Agree 100%. Can't believe how much I look forward to listening to the chit-chat. You should have a channel dedicated to chit-chats (dare I say rants) on various issues. I'd be your number 1 Follower.
@@CruisingTheCut The core is sodden because water is seeping in around the base of the pull-eyes and being absorbed into the core where it is exposed by the through holes. Please see my comment above on how to keep that from happening and how to keep the bolts from corroding away.
@@thomasgreene5750 Stainless steel will last you out David! And "scarf" generally refers to a timber to timber joint. To avoid a feather edge. Google is your friend.
I don't care how much you might babble on, I will be here for every episode! Your narration is how I got hooked on your vlog in the first place. Carry on!!!
There are few greater pleasures in life than watching, from a safe distance, the troubles of others. Thanks for the vids. Been following you for years. Good luck. I'm old enough to remember what fiddling around with Twiggy's bottom might once have meant.
Thank you David for the latest instalment of CuttingTheButt. Please continue waffling along, I love the talk part, just continue being you. Looking forward to the next part.
As a youtube vlogger myself, I appreciate your chit-chat ability. Keeping the flow going is a rare skill. Anyone coming late to your channel may wonder why it is called 'Cruising the Cut' and not' Cutting the Cruise' 😉
I have to admit! I would never have dared to start on a project like that, so you have my deepest admiration. You are just exeptional.!!! Love from Denmark Yes - as many others say - keep chatting. That's what it's all about 🙂
Hi David. Every day is an education. I for one did not appreciate that a fibreglass boat had plywood hidden within its skin. Oh my, that’s a recipe for problems. I admire your optimism and look forward to the next instalment. Keep going. 👏👏👍😀
I have no idea what all these nuts and bolts are even for but i keep gasping at appropriate moments, good job conveying the emotion of the event to a complete layperson!
When you replace the pull-eyes, make the initial hole diameters a little large, then fill the bores of the through holes with fiberglass to seal the core. When the fiberglass has cured, re-drill the through holes to the correct, smaller diameter through the fiberglass plugs, including a small countersink on the outside edges of the holes. The fiberglass will seal the holes, preventing moisture from getting into the core of the transom and preventing the destructive reaction between the wood and the metal studs. When you install the pull-eye studs into the new holes, coat the unthreaded shank portions of them with an adherent sealant, and bed the base of the pull-eye in sealant where it seats against the transom. (First, temporarily dry-install the pull-eye into the holes and tape around its base to make later cleaning away of the excess sealant a bit easier.) Initially, just snug up the nuts a little more than finger tight to lightly seat the pull-eye, and then let the sealant cure. After the sealant has cured, fully tighten the nuts. Letting the sealant cure before tightening the nuts prevents squeezing out all the uncured sealant from under the pull-eye. When you fully tighten the nuts, the cured sealant in the counterbores will be compressed and seal tightly against the shank of the studs. When installing the nuts on the back side of the transom, use large, stiff washers to distribute the load on the transom, or better yet, get a bar of metal about 3-4 mm thick, about 3 stud-diameters wide, and a good bit longer than the distance between the two bolts. Drill a hole near either end of the bar, spaced apart the same distance as the two studs, and install the bar over the two studs as a stiff washer-plate to resist pulling the studs through the transom under load.
When you say "fill the bores of the through holes with fiberglass to seal the core" do you actually mean fill the bores with Thickened Epoxy Resin rather than fibreglass itself?
I would fill every empty void with foam for safety flotation. Looks like you have a job ahead of you but you will know for sure how good your boat is then! Enjoying this series.
@@sfllaw Might be a wheeze to use low build closed cell foam so the voids aren't under too much pressure as you end up with splits in the fifty year old fibre glass.
Watching you work through these problems is a very good primer for those who might try their hand at second hand boating, or just life in general. Very informative!
David, your chit chat and willingness to dive in and learn as you go is why I am here. Keep up the chit chat and two beeps on the rudder for a full left whistle.
@@CruisingTheCut It's called Myeloma Dave and I've had it for 3 years. BUT I have been in full remission for 1 year. No more treatment. Wonderful, feel great and feel strong if there is anybody out there with it.
Here's another tip (from a 40+ year veteran fiberglass boat restore-er, though be it another weekend warrior!). Be sure to use "Marine" plywood. Don't make the mistake of thinking pressure treated is the right application. It's not. Use Marine Plywood (it has to do with the glue they use). THEN, apply a liberal coat of penetrating epoxy, all sides including the edges. This will absorb into the wood, cure, and effectively petrifying it. Making it all but impervious. West System makes a fantastic penetrating epoxy.
@@CruisingTheCut Make sure the holes for mounting the outboard etc. are larger so you can have a centimeter of fiber and resin around your bolts. Woven glasfiber works best in my opinion.
As a carpenter you are basically correct, But marine ply should not be confused with WPB ply which I think you are referring to. Marine and WPB are both hardwood ply's and they both use waterproof glue , however marine ply has more layers and is sometimes confused with WPB, and there is a huge difference in price. Indecently the ply David removed was not marine ply as the layers are to thick.
We like your "chit-chat", or musings, or thinking out loud. Thats why we listen in the first place and what do i know about boats? apart from how to drive/navigate them? We are just here for the journey. And whatever happens next. Love your reporting style.
Well done - David! This has gone from “how in the world does this odd design get put right” to “rotten wood is out (almost) - new going straight in!” One thing you have going for you is that this is not a high power/immense stress situation for the transom. No racing, no pulling water skiers, etc. Any reasonably competent rebuild job will be plenty strong enough for the intended use.
Progress! Lots of rotten wood, no big surprise. Something I learned from plumbers who needed to get behind a wall in my house: it’s not really any more work to patch a big hole than a small hole, and a lot easier to work through.
Good progress whittling away at your transom. The Coronado 15 sailboat is notorious for a rotten transom. The repair starts with cutting off the entire rear of the hull, breaking and cracking to the point one will think he's destroying his boat. Finally, the plywood is rebuilt, then the inner and outer layers of fiberglass. Some guys separate the top and bottom of the hull, and rebuilt everything required, a huge job!
I have been enjoying watching your channel for the last 7 or 8 years, a little chit chat wont change that. Thanks for your videos David. Best to you from Denmark 😁
It's come full circle David! I discovered CtC in 2021 when I was away from home for 63 days tending to my historic WWII submarine (USS Cod) while it was in for hull maintenance in drydock in a port city about two hours from my home in Cleveland l. Your program of cruising around English canals was therapeutic for my stress, being the sole person in charge of my boat's million-dollar repair program. Now I'm watching you dealing with rotten hull elements on your boat. Your project may be slightly less expensive than mine, but only just!😅 Good luck shipmate!
5:15 That is the turtleback armor for the ship. I dont mind the long chat, it gives an insight why you do what you do and i feel like we get “closer” to the content.
David, we love your chit chat. I'm not even a sailor!!! But just love your videos. We could watch you for hours tinkering away. Your videos are so relaxing from our point !!! Regards from New Zealand.
Your mannerisms, narration and personality are all part of the magic of your channel and it is that indeed... YOUR channel, ramble on good sir it really is quite relaxing. Cheers!
I really appreciate your approach and opinion on projects. Very pragmatic and a great example of what can be done with some motivation. This is what the Internet is for. People with very different lifestyles across the globe sharing information and motivation to do cool stuff and getting along nicely in the process. Thank you!
As they say David, "work fascinates me... I can sit and watch it for hours"! Love the vlog and you have introduced me to so many other GOOD vlogs from others that I now watch regularly! Thanks for that!
We enjoy watching and listening to your videos. We watch you most every evening, which means that we watch many encore performances of your past boat and/or van videos. We wouldn't know about canals or boats or Anna and Cass or Jo and Michael or so much more without stumbling across your videos first. We like the catchy titles you give to your videos. Thank you for such well rounded informative entertainment. Waffle on!!
Have to applaud your chipper attitude, with all the car projects I have I can appreciate how difficult it can be to remain positive when discovering such potentially monumental and crucial tasks.
Don’t change David, we love your chatter 👍👍👍 and we enjoy your dry humour 💕💕. Watching you work on your boat is like opening presents lol, you don’t know what you have until you tear through the wrappings. Sometimes a nice surprise and sometimes a not such a nice surprise lol. We can hardly wait to see what you uncover. Judy
😊 David.... rabbit on as you like.... the majority of us love it, and your wonderful command of the English language.😁 I'll also paraphrase - 'No DIY plan survives first contact with the actual project' 👷♂ Looking forward to being there for the rest of the Quest, to remedy Twiggy's Soggy Bottom. Cheers from Canada!😊
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king! I am blind to the matter of repairing small boats, relish your insights my liege and you do brighten up my day!
You have developed a great skill. You know how to encourage yourself while doing a nasty job. I am watching you and taking notes. I hope to learn something.
David, there are knockers everywhere, just ignore them, that upsets them more than anything else, keep up the good work, old boats / cars always throw in surprises. Regards from Australia
Yowza! That wood was one soggy mess. So happy you're making progress and can now see what needs to be done. Well done! Looking forward to the next video.
Wow its a very lucky thing you decided to open up that transom and find all that rot. It may be tiresome work now but very satisfying and rewarding when you're done, to know you saved years of usage. And learning is always important. Chit chat is too. It re-enforces what info we are filing away in our brains.
Chit-chat all you want, David. In large part, that’s why I started watching this channel originally.
Agree 100%. Can't believe how much I look forward to listening to the chit-chat. You should have a channel dedicated to chit-chats (dare I say rants) on various issues. I'd be your number 1 Follower.
Agree omg things trolls moan about :)
Here, here! Love David's chit-chat, never boring and always entertaining.
@@stephenhammond1745 are you David's brother? "Dare I say" :)
me too
surprised at how soggy all that wood was! chit-chat all you want, enjoy it! it's like talking to a friend while working on something
It was absolutely sodden!
@@CruisingTheCut The core is sodden because water is seeping in around the base of the pull-eyes and being absorbed into the core where it is exposed by the through holes. Please see my comment above on how to keep that from happening and how to keep the bolts from corroding away.
@@thomasgreene5750
Stainless steel will last you out David!
And "scarf" generally refers to a timber to timber joint. To avoid a feather edge.
Google is your friend.
Stringers are likely rotten too O.O
I'm here to listen to Dave do some chit chatting!
I don't care how much you might babble on, I will be here for every episode! Your narration is how I got hooked on your vlog in the first place. Carry on!!!
Cruising the CUT is taking on a completely different meaning!
There are few greater pleasures in life than watching, from a safe distance, the troubles of others. Thanks for the vids. Been following you for years. Good luck. I'm old enough to remember what fiddling around with Twiggy's bottom might once have meant.
Is it just me or do others love the little guitar intro at the start of all Dave's videos?.
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The intro chord from The Smiths Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now ruclips.net/video/TjPhzgxe3L0/видео.html
As a matter of fact I like your running commentary as you work away at this project. Don't listen to the negative peoples comments.
A perfect balance of work and chit-chat.
Love your chit chat as that explains some of the work you are doing? Keep on doing what your doing and stay well.
Thank you! Will do!
Thank you David for the latest instalment of CuttingTheButt.
Please continue waffling along, I love the talk part, just continue being you.
Looking forward to the next part.
YOU are the reason I watch your channel. Great job, David.
No, no, no, watch for the boating!!! 😂
@@CruisingTheCut erm , so are we supposed to stop watching Vandemonium then 🤔
Not just david, twiggy has some personaility 🥺... adnd some damp 😅
It’s your channel..speak all you like!
I like a good David rabbiting video! I learn so much through you, don't get discouraged!
I appreciate that!
you chit chat about chit chat all you want great video
As a youtube vlogger myself, I appreciate your chit-chat ability. Keeping the flow going is a rare skill. Anyone coming late to your channel may wonder why it is called 'Cruising the Cut' and not' Cutting the Cruise' 😉
The chit-chat and your explanations are what make your videos so interesting!
Oh, and the occasional cheese sandwich of course.
Glad you like them!
A GREAT transom side chat 👏 👍 👌
Morning,keep talking it is just so nice to hear someone talking English we can understand.
I have to admit! I would never have dared to start on a project like that, so you have my deepest admiration. You are just exeptional.!!!
Love from Denmark
Yes - as many others say - keep chatting. That's what it's all about 🙂
Thanks!!
Hi David. Every day is an education. I for one did not appreciate that a fibreglass boat had plywood hidden within its skin. Oh my, that’s a recipe for problems. I admire your optimism and look forward to the next instalment. Keep going. 👏👏👍😀
I have no idea what all these nuts and bolts are even for but i keep gasping at appropriate moments, good job conveying the emotion of the event to a complete layperson!
When you replace the pull-eyes, make the initial hole diameters a little large, then fill the bores of the through holes with fiberglass to seal the core. When the fiberglass has cured, re-drill the through holes to the correct, smaller diameter through the fiberglass plugs, including a small countersink on the outside edges of the holes. The fiberglass will seal the holes, preventing moisture from getting into the core of the transom and preventing the destructive reaction between the wood and the metal studs.
When you install the pull-eye studs into the new holes, coat the unthreaded shank portions of them with an adherent sealant, and bed the base of the pull-eye in sealant where it seats against the transom. (First, temporarily dry-install the pull-eye into the holes and tape around its base to make later cleaning away of the excess sealant a bit easier.) Initially, just snug up the nuts a little more than finger tight to lightly seat the pull-eye, and then let the sealant cure. After the sealant has cured, fully tighten the nuts. Letting the sealant cure before tightening the nuts prevents squeezing out all the uncured sealant from under the pull-eye. When you fully tighten the nuts, the cured sealant in the counterbores will be compressed and seal tightly against the shank of the studs.
When installing the nuts on the back side of the transom, use large, stiff washers to distribute the load on the transom, or better yet, get a bar of metal about 3-4 mm thick, about 3 stud-diameters wide, and a good bit longer than the distance between the two bolts. Drill a hole near either end of the bar, spaced apart the same distance as the two studs, and install the bar over the two studs as a stiff washer-plate to resist pulling the studs through the transom under load.
When you say "fill the bores of the through holes with fiberglass to seal the core" do you actually mean fill the bores with Thickened Epoxy Resin rather than fibreglass itself?
Whenever someone someone says you talk too much, I shake my head in disbelief. Keep up the good work, chit-chat and all.
😀
Onwards and inwards then David, dragging it out will keep us entertained for a while longer. 🤣😁😁
I'm honestly not trying to drag it out (!!) but it just does take an extraordinary amount of time to get anything done. Maybe just me, of course!
I would fill every empty void with foam for safety flotation. Looks like you have a job ahead of you but you will know for sure how good your boat is then! Enjoying this series.
Foam is very bad!! It soaks up and holds water. It never dries out and will stink to hell.
If you do spray foam, make sure it is closed cell foam. Open cell foam soaks up water like a sponge.
@@sfllaw
Might be a wheeze to use low build closed cell foam so the voids aren't under too much pressure as you end up with splits in the fifty year old fibre glass.
So far so good. I'm looking forward to seeing how you do the fibreglass part of this project.
I do love listening and watching Dave go about his chores on his boat. I’m a huge fan.
i gotta hand it to you David you're not one to back down from a challenge , all the while keeping a great attitude
Remeber, you are having fun.
Hahaha good reminder!
🤔 🤣 🎉
“It’s kind of progress…” My favorite of the many great comments in this episode.
Watching you work through these problems is a very good primer for those who might try their hand at second hand boating, or just life in general. Very informative!
Thank you for using subtitles in all your videos
You're welcome 😊
Love watching the transom renovations. It’s a voyage of discovery. 😊
David, A comment from your American cousins, for a former TV reporter, you've got this DIY stuff under control. Must be the cup of tea.👍
David, your chit chat and willingness to dive in and learn as you go is why I am here. Keep up the chit chat and two beeps on the rudder for a full left whistle.
Love your chit chat. It is your USP for us in our household.
Cheers!
Chatter all you want, love it and so informative. Thank you.
HOORAY! back to the transom repair. I;ve been waiting with bated breath, and brother, that hook was painful. LOL!
Hey Dave you are in such a dynamic form that I've forgotten about my bone marrow cancer. You're a genius! Thank you so much.
Crikey, I don't think that can quite be true but I'm certainly pleased to provide any kind of distraction, however brief!!
@@CruisingTheCut It's called Myeloma Dave and I've had it for 3 years. BUT I have been in full remission for 1 year. No more treatment.
Wonderful, feel great and feel strong if there is anybody out there with it.
Wishing you healing and relief.
@@martincannon1078 Wishing you strength and health.🙂
@@claireseyeviewonredbubble How kind. Thank you Claire.
David, your commentaries are fantastic. You have a real gift. You could make a video of paint drying interesting to watch. 😂
David you can make tying shoes sound amazing. ✌️😊❤
Hey David I enjoy your chit chatting!! It is part of the charm of your videos! 😊
Thank you for this video. Scary to see her come apart.
Here's another tip (from a 40+ year veteran fiberglass boat restore-er, though be it another weekend warrior!).
Be sure to use "Marine" plywood. Don't make the mistake of thinking pressure treated is the right application. It's not. Use Marine Plywood (it has to do with the glue they use). THEN, apply a liberal coat of penetrating epoxy, all sides including the edges. This will absorb into the wood, cure, and effectively petrifying it. Making it all but impervious. West System makes a fantastic penetrating epoxy.
OH! I should have watched the rest of your video! lol
Ah yes, cheers, fear not - that's the plan! Marine plywood for sure and dosed liberally in the vinylester resin (I'm not using epoxy)
@@CruisingTheCut
Make sure the holes for mounting the outboard etc. are larger so you can have a centimeter of fiber and resin around your bolts.
Woven glasfiber works best in my opinion.
As a carpenter you are basically correct, But marine ply should not be confused with WPB ply which I think you are referring to. Marine and WPB are both hardwood ply's and they both use waterproof glue , however marine ply has more layers and is sometimes confused with WPB, and there is a huge difference in price. Indecently the ply David removed was not marine ply as the layers are to thick.
We love you, David. Your projects are always interesting and entertaining.
We like your "chit-chat", or musings, or thinking out loud. Thats why we listen in the first place and what do i know about boats? apart from how to drive/navigate them? We are just here for the journey. And whatever happens next. Love your reporting style.
Well done - David! This has gone from “how in the world does this odd design get put right” to “rotten wood is out (almost) - new going straight in!”
One thing you have going for you is that this is not a high power/immense stress situation for the transom. No racing, no pulling water skiers, etc. Any reasonably competent rebuild job will be plenty strong enough for the intended use.
Progress! Lots of rotten wood, no big surprise.
Something I learned from plumbers who needed to get behind a wall in my house: it’s not really any more work to patch a big hole than a small hole, and a lot easier to work through.
David. I love your chit chat. And I love these little peeks into your world. Always make me smile and sometimes they make me really chuckle.
Good progress whittling away at your transom.
The Coronado 15 sailboat is notorious for a rotten transom. The repair starts with cutting off the entire rear of the hull, breaking and cracking to the point one will think he's destroying his boat. Finally, the plywood is rebuilt, then the inner and outer layers of fiberglass. Some guys separate the top and bottom of the hull, and rebuilt everything required, a huge job!
I have been enjoying watching your channel for the last 7 or 8 years, a little chit chat wont change that. Thanks for your videos David. Best to you from Denmark 😁
Thank you!
To be quite honest the cheese sandwich is the highlight of any video regardless of chit chat.
there were complaints? I come for your yapping!
It's come full circle David! I discovered CtC in 2021 when I was away from home for 63 days tending to my historic WWII submarine (USS Cod) while it was in for hull maintenance in drydock in a port city about two hours from my home in Cleveland l. Your program of cruising around English canals was therapeutic for my stress, being the sole person in charge of my boat's million-dollar repair program. Now I'm watching you dealing with rotten hull elements on your boat. Your project may be slightly less expensive than mine, but only just!😅 Good luck shipmate!
David keep up the good work.
David, you are truly doing real boat work now. It suits you. You….can….do…..anything! 🥰🤗🥰🤗🥰🤗🥰❤️
5:15 That is the turtleback armor for the ship. I dont mind the long chat, it gives an insight why you do what you do and i feel like we get “closer” to the content.
Love listening to you Dave; wonderful chit chatting on your videos. from USA
David, we love your chit chat. I'm not even a sailor!!! But just love your videos. We could watch you for hours tinkering away. Your videos are so relaxing from our point !!! Regards from New Zealand.
Stay calm. We enjoy your chit chat. 😁
Your mannerisms, narration and personality are all part of the magic of your channel and it is that indeed... YOUR channel, ramble on good sir it really is quite relaxing. Cheers!
This project has been brilliant to watch its going to be a long winter waiting for the fibreglass . Thanks for being so great to watch.
Why, of all the amazing, fascinating content on RUclips, was I looking forward to this video so much?
I think there's a compliment in there somewhere 😂
WOW what a mess can't wait to see you fix that David. Thanks for the show From New York
Thanks for watching!
Chit chat and the work you do is very much the entertainment !
Looking forward to seeing the rest of the progress.
Your Chit-chat is best in the business. Haha :)
Great video and progress, chat all you want, fair play for tackling this job yourself
Fantastic progress!! You're on the home straight now!!
Haha I wish!!
Looks like a good day of getting dirty! 👍👍 Enjoy the weather while it lasts!!
Excellent. Good to see some progress
Thanks!
So glad you cought it now. Enjoy your chit-chat be it about the boats, van or canals.
Such a delight. Cheers, David!
It's a treat to see David getting so much enjoyment from getting stuck into his DIY boat fixing project!
Thanks for the Twiggy update, David!
Moving slow is fine, it gives you ample time to research the best steps forward.
👍
Great work again David
David, You really took on a project! Wow!
I really appreciate your approach and opinion on projects. Very pragmatic and a great example of what can be done with some motivation.
This is what the Internet is for. People with very different lifestyles across the globe sharing information and motivation to do cool stuff and getting along nicely in the process.
Thank you!
I'm finding all of this very fascinating. Thank you for talking us through it. Don't listen to the negative people.
As they say David, "work fascinates me... I can sit and watch it for hours"! Love the vlog and you have introduced me to so many other GOOD vlogs from others that I now watch regularly! Thanks for that!
Slow and steady floats the boat!!
Also, when you're finished I'm sure it'll be a 'handsome transom' ;)
We enjoy watching and listening to your videos. We watch you most every evening, which means that we watch many encore performances of your past boat and/or van videos. We wouldn't know about canals or boats or Anna and Cass or Jo and Michael or so much more without stumbling across your videos first. We like the catchy titles you give to your videos. Thank you for such well rounded informative entertainment. Waffle on!!
Have to applaud your chipper attitude, with all the car projects I have I can appreciate how difficult it can be to remain positive when discovering such potentially monumental and crucial tasks.
Don’t change David, we love your chatter 👍👍👍 and we enjoy your dry humour 💕💕. Watching you work on your boat is like opening presents lol, you don’t know what you have until you tear through the wrappings. Sometimes a nice surprise and sometimes a not such a nice surprise lol. We can hardly wait to see what you uncover. Judy
It always has been about the chat. You always make an amazing journey.🙏🇦🇺👍
😊 David.... rabbit on as you like.... the majority of us love it, and your wonderful command of the English language.😁
I'll also paraphrase - 'No DIY plan survives first contact with the actual project' 👷♂
Looking forward to being there for the rest of the Quest, to remedy Twiggy's Soggy Bottom. Cheers from Canada!😊
Not cruising the cut but cutting the cruiser.Good work David and don't worry about negative comments.
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king!
I am blind to the matter of repairing small boats, relish your insights my liege and you do brighten up my day!
You have developed a great skill. You know how to encourage yourself while doing a nasty job. I am watching you and taking notes. I hope to learn something.
David, there are knockers everywhere, just ignore them, that upsets them more than anything else, keep up the good work, old boats / cars always throw in surprises. Regards from Australia
Yowza! That wood was one soggy mess. So happy you're making progress and can now see what needs to be done. Well done! Looking forward to the next video.
Never stop rabbiting David!
Wow its a very lucky thing you decided to open up that transom and find all that rot. It may be tiresome work now but very satisfying and rewarding when you're done, to know you saved years of usage. And learning is always important. Chit chat is too. It re-enforces what info we are filing away in our brains.
Cruising the cut is why we watch David….it could be several different ways of cutting. Keep on keeping on David😅😊😂
I've not been following since the latter of your "narrow-boat" days, but so glad I checked back in.
love all of your videos!!!
My favorite video of yours was your bread making video. Largely you prattling on, and it was great. Carry on, sir.
Well done david! I have new hope , your plan sounds on point!😉👌
I really do enjoy watching your videos 👍thank you for sharing all the best with the rest of the work 🤞🤞👌👌👍