Removal of instruments and installations, preparing for gluing with epoxym and cleaning the catamaran hulls.
Maintenance
Articles on wood, plywood and epoxy catamaran maintenance, restorations and minor and major repairs needed on such a boat.
Finding the Best Boat in the World: Judging the Ariki by Artificial Intelligence Criteria.Join us in this interesting immersion.
The cheapest boat cover - How to make an effective boat cover with a simple and affordable material - UV resistant polyvinyl.
Removing Rotten Wood From a Boat - Are you wondering why wood on boats is a material that is otherwise not difficult to maintain.
Dismantling the catamaran - We follow the catamaran on its last journey to the shipyard, where it is dismantled and prepared for transport.
This is the last day in the shopyard for us and also for crane operator Emil. Ariki will be the last boat of his career.
We threw all the instruments in the trash - How and why we removed all the instruments from Ariki and minimized the electrical installation.
Antifouling - Painting the underwater part of the hull with antifouling it's not difficult. How we do it on Ariki you can see in this video.
Symphony for angle grinder – Repairing a damage is not difficult at all. Quite the opposite. This is an easy and simple job.
Wood on deck – There is an unwritten rule among people that wooden parts must be visible on the deck of boats. The more visible the wood...
Boat renovation planning - In a series of 6 articles and videos, we take you through all the stages of the 7-day restoration.
Overhaul of a Wooden Catamaran 8 days on the hot asphalt of the shipyard in Izola At a time when the world was still normal...
Epoxy laminate with a heavy rowing was used to additionally strengthen the outboard motor mount in the cockpit.
Catamaran Ariki is 13 years old. The last scheduled repair was 5 years ago. The last time we tore down the mast was 2 years ago
New lifestyle brought a new dimension of worry in my head. I constantly monitored weather forecasts and worried if everything was OK.