Sail Life - Coppercoat antifouling - DIY sailboat refit
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2018
- This weekend I finished applying Coppercoat antifouling to the hull of my 38 ft sailboat.
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One word...BEAUTIFUL.
The boat is starting to look like a new Halberg Rassy !
Athena looks crisp and clean. Nice work!
One advantage when sanding here in the United States is that where you need to sand every square centimetre we only need to sand every square inch, which is less than half the number of centimetres :-D Nincompoopery aside, my reaction when you removed the masking tape was "Wow... I am so happy for you (and Athena)." She looks awesome!
Mads, I am preparing my Valiant 40, hauled out in S. Africa, for Coppercoat. I just found information that Coppercoat works well on the bronze strut and a fixed bronze prop. It would work on a stainless shaft, if the shaft was first sandblasted. I just prepared and epoxied my strut for the Coppercoat application. I was going to use Propspeed on the strut but from past experience, Propspeed does not last long on my strut, possibly because of the anode mounted there plus grounding wires which are attached to the strut. We will see how well the Coppercoat hold up on the strut. Propspeed has worked for 2 years on the stainless shaft and Kiwi Prop. The Kiwi Prop blades are made of Zytel, a plastic, the hub is 316 stainless, and no antifouling lasted long on any part of the Kiwi Prop. It will be interesting to see what you decide to do to your strut, shaft and prop.
I am committed to this channel and see this refit/rebuild completely through. I have way too much time invested to quit anytime soon. Besides, this is a really fun channel to watch.
Obviously, many are in the same boat... #PunIntended
When he runs aground, then what?
Jake Smith if my aunty had balls..........?
That's the famous "sunk cost fallacy" (but I can't stop watching either)
His great attitude during a long DIY project with lots of unknowns is really enjoyable.
Hi Mads, being a shipwright, it’s nice to see you doing such a complete and thorough job on “good old Athena” and not trying to cheap out or cut corners. I am enjoying your videos and look forward to them every week.
Good on you!
Neil A
One of the things that you didn't include in your math was the time to apply the anti-fouling. You need to spend time sanding it off and reapplying every spring - a time consuming process. Based on not having to sand and paint the hull for ~15years seems to be worth the cost of the Copper Coat alone. Thank you for another great video Mads :)
That coppercoat is gorgeous!
Athena is looking better every week. Kudos to you and your minions for the nice work.
Copper Coat appeals to me, a former copper miner and son of a copper miner. It just seems right and it works too. It does look spiffy too!
I would recommend you to put antifouling (hard antifouling) on top of the copper coat. At least one coat. The marine life will most probably hold on to the copper, antifouling is better in doing so and if you don't raise the boat every winter it will protect the surface even more. You will have to scrub the copper coat with hard stuff to get rid of marine life, so just a recommendation to finish up with real good working antifouling
Looks great! Don’t forget the rudder!
You are really getting there now! Such fun to follow along.
Two handy tricks I've seen others use to make a job like this easier.
1. If you have the option to work on a hard surface, or can put one down in the work area, then adjustable stools are a godsend for working on the lower sections of the hull. I've seen a few people take it a step further and mount sanders on a heavy duty tripod with the sander mounted on a seesaw contraption. Push down on the far end and it pushes the sander up against the hull. Haven't seen an off the shelf commercial version of such a contraption, so design and build at your own risk. (But you might have a handy tool to rent out to other boaters at the yard if you come up with a good version.)
2. Using high visibility inspection/fairing paint coats. A cheap and easily sanded highly contrasting colour gets lightly sprayed over the hull before any sanding steps. Aids in highlighting pinpricks and such by making them more visible on inspection, but relies on using a very thin paint formula to help ensure it doesn't fill over a gap rather than seeping into it.
Damn. You really have the patience for details! I don't think I'd could be as diligent of you. But the quality of your refit work speaks for itself!
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Mads , been following you for years, apart from your attention to detail and persistance, the most amazing thing about you is that you have been wearing that green check shirt in 'most' videos, and still appears to be clean, if it were mine it would have been covered in oil, diesel, paint, resin, and be useless after about a week. Even for Rags ! Keep up the good work Wilf
Hands down, the most satisfying part of this video was the peeling of the painter's tape. So awesome, lol!
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Hi Mads I am not a sailor or a boat builder, but somehow your journey has hit a key with me. Absolutely love what your doing good luck with Athena.
Yeah I am the same as Walking,,I ask myself why the hell I,m watching,but its so entertaining,I,m actually looking forward to mads getting on with the deck...
She’s flipping gorgeous, Mads. BRAVO.
Enjoyed your video and your attention to detail very much.
The wear areas for anti-fouling are the water line, leading edge of the keel, and the trailing edge of the rudder. Those areas might benefit from an additional coat or two of Copper Coat.
Looking spiffy Mads.
It’s very gratifying to see the boat coming along so well!
Love the copper coat looks great
great video. really enjoyed it. looking forward to the next instalment.
Awesome job Mads.
Looks absolutely great Mads, keep up the amazing work and keep the videos coming.
Looks awesome ! And Damn spiffy !
Great video Mads!
Mads a milestone worth celebrating !!
Great video!
Excellent thorough job. Brings me back...
You have the best friends!
Enfin...! Bravo pour le résultat, on attend avec impatience la suite...! See u
Yeah! It’s great to see such a big job accomplished. Love your videos.
Looks pretty dang spiffy Mads!
Incredible job Mads, and Athena's hull looks gorgeous!!
Looking sharp! Nice job so far. Really looking forward to seeing the finished product!
Wow...beautiful work. Very nice. Thanks for including us in your restoration.
Great looking hull well done!! Cheers!
Great work Mads!
Fabulous, great job!
With all those Minions perhaps you should be called “Despicable Madds”
Another great one Mads ;-)
Grats Mads! That is certainly a milestone done! Whoo Hoo, it also happens to look fantastic!
Thank You Mads, Great video!
Sweet!!! Love the new bottom job and lots of glorious sanding. Can’t wait until next week’s video. 😀😜
Great job!! Looks AWESOME!!
My original coppercoat was applied into the mold during the buildinstead of gelcoat. This was in 1993 and it was based on polyester resin, not epoxy. My fiberglass hull was laid up using vinylester resin.
In the tropics, the coppercoat only lasted a couple of years, then needed help from regular antifouling. 5 years ago we discovered osmosis and it turned out to be in the coppercoat, not the vinylester hull. After fixing 700 little blisters and waiting two more seasons to see if more would develop (it didn’t, we got them all first time) we used Interprotect 2000 barriercoat and ablative antifouling. I hope the coppercoat has been improved since then ;-)
Your killing it homie!
Awesome copper coat. well done
Cheers Rory
Really looks good .
It looks fantastic!!
Beautiful job !!!
Man, it looks so good!
Nice job man!
That hull turned out just gorgeous!
This is wonderful!
Looks great 👍
WoW again ! Really looks Good .
Another great video. I need you here to apply your practical skills to all the issues on my boat.
WOW Mads, awesome job looks great.
Love the way the boat is looking with the copper coat
You are cruising along there! Keep up the amazing work.
She looks AMMMAAZZING! Well done!
That looks awesome! It seems things are really beginning to take shape. Nice work!
What a good channel!
It is so nice to see color on that hull :-)
Congratulations Mads. Without doubt you have just passed a major milestone. Is it just me but all of a sudden everything seems to have speeded up.
All the work looks beautiful!
Hej Mads!! Sweet looking bottom on the boat now.
Looks great nice job 👍👍👍
Well done sir.
It's a thing of beauty. 😀
She's coming along! Quite a beauty.
Looks great nice job
That's gotta be the spiffiest spiffy we have had in a while. What a great stride towards seaworthiness.
Splendid job Mads. Athena is looking magnificent
Looking pretty dang spiffy! Good to have friends. :D Good work Mads & Minions.
Greate job ,Mats! You got some awesome friends to help you. Lot's of fun it seems. I have followed your journey thoughout all your episodes here on youtube, and you have inspired me a lot. I have purchased a RW 32 and there's quite a few issues to take care of on that boat. Your series will help me tremendesly. Thanks Mats! I will , with excitement, follow you, and get more tips I can use. /Per fro Sweden
Wow, Athena's hull is looking amazing! You are doing a fantastic job on Athena Mads, keep it up mate.
Awesome!
Beautiful and different !!
Looking good 👍👍👍 I need more of your videos please!!! They are very entertaining and educational to watch. Get er done and Take care 🤪😜😋⛵️⛵️
Made a great job of that hull, nice job
Athena is looking fantastic with her new copper coat. You have a way of making every minute of your videos very interesting and a pleasure to watch. Cheers from the UK. 👍
Great job Mads et. al. :) Athena looks great with her new copper coat. Cheers from PEI Canada, Bryan
you've done a lovely job of the hull, and great to have help of course
M A G N I F I C E N T !
Great work as always. The Coppercoat looks amazing! It was worth all the waiting. The hull looks beautiful and impervious.
Looks great, so glad your almost done below the waterline.
14:34 Just came. Great work Mads
That copper coat looks fantastic!!! Goof Jody to you and the minions!
My boating days are way behind me and what you are doing was beyond me even at my prime... but I have enjoyed the heck out of your videos. Your English, idioms and all, is excellent!
fine job there Skipper
so glad you were able to get the bottom all done. This is looking awesome. Your hard work is really paying off. Congrats.
looks great