When You Buy a €1 BOAT, This is What You Get... We'll Make it Work! 🤞 | SAILING SEABIRD Ep. 29
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- When You Buy a €1 BOAT, This is What You Get... We'll Make it Work! 🤞 | SAILING SEABIRD Ep. 29
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My wife has what she thought was a SUP when she bought it. Turns out that she got sold a FOP (fall off paddleboard) as well.
The FOP is a great brand. 🤣
I might try to finish the repair this weekend.
Its been sat in the garden (the area under the boat) for weeks just looking at me all limp.
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The integrity of the hull and deck will be the difference between life and death when trying to cross oceans, you lives depend on them.🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🍻
Well put.
Just get it solidly fixed and job done.
You know when a job is fine done right and you know when you've cut corners.
And as you say it's our life's at risk.
We believe in doing it once, doing it right.
But it'll be fine.
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Hi Guys. Its Liam from Ireland again lol. Great job on the Sanding Stu. There is a fair bit to be done if you need to Fibreglass the Hull. But it's coming along nicely. Good job Guys and keep it up bro. Chat laters 😂😂
Cheers Liam.
Sanding, I hate sanding. My body hurts.
Hopefully the topsides will be easier.
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@@SailingSeabird I can just imagine how Sore you must be all over. But it will be Worth it lol. Great job guys
Aloha friends . Stuart is the best . Hard working, funny, and positive attitude! No wonder he landed such a gem. Keep up the hard work and you will have many rewards.
The reward atm is to finish the sanding.
The ultimate reward is working on the inside.
It will come, maybe it will even work as a sailing boat.
Here's hoping...
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When I bought my Allied 36 I had the hull sand blasted. That opened up thousands of pin holes in the gel coat. I spent a lot of time filling all the pin holes with thickened epoxy as well as making fiberglass repairs. I think I sanded the entire hull something like 7-8 times. When I finished I threw my sander into a dumpster bin since I never wanted to see it again. After that I put on six coats of epoxy barrier coat. I have had zero problems with the hull since then (1997).
Great tip!
Thanks for sharing.
Good advice.
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Danke!
Thank you so so much for your donation.
It really helps our project.
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Stuart's onto Marina objective in this setup! its to see Stuart fall in the water once again. so she can have another laugh. Right Stuart dont' give into her devish schemes. LOL You's two are hilarious love your sense of adventure. Stuart your a workhorse lets face it, it's the only way to tackle such a job! btw look forward to seeing what you have to offer us every week.
Thanks. Glad you enjoy.
That SUP! I will get it fixed!
That's the problem with bin finds.
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What a team! Working in this heat must be a labour of love. Was there a few days ago for 4 nights stepping our mast. Saw the fruits of your hard work - looking good. Pity didn't see you but my wife was lucky to catch you and have a chat. BTW, hi from Ben Van Der Graaf Generator 😅, who we met in Valance.
It's a beautiful time of year.
Lovely and warm.
We would've loved to of seen your boat, next time.
Fair winds.
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Big ups to you Stuart, the most coolest laid-back dude ever. Another great one guys. Have a great weekend and week.
I'm just a guy fixing up a boat.
Trying to stay chilled as its a bit stressful.
It's going g to get worse before it gets better.
Plus this is the trip, breathe it all in. The high, the lows.
It's fun.
One day I'll be old and we can look back at this. Probably thinking what we're we doing...
Thanks for your kind words.
As always,
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@SailingSeabird case and point brother...👌
Stay chilled as you are best to both of you. You guys just radiate good vibes, so even with the high and the lows, anybody that's watching gets taken away from whatever is going on in their life and in the world even if it's just for a bit. Once again, big ups to you bro.
Hi. I believe Gulfstar used marine ply, not end core balsa, in the sandwich between the deck and the liner. Water migrates far less in ply and the integrity of the material is not compromised as it is with balsa. Don't strip off the top skin. Just rout out the holes, fill them and move on. It's 49 years old and we want to see you in the water this year! BTW it pains me to see Stewart working so hard when there is better living through chemistry - see my last post.
Absolutely spot on. These boats were built with larger engineering margins and can tolerate much more than a modern cad designed just enough craft. Not spongy then don’t fix what ain’t broke. Its marginal if the repair boundarys would be any stronger than what you have. Go well both.
It's an odd looking plywood in the core, really has the same consistency of balsa.
We have quite a few deck repairs.
I'm sure we'll get better as we go.
Thanks for the advice.
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A great episode once again. Stu you have done well mate. I don’t envy you one bit. Terrible angle and terrible job sanding and scraping. Arm exhausting work for sure. Marina you are a legend for standing by your man and that is what a team is all about. Love the look into your life and can’t wait for you to set sail hopefully in the next 18months or so. Thanks guys look forward to next Friday cheers Ken Australia 🇦🇺
The 41 Gulfstar was mostly Balsa cored, built from 1973-1975. Most had issues with wet deck cores....as they had poor workmanship (hardware bedding & edge sealing) at most deck penetrations like stanchions, cleats, thru deck fittings, etc.
When you have to hold a tool up for a long time, you can take much of the weight off of your arms by running a line fore and aft, then hanging 'Bungee Cords' from the line and hooking them to the tool. It will slide the length of the hull and the amount of 'lift' can be adjusted by adding or removing cords. Your shoulders will thank you! For the aft deck, try using hole saws, gradually increasing diameter till you hit dry ply. Far less work than peeling the whole deck...
Yes, I would not strip the entire deck off. I would focus on local repairs
Awesome tip!
Thank you!!
@mikeskelly2356: Like a tool “dangler” in a shop, or on a production line. Excellent idea. And the hole saw idea as well, dropping back or removing the guide drill. Take care and thanks.
Cheers for the tip.
They are all coming a bit to late 🤣🤣🤣
We know for next time.
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@@SailingSeabirdwell, you know what to do when giving it a good polish then
Sandwich and a pint and he will sand forever! Good Job! Yeah, scrap the box - more room to handle the big fish you will get - sooon!
A big fish.
One day...
Even a small fish, we just want to be on the water.
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Great video yall... love from Cape Town South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤️
Glad you enjoy the video.
Way more to come.
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I subscribe to, and watch a whole lot of boat building channels, when I sit down to watch, I watch yours first.
I would suggest putting the box back on hinged in the opposite direction. Maybe make it into some kind of seating area to sit out and enjoy your tea. It would be a great place to sit and set up your hooks for fishing, plus it looks like a huge amount of storage on deck. (Is it big enough to store your bikes? Maybe paddleboards or a kayak?) You are doing such amazing work! Seabird is coming along!
The box is no more.
We gave it to Jack, who has the same boat.
We find the more storage, the more you store...
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Hi stuart and Marina, happy to see you progressing so quickly on the hull scrapping and sanding, that's a so hard job, but it's necessary to have a safe hull..
Have a greet week and a nice weather
Thank you for the supportive comment.
It's slow going.
Marina has a new technique...
We'll see.
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take a 2 inch holesaw cut out the bad spot and see if the core is bad and go that way instead of cutting the whole floor out
Keep the repairs to what's needed.
No point creating work for ourselves.
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Congrats on your 30,000 not only subscribers but also friends, reading the comments and I like Borax and Alcohol for drying the wet plywood, great score on the Yan-Mar, tell Stewart he is very brave on the paddle board now it's your turn, best wishes
30,000 crazy.
We are amazed, truly.
Core...
Get rid, replace, seal. Pretty easy.
We have a few areas that will need doing.
Not taking up the whole deck!
It'll be fine.
Step by step and don't stress it.
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I like Stewart's blunt realistic approach to every task.... it's very real. I can relate to it in every way lol
Thank you.
I don't know if it's the best, time will tell.
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Spirited are you two, bonding well with the soul of your one buck boat. Thank you for the smiles& good nature you provide in today’s world. Good health and less holiness as you progress! Grasshoppers& dry Saskatchewan summer here. Cheers for you boat people!
Thank you for your kind words.
Slow we take steps heading forward.
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Yes, of course fix it right. You're already in the best place to do it.
Hopefully.
It all takes time.
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Exactly do it all properly now whilst the boats already apart in the yard. As sooner or later you'll have to do it properly, unless it's a catastrophic failure at sea and the results of that I think are obvious
your doing an AMAZING job.
Thanks for the encouragement.
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Hi guys you are doing a fantastic job. So much hard work, love the channel ❤️, very interesting stuff . 👏 atleast you have the sun.
Love sean & Mary belfast.
Thank you so much 😁
Step by step.
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¡Gracias!
Looking good!
Thank you! Cheers!
Sanding.. sanded miles of surfaces. It’s enjoyable to watch others do just that.
I hate it. My body hurts a bit more everyday.
But just get it done.
No point crying over it...
I hate it so much, I really hate it!
Need to find the zen in the job.
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Had to laugh when you said that you didn't like marina water. When I lived on my sailboat in the 80's everyone at the marina had a crab trap hanging off the stern of their boat. It was indeed nice having crabs to boil up for a snack whenever you wanted, but I just couldn't eat them cause I would just think of all the "unpleasant" water around the docks.
I can understand if they are catching bait.
But for food...
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I hope that your beautiful boat takes you to all the places of your dreams.!👍👍
We dream of being in the water.
Hopefully making it to the next anchorage safely.
Where we will end up is the trip.
No plans to sail all seven seas, but if it happens that's pretty cool.
Spending time together sailing our home is reward enough.
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Hey Love, enjoyed your video. Thank you very much. It's to bad they are not longer but I understand making and editing them is a job. I loved your Jammy outfit too. I told you quit a few months ago that your subscriptions would grow slowly but surely, I'm glad you kept making them and didn't give up. I hope you are making money!!! Love Ya's...
Glad you enjoy.
The most important thing is we are making a home.
Maybe we get to sail her too.
Thanks for the encouragement.
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I think it’s funny how you call all vacuum cleaners Hoovers in America Hoover is just a name brand of a vacuum cleaner ❤
There is a term for that but I never remember.
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Knackered!🤣
So true ⛵️🍻🐌
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Mozzi net looks cool.😉
Dont get sun burned if you can help it, it reduces your ability to cope with high temperatures for as much as a month...even moderate sunburn...and the heat down there could get fierce .
It's called a sun tan. 🤣
Only mad dogs and English men go out in the mid day sun.
Luckily we can hide in the shadow of the boat.
Plus we have shade cloth on the areas we work.
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@@SailingSeabird
Easy done if your working even if you tan ... but with the temp and humidity in that area ... The locals hide themselves even in normal years. 👍🏼😉🧙♂️⛵
I've been watching from the start and always looking forward to your Friday vid drop,
Thanks Mike.
Glad you enjoy our videos.
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Stu your the man!!!!!
Don't know about that.
But yes I am a man. 🤣
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Bead blasting would be a good idea if you could find the equipment in your area. It's less harsh on the subsurface and still gets the job done much faster than sanding. However, if you're going to hand sand the whole thing, you should get a belt sander to take off the big stuff and then use the disk sander for finish sanding.
Sounds a lot easier but need special tools plus the marina doesn't like you doing it yourself...
It's nearly over.
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Hard work pays off
Hopefully we are working hard enough.
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Scraping and Sanding the hull sure looks like hard work , keep on going , and you’ll get there . The light at the end of the tunnel has been switched on 😁 I’d use a hole saw to cut around the holes in the rear deck 😃🍻🍕
Whole saw that's what I thought also ! At least to start hard to tell how much rot and in what direction? But quick and uniform holes
That's the plan!
If the rot is not to bad.
If it is then the big guns come out.
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Thanks
Thank you so much for your donation.
It goes a long way.
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Hi guys. Hard slow work on the hull and a belt sander would speed things up for the coarser work but belt sanders are hard work too! You're making real progress though so keep up the good work. I love the weekly posts.
You're not the first to recommend a belt sander but they are a little heavy handed, would like to save the gelcoat where we can.
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It's a big project but I truly feel like you are making it bigger than it needs to be. Many of us have done full refits so very familiar with the trials and tribulations, but perfect is the enemy of good enough and you seem stuck in that trap. That hull should be sanded down in a couple days max. Use a more aggressive paper and knock it down quickly. Grind out and fill any blisters and then apply a couple coats of a high-solids barrier coat like Blue Water Marine Bottom Protect 70. Get 2-3 coats on and then hit it with bottom paint. Move on to the deck and interior and go. I'll check back in a few months to see how you are progressing. Good luck!
Thanks for the advice.
We live and learn.
We'll get there.
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Cheers!
Glad you enjoy our videos.
More to come, that's for sure.
Just on the sanding mission which seem never ending.
It will end, just font know when 🤣
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Hi thanks for your video, great news your channel is growing. looking forward to seeing more in the future.
We are glad and amazed that so many enjoy our videos.
A bit overwhelming tbh.
Still doesn't change the fact that I need to go outside and sand.
I don't want to!
But that not the attitude to have.
Let's get this done.
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Good work Stuart and Marina - I'd say "stay cool" but know damn well you'll be roasting right now! BTW I agree with you about the water having dived into it to retrieve my phone - not so clear and clean as a Porquerolles anchorage! Keep the faith and keep up the good work - you're Trojans!
Hiya,
Just went passed your boat. All seems well.
Lovely and warm atm.
We're enjoying our lazy Wednesday.
Slowly slowly.
Nearly finished the sanding on the hull.
Now to fix it...
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Gracias, buen proyecto!
Saludos desde Panamá, Centro América.
🇵🇦🤗🎉❤👍.
You both are doing a great job. As for all the holes on the aft deck. I would be tempted to use a drill bit and explore the holes. You can mix borax & alcohol and pour that into the holes, allow it to dry. Vacuuming out the debris, then fill the holes with epoxy & fiberglass bits. That should take care of those areas. Don't open up the deck if you don't have to. If it is not soft it will be ok. Just remove only what you have to. Cheers! 🤗⛵
Nice simple idea.
Great advice.
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Similar idea, but I may use a hole cutting saw, maybe 30mm diameter, and lift the fibreglass around the holes. If rot only reaches this far you could carefully cut out, get a small piece of ply and use saw to cut out several plugs, which you could epoxy back in. New subscriber, not expert.
Great decision to do the aft deck properly. After all it is your home. Great video guys, look forward to the next.
We agree!
We'll be getting to that very soon.
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Was needing another seabird fix where did the week go! Congrats on getting a big following with subscribers. Cant wait to see what happens next. Well done Stu for braving that cloud of sanding dust. Keep going its great seeing the boat come alive. Love this x
I don't want to sand antifoul any more.
Make it stop, please 🤣🤣🤣
The more I do the less I have to do.
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@@SailingSeabird you'll be doing sanding in your sleep! Good luck, great content and look forward to watching the next instalment.
I look forward to every episode! Love it.
Stay positive and keep going 🎉🎉
Thanks Tim,
Slow and steady.
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Hey Stuart! Great to see you haven’t lost that positive PME can do attitude. It will be a great yacht when it’s finished
Hiya,
How have you been?
Slowly getting there.
Send us an email
sailingseabird@mail.com
Would be great to catch up.
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@@SailingSeabird hey will do!
Hi
Still a matter of holes ??
Main advantage of holes is to give you a lighter boat weight displacement ...
( This bloody heavy box to the rear was not the best as far as pitching is concerned.... )
But check before to conclude that water entering which May occur will not finally give a quick hell increasing of draft 😱
I advise you to start a serious tool box meeting with your bilge pump .
It knows a lot about it ...
Safest way is to Keep drying yr home
Smiling regards
Great advice.
We'll be sure to do everything to make out boat as safe as possible.
Including a good bilge pump.
Hopefully we can give her another 50 years.
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Great video as usual. Do you have or are you planning on making a video telling your history, where each of you are from, a little bit about your lives before you met, how you met and what your plans are when get Seabird finished? I think your subscribers would love to hear it.
Have you seen our Wayzgoose videos?
From our previous boat?
Worth checking out.
They go back a few years, tells the story of how we are here.
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Good work guys! very interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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30k well done guys 🎉
Mental, right.
We're amazed, truly amazed.
Thanks for being part of our journey.
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You two are doing a great job, best wishes with all that still needs to be done. What a team you are!
Thank you so much!
There is so much to do.
Months of work...
It will come.
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Hey guys, as always, a great pleasure to watch this episode. Stuart on the paddleboard:😅😅😅
My paddle board skills are yet to be tested.
First need to work on my paddle board repair skills, or it's going back to the bin.
Thanks for your support, advice and help.
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The "Coney" thing is a unibit....or a step-up drill bit. The deeper you go the larger the hole. Great episode this week, a lot of progress.
Always known it at a "step up" bit
Or coney thing...
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Great work Stuart and Marina, such a delight to watch the progress. Thank you for sharing your life with us. Lots of love ❤️
Our pleasure!
We are amazed that do many enjoy what we are doing.
We're fixing up our home and maybe will have a sailboat in the process.
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Congrats guys... much deserved!
Thank you.
Slow and steady, hopefully one day the boat is ready.
Cheers for the support and for watching 😃
You are both awesome ❤
Lot's of work but best, as you said we`d say, to do it properly. Much easier to fix things on the hard rather than having them fail, if they do, in the water. If all Stuart needs to continue his hard work is a sandwich he can come and do up my boat, when I get one that is lol
You can say that again.
But it's fun. We're into it atm.
Let's see how we feel in another sox months.
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Stewart, how on earth did you convince such a pleasant young woman to sign up with you⛵⚓?? You are one lucky gentleman👍
Luck...
I'm a catch 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just joking.
But who wouldn't want to send their days fixing a boat??
Thanks for the nice comment.
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Lots of work, as always.
You got that right!
Just stuck sanding, it's like it won't end.
But one day the sanding will be done, then maybe some painting.
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Looks awesome 😍 excited to follow along
Hope you enjoy!
The more the merrier.
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Great to see the progress you're both making! Are there many boats in need of work that are for sale there? I'm wondering if it would be worth a visit 🙃
Abandoned wise, nope. Maybe it's worth asking around to see what is for sale.
You really need to go yard to yard.
It took us three years to find this one.
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Boat is looking good guys, keep up the great work ❤❤
Thank you! Will do!
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Great work and hard work I know.
It sure is!
I hate sanding so much. Its soul destroying.
But it must be done.
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Love watching your videos 😊
Wow, I see you guys have been working hard, the boat is coming along really well, I enjoy these weekly visits to your world, Keep up the good work, and I'll see you next week.
We've been sanding and scrapping. It's horrible. But do it once do it right, then we can forget about it for a few years.
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I am not overly familiar with sea birds, but when I think of one, I think of the flocks of gulls that steal any scrap of food from seaside markets and cafes. Appropriate with the thriving success that Stewart has dumpster diving! I truly appreciate your efforts to keep waste to a minimum and reuse everything and everything. Much like a seabird.
Seabird or poor man...
It's a fine line 🤣
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Blind optimism works for most things, lol.
except marriage...
@@MrFastFarmer
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You know this.
Hope you've had a good week.
We getting to the end of the hull sanding (below the water line)
Hopefully it will get a bit easier after this.
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I think i would the complete area where the box was because water tends to spread over a wide area in unseen places Stuart is doing a good job the hull good luck see you next time
Thanks Kevin.
We'll get onto that area very soon.
Just more sanding until then.
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Doing amazing work Stu!! Wow, many "pin" holes. That all will be EZ fix-it will jut take time. The Keel, wow that is important and quite the project all by itself. Without a proper fix you put your lives in danger, so take your time on that one-you know what to do. The aft deck (under the box area). I suggest you cut out that rectangle,replace the wet rotten core with new. Then replace the deck piece with epoxy. Glass in an edge UNDER the hole to make a strong "lip". After that is set, check for strength and if good, Resin fill the old deck lid in place. Before that though it would be a good idea to plug the '"bottom" side of the screw and bolt holes. When the piece is back on, EZ to fill holes.
Congrats on the 30K-Glad a lot of people are enjoying your efforts. The best part is watching you take Bin parts and saving them to use! Cheers, Rich
Hiya Rich,
Well put.
We really want to get onto these job but stuck sanding.
All these positive comments really give us motivation to go sanding.
Thank you.
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@@SailingSeabird Thanks U2. Seems as if you are getting all the advice in the world. Be stalwart and follow your best instincts! There are a lot of "Knowers" out here,I trust in both your decisions. Thanks for the Cheers always! Rich
Keep up the hard work!
Thanks! Will do!
Enjoying our Wednesday. Nice and chilled.
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Yes do it properly the first time.
Do it once, do it right.
Quicker in the long run.
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Hey dude, find you a used big gigantic angle grinder and DIY you some handlebars on it and put some 16 or 18 inch sanding disc on it and hold on, you can do most of the boat in half a day! Trust me it will save time, start with 80 grit and move up, you might wanna throw some plastic over the boat and let it hang to the ground!?
Great tip.
We'll be sure tontry something similar.
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When you make holes in this way, you must sand out over the joint at least 50 mm and laminate over with a few fiberglass mats.
Ordinary carved carpet is more grateful to grind it flat and will do well.
Great advice.
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Hi, I would bore out all the holes like you did the first one and let it dry. Order some colloidal silica filler, you can mix that with your epoxy to thicken it. Put the thickened epoxy in a plastic bag and cut one corner off. Now you can easely fill the holes! You can also use it for gluing 2 pieces of material together.
That's the easiest but we wonder how far the rot has spread.
Some areas that would be fine.
On the large areas will just replace the core.
Hopefully move onto the deck in a couple of months.
Stanchions, fittings etc.
When will we get to the painting..?
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No doubt plenty of advice will be offered
Don't you know it.
Some great, some good and some.
No bad advice. Just work with it.
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Both working really hard, so impressed with your progress, loving this channel
We glad you enjoy our videos.
Said it before, we are truly amazed by all the positivity coming from people.
It's very heartwarming, thank you.
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that red paint sit on the boats bottom hard elbow grease needed to get that of great job keep it up
We have some of that. Just font know where I put it...
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Congratulations on the 30 great video as always 😊
Thanks Paul.
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Stuart, good job connecting the sander to a shop vac. That’s about a 1,000% improvement over without. Marina, please keep an eye on Stuart while he’s working in those tyvek overalls. Make sure he has plenty to drink and takes breaks so the heat doesn’t get him. I’ve picked up a sander a couple times, so I know what you are doing. Good to see Stuart take a little break for some sport. Hang in there, the end justifies the means. Thanks and take care.
Hiya,
Thank you for your concern.
With the sanding the suit is not needed. Luckily, as it really is a sweat suit.
We'll be doing a bit of grinding later so then the suit is needed.
And yes, Marina does look after me.
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congrates 30k subs \o/ ur doing a great job
Thanks! 😄
Pretty amazing. We find it unbelievable that so many want to watch our videos.
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Hi Stu & Marina, look forward to see you & the progress achieved each week, enjoy the weekend.
Congratulations on 30, watching you two has motivated me with my own projects, be blessed.
That is awesome!
We're just trying to build our home.
One day we'll have a safe, comfortable little home. Hopefully that can sail.
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Truly amazing, with 30K following, we can see real progress on this huge progress. I believe Gulf Star used marine plywood on the deck not balsa CORE. if so just fill the holes with epoxy, unless the deck is sagging.
We wish it was a ply wood core but it's balsa.
We have some balsa and some foam.
Just get it in and recover.
It's the deck, no point stressing it.
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For Gulf Star owners comparing boats, build years and hull numbers are needed to try to determine if you are comparing apples to apples. Thanks and take care.
Thank you! Just discovered you guys! Love it! I'm sailboat shopping, as I plan to liveaboard and sail. Don't know anything about boats but it's a dream I've had for the longest time. I so want to make it happen in the next year! Thank you for sharing your journey! Beautiful boat! Can't wait to see the finished project.
Blind optimism. Superb way of looking at refitting a boat. With the deck holes and moisture. Worked on a cat once which was glass over ply. Ply was wet through obvious water ingress. A guy who was in the building industry who used to inject epoxy into lower levels of walls to stop rising damp helped make a jig. This was clamped onto the boat and epoxy pressure injected into the damp ply. The hope was it travelled as far as the good ply and stopped whilst bonding the damp ply and stopping further rot. Similar process is used on Telecom joints. Not so much pressure and is delivered via a caulking gun. May be a cheaper yet successful way to stop further rot without days spent on stripping and replacing ply. Cheers anyway and hope all works out for you.
Yo Clive,
How have you been?
We'll just cut out a square get rid of the rot and epoxy the lid back on.
Found some foam in the bin and a mate gave us some balsa.
Plus we have the resin.
It's a pretty quick job if we reuse the lid/deck.
It'll be fine, just a but of fairing on the joint.
Like an afternoons work (famous last words)
It's a deck, no point stressing it or buying fancy stuff.
Cut, replace, seal.
Sounds easy if you say it quickly.
Thank you for being part of our journey, miss our chats.
As always
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My son used a water displacing penetrating epoxy designed to plasticize wood rot on his 22' center console that had a very soft deck. He drilled a 6mm hole on a grid every 600 mm through the glass on the entire deck, and injected the epoxy under pressure with a caulking gun (tube was designed for your own liquid) and this made the deck solid as a rock. He laid a layer of glass and peel ply over the whole deck afterwards and sprayed gelcoat with a non skid additive. It was like new when complete. The gallon of epoxy was about 120USD. You might want to look into this for soft spots where you believe the core may be compromised with rot. His plywood core was still somewhat wet when he applied this special epoxy and it still worked. I was and remain impressed with the results. Joe
Good tip.
But, are you not just trying to fix rotten wood. Replace the wood and seal it properly.
A big of rot is normal but we'd like to make the effort to fix it.
We can you pour epoxy in the hole and move on.
Or just cut out a square, put new core and epoxy the lid back.
Plus we have what we need, saves buying more fancy stuff.
It'll be fine, it's a bit of core. 🤣
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@@SailingSeabird I agree, and I hope you don't mind my off hand comments, comments help build your TH-cam channel with the TH-cam algorithm. With my comment, I just wanted to explain the option and relative success my son used for a much smaller boat and certainly not a boat he was going to live on.
I believe you are taking the right approach and certainly the methods you use are best for you, and best for your boat in the long run.
I enjoy so much your videos and both the skill and more importantly the patience you both display in this massive project.
I believe the new to you engine is a great find and after Stuart finishes with it, a good as new engine.
The blisters and holes in the outer hull will be a thing of the past very soon and the hull will be better than new with proper materials being applied. It will be a lot of work, but so much has already been done and I look forward to watching your approach to this part of the project.
Patience, persistence, proven skills, along with your positive attitudes will win the day.
Thank you again for the great videos and inviting us all in to see your project and sharing your difficulties and happiness with each phase of your bringing this boat back to life.
Have a great week and thankyou for the kind reply. With respect... Joe
The deck on a center console is low, while the deck on a sailboat is high. A coarse of action that is perfectly fine for a cc may add too much weight up high in a sail boat, and negatively affect stability, therefore that might encourage a different direction. Thanks and take care.
If the top layer of the deck ist strong you might try to go about the repair: drill holes into the inner layer from below and let the water drain out. The deck dries out fairly quickly as the sun is shining on it every day heating it up quite a lot. From there you can open the inner fiberglass layer at certain points for inspection and decide how to go from there. You might remove balsa from the core by a rotating instrument inserting it through a hole (e.g. a 90° bent nail), tap the downside holes and fill the void with epoxi resin from above. I went this way when I had a localized infiltration into the deck. That way you preserve the top deck layer.
Another remark: when you repaired the top layer in the bow you did not overlap the fiberglass over the existing deck. Even if you fill the void with filler, you won't get a continuity in the top layer and it will remain a potential entry site for water. You must glass the deck over as you did the through-holes in the hull. Same principle.
Great advice.
Many different ideas to core repairs.
We'll probably cut out a square, fix the core then epoxy it back on.
Easy enough.
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Boy, what a lot of work you two have accomplished. I like the blind optimism comment in relation to boat restoration but I think you both capable of doing the tasks ahead. Keep the faith and you will get there. I love Fridays ❤❤❤
Well said!
We'll see, it will either float or not.
Only time will tell.
I just hate sanding, could do with some help..?
Have you ever been to the South of France?
You should come, we'd even get you your own fan!
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Found your channel yesterday and have been binge watching. Keep up the amazing project guys!
I recommend to use an angle grinder for the sanding of the hull...
I would agree. Borrowed a sanding pad for grinder off a friend.
Like a hot knife through butter.
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Keep up the good work getting to the patchwork that is necessary
Hello, the Big men with two little women it's me😂
Bonjour.
Désolé, nous avons pu discuter hier. sur le chemin de la douche couverte de poussière de fibre de verre.
@@SailingSeabird oui 😂 ça bosse bien. On se retrouvera bien autour d'une bonne bière un de ces jours.
I'm a fan of Stew's steel toe safety sandals 😂, have to poke fun. Thanks for sharing your amazing journey with us!
Sand the hull back and then two layers of epoxy tar paint creates a flexible waterproof seal and fills in all those pinholes
Great advice, Paul. Thanks
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Pot noodle cups are great for mixing epoxy. The resin doesn't bond with the plastic so the remnants pop straight out when it hardens.
Saludos desde Sanxenxo, Pontevedra!!
Hola!! 😊