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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Adding Fiberglass to the Deck where the Core has been replaced

After all the work on the deck with replacing the core, it was time to start to get the glass laid down over the core. While this post is a …

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“Run she may, but Shine she Must” – Dorade Polish and rebuild

This week was another good week of progress. For those that have been following some of our earlier blog posts on the deck core replacement, you know that we patched …

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Installing new Deck Core

It is never an easy decision to embark on this kind of work as a DIY project or hiring it out. The sheer economics of this one made the decision …

Exploring the Core on the Deck

Testing for Delamination or Core rot on your boat.

  To a sailor or boater more pause than cutting holes in their boat. It is one thing to drill a hole through the vessel for a new through hull …