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@@brilliantsailing now, i think to buy this boat, but in bad condition … Can i ask your email, plz

That’s a shame you don’t like it but each to their own and hopefully the content of the video was still useful to you anyway. Thanks for watching!

Thank you 🙏🏻 Give it a go! With some research and preparation you might surprise yourself!

Thanks guys, Enjoy!

Thank you! This is definitely something we are looking at. We’re actually already contemplating (and pricing up) replacing all 14 seacocks and skin-fittings (we’ve already done 2 of them so 12 to go!) The 2 we’ve done are in the engine room and we’ve already used bronze for those (but good quality so they’ll hopefully long outlast us!). We’re definitely looking at True Design for the remainder. Looks like a very good product. That through-hull for the sink is about 2” so one of the larger ones (like toilet & cockpit). You definitely wouldn’t want it to let go! That issue with food waste/chemicals and corrosive reaction could easily apply to the heads as well so very worth looking into!

@@frankstocker5475 unfortunately not. We still need access to the top of the fuel tank (and then there’s the breather hose just beside that spot anyway) plus it would then take up too much space in the companionway and there would be nowhere to stand while you’re getting the food out. You might be able to reach down from the cockpit but you probably wouldn’t get to the bottom of the freezer that way. It’d definitely be handy if we could have worked it so the lid opened all the way but in the end we just had to find a compromise that would at least work. Luckily those fridge lids do come off so that was the solution. The pitfalls of tiny spaces hey!!

@@brilliantsailing great video series. I like what you are doing with the hobbit hole and am following along intently. One thing I did with another boat I had ( a Pearson 37) is I moved the fuel filler to a remote filler to the deck thus eliminating the fumes of diesel when filling and added an in tank mechanical fuel gauge so I could see at the tank when it was near full, this worked well. Your method of sizing panels with scraps of paneling is another great idea not only to size the panels but to tell whether you can fit the finished panels in one piece or multiple pieces have to be made. I have been searching for a video from your series detailing the construction and fitment of the dinghy davit structure and can't seem to locate one. I see in your video intro, Brilliant II doesn't show the dinghy davit. I like the design and functionality of the one you had made and am curious as to whether you have a video and would share any plans and measurements. I am in Canada and our KP44 #123 is in Puerto Vallarta and I would would like to have our maintenance man have one built for us so when we return to Mexico in October it just has to be installed. Thanks again for taking us along on your journey.

@@normlarsen4803 thanks for watching and taking the time to share this great comment. Unfortunately we weren’t making videos when we designed, built and fitted the davits but we could certainly give you some measurements and a photo or two for your fabricator to work from. Send us an email to shazatsea@gmail.com and we’ll go from there 😉

@@PaHoHaska a lot of people really like the music but it’s always a personal taste. Thanks for persevering even though it wasn’t to yours 🙏🏻

@@marcusdell7420 great idea! Thank you 🙏🏻

@@jimmyd6279 thanks Jimmy, really glad you’re enjoying the videos. We absolutely will take a trip down memory lane at some point in our filming but for now you can read a bit more about our backgrounds here: epoxycraft.com/projects/is-brilliant-ii-their-real-life-movie-set/

@@brilliantsailing Thanks for sharing,that was great!

@@jimmyd6279 we’ll definitely cover more of the ‘how we got into sailing’ down the track 😉

Hi, the main tanks are black iron aka steel. The fittings on those are also steel (welded). The auxiliary tank was added on by the previous owner. He probably chose that material for ease of manufacture (plus all modern fuel tanks are either aluminium, stainless steel or polypropylene - not black iron). The fittings we’ve just put into the auxiliary tank are brass and they’re isolated from the aluminium by PTFE tape, which is the recommended method. There was an original brass screw-in drain plug and original brass elbow, which we just replaced and which had been in that tank for close to 20 years, also isolated with PTFE tape, neither of which were the cause of the problem. Hope that answers your questions 😉

Sure was! A bit of a surprise too!!

Thank you 🙏🏻 It was a bit of a revelation but good to have got it fixed - and ticked another job off the list!

I suspect that it may have been galvanic corrosion between the mild(?) steel tank with the ally tank acting as the anode.

That seems plausible but where is the mild steel and why only the angled surface? Could have been fuel with high iron content water causing a bacteria but water settles…mystery.

@@jamesmarshall2015 the tanks were only joined by a single rubber hose and the diesel that travelled from the iron tank into the aluminium tank. We think it was the diesel that carried metal-based sediment, which then had no mechanism to be flushed out of the aluminium tank and therefore accumulated over the years. In the video you can see how that corrosion is still ongoing from those bright metal sections where the sludge gets scraped away.

@@normlarsen4803 the black iron/steel, is what the original boat tanks are made of. The aluminium tank is an add-on installed by the previous owner. The starboard black iron tank is right next to this auxiliary aluminium tank (separated by a bulkhead) joined only by one single rubber hose. There was no water in the auxiliary tank and the sediment was 100% ferrous metal-based, which makes us think it had come from the steel tank via the diesel. It then settled on the bottom of the tank, which in this case, because of the angle, was the diagonal face. Just gravity at work there!

Excellent! Don’t forget your ‘100 Magic Miles’ 👌🏻😉

That’s a nice length of time to be out on the water here for. Enjoy! ⛵️

@brilliantsailing yes 7 days is way too short lol. We did 14 last year just give you lots of options

@@malgraham351 fingers crossed you get good weather too 🤞🏻

Good on you! Love to hear from people like you who are making it happen 😊⛵️

Glad you enjoyed it! It’s a pleasure to showcase the place we’ve been lucky enough to call our home base so that hopefully others will be inspired to enjoy it too 😃

Glad you enjoyed it and very happy to hear you’re coming to experience this for yourself too!

You certainly could use a rigid material if you wanted to but with the half-inch thickness of the hull, plus the thickness of the fibreglass deck, plus the epoxy (which, with the addition of the fibre is structural), we were happy that this was more than adequate. We’re also confident there’s no air voids, which you might get using rigid pieces of board. No we haven’t had any rudder bearing issues but we did replace a worn bush in the skeg about 10 years ago. There’s been no wear on it since.

Welcome to the KP 44 family and thanks for following along! What’s your boat called?

@@brilliantsailing Thank you and the name of our KP44 is Topsider changed From the previous owners name of Topcider named after the cider he produced on his apple farm. Since this is a different new boat for us I plan on watching as many videos as I can before I return to Puerto Vallarta in early fall because I am still working during the summer months in Canada. hopefully my last year and then onto full time cruising for the foreseeable future. Anyway my wife and I are quite enjoying your videos and am sure I will learn lots.

@@normlarsen4803 sounds like you have it well planned out. There’s a good KP44 Facebook group you might already know about?

Awwww, and you’re the favourite pirate! 🏴‍☠️

Thanks so much 🙏🏻 We’re definitely ready for a sailing break now! ⛵️ Happy Easter 🐣

Thank you! 🙏🏻

Thank you 🙏🏻

Thank you! 🙏🏻 We started off using Awlgrip but switched to International Perfection, which was a little more user-friendly and easier to achieve a better result. Awlgrip seems to be designed more for spray application whereas Perfection is definitely formulated with brush-painting or rolling and tipping in mind.

Thank you 🙏🏻 Silicone and paint aren’t the problem. It’s pretty easy to keep tools/mess etc. inboard, but you do need to control the dust any time you’re using power tools, which means using a vacuum system. Thankfully most good sanders attach straight to a vacuum cleaner these days, and to be honest most of this part of the job had to be done manually (I.e. with basic hand tools like hammer & chisel, which make very minimal dust), because the join was simply too narrow and deep to fit a power tool in!

We’re going to count them when we put the teak back on! It’s been raining here a lot lately and it’s sooooo good to finally have no water below deck 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Hi, and thank you 🙏🏻 Yes, our deck has a plywood core and yes, there are places where water has made its way through, but amazingly we haven’t found any rot like in the bulwarks. The next step of this whole process is removing, checking and reinstalling all the surrounding deck fittings (stanchion bases etc), which we’ll share the learnings from in our next video.

Thank you 🙏🏻 The whole saga isn’t quite over yet but when it is, it will be!!

This video is just about fixing the hull-to-deck join. We’re still working on the teak rail so stay tuned!

Thank you 🙏🏻 It’s been a real labour of love as they say, but one we know will be worth it in the end

Thank you 🙏🏻 The short answer on the epoxy is a lot!!! We’re estimating somewhere around 40 litres of the West System 105 and the corresponding amount of the 403 microfibre blend. It wasn’t cheap.

Thank you 🙏🏻 It’s been a horrendous job - and believe it or not, it’s still not quite over yet. The good news is we’re now at the pointy end of the whole saga and yes, we’ve finally fixed the main source of leaks. Almost time to throw a party!!! 🥳

Thank you!

Thank you 🙏🏻 Ideally you’d take the tackle off before you tack but in this case we left the snatch block on so yes, there’s a bit of banging and crashing there!

Refit 😂😂😂

Welcome aboard ⛵️😉

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

The short answer is that we will have a cap rail again soon, but stay tuned!! 😉

Thank you 🙏🏻 There’s some pretty interesting stuff coming up so stay tuned!!

Thank you! 🙏🏻

Thank you so much for not just watching but also taking the time to write this lovely comment. We’re so glad you enjoyed the video and that it resonated with you. Cheers 🍻

The pitfalls of living in paradise! Thanks for watching and Fair Winds 🌬️

Wow! Thank you very much 🙏🏻

What a difference hey!

Hi, we have a bracket attached to the solar arch on the davits, which comes forward of the panels so as not to cause a shadow. This is a temporary installation in that we don’t keep the dish up there all the time. It’s just for occasions when the system is in use.

Thank you! 🙏🏻

Thank you 🙏🏻 We’ve been sailing Brilliant II for 18 years and our longest cruise was from Thailand to Sydney, Australia, during 2006-7. Since then we’ve sailed the east coast of Australia and briefly on another boat in New Caledonia. Josh is included in the sailing when appropriate, not so much because he likes it but because it is good for him to be part of the teamwork. The most important thing is that he loves boat life. He was almost born on board so it’s been a part of his life since the start, and perhaps that helps!

Hi, this was December through February, back in the Whitsundays for March, 8 weeks all up. ⛵️

Thanks for your lovely comment! We’re so glad you’ve found the videos helpful. Stay tuned!!