Boat Fuel Tanks, Fiberglass & Engine Works!
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- Опубликовано: 28 окт 2023
- Today we refit the fuel tanks back in the boat, refit the alternator, carry out some fiberglass work to the deck, and right an Anchoright chain marker set to the anchor chain -
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NEVER have your anchor chain directly attached to the boat, have a rope (about Half a metre known as the bitter end ) and a sharp knive in the chain locker. In case of emergency.
Great progress....it is my understanding that the "bitter end" last couple of feet of anchor rode are supposed to always be rope, not chain, so that if, God Forbid, you ever have to cut the anchor loose in a storm you can do it with a knife quickly (I know of people who actually PUT a knife down in the anchor locker on a little holder/bracket for that "just in case" eventuality.
great videeo guys just a point to consider for safety, your anchor chain is connected directly to the hull via a saddle, please remove that direct connection and replace it with a short lenght of nylon rode between the saddle and chain. The purpose of that is in case of emergency you can easily cut the rode to free the boat from a tangled stuck anchor and drive away, it also provides some shock ansorbtion if the chain was to be fully extended in a storm.
Thank you so much for this tip, we will do that for sure! Xx
Shock cord would be even better for reducing impact of chain onto attachment points.
Absolutely.
@@davidelliott5843 not strong enough
This boat stuff is like decorating the hall through the letterbox.
Sure is! Nothing is every easy to access!
just watching Gemma lift those tanks on to the van roof....what a sturdy wee lass she is
You pair are right grafters and you thoroughly deserve everything you have in life, bc boy do you work for it.
I didn't even know you two had another channel, you kept this quiet didn't you? Lol at least I've never heard you mention this channel before. Its only bc of YT algorithm that I know about it. It's been fascinating so far watching you get to this point in your project. These tanks have been a nightmare. Just at the point where you're installing them back in your boat. I hope it's all good now!?
To get washers into remote locations like that, you can put a little bit of double-stick tape on the end of your socket to hold the washer as you drive in the nut.
a dab of thick krazy glue will also work
A dab of grease works really well also.
I kept yelling "Take your jacket off, then reach!" But you didn't hear me 😢.
This is a trick I have used to install stainless steel washers and nuts. Put the tap on the washer and press the nut to it. I would pick a hole with a nail or something through the washer tape on larger sizes. Put tapped washer and nut in the socket and Bob’s your uncle. Works great on overhead too.
Red rubber grease is wonderfully sticky but won’t rot gaskets or harden (some) plastics like ordinary bearing grease can do.
It’s ok to be beginners at anchoring, everyone goes through it. This is overkill by about times 20, but like I said it’s normal to over think it. That’s what products like those are for. A mark every 10 meters is all you’ll ever need. And you don’t even need the first one at 10 meters because you’ll always have at least 20 meters out, minimum. Love the job you did on the tanks, very professional. No surprise you kinda missed this season on the new boat, but hey again, it’s just grand to be beginners. And with your talent it’s only gonna get better and easier. ❤
Gemma you are awesome! Most blokes could’nt lift like that!!!
I always fit some anchor ⚓️ rope at end of rode and then thick bungy from end of rope to eyelet in anchor locker just in case
Take your extension with the correct socket and put a piece of tape over the end and push the nut into the socket. It will lock it in place so you can take and reach that bolt.
I used to use a little superglue to stick washer to nut making sure not to get into threads when in awkward situations on aircraft where you cant afford to drop anything. Love the work you’re doing on both vessels.
I know many have already written, but yes, please add a short rope from the chain locker to the end of your chain. If it would foul you can cut the rope in an emergency.
G'day m8s an G'day Richard. Unreal banana peel, close to splash for Richard to Certify Boutari for goin on the water without him 😉 Hope to the bloke out there fishing with you sometime soon. Boutari is a beaut and she'll be even better when you finish with her.
Have you considered adding a length rope to the anchor chain? When you buy a new chain you can choose to have rope spliced onto the end of the chain or you can learn to splice? Good video, thanks.
Cork isolation pads under tha tanks! God job 😊
The tanks are better today than they did when they were brand new. Well done👍
I see I'm not the first to notice. Its very important that there is a lashing between the fixing point and the chain. Ideally the lashing should be long enough to come out of your chain pipe so that in an emergency you can cut it.
blutac on the socket is the answer to unreachable bolts, nuts, washers etc
I think I would have bolted an aluminium or HW Timber beam under the deck hatch partition as a belt and braces reinforcement
A good idea is to remove the shackle from the end of the chain and boat and put a length of light rope (6mm) that is attached to the boat. Make sure it can come up to the capstan if you have to let the anchor go in a hurry or cut it. Make sure you have a buoy with a snap carabina to fit to the chain end for recovery if you have to dump it
Blue tack for adding washers. Use long socket with blue tac to keep washer in place with nut in the socket.
RE: cleaning products/glassfibre.
Use sugar soap to degrease and clean pretty much anything - spray bottles are a couple of quid in any diy store.
The boat is made with polyester resin. The only stuff that sticks to polyester resin properly is polyester resin, which is a lot cheaper than epoxy.
Always enjoy Ship Happens - Thanks for the videos.
The Mersey lifeboat on the hard next to you could always be the next project
Nice mersey class lifeboat beside it
Sadly now winter is just around the corner it looks like you and the family will have to wait until next year to have some rest and relaxation time with the new addition to the family, on the other hand I very much hope you get to spend at least a couple of good weather days in what’s left of the year, you deserve it 👍
God that fiberglassing takes me back to being 11 or 12 years old and helping my Dad fibreglass his boat. What a memory. 60 years ago!
Love your work, great effort, you deserve to enjoy your boat.
Great work! Just to let you know, you could use flange nuts where you can't reach to put washers. 😺
love the use of the van to get the tanks into the boat :)
Tape is your friend! Looks great, keep up the good work.
Very neat and clean install, and those are really nice tanks! Hope that issue you spoke of isn't too difficult.
Put some blue tac on a washer push the nut on the washer then put nut in socket and tighten the Blue tac will squeeze out may help youout some other time
It is usual to attach the end of the anchor chain to a strong rope long enough to be visible on deck when fully deployed. Then if you have to let it go in an emergency you can cut the rope with a knife quickly rather than try to undo a rusted shackle with a fully loaded chain by your face as you lean in to the chain locker. Also having rope on the end of the chain acting as a shock absorber is kinder on the boat when at anchor.
always wondered why such a big van. your great for thinking out of the box makes life so much better just keep smiling
Them tanks look great - good job. That anchor colour chart is simple but effective. What else is wrong with the boat - do tell - I can’t wait!!! Dave Birmingham
nice vid that was guys nice to see your getting the boat sorted
Tanks look great and nice idea to put the tanks on the roof from the van to get on the boot.
Anchor Right is a great idea, easy and simple.
Three boatchannels for me today..sailing Yaba..Sampson boat co with TallyHo and last but not least you guys the Sarinda couple working on their fast motorboat. Great input for me..thanks
Watching these videos reminds me why I no longer have or work on boats.
Great work!! You need a claw-type pickup tool to manage those stainless washers. Also, as a precaution, I'd wrap the connection between the socket and each extension so you don't accidentally knock anything loose, like your _only_ 14mm socket, and have it drop into the abyss! I had that happen on a car I was working on, the socket dropped down between the firewall and inner fender liner, and it took two days, an endoscope to fine it, and magnetic pick up tool to retrieve it!
You can put a bit ov grease on the end of your socket to get the washers on then if your socket is too deep pack the inside with a bit ov foam or even a tissue garage hack 👍🏼😎👍🏼
Standard color code for anchor markings is Red, Yellow, Blue, White, green. Best way to remember it is "rub your balls with grease". They had the order marked on the back of the package. Love your videos!
well, at least there seems to be a standard!
As an electrical Engineer, but not a sailor, I was about to suggest black, brown, red, orange, yellow green, blue, violet or purple, grey, white. Still, I soon realised that these colours, representing numbers from zero to 10, have the fatal drawback that in poor light some are hard to tell apart. The scheme you describe has the clear advantage of using clearly distinct colours, and may even work for folk who are red-green colourblind!. The scheme the ship happens adventurers used looks odd by any standard at all - especially considering you may need to see them in poor light.
If there is a standard, maybe it should be used in case a crew member familiar with the standard should join them on a trip.
That alternator ground (earth) needs a coating of copper grease. It won’t spoil conductivity but will protect from corrosion.
I love Simon's 👕's too lol
Simon is my hero because he can install two fuel tanks and still have clean hands. Worse than the fuel tanks?! Propeller and shaft? More than that? Yikes.
Another good video 🛥🚤⛵️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👏👏👏
Thank you 👍
The end of the chain secured in the chain locker is called the bitter end.
the tanks look good
BOAT = Bust Out Another Thousand. They're a lot of fun but can require a lot of maintenance. Of course so does my dump truck, excavator, motorcycles, Jeep, campground etc. Tough not being rich. Tis the life we live. My motto is " It's always something ".
I like the T-shirt, greetings from Amsterdam
Blu Tak does the job of holding bolts etc for tight places
Excellent rebuild on the tanks. They look better than New...................>
Great job with the tanks. Like new. On your anchor's bitter end. Take the shackle off. Put in a length of rope. That way if you have an emergency. You can cut your anchor loose. Sad to hear there are more problems. Take care. Cheers.
Hi Guys , i have been watching both channels religiously every week and just notice a very familiar type of vessel at 2 min into this video , A Breed class rescue vessel 12-15 , we have quiet a few that our National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) bought many years ago from the RNLI , I served on one at the NSRI here in Port Elizabeth South Africa (station 6) for about 10 years ,they are the most amazing vessels (Also wood), it would be great if you could do a video visiting one of their bases as they do such an important job for the community, Good luck with both your channels and keep up the great work, kind regards Ryan
My suggestion for the washer was SS welding rod tiny spot of hot glue or silicone holding the washer in place until the nut breaks or crushes the glue? You could attach it to a length of cotton in case you needed to retrieve it.
Tanks a are looking awesome, you saved a pretty penny and kept them out of landfill. I would fibreglass a brace into the underneath of that cut out deck section, a piece of composite decking or something like that then you have piece of mind.
Well done you , dont get despondent it will all work out!
Easy way, take a piece of napkin, lay the piece over the socket make sure it covers the whole socket . Press your nut over and into the socket. The nut will not slip out. Use nuts with the nylon insert negating the need for regular our lock washers.
For future reference when I am aced with that problem putting 2 nuts in the socket and the washer on top then a small piece of masking or painters tape to hold it is allows you to get the washer on and first nut started and if you do it right the tape will pull off of the washer leaving no trace of the trick.
Nut and washer trick… axe grease in the end of the socket after you drop the nut and washer in. And, you won’t glue your fingers together!!
You really need a dedicated earth wire or strap, from alternator to engine block, to assure a good quality and permanent earthing
A drop of super glue to carefully stick the washer to the nut just enough to use a long socket extension to the get the nut started. Works every time.
If your taking some training you ought include a video. I used to practice all kinds of stuff, from man over board to missing objects in the water, docking in different situations. In calm conditions I could put the helm hard over at full throttle, I only new that was possible after I built up to it though (note your passengers have to know what you are up to).
❤ Applaus ✌️
Cling film and tape onto your extension
Wow guys! The tanks came out AMAZING!! For the washers, could you use a bit of tape to "attach" the washer to the nut, then install with your mega-extension socket?
Obvious solution
In situations with stainless steel like this, I use a little super glue to glue the washer to the nut and the nut to the socket. Once you thread the nut and washer and tighten down the nut the super glue breaks free and you can pull the socket wrench free.
BOAT...aka ....Bring Out Another Thousand....but not necessary with these guys.....keep on keeping it real 👍👍👍👍👍👍
For the chain length colour sequence I have seen used the colours of the snooker balls, red yellow brown green etc, very easy to remember!
red yellow blue white green and to remember the colours just think of "rub your balls with grease" lol.
Here's my handy dandy tip, you get a piece of dowel and a smaller length of tube that fits over it put the washer on the dowel and lign it up with the bolt and push it off with the tube onto the bolt, you can also use a bit of rubber tube on the end of the pusher tube to hold the nut and start it on the threads and gets them both done at the same time
Use a claw pick up tool/grasper to put the washers on.
bluetac on a stick might enable the washer fitment issue, or you could try your skill with a litter picker lol
add a bit of grease to washers stick to nut put on
Chain colour markings were traditionally referenced with a dirty ditty (of course) to help you remember quickly: Red Yellow Blue White Green = Rub Your Balls With Grease 😂
Put nut in socket and use thick grease to hold washer on end of socket, then reach in and locate stud and screw on.
I bet you guys are happy to have those Damn fuel tanks back in clean condition so your boat will be back in service!! You did a nice job on them and I would keep fuel stabilizer in them so this crap won’t happen again. We use Sta Bil and it works.
Lay out a piece of plastic film and some precut prefitted peal off material. And your multi later fiber glass mats. Then stick the whole patch in place . If you are doing patches from the bottom. Precut a block of foam to hold the patch in place.
should have used a wooden stick with some blu tack on the end to put the washers on...you also need more than those 2 little bits of fibre glass.. that Deck piece is part of the Structure of the boat and it will flex like hell unless you make it Strong Especially when you are walking on the "Deck"...
you can use a stick with a bit of grease on the end to get washers on
So after all the hard work you guys need take time off Serinda and have a great time next spring.
super glue and a long extension for the bolts
Did my first fibreglass repairs on my 1967 motoski cadet snowmobile. That is when I learned the importance of wearing gloves!
If you have that problem with nuts or washers, put the nut in the socket, smear the face of the socket with grease and stick the washer on the front, great vlogs
Great channel guys, class ..
Also, I might have missed this, but did you guys pull the injectors to check their condition?
Hey the best thing about working on cars and boats in the USA is having to have two sets of wrenches and sockets and tape measures! Plus I get to measure in standard bananas!
I'm older than you Simon and we were taught fractions as well as decimal. 14mm is 9/16. I quickly learned all the common metric vs fraction SAE working on cars from the 60's as i came up.
One excepion is the 10mm. There isn't really a good standard equivalent. Also a 1/2" SAE is 12.7mm, really good for getting rusty 13mm nuts and bolts. 😂
In future try flange nuts as the flange has anti vibration face to assist locking on tightening.
Hi you can us a wooden dowel or bamboo stick with blue tack on and do it that way on your fuel tank ok 👍 👍💯💯 love your channel
A tiny bit of super glue to hold the nut and washer in the socket is your friend in that situation.
Superglue the washer to a Nyloc Nut, pad out your socket with tissue paper to hold both at the end of the socket
When repairing fibreglass I lean towards using polyester resin as there is always uncured monomer in the old finished surface. That way you get a chemical bond rather than mechanical when using epoxy.
Interesting. Maybe you can answer my question as you seem to know your epoxy onions. I've always used polyester filler to fair our wooden dinghys, it's cheap, easy to use and we get a fine finish. But apparently this is why our paint only lasts two years, because our filler isn't waterproof, and comes out of our nail pops? Would I be better off with something more epoxy? Be grateful for your thoughts.
Hopefully you cleaned the piping mate.... 😂😂OK I see you got new pipes.... Gemma you have to know how deep it is 😂😂
a little grease on the nut and washer
Love from Manchester, 9/16 is a 14 mil
Not too sure that the team building Duracell would be super impressed with the glassing work. But it’s OK😊
Hello Gemma and Simon,just a thought….would a tailor’s crimping shears stop the fire glass from fraying?cheers Roly🇬🇧.
A dab of superglue between the washer and the nut... or shoe goo, had to do it recently myself.
super glue the washer to thenut then fit them with the socket
Glue the washers to the nuts then stuff paper in the socket so the nut is far enough out.