Well the last big items have arrived. The new mizzen and Mast, all aluminum light weight and finding space for this 50' Mast will be somewhat challenging . Built and designed by Charleston Spar http://www.sparcraft-us.com/us/company/presentation/default.asp . We are so excited to have them done and here .

We will first say how we love the original Formosa floor plan ...... But , In order to have this as our permanent   living space we have to make some adjustments. Below you will find a drawing of the original design and the modified design . The new floor plan will utilize every single... Continue Reading →

Well we meet our goal of having the boat painted before the end of october . at the most now just some detailed paint work left to be done, But the main parts are completed . Below will be before and after photos.Now cold weather will be setting in and we are very glad we... Continue Reading →

The days all run together now. Our process as you know started with sanding the hull and fairing.During this process we have made our order for the paint . This picture below shows one order , And as the accountant I will say this order was $1000 and we are missing about $30 of paint... Continue Reading →

Seems as though we are on schedule. Having the boat painted by october. As you saw in the last post we were done sanding and painting and here are the results. Feeling pretty good right now!With the deck paint complete we will now start on the hull. In the photo below you will see the... Continue Reading →

As we left you before we were sanding and fairing out the deck. We have accomplished the task and now putting on the prime coats. In this photo you will see burt has put a grey primer down first and sanded this to add a second prime coat of white.Here you will see the deck... Continue Reading →

Fiberglass is not my friend . After finding out that shorts and a tee shirt were not the right outfit for sanding fiberglass, I opted for a more appropriate but sweat drenching outfit. 41' , Thats a lot of surface area. Im not sure it will ever end . At this point we have removed all... Continue Reading →

I will not take any credit for this part of the project . Burt took some time off and was able to get the prep work done along with Painting . He will sand one more time and add another coat. The color we chose is what we used on our 1966 Morgan , it... Continue Reading →

If at all this post sounds as if I were on drugs ...... It is due to the fact that I am, Hospital yesterday ,Pain = Drugs = CT scan = KIDNEY STONE ! I have been trying to pass this thing for a week now not medicated and have been unsuccessful , But I... Continue Reading →