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Mads and Eva continue the refit of their 44-foot hurricane-damaged catamaran, Athena, while stationed in a Florida boatyard.Watch To improve workspace efficiency, they construct a 4x8-foot assembly table using lumber from Home Depot, sealing the wood with Total Boat high-performance epoxy and painting it mineral deposit gray.0:57 They also relocate a temporary lean-to structure to provide drier storage and install Ring security cameras, including a floodlight model, to monitor the boat’s interior and the yard area beneath the hull.9:25 During a tropical storm that brought 48-knot gusts to Cape Canaveral, the boat remained secure using Unimare mooring compensators to dampen shock loads on the dock lines.10:11 Future yard improvements include laying gravel to mitigate mud, installing gutters to manage deck drainage, and finalizing the placement of their mobile workshop trailer.15:23 The crew plans to attend the Annapolis Boat Show to meet followers and inspect an undamaged Antares catamaran.16:51

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