November Update

November Update

King’s Pride Home  |  To Do List  |  Expenditures  |  Blog King’s Pride Refit Blog November Update Turning the corner, we hope. It’s been a long couple of months since we started taking apart King’s Pride. So far, not too many surprises. One job we hadn’t...
Shrink Wrap

Shrink Wrap

King’s Pride Home  |  To Do List  |  Expenditures  |  Blog King’s Pride Refit Blog Shrink Wrap Rain, and more rain mixed with wind. After removing the mast we realized that we had more deck hardware to remove (all of it) and that the weather was cooling...
Removing the mast

Removing the mast

King’s Pride Home  |  To Do List  |  Expenditures  |  Blog King’s Pride Refit Blog Removing the mast This was a big project – we needed to remove the mast. As you know, we didn’t do a survey , and it was hard to predict what condition the rig...
Rudder, Part 2: Looking good

Rudder, Part 2: Looking good

King’s Pride Home  |  To Do List  |  Expenditures  |  Blog King’s Pride Refit Blog Rudder, Part 2: Looking good We didn’t know the construction of the rudder, and no information was available, so we drilled the first 2” hole, to have a look. The rudder was...
Fuel Tanks, Part 2

Fuel Tanks, Part 2

King’s Pride Home  |  To Do List  |  Expenditures  |  Blog King’s Pride Refit Blog Fuel Tanks, Part 2 We decided to do as much of the take apart as we could. This Fall has been a lot of demolition. The goal, with most refits, it to get everything out of...
Fuel Tank removal

Fuel Tank removal

King’s Pride Home  |  To Do List  |  Expenditures  |  Blog King’s Pride Refit Blog Fuel Tank removal Jennifer had reported the aft fuel tank leaking and the forward one contaminated – that’s why we did the delivery on a small 1 gallon can that had to be...