What Do We Have To Do to Turn This Boat Into a Home? (MJ Sailing – Ep 173)

We’re out at the Viking to take a close look at all of the things we’ll need to complete before we can move aboard her as our temporary home.

In this week’s episode, we’re just about a week away from leaving Annapolis for the holidays, and are making one more trip out to ‘Couch Dream’ to asses a few of the things that will need to be finished before we can move aboard upon our return. We also start tearing apart the v-berth to get a better idea of the rot on the deck there, and take stock of everything that will need to be replaced.

Matt also takes a moment to talk about how we’re doing on the hunt for boat builders insurance, and spoiler alert – it’s still not looking good. By the way, if you need to get rid of your old boat, consider getting help from Boat removal/Disposal services.

We hope you enjoy this episode, and just like you, we’re eagerly awaiting the point where we can turn our attention to the catamaran as soon as the first container arrives!

We hope you enjoy!

Much love from Annapolis!
Jessica, Matt & Georgie

NOTHING BUT ROT – This Deck Core Needs to Come Out! (MJ Sailing – Ep 172)

We get to work on the Viking, replacing the forward hatch – only to find it is full of rot and the deck will need to be removed to properly fix it.

In between working on the tent at Kentmorr, we also need to pay a little attention to the Viking 35, to start cleaning up some of the areas and get it ready for us to live in. Project #1 is to fix the leaking forward hatch so we don’t have more water coming through it.

Once we get it up though, we realize it needs more than just a re-bed – the balsa core surrounding the hatch is completely rotten and will need to come up and be replaced. But, that will probably be a project for spring.

When weather turns extremely windy over the weekend, Matt wants to find out how our friend Andy’s 55 ft catamaran handles the situation. A couple of the boys step on Avalon for a day on the Chesapeake with winds in the upper 30’s, just to see how it compares to rides on our monohulls.

We hope you enjoy!

Much love from Annapolis!
Jessica, Matt & Georgie

The DRY FITTING of Container #1 …. But, Where Is It? (MJ Sailing)

It’s time to catch you up to why we haven’t started the build yet – but, in good news, we get to show you everything that comes in container #1!

It’s time to catch you up to why we haven’t started the build yet – but, in good news, we get to show you everything that comes in container #1! The last we commented on it, the first container was going to arrive in late December, and we’d be starting the build as soon as we got our hands on it.

But as we learned during the refit of Elements, you always have to expect the unexpected. There have been delays which is going to stall us getting the first container until February. Make sure to stay tuned for this weeks’ video for all the details on why! But the good news is, Max Cruise sent over a string of photos showing the dry fit of our boat, so you can see exactly what she’ll look like once we put those first pieces together!

Enjoy!

Much love from Annapolis!
Jessica, Matt & Georgie