Defiant on the hard

Dirty, beat, tea-stained, and ready for a new life

That is one crusty prop

Everything was just tired. The topside paint was warn through, the bottom paint was gone, the teak runners raw and flaking off old Cetol

'How do you refit a boat while working a full-time job?' you find a boatyard that will let you start sanding at 4am

It took a bathtub of toilet bowl cleaner to get the tea stains off, but her white was finally... white!

So. Much. Sanding

cutting new thu hulls in the bottom of your boat is always terrifying

all sealed up! new intake for the central air/heat pump

First the bootstripe

Now for the top trim

Check out those teak battens

A month of sanding, painting and staining made Defiant a whole new boat 🎉