Dinghy Chaps

How to protect your dinghy from all the abuse it’s going to take from the sun? Build some Dinghy Chaps to protect the tubes.

Yup… chaps for the dinghy.

Finished Dinghy Chaps

It’s all about the pattern.  It’ll make or break you!  Sailrite has a great video about this but we highly suggest one huge difference.  Spend the extra few dollars to purchase enough of the plastic to make a pattern for each side.  Don’t try to use the same one by flipping it to the other side.  It gets confusing and just makes things harder.

Marking canvas from pattern

Not quite a sail loft to do the work… but it is a huge step up from trying to do it on the beach!

Dockside Hi-Tech Workbench

When you live aboard, your work space is your living space. It’s a very real thing that to complete any project… you almost have to make your living space look destroyed.
Sometimes when we do big projects…. our Rocket Dog takes one for the team.

Where’s the puppy?

What’s it take to complete this project?  Patience and enough plastic for a few extra patterns.

Testing the fit

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