I feel your pain... you are not alone and it is nice to see another couple so dedicated to working together on a boat. Take some time to enjoy each other's company. You both deserve it. Cheers from Nova Scotia!
Thanks so much. We actually really enjoy working together on our project...our retirement home. Sometimes it is overwhelming but most times it's like eating an elephant...one piece one project at a time.
All our customs boats are bare aluminium here in Australia . As son of a marine engineer, hull builder . And master class 5 holder . There going to be more worms in that can that I would take on . Good on you guys .
I wonder how much weight savings from removing all that bondo and paint and leaving it bare aluminum? love the look of bare aluminum btw, great choice!
When the fair a hull Al Steel even GRP it tends to add a considerable amount of Wt ... Something this size you are talking about 100-150 kg of fairing. Steel boats can be worse still..... Really wt conscious vessels they try to avoid it as much as possible. That means a lot of time on the moulds and mould finish..before laying up. Looking again it could be even more fairing compound 😬
Blaine, Janis you guys are the best how interesting. It’s Sunday and I’m watching your videos (hours) instead of my NFL football games. That’s how much you have aroused my interest in your yacht project, guys are awesome. Do you have any videos of the outside or inside of the finished Yacht as of December 2024 today?
The hull looks amazing for a 50 plus yo boat.I don't know the plate thickness but the alu boat I'm building at the moment has more distortion then yours
Holy sh*t I’ve never seen that much fairing used on a boat hull. The original builder must have had 45 gallon drums of bondo. You guys must have gone through quite a few bulk bags of sand, silica sand you could have had the recycled glass sand but that may have left too rough of a finish. I wonder if a needle scaler would have taken off some of that filler. It would have been a little nerve racking to see what was lurking under the surface.
I'm not an expert. If the exterior used bondo it's more prone to fail than other types of fairing coatings. The lack of insulation (Ii.e. a barrier coat on the interior aluminum and insulation protects the outer hull from condensating beneath the exterior coating. You might try a laser to remove surface rust in the exterior instead of grinding, sanding or blasting. It might not get it all but it might lighten the load of the larger spots. Once it is insulated and you removed the exterior rust and patched your holes, a real fairing coating and paint will make it look brand spanking new.
Oh, believe me, she has done far more painstaking removal of paint than I have. I am not very good at picking up a camera and filming but someone has to. I would not hesitate to say she has ten times the amount of time and effort into the brutal jobs like paint removal as I have. You would be challenged to find someone who works as hard as her.
I feel your pain... you are not alone and it is nice to see another couple so dedicated to working together on a boat. Take some time to enjoy each other's company. You both deserve it. Cheers from Nova Scotia!
Thanks so much. We actually really enjoy working together on our project...our retirement home. Sometimes it is overwhelming but most times it's like eating an elephant...one piece one project at a time.
All that hard work has now created masterpiece.😋
Keep them coming!!!
Loving your videos!!!!
Glad you enjoy the content! Plenty more to come.
That is one ambitious project,,,,,best of luck
Thanks! It is indeed ambitious. We will have projects ongoing on her for years to come.
Sanding aluminum oxide with aluminum oxide paper
All our customs boats are bare aluminium here in Australia . As son of a marine engineer, hull builder . And master class 5 holder . There going to be more worms in that can that I would take on . Good on you guys .
My dad built and designed all the catamaran ferry’s here in Australia. And drove them until he retired and then pass away 18 months later
I wonder how much weight savings from removing all that bondo and paint and leaving it bare aluminum? love the look of bare aluminum btw, great choice!
When the fair a hull Al Steel even GRP it tends to add a considerable amount of Wt ... Something this size you are talking about 100-150 kg of fairing.
Steel boats can be worse still..... Really wt conscious vessels they try to avoid it as much as possible. That means a lot of time on the moulds and mould finish..before laying up.
Looking again it could be even more fairing compound 😬
Merry Christmas Yacht crew!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big bear hugs from Kenny in Ohio, USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Merry Christmas Kenny!
Blaine, Janis you guys are the best how interesting. It’s Sunday and I’m watching your videos (hours) instead of my NFL football games. That’s how much you have aroused my interest in your yacht project, guys are awesome. Do you have any videos of the outside or inside of the finished Yacht as of December 2024 today?
The hull looks amazing for a 50 plus yo boat.I don't know the plate thickness but the alu boat I'm building at the moment has more distortion then yours
I’m wonder what grade aluminum was used for the hull.
According to documentation we received from the Haggin Museum (dedicated to this boat builder) all hull material is 5086-1132 alloy.
Seems like the stern has been added to the Boat ?
It has. There was 13' added some time in the 80's. Thanks for watching!
The worms in the can of worms have cans of worms
a boat is a hole in ocean where you
throw money!!!!
Oh we know that but it also allows us our dream of cruising around rhe world to come true. We don't like living on land.
She’s a beauty that will take all your time and money… but more than that will evolve to be a wonderful gorgeous home … but more money 🤣
Holy sh*t I’ve never seen that much fairing used on a boat hull. The original builder must have had 45 gallon drums of bondo. You guys must have gone through quite a few bulk bags of sand, silica sand you could have had the recycled glass sand but that may have left too rough of a finish. I wonder if a needle scaler would have taken off some of that filler. It would have been a little nerve racking to see what was lurking under the surface.
I'm not an expert. If the exterior used bondo it's more prone to fail than other types of fairing coatings. The lack of insulation (Ii.e. a barrier coat on the interior aluminum and insulation protects the outer hull from condensating beneath the exterior coating.
You might try a laser to remove surface rust in the exterior instead of grinding, sanding or blasting. It might not get it all but it might lighten the load of the larger spots. Once it is insulated and you removed the exterior rust and patched your holes, a real fairing coating and paint will make it look brand spanking new.
Good Chance you might get more accomplished if you substitute the microphone for a dust mask and hand her a sander,,, geez , habla mucho mererida
Oh, believe me, she has done far more painstaking removal of paint than I have. I am not very good at picking up a camera and filming but someone has to. I would not hesitate to say she has ten times the amount of time and effort into the brutal jobs like paint removal as I have. You would be challenged to find someone who works as hard as her.