The Seadog Life

We didn’t really trust the existing (very old) electric cables that where still in the boat so we decided it was time to replace the whole electric system. We started with the 230v AC system and the 12 volt DC system will follow later.

We decided to replace the old diesel heater that came with the boat. After a long search we found the beautiful Refleks diesel heaters that are sold by Rietpol (Holland). Rietpol is a shipyard which was established in 1936 in the old village Spaarndam in The Netherlands. They import these heaters from Denmark and then customise them for example with a little window, radiator coil or a cook plate.
We only went to the shipyard for some information about the choices there where, but left the same day with a secondhand heater that the they had overhauled. Still left a hole in our budget, but is was a good investment nonetheless.

This weekend we decided that it was time to clean out the Seadog. It was to cold to do epoxy work (winter is coming). Luckily Justin had a week off the week before, so he had time to paint the cabin with two layers of epoxy. So Seadog already has it’s (waterproof) jacket on for the coming winter.

Last weekend we started to prepare the cabin so that we can put on the epoxy. We hoped that we would be able to finish these preparations last weekend but we didn’t make it. So next weekend we’ll also have to work on it. We hope there will be a few more warm weekends, before winter sets in.

Last week and this weekend we did a lot. We removed the frame of the old roof and started rebuilding the roof. We might be able to close the cabin today. Lets hope so cause winter is coming. After this weekend it would be nice if we had a few more weekends with good weather so that we can epoxy the whole cabin with a few layers and also start painting the whole thing.