Dione IV

Adventures Afloat with Wim and Sher

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  • DIY Hall

    DIY Hall

    Here’s where we start doing the work ourselves… in the aptly named do-it-yourself hall. Dione IV will look better than new!

  • Painting Hall

    Painting Hall

    Off to the painting hall we go, and Dione IV gets several layers of primer underneath our new Coppercoat bottom paint.

  • Grit Blasting

    Grit Blasting

    Dione IV is moved to the grit blasting hall, will be wrapped in thick plastic foil, and the bottom will be blasted with grit.

  • Steel Welding

    Steel Welding

    In the steel welding hall, convex shapes are added for the bow thruster for improved hydrodynamics.

  • Bowthuster

    Bowthuster

    To install the bowthruster, we cut 2 HUGE holes in the bow of Dione’s hull, below the waterline. What?!!! Really?

  • Cleaning

    Cleaning

    While we wait for space in the steel workshop, we spend the time washing and cleaning everything…

This is how it all started…

Thanks to Lovesail.com, a dating and social-networking website for people passionate about sailing, two avid sailors and full-time live-aboard cruisers from different countries halfway around the world (who were otherwise unlikely to have ever met), found each other. And so began the journey to share love and life, and fulfill their dreams together!

Dione IV first gets some enhancements and spa treatments in the boat yard, and then we sail off into the sunset!….

Wim & Sher

Sailors, Ocean Dwellers, and World Travelers!