Video: Following Duracell’s Big Bow Project
August 30, 2023
48° North contributors Matt Steverson and Janneke Petersen have been busy with their racer-to-cruiser refit of the Open 60 Duracell, most recently focusing on a new bow section with a carbon fiber chainplates. We love…
Boat Maintenance & Repairs,Featured
Video: A New Cockpit Layout for the Duracell Project
August 26, 2022
We've been following along as 48° North contributors Matt Steverson and Janneke Peterson tackle "The Duracell Project" in their backyard in Port Townsend. They've been making steady progress turning the Open 60 former ocean…
Boat Maintenance & Repairs,Featured
Fiberglass in the Forest:Lesson in Backyard Lamination
June 2, 2022
From the June 2022 issue of 48° North. For the past 10 years, I have been a shipwright. My boat repair and building career began with bottom painting at CSR, a boatyard on the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle.…
The Duracell Project
January 20, 2022
From Ocean Racer to Liveaboard Cruiser, a Legend Lives On This article was originally published in the January 2022 issue of 48° North. Duracell blasting along under full canvas in the Pan Pacific Race en route to a first…