Been watching you for years now and still can’t get over your work ethic, perseverance, positive attitude and mechanical abilities. It’s high time I start donating to help keep you afloat.
Incredible work under those conditions. In comparison, those guys at marinas have it easy. I tip my cap 🧢 to you and your helpers. What an awesome feeling to have great friends to help out. You, my dear, are one tough woman! Kudos!
I'm a auto painter and for us dry/cure time is based on temperature, air flow and humidity. Temperature being the biggest factor. These for me are based on 20c 50% humidity. The humidity is not helping you, but if it's 30c and windy you could push your coating times considerably. I would recommend not letting coatings "flash off" in direct sunlight because it may cause the outer layer to cure and skim over before the deeper solvents have a chance to evaporate causing incomplete curing of the coating under the "skin" and potential delamination.
As far as i know Nike uses 2K Epoxy coating, that means 2 components react chemically and there is no need of evaporating solvente. The temperature ist the most ifluencing factor to the curing Time.
Hallo Nike und Karl, ich schau "eure" Videos nun eine ganze weile. Habe Untie the Lines von Anfang an mit sehr viel Respekt, Verwunderung, Bewunderung und mit sehr sehr sehr sehr viel Hochachtung durchgeschaut. Dein Ehrgeiz ist meiner Meinung nach unübertroffen. Ich bewundere dich sehr dafür natürlich auch um deine Erfahrungen und Erlebnisse die du machst und noch machen wirst. Das ist erste mal das ich dir schreibe und halte mich normalerweise auch mit sowas immer zurück, aber ich komme einfach nicht drum herum dir mal zu sagen bzw. zu schreiben was für ein toller Mensch du bist. Falls du mal in Deutschland bzw. in der nähe von Bonn bist und Hilfe brauchst, in welcher form auch immer, kannst du jederzeit mit mir Rechnen. Ich wünsche dir für deine weitere Zukunft alles gute, viel Gesundheit und das alles so läuft wie du es dir vorstellst, halt alles was man für ein schönes Leben so braucht. Mach weiter so, DU BIST DIE BESTE. Viele Grüße Ralf S.
Danke für deinen lieben Kommentar, Ralf. Im Moment sieht es nicht so als als würde ich so schnell nach Deutschland zurück kommen. Ist ja doch alles etwas drunter und drüber im Moment 🙈.dir auch alles gute und schöne Grüße an den Rhein!
Marinas have water blasters, and tools to make this job significantly easier. They, more importantly, have drainage that does not discharge directly to the sea so that the anti foul does not pollute the ocean/environment. Marinas make the job easier so that a regular scheduled anti-foul keeps the hull clean so that significantly less fuel is used. It is one thing to love your surroundings/environment, it is another to respect it and cherish it for future generations. Yes, I'm a grumpy old sailor but after 50 years on the water, I have seen the decline of our beautiful environment and worry a lot that we have compromised those that follow us. Being a huge fan of twin-keels myself I regularly pull over (dry out) and give my boat a quick scrape and anti foul, without sanding. Means I haul out every second year and sand and grind then. Saves money and keeps hull efficiency at near max all the time, also saving money, and a better consideration of the environment. The only extra is my own labour by jumping out and scraping more often, which, strangely, I enjoy, but then , New Zealand is a place to be enjoyed....respectfully.
Very well written. I am always amused by these young people that profess to love the ocean but they don't respect it. By reading the comments it is painfully obvious how many morons there are. I saw another young lady sailor scraping and spray painting her gas bottle while moored in harbor. All the paint chips and over spray from the paint going guess where? This is why you see the decline in the marine environment, but young people dismiss their own behavior and blame it on climate change. Makes you shake your head in I will use the word dismay.
Living on nothing is not so green after all. WSP gaffed here. But you know that all that ocean plastic? It is predominantly properly disposed of by predominantly right thinking people using recycling practices...... Yet still ends up in the ocean. I wonder what happens to the marina facilities' drainage used by responsible sailors? But yes. We should each still keep trying to do our bit and hope that it is allowed to have an effect.
Wonderful video. You deserve our respect for your tireless work ethic, positive attitude, and cheerful demeanor. I’m old and married but if I was 40 years younger I’d propose. ❤️❤️
So true. I used to work in a boat yard and fully realize how big that job is, and we didn't have to lay in wet sand! Although, actually, I think I would prefer that to the filthy asphalt we laid on. Her friends are the best!
Wow, that was a lot of fouling on the bottom! You did an impressive job cleaning it off! It makes me wonder what the bottom of the one of my boats will be like when I haul it. It has been in the water now for four years and is do for some love! Thanks for the video!
The last antifouling was two years ago but what’s more impressive is that I last scraped the hull a month before I beached it. So u see that it really does make a difference to have or not to have antifouling paint 🙈 four years will probably have produced some impressive underwater reef 😂
@@WhiteSpotPirates That is what I am afraid of! On the plus side, it is the "free" boat, and everything about it is sort of an experiment. I try different things on her. The "free" will probably end up costing me more than the other two combined! Thanks for your quick reply, and good luck with the work on the bottom!
Loved the Alaska insulated can holder or whatever it's called. Scraping the bottom is the worst. Nice to see you maintained a good attitude. Cheers from Juneau Alaska, Greg Chaney
Great video I’m tired just watching all the work. Glad to see an alternative to copper based paints. I remember my dad repainting the bottom of our 26’ cabin cruiser in the late 50’s he used copper based paint. Stay safe and I can’t wait for the finished paint project. Fred in Texas
Mix in cyan pepper with your bottom paint .Don`t laugh because barnicles dont like hot stuff. Ive seen it long ago in an article. . It works. Good luck.
I was scraping the bottom of my boat the other day, I am only half done on it, it wasn't too bad. I can tell you that consistent attention on your bottom can help a lot.
Yeah unfortunately the foot is only back to 70% but I can surely get around. Each morning it’s a battle to get the foot going but once it’s going it’s doing alright but surely not back to normal and still dealing with pain but all below a level that I have to take pain killers which is great. The foot surely was a little grumpy after this marathon and punished me a bit. But it was great to see that I am able to power through a project like this with it. 👍
@@WhiteSpotPirates yes ok 70% is pretty good for the time period. i broke my hip racing against my young nephew years ago and had it replaced and after a year or so i couldnt even tell it was done, now i jog, ,play tennis n golf, bike and sail. so it just takes time for the body to adjust to the new screws pins etc
Great video, its nice to have the hard part of the job done. Quick question, what is the purpose of coating a steel hull with epoxy? I thought it was only used on fiberglass hulls to prevent bubbling/pitting.
My boat is aluminum. First u put on an etch primer on the bare metal to make sure the paint sticks well. Then it’s followed usually by 5 (or more) layers of epoxy primer before the antifouling goes on. It keeps the metal protected from electrical currents (from the outside, not ur own internal mess ups obviously 😂) or galvanic corrosion when sitting next to a steel boat or dock. Also, u need something between the metal and the antifouling because the antifouling won’t grab onto the bare aluminum, ad far as I understand. On a steel boat u would want the primer to prevent rusting, I would say. But I am not a pro on this...🙈 but this would be my personal explanation.
I'm intrigued to know how this holds up! The time difference between time difference between initial cute and full cute is quite significant, and moisture has an affect during that time. Damn good effort though!
Hi Yes I have had to do that too what a job? I must have scraped off a ton of muscles unedable to since I was in the harbaour against the wall. it took two tides to clear off the sea food. once afloat the fish had a good feed and the crabs too. I hope you had fun. bye Tom in Scotland.
the Westerly is a British twin keel boat. The keel bolts can leak. Be careful not to beach on a super high tide or you will have to wait until another super high tide to float it off the beach.
Karl isn't a Westerly, I know all the models from the 60's through to the '00s and Westerly never produced a model with a chined hull and never built using sheet material. I agree though, their bilge keel bolts can seep if they take the ground constantly. However the longevity and quantity of Centaur and Berwick models still around demonstrate that these can last 50 years or more taking the ground.
Tristin Jones: Sailed against the Humboldt Current, South down the Pacific Coast of South America in a tiny twin keel sailboat to Chilie. He had to tack the entire way. It took month and months to do so. Then he loaded his boat on a flat bed truck to the highest altitude navigable lake in the world to sail Lake Titicaca then hacked his way through the jungle down stream to come out the Southern tip of the massive Continent to Argentina then proceeded to sail back to England. I can't recall if that segment of his adventure was successful but I can tell you this tiny twin keeled sailboat still exists. A common complaint about twin keel sailboat boats is they are slower. No single keel sailboat has come close to the records set by Tristin Jones and his tiny twin keel wooden boat.
It is a shame you could not use a tarp to collect paint dust....but difficult to get the job done under those challenging conditions and difficult circumstances, Karl certainly needed it, hope the new paint sticks, great to see all the help, cheers
Yes, I see ur point with the tarp. It’s not that we did not discuss environmental effects of this project and different possibilities on what to do about it. Frankly, most of the dust flies away immediately and would not be captured by a tarp...if u did capture sth with a tarp, then how do u proceed with the tarp and the dust? Store it forever? Burn both of them together (might be a bigger pollution all together in my eyes), keep it until u reach land and dispose of it? Which means out of sight out of mind? panama works with landfills, so the disposed tarp and dust eventually would release their poison into the ground water as well. Use a reusable tarp not made of plastic (which I don’t have but maybe maybe could have Organized it somehow) is another possibility, but how and where do u then get rid of the dust? I am happy for suggestions on this topic so next time we can improve this. Because frankly, the situation when u haul out in a marina is exactly the same so it would be good to improve the procedure for the next time. To me, it’s important to look at the effect as a whole and to see where all of it ends up. A tarp looks good at first glance but in our eyes it was a bigger pollutant than help in this case. A grinder with a vacuum attached somehow, maybe that would help. Not sure if it exists for grinders, only seen it for sanders so far. But will do a google search... But yes, it’s a tricky topic and I am aware that a bottom job in general is not good for the environment. We do try to give back to nature, though, and have cleaned many beaches and recycle a lot of “wild plastic”. It’s not an excuse but at least a little payback for this yearly pollution (well, I actually did not do my hull in two years, so I saved one year of pollution 🙈).
@@WhiteSpotPirates I totally understand your dilemma, didn't mean to sound too critical. I believe you are aware and just as concerned about micro plastics and pollution and were faced with the raw reality of the circumstances and limited options. To answer/respond to a few of your points.... As for dust control there are several angle grinders which have dust collection measures Makita, Bosch, most are for concrete grinding and don't really fully achieve what you might say is acceptable performance in this application. Festool PI571810 Rotex 6 in. Multi-Mode Sander with mesh weave sanding pads paired with a substantial cyclone dust trap and hepa filler vacuume is the best option I know of, but not at all readily available, affordable or realistic in this situation. As for tarps I would choose a large reuseable option and vacuume any collected dust up, but again, unless you hang substantial drop curtains to prevent/limit airbourne dispersal it would be difficult to achieve effective results. As to the waste, the best way I know of disposing of collected toxic dust/fine particles is to consolidate them somehow....incoproporate them in old paint, resin, concrete blocks for reuse or landfill (arguably better than burning)......this does not eliminate the toxicity, but goes someway to lock up the particles from freely effecting the environment. I guess best practices for removing bottom paint would be to wet abrasive blast or dry ice blast the bottom, but this requires haul out, controlled environment, and significant and dedicated infrastructure and mechanisms to collect the material (probably not available anywhere near where you are and most likely impossible to organise in these difficult times). I think you live an amazing life, face so many challenges and applaud most of your efforts to minimise environmental impact, guess its just one of those dilemmas where forced compromises leave a slightly bitter aftertaste. (I certainly could do better, try harder to minimise environmental impact in my life, so am not condeming you)
@@bunyipdan thanks for all the great advise, I will look into some of the tools u mentioned and see what improvement I can make happen for next year. 👍
Vaya trabajo más duro que habéis hecho. Cuanto tiempo tardasteis en acabarlo?. Y cuanto tiempo hacia que no lo carenabais? Saludos desde Santurtzi, Bizkaia, España y que la mar os sea propicia.
Whoop whoop , only a week wait for this video , seems you have got the editing waxed already and are churning them out by yourself .Some people are just natural over achievers.... thanks for making us mere mortals more awe struck on how you do it all .
😂😂 the one before this one went really fast so I got a bit over ambitious 😂. But we had a bunch of rainy days lately so I took advantage of that to get some editing in. Honestly, I have no idea how this is gonna work if I actually sail around again, but let’s worry about that when it happens 😂. It’s surely time consuming and I have to make sure I structure and organize myself a bit better than before...also I don’t want to be overly stressed by it which is why I won’t promise weekly production anymore...if I can make it happen then that’s great, if not, then not. But right now it’s going well, I just finished the raw cut of the next one, so next Friday is most likely safe as well 🤞🏼😎
WhiteSpotPirates Glad to hear part 3 is coming out soon . I will cope with my withdrawal symptoms if you only put out one a month .The day you don’t enjoy doing the videos ,is the day to stop. Just know they are inspirational and appreciated.... ok enough singing praise , get back to work on the next one Now! 😂😂
You have a very rewarding life style. It has a high cost. The scraping and grinding ocean life off of a sailboat hull looked like loads of fun!! Ha ha I am kidding. It doesn’t look all that hard!
Yep, that bottom work is no joke. You may consider bringing some keel blocks next time. Love the boat, the crew seems a little dodgy though. I like that..;)
If you do this again in two years, I will come help for a week. I don't even care if we don't get a chance to go sailing. I used to work in a boatyard and I grew up on a farm, so I know about hard hot work, and mosquitos. LOL. One thing that I would recommend is to use a floor scraper for the initial scraping. It goes a lot faster. I will go fishing when the tide is up, and we can't work. Hopefully we would have some fish to grill the next day. I can taste that shark now!
hey neike hope your good , love the videos ive watched all of them , have you ever thought about doing a sailing related ASMR video, just for a laugh , im sure im not the only one out here thinking this , you ve got the right voice for it, take it easy, all the best
😂😂😂 I was wondering if anybody would pick the up. I first had stopped the audio before that but the end always sounds weird without sound so I just extended the audio of the clip without the picture and I had to laugh when I heard what it revealed. It was me saying “hair of the dooog” and then Paul was whistling for Luca. We had had a couple of drinks the night before and were all a little tired and hung over that day which does not help when u spend the day in the heat and grinding below keels 😂😂😂
You found a beauty spot and calm conditions for that daunting job, judging by the fouling maybe do this again a little sooner next time. I live in the back of beyonds in Ireland and chose a lifting keel so as to do exactly the same plus the anodes of course; its an annual chore 😩 a really hard job but you made it look fun and light work - there is great satisfaction in a clean hull - lovely video thank you👌👍🤗 but every Spring and it lasts the year, needs it f
Yeah I did not plan to let it slack for that long but having surgery and laying in bed for three month did not help to keep the yearly schedule up...as much as I like to put all my energy into my boat, I think health has slight priority over bottom growth...😂 It was quite the job for sure but it helped that it was in such a nice setting. Although that also caused some extra stress on it all. But at least not the usual “each day longer on the hrs costs big $$” stress ☺️. All in all I am glad it’s done and Karl moves smoothly again.
I have been cruising for seven years now and I think that both single handing and sailing with crew / partner have their pros and cons. I enjoy having my space where I can retreat to to be by myself, yeah, that’s definitely a big plus of single handing. But I am not single handing because I don’t like to have a partner with me on board or because it’s my preferred way of life style. Just have not found someone that’s able to bare my company for longer periods of time and vice versa, not even to mention having to accept my marriage to Karl 😂🙈
In this Episode I did not paint yet, that’s coming up tomorrow. Or are u talking about the pain trial? In that case: the white stuff is an epoxy primer which is for protection of the hull and the black stuff is antifouling which is protection against growth, yes. 👍
I was wondering if Total Boat was rethinking their support given the conditions you were subjecting their product to. You will have to let us know how it turned out.
😂 luckily the antifouling was mostly gone so we were mainly grinding barnacle feet which are white and not blue or black (in my case) . Maybe they don’t stick as well as antifouling dust 😂. I tried to grind away from my face, too, which obviously not always works. I still thought I had quite the bunch sitting on my face in the end. I think it’s inevitable to some extent except if u wear a full face cover.
I watch your channel because you continue to tackle challenges in such amazing places and ways. Do you remember the open air sail loft in Colombia? Thanks for bringing us along.
That’s Guatemala you are thinking of, I believe. Oh I have very fond memories of that time in Tom’s sail loft. We got a shit load done and Tom is a beautiful souls to hang out with, so time flew by even though there was so much work to be done.
Things are looking great, I know it's hard work. Just curious if you have heard of any of the cruisers trying out the mini air conditioning running off cold water..?🍻⛵
Schöne Grüße von der Black Pearl-Ich habe auch einen Twinkieler aus Stahl aber nur 10 Meter lang.Bin dabei es aufzurüsten.Hätte auch dann sehr große lust über den Blauen Teich zu Segeln.Wehre dann auch alleine unterwegends.Was meinst Du.könnte man das mit meinen Boot tu?? lg micha
Looking at one of your videos 2 years ago, when you visit an unknown island and walk into the trees and undergrowth, how do you know there will be no crocodiles or other terrible nasties?
You don’t 😂 and most likely there are all sort of critters around...the crocodiles here are not really attaching humans, though. You hear very little about it. I only know or two cases in Guna Yala, where someone got attached by a crock and they wonder if she had a baby and was protecting it because it was that time of the year and they usually have never attacked anyone. But of course they could...and they will most likely eat ur dog if u r not careful 😬 But it’s not like Australia here that there are forty deadly animals just around the corner 😂🙈. Most often, the critters will be more afraid of u and go away when they hear u. 🤞🏼 if there are locals around then i usually ask what there is to be expected.
@@WhiteSpotPirates Thank you for spending the time to respond. I absolutely adore everything about you and your way of life. You are soooo impressive. Please take care.
So nice of karl to lend a helping hand and holding himself up. Pretty impressive bottom growth. How was the sailing? Did you notice significant slow down?
Problem is, so few bilge keel boats are built. I don’t think the prejudice against them is warranted, after all, how many cruising yachts “race” or really need to extract the last knot of speed.
you feeding the elefant piece by piece to us... I looks it was quite a doable work all in all 30 men/women hour of work half a week if one is alone. I have en interesting question how do you handel to grind in the middle of the water with power tool , do you use en FI disconnector? I guess one could use batterie powered tools. for me it looks a bit scary with 220v standing on wet ground... kleine anfrage von mr. hasenfuß
Ah we only work with 110v so it’s all super safe 😂😂😂. We taped the connections off and tried to wait till we are at least not submerged in water. But yes, it’s not the safest way to work...tzzzzz tzzzzzz ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Ok, well maybe one thing - you really should get mosquito (bat?!) screens for your companionway and forehatch, and the forehatch should have a windcatcher that overhangs the hatch enough to also keep the rain out.
This yard marathon with no break inbetween and lots of physical work surely cause a bit of pain for the foot. But at least it waited till after yard work to reveal itself 😂
It was a bit hard, like yard work always is...just because it’s usually a lot in a couple of days with no break in between. In yard it’s usually Marina costs that drive u to work fast, in this case it was the moon tide only leaving 6-8 days for us to still make it off the beach 😂. But yes, once the prep is all done and the fresh paint is on, it’s extremely rewarding. And knowing I don’t have to scrape the hull every month now is even a better reward!
Nike, I told you you'd be fine and you had some episodes in you still! I dont know you but you seem like people I do that are at their best when they have a challenge to work on. You seemed more animated and upbeat in this episode than I've seen in a few! Its cute but I wanted to say it was the cutest thing when you saw what we call "lightening bugs" or "fire flies" you said they were "glow plugs"! I know you're a polyglot and you probably dont think little things like that are as humorous but having a international TE-444 and also a perkins 4-108 on a 37 footer I know what was on your mind when you said it which is all the more endearing. I know Karl has been needing some little stuff but I have been wondering about things like sails and standing rigging, did you replace those when you got Karl and if not how are they doing?
😂 I meant to say glow bugs cause I always thought that’s what they are called. But I was told by Maria as well that it’s fire flies and not glow bugs...so will try to remember. We call them glow worms so I guess that’s how the glow part somehow creeps in there all the time. I got new sails seven years ago when I bought the boat and the Genoa and boom jib are still good. My main is in bad shape and I am currently working on a replacement. I changed out all my shrouds and stays five years ago and they are all still in great shape. But I am about to do a little retuning since it’s about time. I check the turnbuckles and connections on the mast regularly to make sure I don’t miss anything. Maria reminded me to check some of the rivers on my rig so I will include that with the next check. 👍 And about the episodes: funnily enough, as soon as I started filming, the boat projects started popping up left and right 😂. Wonder if one has to do with the other 😂🙈. I am happy I gave it another try, the editing for sure has been a fun new project and I learnt a lot in the last two months.
@@WhiteSpotPirates oh I am sure there is always more to learn with boat projects AND editting. If I were a better editor I would be in your shoes now... well not really since you never wear shoes but you know what I mean. 😉 Where is the nearest sailmaker to you? Have you asked around about recurring a newer but used sail and restitching the reef points? Everything else sounds good and I know Karl's engine is newer and the hull has been gone through. I recall seeing video of the inside when you first came to Karl and there was fungus everywhere. Have you been replacing the wood since then? I have not seen much of the inside of your boat it seems. Glow worms? That's interesting. I wasnt making fun of you, it was a hint at the fact that you keep at least three languages in your head and may slip on a word from time to time. I barely speak English and it's my first language! Btw in New Zealand glow worms are these luminescent organisms that live in some caves there. You can float through and see them glowing by the hundreds on the ceiling like stars.
@@danielbuckner2167 I found a sponsor for a new sail so no, no re-stitching but something brand new. I still have my old old main sail, so I will think about making some stuff from the sail cloth. I had kept it as a spare, well, would have been a bad spare but better than nothing and now I can use it for sth else and use my current sail as spare. It’s torn a whole bunch and it would take up a lot of material to stitch it so for now I will just leave it as it is, I think... I only replaced the wood that was rotting away. What I could save, I saved and treated with vinegar and alcohol, sanded and re-painted. I have not had any mold since I had re-sealed the windows back then. The interior is okay but the boat is a bit upside down lately. I need to remodel some things and also throw some stuff out, it’s too unorganized and I don’t have enough accessible storage space. I have a ton of storage below benches and in the aft cabin but I need sth better accessible where I don’t have to move 50 things around to get to sth. I have some ideas but at the moment it’s a bit tricky to get supplies...we will see.
@@WhiteSpotPirates Do you have a sewing machine on board? Surely Maria does. Perhaps you could make an outrigger and sail for your kayak... or just a small sail for somebody else dinghy. Maybe stitch some little flags and do a rough scree print (home made) of WSP logo. Having a sponsor sounds great btw! I hope they put some WSP swag on it for you. Yes, everything important that you need on a boat has a place, right behind or under or hidden by something you dont need! I will say that sailboats use their available space better than other things, I've had an RV and a houseboat that had so much wasted space but the sailboats were great on using every inch. Lockers and storage behind or under berths always seem like big closets that things get thrown in but without some materials you are kind of on hold I guess.
Great video, and love your beer holder,I've seen that a time or two.looking forward to the next videro,been busy now it's catchup time on my favorite channels yours being one,I had to subscribe again,maybe I unsubscribe by accident, I'm still trying to figure out what happened, take care be safe and may your needs be met when needed...
Has anyone calculated the optimal amount of time to wait between bottom painting? I do it very often, but because i do it so often it is an easy job... maybe i waste time painting paint that doesn’t need to be painting, but it looks like you spent a lot of time scraping things that would never have grown. There must be a formula! #science
@2:46; Nike, you’re looking more beautiful than ever! Age has not wearied you, more years condemned! It is amazing to see that you still look gorgeous, even when doing the most arduous, filthy, dirty jobs. By the time this comment reaches you, I sincerely hope that Karl is back in the ocean and doing what you both adore so much! Lots of love - Mike ;-*
Been watching you for years now and still can’t get over your work ethic, perseverance, positive attitude and mechanical abilities. It’s high time I start donating to help keep you afloat.
Incredible work under those conditions. In comparison, those guys at marinas have it easy. I tip my cap 🧢 to you and your helpers. What an awesome feeling to have great friends to help out. You, my dear, are one tough woman! Kudos!
I'm a auto painter and for us dry/cure time is based on temperature, air flow and humidity. Temperature being the biggest factor. These for me are based on 20c 50% humidity. The humidity is not helping you, but if it's 30c and windy you could push your coating times considerably. I would recommend not letting coatings "flash off" in direct sunlight because it may cause the outer layer to cure and skim over before the deeper solvents have a chance to evaporate causing incomplete curing of the coating under the "skin" and potential delamination.
As far as i know Nike uses 2K Epoxy coating, that means 2 components react chemically and there is no need of evaporating solvente. The temperature ist the most ifluencing factor to the curing Time.
Great editing and camera work keep the videos coming, we can't travel anymore so we are doing it vicariously through your videos, Thank-you!
Hallo Nike und Karl, ich schau "eure" Videos nun eine ganze weile. Habe Untie the Lines von Anfang an mit sehr viel Respekt, Verwunderung, Bewunderung und mit sehr sehr sehr sehr viel Hochachtung durchgeschaut. Dein Ehrgeiz ist meiner Meinung nach unübertroffen. Ich bewundere dich sehr dafür natürlich auch um deine Erfahrungen und Erlebnisse die du machst und noch machen wirst. Das ist erste mal das ich dir schreibe und halte mich normalerweise auch mit sowas immer zurück, aber ich komme einfach nicht drum herum dir mal zu sagen bzw. zu schreiben was für ein toller Mensch du bist. Falls du mal in Deutschland bzw. in der nähe von Bonn bist und Hilfe brauchst, in welcher form auch immer, kannst du jederzeit mit mir Rechnen. Ich wünsche dir für deine weitere Zukunft alles gute, viel Gesundheit und das alles so läuft wie du es dir vorstellst, halt alles was man für ein schönes Leben so braucht. Mach weiter so, DU BIST DIE BESTE.
Viele Grüße Ralf S.
Danke für deinen lieben Kommentar, Ralf. Im Moment sieht es nicht so als als würde ich so schnell nach Deutschland zurück kommen. Ist ja doch alles etwas drunter und drüber im Moment 🙈.dir auch alles gute und schöne Grüße an den Rhein!
Marinas have water blasters, and tools to make this job significantly easier. They, more importantly, have drainage that does not discharge directly to the sea so that the anti foul does not pollute the ocean/environment. Marinas make the job easier so that a regular scheduled anti-foul keeps the hull clean so that significantly less fuel is used. It is one thing to love your surroundings/environment, it is another to respect it and cherish it for future generations. Yes, I'm a grumpy old sailor but after 50 years on the water, I have seen the decline of our beautiful environment and worry a lot that we have compromised those that follow us. Being a huge fan of twin-keels myself I regularly pull over (dry out) and give my boat a quick scrape and anti foul, without sanding. Means I haul out every second year and sand and grind then. Saves money and keeps hull efficiency at near max all the time, also saving money, and a better consideration of the environment. The only extra is my own labour by jumping out and scraping more often, which, strangely, I enjoy, but then , New Zealand is a place to be enjoyed....respectfully.
That was exactly what I was thinking while watching the video. Thank you for commenting!
Well for someone who named her channel with pirates in it.. I don't think any of those is her concern.
Very well written. I am always amused by these young people that profess to love the ocean but they don't respect it. By reading the comments it is painfully obvious how many morons there are. I saw another young lady sailor scraping and spray painting her gas bottle while moored in harbor. All the paint chips and over spray from the paint going guess where? This is why you see the decline in the marine environment, but young people dismiss their own behavior and blame it on climate change. Makes you shake your head in I will use the word dismay.
@@l-l-l-l-l-l-l - That makes it okay? Are you an idiot? Say yes.
Living on nothing is not so green after all. WSP gaffed here.
But you know that all that ocean plastic? It is predominantly properly disposed of by predominantly right thinking people using recycling practices...... Yet still ends up in the ocean.
I wonder what happens to the marina facilities' drainage used by responsible sailors?
But yes. We should each still keep trying to do our bit and hope that it is allowed to have an effect.
Wonderful video. You deserve our respect for your tireless work ethic, positive attitude, and cheerful demeanor. I’m old and married but if I was 40 years younger I’d propose. ❤️❤️
You are so blessed to have such good friends to help get all that work done!!!
So true. I used to work in a boat yard and fully realize how big that job is, and we didn't have to lay in wet sand! Although, actually, I think I would prefer that to the filthy asphalt we laid on. Her friends are the best!
Wow, that was a lot of fouling on the bottom! You did an impressive job cleaning it off! It makes me wonder what the bottom of the one of my boats will be like when I haul it. It has been in the water now for four years and is do for some love! Thanks for the video!
The last antifouling was two years ago but what’s more impressive is that I last scraped the hull a month before I beached it. So u see that it really does make a difference to have or not to have antifouling paint 🙈 four years will probably have produced some impressive underwater reef 😂
@@WhiteSpotPirates That is what I am afraid of! On the plus side, it is the "free" boat, and everything about it is sort of an experiment. I try different things on her. The "free" will probably end up costing me more than the other two combined!
Thanks for your quick reply, and good luck with the work on the bottom!
What did you guys do with all the waste/scrap and used chemicals?
It is all non toxic and degrades naturally
Used it to kill the nearby coral reefs
Loved the Alaska insulated can holder or whatever it's called. Scraping the bottom is the worst. Nice to see you maintained a good attitude.
Cheers from Juneau Alaska,
Greg Chaney
Little souvenir from my visit last summer ☺️
Great video I’m tired just watching all the work. Glad to see an alternative to copper based paints. I remember my dad repainting the bottom of our 26’ cabin cruiser in the late 50’s he used copper based paint. Stay safe and I can’t wait for the finished paint project. Fred in Texas
Mix in cyan pepper with your bottom paint .Don`t laugh because barnicles dont like hot stuff. Ive seen it long ago in an article. . It works. Good luck.
Yeah I have heard that , too. Never tried it, though. Have u?
Great job. I love the the boats that you can beach. Never got to take one sailing but I love the concept
Get out there and do it
Ok I’m hooked! I can’t resist a sailor maintaining their boat. Just subscribed. When’s the next one?
I was scraping the bottom of my boat the other day, I am only half done on it, it wasn't too bad. I can tell you that consistent attention on your bottom can help a lot.
I always try to do the worst or most difficult spot first.
Cheers! :) :)
I enjoy being in the water so it's almost fun. Lol. Almost.
Wouldn't it be a brilliant idea for you and Sheddy to team up. Both of you are the most inspiring RUclipsrs and the combination would be mind-blowing.
after all the unbelievable work youve put in Karl its so great to see your ankle so completely healed and your enjoying life to the fullest
Yeah unfortunately the foot is only back to 70% but I can surely get around. Each morning it’s a battle to get the foot going but once it’s going it’s doing alright but surely not back to normal and still dealing with pain but all below a level that I have to take pain killers which is great.
The foot surely was a little grumpy after this marathon and punished me a bit. But it was great to see that I am able to power through a project like this with it. 👍
@@WhiteSpotPirates yes ok 70% is pretty good for the time period. i broke my hip racing against my young nephew years ago and had it replaced and after a year or so i couldnt even tell it was done, now i jog, ,play tennis n golf, bike and sail. so it just takes time for the body to adjust to the new screws pins etc
@5:55; Ba ha ha ha! “Glow plugs!!!” You are indeed a true engineer/sailor, when fireflies get called “Glow plugs” (That’s simply gorgeous!) ;-)
Great video, its nice to have the hard part of the job done. Quick question, what is the purpose of coating a steel hull with epoxy? I thought it was only used on fiberglass hulls to prevent bubbling/pitting.
My boat is aluminum. First u put on an etch primer on the bare metal to make sure the paint sticks well. Then it’s followed usually by 5 (or more) layers of epoxy primer before the antifouling goes on. It keeps the metal protected from electrical currents (from the outside, not ur own internal mess ups obviously 😂) or galvanic corrosion when sitting next to a steel boat or dock. Also, u need something between the metal and the antifouling because the antifouling won’t grab onto the bare aluminum, ad far as I understand. On a steel boat u would want the primer to prevent rusting, I would say. But I am not a pro on this...🙈 but this would be my personal explanation.
I'm intrigued to know how this holds up! The time difference between time difference between initial cute and full cute is quite significant, and moisture has an affect during that time. Damn good effort though!
Thanks for posting and sharing your work on Karl while he is sitting on his keels. Nice to see!
one of those “old school” videos by wsp:) Brings back memories when I started to follow you. Love it!
Good morning Karl's a lucky boat!
Sometimes 😂
Just binge watched one of your series. Truly inspirational. I have booked on a sailing course and hope to follow in your example. Bon vent.
Oh that sounds nice, have fun with that course!
Hi Yes I have had to do that too what a job? I must have scraped off a ton of muscles unedable to since I was in the harbaour against the wall. it took two tides to clear off the sea food. once afloat the fish had a good feed and the crabs too. I hope you had fun. bye Tom in Scotland.
the Westerly is a British twin keel boat. The keel bolts can leak. Be careful not to beach on a super high tide or you will have to wait until another super high tide to float it off the beach.
Karl isn't a Westerly, I know all the models from the 60's through to the '00s and Westerly never produced a model with a chined hull and never built using sheet material. I agree though, their bilge keel bolts can seep if they take the ground constantly. However the longevity and quantity of Centaur and Berwick models still around demonstrate that these can last 50 years or more taking the ground.
Tristin Jones: Sailed against the Humboldt Current, South down the Pacific Coast of South America in a tiny twin keel sailboat to Chilie. He had to tack the entire way. It took month and months to do so. Then he loaded his boat on a flat bed truck to the highest altitude navigable lake in the world to sail Lake Titicaca then hacked his way through the jungle down stream to come out the Southern tip of the massive Continent to Argentina then proceeded to sail back to England. I can't recall if that segment of his adventure was successful but I can tell you this tiny twin keeled sailboat still exists. A common complaint about twin keel sailboat boats is they are slower. No single keel sailboat has come close to the records set by Tristin Jones and his tiny twin keel wooden boat.
Do you drink the rainwater straight or do you boil it first?
Coffee, willpower, and some beer... great job 😊👍
It is a shame you could not use a tarp to collect paint dust....but difficult to get the job done under those challenging conditions and difficult circumstances, Karl certainly needed it, hope the new paint sticks, great to see all the help, cheers
Yes, I see ur point with the tarp. It’s not that we did not discuss environmental effects of this project and different possibilities on what to do about it.
Frankly, most of the dust flies away immediately and would not be captured by a tarp...if u did capture sth with a tarp, then how do u proceed with the tarp and the dust? Store it forever? Burn both of them together (might be a bigger pollution all together in my eyes), keep it until u reach land and dispose of it? Which means out of sight out of mind? panama works with landfills, so the disposed tarp and dust eventually would release their poison into the ground water as well. Use a reusable tarp not made of plastic (which I don’t have but maybe maybe could have Organized it somehow) is another possibility, but how and where do u then get rid of the dust?
I am happy for suggestions on this topic so next time we can improve this. Because frankly, the situation when u haul out in a marina is exactly the same so it would be good to improve the procedure for the next time.
To me, it’s important to look at the effect as a whole and to see where all of it ends up. A tarp looks good at first glance but in our eyes it was a bigger pollutant than help in this case.
A grinder with a vacuum attached somehow, maybe that would help. Not sure if it exists for grinders, only seen it for sanders so far. But will do a google search...
But yes, it’s a tricky topic and I am aware that a bottom job in general is not good for the environment. We do try to give back to nature, though, and have cleaned many beaches and recycle a lot of “wild plastic”. It’s not an excuse but at least a little payback for this yearly pollution (well, I actually did not do my hull in two years, so I saved one year of pollution 🙈).
@@WhiteSpotPirates I totally understand your dilemma, didn't mean to sound too critical. I believe you are aware and just as concerned about micro plastics and pollution and were faced with the raw reality of the circumstances and limited options. To answer/respond to a few of your points....
As for dust control there are several angle grinders which have dust collection measures Makita, Bosch, most are for concrete grinding and don't really fully achieve what you might say is acceptable performance in this application. Festool PI571810 Rotex 6 in. Multi-Mode Sander with mesh weave sanding pads paired with a substantial cyclone dust trap and hepa filler vacuume is the best option I know of, but not at all readily available, affordable or realistic in this situation. As for tarps I would choose a large reuseable option and vacuume any collected dust up, but again, unless you hang substantial drop curtains to prevent/limit airbourne dispersal it would be difficult to achieve effective results.
As to the waste, the best way I know of disposing of collected toxic dust/fine particles is to consolidate them somehow....incoproporate them in old paint, resin, concrete blocks for reuse or landfill (arguably better than burning)......this does not eliminate the toxicity, but goes someway to lock up the particles from freely effecting the environment.
I guess best practices for removing bottom paint would be to wet abrasive blast or dry ice blast the bottom, but this requires haul out, controlled environment, and significant and dedicated infrastructure and mechanisms to collect the material (probably not available anywhere near where you are and most likely impossible to organise in these difficult times).
I think you live an amazing life, face so many challenges and applaud most of your efforts to minimise environmental impact, guess its just one of those dilemmas where forced compromises leave a slightly bitter aftertaste. (I certainly could do better, try harder to minimise environmental impact in my life, so am not condeming you)
@@bunyipdan thanks for all the great advise, I will look into some of the tools u mentioned and see what improvement I can make happen for next year. 👍
Vaya trabajo más duro que habéis hecho. Cuanto tiempo tardasteis en acabarlo?. Y cuanto tiempo hacia que no lo carenabais? Saludos desde Santurtzi, Bizkaia, España y que la mar os sea propicia.
Whoop whoop , only a week wait for this video , seems you have got the editing waxed already and are churning them out by yourself .Some people are just natural over achievers.... thanks for making us mere mortals more awe struck on how you do it all .
😂😂 the one before this one went really fast so I got a bit over ambitious 😂. But we had a bunch of rainy days lately so I took advantage of that to get some editing in. Honestly, I have no idea how this is gonna work if I actually sail around again, but let’s worry about that when it happens 😂.
It’s surely time consuming and I have to make sure I structure and organize myself a bit better than before...also I don’t want to be overly stressed by it which is why I won’t promise weekly production anymore...if I can make it happen then that’s great, if not, then not.
But right now it’s going well, I just finished the raw cut of the next one, so next Friday is most likely safe as well 🤞🏼😎
WhiteSpotPirates Glad to hear part 3 is coming out soon . I will cope with my withdrawal symptoms if you only put out one a month .The day you don’t enjoy doing the videos ,is the day to stop. Just know they are inspirational and appreciated.... ok enough singing praise , get back to work on the next one Now! 😂😂
How ingenious! Glad you can get everything done there! Awesome!
Great video, you are a very resourceful sailor!
It's 30 degrees here to and the snow is flying. Weird.
Good work with a loyal team, pity about the moquitos though. regards Paul E.
The RUclips video I was watching before this was of a DaVinci painting selling for $400m. I saw this and think your life is so much richer.
It’s all about preferences and priorities ☺️ very different for each person for sure...
@@WhiteSpotPirates Well, you need to know, your videos have helped keep this middle aged man sane this last year. Thank you.
Great video Niki,your a prize...Karl looks quite comfortable getting his belly scratched :-)...take care and stay safe!
Nice to see you and Karl back!!!!!!!!
You have a very rewarding life style.
It has a high cost.
The scraping and grinding ocean life off of a sailboat hull looked like loads of fun!! Ha ha
I am kidding. It doesn’t look all that hard!
Never known anyone who enjoys a perfectly timed after-work beer than Nike. She really needs to find a beer sponsor.
Seems like that boat hasn’t been hull cleaned in a long time. How much time to get that fouled?
Yep, that bottom work is no joke. You may consider bringing some keel blocks next time. Love the boat, the crew seems a little dodgy though. I like that..;)
😂 what? Dodgy? 😂 yeah some blocks would have been nice, thought about it too late and then there was no more time to hunt some down.
@@WhiteSpotPirates We learn as we go. I do it too...
If you do this again in two years, I will come help for a week. I don't even care if we don't get a chance to go sailing. I used to work in a boatyard and I grew up on a farm, so I know about hard hot work, and mosquitos. LOL. One thing that I would recommend is to use a floor scraper for the initial scraping. It goes a lot faster. I will go fishing when the tide is up, and we can't work. Hopefully we would have some fish to grill the next day. I can taste that shark now!
Hi! Does anyone know? At 01:16 there’s a bird singing in the background. What kind of bird?
hey neike hope your good , love the videos ive watched all of them , have you ever thought about doing a sailing related ASMR video, just for a laugh , im sure im not the only one out here thinking this , you ve got the right voice for it, take it easy, all the best
@12:25; Was that someone whistling the “Hair of the dog?” ;-)
Another very entertaining and uplifting episode everybody! Nike, thanks for posting! ;-*
😂😂😂 I was wondering if anybody would pick the up. I first had stopped the audio before that but the end always sounds weird without sound so I just extended the audio of the clip without the picture and I had to laugh when I heard what it revealed. It was me saying “hair of the dooog” and then Paul was whistling for Luca. We had had a couple of drinks the night before and were all a little tired and hung over that day which does not help when u spend the day in the heat and grinding below keels 😂😂😂
That's what I love about twin keels!
how did you raise the boat on the beach ?????? the tide?
ruclips.net/video/2VPPGmfKwLo/видео.html we just used the tides. You can see it in the first video
You found a beauty spot and calm conditions for that daunting job, judging by the fouling maybe do this again a little sooner next time. I live in the back of beyonds in Ireland and chose a lifting keel so as to do exactly the same plus the anodes of course; its an annual chore 😩 a really hard job but you made it look fun and light work - there is great satisfaction in a clean hull - lovely video thank you👌👍🤗
but every Spring and it lasts the year, needs it f
Yeah I did not plan to let it slack for that long but having surgery and laying in bed for three month did not help to keep the yearly schedule up...as much as I like to put all my energy into my boat, I think health has slight priority over bottom growth...😂
It was quite the job for sure but it helped that it was in such a nice setting. Although that also caused some extra stress on it all. But at least not the usual “each day longer on the hrs costs big $$” stress ☺️. All in all I am glad it’s done and Karl moves smoothly again.
Nothing like hearing sounds in the jungle at nighttime and finding a jaguar looking at you. Be careful 👍
Hi, How long have you been cruising and do you prefer the single handed life style
I have been cruising for seven years now and I think that both single handing and sailing with crew / partner have their pros and cons. I enjoy having my space where I can retreat to to be by myself, yeah, that’s definitely a big plus of single handing. But I am not single handing because I don’t like to have a partner with me on board or because it’s my preferred way of life style. Just have not found someone that’s able to bare my company for longer periods of time and vice versa, not even to mention having to accept my marriage to Karl 😂🙈
Man, I'd have taken out a spot light just to see what sort of critters are walking about at night, crunching around my boat...😳😲
That black epoxy you put on, will that prevent the moss in the future or is it just further protection? I dont think i saw you this last time.
In this Episode I did not paint yet, that’s coming up tomorrow. Or are u talking about the pain trial? In that case: the white stuff is an epoxy primer which is for protection of the hull and the black stuff is antifouling which is protection against growth, yes. 👍
I was wondering if Total Boat was rethinking their support given the conditions you were subjecting their product to. You will have to let us know how it turned out.
My two laugh-out-loud moments... 4:12 & 5:14 Rewind, rewind, rewind!
Karl looks SO good!!
Uuuh, wait for next week, he will look even better!!! Thanks for the great paint, it’s holding up nicely so far 👍
How did you manage to look so clean when grinding under the hull? I looked like a member of the Blue Man Group when I took off my old anti foul.
😂 luckily the antifouling was mostly gone so we were mainly grinding barnacle feet which are white and not blue or black (in my case) . Maybe they don’t stick as well as antifouling dust 😂. I tried to grind away from my face, too, which obviously not always works. I still thought I had quite the bunch sitting on my face in the end. I think it’s inevitable to some extent except if u wear a full face cover.
Nice to have such helpful friends, Brilliant
Just discovered your channel. This is my first video and instantly in love 😍
Love the start of the video. Beatiful and poetic.
How long had it been since the last haulout/scraping?
About two years...🙈
Supreme sound!!!!👍
Dope Beat + Catchy Hook = Great Track 🔥🔥🔥
the Team is amazing.
I watch your channel because you continue to tackle challenges in such amazing places and ways. Do you remember the open air sail loft in Colombia? Thanks for bringing us along.
That’s Guatemala you are thinking of, I believe. Oh I have very fond memories of that time in Tom’s sail loft. We got a shit load done and Tom is a beautiful souls to hang out with, so time flew by even though there was so much work to be done.
@@WhiteSpotPirates He had a pretty sweet skiff as well!
@@Superbobstar he did that’s true. And the cutest doggies 🥰
"Twigs cracking"... King Kong appears!
inspirational, thank you
Things are looking great, I know it's hard work. Just curious if you have heard of any of the cruisers trying out the mini air conditioning running off cold water..?🍻⛵
Schöne Grüße von der Black Pearl-Ich habe auch einen Twinkieler aus Stahl aber nur 10 Meter lang.Bin dabei es aufzurüsten.Hätte auch dann sehr große lust über den Blauen Teich zu Segeln.Wehre dann auch alleine unterwegends.Was meinst Du.könnte man das mit meinen Boot tu??
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micha
Looking at one of your videos 2 years ago, when you visit an unknown island and walk into the trees and undergrowth, how do you know there will be no crocodiles or other terrible nasties?
You don’t 😂 and most likely there are all sort of critters around...the crocodiles here are not really attaching humans, though. You hear very little about it. I only know or two cases in Guna Yala, where someone got attached by a crock and they wonder if she had a baby and was protecting it because it was that time of the year and they usually have never attacked anyone. But of course they could...and they will most likely eat ur dog if u r not careful 😬
But it’s not like Australia here that there are forty deadly animals just around the corner 😂🙈. Most often, the critters will be more afraid of u and go away when they hear u. 🤞🏼 if there are locals around then i usually ask what there is to be expected.
@@WhiteSpotPirates Thank you for spending the time to respond. I absolutely adore everything about you and your way of life. You are soooo impressive. Please take care.
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Interesting. Thanks for sharing 😀👍
Ur to cute. Nike you are one of the hardest working people I know of. "I bless you".
So nice of karl to lend a helping hand and holding himself up. Pretty impressive bottom growth. How was the sailing? Did you notice significant slow down?
Oh yes! There was a decent amount of slow down due to growth. Even right after scraping it was still quite a bit just from the roughness of the hull.
Wouldn't mind helping !! Wow.. wonderful
Perfect you are sanding and grinding on the beach...welldone...let's be hippie.....don t forget the 15% discount on Totalboat product :)))))
only you can smile while grinding between the keels.😊😎
Love ya Nike and Karl too. Good job!
Problem is, so few bilge keel boats are built. I don’t think the prejudice against them is warranted, after all, how many cruising yachts “race” or really need to extract the last knot of speed.
You deserve a medal, my dream girl!
Great video as usual.
you feeding the elefant piece by piece to us... I looks it was quite a doable work all in all 30 men/women hour of work half a week if one is alone. I have en interesting question how do you handel to grind in the middle of the water with power tool , do you use en FI disconnector? I guess one could use batterie powered tools. for me it looks a bit scary with 220v standing on wet ground... kleine anfrage von mr. hasenfuß
Ah we only work with 110v so it’s all super safe 😂😂😂. We taped the connections off and tried to wait till we are at least not submerged in water. But yes, it’s not the safest way to work...tzzzzz tzzzzzz ⚡️⚡️⚡️
@@WhiteSpotPirates vielen Dank und guten Wind
You are tougher than me. Yard work is hard enough in a yard, with power, showers, and a chandlery. But on the beach!
No thanks, a dozen times over.
When is the tide coming back in? Curious about putting her out to sea again...
Gonna use that copper paint?
I guess you know me well enough by now to know that I like to give advice :p But I have nothing to say here, except - good job! :)
Ok, well maybe one thing - you really should get mosquito (bat?!) screens for your companionway and forehatch, and the forehatch should have a windcatcher that overhangs the hatch enough to also keep the rain out.
Loved your video
I wish my name was Carl @7:14
I hope your foot is good and does not hurt!
This yard marathon with no break inbetween and lots of physical work surely cause a bit of pain for the foot. But at least it waited till after yard work to reveal itself 😂
good to have good friends 😊
That looks like hard, but rewarding work.
It was a bit hard, like yard work always is...just because it’s usually a lot in a couple of days with no break in between. In yard it’s usually Marina costs that drive u to work fast, in this case it was the moon tide only leaving 6-8 days for us to still make it off the beach 😂. But yes, once the prep is all done and the fresh paint is on, it’s extremely rewarding. And knowing I don’t have to scrape the hull every month now is even a better reward!
Nike, I told you you'd be fine and you had some episodes in you still! I dont know you but you seem like people I do that are at their best when they have a challenge to work on. You seemed more animated and upbeat in this episode than I've seen in a few! Its cute but I wanted to say it was the cutest thing when you saw what we call "lightening bugs" or "fire flies" you said they were "glow plugs"! I know you're a polyglot and you probably dont think little things like that are as humorous but having a international TE-444 and also a perkins 4-108 on a 37 footer I know what was on your mind when you said it which is all the more endearing.
I know Karl has been needing some little stuff but I have been wondering about things like sails and standing rigging, did you replace those when you got Karl and if not how are they doing?
😂 I meant to say glow bugs cause I always thought that’s what they are called. But I was told by Maria as well that it’s fire flies and not glow bugs...so will try to remember. We call them glow worms so I guess that’s how the glow part somehow creeps in there all the time.
I got new sails seven years ago when I bought the boat and the Genoa and boom jib are still good. My main is in bad shape and I am currently working on a replacement.
I changed out all my shrouds and stays five years ago and they are all still in great shape. But I am about to do a little retuning since it’s about time. I check the turnbuckles and connections on the mast regularly to make sure I don’t miss anything. Maria reminded me to check some of the rivers on my rig so I will include that with the next check. 👍
And about the episodes: funnily enough, as soon as I started filming, the boat projects started popping up left and right 😂. Wonder if one has to do with the other 😂🙈. I am happy I gave it another try, the editing for sure has been a fun new project and I learnt a lot in the last two months.
@@WhiteSpotPirates oh I am sure there is always more to learn with boat projects AND editting. If I were a better editor I would be in your shoes now... well not really since you never wear shoes but you know what I mean. 😉
Where is the nearest sailmaker to you? Have you asked around about recurring a newer but used sail and restitching the reef points? Everything else sounds good and I know Karl's engine is newer and the hull has been gone through. I recall seeing video of the inside when you first came to Karl and there was fungus everywhere. Have you been replacing the wood since then? I have not seen much of the inside of your boat it seems.
Glow worms? That's interesting. I wasnt making fun of you, it was a hint at the fact that you keep at least three languages in your head and may slip on a word from time to time. I barely speak English and it's my first language! Btw in New Zealand glow worms are these luminescent organisms that live in some caves there. You can float through and see them glowing by the hundreds on the ceiling like stars.
@@danielbuckner2167 I found a sponsor for a new sail so no, no re-stitching but something brand new. I still have my old old main sail, so I will think about making some stuff from the sail cloth. I had kept it as a spare, well, would have been a bad spare but better than nothing and now I can use it for sth else and use my current sail as spare. It’s torn a whole bunch and it would take up a lot of material to stitch it so for now I will just leave it as it is, I think...
I only replaced the wood that was rotting away. What I could save, I saved and treated with vinegar and alcohol, sanded and re-painted. I have not had any mold since I had re-sealed the windows back then.
The interior is okay but the boat is a bit upside down lately. I need to remodel some things and also throw some stuff out, it’s too unorganized and I don’t have enough accessible storage space. I have a ton of storage below benches and in the aft cabin but I need sth better accessible where I don’t have to move 50 things around to get to sth. I have some ideas but at the moment it’s a bit tricky to get supplies...we will see.
@@WhiteSpotPirates Do you have a sewing machine on board? Surely Maria does. Perhaps you could make an outrigger and sail for your kayak... or just a small sail for somebody else dinghy. Maybe stitch some little flags and do a rough scree print (home made) of WSP logo. Having a sponsor sounds great btw! I hope they put some WSP swag on it for you.
Yes, everything important that you need on a boat has a place, right behind or under or hidden by something you dont need! I will say that sailboats use their available space better than other things, I've had an RV and a houseboat that had so much wasted space but the sailboats were great on using every inch. Lockers and storage behind or under berths always seem like big closets that things get thrown in but without some materials you are kind of on hold I guess.
Great video, and love your beer holder,I've seen that a time or two.looking forward to the next videro,been busy now it's catchup time on my favorite channels yours being one,I had to subscribe again,maybe I unsubscribe by accident, I'm still trying to figure out what happened, take care be safe and may your needs be met when needed...
Thanks for saving the planet!
Global warming is going to dry up that part of the ocean anyway. LOL. Dopy, why don't you go demonstrate in Portland?
Well done 👍
Respect🙏
@11:20; Ahhhh, silence is golden! ;-)
Has anyone calculated the optimal amount of time to wait between bottom painting? I do it very often, but because i do it so often it is an easy job... maybe i waste time painting paint that doesn’t need to be painting, but it looks like you spent a lot of time scraping things that would never have grown. There must be a formula! #science
Living the dream 😊
0:28 That looks like a way to harvest a salad that someone would pay €12 for in a fancy restaurant.
18.50$ at LEAST!!! 🤓😂
@2:46; Nike, you’re looking more beautiful than ever! Age has not wearied you, more years condemned! It is amazing to see that you still look gorgeous, even when doing the most arduous, filthy, dirty jobs. By the time this comment reaches you, I sincerely hope that Karl is back in the ocean and doing what you both adore so much!
Lots of love - Mike ;-*