Our biggest project yet! Our old bottom paint was failing and our thru hulls were corroding! We hauled out at Bert Jabin Yacht Yard to take care of both problems at once. Doing most of the work ourselves, we didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into! Incredibly hot weather and back breaking labor, after 4 days the thru hulls were complete and we finished prepping to start the paint. Thankfully we didn’t sand the bottom paint ourselves. Instead we wanted to start fresh and got the bottom professionally blasted down to bare gel coat. After days prepping the bottom of the boat we toiled for two MORE days to apply four coats of Interlux 2000 barrier paint followed by two coats of Trinidad Pro. We thought this was going to be easy peasy, right? I’ve painted the entire inside of my house, how hard could it be to paint a boat? We were so wrong… Constant crouching on our knees then standing back up - lather, rinse, repeat… The Trinidad Pro has so much copper in it, holding that heavy roller full of paint above our head for hours was brutal! On the bright side, we both got a full body workout two days in a row 🤣 We finished up the last coat of paint around 9pm and it wasn’t until the next morning that we could appreciate the fruits of our labor, it was so worth it. 💙 Will I ever volunteer to paint the bottom of another boat…? Oh, heck no! If you’re wondering how much money projects like this cost, check it👇🏼👇🏼 Thru hulls = $800 Barrier paint = $1000 Anti-fouling paint = $1050 Bottom blasting = $2000 Yard fees = $1650 Misc parts, supplies, & consumables = $300 TOTAL without labor = $6800 Cost of therapy = TBD…… 😵‍💫 #boatwork #sailingcouple #beneteau411 #sailboat #boatproject #diy #shorts

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Welcome to the biggest Austrian Boat Show @messe_tulln 🤗 This year we have prepared a lot of interesting offers for some of the world’s most attractive boats. Exhibited boats: 👉 Dracan 42 👉 Beneteau Oceanis 37.1 👉 Beneteau Island Crusing Concept 👉 Beneteau First 24 SE If you wish to visit our stand please register up front to avoid long waiting lines 🙌 See you in Tulln 👋 #BoatShow #MesseTulln #Beneteau #DracanMarine #LagoonCatamaran #SanlorenzoYacht #BluegameYacht

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#NotoSeamandiscrimination #Goodvibes101 #Marinovines101 #AngbarkoNijethro

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Sono un po’ di giorni che guardiamo il meteo e lo lasciamo lì. Siamo stati fermi in una rada a nord di Guadalupa per far sfogare il mare: onde di tre metri e venti tesi sferzavano sopravento all’isola. Così abbiamo preferito lavorare tranquilli e prenderci il nostro tempo. Questa mattina ci svegliamo, aggiorniamo il meteo e vediamo una finestra. Ora o (quasi) mai più. Partiamo. Via la cima di prua dal gavitello e via. Il mare ci presenta onde al traverso, figlie della mareggiata dei giorni scorsi (da noi in Mediterraneo la definiamo onda morta, chissà se vale anche per l’oceano). Apriamo il Genoa e solo lui, visto che la situazione meteo non è stabile e gestirci in due l’ammainare una randa sotto groppo non è super gestibile. Julia Comunque si sgroppa di dosso le alghe formatesi in questi giorni e corre tra i 7 e gli 8 nodi verso Antigua. Corriamo sotto il sole, sperando che non se ne vada prima del nostro ormeggio. Anche fosse, poco importerebbe, ma la luce rende comunque tutto più semplice. A domani! Andrea

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