I work for the UK distributor and we love the Great team at ECF. The Sicomin foaming systems are fantastic. What you are doing looks really good. One comment...I never say that resin "dries" as that leads people to think that there is some kind of solvent evaporation going on - there is only a chemical cure as these products are solvent free! Glad you appreciate the importance, and difference between "cure", and "post-cure". Cheers!
ECF have a great range of products, are most efficient in terms of delivery and never failed us in terms of their stock levels. Yes, that’s a good point 👍 , we shouldn’t use the term “dry” when talking about resin. The next video is being edited as we speak, so we are probably still referring to it as “dry” rather than “cured”. Will rectify this in the future though 😉
I have to say it's very satisfying watching a job being done well, every little stage of it. Even though you don't feel your content is satisfying. I can assure you it is. Carry on the fantastic work. 😁
Not boring at all those who work with their hands enjoy watching these videos . Have you thought of running a large dehumidifier inside or outside to help with the drying?.
Outside the “tent” we made would probably not work very well. The shed is massive and removing humidity in the middle of winter in the UK is mission impossible hehe inside the tent, it would definitely help. We might look for a cheap one. 👍
Rewelacyjna wręcz zegarmistrzowska precyzja i aptekarska miara ... z taką precyzją nawet ja tak nie przygotowuję posiłków! Super robota! Byle do wiosny i oby było szybko cieplej żebyście nie marznęli! Pozdrawiam z zaśnieżonej Polski 😍😍🥰🥰😘
W szopie zimno, Squalo bidula marznie..🥶 u nas śnieg leży od kilku dni! Niesłychane w UK.. może poszczęści się nam i będziemy mieli białe święta 🤞 Pozdrawiamy 😘☺️
There's a channel called sailing seabird and Stew & Marina bought a old abandoned gulfstar for 1 pound and have been bringing it back to life. They had some moisture issues with their keel and some delamination between the fiberglass and the Ballast so they used some underwater epoxy and injected it into drilled holes and once full would cover them with tape.. it worked really well and they also at first when they drilled a hole resulting in water pouring out thought they had major issues but after talking to a professional about this issue. The professional said that it's a comment thing with the older boats especially ones who were abandoned..
We would have probably approached it in a similar way. Well done to them. 👍 Now I wish we had paid £1 for Squalo 😒 Yes, all those problems we've come across, as well as all other boaters with the old boats aren't definitely made up.. they just happen cause it is a common thing to happen to boats build in similar fashion. Back then GRP was a revelation in boatbuilding and wrongly thought of as maintenance free.. years later we hear 'Osmosis', delimitation and 'rotten core" more often than not.
So difficult to make a video with a. very low light, b. confined space, c. limited, repetitive action, d. depressing result for national team. But, you guys did it. Well done!
That is some very nice work. I've actually never heard of that epoxy expanding foam. I don't have a need for it right now, but I'll store that away for future reference. Great story telling the both of you. It can't be easy to film for RUclips when you just want to get the work done, but a captivating story and a good project will go far to building your channel. Keep up the great work.
Neither have we, but few videos back when we mentioned we are planning to fill the sump tank with expanding foam (we bought polyurethane at that time), someone suggested using Sicomin. We looked it up, not many suppliers have it in the UK (it is a French product). You can get them at various densities, it doesn’t shrink after it cures, they have flame retardant option available, it is water resistant, it can be used as structural core material and it doesn’t exert too much pressure when it expands so it won’t damage fragile parts. I sound like I am trying to sell it here 😂 Filming can sometimes get in the way of things when like you said you try to get the stuff done. But it’s a fantastic way of documenting this project, even now when I look back at the first videos we released just over a year ago it brings back wonderful memories..I can only imagine what it will be like watching this journey when we retire. 🥰
That’s right, even smallest step and shortest visit to the boatyard takes us one step closer to ultimate goal 🙌 It is extremely cold these days..plus the humidity makes it super cold! 🥶
that sicomin looks good, i put drain holes in rudder with whickes. just for peace of hind. no water found ,hope you find no probs there too. 39s are bomb proof i think yours is going to be torpedo proof as well . 🖖
Thank you 🙏 rudder is filled with what looks like polyurethane foam.. it was wet when we drilled holes but it should dry out. We will then fill them with the Sicomin and close up the holes we drilled.
The poly foam isn't structural foam where as the other epoxy foam is definitely intended to be part of a structure. Especially the way you have done it.. the other issue with the yellow poly foam is that you have to be careful how much you add at a time because it expands so much that it could cause issues with pushing outward on the fiberglass.
That's right! The one we used also expands but not as much and is much more structural. We aren't boat builders and also couldn't find a solution to similar problem elsewhere. Let' hope it was a good choice and the way we chose to do it, with alternating layers of glass strengthened the keel and we got rid of that (what we believe) was a weak point.
I wonder why the factory left that incredibly deep sump below the engine and directly behind the keel ballast??? You would have thought that they would have filled it with foam or foam board and then capped it with fiberglass.. or am I missing something about the reason why they left it?? It's only going to fill with the nastiest of stuff and cause a real smelly issue
We did ask the Oyster Technical After Sales Support Team that very same question. The answer was that the bilge sump was just a low point in the hull for any water leakage to drain into and make it easy to pump. Well.. there was a big hose running under the engine oil pan to the back and straight into that sump tank in the keel, but it was short and never reached the bottom and there was no way of changing it as there was no access to it...it worked on manual pump, so it probably wasn't even pumped out often.. and all the stinky oils and other gross bits that have overflown in the main bilge, went there and sloshed about freely. Only after we cut the bottom of that engine oil pan open we could get it out and the stench was unreal!🤢
i maybe would have filled the first 6 inches with thick chop strand epoxy and then started the foam but you guys are doing just amazing work and the best part is your repair is lightyears ahead of what the factory did and this is the huge plus of a refit that you end up with a better boat than when it left the factory
The best midesi are POLYOL and ISOCYANATE. but be very carefull with it. You can find different sheets on internet. Im from Belgium, so a little bit to far for you guys. I do not see masks very important with the application off this stuff.
This Sicomin one has got quite a pungent smell 😉 Belgium..that’s almost round the corner from us! 😁 Best beer ever and excellent croquettes. That’s all I can remember from a very short visit to Belgium 🥰
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Another step towards launching. Well done!
That’s right! 💪😄 thank you 🙏
The tackling of the setback of your keel s part of your journey, you both are mastering. Thanks for sharing thought process and the work.
Thank you for watching every episode 🙏😊
Happy New Year guys, you have made a great job of the keel sump. Something you can rest easy about now. Hope all going well with the refit. Andy UK
Happy New Year to you too! 🎉🍾
We have been absent from boatyard and YT as we have been pretty ill over Xmas, but we are back on board Squalo now 😃💪
Super job, well done!
Thank you 🙏☺️
I work for the UK distributor and we love the Great team at ECF. The Sicomin foaming systems are fantastic. What you are doing looks really good. One comment...I never say that resin "dries" as that leads people to think that there is some kind of solvent evaporation going on - there is only a chemical cure as these products are solvent free! Glad you appreciate the importance, and difference between "cure", and "post-cure". Cheers!
ECF have a great range of products, are most efficient in terms of delivery and never failed us in terms of their stock levels.
Yes, that’s a good point 👍 , we shouldn’t use the term “dry” when talking about resin.
The next video is being edited as we speak, so we are probably still referring to it as “dry” rather than “cured”. Will rectify this in the future though 😉
@@sailingsqualo 👍
I have to say it's very satisfying watching a job being done well, every little stage of it. Even though you don't feel your content is satisfying. I can assure you it is. Carry on the fantastic work. 😁
Aww, you are too kind. Thank you 🙏☺️
👍👍nice work!
Thanks! ☺️
really enjoy your calm determined style. I'd have preferred Poland advancing but France is looking good, yeah?
Thank you 🙏 would have liked to see Poland advance, but the better team won and has gone through 😉
Not boring at all those who work with their hands enjoy watching these videos . Have you thought of running a large dehumidifier inside or outside to help with the drying?.
Outside the “tent” we made would probably not work very well. The shed is massive and removing humidity in the middle of winter in the UK is mission impossible hehe inside the tent, it would definitely help. We might look for a cheap one. 👍
Rewelacyjna wręcz zegarmistrzowska precyzja i aptekarska miara ... z taką precyzją nawet ja tak nie przygotowuję posiłków! Super robota! Byle do wiosny i oby było szybko cieplej żebyście nie marznęli! Pozdrawiam z zaśnieżonej Polski 😍😍🥰🥰😘
W szopie zimno, Squalo bidula marznie..🥶 u nas śnieg leży od kilku dni! Niesłychane w UK.. może poszczęści się nam i będziemy mieli białe święta 🤞
Pozdrawiamy 😘☺️
There's a channel called sailing seabird and Stew & Marina bought a old abandoned gulfstar for 1 pound and have been bringing it back to life. They had some moisture issues with their keel and some delamination between the fiberglass and the Ballast so they used some underwater epoxy and injected it into drilled holes and once full would cover them with tape.. it worked really well and they also at first when they drilled a hole resulting in water pouring out thought they had major issues but after talking to a professional about this issue. The professional said that it's a comment thing with the older boats especially ones who were abandoned..
We would have probably approached it in a similar way. Well done to them. 👍 Now I wish we had paid £1 for Squalo 😒
Yes, all those problems we've come across, as well as all other boaters with the old boats aren't definitely made up.. they just happen cause it is a common thing to happen to boats build in similar fashion. Back then GRP was a revelation in boatbuilding and wrongly thought of as maintenance free.. years later we hear 'Osmosis', delimitation and 'rotten core" more often than not.
So difficult to make a video with a. very low light, b. confined space, c. limited, repetitive action, d. depressing result for national team. But, you guys did it. Well done!
😂 couldn’t have summed it up better myself! 👍 Thank you ☺️
That is some very nice work. I've actually never heard of that epoxy expanding foam. I don't have a need for it right now, but I'll store that away for future reference. Great story telling the both of you. It can't be easy to film for RUclips when you just want to get the work done, but a captivating story and a good project will go far to building your channel. Keep up the great work.
Neither have we, but few videos back when we mentioned we are planning to fill the sump tank with expanding foam (we bought polyurethane at that time), someone suggested using Sicomin. We looked it up, not many suppliers have it in the UK (it is a French product). You can get them at various densities, it doesn’t shrink after it cures, they have flame retardant option available, it is water resistant, it can be used as structural core material and it doesn’t exert too much pressure when it expands so it won’t damage fragile parts. I sound like I am trying to sell it here 😂
Filming can sometimes get in the way of things when like you said you try to get the stuff done. But it’s a fantastic way of documenting this project, even now when I look back at the first videos we released just over a year ago it brings back wonderful memories..I can only imagine what it will be like watching this journey when we retire. 🥰
Perhaps it seems slow but it is all progress. You guys are doing great in those cold conditions.
That’s right, even smallest step and shortest visit to the boatyard takes us one step closer to ultimate goal 🙌
It is extremely cold these days..plus the humidity makes it super cold! 🥶
that sicomin looks good, i put drain holes in rudder with whickes. just for peace of hind. no water found ,hope you find no probs there too. 39s are bomb proof i think yours is going to be torpedo proof as well . 🖖
Thank you 🙏 rudder is filled with what looks like polyurethane foam.. it was wet when we drilled holes but it should dry out. We will then fill them with the Sicomin and close up the holes we drilled.
The poly foam isn't structural foam where as the other epoxy foam is definitely intended to be part of a structure. Especially the way you have done it.. the other issue with the yellow poly foam is that you have to be careful how much you add at a time because it expands so much that it could cause issues with pushing outward on the fiberglass.
That's right! The one we used also expands but not as much and is much more structural. We aren't boat builders and also couldn't find a solution to similar problem elsewhere. Let' hope it was a good choice and the way we chose to do it, with alternating layers of glass strengthened the keel and we got rid of that (what we believe) was a weak point.
I wonder why the factory left that incredibly deep sump below the engine and directly behind the keel ballast??? You would have thought that they would have filled it with foam or foam board and then capped it with fiberglass.. or am I missing something about the reason why they left it?? It's only going to fill with the nastiest of stuff and cause a real smelly issue
We did ask the Oyster Technical After Sales Support Team that very same question. The answer was that the bilge sump was just a low point in the hull for any water leakage to drain into and make it easy to pump. Well.. there was a big hose running under the engine oil pan to the back and straight into that sump tank in the keel, but it was short and never reached the bottom and there was no way of changing it as there was no access to it...it worked on manual pump, so it probably wasn't even pumped out often.. and all the stinky oils and other gross bits that have overflown in the main bilge, went there and sloshed about freely. Only after we cut the bottom of that engine oil pan open we could get it out and the stench was unreal!🤢
i maybe would have filled the first 6 inches with thick chop strand epoxy and then started the foam but you guys are doing just amazing work and the best part is your repair is lightyears ahead of what the factory did and this is the huge plus of a refit that you end up with a better boat than when it left the factory
She will definitely be better than when she left the factory 🤩 also by the time we finish we will know her inside out.
The best midesi are POLYOL and ISOCYANATE. but be very carefull with it. You can find different sheets on internet. Im from Belgium, so a little bit to far for you guys. I do not see masks very important with the application off this stuff.
This Sicomin one has got quite a pungent smell 😉
Belgium..that’s almost round the corner from us! 😁 Best beer ever and excellent croquettes. That’s all I can remember from a very short visit to Belgium 🥰