Gelcoat Repair on Fiberglass Boats — How to Fix Chips, Cracks, and Blisters Gelcoat repair has gotten complicated with all the contradictory advice flying around....

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Bilge pump running. Not great. Not terrible. Will investigate.

Dolphins alongside for ten minutes this morning. Good omen.

New chart plotter arrived. Installation tomorrow if weather holds.

Wind died completely. Drifted for an hour. Peaceful actually.

Propeller needed cleaning. Easy fix once I found the snorkel.

Barnacles on the hull again. Six weeks since last scrape. Boat feels sluggish. Diving under tomorrow if the water’s clear enough. Cold work but necessary.

Teaching my nephew to tie knots this weekend. Started with a bowline. You know, the rabbit comes out of the hole, around the tree. He...

Fog rolled in thick this morning. Couldn’t see past the bow. Radio chatter went quiet except for the occasional horn blast. Anchored up and made...