Author Archives: ahoytim
Spring, Summer, and Fall
This warm season provided some time for work on our refit, and also gave us some great sailing weather for our new family picnic vessel, a 16′ Wayfarer. It was discovered in the early spring that a bronze bushing had … Continue reading
Shop Work- winter and spring 2015
The winter time found me huddled in the small shop most evenings, after my son fell asleep, puttering on small components of our vessel. A 24 gallon diesel tank was built from steel with a tall narrow design to fit … Continue reading
Lead Ballast
With the scrap steel and concrete ballast removed at a weight of 250-300lbs per cubic foot, the time came to purchase the new lead ballast at a weight of 708 lbs per cubic foot. My original intention was to obtain … Continue reading
Paint- a turning point
A turning point was reached in the internal work of our fine vessel. Welding is 95% complete with only a few jobs in the cockpit and transom to complete. As fall has arrived the painting of Eleanor Tarr’s interior metal … Continue reading
Repower
To date, Eleanor Tarr had a gasoline axillary engine that had been removed in the summer of 2013. I have been (and still am) keeping my eye on the electric yacht motor scene, but until that seems a little more … Continue reading
Winch Bases, and Cockpit Coaming dreams
It goes like this: Cockpit cushions rust the steel they sit on, so i would like timber slats raised of the steel with stainless risers to provide a space for air, and water drainage, and cockpit locker lids. The whole … Continue reading
Deck Welding
With much of the below-waterline welding complete, my attention has turned to the deck and bulwark work in the first week of holidays. Stainless steel stanchion bases i constructed in the shop were welded to the deck and bulwark cap … Continue reading
Hot Hot Heat, a warm summer week, plasma cutting and welding
Some scheduled time off work arrived, my family departed on a get away and i jumped into our fine vessel for some below waterline welding and cutting. The weeks jobs included removal of every through hull (welded pipe to hull) … Continue reading
Spring 2014
In a normal great lakes sailing season this would be the time in which to commission and launch a sailing craft, here in Eleanor’s backyard boatyard it’s the time of year where winter doors are removed from the shop, the … Continue reading
Winter of 2013/2014
A cold winter kept me out of the vessel, and in the warm shop.
Sailing Vessel Eleanor Tarr 