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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We fit two Renogy solar panels to the guard wires on our Hanse 411. This means they are side mounted. It's easy to do with fairly simple tools. this will add 200W of solar to our boat. We chose monocrystaline rigid panels as these have a high efficiency rating. They also come with waterproof connectors making them easy to wire in. #renogysolarpenals #sidemounted #sailingboat

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The first beautiful new 17-metre 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟓𝟔𝐂𝐒 heads to the launchpad for her maiden voyage … routing via the Rhine to her debut at a very successful 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘋ü𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘧 2026! Our thanks to all who came to see her. Next opportunity: the 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐘𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 – 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟒 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, Medemblik, NL. Everyone’s welcome! #ContestYachts #BuildingDreamsTogether #bootDüsseldorf #Contest56CS #NewModel #OpenHouse #BluewaterDay

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