Great to see the fibreglass expertise on display here. It's not just the incredibly neat outcome, it's the fact that you can stay so calm and meticulous and even give a short interview while being "on the clock" against the resin drying that reveals the depth of experience at work here. The music is tasteful and well-chosen as always.
19 years ago today I started a bicycle trip from Morro Bay California to Palm Beach Florida. My world had collapsed around me, and I would be 50 years old in less than a month. I completed the trip and had lots of time to reflect upon what had happened to me and the reaction of strangers to my adventure. If UA-cam would have existed back then, I would have considered making a video series about the trip and would have considered continuing indefinitely if I could have gathered an audience as you have done. At almost every town I stopped I found someone who envied my freedom and wished they would or could have the time or courage to do such a thing themselves. It seems you two have stumbled upon the formula that was not possible in my day. All I was doing was processing the loss of my wife and a broken heart. Good luck with your adventure!
Good for you, sir. A big life change involving a cutting loose of long ties can be an invigorating experience, even if it is motivated by loss. Change is tough but you'll instinctively know when it's necessary. Bravo.
Aldino you do not ramble what you have to say is listened to with great interest even when wearing your mask and i have to play it back a few times. You are both so informative and honest in your presentations a breath of fresh air in this troubled world Bless you both.
As I watch you two interact as people and as a couple, it reminded me that in english lovers or married people are called a couple, where in Danish, lovers or married people is called a pair, like a pair of shoes, they belong together. You two clearly belongs to each other. Keep up the good work, the good life and dream Blue.
“This is our boat and I can do whatever I want”, 🥰 When Sam Holmes was refitting his Cape Dory 28, after receiving some advice in UA-cam comments, he said, “It’s my own boat and I can do what I want.” As a female yacht owner, I receive a lot of well meant, often unasked for, advice. Both Aladino and Sam have said what I would love to say sometimes. 😁😁⛵️🥰 Loving this series, thank you. Elaine
But seriously Elaine, some of the so called advice is absolutely bonkers. Sent from well meaning but poorly informed folks. You are the captain of not only your ship but also your destiny.
@@hetverhaalvandewasbeer Sam is also the guy who secured his safety harness eyelets with wood screws or something similar, bless his heart :). Aladino is a boat builder by trade, however, and probably has more knowledge than the majority of the comments section combined
That was probably the clearest description I have ever heard about how you patter the fiberglass. Most channels just film the process without the explaining more than the layering and over-sizing of patches. You are doing a beautiful job.
I love watching sailboat refits, especially when it is being done with such care and skill, so of course I love watching your progress. But what really makes your work stand out is the marvelous way you tell and show the story. Truly top notch!
As always ,a joy to watch you both work together on the boat , even doing some mundane jobs and still producing enjoyable videos to watch, thanks again.
I swear I can smell the acetone! Great series guys! Such precision and old school skills. Hope a lot of young folks are watching you two. Happy Thanksgiving
After spending 20+ years building boats, watching the wasted steps me crazy! Normally we would set up a resin mixing table in the salon or on the deck. It’s much easier to wet out the boat surface with a paint roller, lay the dry glass over the resin, then wet out the glass on the boat, rolling it on with a paint roller. Weight and excess resin on a project such as this is almost immaterial so long as air voids are rolled out.
I was struck by the performance of Deno. Perhaps it was because he is truly in his element while using the skills he learned in his apprentice time. There is more to it than that though. I think both of you have gotten your acting skills honed to a fine level. All those words to say, "Good Job" and "great show as always.
I didn't expect any less, some would say take a minute to breathe but I'm sure he didn't stop with the fin roller until the resin was about set. Not a single air molecule was trapped beneath the glass. Lol I really enjoy watching as the work gets done nice very very nice.
From my admittedly small scale experience in working with fiberglass building cedar strip canoes, I found that working the glass on the outside of the hull where the curve is generally convex allows for top to bottom or keel to bulwark motion with the hands, spreaders, rollers etc, but on the inside where the curves are concave (generally) tool movement must be directionally fore and aft otherwise voids will develop to no end......
Kudos to your fiberglass skills, it is absolutely stunning watching your execution of the process. It helps to have experience ...knee-deep in epoxy to really appreciate your skill level, patience, and teamwork of both of you. When I die, (hopefully not too soon), I want to be reincarnated as your next boat, I know I will be lovingly cared for and appreciated to the Nth degree! Always wanted to sail in blue water around the world as I know you will!! 😊👍🏻 thanks for another beautiful video and the music and edits were perfect ! 👏🏻👏🏻
3 or 4 years back I had just retired and my neighbour gave me an 18-5 ft. glass powerboat. I had no experience working with fiberglass and or epoxy and I started watching UA-cam vids on how to how not to in some cases. I put in a new wood transom and stringers and floor and bullworks (forgive spelling).Now I feel I can do anything I set my mind to and yes there is a great sense of accomplishment even with working fiberglass. Now I know what I have and am so far able to go fishing! CHEERS from viewer on Southern Vancouver Island!
About the sharpie , that remember me of when I made the seats for my -69 Dodge.. Haven’t I thought about it.. but I did and made a test piece that I really inked up and waited for a couple of days.. after 3 months the blue line was coming true on my beautiful white seat’s .. I saw the car a couple of years ago and the seats are still in good condition after 30+ years except for some faded blue lines😄
Weirdly, watching folk fiberglass stuff on boats is one of my very favorite things to watch on UA-cam. Fiberglass fascinates me. Epoxy fascinates me. I love this shit. Thank you guys.
Hi Aladino, one nice trick is to add some microsheres to some resin, paint it over your last layer of glass and then add peel ply over it, then use your roller to really press the peel ply in. The following sanding to get a smooth surface is much quicker and starts with a much better finish already. Using vacuum bagging even gets a better surface in my experience... Having rebuild a Farrier trimaran and building lots of stuff with epoxy and carbon or glass, I know how bad sanding can be...
Yet another wonderful video of the Master Craftsman and the Artiste. Maya, that music was not just so good to listen to in the background, it was very creatively sculptured into the video. Gee woman, you are talented in so many ways, just like that man you are married to. Well done both of you!
My paternal grandmother's parents came from Switzerland. I feel a little pulled in your direction and I like what you two are doing. The music is awesome too.
I'm so glad that we have recently had fiber optic internet installed and ran out here in the country, Now i get to enjoy real life entertainment and gain knowledge from folks like you Thanks again your content Rocks
Slow but ever so meticulously done and in the end it’s all you and knowing yep I did that. Great work and the skill makes the videos more interesting to watch. But I’m in til the end so keep them coming, stay safe loving and ever so cool 😎
Very interesting that 2 different boats this week (Acorn to Arabella and you) had a fiberglass lesson for us. And as usual we now can see two different ways to do the same job. I very much doubt that I will ever fiberglass anything but I do enjoy the lessons that are given on YT, thank you. Thanks for posting
It would be great to hear Aladino's take on peal ply. And some of the other fiberglass cutting techniques. There seems to be two schools. First cut the perfect fitting piece. Where the other school seems to cut about half to fit around difficult areas leaving it long to be trimmed later. At first it seems the cut perfect seems to be a good idea but if applying the glass causes it to stretch and thus an impossible to cut perfectly is it better to organize the direction of the stretch thus the finish cutoff method might be better.
Thank you for including the aside about sharpies. When you mentioned it, I was curious what the problems are with marking fiberglass that way, and what the preferred alternatives are.
I love the last dobro piece played over the stop action work. Music is always right to my taste. I am a Fiddler in California and I have spent my life playing stringed instruments. Actually on this piece I dozed off and just listen to The second half of it. Absolutely wonderful.
Great work! Wiping with acetone does not actually remove grease and oil. It just spreads it around and leaves thinner layers when the acetone evaporates. That is obviously sufficient but if one wants to remove grease, wipe with acetone but instead of drying by evaporation wipe up the solution of grease in acetone with a dry cloth. For greater certainty, do this twice. :-)
Or use denatured alcohol remember acetone is not as clean and can leave wax which will work as a debonair on anything you fiberglass it took me almost 20 years to learn how to glass properly also don't add filler first that's a big no no you have to sand or put on top when still tacky
Aladino I know what you mean about listening to certain music to give you more energy you should try SOFI TUKKER I use them when I need energy to draw or paint.
sandwich your cloth between two plastic sheets,It will be easier to spread out and less mess. also you can bring it up to where you are applying it, remove one side of the plastic and now you can squeegie it in place with the other side up. less mess and smoother work.An aviation trick ;)
Nice to know these tricks for certain challenges. But more often I like the solution that produces the least garbage even if it takes a little more time and patience! Thanks for the tip though:)
@@SailingMagicCarpet really it's about doing it right and getting the best results. you need a good bond and if you do not have a vacuum press then that is the best way. otherwise, the cloth will have air pockets ,even if you don't see them.
Re: Using a Sharpie. When I was a child, my father put up drywall in what was then an unfinished basement. He was going to put stucco over the drywall, so I asked if I could draw pictures on the bare drywall. He said yes and I grabbed some carpenter's crayons. After the stucco was applied, the crayon somehow lifted off the drywall and resurfaced. My childish drawings were visible on every wall of the TV room.
That fibreglass work does look great! I also really like your blue counters and hope you change your mind on them, although maybe they look different in person I'm not sure. Thanks for another interesting and educational video!
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This is the only cruising channel with a master boat wright. glass work is not easy. but you all made it look effortless. Thank you.
"I'm going to use a Sharpie on purpose this time. This is our boat." What a rebel.
😋
Sacrilege!
🤣🤣
I was a boat builder in my day and all I can say is, I would give Aladino a job in a heartbeat.
Great to see the fibreglass expertise on display here. It's not just the incredibly neat outcome, it's the fact that you can stay so calm and meticulous and even give a short interview while being "on the clock" against the resin drying that reveals the depth of experience at work here. The music is tasteful and well-chosen as always.
The more you've done, the more you learn, the easier it gets,
19 years ago today I started a bicycle trip from Morro Bay California to Palm Beach Florida. My world had collapsed around me, and I would be 50 years old in less than a month. I completed the trip and had lots of time to reflect upon what had happened to me and the reaction of strangers to my adventure. If UA-cam would have existed back then, I would have considered making a video series about the trip and would have considered continuing indefinitely if I could have gathered an audience as you have done. At almost every town I stopped I found someone who envied my freedom and wished they would or could have the time or courage to do such a thing themselves. It seems you two have stumbled upon the formula that was not possible in my day. All I was doing was processing the loss of my wife and a broken heart. Good luck with your adventure!
Good for you, sir. A big life change involving a cutting loose of long ties can be an invigorating experience, even if it is motivated by loss. Change is tough but you'll instinctively know when it's necessary. Bravo.
Thx Donald! We are lucky indeed and appreciate this opportunity immensely. It’s also what motivates us to work hard.
All the best to you,
Aladino
Aldino you do not ramble what you have to say is listened to with great interest even when wearing your mask and i have to play it back a few times. You are both so informative and honest in your presentations a breath of fresh air in this troubled world Bless you both.
As I watch you two interact as people and as a couple, it reminded me that in english lovers or married people are called a couple, where in Danish, lovers or married people is called a pair, like a pair of shoes, they belong together. You two clearly belongs to each other. Keep up the good work, the good life and dream Blue.
If only we had more Aladinos in this crazy world⚓
Nice work. Yes, it is nice being part of a team
I am impressed this boat looks so much better than when you first began. I think you are great craftsmen.
Awesome well done on the instructions and that with a perfect music.. it’s almost addictive.
Thanks for sharing.. 👍🏻
Watching Aladino work it's hard not to ponder the stereotype of a Swiss Watchmaker, albeit a 12M, 10,659Kg watch!
“This is our boat and I can do whatever I want”, 🥰 When Sam Holmes was refitting his Cape Dory 28, after receiving some advice in UA-cam comments, he said, “It’s my own boat and I can do what I want.” As a female yacht owner, I receive a lot of well meant, often unasked for, advice. Both Aladino and Sam have said what I would love to say sometimes. 😁😁⛵️🥰 Loving this series, thank you. Elaine
But seriously Elaine, some of the so called advice is absolutely bonkers. Sent from well meaning but poorly informed folks. You are the captain of not only your ship but also your destiny.
Sam is the epitome of "I'll do it my own way", I love him
@@hetverhaalvandewasbeer Sam is also the guy who secured his safety harness eyelets with wood screws or something similar, bless his heart :). Aladino is a boat builder by trade, however, and probably has more knowledge than the majority of the comments section combined
What a wonderful place to grow up. No wonder you became "hooked on sailing". I can't wait until we get 'er into the water. Love your music as always.
Your patience amazes me 🇨🇦
That was probably the clearest description I have ever heard about how you patter the fiberglass. Most channels just film the process without the explaining more than the layering and over-sizing of patches. You are doing a beautiful job.
Good one Aladino, “liquid snot”
Your attention to detail is going to be a blessing when you get ready for paint. Well done 👍👍
I love watching sailboat refits, especially when it is being done with such care and skill, so of course I love watching your progress. But what really makes your work stand out is the marvelous way you tell and show the story. Truly top notch!
Aladino is becoming quite the ham on the vlogs. I dig his style and humor it brings me joy. Keep giving them Swiss instructors the finger 😂😂
😛
As always ,a joy to watch you both work together on the boat , even doing some mundane jobs and still producing enjoyable videos to watch, thanks again.
You won me with the use of the Sharpie, such wicked glee !!
We don’t miss a week..glad you found each other G&G❤️
I swear I can smell the acetone! Great series guys! Such precision and old school skills. Hope a lot of young folks are watching you two. Happy Thanksgiving
An amazing process to watch. I really enjoy the learning that comes out of you both sharing the details of what you are doing. Thank you.
It's going to be so satisfying sailing a boat you've restored better then it was before and customizing to your liking.
Aladino's attention to detail is always amazing. A great craftsman.
After spending 20+ years building boats, watching the wasted steps me crazy! Normally we would set up a resin mixing table in the salon or on the deck. It’s much easier to wet out the boat surface with a paint roller, lay the dry glass over the resin, then wet out the glass on the boat, rolling it on with a paint roller. Weight and excess resin on a project such as this is almost immaterial so long as air voids are rolled out.
I sensed that you had something to do with Switzerland by the way you work. Clean, organised & precise
The energies of youth you display weekly leave me in awe, both in the projects and the videos. Super attention to detail. A real masterclass.
From a former fiberglass boatbuilder , a proper job well executed . 👍
Not sure if leaving a comment helps but I do so enjoy the craftmanship you both display on your channel!
it does help.
'Dini,.. a true pro with the glass matt,.. dang!!!!
Truly Awesome tech'know-how + craftsmanship Aladino!! + Maya idem!! Music&camera extremely well orchestraed!! >This is a Great episode.
I was struck by the performance of Deno. Perhaps it was because he is truly in his element while using the skills he learned in his apprentice time. There is more to it than that though. I think both of you have gotten your acting skills honed to a fine level. All those words to say, "Good Job" and "great show as always.
I didn't expect any less, some would say take a minute to breathe but I'm sure he didn't stop with the fin roller until the resin was about set. Not a single air molecule was trapped beneath the glass. Lol I really enjoy watching as the work gets done nice very very nice.
From my admittedly small scale experience in working with fiberglass building cedar strip canoes, I found that working the glass on the outside of the hull where the curve is generally convex allows for top to bottom or keel to bulwark motion with the hands, spreaders, rollers etc, but on the inside where the curves are concave (generally) tool movement must be directionally fore and aft otherwise voids will develop to no end......
You could try Olfa roller cutters to cut your fabric. You can find them in quilting stores. They make vary clean cuts. :)
You should put a layer of foam and a fancy visible weave. It would insulate; sound and temperature, and resist condensation.
Aladino, you're a precision Swiss machine!
Thanks!
Kudos to your fiberglass skills, it is absolutely stunning watching your execution of the process. It helps to have experience ...knee-deep in epoxy to really appreciate your skill level, patience, and teamwork of both of you. When I die, (hopefully not too soon), I want to be reincarnated as your next boat, I know I will be lovingly cared for and appreciated to the Nth degree! Always wanted to sail in blue water around the world as I know you will!! 😊👍🏻 thanks for another beautiful video and the music and edits were perfect ! 👏🏻👏🏻
3 or 4 years back I had just retired and my neighbour gave me an 18-5 ft. glass powerboat. I had no experience working with fiberglass and or epoxy and I started watching UA-cam vids on how to how not to in some cases. I put in a new wood transom and stringers and floor and bullworks (forgive spelling).Now I feel I can do anything I set my mind to and yes there is a great sense of accomplishment even with working fiberglass. Now I know what I have and am so far able to go fishing! CHEERS from viewer on Southern Vancouver Island!
About the sharpie , that remember me of when I made the seats for my -69 Dodge..
Haven’t I thought about it.. but I did and made a test piece that I really inked up and waited for a couple of days.. after 3 months the blue line was coming true on my beautiful white seat’s ..
I saw the car a couple of years ago and the seats are still in good condition after 30+ years except for some faded blue lines😄
Weirdly, watching folk fiberglass stuff on boats is one of my very favorite things to watch on UA-cam. Fiberglass fascinates me. Epoxy fascinates me. I love this shit. Thank you guys.
@Grim FPV Amen.
You two are such a great team!
I love the meticulous approach of your teamwork. And keep the original music coming as well. Thank you
Looking good 👍 👍👍
Hi Aladino, one nice trick is to add some microsheres to some resin, paint it over your last layer of glass and then add peel ply over it, then use your roller to really press the peel ply in. The following sanding to get a smooth surface is much quicker and starts with a much better finish already. Using vacuum bagging even gets a better surface in my experience... Having rebuild a Farrier trimaran and building lots of stuff with epoxy and carbon or glass, I know how bad sanding can be...
On all projects; 50% of time is planning, 50% of time is doing and 50% of time is cleaning up. Great job.
Yet another wonderful video of the Master Craftsman and the Artiste. Maya, that music was not just so good to listen to in the background, it was very creatively sculptured into the video. Gee woman, you are talented in so many ways, just like that man you are married to. Well done both of you!
Your doing a great job, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing
My paternal grandmother's parents came from Switzerland. I feel a little pulled in your direction and I like what you two are doing. The music is awesome too.
I'm so glad that we have recently had fiber optic internet installed and ran out here in the country, Now i get to enjoy real life entertainment and gain knowledge from folks like you Thanks again your content Rocks
Coming along nicely, see you next week.
its coming along great!!! thanks for sharing with us!!
Greatly appreciate seeing how you guys go about fibreglassing. I am self taught so you helped me greatly increase my knowledge. Thanks
Well done again👍
Aladino is such a great teacher in addition to being a great craftsman.
That was some very interesting and timely information. Many thanks.
You are both a dream team..the progress every week is outstanding. Stay safe ⛵️⛵️⛵️💕
Very impressive! It’s nice to see the process of this refitting. Thanks for this video!
Another awesome video. I really missed the violin music! More Please.
An absolute pleasure to follow your progress every week. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Slow but ever so meticulously done and in the end it’s all you and knowing yep I did that. Great work and the skill makes the videos more interesting to watch. But I’m in til the end so keep them coming, stay safe loving and ever so cool 😎
Very interesting that 2 different boats this week (Acorn to Arabella and you) had a fiberglass lesson for us. And as usual we now can see two different ways to do the same job. I very much doubt that I will ever fiberglass anything but I do enjoy the lessons that are given on YT, thank you. Thanks for posting
Awesome, thanks for the tips!
Great session on fiberglass.
It would be great to hear Aladino's take on peal ply. And some of the other fiberglass cutting techniques. There seems to be two schools. First cut the perfect fitting piece. Where the other school seems to cut about half to fit around difficult areas leaving it long to be trimmed later. At first it seems the cut perfect seems to be a good idea but if applying the glass causes it to stretch and thus an impossible to cut perfectly is it better to organize the direction of the stretch thus the finish cutoff method might be better.
Great episode! Thanks so much for sharing your journey!
Dont know what to say this week, but this is to please the algorythm. ;-)
Meticulous glasswork will pay off! I suspect all your boat tours for visiting friends will include the bilges and chain locker! ;)
Dudes! That was next level.
Thanks guys a great update and loved the music.
What a great job! Well done!!!
Thank you for including the aside about sharpies. When you mentioned it, I was curious what the problems are with marking fiberglass that way, and what the preferred alternatives are.
lol liquid snot.. oh too funny!! great analogy!! :) great episode as always!! Keep rolling SMC Team!👍
I think all snot is liquid. If not, it's a booger!
@@edwardfoley6404 merely technicalities lol :)
The videos get better each week. Thanks for sharing your life's adventure with us.
Great work, I kinda wan't to fast forward to the launch but I'm impetuous.
I love the last dobro piece played over the stop action work. Music is always right to my taste. I am a Fiddler in California and I have spent my life playing stringed instruments. Actually on this piece I dozed off and just listen to The second half of it. Absolutely wonderful.
Sorry I didn’t mean stop action I meant the sped up motion
Great work!
Wiping with acetone does not actually remove grease and oil. It just spreads it around and leaves thinner layers when the acetone evaporates. That is obviously sufficient but if one wants to remove grease, wipe with acetone but instead of drying by evaporation wipe up the solution of grease in acetone with a dry cloth. For greater certainty, do this twice. :-)
Or use denatured alcohol remember acetone is not as clean and can leave wax which will work as a debonair on anything you fiberglass it took me almost 20 years to learn how to glass properly also don't add filler first that's a big no no you have to sand or put on top when still tacky
Looking really nice folks! I am learning a lot as you share your process. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Again, thank you!
Thank you!
Nice Job You Two!
Thank you for very detailed information🙏🏻👌🏻👏🏻
Aladino I know what you mean about listening to certain music to give you more energy you should try SOFI TUKKER I use them when I need energy to draw or paint.
My boat, a Wauquiez Amphora, has 2 inches of solid fibre glass where the through hull sensors, depth and speed log are!
Superb, thank you.
You guys are doing an incredible job. Really thorough. It will serve you well. Thanks so much for the se great videos.
Impressive fiberglass instalation yoga moves?!? 😎
Awesome to see how the fiberglass goes in!
Danke für die ausführliche Arbeitsanleitung ! und super video
Excellent job 👏
Watching you guys work is inspiring. Thanks
sandwich your cloth between two plastic sheets,It will be easier to spread out and less mess. also you can bring it up to where you are applying it, remove one side of the plastic and now you can squeegie it in place with the other side up. less mess and smoother work.An aviation trick ;)
Nice to know these tricks for certain challenges. But more often I like the solution that produces the least garbage even if it takes a little more time and patience!
Thanks for the tip though:)
@@SailingMagicCarpet really it's about doing it right and getting the best results. you need a good bond and if you do not have a vacuum press then that is the best way. otherwise, the cloth will have air pockets ,even if you don't see them.
Re: Using a Sharpie. When I was a child, my father put up drywall in what was then an unfinished basement. He was going to put stucco over the drywall, so I asked if I could draw pictures on the bare drywall. He said yes and I grabbed some carpenter's crayons. After the stucco was applied, the crayon somehow lifted off the drywall and resurfaced. My childish drawings were visible on every wall of the TV room.
Thanks for this video. I have learned a lot. Good luck!
Great to see knowledge and skill going on here. Not to mention the excellent video production.
That fibreglass work does look great! I also really like your blue counters and hope you change your mind on them, although maybe they look different in person I'm not sure. Thanks for another interesting and educational video!