Sylken Sea, Kadey Krogen Trawler Yacht, 48-44. Follow our Travels, Adventures and Projects.

The top is nearing completion, just need to remove it, fair it, prime, paint and do the final install. Above: attaching and fairin...

Moving along nicely, I think Paul has nailed it! The top comes out of the mold. Below: Paul says "if you own a Henderson 30 an...

Lay Up Begins! While the previous post the work happened over 4-5 days in this post the work was done in about 5-6 hours. Even with the e...

The support structure is mostly carbon/epoxy/foam core construction but the "flange" that will be bonded to the flybridge coaming...

The guys are waiting on some material to finish up the mold so they start on the support structure. Spent a whole day building a mock up, m...

Ten years, 4540 hours and four exhaust elbows, the genny is just fine!  Northern Lights has changed the design a bit, new part number. Stil...

Things are moving along nicely, I knew molds take time to build but I had no idea how much time. The sanding, faring, sealing is endless. N...

So for most of the week Paul and his guys have been working full days building the mold for the bottom side of the hardtop, the side you wi...

The lamination begins! Starting with a release layer wetted out with epoxy, then a layer of woven bidirectional carbon also wetted out, top...

I am back at Peake Yacht Services in Trinidad and Tobago. Sylvianne stayed behind while I am doing boat work and watching our hard top com...