You guys are so cute to watch. Your regular struggling with English for the proper word is fun to watch (I’m struggling with Spanish so I AM you!). You’re both gentle and encouraging with each other and the one who is being corrected always is glad to know the proper way. I love the interaction as a married man and woman work to improve not only their boat, but each other on a personal level. The love is very evident.
I’ve worked as a mechanic for several decades repairing both diesel and gasoline vehicles. I have never seen fuel tanks painted on the interior surfaces. This may be different in a marine application as they seem to be already painted. You both have done an incredible job removing the old diesel fuel and cleaning the tanks. Unless you have found several spots where the paint is no longer adhering I wouldn’t spend the huge amount of time it will take you to grind and repaint. Installing a few higher quality fuel filters would serve you better. Make sure they are readily accessible and change them within a few hours of initial start up. After that change your filters on a preventative maintenance program or when you suspect you may have taken on contaminated fuel. A water separator would also give you peace of mind. Enjoy watching your videos immensely and look forward to seeing your boat back out on the water again. Barry
One huge difference with marine tanks such as these is that they're integral. That is, the outer walls of the tanks is the hull of the vessel. Also, marine environments are among the most hostile. For these reasons, integral marine tanks are coated. Corrosion and leaks develop in the air gap. This can lead to messy and dangerous fuel leaks, salt water ingress (and the resulting contamination), fuel egress (a.k.a. fuel spill, complete with hefty fines), and structural damage and loss of hull integrity.
I agree, you need good filters and biocide to keep diesel bug away anyway. Those filters will be able to filter paint flakes just fine. If the paint ablades away in the coming years you've got diesel in contact with steel, which is no issue at all.
I was thinking the same thing as GITNADOIX and I have experience as a fisherman in Alaska and the B.C. coasts. I would have just scrapped the loose paint off and then installed duel filters that could be switched back and forth. The only reason there is corrosion is because the boat was motionless on the "hard". If you keep the it in the water, the action of the waves sloshing the diesel around will keep rust and corrosion from getting started......IMHO
I am very impressed with this young couple. They are diligent, safety conscious and they hire experts when needed. This old guy wishes them the very best and am looking forward to seeing the end result.
It's actually a good thing that the fuel tank was sitting full, keeps the corrosion to a minimum especially with diesel. If it was empty for the last two decades it may have been really rusty. Big progress!
@@OddLifeCrafting Now Biobor or similar biocide, when you refill the tanks. Keeping a stock on hand. Fuel polishing system, with loads of spare filters. Good to go. Cheers
exactly correct. air expands and contracts with the changes in barometric pressure, fuel expands and contracts with temperature changes; outside air has humidity. A full tank, has less air, hence less air exchange during barometric changes; less air exchange with outside results in less moisture condensing in tank. A pressed up tank is good until the fuel expands; overflow will happen so, on ships, we typically never go over 95% capacity full.
I'm watching your story from both ends, now. Cleaning those tanks, is hard, dirty work! I'm glad you paid attention to this detail and invested the time in it. You'll have a wonderful floating home for the rest of your life! Thank you so much for sharing!
Always after watching your channel I appreciate how kind and respectful you two are toward one another, stay in love you are such a wonderful couple. Great video, thank you.
There must be very few people in the world that could make cleaning of a diesel tank fun to watch. Congratulations on a fantastic job well done. It was both educational and entertaining. All the best from Singapore.
MY days you guys have stamina. Theres love and conviction to the vessel. Have done a great job. Brake cleaner is another great way to remove residual from metal parts. Can’t wait till next Monday. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Duka, I think the tank is good. The rough surface is something you find in these tanks and the color is good. there is no visible rust and it looks to be sound. Keep up the good work!
Good point guys. The tanks look fine. On the rigs and ships the tanks aren’t painted generally as the diesel will not rust them. The main part that would get some rust is the tank top where there is an air gap. Personally I would not paint the tanks, just clean them really good as you guys have done and have 2 pre-filters (raycor or Baldwin water trap type in parallel so that you can have 1 online and 1 on standby).
@@alanpiper9614 *Tanks should always be coated! Especially integral tanks.* Many an avoidable leak has developed within the air gap due to a lack of, or failed coating.
@@ARepublicIfYouCanKeepIt I personally do not think that the yellow color is rust (duka mentioned it first on the lid) if the whol tank is colered that way, I assume it is the coating (and thus looks fine). Also those pimpels on the inside look like factory to me (not what rooberta thought).
At 11:12, two guys happily chatting and a girl working hard... priceless! LOL!!! Keep up with the good work, I'm looking forward for the next video! Parabéns!
Love the fact that you are so dedicated, most people would have simply drained the fuel and refilled it. Also love the fact that you two are always smiling, never fails to bring a smile to my face. :)
Have an expert inspect the tank, I have done motorcycle tanks with not much success. The coating came off and compromised the tank. The cleaning maybe sufficient and save you a ton of hours and costs. You’ve done a lot of work and it looks so good so far. Best of luck. :)
What nice people you are to watch and see how you stay happy even with hard work. Thank you for the videos and best of luck ! Your English is very good !
You guys should be so proud, you are doing a fantastic job. You have taken on such a big task, but you haven't taken a single shortcut. All the work you are doing is top notch. Keep it going and you will be on the sea soon enough.
Odd Life Crafting although i started watching you build your off grid home. It's nice that you guys share your hobby with us as well. Your videos keep me motivated on my offf grid build. Have a wonderful day.
making much progress on the beautiful lady ................................I cant wait to see her on the water under full sail ............wonderful times ahead
I don't mean to pester you by commenting so many times, but I must say that you two will have a great advantage when you are finished with this rebuild of your sailing vessel, not only are you doing a thorough rebuild, but you'll have a full understanding of how all the systems are integrated and how they work. Keep up the great work, it's inspiring.
Hello to you two, very nice job, you are very courageous and optimistic, courage you approach the end of your incredible project, your boat will be very beautiful
Thanks for your support, Andrew! The respirators were essential in this case, the smell was really strong when we put some ethanol inside the tank. For sure our lungs are gonna thank us for this. hehehe 😷
What a beautifully built boat that is. To have such amazing access to your tanks and be able to clean them so effectively is the dream of all offshore cruisers. You two are the perfect couple to own that boat. She deserves you and you deserve her. You are going to have such wonderful adventures when you start cruising on her. My wife and I cruised about 30,000 offshore miles and loved the lifestyle.
So very proud of you guys for not going with the old diesel....and with cleaning out the tanks and painting them you will have trouble free service from your Iron Jib (the diesel). This is more than a restoration...it is a revitalization!
OK, let’s try this again: I love the refit videos, I always learn a lot and you guys have a great attitude about the whole adventure. Hopefully in a couple of years we will cross paths on the high seas, wouldn’t that be fun!. Cheers
You guys are doing an amazing job ! Your curiosity and dedication to do any task you take on correctly the first time shoud be a lesson to everyone. Keep up the great work ! I enjoy following your journey.
Duca, When I refurbished the diesel tanks on my sailboat, I was able to buy wide sheets of special rubber that is diesel resistant to make my new gaskets. I'm sorry, but I forget the name of the type of rubber or the resistant name, but I'm sure someone who works in the yard there can probably tell you the name. I think I bought a roll that was 3' wide and 15' long for like 30.00. I used the old gaskets as templates and it worked out great! Good luck you're doing a great job and I love your channel and look forward to a new video each and every week! Thanks!
Great work you guys! I’m so jealous🤓 Just a tip on a product I’ve used as a fuel cell sealant with good results is POR-15 Link to Amazon seller: hope you can open it. www.amazon.com/POR-15-49208-Gray-Sealer-Fluid_Ounces/dp/B00B3I2NWG
You guys make great videos that I look forward. You are amazing to take on this boat rehab and to do it the right way. No shortcuts and always attention to the little things.
Wow! Another incredibly thorough job. That is a huge tank - what a great range your boat will have. So well designed too, with great access. You guys do things so well and are such a pleasure to watch.
Fico maravilhosamente admirado com a sintonia de vocês dois em tudo o que fazem, e principalmente a Roberta que não deixa a peteca cair e põe a mão na massa de verdade, parabéns ao casal continuem assim sempre.
I love the positivity and your happiness brings a smile to my face! Thank you for making such a great series and I look forward to your episodes on the water!!!
Two things dear fellows: First add one vote to the words BRENT WEEKS told you, I fully agree. I would not have said that in a better way, thanks BRENT WEEKS. Second: You made me laugh when Duca said "We can always get more wessy", hahahaha. Again, love you guys. Alejandro from MEXICO!!!
The rubber gaskets look to be in remarkably good condition, I think I am looking forward to seeing your beautiful yacht in the water just as much as you guys. Thanks for another great video. 👍
Thank you for yet another great episode. I have been fixing, building and restoring boats for nearly fifty years now so i pretty much know wat you are dealing with. I must say you are doing a fantastic work with your lovley yacht. It is looking very good. Seems like you have got very good quality and the people who built the boat really knew what they were doing. This boat will give a lot back in return for all the hard work you are putting in the get her ready for the oceans. You are doing great! Don´t forget to take a break once in a while and look after each other. That is very important, thrust me!
Argh! The WORK!!! I continue to be amazed at your dedication to your new boat and I continue to wish you GOOD LUCK. Your enthusiasm is amazing! You are leaving nothing to chance. She will be a lovely home on the water. I look forward to the voyage videos! All the best from the UK.
I wouldn’t reused the seas as if they leak you’ll have to take is all apart again. If there is a slight crack or warp in the gasket the diesel will find it and the smell won’t be fun at sea. Just a thought
just think....when the hard work is done....soon you will be anchoring in a private cove somewhere beautiful, fishing and swimming off your beautifully restored Boat. so wonderful watching your dreams come true. thank you for sharing.
i recently cleaned my boats 40 year old diesel tank. so much dirt and mud! its called the Dieselpest (bacteria that slowly dissolves the diesel). Be sure to only use high quality diesel which has no bio/organic diesel parts in it. or always add some additives in regions where you cant get this quality diesel (e.g. from Liqui Moly). I was told that then you wont ever have to deal with problem again. Regards Christoph
Odd Life Crafting To bad!!! Sorry you have to do all the work. If you must coat the outside of the tank for rust, once I coated a gas tank with the epoxy used to coat the bottoms of airboats. It extended the tank life many years for cheep! Hang in there!
Thanks for sharing, must feel good to be able to get some progress on the boat that you can see and say yes we did this and now it's a step closer to the water.
When gasoline goes bad it turns into a dark yellow lacquer thinner basically like a super strong solvent. I may not be 100% correct but with diesel it doesn't degrade and turn into a different chemical, the main reason it looks so dark and cruddy is due to microbes that are naturally occurring in the fuel, its the existence of the microbes that causes the sludge buildup. The biggest issue with diesel that's been sitting in a container is water build up in the tank, not maritime specific, engineers have mitigated that issue by adding water separators to the fuel system(I believe usually located right near the fuel filters)
Absolutely no need to paint the interior of the tanks. You've removed the algae and sediment. That's all that's required. Additional coatings are optional. One of he biggest benefits from the tank cleaning is you can now use an algaecide when you fill the tanks. Before, you'd go through like a million fuel filters before the algae was generally gone.
Then deal with the minor areas of rust in a cursory/expeditious fashion and move on. No judge will be inspecting the interior of your fuel tanks and that part of the hull will outlast both of you.
Sei sim Rô, realmente tu és muito trabalhadeira, hehehe e te brilham os olhos quando encontras coisas para organizar. Dá gosto de ver a sintonia de vocês dois, coisa linda👌👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😘😘
Good job! I am a licensed marine ship's Chief Engineer. Make sure you use good gasket oil resistant material on those tank covers when you put back in place. From what I see, the boat is very well constructed. I have a Hans Christian 39 Pilot House built in Taiwan 1982, my fuel tanks are not as good. When you fill your tanks with fuel, consider adding a diesel biocide treatment regularly; to prevent the growth of fungus and bacteria that leaves black slime gunk which blocks filters.
Great work guys Huge tanks Good design This is the most important job you can do on a boat . Really good work we love your enthusiasm . Those tanks are in good condition great work Nice to watch It’s good to see an old boat coming back to the world .
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You guys are so cute to watch. Your regular struggling with English for the proper word is fun to watch (I’m struggling with Spanish so I AM you!). You’re both gentle and encouraging with each other and the one who is being corrected always is glad to know the proper way. I love the interaction as a married man and woman work to improve not only their boat, but each other on a personal level. The love is very evident.
Thanks a lot for your lovely words, Brent 👫💕
In Italy many people struggle with Italian
Your tanks are cleaned better than my house
Greatings from Italy
Greetings from Brazil
Well said Brent! I was thinking the same thing. They are the cutest couple.
One of the best things about this channel is your positive attitude and your kindness. The world can really use more people like both f you.
Thanks for your lovely words 💕💕
I’ve worked as a mechanic for several decades repairing both diesel and gasoline vehicles. I have never seen fuel tanks painted on the interior surfaces. This may be different in a marine application as they seem to be already painted. You both have done an incredible job removing the old diesel fuel and cleaning the tanks. Unless you have found several spots where the paint is no longer adhering I wouldn’t spend the huge amount of time it will take you to grind and repaint. Installing a few higher quality fuel filters would serve you better. Make sure they are readily accessible and change them within a few hours of initial start up. After that change your filters on a preventative maintenance program or when you suspect you may have taken on contaminated fuel. A water separator would also give you peace of mind.
Enjoy watching your videos immensely and look forward to seeing your boat back out on the water again.
Barry
Thanks for all the tips, Barry
One huge difference with marine tanks such as these is that they're integral. That is, the outer walls of the tanks is the hull of the vessel. Also, marine environments are among the most hostile. For these reasons, integral marine tanks are coated. Corrosion and leaks develop in the air gap. This can lead to messy and dangerous fuel leaks, salt water ingress (and the resulting contamination), fuel egress (a.k.a. fuel spill, complete with hefty fines), and structural damage and loss of hull integrity.
I agree, you need good filters and biocide to keep diesel bug away anyway. Those filters will be able to filter paint flakes just fine.
If the paint ablades away in the coming years you've got diesel in contact with steel, which is no issue at all.
I was thinking the same thing as GITNADOIX and I have experience as a fisherman in Alaska and the B.C. coasts. I would have just scrapped the loose paint off and then installed duel filters that could be switched back and forth. The only reason there is corrosion is because the boat was motionless on the "hard". If you keep the it in the water, the action of the waves sloshing the diesel around will keep rust and corrosion from getting started......IMHO
@@bdjm8595 totally agree!!!
I am very impressed with this young couple. They are diligent, safety conscious and they hire experts when needed. This old guy wishes them the very best and am looking forward to seeing the end result.
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We love you guys. Your a real breath of fresh air to watch. Never miss an episode. Love from the UK.
Thanks a lot!! 💕👫
It's actually a good thing that the fuel tank was sitting full, keeps the corrosion to a minimum especially with diesel. If it was empty for the last two decades it may have been really rusty. Big progress!
👍🏻👍🏻 the former owner did a good job. Thanks for your support
@@OddLifeCrafting Now Biobor or similar biocide, when you refill the tanks. Keeping a stock on hand. Fuel polishing system, with loads of spare filters. Good to go.
Cheers
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exactly correct. air expands and contracts with the changes in barometric pressure, fuel expands and contracts with temperature changes; outside air has humidity. A full tank, has less air, hence less air exchange during barometric changes; less air exchange with outside results in less moisture condensing in tank. A pressed up tank is good until the fuel expands; overflow will happen so, on ships, we typically never go over 95% capacity full.
I'm watching your story from both ends, now. Cleaning those tanks, is hard, dirty work! I'm glad you paid attention to this detail and invested the time in it. You'll have a wonderful floating home for the rest of your life! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks for your support, my friend. 😍⛵️👫💕
Always after watching your channel I appreciate how kind and respectful you two are toward one another, stay in love you are such a wonderful couple. Great video, thank you.
Thanks for your lovely words, Edward 💕💕
You two give me a little hope in life that there is still time to live a dream
👫💕💕 glad to hear that, Charles
There must be very few people in the world that could make cleaning of a diesel tank fun to watch. Congratulations on a fantastic job well done. It was both educational and entertaining. All the best from Singapore.
😂😂 glad you enjoy it. Greetings to Singapure from Brazil
I love you guys. Always smiling and happy even during the tough times. All your hard work will be worth it when you starting sailing.
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Wow keep up the awesomeness of you guys
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I love you guys. Can’t wait for next week! Wow Duca you’ve got a great woman there. She worked her butt off!
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MY days you guys have stamina. Theres love and conviction to the vessel. Have done a great job. Brake cleaner is another great way to remove residual from metal parts. Can’t wait till next Monday. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for the tip, Paul. Have a great week
Duka, I think the tank is good. The rough surface is something you find in these tanks and the color is good. there is no visible rust and it looks to be sound. Keep up the good work!
👍🏻👍🏻 we are still deciding about it
yeah, tank looks fine,!
Good point guys. The tanks look fine. On the rigs and ships the tanks aren’t painted generally as the diesel will not rust them. The main part that would get some rust is the tank top where there is an air gap. Personally I would not paint the tanks, just clean them really good as you guys have done and have 2 pre-filters (raycor or Baldwin water trap type in parallel so that you can have 1 online and 1 on standby).
@@alanpiper9614 *Tanks should always be coated! Especially integral tanks.* Many an avoidable leak has developed within the air gap due to a lack of, or failed coating.
@@ARepublicIfYouCanKeepIt I personally do not think that the yellow color is rust (duka mentioned it first on the lid) if the whol tank is colered that way, I assume it is the coating (and thus looks fine). Also those pimpels on the inside look like factory to me (not what rooberta thought).
At 11:12, two guys happily chatting and a girl working hard... priceless! LOL!!! Keep up with the good work, I'm looking forward for the next video! Parabéns!
😂😂😂 obrigada
Love the fact that you are so dedicated, most people would have simply drained the fuel and refilled it.
Also love the fact that you two are always smiling, never fails to bring a smile to my face. :)
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Have an expert inspect the tank, I have done motorcycle tanks with not much success. The coating came off and compromised the tank. The cleaning maybe sufficient and save you a ton of hours and costs. You’ve done a lot of work and it looks so good so far. Best of luck. :)
What nice people you are to watch and see how you stay happy even with hard work. Thank you for the videos and best of luck ! Your English is very good !
😁👫💕 thanks, Jeff
I LOVE HER SMILE and I LOVE HER, you are one lucky man.
😬👩 I love her too. hehe 💕
You guys should be so proud, you are doing a fantastic job. You have taken on such a big task, but you haven't taken a single shortcut. All the work you are doing is top notch. Keep it going and you will be on the sea soon enough.
Thanks, Cory. We are really proud, indeed. We were missing to get the hands dirty. Hehe
You two are definitely an inspiration. Living the good life🙄
Thanks a lot, Matt 👫💕
Odd Life Crafting although i started watching you build your off grid home. It's nice that you guys share your hobby with us as well. Your videos keep me motivated on my offf grid build. Have a wonderful day.
Hard work is paying off, wow what a clean up job. GREAT JOB GUYS.
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So happy i found your channel, you guys are an inspiration to everyone.
Thanks a lot 👫💕
who knew how much work would be involved in this boat renovation, well done Duca and Roberta. Keep up the good work.
👫⛵️ right? It’s a lot of work. But we were looking for it 💕
The boat is going to look so good once you are finished! Keep up the good work.
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I love watching two people working toward the same goal. Keep up the great work stay happy and enjoy your life.
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This reminded me to my time working inside aircraft fuel tanks years ago. I don’t miss that part of the job too much.
Hehe. 💪🏼🧼🧽⛵️
making much progress on the beautiful lady ................................I cant wait to see her on the water under full sail ............wonderful times ahead
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Love you and love your project. The dream I never completed. All the best in the world to you. Be safe. Captain Moller, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Thanks for your support, Captain. Greetings from Brazil
You guys are working so hard. You should be very proud of the work you’ve accomplished! It will pay off when you have a beautiful finished vessel!
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I would feel safe on your boat going across all the oceans. You’re doing really good work.
Thanks, Daryl ⛵️🌍
I don't mean to pester you by commenting so many times, but I must say that you two will have a great advantage when you are finished with this rebuild of your sailing vessel, not only are you doing a thorough rebuild, but you'll have a full understanding of how all the systems are integrated and how they work. Keep up the great work, it's inspiring.
Thanks for the encouragement! The inicial idea was either to build a boat or buy an old one to refit, so we would get to know more about her 💕
Hello to you two, very nice job, you are very courageous and optimistic, courage you approach the end of your incredible project, your boat will be very beautiful
Thanks a lot for your kind words, Jean-Louis
wow! what a big job. I'm so impressed that you are taking every opportunity to get this boat back to new. You both are doing such a GREAT job.
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El velero esta quedando bien. Poco a poco. Eso es amor
Your vessel is turning good. Slowly but perfect. Thats love in what you do. God bless...
Gracias, Jose 😍⛵
Am proud to you guys. Good Job
Thanks. We are also proud of ourselves 😊👫💕
Good to see you using proper respirators and not paper types. Your lungs will thank you. Great job a lot of hard work
Thanks for your support, Andrew! The respirators were essential in this case, the smell was really strong when we put some ethanol inside the tank. For sure our lungs are gonna thank us for this. hehehe 😷
What a beautifully built boat that is. To have such amazing access to your tanks and be able to clean them so effectively is the dream of all offshore cruisers. You two are the perfect couple to own that boat. She deserves you and you deserve her. You are going to have such wonderful adventures when you start cruising on her. My wife and I cruised about 30,000 offshore miles and loved the lifestyle.
Thanks for your support and thanks for sharing your story with us! 💕💕👫
New Week new episode ! So cool hard work brings great rewards. love the content Duca Roberta keep up the good work love from Florida
Thanks a lot, Derrick
Wow! I don't think I've ever had the energy you two show. What you're doing with this boat is so impressive.
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Muito bom, vocês me faz continuar a acreditar no ser humano.
Feliz casal 5000.
Obrigado.
Obrigada pelas palavras, Paulo. Abraços 🤗
So very proud of you guys for not going with the old diesel....and with cleaning out the tanks and painting them you will have trouble free service from your Iron Jib (the diesel). This is more than a restoration...it is a revitalization!
Indeed, my friend. This is a revitalization 💕💕💕
OK, let’s try this again: I love the refit videos, I always learn a lot and you guys have a great attitude about the whole adventure. Hopefully in a couple of years we will cross paths on the high seas, wouldn’t that be fun!. Cheers
💕💕💕⛵️🌍⛵️cheers!
You guys are doing an amazing job ! Your curiosity and dedication to do any task you take on correctly the first time shoud be a lesson to everyone.
Keep up the great work ! I enjoy following your journey.
Thanks for the lovely words, Chuck 👫💕
Duca, When I refurbished the diesel tanks on my sailboat, I was able to buy wide sheets of special rubber that is diesel resistant to make my new gaskets. I'm sorry, but I forget the name of the type of rubber or the resistant name, but I'm sure someone who works in the yard there can probably tell you the name. I think I bought a roll that was 3' wide and 15' long for like 30.00. I used the old gaskets as templates and it worked out great! Good luck you're doing a great job and I love your channel and look forward to a new video each and every week! Thanks!
Thanks for the tip.
Nitrile rubber
Thanks for the tip
Great work you guys! I’m so jealous🤓 Just a tip on a product I’ve used as a fuel cell sealant with good results is POR-15
Link to Amazon seller: hope you can open it.
www.amazon.com/POR-15-49208-Gray-Sealer-Fluid_Ounces/dp/B00B3I2NWG
Viton fkm
You guys make great videos that I look forward. You are amazing to take on this boat rehab and to do it the right way. No shortcuts and always attention to the little things.
Thanks for the support, Iarry
OMG, Flat head screws should be outlawed 😝. Love watching your restoration progress. 👍 Greetings from Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
Greetings from Brazil, Don!
Wow! Another incredibly thorough job. That is a huge tank - what a great range your boat will have. So well designed too, with great access. You guys do things so well and are such a pleasure to watch.
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Fico maravilhosamente admirado com a sintonia de vocês dois em tudo o que fazem, e principalmente a Roberta que não deixa a peteca cair e põe a mão na massa de verdade, parabéns ao casal continuem assim sempre.
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I love the positivity and your happiness brings a smile to my face! Thank you for making such a great series and I look forward to your episodes on the water!!!
Thanks for the support, Benjamim
this boat is going to be beautiful.
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Wow, the amount of work is overwhelming. I'm exhausted just watching you guys.
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Two things dear fellows: First add one vote to the words BRENT WEEKS told you, I fully agree. I would not have said that in a better way, thanks BRENT WEEKS. Second: You made me laugh when Duca said "We can always get more wessy", hahahaha. Again, love you guys. Alejandro from MEXICO!!!
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You're two of the hardest workers on UA-cam! Progress is looking great!
Thanks, Mike 💕💕
The rubber gaskets look to be in remarkably good condition, I think I am looking forward to seeing your beautiful yacht in the water just as much as you guys. Thanks for another great video. 👍
Thanks for your support, Derek! 💕⛵️🌍👫
Admire your hard work and determination at making this project a reality. Keep going guys !
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CIAO, mi è venuto il mal di schiena solo a vedervi ......
siete semplicemente fantastici un ABBRACCIO ....
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Thank you for yet another great episode.
I have been fixing, building and restoring boats for nearly fifty years now so i pretty much know wat you are dealing with. I must say you are doing a fantastic work with your lovley yacht. It is looking very good.
Seems like you have got very good quality and the people who built the boat really knew what they were doing.
This boat will give a lot back in return for all the hard work you are putting in the get her ready for the oceans.
You are doing great!
Don´t forget to take a break once in a while and look after each other. That is very important, thrust me!
Thanks for the encouragement and for sharing your story with us! 😍⛵️👫💕
Please become a Patron and keep this couple going 👌🙏🐶
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That boat is getting some good love, she will be grateful and look after you well.
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Nothing profound, but you two are terrific.
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Easy to see who has done all the work . great job Roberta !! Does Hubbie do anything other than talk?
It’s not ‘mess’, it’s progress. 😊
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Argh! The WORK!!! I continue to be amazed at your dedication to your new boat and I continue to wish you GOOD LUCK. Your enthusiasm is amazing! You are leaving nothing to chance. She will be a lovely home on the water. I look forward to the voyage videos! All the best from the UK.
Thanks for your lovely words and support, Clive. 😍⛵️🌍
I think the yellow texture finish on the tanks is very well preserved. Im really surprised you are repainting.
There are some bubbles on the paint and we think it might be some rust under the paint. That’s the reason why
such a joy to watch you two , you guys are to cute for words , and you are doing an amazing job on your tiny ship !!!
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Bravo 👫 friends 👍. From Greece⛵️💥🍾
Thanks! Greetings from Brazil
As every week just brilliant,you 2 are going great thankyou for taking me and others on your journey with you.
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I wouldn’t reused the seas as if they leak you’ll have to take is all apart again. If there is a slight crack or warp in the gasket the diesel will find it and the smell won’t be fun at sea. Just a thought
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Don’t forget the hoses to the engine and filters if the tank is that state then the rest of the fuelsystem is the same..
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just think....when the hard work is done....soon you will be anchoring in a private cove somewhere beautiful, fishing and swimming off your beautifully restored Boat. so wonderful watching your dreams come true. thank you for sharing.
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Nossa, vcs devem estar cansados.. haja fôlego... mas tá ficando show... 👏👏
Hehe. Estávamos sentindo falta de trabalharmos um pouquinho com a parte suja da reforma. Hehehe 😁
Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee USA.
Thank you for sharing your adventure!
Hello. Greetings from Brazil! 👫💕
i recently cleaned my boats 40 year old diesel tank. so much dirt and mud! its called the Dieselpest (bacteria that slowly dissolves the diesel). Be sure to only use high quality diesel which has no bio/organic diesel parts in it. or always add some additives in regions where you cant get this quality diesel (e.g. from Liqui Moly). I was told that then you wont ever have to deal with problem again. Regards Christoph
Thanks for the tip. Actually the former owner had put some anti fungus in it and it wasn’t that bad. Hehe
What a mission! Nice one. It will be worth it in the end. You're getting closer every day- the dream is real.
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salut, très bien l'idée de recyclé le diesel et s’être protégé des émanations de l’éthanol, gros travail de nettoyage.
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Wow you guys are doing it All right!! Will be a beautiful reliable floating home when your done! Keep up the great work.
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Date someone who looks at you as Roberta looks to Duca!
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I was thinking the same thing! It's as obvious as the sky is blue how absolutely in love she is with Duca and is a beautiful thing to see!
I agree it warms my heart watching them.
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Gee guys it's wonderful to watch use and putting ur heart into the boat the vlog says it all ❤️🏴
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Don’t do it no sanding and painting!!!
It is fine!!! Leave it alone!!! It is clean!!!
The paint is fine
There are some small spots of rust 😔
Odd Life Crafting To bad!!! Sorry you have to do all the work. If you must coat the outside of the tank for rust, once I coated a gas tank with the epoxy used to coat the bottoms of airboats. It extended the tank life many years for cheep! Hang in there!
The idea is to use phenol epoxy. We hope it will be okay
Thanks for sharing, must feel good to be able to get some progress on the boat that you can see and say yes we did this and now it's a step closer to the water.
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So does the diesel provide ballast or is there ballast below the tank?
It also provides. But there is a ballast below it as well
You two are really troopers...great job and can't wait to see it completed.
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>>>>>REPLACE THOSE GASKETS!!!!
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I’m so glad this feed made its way to Melbourne Australia. You two are fantastic.
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I can't imagine how bad that diesel fuel smelled. I cleaned a gas tank on my 79 Mustang and it had sat for 15 years and the gas was BAD!!
Hehe. The ethanol smell was worse than the diesel actually.
When gasoline goes bad it turns into a dark yellow lacquer thinner basically like a super strong solvent. I may not be 100% correct but with diesel it doesn't degrade and turn into a different chemical, the main reason it looks so dark and cruddy is due to microbes that are naturally occurring in the fuel, its the existence of the microbes that causes the sludge buildup. The biggest issue with diesel that's been sitting in a container is water build up in the tank, not maritime specific, engineers have mitigated that issue by adding water separators to the fuel system(I believe usually located right near the fuel filters)
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I so look forward to Mondays!! Another informative and well thought out video. You are really taking the time to do the job right!!
Thanks for your feedback, Jared. Have a great week
Absolutely no need to paint the interior of the tanks. You've removed the algae and sediment. That's all that's required.
Additional coatings are optional.
One of he biggest benefits from the tank cleaning is you can now use an algaecide when you fill the tanks. Before, you'd go through like a million fuel filters before the algae was generally gone.
Unfortunately there a few rusted spots 😔
Then deal with the minor areas of rust in a cursory/expeditious fashion and move on. No judge will be inspecting the interior of your fuel tanks and that part of the hull will outlast both of you.
Great work you two getting there and looking Awesome as well.
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Hehe. Sogrinha sabe que eu adoro uma limpeza e que eu achei divertido, Hehe 😘
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Good job! I am a licensed marine ship's Chief Engineer. Make sure you use good gasket oil resistant material on those tank covers when you put back in place. From what I see, the boat is very well constructed. I have a Hans Christian 39 Pilot House built in Taiwan 1982, my fuel tanks are not as good. When you fill your tanks with fuel, consider adding a diesel biocide treatment regularly; to prevent the growth of fungus and bacteria that leaves black slime gunk which blocks filters.
Thanks for the tips
Surely getting an an electric screw driver with that amount of screw for the oil area alone is already worth it!!!
We were anxious to use our new tool. Hehe
Hi you two! Fast becoming my favourite sailing channel. You two are great together, your boat is just gorgeous. Keep up the good work and vids.
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😂👍 with that toothbrush you remind me of Bubba and Forrest Gump when they were cleaning the tile floors with a toothbrush
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You are both such an inspiration.. really looking forward to all the episodes, and then the finished boat! Very best wishes from the UK x
👫💕💕💕 greetings from Brazil
We need to get you some Fuel Right - it’s designed to clean your tank and fuel.
👍🏻👍🏻 I’m not sure we have it here in Brazil
That was really really a lot of small space work ! Roberta it is good you are so tiny to reach down there! You did an awesome job!
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@@OddLifeCrafting you guys are truly welcome!
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My wife used to look at me like that 40 years ago...
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Great work guys
Huge tanks
Good design
This is the most important job you can do on a boat . Really good work we love your enthusiasm . Those tanks are in good condition great work
Nice to watch
It’s good to see an old boat coming back to the world .
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What!? Was Roberta cleaning that tank with a toothbrush? I'm exhausted just watching. :-)
😂😂 just the little corners