refit

Hi everyone, I'm a huge fan of boats – especially long-range expedition yachts. My personal inspiration is something like a Bering, but without the charter aesthetics or unnecessary fluff. I’m not building this for guests or for show – just for us (2 people and a dog) to live aboard and explore...

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So i had an interesting time a few years ago when i had to set a mousetrap to catch an uninvited guest on my 370 SeaRay Sundancer. I had completely forgotten about the incident until when I found some evidence of a small water leak on the interior of my forward stateroom closet or storage...

Hello everyone! I want to let you know I can assist you with any problem with your yacht, for example. You need an original pump, seals, teaks, and chairs to watch the sunshine. Here I am!!! All you need to do is share your contact information, and let me explain how small your problems are.

Hello Everyone- I am working on my refit of a 1970's owner-finished (kit) 21' (6.4m) sailboat. The cabin was stripped of berths and galley furniture to clean and repair the boat. I am about done with structural items and am beginning to think about cosmetics. The interior features that I have...

My boat, a 1960 Rhodes Swiftsure 33, has external lead ballast that makes up about the forward 1/3 of the keel. It is secured with bronze bolts through the bottom of the hull and the nuts over these bolts were then glassed over by the factory/yard. This makes me think the yard never intended for...

Any recommendations for cheap material to build a toerail for a 1960 Rhodes Swiftsure 33? It will not be structural as the hull deck joint is fully glassed. I plan on screwing the rail down then completely glassing it over to help with maintenance and water penetration. Since the core material...

Hello everyone. In a recent post I talked about restoring the deck on my newly purchased 1960 Rhodes Swiftsure 33. During this process I will be removing the inboard chainplates. They are parallel to the hull, and are thru-bolted to the hull on to a backing plate that is glassed to the interior...

original nav station

This was the doger...it was functional but looked horrable

original companion way with ice box to starboard...the rest of the galley was to port. the door to the right or the picture was for the aft cabin...that entire bulk head/wall was completly rotten

Top of aft cabin was removed and became the new center cockpit

The original lay-out had the companion way to starboard, the helm was directly on the stern with a single seat...no cockpit