Project Creep; an insight

Captain Pauley has an interesting example of "Project Creep" that we are sometimes faced with, with work on our own boats.
Hop on over to his blog site to read his blog, and come away with a smile; yeah, I've been there.
He starts out by giving us a definition
"Project creep is when you start out to build a Mini-Cooper and end up with a bus. It’s endemic in a boat restoration project and Daydream is no exception. If you remember back to the first Project Daydream article, my daughter and I were going to restore Daydream on a budget and to a time frame. We’ve resisted project creep as best we could, but it’s time for me to admit a certain amount of defeat on that subject."

LED refit

We wrote about a LED light upgrade and can be read here We continue to upgrade our lights with the same LED strips but if your contemplating doing this type of project, we recommend an excellent article that svOcelot has on LED lighting. They start by saying "Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are rapidly becoming the preferred way to illuminate your boat.  They're much more energy efficient than incandescent lighting, they last much longer, and they are now available in a range of eye‑pleasing colors, like warm‑white.  They're even bright enough now for foredeck lighting.  Several manufacturers are producing replacement bulbs, so switching over from incandescent lighting is easy....." 
Before you refit with LED's, hop over to their blog site and get some information which will help you make some proper choices. Pro's and Con's; how they work; etc.

Refit Under Way

Do you like to follow big refit projects? Hop over to sv Ocelot's blog site where they are up to week #31 on a refit to their boat. All previous weekly entries can be found at the bottom of their linked page. Their project makes for interesting reading and has lots of supporting photo's. Fixing your boat in exotic locations is what it's all about.

The Good Life; Can You Help?

Some of you may know there has been a drop off in my blogs recently. This has been due to my wife and I  currently cruising on the boat, and most projects for this boat are done for the year.
I'm asking for some help here. Some of you out there who visit my site may have a project of your own that you have written up, and would allow me to publish it on my blog site.
Just drop me an email to the address in my header with either a link to your project, or you may send the article through with the email. Full acknowledgment of the writer will be given.
Enjoy your cruising; and if stuck doing projects, I hope you will have the time to write it up and send me a link.
We also blog about innovative boating products. Do you know of a new one just released? Have you purchased a new product recently that has changed the way you do your boating? We look forward to hearing about these as well.

Finished Teak Grate

Marke Corke has finished his teak grate and I wrote about his cutting jig here.

Hop on over to Marke Corke's site to read about his write up of this wonderful wood working project. Plenty of details are there, along with lots of photo's.