Sailing
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How To Paint Your Boat With Awlgrip (Personal Experience)
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A step-by-step guide of painting our boat with Awlgrip using roll&tip technique. After several months of working on Elysia, we were finally in the yard. We asked a couple of people for the painting estimate and got quoted about $9,000 to $10,000. After collecting our jaws from the floor, we started thinking…
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Dry Tortugas by Sailboat: How to Enjoy It Even If You Lost Your Engine
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As we approached the entrance to the Southeast Channel, we turned on the motor, dropped the sails, and a few minutes later, a heart-wrenching whistle and knocking sound called out from the engine room. “Michael!! What is THIS?”