Upcoming repairs & videos and a complicated rudder issue.

I'll install this system on a Pacific Seacraft Orion 27 and come up with a way of testing it 'on the hard' while also checking the plumbing for leaks. After drilling a 2 1/2" hole in the hull I find varying hull thickeness and will address this issue.

We'll restore a hacked up built-in ice box, add insulation, and shelving to organize it, decide if turning into a refrigerator is worthwhile, and pick a frig type & model.

We sail to Manitou Island and find some surprises in the forest. Then we hit fog on our final leg back to Bayfield. After lowering the mast and getting a haul out in the rain we drive home and spend a bunch of money fixing our truck's engine- another wildlife surprise!

We sail from Bayfield WI on Lake Superior touring Raspberry, Devils, and Manitou Islands, pack 6 into our little boat for 2 days, and 'cross roads' with the north country iron industry.

We'll look at starting with diesel and alcohol, cleaning soot and heater following a big mistake, see a flame out and preventing them, and replacing stove glass on a Sig 100 heater. At the end - mention of the next video!

We look over pros and cons of several heater options for a small boat and where best to place one. Then we'll install a Dickinson Sig 100 Diesel Heater and install a small feeder tank.

This is the 2nd of a 3 Part series on sailing the Apostles Islands on Lake Superior beginning with a tour of Bayfield including its amazing maritime museum. We take in the summertime beauty and diverse nature of Stockton and Madeline islands both on land and sailing around them.

Our 1st time out! We launch our Pacific Seacraft 27' Orion off of the trailer, get the mast raised, fix leaks, do our first anchoring, and begin our adventure into the Apostle Islands.

Heading to the Great Lakes with our Pacific Seacraft Orion sailboat. Take our boat to the EAA Oshkosh air show? Why not! Its an RV! We look at Wide load permits, highlights from the road trip, the unusual at the airshow, and getting to the BIG Lake. And...how we got the boat...and got it home.

Short video update about progress toward launching and summer sailing plans.

In this phase of refitting our Pacific Seacraft Orion 27, I replace outdated AC & DC panels with new Blue Seas 8027 (AC) and 8068 (DC) panels and install a Blue Seas 12v accessory panel in the V berth. I also install a galvanic isolator, replace old wiring with new Ancor wire, install 12V and surface mount USB sockets, new bilge pump and bilge pump controls, and, replace the overhead at the navigation station.

We'll cover battery relocation, designing and building a battery box, wiring and setting up breakers, and then attaching to the boat's electrical system. The box contains 3 AGM 12V 100Ah batteries (Group 30H size, 12.1"L x 8.5"H x 6.7"W). A 780Ah Optimum Start Battery is housed in a separate box behind. At the end, I include some sailing video on our son's Pearson 365 ketch as we enter the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.

Where and how to install a new water heater and adding a top off tank for a higher than engine installation. This install is on a 1979 Pacific Seacraft Orion 27.

My newly acquired boat had an engine with rusty looking coolant and pasty globs floating in it. I had to flush 10 times to clean it up. In this video I go through the steps in coolant replacement.

Installing a recessed "dry roll" toilet paper holder on a small sailboat head and shower area. Pacific Seacraft Orion 27 sailboat featured.

Which non-skid additive is best for making a varnished floor non-skid. In this video I compare: salt, Walnut shell, and Tread Tex

A thick layer of pollen covers everything in the Rockies of Colorado revealing an interesting pathway created by ants.

MIG welding aluminum without a spool gun....tips with a Hobart 140 welder

We take our 12' sailing dingy out on a Colorado lake for an end of season sail. We cover some history and characteristics of the Widgeon and prepping it and the trailer for the sail.