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Morning Light Morning Light is a unique ship and we intend to transform her into a superior vessel. Follow the Morning Light metamorphosis...

She will recover her past glory for the pride of her owners and guests on north american waterways.

Remember the swim platform frame work that required 2 summers to build? Well, we started to glass it this weekend!I hav...
23/09/2019

Remember the swim platform frame work that required 2 summers to build? Well, we started to glass it this weekend!

I have to admit we were intimidated by the large overhead portion we had to glass...

With the help and advises of real skilled professionals (Al Whitaker, Boat Works Today and others), we successfully completed the first layer of overhead fibreglass, 6 hours of non stop hard work, running against time before batches of epoxy gel, yeah.

Nothing felt on our heads and the result is real good for DIY like us. And by the way Al, sorry if we used 1708 fibreglass and deviated from your plan, just a little 😉.

It is work in progress, but can’t wait to get to the end of this !

Pretty idiot MarioMade scar will result in this high speed orbital sander drop on top of my knee 👌
05/09/2019

Pretty idiot MarioMade scar will result in this high speed orbital sander drop on top of my knee 👌

Working on the MarioMade flybridge name boards. They were carved from teak wood lumber, painted with Interlux Perfectio...
23/08/2019

Working on the MarioMade flybridge name boards. They were carved from teak wood lumber, painted with Interlux Perfection Flag Blue to match the boat color and Totalboat Total Gold. Will soon install 3D gold lettering to provide perspective !

Rocna in its place, the handrail will be replaced to fit the new anchor plank size and shape.
29/07/2019

Rocna in its place, the handrail will be replaced to fit the new anchor plank size and shape.

29/07/2019

After taking out, restoring and solidifying the anchor post, we finally brought our Rocna 33 up. Thanks for the new free space in the garage and exciting moment !!! Next step will be to fit the horizontal Maxwell windlass to the plank and roller setup.

We are rebuilding the front hatch which was leaking through, rotten glass frame and deteriorated glasses. Almost done n...
05/06/2019

We are rebuilding the front hatch which was leaking through, rotten glass frame and deteriorated glasses. Almost done now !

3 years ago I started to work from home on the anchor pulpit and the year before on the anchor stainless steel roller fo...
26/05/2019

3 years ago I started to work from home on the anchor pulpit and the year before on the anchor stainless steel roller for our Rocna anchor. Today was the first fitting and trial on the boat itself. The pulpit is hand made from laminated mahogany. Almost lost 2 fingers on the router when I made the roller whole :) !

One more project completed ! The windshield is finally done, done.
20/05/2019

One more project completed ! The windshield is finally done, done.

Making progress with the new windshield and handrail...
29/04/2019

Making progress with the new windshield and handrail...

On travaille finalement sur le windshield...We finally work on the windshield...
21/04/2019

On travaille finalement sur le windshield...

We finally work on the windshield...

New flybridge handrail and windshield support on the road from Grand-Mère, QC. Thanks to Metaux DT for this custom piec...
18/06/2017

New flybridge handrail and windshield support on the road from Grand-Mère, QC. Thanks to Metaux DT for this custom piece of work.

New toy to install in the anchor plank ! Custom made, hand polished stainless anchor roller for our fat Rocna 33. Than...
04/02/2017

New toy to install in the anchor plank ! Custom made, hand polished stainless anchor roller for our fat Rocna 33. Thanks to the metal artists who worked on this 😍😍😍

Finally ready to seal the swim platform upper box, thanks to the 1000 steps we needed to reach that point...
19/09/2016

Finally ready to seal the swim platform upper box, thanks to the 1000 steps we needed to reach that point...

I am practicing the old art of splicing h**p grommets to complete our triple stropped blocks with beckets. They sell for...
10/08/2016

I am practicing the old art of splicing h**p grommets to complete our triple stropped blocks with beckets. They sell for 400 USD each on the market, did mine for under 30$, some sweat and little anger at time 😎

After one year of work, new hollow wooden mast made its way on the boat, few beers with Charles helped celebrating after...
07/08/2016

After one year of work, new hollow wooden mast made its way on the boat, few beers with Charles helped celebrating after installation 😎

Shooting hand made mast and boom with Awl-Wood... Few more hours of work and it will be ready to install 😬 Top of the ma...
18/07/2016

Shooting hand made mast and boom with Awl-Wood... Few more hours of work and it will be ready to install 😬 Top of the mast will be just under 24 feet above water line.

Some relaxing time with the new family member, the little Daphné first time aboard.The new ceiling panels and fly bridge...
30/04/2016

Some relaxing time with the new family member, the little Daphné first time aboard.

The new ceiling panels and fly bridge beams look pretty good too!

Working on the mast blocks while spring gets warmer... Will shape them soon ! Made from scrap mahogany lumbers. They wi...
30/04/2016

Working on the mast blocks while spring gets warmer... Will shape them soon ! Made from scrap mahogany lumbers.

They will allow us to lift the 500 pounds dingy with the boom.

The lower box almost completed and ready to get the upper box on top. We still have some shaping to do on the box and f...
28/09/2015

The lower box almost completed and ready to get the upper box on top. We still have some shaping to do on the box and fibreglassing, but the hardest steps are completed. We can already see the swim platform will add to the great lines of the vessel.

Proud teenager (Emmanuel) after hard work and lots of epoxy on skin and hairs !!!

Looking at the plan once more, and getting ready to cut and install the inside frame of the lower box. We needed 30 hou...
28/09/2015

Looking at the plan once more, and getting ready to cut and install the inside frame of the lower box. We needed 30 hours at 3 men to install the back and the frame.

We are installing the back of the lower box with thru hull bolts and lots of padding. We had to cut inside cabinets in ...
28/09/2015

We are installing the back of the lower box with thru hull bolts and lots of padding. We had to cut inside cabinets in the master bedroom to get to the inside bolts. This thing will not move for sure...

Removing paint and underkotes...
28/09/2015

Removing paint and underkotes...

The start, after the old swim platform is removed and holes fixed.
28/09/2015

The start, after the old swim platform is removed and holes fixed.

28/09/2015

We have been busy lately working on installing the new swim platform on the Morning Light. Our naval engineer recommended we build it off the boat and install it after. We tried, but because of the complexity of curves and angles of the transom, we finally opted to build it on the boat. No matter what, it is a lengthy process with hundreds of steps... Next pictures will show the initiation of the process !

The new console installed in lower helm !
15/07/2015

The new console installed in lower helm !

I could not convince myself to put modern looking blocks on the mast :(... So I decide to make vintage wooden ones. It...
15/04/2015

I could not convince myself to put modern looking blocks on the mast :(... So I decide to make vintage wooden ones. It will be made of mahogany and stropped using "look-alike" h**p rope make of polyester. I will have to remember my splicing classes :)... The eyes are bronze ones and only the 50mm acetal sheaves from Ronstan will remember us we are in the 21st century !

Two blocks will have beckets, the whole set will prove a 6-1 weight ratio, setup in a disadvantage profile.

It is the real thing now ! Charles and Frederic are putting the hollow mast and boom together from Douglas fir. The ma...
15/04/2015

It is the real thing now ! Charles and Frederic are putting the hollow mast and boom together from Douglas fir. The mast will be 13.5 feet high and is stepped from 5 in to 3 in at the top. The boom will be 12 feet long, hollow as well, but in a rectangular shape in the middle to round at the end. All hand made in St-Clet, QC :) !

After removing the old ceiling, lifting up the flybridge floor from under and little frustration in the process :), we f...
15/04/2015

After removing the old ceiling, lifting up the flybridge floor from under and little frustration in the process :), we finally completed the ceiling of the main cabin. Lots of people got involved into this, Hal, Freres de Bois and Mo-tif, so thank to all for helping this project.

We have few adjustment to complete still, but it already looks awesome !

It was decided we would build a hollow mast using the birds mouth technique. Before we work on the real thing we practi...
27/03/2015

It was decided we would build a hollow mast using the birds mouth technique. Before we work on the real thing we practiced and made a fake mast with a 8'x10"x1" pin board (20$). Even glued with wood glue, the thing did not want to show signs of weakness . The practice results were amazingly strong and straight ! Thanks to Charles and Fred, wood worker artist at Les Frères de Bois for working in this (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Les-Frères-de-Bois/1378814549090438?fref=ts).

The original boat had a mast and aluminum boom mounted on the tail of the flybridge. We decided to rebuild it with wood...
27/03/2015

The original boat had a mast and aluminum boom mounted on the tail of the flybridge. We decided to rebuild it with wood and to make it self supported so we don't have to put standing rigging everywhere on the boat...

We made all the stress and load calculations following the maths in Skene's Elements of Yacht Design book (1975 edition).

To make it self supported, we had to build a tabernacle at least 24 inches high. We found a great one installed on a 100 years old Norwegian boat and we are doing a replica of it with Michel Samson, a retired passionate machine shop artist.

We added some modifications in the tabernacle design following the Grand Banks mast steps. Final results should show up in few weeks... Stay tuned !

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Finally lifting the anchor !
Finally lifting the anchor !

After taking out, restoring and solidifying the anchor post, we finally brought our Rocna 33 up. Thanks for the new free space in the garage and exciting moment !!! Next step will be to fit the horizontal Maxwell windlass to the plank and roller setup.

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