Good video, since I have started watching your channel, I have to follow, been interesting to see all these repairing and maintenance, something I could not do. I wonder how much the boat cost and how much you have spent on repairing? Don´t complain about the heat, I am from Iceland and I am very tired of cold climate....and think about it, my forefathers, the Vikings were sailing between countries in arctic area under open sky´s. Surrounded by icebergs. Strong people.
James, How sad am I ? My family laugh at me as I listen to you in my car when driving then I have to watch it later too as I learn a lot.... take heart that through out all your endeavours you are sharing a zest for life, love and sailing! Stuart in Ireland
About a third of the way through this video, my wife got quiet and started punching up something on her phone. Turns out she was ordering new upgraded toilet seats for the house after being reminded from seeing yours. Thanks for the inspiration, brother! LOL! Getting closer to coming back stateside every day!
Hey, you should remoove the complete teak-deck and rebuild it completely new. Its a kind of a big job, but no rocketscience. we did it on our boat by ourselves and now it looks phantastic. Do it when you have time and don´t loose time by repairing the old deck.
Good one James, nice to see you keep on busy and it's a lot of work i know that as i use to own Vagabond 47ft Ketch and singlehanded sail from Ft Lauderdale to Europe just to meet friends and have a coffee with them... now i'm waiting to get all sorted out and heading back to see as i spend already 34yrs at sea,,, you cna see it in my videos what is going on now and keep my on land....
James, great video!!! I'm laughing though. On your cat you were throwing silverware overboard to save weight so you could go faster.... Now, you're carring a extra outboard for the dingy. Love it man. Boats looking great man!!!!
the video are very well made ...like the filming and the incrustations and lighting and you are both so cool ...... cant wait to see more and you on the cruise...
Wow, you've put a ton of work into the boat! I can't wait to see you guys get out on the water! A buddy dumped off the hull of a '73 Butterfly sailboat that had been stored in his dad's barn for about 30 years at my cottage last August and said "here's a project boat for you." A week later I'd acquired all of the parts for the boat except the mast head which took an extra super long two weeks to arrive. Time was important because I live in Wisconsin and the sailing window closes fast. I finally got her out which just happened to be on one of the most windy days of the summer. It was the 1st time sailing my own boat since 8th grade about 40 years ago! Man, what a blast! I didn't realize how much I missed sailing until that moment. Of course I dumped her my first pass out and as my luck would have it, she turtled. That was the first time I ever had to deal with that. I righted her and sailed until my shirt was dry. I got in some awesome sailing into mid October! I can't wait to get out there again this summer! Love your channel! Peace brutha!
That’s a long way from the outboard problems you dealt with during your time in Costa Rica. Now you even have a spare onboard, sweet! Awesome job with the refit. Wish you and the crew the best on your voyages!
Oyster boats are simply a classy beautiful piece of work. This is becoming my favorite channel! Delos is/was, however they are very chilled but still first rate videographers. Keep up the great work....you too are very good at capturing the boat and personalities as well
I agree love Delos but it seems more like the baby sailing channel like most other Sailing Channels these days. Seriously it's a pandemic in the Sailing Cruising community everyone is getting pregnant it's the in thing I guess.
Unfortunately this guy is gonna spend more time doing repairs than sailing, specially since every repair is so poorly completed. It’s a joke. Sounds like he wasted he’s “go fund me” money and wasn’t able to afford a decent boat. Try watching “project Atticus” you’ll understand exactly where I’m coming from. Unfortunately James is not a boat mechanic by any means, he’s a party dude that loves the sailing life style. Which is why he keeps buying these crappie boats that no one else would purchase.
Well it seems like some guys in here is professional PPD putting people down. Jim is trying and you guys just sit in you are miserable homes having a miserable life. Keep doing what are you doing - Jim 👍
Could you use a swimming noodle that kids use to fill the mast/deck void! It's perfect size! Damn man...that's some massive rigging!! Beast!! You held that black rubber mast base part in your hands and it really highlighted the shear masstiveness (?) of your mast...huge! You must love having a furling main! Are there cons of having it? When you were bending the mast it reminded me of windsurfing...And jamming the downhaul until my hands bled to get a deep pocket. I think windsurfing really helped me learn more about sailing, because you're holding on to the sail, you can feel everything. Make changes, go back out and feel what you did, you're out affected your ability to point, your power, etc. I love your videos! And please, don't make the mistake of having a child and messing up your awesome life!
if you have access to the underside of the deck where the leak is under the teak try to set it up so you can use a vacuum to suck the epoxy down from the deck into the leak..if you can somehow reach the area where the leak is the vacuum should help the epoxy flow into the leak...if you do it right it could be a permanent repair with minimal deck damage.
I am enjoying these warts-n-all videos - I was sucked in by the "I nearly sunk my boat" video and have been working back. As a new boat owner learning by my mistakes it is reassuring to see experienced folk also learning stuff as they go and sharing it with us all. I was a bit puzzled in this video to see the way you attached your chain to the anchor - only at the end of the shank? Most I have seen (since becoming interested) have the chain attached to the opposite end (by the crown) and then also attached to the end of the shank using something that can trip out under load. Mine has a steel trip, but people often use cable ties or something similar. Is this not the "done thing" on sail boats or something? I imagine their anchors can get stuck just like anything else, and the trip (when it trips/breaks) enables one to pull the anchor out of its "stuck" location via the crown. Somebody educate me please :D
You should re-galvanize your chain. It is much cheaper than replacement and works good. Love the Italian rubber chain markers. We have used them for many years and nothing else works as well. I go through a foot switch a year. If you put di-electric grease on the contacts they will last two to three times longer. I noticed you are using 5200 on the hatches. It does not bond well with the teak deck. When you do that job again use Teak Decking Systems SIS 440. I rebuilt head pumps for 50 years. The cost however of a replacement pump is not much more than the kit. Now I just replace the whole pump. The pump body only lasts about two, maybe three rebuilds.
Great episode. Big pat on back for all your hard work. Anyone contemplating buying an older boat should watch the last six episodes to realise what a ball ache they can be (and this one was theoretically in quite good shape!). Now you're nearing completion, James, would you say the boat was good value or overpriced?
Small note. The windless switch wires that you have routed around the bolt will have a high risk of fraying. You might consider rerouting or at least wrapping in an extra layer or two of electrical tape.
Also that shackle needs some bailing wire before use. I had a mooring pennant fail because a shackle key fell out due to my not putting a bailing wire on it.
The battery voltage difference is normal. There is always going to be one that charges first and then overflows to the other.The only way to have the same voltage is to have them in parallel.
Your looking for the switch reminded me of the time I bought a 1960 Aston Martin DB-4 left hand drive at an auction..driving it home, I stopped for gas and could not find the latch to open the fuel filler door, finally finding it on the ceiling in the back seat!
May I suggest that you seal the ends of the pieces of the line, that are used in the head to elevate the toilet seat. This will keep the fecal matter from creeping into the line. 😫
Hey bud, for the teak deck fix. Get some "Sika " we use it around pool coping its a self leveling caulking comes in different colors.. its waterproof and will flow all the way under any hole or crack.. But have something down below to catch the overflow.. The hotter it is the harder to use , it will ozz out of the tube then turns to rubber.. SIKA 12 & 24 oz tubes.. carry-on
Suggestion: Put plastic wire ties on all of the shackles on the roller furling and the anchor shackle and change them annually. I know you are very experienced, but these shackles have a way of working loose.
Hi James. I don't think those grommets melted.. I think it was just a chemical reaction between the plastic container and the rubber grommets.. Looks like the clear plastic container dissolved a bit. Grommets look fine (from here). Heat might have played a role.. Looks chemical, not thermal kinda like how dissimilar metals screw with each other in an electrolyte.. Rubber will off gas when it gets warm or sits for a long time in a closed space.. Those gases can react -dissolve - the plastics around them. If it would have gotten hot enough to melt Rubber, (300-500 deg's ) there's a a lot of other stuff in the boat would have been fried also. Like that plastic box... Anyway, watch that windless. It looks like a finger / toe eater.. Ha!. On the batteries... According to Jeff Cote of Pacific Yacht Systems (He is a Boat electrical SUPER GURU) batteries need to be same age, same condition (Good), same voltage (duh) and same model / brand or they will kill each other... A low battery will drain a good battery, etc... Jeff's got a huge collection of electrical info on his channel.. He's a battery Bad Ass. th-cam.com/users/PacificYachtSystems Boat's lookin Good!
1:30 You will NEVER forget where that windlass switch is located.. : ) Is there such a thing as high temp grommets? Looking better every video good luck! It's you tube channels like yours that have me thinking of buying another sailboat. Damn you.
Check out a company called tremco for last elastomeric compounds. they're not made for boats but I think they'd work quite well. The vulkem 116 is a combination of polyurethane and cyanoacrylate, it's like rubber mixed with super glue. Really sticky stuff. They also have self leveling compounds like what you used for your mast.
Its not only the anchor shackle that needs seizing, the shackles on the forestay all need attention especially before raising the sail. If these are missing then I guess there are others needing to be checked.
nice about the mast boot, I used a truck inner tube. That battery bank, hard to see if you realise that connecting a house bank to two wires is done how it should be, but I do remember that the right way to do it isnt obvious. Its like it uses one end battery and one of the middle ones if theres 4, which would make sense with 24v. cheers ma, keep working on your aussie accent, coming along nicely
Hey James, i would have thought the forward hatch opening would be facing forward and not the opposite. Shouldn’t it be so to get good ventilation in the sail locker at anchor ?
James did you seize the new shackle on your ground tackle? Do you know if the anchor chain has been end for ended to prolong chains useful life ? Be safe out there!
Awww, James, great work! But why didn't you sand and stain the wood just below the hatch that you re-sealed? I'm guessing it's one of those cases where there's just nowhere the job would end?
I've seen some people put lining in there chain locker to help drain the water. I've also seen how a chain can rub off the fiberglass over time and that seems to me that having an extra barrier to protect the hull from the chain rubbing but also help keep the water flowing to the holes would be a good idea. I guess you could rip starboard lumber into strips and then make a tick tack toe board like a wooden floor mat pm the bottom of a shower to accomplish this. You can also paint the chain locker.
Hi James, you are of course aware of the fact that the teak deck is not in the best of conditions any more. I just came around a kind of new method of repairing a teak deck if the classical methods (like scraping the old caulking out and filling with new one) don't work. Here is in short how it's done. Dig out the old black caulking then cut also out the wooden 'bottom' of the seems so the seem goes now down to the deck (plywood or GRP). The flanks of the seems need to be sanded and the deck leveled with 40 grid using a sanding board. The seems are now filled with black epoxy (can be purchased or you mix it yourself) and finally the deck is sanded once again. The advantage is that the individual teak battens are now glued to each other as well as to the deck proper. Should stretch service life another ten years. But of course it is a tremendous amount of work !
love it!! teak - get rid of ALL teak decks! replace with plas-teak - - leave center king post and use for template.... while teak removed, re-fiberglass deck or epoxy .... I've done cheap repairs and full on replacements.... but the teak on deck really has to go... it's good for firewood.... great job head re-builds and joker valves.... great job on mast-deck fix... great job on hatches, but noticed water intrusion on teak areas... batteries - wow great job re: sponsor - but what about needed victron stuff???? do you have a snubber for anchor chain? obviously, a swivel needed too. solar/wind? excellent on line replacements - any idea on how to electrify main sail deployment and furling? - - been a fan since 1st episode where you were working on solid cockpit cover in someone's backyard! keep it up - let me know if you need help - I'm a great carpenter and yachty for rebuilding shit.... zach
James, I couldn't tell but is there saftey wire on the anchor half hitch threaded pin? Or did you remedy that before going to anchor out. On the decking I wouldn't expoxy the bright work or anything that's not a perfect fix. That deck will be one pain in the azz enough without destroying more to remove a patch that didn't take. This boat has such nice bones fix the deck right. Many options rather than replanking.
Who was it that said, ‘‘5200 is known as screw the next guy?’’ In my personal experience, the next guy is you who used the stuff. I use Butyl rubber for all bedding. Will you, did you tie (with a piece of line) the anchor chain to the boat?
Hey man, lovng your videos and your skills. Just a question, Would you normally double clamp bilge pump pipework or is single clamp enough? Cheers and big love from Scotland.
Don't know how big the teak area is over the aft leak but you already know the epoxy injection idea won't work, so... consider taking the teak up and replacing it with, err, not teak but just add issue epoxy plus gelcoat ? Symmetrical replacement of parts of it might work. Don't know how the teak is stuck down in the first place but epoxying it in against all the leaking glop mess that's accumulated over time isn't going to end well without a lot of swearing later on. Thinking out loud. Great videos mate.
2in series then in parallel is good, but remember when batteries get delivered charge them 1 by 1, then bind them together, or the badest battery will draw the rest down. As you already know your chain is as good as your weakest link
I enjoy the technical work. Then I catch a glimpse of Laura in the mirror, and remember that life and the deep blue sea await! On the leak: what if you cut plugs out of the teak around and over the leaking area, to facilitate the injection of epoxy? Teak plugs would be obvious, but it would be an honest patch.
James, you said that you will store the old ob motor in the lazzorette. O.B. motors should be stored standing up. When you lay them down eventually, moisture can work it's way into the cylinders through the cooling jacket and exhaust ports and rust the iron rings on the pistons to the iron cylinder sleeves in the block. Thus locking-up the motor. If you have to lay it down to store it at the very least get yourself a can of some good fogging fluid and fog the hell out of the motor before you store it. It will cling to all the moving parts inside the block to prevent rust. Also you should drain the fuel bowl on the carb or at least run the engine with fuel stabylizer in the tank for about 15 minutes.
James, you are making a believer out of me, you have been working your ass off, you have a beautiful solid boat, and it's going to pay off big time, I guess I'm prejudice I like the mono hull over a cat hull, thanks for the full coverage video on your work
your Blue Sail Bag with the name HOOD on it is Hood Sails in Sydney , I went to school with him ( Allan Hood ) in Perth , he did his apprentice-ship in sail making with his Uncle ... ROLLY TASKER of TASKER SAILS IN FREEMANTLE , after his apprentice-ship he started Hartley Hood Sail with Bruce Hartley then that collapsed and he went on his own
Thanks for watching everyone! If you could, please give the video a 'LIKE' :) Much love!!!!!
-James
Good video, since I have started watching your channel, I have to follow, been interesting to see all these repairing and maintenance, something I could not do.
I wonder how much the boat cost and how much you have spent on repairing?
Don´t complain about the heat, I am from Iceland and I am very tired of cold climate....and think about it, my forefathers, the Vikings were sailing between countries in arctic area under open sky´s. Surrounded by icebergs.
Strong people.
What happened to the oc tender?
Helenwhat happened to the oc tender? Morel it's still in Hawaii I guess
First thing I always do on every video of yours!
Simply fantastic , the work, the videos, the life.
You might want to try turning the table cloth inside out, might be easier than replacing.
James, How sad am I ?
My family laugh at me as I listen to you in my car when driving then I have to watch it later too as I learn a lot.... take heart that through out all your endeavours you are sharing a zest for life, love and sailing!
Stuart in Ireland
I just love your honesty about figuring out things like finally finding that windless switch. Just priceless.
You and Plucky are Birds of a Feather! Sailing is first priority, then the aesthetics. Good stuff James!
Thats why plukky is watching from the beach
Home of the wd40 rebuild . . . good enough !
About a third of the way through this video, my wife got quiet and started punching up something on her phone.
Turns out she was ordering new upgraded toilet seats for the house after being reminded from seeing yours.
Thanks for the inspiration, brother! LOL! Getting closer to coming back stateside every day!
Nice boat work video. I can appreciate how hard it is to fix things while filming. Especially when you are working in a sauna.
James simply awesome!! I can tell and feel how proud you are AND deservedly so. 😊
Thanks, Adam! I appreciate those kind words
Hey, you should remoove the complete teak-deck and rebuild it completely new. Its a kind of a big job, but no rocketscience. we did it on our boat by ourselves and now it looks phantastic. Do it when you have time and don´t loose time by repairing the old deck.
7:47 double up the hose clamps on both sides of the pump if you can.
agree
Good one James, nice to see you keep on busy and it's a lot of work i know that as i use to own Vagabond 47ft Ketch and singlehanded sail from Ft Lauderdale to Europe just to meet friends and have a coffee with them... now i'm waiting to get all sorted out and heading back to see as i spend already 34yrs at sea,,, you cna see it in my videos what is going on now and keep my on land....
Great video James. The work you're doing is amazing. Those lithium batteries will be a lifesaver. 🌬⛵⚓😎🦘
James, great video!!!
I'm laughing though. On your cat you were throwing silverware overboard to save weight so you could go faster....
Now, you're carring a extra outboard for the dingy.
Love it man. Boats looking great man!!!!
Big respect for all the completed jobs and skills involved!
Great video! I don't often enjoy extensive repair videos but yours are really enjoyable.
the video are very well made ...like the filming and the incrustations and lighting and you are both so cool ...... cant wait to see more and you on the cruise...
James I'm telling Ya your an A Ganger at Heart. Great work effort to get all the major items resolved of the PQR Outstanding Well Done
Wow, you've put a ton of work into the boat! I can't wait to see you guys get out on the water!
A buddy dumped off the hull of a '73 Butterfly sailboat that had been stored in his dad's barn for about 30 years at my cottage last August and said "here's a project boat for you." A week later I'd acquired all of the parts for the boat except the mast head which took an extra super long two weeks to arrive. Time was important because I live in Wisconsin and the sailing window closes fast.
I finally got her out which just happened to be on one of the most windy days of the summer. It was the 1st time sailing my own boat since 8th grade about 40 years ago! Man, what a blast! I didn't realize how much I missed sailing until that moment. Of course I dumped her my first pass out and as my luck would have it, she turtled. That was the first time I ever had to deal with that. I righted her and sailed until my shirt was dry. I got in some awesome sailing into mid October!
I can't wait to get out there again this summer! Love your channel! Peace brutha!
That’s a long way from the outboard problems you dealt with during your time in Costa Rica. Now you even have a spare onboard, sweet! Awesome job with the refit. Wish you and the crew the best on your voyages!
Great James good job to you both all the best Paul
Oyster boats are simply a classy beautiful piece of work. This is becoming my favorite channel! Delos is/was, however they are very chilled but still first rate videographers. Keep up the great work....you too are very good at capturing the boat and personalities as well
I agree love Delos but it seems more like the baby sailing channel like most other Sailing Channels these days. Seriously it's a pandemic in the Sailing Cruising community everyone is getting pregnant it's the in thing I guess.
Resistance differences in the cables can mess with the battery groups charging.
I really enjoy these fix the boat videos you do
The editing on these vids has stepped up a notch. I love it. Excellent work.
Hi James, good outboard choice I have one, probably best ever.
Love these videos! Changing out parts before they fail is a wise move.
When ordering cushion covers remember get some sunbrella to cover all those hatches and protect what is below them from the sun.
Spartite at 25:15 looks beautiful. There’s more art in this world than we think :)
You could be a top notch boat surveyor after you’re done getting that vessel seaworthy. Very interesting video Jim!
You gotta be kidding....LOL
@@borys2767,
Lol!! Well said. It’s quite sad that some people are so clueless.
Unfortunately this guy is gonna spend more time doing repairs than sailing, specially since every repair is so poorly completed. It’s a joke.
Sounds like he wasted he’s “go fund me” money and wasn’t able to afford a decent boat.
Try watching “project Atticus” you’ll understand exactly where I’m coming from. Unfortunately James is not a boat mechanic by any means, he’s a party dude that loves the sailing life style. Which is why he keeps buying these crappie boats that no one else would purchase.
Well it seems like some guys in here is professional PPD putting people down. Jim is trying and you guys just sit in you are miserable homes having a miserable life.
Keep doing what are you doing - Jim 👍
Jim = James 🥸 I’m getting blind 🥴
Hey Zingaro, Your intro page is a lot better. Looks more modern and up to date. Great job.
Could you use a swimming noodle that kids use to fill the mast/deck void! It's perfect size!
Damn man...that's some massive rigging!! Beast!! You held that black rubber mast base part in your hands and it really highlighted the shear masstiveness (?) of your mast...huge! You must love having a furling main! Are there cons of having it?
When you were bending the mast it reminded me of windsurfing...And jamming the downhaul until my hands bled to get a deep pocket. I think windsurfing really helped me learn more about sailing, because you're holding on to the sail, you can feel everything. Make changes, go back out and feel what you did, you're out affected your ability to point, your power, etc.
I love your videos! And please, don't make the mistake of having a child and messing up your awesome life!
Looking good James! Ton of work you put it in her
Just watched this when I woke up, now I am exhausted...Holy crap. You are the best 'how to' out there!
if you have access to the underside of the deck where the leak is under the teak try to set it up so you can use a vacuum to suck the epoxy down from the deck into the leak..if you can somehow reach the area where the leak is the vacuum should help the epoxy flow into the leak...if you do it right it could be a permanent repair with minimal deck damage.
This channel is better than anything on Netflix
Great episode James, editing and graphics are awesome!💪 Good luck with the generator swap, I know it's been a royal PIA! 👍
Is it only me that saw that crack in the rigging swage at 21:40. That rigging looks long overdue dude.
It can have a straight track and be slanted to left or right. You need to run line from mast head and measure length to each side of boat.
I am enjoying these warts-n-all videos - I was sucked in by the "I nearly sunk my boat" video and have been working back. As a new boat owner learning by my mistakes it is reassuring to see experienced folk also learning stuff as they go and sharing it with us all. I was a bit puzzled in this video to see the way you attached your chain to the anchor - only at the end of the shank? Most I have seen (since becoming interested) have the chain attached to the opposite end (by the crown) and then also attached to the end of the shank using something that can trip out under load. Mine has a steel trip, but people often use cable ties or something similar. Is this not the "done thing" on sail boats or something? I imagine their anchors can get stuck just like anything else, and the trip (when it trips/breaks) enables one to pull the anchor out of its "stuck" location via the crown. Somebody educate me please :D
You should re-galvanize your chain. It is much cheaper than replacement and works good. Love the Italian rubber chain markers. We have used them for many years and nothing else works as well. I go through a foot switch a year. If you put di-electric grease on the contacts they will last two to three times longer. I noticed you are using 5200 on the hatches. It does not bond well with the teak deck. When you do that job again use Teak Decking Systems SIS 440. I rebuilt head pumps for 50 years. The cost however of a replacement pump is not much more than the kit. Now I just replace the whole pump. The pump body only lasts about two, maybe three rebuilds.
You know i thought about using TDS to bed that hatch... Great to know. Thanks for all the info! Sounds like you've been there.
Simply awesome 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻, love your work dude.
Great episode. Big pat on back for all your hard work. Anyone contemplating buying an older boat should watch the last six episodes to realise what a ball ache they can be (and this one was theoretically in quite good shape!). Now you're nearing completion, James, would you say the boat was good value or overpriced?
Got to say, love the music partway through your video tonight. Really nice.😍⛵️
Small note. The windless switch wires that you have routed around the bolt will have a high risk of fraying. You might consider rerouting or at least wrapping in an extra layer or two of electrical tape.
Also that shackle needs some bailing wire before use. I had a mooring pennant fail because a shackle key fell out due to my not putting a bailing wire on it.
Can't wait to see her sail cheers
Congrats on your new sponsorship! That's awesome! 😎
Holy crap! James has a floating tender!!
The battery voltage difference is normal. There is always going to be one that charges first and then overflows to the other.The only way to have the same voltage is to have them in parallel.
what an insane hunt tearing your boat apart only to find the switch there!
Like you had so much time on your hands
Your looking for the switch reminded me of the time I bought a 1960 Aston Martin DB-4 left hand drive at an auction..driving it home, I stopped for gas and could not find the latch to open the fuel filler door, finally finding it on the ceiling in the back seat!
Ceiling in the back seat??? That's just mean. British built... Sounds like a sick car, I'm going to have to Google that one.
@@thelastpirate yep..in the headliner, a silver ring to pull!
Hopefully on your Amazon wish list you put line wrenches standard and metric
Would you mind to explain the difference between the anchors, and why you chose the one you like the most.
May I suggest that you seal the ends of the pieces of the line, that are used in the head to elevate the toilet seat. This will keep the fecal matter from creeping into the line. 😫
“Fecal matters!” 😜
Yes, do this!
Most things we need are right under our nose.....Or @$$🤣
I've saved a LOT of time remembering this philosophy.
God bless you bro!
Hey bud, for the teak deck fix. Get some "Sika " we use it around pool coping its a self leveling caulking comes in different colors.. its waterproof and will flow all the way under any hole or crack.. But have something down below to catch the overflow.. The hotter it is the harder to use , it will ozz out of the tube then turns to rubber.. SIKA 12 & 24 oz tubes.. carry-on
AT 6:13 Put a chaffing guard of some sort on the wires that are touching the bolt. Prevent a short or grounding.
That was just temporary until i got more clips, it's all screwed in nice now.
@@thelastpirate Love your channel and content. You look like you enjoy what you do. Pretty cool you read the comments.
You have to let them battery's sit for a while after charging to let the voltage drop down to the right level. Minimum one hour.
Oh man that hatch is never going to come up Lol! 5200 is a little strong for that isn't it? Makes future leaks a much bigger job.
What sealant you recommend?
Awesome that you learned to use Metric! Subscribed.
Suggestion: Put plastic wire ties on all of the shackles on the roller furling and the anchor shackle and change them annually. I know you are very experienced, but these shackles have a way of working loose.
Hi James. I don't think those grommets melted.. I think it was just a chemical reaction between the plastic container and the rubber grommets.. Looks like the clear plastic container dissolved a bit. Grommets look fine (from here). Heat might have played a role.. Looks chemical, not thermal kinda like how dissimilar metals screw with each other in an electrolyte.. Rubber will off gas when it gets warm or sits for a long time in a closed space.. Those gases can react -dissolve - the plastics around them. If it would have gotten hot enough to melt Rubber, (300-500 deg's ) there's a a lot of other stuff in the boat would have been fried also. Like that plastic box... Anyway, watch that windless. It looks like a finger / toe eater.. Ha!.
On the batteries... According to Jeff Cote of Pacific Yacht Systems (He is a Boat electrical SUPER GURU) batteries need to be same age, same condition (Good), same voltage (duh) and same model / brand or they will kill each other... A low battery will drain a good battery, etc... Jeff's got a huge collection of electrical info on his channel.. He's a battery Bad Ass. th-cam.com/users/PacificYachtSystems
Boat's lookin Good!
1:30 You will NEVER forget where that windlass switch is located.. : ) Is there such a thing as high temp grommets? Looking better every video good luck! It's you tube channels like yours that have me thinking of buying another sailboat. Damn you.
It;s a boat. just when you think you are done, surprise. Getting closer James.
YOU JUST MADE ME SPIT PEPSI ALL OVER MY KEYBOARD WITH THAT SNL BIT! still laughing at that, "If I stretch it I can get two fingers through it" LOL.
Hahaha. Glad you liked that. ;)
Check out a company called tremco for last elastomeric compounds. they're not made for boats but I think they'd work quite well. The vulkem 116 is a combination of polyurethane and cyanoacrylate, it's like rubber mixed with super glue. Really sticky stuff. They also have self leveling compounds like what you used for your mast.
Seize the anchor to chain shackel with stainless wire.
Its not only the anchor shackle that needs seizing, the shackles on the forestay all need attention especially before raising the sail. If these are missing then I guess there are others needing to be checked.
With your batteries located in the cabin, How do you exhaust the hydrogen sulfide gas?
nice about the mast boot, I used a truck inner tube.
That battery bank, hard to see if you realise that connecting a house bank to two wires is done how it should be, but I do remember that the right way to do it isnt obvious.
Its like it uses one end battery and one of the middle ones if theres 4, which would make sense with 24v.
cheers ma, keep working on your aussie accent, coming along nicely
Hey James, i would have thought the forward hatch opening would be facing forward and not the opposite. Shouldn’t it be so to get good ventilation in the sail locker at anchor ?
Shiver me timbers all that deck teak is going to be a maint nightmare.
James old buddy, why did you use 5200 on that front hatch? Thank God someone invented the multi tool. Hope you never have to replace that hatch.
Also, did I miss it, but what was the source of the water leak that was filling the bilge?
James did you seize the new shackle on your ground tackle? Do you know if the anchor chain has been end for ended to prolong chains useful life ? Be safe out there!
Awww, James, great work! But why didn't you sand and stain the wood just below the hatch that you re-sealed? I'm guessing it's one of those cases where there's just nowhere the job would end?
I've seen some people put lining in there chain locker to help drain the water. I've also seen how a chain can rub off the fiberglass over time and that seems to me that having an extra barrier to protect the hull from the chain rubbing but also help keep the water flowing to the holes would be a good idea. I guess you could rip starboard lumber into strips and then make a tick tack toe board like a wooden floor mat pm the bottom of a shower to accomplish this. You can also paint the chain locker.
Hi James, you are of course aware of the fact that the teak deck is not in the best of conditions any more. I just came around a kind of new method of repairing a teak deck if the classical methods (like scraping the old caulking out and filling with new one) don't work. Here is in short how it's done. Dig out the old black caulking then cut also out the wooden 'bottom' of the seems so the seem goes now down to the deck (plywood or GRP). The flanks of the seems need to be sanded and the deck leveled with 40 grid using a sanding board. The seems are now filled with black epoxy (can be purchased or you mix it yourself) and finally the deck is sanded once again. The advantage is that the individual teak battens are now glued to each other as well as to the deck proper. Should stretch service life another ten years. But of course it is a tremendous amount of work !
love it!! teak - get rid of ALL teak decks! replace with plas-teak - - leave center king post and use for template.... while teak removed, re-fiberglass deck or epoxy .... I've done cheap repairs and full on replacements.... but the teak on deck really has to go... it's good for firewood.... great job head re-builds and joker valves.... great job on mast-deck fix... great job on hatches, but noticed water intrusion on teak areas... batteries - wow great job re: sponsor - but what about needed victron stuff???? do you have a snubber for anchor chain? obviously, a swivel needed too. solar/wind? excellent on line replacements - any idea on how to electrify main sail deployment and furling? - - been a fan since 1st episode where you were working on solid cockpit cover in someone's backyard! keep it up - let me know if you need help - I'm a great carpenter and yachty for rebuilding shit.... zach
James, I couldn't tell but is there saftey wire on the anchor half hitch threaded pin?
Or did you remedy that before going to anchor out.
On the decking I wouldn't expoxy the bright work or anything that's not a perfect fix.
That deck will be one pain in the azz enough without destroying more to remove a patch that didn't take.
This boat has such nice bones fix the deck right.
Many options rather than replanking.
YES, Mousing to seize the shackle-pin to a shackle
@17:00 we call that in buddy pairs.
Who was it that said, ‘‘5200 is known as screw the next guy?’’ In my personal experience, the next guy is you who used the stuff. I use Butyl rubber for all bedding. Will you, did you tie (with a piece of line) the anchor chain to the boat?
Hey man, lovng your videos and your skills. Just a question, Would you normally double clamp bilge pump pipework or is single clamp enough? Cheers and big love from Scotland.
Don't know how big the teak area is over the aft leak but you already know the epoxy injection idea won't work, so... consider taking the teak up and replacing it with, err, not teak but just add issue epoxy plus gelcoat ? Symmetrical replacement of parts of it might work. Don't know how the teak is stuck down in the first place but epoxying it in against all the leaking glop mess that's accumulated over time isn't going to end well without a lot of swearing later on. Thinking out loud. Great videos mate.
Looks great squid! I wish i was there to help!
2in series then in parallel is good, but remember when batteries get delivered charge them 1 by 1, then bind them together, or the badest battery will draw the rest down. As you already know your chain is as good as your weakest link
You have great honesty. My go to. Bangin around lookin for a smoke, Yaa its in my mouth.
I enjoy the technical work. Then I catch a glimpse of Laura in the mirror, and remember that life and the deep blue sea await! On the leak: what if you cut plugs out of the teak around and over the leaking area, to facilitate the injection of epoxy? Teak plugs would be obvious, but it would be an honest patch.
You should get some cardboard cartons to protect your deck when mixing stuff that might stain your deck or gel coat.
I've been wondering about that as well.
James, you said that you will store the old ob motor in the lazzorette. O.B. motors should be stored standing up. When you lay them down eventually, moisture can work it's way into the cylinders through the cooling jacket and exhaust ports and rust the iron rings on the pistons to the iron cylinder sleeves in the block. Thus locking-up the motor. If you have to lay it down to store it at the very least get yourself a can of some good fogging fluid and fog the hell out of the motor before you store it. It will cling to all the moving parts inside the block to prevent rust. Also you should drain the fuel bowl on the carb or at least run the engine with fuel stabylizer in the tank for about 15 minutes.
Suggestion..vacum bag inside of hull when doing aft deck leak repair
James, you are making a believer out of me, you have been working your ass off, you have a beautiful solid boat, and it's going to pay off big time, I guess I'm prejudice I like the mono hull over a cat hull, thanks for the full coverage video on your work
Hey man! To get that teak up, go get a stainless yard stick and file the end down to a sharp edge. Use a hammer and tap it in under your slats.
How could black grommets melt into clear sticky residue, perhaps something else melted in there. Great videos keep em coming
James is full of BS !!!
I think it's the resin coding that those grommets are dipped into (the clear liquid)
a chemical reaction
Possibly the solvents in the material the grommets are made from, rather than actually melting.
@@JohnJuliano low range melting point is 160-200F
what works under toilet seat is those stick-on pads you put under chair feet dollar tree or dollar store item
The spar tite works great and stays in place but to make waterproof wrap with self amalgamating tape
it's your boat and you can do what you want but i would never use 3M 5200 on nothing but through hulls that are below the water line.
24:00 Why did you not use the old one as negative space.
You are relentless!
Those are quick release shackles it you can pull that pin and its spring loaded to release
James, what are you using on those toenails to get them back in shape?
your Blue Sail Bag with the name HOOD on it is Hood Sails in Sydney , I went to school with him ( Allan Hood ) in Perth , he did his apprentice-ship in sail making with his Uncle ... ROLLY TASKER of TASKER SAILS IN FREEMANTLE , after his apprentice-ship he started Hartley Hood Sail with Bruce Hartley then that collapsed and he went on his own
Dude no wonder you look tired, that's alot of work! Looking good though♡♡