn’t background noise. It’s the thing that decides whether today’s plan actually happens. Partway through this week, Valencia was hit by DANA — a catastrophic flash flood that meteorologists called one of the most intense the region has seen in
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Fitting the Engine Room Door — and Why Flow Coat Isn’t Just Paint With obligations on the Balthasar refit wrapped up for now, it’s back to Paikea’s own engine room door — along with a hard look at a hydraulic steering system that’s genuinely on its way out. Fitting the Door Frame Getting this door
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From America’s Cup to Mini Maxis: What’s Next in Our Marine World It’s been a while since the last update, and there’s a good reason — a genuinely busy stretch of professional work that’s kept Paikea sitting on the back burner for longer than either of us would like. Parting Ways with the French America’s
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Repairing the Starboard Hull: Paikea’s Crack Fix in Barcelona This picks up directly from Crack in the Hull and Asymmetric Rudders: Barcelona Refit Begins, where this crack was first found. With the hull crack confirmed and the extent of it clear, it was time to actually fix it — and, as it turned out, a
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3D Printed Rudder Winglets for Paikea Adding a 23kg printer to a boat you’re trying to lighten sounds like a contradiction. It is — but it’s a deliberate one, and this post explains the thinking behind it and what the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon has already made possible, including a project that had been sitting
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