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@@allrockfarmllc9909 hi, I'm in the Philippines at Tambobo Bay, Negros Oriental.

Thanks for your nice thoughts. I only post a video once a month. I'm not interested in view numbers and I'm not monitised, I'm just showing my relatives and friends what I'm up to. My videos are getting shorter as I'm running out of storage on my phone. I hope to get a new phone shortly. Hopefully one with video stabilisation.

@sailtofreedom6836 I always look forward to your up coming videos which I find very interesting. Remember you will get followers this way. I believe you can have a go fund me to get a Gopro camera. But yea can't wait to see you more often

Thanks Col. It's nice to hear from you.

Just need to get something accomplished every day and magically it all comes together. Good luck with yours.

Just need to get something accomplished every day and magically it all comes together. Good luck with yours.

Common sense and experimentation. I'm no expert, but probably not as naive as I was 50 years ago. Thanks for your comment!

@@thesailinghebrew9061 hahaha! You make me laugh. Your boat is way behind mine? How is this possible? Yours must be a total rebuild. What sort of boat is it? Thanks for your kind words. 24 yo? Now that's funny.

Interesting and well thought out Horstmann upgrade. Nice work!

I totally agree. Celebration time big time!

Yeah, maybe you're right. I keep looking at what yet needs to be done and get a bit of a sinking feeling, but yes, a lot of progress has been made. At least it's pretty solid now and floats! Haha.

Yeah, maybe you're right. I keep looking at what yet needs to be done and get a bit of a sinking feeling, but yes, a lot of progress has been made. At least it's pretty solid now and floats! Haha.

Making it beautiful inside is a far way off. I'm still trying to make it seaworthy. That's number 1. Functional and liveable inside is next, with the idea of making it wonderful too. One thing at a time.

@@patrioticjaustralia4679 very nice of you to say

@@NewZealandPakeha Well thank you for that! I don't really want to be a slave to TH-cam and I am not monetized. I do it so my friends and relatives can see what I'm up to, but it is pleasing that others enjoy it too.

Wow, thank you

Thank you! I really appreciate your positive support.

@sailtofreedom6836 not much guys like you around anymore that have a humongous compassion to bring to life a Sailboat back to life again.

@@thesailinghebrew9061 Yes, it appears we are a dying breed. Checking my TH-cam statistics, it shows only older men watch the videos. Virtually no one under 40, most over 60. Young people have zero interest.

@@NewZealandPakeha Thank you. It's a cheap phone I use, so yes shaky. One day I'll upgrade to one with stabilisation like a Samsung or Apple.

@@NewZealandPakeha The catamarans around me are well loved and not for sale. There's a rotting Herreshoff nearby you could get for a few thousand $. A fiberglass 28 ft mono appears very neglected. Possibly others further in the bay. There's an aluminium Dick Newick speed trimaran about 50 foot for sale for $35,000 Australian dollars.

@@sailtofreedom6836 how would I go about finding that trimaran

th-cam.com/video/3eQoT5c8Ltk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=tN87IGbHFXpRnm2i

​@@NewZealandPakehaI did some searching and the ad has been removed, so presumably it's been sold

Cheers

@@patrioticjaustralia4679I put these videos on TH-cam primarily so my friends and relatives can see my progress, as well as the children of the previous owner. To have others enjoy following me, and maybe even learn something, that's a lovely bonus. Thanks for your kind comment.

Haha! I thought the same thing.

@@bilbywalkabout2969 Hahaha! Nice comment.

Thanks for your comments. Yeah, negative people are probably more of a curse to themselves than they are to me. Sad really. Good luck with your project. Just try to get something done every day.

@@chrisobrien5138 Thank you Chris. Yes I'm making good progress, and the nay sayers and trolls seem to have backed off now that they see I'm serious. A bit of work done every day, I'm not pushing myself too much, but it's all falling into place and I appreciate your comment.

It's really hard to organise finances to dedicate yourself to a project like this. This is my 5th trimaran, all the others had to be sold due to financial hardships or family obligations. So I've had to wait til I'm on the old age pension. I hope you can do it before that!

Tambobo bay, Negros Oriental.

Philippines

@@sailtofreedom6836 I'm in bohol

@@patrioticjaustralia4679 Thanks for your comment. I try to show people how I do it, but I don't expect anyone to follow me exactly. For example my epoxy tests are for the epoxy here (Pioneer Special Formulation) which is very different from West System. I hope people do their own tests. Making your own antifouling with copper powder is not for everyone. If you have aluminium saildrives, or if you use zinc anodes it will not work. In time the zinc coats the copper. Otherwise it's good, especially if you occasionally like to sit on a beach. Good luck with your boat.

@@chucksautter6154 thanks for that. It's very sweet of you.

Thanks for your comment. There are commercially available copper/epoxy coatings, but I think they are not so good as they don't maximise the copper content, possibly for legal reasons. The idea is to get as much copper as possible into the coat for maximum effectiveness. In the video I deliberately zoomed in on the copper powder supplier, the mesh size and also mentioned the ratio I use. Maximum copper powder to stick to your hull. I did a test on a previous boat I had and found doing your own mix works best.

​@sailtofreedom6836 Awesome! I re-watched the video after I posted this and got all the information that I needed. Thank you so much!

@@TheAaronAndShara I forgot to mention that copper powder is no good if you use zinc anodes. The zinc coats the copper. Zinc anodes are frequently not really needed.

​@sailtofreedom6836 ok thanks again!

​@sailtofreedom6836 Awesome thank you!

Thank you!

Yes, it's far more difficult in Australia. Here the people are more relaxed and forgiving with the mess I make. And the money difference is huge. Good luck with your endeavours!

Thanks Teenah! It's a slow process but I'm going to be proud of the finished result.

@@Mhazheks thanks!

@@chucksautter6154 thanks matey!

@@normanboyes4983 Thanks Norman.

@@normanboyes4983 I'm renting a leaky small house and store stuff inside. Boat repair work is done outside. Getting yacht items locally is the hardest thing. The boat is jacked up on drums and timber so even the highest tides won't float her. There are times when the sea won't touch her for nearly a week.

Thank you for your encouraging comment. Bless you.

Hi Mark. Yes epoxy is amazing. Horrible until it sets, then fantastic as glue, filler, sealer etc. I couldn't do this restoration without it. The boat has a name and I may rename it, but I won't publish it. The last time I tried to import a boat into Australia the border force scoured every Facebook/messenger and TH-cam video they could find to try to get me. So I'm trying to keep names out of it. Even so, there will be a lot of deletions when I try to import this boat. Cheers.