Maintenance & Refits, InDepth-A Refit Tale

Introduction

Those of you who have followed this site for a while know that we recently completed a four winter long refit of Morgan’s Cloud. While we have worked hard at maintaining and upgrading our boat over the years we have owned and sailed her (since 1991), 130,000 miles (many of them rough) do take their toll. Read on for the saga of what we did right, what we did wrong, and what we learned along the way.

Boat Refit Overview

by John November 18, 2008
Winching in a mast-stored carbon spinnaker pole on aluminum sailboat Morgan's Cloud.

So, what did we do to our beloved Morgan’s Cloud that could possible take four winters of hard labour?

A Top Ten List

by John December 1, 2008
Technicians fitting the spreaders to our new mast during a test rigging at Hall Spars. The clamp is used to apply pressure to slightly compress the mast so that the spreaders can be pinned to a bar that passes through the mast with absolutely no play; which gives you an idea of the precise tolerances this spar is built to.

Here is a top ten list of what we did during the refit that we really like: