Reviving your home with a makeover is about much more than updating its appearance; it’s about reinvigorating the very essence of your living space. In today’s world, where our homes …
Maximizing ROI: Transform Your Investment Property with These Winning Tips
Improving the look of an investment property is more than just about aesthetics—it’s about increasing its return on investment (ROI). In a competitive real estate market, strategic enhancements can make …
Serious Wind Storm & How to troubleshoot and rebuild a Fresh Water Pump
On The Last Affair, our 43′ Gulfstar Sloop, we have a Jabsco VFlo variable speed fresh water pressure pump. We had it on the boat about five years as it …
How to clean a marine water strainer
This week, we bring a blog post to you from the Last Affair. Many of you that watch our Youtube Channel know that we have DreamChaser (our 51′ Formosa) as …
Seeing the Sailing Yacht Zero (and Tall Ships)
Work took me to San Diego last week. It was a great time and a fantastic business conference; However the boating highlight of the week was taking a little walk …
Easter and trip to Margaritaville
It seems like an odd combination doesn’t it? Celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead by coloring eggs brought by a mythical rabbit. Give gifts of candy laid in wicker baskets …
Results from Epoxy & Polyester testing
Well, The results are in. We have done several tests as most readers of this blog will now. After removing the teak from our deck, we had some core to …
How to make a vacuum bagging system for deck core
I was hoping this week to be able to complete the destructive test on the Polyester Resin sample deck, but the weather was a little chilly, so I had to …
Polyester Testing – 3rd time is a charm !!!
If you are an avid reader of this site, you likely know we are removing our teak deck and going back down with a nonskid Fiberglass deck. The big question …
Scraping and testing a new Exterior Finish
This week I wasn’t able to get a ton of stuff done. I ended up going out of town and because of that had limited time on the weekend with …