Follow along as the brothers MacLean renovate a 46' Sea Ray Express Cruiser.
I have to admit at this point in the project the process of writing the blog is seeming to be more exhausting than the day itself. That may be a bit of a hyperbole but tonight I struggled to come up with the first line. I don't want to even think of a title. The …
Continue reading "April 2nd & 4th. 71 Days And This Boat Is Out Of Here!"
Today was a good boat day. Of course all boat days are good but this one was different. It was a bonus boat day. Since we are temporarily closed Donald and I decided that we will be putting in more time working on it because, well, we are going to need it. With the new …
In the beginning of this great adventure I decided to start this blog so that my family and friends could follow along. I had no idea of how often I would do it and if anyone would actually look at it. One of my (supposed) friends thought that I might get to maybe 4 posts …
This morning I heard that the health officials are trying to get away from using the term "Social Distancing" and want to go with "Physical Distancing" instead. I understand the distinction but it is sad that we have to spell it out for so many people. It's fairly simple... wash your hands more and stay …
As I sit here thinking about what to name this week's blog post (which is the hardest part of doing a blog) I am making a mental list of all the things we have to do to make our deadline and I am getting less confident the closer we get. The main reason is we …
We are now into double digits in our countdown. Spring weather has arrived (for now anyway) and, because of daylight savings time, there is more daylight to work with. We have decided to add another project to the seemingly endless list of things to do before June 15th. On Friday night I took my computer …
We are getting to the point where we no longer have the luxury of time on our side. We still feel confident that we will make it but, as we get closer to the 100 day mark, I have to admit that we are starting to feel the pressure. It is a self imposed deadline …
This is an old joke but is very relevant to this past Boat Day. For the most part things have been going very well so far so it was inevitable that there had to at least one "bad" day. At least in Donald's opinion it was. He had some issues matching the starboard side of …
Continue reading "We Cut It Twice And It’s Still Too Short…"
That number is getting smaller too quickly now. We have about 18 "Boat Days" until she is shipped to her slip in Wiarton. At that point we are having bow thrusters installed and the cockpit upholstery done. 18 days to get the rest of the living area cabinets done and the headliner completed. 18 days! …
We are at that time of the year when the boat show season is starting to ramp up. This past week I was able to go to the Toronto boat show a couple of times. As far as the work on boat was concerned we decided to take last Saturday off since we were planning …
1987 Sea Ray Renovation 