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Fam of 5 Surfers Learning to Sail
Currently Renovating our 46ft FP Bahia + Prepping for our 2027 Adventure. Yeeeew 🌊⛵️

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Did not love that seemingly ‘simple’ job! 😫🤣
Thank goodness for ladies who love to sew!!! 🙏

Who would have thought it would have taken so long to source this mesh! I drove around to a zillion stores, 3 different bunnings (yes they have mesh but not this super tiny weave type.) In the end it was a special order from Bunnings! (Wish someone had told me that from the start!🤣) by @sailing_clairdelune

Reupholstered Cushions (love them!)
Old table legs out, one super string gas strut leg installed 💪
The table now drops down to make a big daybed!
Perfect for crossings (it seems to be the one spot us girls feel less seasick), movie nights & a spare bed. by @sailing_clairdelune

Stoked with how this space has turned out!

What we did: (well, what Danny did, with my input on design & selections 🤣)

* Old fridge space turned into deep pantry drawers
* New flooring
* Custom sink + taps
* New cabinetry (eucalyptus green, how freaking good is it!)
* New Push handles
* Spaceship looking panel powder-coated + new top
* Custom bench-top

Not one thing was easy! Every curve, corner, template was an absolute mission! But my gosh your cover @dtabuilding! by @sailing_clairdelune

We are not touching a thing turned into a full blown revamp….
This area is now complete! Yeeeew! 👌🏻
I think we have def been able to give her a good revamp whilst maintaining the boats classic feel.
We have made practical changes to suit our family, which will def make life more comfortable when travelling and living in this boat full time… by @sailing_clairdelune

Ordered all of the flags for the countries we have currently planned to sail to. It is feeling veeeeery real now.

Vid 1. of Things I Didn’t Know Were a Thing! And let me tell you there is plenty more where this came from 🤣

So all the sailors out there, what else is coming for us that we should be prepped for before leaving? by @sailing_clairdelune

There will never be enough storage!!!
Danny templated these shelves last time her was there (boat cabin cupboards are NOT standard shapes!)
All cut out ready to be oiled and installed on our next trip…
One by one getting through the (never ending) list✔️ by @sailing_clairdelune

Got my phone out to get footage of the girls surfing and this happened! 🐳🐋 by @sailing_clairdelune

The RADDEST Dad! Happiest Father’s Day! Wild to think this time next year we will be ⛵️🌊 yeeew!
The girls are the luckiest!
We LOVE you @dtabuilding 🤎🤎🤎 by @sailing_clairdelune

PAINTING! 👩‍🎨🧑‍🎨
This one we did plan from day one, the cabins anyways. It was just so dark and gloomy down below. We chose antique white to keep the classic boat feel and a light grey on the leather. Painting the leather was such a mission!
We left the girls home with my dad and did a long weekend mission, was actually so fun, we smashed it out over 3 long days and nights!
Not only did we paint the 4 cabins we ended up painting both hallways (I think that is what you call it in a boat?!😂)
And that is where the idea to renovate the whole kitchen/ saloon came from (haha sorry @dtabuilding) 🤙🏻

Oh and I had just had a little surgery the week before hence the hectic bandage on my leg!! by @sailing_clairdelune

This conversion is such a game changer. Not only was there zero bench space (at all) when the fridge was open if I started preparing a meal and needed something I’d have to move everything off it (with zero room) to get what I needed then go again…
Not only that, it was so shonky, I could not work out the temp on it… would either freeze everything or didn’t work at all.
We managed to find another upright fridge for the other wall (which we have waited 7 months for, finally arrived sat!) 3 deep drawers where the fridge was and a beautiful new BIG benchtop… stoked! Your so freaking clever @dtabuilding 👌🏻

👉🏻Progress, not finished yet 🤙🏻 by @sailing_clairdelune

This Solar Arch/ Board Rack is an ongoing project at the moment. The quote we got was INSANE 🫠🤔🤑

So Danny went back and templated it up to order parts and have it made up in sections here ready to take back and install once done…. We’re pretty sure it will hold up to 7 longboards + double our solar! 🤙🏻⚡️

Can you imagine seeing this being made up in the marina 🤣 by @sailing_clairdelune

New Flooring!
We def didn’t plan this (standard us🤣) but once we had finished painting it just felt like she needed a finishing touch to lighten & brighten her up.
Danny took up the flooring that he could to bring home and do here before the next trip to install.
The stairs were super fiddly and time consuming but he did the BEST job (perfectionists!)
So stoked with how it has turned out👌🏻
@dtabuilding 🤎 by @sailing_clairdelune