Small Boat Projects - Making Life Aboard Easier

Please welcome new contributor Willy from s/v Acrux, a Drakkar 32.  Willy shows us his solution for capturing all the billowing cloth when dousing his spinnaker.  I think you'll enjoy h...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2020/07/spinnaker-receiver-bag.html

I'm working thru my backlog - this is an old post from Drew at Sail Delmarva - so old in fact that he has sold this boat and gotten a new one since this was posted. And the book he mentions has a...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/11/outhaul-jammer.html

Please welcome new contributors Deb and Tim, who live aboard and cruise their Tartan 42, s/v Kintala. If you live aboard your boat, you undoubtedly work on your boat. So where do the tools, elect...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/11/aft-cabin-project.html

All of us have boats with storage compartments wedged into any void space in the design. Not all of these spaces provided by the designer are useful to our particular needs. Dana on s/v Rubigale,...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-changing-of-hanging-locker.html

This post originally appeared on Windborne in Puget Sound I have no excuse for the long pause in posting here, except: life. As with many projects, the design and planning stages take longer than...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/10/actualization.html

Please welcome new contributor Olly, who sails aboard his family's Beneteau Oceanis 361, s/ v Rhùm; he also sails his own Laser 4.7. (Olly is 15 years old.) For his first contribution, Olly desc...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/06/cockpit-cup-holders.html

This isn't a project per se... well actually it is, but the most important part of this post is the successful trouble shooting of a problem. And yes, it does invoke MacGyver-ism. Read along with...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/06/this-isnt-project-per-se.html

Every boat has a limiting capacity of something...  water, fuel, provisions stowage, black water, etc.  What is it that makes you tie up to a dock?  Aboard Eolian, the first thing ...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-cardboardeaux-trash-compactor.html

Aboard Tayana 37 s/v Ramble On, Rich & Jeni continue their re-fit. Here, they refurbish their two Bomar hatches and their mounts... Hatches & Cabin Top Projects – Week 2In typical boat-proj...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/05/hatch-rennovation.html

As usual, Drew over at Sail Delmarva has been messing about with chemicals - here's a tip he has for everyone with a head... Free is always good, except this is not quite free. Or rather, it is f...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/04/something-lazy-something-free.html

Aboard s/v Galapagos, Melissa finds a wonderful use for something that would have been simply discarded.  She also has significant puzzling skills: Regular readers will recall that we recent...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/04/cockpit-cushion-toppers.html

This post originally appeared on Windborne in Puget Sound We use Eolian all winter long (at the dock anyway), therefore we heat her all winter long.  On houses, storm windows are used to pro...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/04/this-post-originally-appeared-on.html

Rot is insidious. It sneaks in quietly, eating away at the structure of your boat. Mike and Melissa on s/v Galapagos discovered the rot monster eating away at their anchor locker - this is how th...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/02/windlass-locker-refit-epoxy-is-your.html

Drew, a frequent contributor to Practical Sailor and to this blog, has branched out - he is now a published author!  Aside from making a few bucks to cover his time and effort in producing t...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/02/drew-frequent-contributor-to-practical.html

Scott aboard s/v Valkyr needed more solar power to run his A/C (he is in Florida).  And shade is also a very nice thing...  So he took on the project of making a hard dodger to support ...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/02/valkyrs-hard-dodger.html

This post originally appeared on Windborne in Puget Sound Guilty. I am guilty as charged. Yes, there has been an unconscionable gap in posting to this blog - it's just that not everything in our ...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/01/room-in-reefer.html

Rich & Jeni continue the re-fit of their Tayana 37, s/v Ramble On. Here, the helm gets treated to a new finish.  Note also the transformation of the house teak in the background between ...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/01/to-helm-with-it.html

'Tis the season.  At least here in the PNW:  rain, rain, and more rain.  And over on s/v Rubigale, Dana has found a solution to a problem we have all had at one time or another... ...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/01/hole-in-boat-v-20-port-light-rebedding.html

Like most boat owners, Rick over on s/v Cay of Sea is a jack of many trades. Here he is working on his sailmaker badge... The lesson here is that a sail’s stitching should be repaired before it...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2017/01/sail-repair.html

This is not an easy project. It is well beyond the "small boat project" range. And yet, it is so well executed that I couldn't resist drawing your attention to it. Mike of s/v Chalice has tackled...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-making-of-hard-dodger.html

May the peace and quiet joy of Christmas be with you and your loved ones. Merry Christmas from the crew of Eolian!

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2016/12/merry-christmas.html

A while back, Dana aboard s/v Rubigale (good news - s/v NoName is now s/v Rubigale!) had to deal with a problem while looking a storm in the teeth... Being a boat owner without unlimited funds us...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2016/12/diy-drama-big-hole-in-boat-with-storm.html

This post originally appeared on Windborne in Puget Sound If you are replacing fixed ports on your boat, you will be faced (or should be faced) with the choice between Lexan (a trade name for pol...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2016/12/lexan-vx-acrylic.html

Please welcome new contributors Rich & Jeni, who sail their Tayana 37, s/v Ramble On.   As their first contribution, here's a simple and effective (the best kind!) time and money sa...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2016/11/barbecue-regulator-tether.html

It's getting cold on the East Coast, so here's a post that Rick on s/v Cay of Sea did last summer. Rick always shows excellent attention to detail... I have been suspecting this particular stanch...

http://smallboatprojects.blogspot.com/2016/11/re-bedding-one-stanchion.html