Penny was built in 1977. Needless to say, they had some pretty interesting ideas on what was “fashionable” back then. Alix is hosting a party in a couple weeks so we decided to stop putting off the project and put new covers on the seats. Came out pretty nice. Maybe the pattern is not “modern”,

Being in a covered slip rain is typically not a problem for getting on the boat, that is until storms from the south come in. Then the back is drenched. This is my first attempt at building a canvas cover for the back of the boat. I am interested to see how it does when

Walking around in Home Depot recently Alix and I noticed this great medicine cabinet. Always on the hunt to better organize and store things on the boat we went home and measured the head (bathroom). It fit perfect! This evening we installed our shiny new cabinet and added a large amount of new storage in

Penny was commissioned in 1977. She is an old gal but in remarkably good shape for her age, though some of her joints are getting creaky. One of them is her fridge (which I am not convinced is original). The fridge that came with the boat was an older Norcold model. A few month after

When using the shower the water drains down into a holding tank. Inside that holding tank is a bilge pump that has an internal floater which detects water to activate the pump. From the pump there is a six foot rise and a seven foot run to the outlet. Some bilge pumps are not powerful