Thanks for watching! What’s not shown in the video is that we filled the void with a thickened epoxy approx 1/3 of the way up from the joint and then with 4200 the rest of the way up to the bolt. For the fibreglassing we started off with a narrower strip of Roving around the keel joint and worked up another 3 layers using Roving (adding 2” of with width for each successive layer) while using West Systems G-Flex (until we ran out of G-Flex and used 105 resin for the remaining layers of fibreglass.) For the the remaining 6 layers or so, we alternated between Biaxial and Roving. A couple of months later and we’re happy with our repair thus far.
Kitty Hair Structural epoxy will do the job completely if you have problems going forward use it....Dries in 5 to 10 min. GT Silver Fantasy Friday harbor Wa
One man’s trash is another’s treasure. Never a truer word said. That yard does not seem as friendly as they normally are. But you seem to be getting through the work well done in that heat!
Travis is the man. Super impressed with his work ethic and overall handiness. Each generation seems to be a little less handy and mechanically-capable than the last -but Travis is bucking the trend!
They seemed friendly when we were there but it was definitely not very busy. But we don’t have a prior experience with them to compare to but glad we were able to get what we needed done despite the heat!
I've used PQR-15 paint on an old truck underbody to keep the rust off and it's amazing...it takes a beating and stays on. I wonder if that would work for chain?
Fiberglass doesn’t flex using that sealer in join as I said before is wrong , it should have been fixed with cavisill and resin and mixed to a thick peanut butter thickness and then glass it with 1708
Nice vid! BTW, you should move aft of the strut the anode installed on the shaft. The way it is, it might create an air bubble and avoid water flowing through the channels of the shaft bearing. That will heat it and possibly destroy it. That’s why the barrel style are the most used, and usually in the middle of the shaft.
buy new hoses they are servicable part once they start to go all they will do is give you more trouble. It will get you out of trouble in a pinch but when something fails it always in the worst weather conditions.
Wow guys! We love your spirit, you did are doing a great job on that keel. You inspire us to go out there to discover the world on the water. We do not know much about sailing. We get a lot of comments from our watchers that we do not know what we are getting ourselves into etc, and that is true.. But at the same time we are new to all of this, so we do not really know if we will succeed in going on with our story. My question is: Is there a way that we can prepare for what is coming? What would you advice us? Love Dirk & Maraya
Thanks! We didn’t know much either but is anyone a pro at anything when first starting out? We could read and read and twirl around on the lake forever to “prepare” but nothing compares to what reality is when you’re actually out there and the best learning is by doing. You never know what’s going to be thrown your way and all we can do is learn along the way and enjoy the process 🙂
@@SailingJibsea Thanks guys! Haha we feel like that, we are starting to get stuck in these thought processes, and I think we just have to take the leap, just like you guys did. Much respect for that!
We were told by a number of drivers that the new great thing for props is to paint them with galvanizing zinc spray paint from the hardware store. It keeps growth off but you have to put tons of it on. One thin coat lasts like a month in the water to you need to put 20 or more coats on, allowing each one to dry for like 15 minutes in between. I had a little left over and noticed that the bolts on our Mantus anchor were starting to get a bit rusty so I just sprayed a bit on them without any prep whatsoever. It didn't stop the rust on the fasteners but it did really stick to the anchor itself and after six months it looks like I sprayed that thin layer of zinc paint on yesterday except for on the bolts themselves. Our anchor is 4 years old and starting to look a little natty. I am thinking I might just spray it all over with the galvanizing zinc paint before it starts to look too bad. We re-marked out chain too, back in the yard this spring. This time I just used red and white every 25 feet alternating red and white. White at 25, red at 50, white at 75, and so on. I also marked it red/white stripes at 12.5 feet right between the anchor and the 25 mark so I can tell exactly how much chain I have dropped right away. We often anchor in 12-15 feet so it is nice to have a good idea of where the anchor just touches down so we don't just dump a pile of chain on the anchor before it gets a chance to roll over and set. I can feel it roll over as we back away and I can feed out just enough chain to keep it straight as we back off. Down there the water is clear you can see the anchor from the boat, but in the US even at six feet you can not see the bottom.
Yeah! We put galvanizing zinc spray on the anchor the first time we did it and funny enough, Travis thought he handed me that spray in the yard but it was just regular spray 😂
That zinc galvanizing spray paint is probably $100/can down there if you can even get it. :D There were shortages this spring on that stuff up here and it was nearly $15/can at the one place that had it. I just went for a propane exchange just now and got the LAST tank the place had and they have 4 lockers of them. It sells out as fast as they get it in they said. There is no refill place within reasonable bike-riding distance of where we are so we are stuck with a refill -lucikly we use the BBQ-style steel tanks that can either be refilled or exchanged (in the USA those exchange places are everywhere.)
"I wonder if they are poisonous?" LOL, yeah and they hurt like Hell. I've been popped 7 or 8 times and it pretty much feels like a large sewing needle that has been heated up with a flame and plunged deeply into your skin. The first one I had the most trouble with as I felt the poison settle in my joints. First finger joints then it moved to my wrist, elbow and finally ended in my armpit for hours aching. My body handled the other stings ok without the aching joints, but the hot burning sting is always present when they hit you. Looks like you have a solid idea on the DIY projects. Let us know how it works out.
Oh, and how do you think a Hunter 42 Passage behaves on the deep seas? We are watching a Hunter 42 Passage at the moment, but we get a lot of comments from our viewers that it is not a blue water yacht. What is your opinion on that? Cheers!!
@@SailingJibsea I just saw your episode about the refit of the batteries and all the work. What estimation of costs for a refit do you have to think about with a Hunter 42?
Replacing worn out hoses with parts of a worn out hose is not a great idea. Suffice it to do on an emergency repair, BUT It would be wise to order proper replacement hoses ASAP.
Don't like bolt on ballist You should wrap that ballist to boat joint as far down and up as possible, and wrap it 3 inches thick. A lot of boats have had their bolt on keels fall off. Wrapping it so the wrap and not the bolts resists any side flexing from port to starboard might be good
..... laughing .... would have been fun to put Travis on a scale before he wore the sweat suit for the duration of the hull prep .... love seeing the sort of humor that you had in the kitchen with the pancakes, seems to be far and few between these days with all the politically correctness these days .... a little disappointed that the yard did not just charge you to lift for the night, charging hourly for the duration sure they have the right to, but that's gauging, now they didn't even get the bucks for the lift .... so at the end of your days did you go jump in the ocean for rejuvenation .... thx for sharing Travis and Steph ... as always .. never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans .....
Thanks for watching!
What’s not shown in the video is that we filled the void with a thickened epoxy approx 1/3 of the way up from the joint and then with 4200 the rest of the way up to the bolt.
For the fibreglassing we started off with a narrower strip of Roving around the keel joint and worked up another 3 layers using Roving (adding 2” of with width for each successive layer) while using West Systems G-Flex (until we ran out of G-Flex and used 105 resin for the remaining layers of fibreglass.)
For the the remaining 6 layers or so, we alternated between Biaxial and Roving.
A couple of months later and we’re happy with our repair thus far.
A whole lot of work.🙂
One mans junk is another mans treasure. I live by that motto. Great find
Best product to fix your keel is West System G-Flex epoxy.
Boats are a labor of love. You guys are adorable. Blessings to you both.
Great video, wow sailing is a lot of work. I think I am too old for the work part. Thank you for a behind the sense look.
The detective thing was funny.
"I wonder if they're poisonous here???" Famous last words 😂
Kitty Hair Structural epoxy will do the job completely if you have problems going forward use it....Dries in 5 to 10 min. GT Silver Fantasy Friday harbor Wa
Nice video
Ho boy! You get a lot of comments "how to" . Nice to see your collaboration on these job's. Stay safe
Ha Ha !! Nice, compassionate she snorts at him at 5:08 all full of paint dust...
Great find on that hose! Lots of uses! Good video! I like the way you can knock off the jobs to be done by the use of sticky notes! Good thinking!
Great find with the hose Travis!
Boat yard work sucks but somehow you both made it entertaining. Especially with Stephanie’s pancakes🤣
You have great drone videos...which drone are you using? Are connecting a gopro to it? Happy Sailing!!
Thank you. We have a mavic pro 2
One man’s trash is another’s treasure. Never a truer word said. That yard does not seem as friendly as they normally are. But you seem to be getting through the work well done in that heat!
Travis is the man. Super impressed with his work ethic and overall handiness. Each generation seems to be a little less handy and mechanically-capable than the last -but Travis is bucking the trend!
They seemed friendly when we were there but it was definitely not very busy. But we don’t have a prior experience with them to compare to but glad we were able to get what we needed done despite the heat!
Thanks Barry!☺️
Lots of hard work!
The pancakes..lol. Super impressed with both of you and your work ethic. I have really enjoyed these last two on the hard videos.
I thought he would have matured by now….
Thanks Ryan!
Peter Pan syndrome 😂 life’s too short to not be silly and find humour in the small things!
New subscriber here. You guys are great. Hard work is paying off.
Welcome! Thank you🙂
Love love LOVE those areola pancakes!!
I've used PQR-15 paint on an old truck underbody to keep the rust off and it's amazing...it takes a beating and stays on. I wonder if that would work for chain?
Fiberglass doesn’t flex using that sealer in join as I said before is wrong , it should have been fixed with cavisill and resin and mixed to a thick peanut butter thickness and then glass it with 1708
Great video, showing the grunt with boating. It is back breaking. Good job.
Nice vid! BTW, you should move aft of the strut the anode installed on the shaft. The way it is, it might create an air bubble and avoid water flowing through the channels of the shaft bearing. That will heat it and possibly destroy it. That’s why the barrel style are the most used, and usually in the middle of the shaft.
Owning a boat equates to a lot of work. With that said it also can be a lot of fun seeing new places. Stay well and happy thank you for the video. ⛵
buy new hoses they are servicable part once they start to go all they will do is give you more trouble. It will get you out of trouble in a pinch but when something fails it always in the worst weather conditions.
That skinny keel might be good for speed but it looks like a loser for durability. Max respect for your patience!
Wow guys! We love your spirit, you did are doing a great job on that keel. You inspire us to go out there to discover the world on the water. We do not know much about sailing. We get a lot of comments from our watchers that we do not know what we are getting ourselves into etc, and that is true.. But at the same time we are new to all of this, so we do not really know if we will succeed in going on with our story. My question is: Is there a way that we can prepare for what is coming? What would you advice us? Love Dirk & Maraya
Thanks! We didn’t know much either but is anyone a pro at anything when first starting out? We could read and read and twirl around on the lake forever to “prepare” but nothing compares to what reality is when you’re actually out there and the best learning is by doing. You never know what’s going to be thrown your way and all we can do is learn along the way and enjoy the process 🙂
@@SailingJibsea Thanks guys! Haha we feel like that, we are starting to get stuck in these thought processes, and I think we just have to take the leap, just like you guys did. Much respect for that!
Enjoyed the watch. Ty.😊💕
Great job Travis.
Another great video this week! Thanks for sharing!
Wow thats a lot of work !
We were told by a number of drivers that the new great thing for props is to paint them with galvanizing zinc spray paint from the hardware store. It keeps growth off but you have to put tons of it on. One thin coat lasts like a month in the water to you need to put 20 or more coats on, allowing each one to dry for like 15 minutes in between.
I had a little left over and noticed that the bolts on our Mantus anchor were starting to get a bit rusty so I just sprayed a bit on them without any prep whatsoever. It didn't stop the rust on the fasteners but it did really stick to the anchor itself and after six months it looks like I sprayed that thin layer of zinc paint on yesterday except for on the bolts themselves.
Our anchor is 4 years old and starting to look a little natty. I am thinking I might just spray it all over with the galvanizing zinc paint before it starts to look too bad.
We re-marked out chain too, back in the yard this spring. This time I just used red and white every 25 feet alternating red and white. White at 25, red at 50, white at 75, and so on. I also marked it red/white stripes at 12.5 feet right between the anchor and the 25 mark so I can tell exactly how much chain I have dropped right away.
We often anchor in 12-15 feet so it is nice to have a good idea of where the anchor just touches down so we don't just dump a pile of chain on the anchor before it gets a chance to roll over and set. I can feel it roll over as we back away and I can feed out just enough chain to keep it straight as we back off. Down there the water is clear you can see the anchor from the boat, but in the US even at six feet you can not see the bottom.
Yeah! We put galvanizing zinc spray on the anchor the first time we did it and funny enough, Travis thought he handed me that spray in the yard but it was just regular spray 😂
That zinc galvanizing spray paint is probably $100/can down there if you can even get it. :D
There were shortages this spring on that stuff up here and it was nearly $15/can at the one place that had it.
I just went for a propane exchange just now and got the LAST tank the place had and they have 4 lockers of them. It sells out as fast as they get it in they said. There is no refill place within reasonable bike-riding distance of where we are so we are stuck with a refill -lucikly we use the BBQ-style steel tanks that can either be refilled or exchanged (in the USA those exchange places are everywhere.)
Great job and vidoe. Love you guys. Cheers
"I wonder if they are poisonous?" LOL, yeah and they hurt like Hell. I've been popped 7 or 8 times and it pretty much feels like a large sewing needle that has been heated up with a flame and plunged deeply into your skin. The first one I had the most trouble with as I felt the poison settle in my joints. First finger joints then it moved to my wrist, elbow and finally ended in my armpit for hours aching. My body handled the other stings ok without the aching joints, but the hot burning sting is always present when they hit you. Looks like you have a solid idea on the DIY projects. Let us know how it works out.
Haha yep he was just kidding he knew they were poisonous. Luckily no stings this time! Sounds awful what you experienced!
@@SailingJibsea The hazards of living the country life. Lol.
dive the Bianca C when you get a chance.
Careful with the raw water hose replacements. Hoses rot from
The inside first. The outside is not a good measure of how good it is.
Yes thanks, we’re aware and checked the inside as well!
Oh, and how do you think a Hunter 42 Passage behaves on the deep seas? We are watching a Hunter 42 Passage at the moment, but we get a lot of comments from our viewers that it is not a blue water yacht. What is your opinion on that? Cheers!!
We haven’t felt unsafe yet!
@@SailingJibsea I just saw your episode about the refit of the batteries and all the work. What estimation of costs for a refit do you have to think about with a Hunter 42?
We’d estimate about 10-20% of hull value would be a good starting point
@@SailingJibsea Thanks guys! Will be following you around, cheers!
Nice find on the hose! Are you leaving the prop bare???
Yep
Replacing worn out hoses with parts of a worn out hose is not a great idea. Suffice it to do on an emergency repair, BUT It would be wise to order proper replacement hoses ASAP.
Don't like bolt on ballist
You should wrap that ballist to boat joint as far down and up as possible, and wrap it 3 inches thick.
A lot of boats have had their bolt on keels fall off.
Wrapping it so the wrap and not the bolts resists any side flexing from port to starboard might be good
great episode guys man it looks like it was so hot there, never fun sanding the bottom.
You should never dry sand antifoul only wet sand
Hot ... that is why the pros cut slits in the back for ventilation.
..... laughing .... would have been fun to put Travis on a scale before he wore the sweat suit for the duration of the hull prep .... love seeing the sort of humor that you had in the kitchen with the pancakes, seems to be far and few between these days with all the politically correctness these days .... a little disappointed that the yard did not just charge you to lift for the night, charging hourly for the duration sure they have the right to, but that's gauging, now they didn't even get the bucks for the lift .... so at the end of your days did you go jump in the ocean for rejuvenation .... thx for sharing Travis and Steph ... as always .. never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans .....
Haha we definitely did our fair share of shedding some sweat during all the work there. Thanks for watching Peter!
Saved thousands. Worth it? In a few years the answer will be NO. Bottom jobs get real old real fast. Start a bottom job saving account!
Haha we’ll see, we’ve liked doing this ourselves so far!