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My friend just replace it by sold wood end of story 😊

You need to get that crevice corrosion ground out & welded up. That is right at the most dangerous part of your rudder system, if your shaft cracks there your done .

Welding new aluminium end onto that shouldn't be that hard

HDPE or thin chopping boards will do the trick. You must completely isolate the stainless plates & bolts from aluminium. Tefgel is not enough you need to use nylon washers & proper spacerplates.

The neodymium magnets with holes in the centre & steel surrounds are much better for what you intend

Seatrials let you know everything that does not work, not make sure everything is working!!!!! Even with well cared for boats there is always a pretty long list.

I’d bet a chunk of hardwood would be Pennie’s on the dollar to ss or alum. And not too hard to come by. And use the alum backing plate as a template for a new ss one - then no corrosion worries and hardwood is incredibly rot resistant so long as water doesn’t get trapped against it. It’ll look pretty too 😉keep up the good work 💪

Before breaking the end off of the end of the bowsprit, you should have taken a tracing of the shape and full measurements. Wait until you see the price of stainless ($$$), seriously consider replacing it with good quality hardwood. Plenty of bowsprits are made of hardwood with a stainless framework. Add some whisker stays to reinforce the bob-stay and you will be fine.

Use a strip of starboard to insulate between the two

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Awesome video - this is an excellent primer on properly analyzing a blue water cruiser.

You read my mind about glassing the divinycell first. You could have glassed a sheet, cut the strips, and then glued in place with thickened epoxy. A quick wipe of the excess after clamping and the job would have been done with no further cutting and sanding to get the hatches to fit cleanly. I hope that it works out for you the way that you planned -- I only point these things out because you seem keen on getting the boat back into the water and pre-glassing the core will definitely speed up the process as it is always easier to work with epoxy on a flat surface -- less waste of epoxy and a cleaner end product. I'm rooting for you!

Might be time to get a small router for corners before glassing 😎

Keep up the good work!

You need to sand down the seems and glass tape a couple layers over them on the outside then fair and sand and paint.

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Just remember the bigger boats require much higher expenditure to maintain.

I don't understand why you didn't use Coosa board there.

Every bit of progress counts, keep on it till she’s ready sail 😎

Great job, well done.

I think re-coring it with balsa and epoxy then a few layers of bi-axe would have been a bit easier and saved on material cost. Either way it came out pretty good and I'm sure you learned something the next time you have to fiberglass. Keep the dream alive brother!

Looks good smooth it out and get primer on it epoxy doesn’t do well in direct sun un covered … UV damage is a real thing.

You should have replaced the rotten balsa core with a new one glued with thickened epoxy and then laminate biaxial on top of it. Way easier and cheaper epoxy wise

Good video, I enjoyed the long form content too!

Hello, 😊 To make a positif outlook from what I know, it is without doubt a mess ! Epoxy … it is messy but it is not a excuses for it ! There is many air bubbles even the size is a silver count. From how important the area is, my advises for you is to let a professional look over your video and he will let you know what it is. Look at this in a positif way! Looking forward to see more from your videos.

Lot of work, looking good!😊

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I know you’ve already cut the top fiberglass but if it would’ve been me since the core did not go all the way to the hull I would have considered removing the core from inside the boat.

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Skimmed thru, too long of a video for me but... huge undertaking.... She'll be a beaut when you resurrect her

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Bro you are saying Swinomish wrong and i am from Skagit too

gloves ! keep epoxy off your skin ! 3/1 or 5/1

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I can't believe this channel only has 3.04k subscribers right now. Keep going man this is great!

Buy from a private sale... Brokers are trash.

Invest in peel ply and a small vained roller to chase air bubbles.

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