McCraw Sails

We attended to our physicals in Chapel Hill then loaded up for the trip back to the boat.  Set out right away for Ocracoke - the winds wer...

I plan on taking the (very heavy) sewing machine to the boat.  I will soon make the "sling seat" and just want the machine on the ...

We're back home for a little while - we both have dentist appointments and our annual physicals over the next week. I brought all the ...

Finally time for the schedule "launch" at Jarrett Bay. The big 200 ton Travel-lift approaching. The crew getting the strap...

The engines are all hooked up and ready to test! The engine hours are set back to zero!  Hopefully we'll have many years of serv...

The second engine finally was put in place today.....the mechanics are super busy and I guess we were low priority. We'll see how m...

We spent a few relaxing days with my sis and her family at Topsail Beach. Meanwhile, back at the boat....the workers had been a bit busy i...

I know this is not terribly exciting, but our new prop blades finally arrived from Denmark. This time, UPS handled all the customs and imp...

When we come to the boat with the dinghy, there's no where to tie off and hold the dinghy in place.   We have to jump onto the steps an...

The saildrives are designed to suck water through the openings for engine cooling.  But this is where a lot of the corrosion is introduced a...