Restoration and Refit
Restoration and refit are two ways to modernize older cruising designs so that they have modern equipment advantages not available when those boats were originally built. A restoration typically mirrors the lines and layout of the original design, while incorporating more modern operating systems. A refit usually involves replacing the engines, operating systems, marine electronics, or even modifying the accomodations.
Dealing With a Rusty Boat (Video)
Second Installment Chronicling Australian Couple's Refit of a Steel Boat
Imaginative Aussie Couple Documents Fish Boat Conversion on Video
Vegetable Oil, Arctic Exploration on the Brupeg Agenda
Sunk by Irma, GB 42 To Be Auctioned in Florida
Outwardly Not So Bad; Inside Is a Mud-Filled Mess
Current Bid for 1923 Tugboat: $2,550 (Video)
They're Auctioning the Buffalo in Upstate New York
Seized Boats For Sale Dirt Cheap (Gallery)
Oregon Marina Wants Them Gone: 'Any Offer Considered'
Historic Vessel Undergoing Repairs at Port Townsend
El Primero, Made of Steel, Was Once Lost in Craps Game
Watch 'Old Ironsides' Relaunched (Videos)
After a Two-Year Refit, She's Towed Out of Her Boston Drydock
Arawak's Restoration: an interior facelift
Over the past two years, Arawak, a 1996 Grand Banks Motoryacht, has been undergoing a complete overhaul and refit.
ISSUE PREVIEW: Restoration Options For Wooden Boats (PHOTO GALLERY)
Featured in the May/June 2016 Issue, Splinters is a classic Grand Banks aged past her years. With a heavy restoration project underway, take a look at some of the thinking behind restoring wooden boats.
Issue Preview: Reviving The Perfect Family Cruiser (GALLERY)
Meet the November/December cover boat, a restored Fisher Trawlers 38 named Salty Dog. Resisting the draws of all that is shiney and new, Dave Abrams found an uncommon English cruiser loaded with potential.
Moveable Feast: A Restored Kadey-Krogen With A Culinary Core
David Hoar and Noreen Rudd craft their culinary creations aboard their 1988 Krogen 42, Pacific Sapphire, all while cruising throughout the Pacific Northwest.
M/Y Searenity: Two Perspectives On One Restoration
This article is dedicated to all the couples who have gone through the refit of a boator, for that matter, the refit of anythingand managed to come out the other end in one piece. It seems to me that most stories I have read about boat projects are written by the man in the equation, and for all intents and purposes, his other half is not an active participant in the process. My guess, though, is that for every man on a nautical mission, theres an angst-ridden woman behind the scenes.