March 2021. Once We were in Luperon with both boats and all the tools in one place, there was nothing to do but get started. One of our highest priorities was to stop rainwater from coming in, and to stop the boat from filling with water. For the first wave of welding we worked withContinue reading “Spring welding project.”
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The Great Unloading.
February 2021. In the early years of Skua’s semi-abandonment she was variously used as a place for people to stay while in Luperon and a place to store hoarded boat things. In the last five years, the incoming rainwater and rats had taken a toll on the interior such that she was no longer reallyContinue reading “The Great Unloading.”
Getting our s**t together.
January 2021. The logistics of having one boat in the Dominican Republic and one boat in Central America, along with all the tools and spares was starting to look like a nightmare, to say nothing of the dog or the pandemic. In December, we decided to take drummer back through the Panama Canal to theContinue reading “Getting our s**t together.”
Schooner Skua 