Fall 2011 Work
This fall, I’m continuing projects—for example, we’re taking up the main cabin sole planking and refinishing the original solid teak planks.
Winter 2011 Project Continues
Since we are lavishing love and energy on Siskiwit this winter, we made it look even better and sprang for solid teak interior cabin vs a teak veneer. Cabin interior given new teak panels and the ship exterior has been treated with sealer and first coat of two-part Awlbright varnish, with four more coats applied …
Winter 2011 Project
Siskiwit has six opening ports and four large rings. The original ports were pulled in 1989 and replaced with ABI stainless steel ports adding 3/8″ solid teak to the outside of the fiberglass cabinside and replacing the interior cabinside with 4mm Burmese teak veneer. After 22 years, it was time to revisit this work, and it …
Memories & Trivia of the Carolinas
Siskiwit is back at Atlantic Yacht Basin for two nights. It’s a sentimental spot— it’s a real yard, and every worker here is a true professional. Russell, a marvelous man with huge spirit, has managed the yard for 41 years and offered such confidence to worried yachties in the fall of 2003 when Siskiwit, along …