Starting the Blog Today

As indicated above, this blog is dedicated to the overhaul/refit/pimping of a Macgregor 26M sailboat named "KathyD". We are getting everything together over the next day or so to get this blog going and keep it current. The boat overhaul is actually well underway, having begun in early September. The boat is currently stripped down and undergoing hull sanding outside. This is a complete tear down, deck hardware off, engine removed, interior removed, steering system upgraded, water system and mast upgrades as well. We will start the blog by stepping back to the beginning and give as much detail as possible along with photos in order to makes this useful to others who may be interested in performing a similar project. We have been very diligently photographing the project so we can share them with the blog, as well as refer back to when we are absolutely clueless how something goes back together.  The overhaul is being performed in our shop in Stanfield, NC. Over the next week or so I hope to catch the blog up to the point we currently are in the project. We will also be using Picasa and YouTube during this overhaul. We will try to keep it simple, but some posts may sound like I am babbling incoherently. Either way we hope to provide some useful information on overhauling/refitting/pimping out a Macgregor 26.