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Brookline is awash in the colors of spring.  Purple and pink and highlighter green.  There’s a yellow magnolia on Toxteth Street where, several times now, I’ve seen a cardinal perched in the branches.  It’s almost as if he knows that this tree will cause his red to pop more than any other tree.  It’s myContinue reading “Countdown to casting off – How does it feel?”

The old engine was running, but it was 30 years old and burning a bit of oil. With extended sailing in the future for us, we decided to pull the trigger on a new engine. Out with the old, in with the new. Yanmar for Yanmar. We replaced the old Max Prop with a newContinue reading “Sundance gets a new Engine”

Stripping decades of paint with Peel Away. Massive amount of hard labor. But it produced great results. I was surprised to find Copper-Clad under all that paint. After a winter of drying and more spring prep, the bottom got primed. And painted. And launched! The project inspired a piece for my Boston Harbor Currents columnContinue reading “Stripping bottom paint”