Blue View - Replacing & Rebedding a Portlight

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Blue View - Replacing & Rebedding a Portlight

We have replaced almost all the portlights on Nine of Cups over the years. The only ones we hadn't gotten to were the three on the transom. They were crazed to the point that they were almost translucent, and replacing them had been on the to-do list for quite a while. We were recently varnishing the trim in the aft cabin, and noticed that two of the three transom portlights had also begun leaking – nothing serious - but at least a small drip. Now seemed as good a time as any to replace them.

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Repairing a Delaminated Deck Part 2: Removal and Repair of the Core

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In Part 1 of this series about repairing a delaminated deck, I showed how I find the problem areas. If you missed it, you can see the video here.  This is Part 2 of the series, where I show you how to cut out the top layer of fiberglass then remove and replace the damaged core material. Watch the YouTube here

From Electrical Neophite to DC Darling

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From Electrical Neophite to DC Darling

While waiting for our new 1000W Kisae inverter to arrive, I spent that week on the phone with Kisae technicians, watching helpful YouTube videos and reading blogs. I sat in our boat muttering rules and equations to myself, “Watts = Volts x Amps”, “Electricity runs like water”, “You must always have a ground”, “Red is hot, black is cold”. I pored over tables that related amperage and cable run to the correct wire size. Then one day I decided to give it a go.

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