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.

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M/Y Searenity: Two Perspectives On One Restoration

This article is dedicated to all the couples who have gone through the refit of a boat—or, for that matter, the refit of anything—and 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, there’s an angst-ridden woman behind the scenes.