What an incredible job you have undertaken and completed. Great soluitons to two very difficult problems. Thanks for taking the time to make the video's and share the knowledge
Way to go solving those issues. Admire the outside the box thinking that led to the jackpost solution. What made you decide on 8 coats of paint for the bulkhead panel? I'm in the process of an Alexseal paint job as well, and not having much luck achieving a smooth finish. The primer dries so hard it's almost impossible to sand out the rolling stipple . Great video series, that's going to be a great boat!
Yeah well the best way to get a smooth finish with Alexseal is to mix it really thin, and use the roll additive if your rolling. With it so thin I had to put 8 coats to get good coverage over that brown fairing. The primer is just a pain. But any good paint job will require a bunch of sanding. With Alexseal you can always wet sand it smooth, I know it’s hard work but gives you a really nice finish.
No encased the entire jack in Apoxsee concrete structural Apoxsee, no air or moisture anything you can ever get to the Jack and I don’t flip boats. Every boat I’ve worked on was my own boat for my own personal use.
Is that jack going to live in there permanently now? In my country there is a company that melts recycled plastic and turns it into "planks" that they make park benches with and I think those would work well to replace wood that could rot, cause the bench at the skate park where I grew up has been sitting out in the sun and rain for the past 30 years and has been abused by skaters and its still perfect and I think if you made the mast step with something like that it would be able to take the weight and stress and its never going to rot.
Yeah, I really wanted to use something like that instead but I had to have something that I could put in the hole and the jack up. I couldn’t get the right height block in there otherwise. This jack when sealed with last forever though.
@@finditfixitsailit9322 Yes, I am looking for something similar in a 30-foot boat, mainly for the sugar scoop. I am trying to figure out what fair market value would be for a boat like that in that condition.
Yes, so I was able to buy this boat for $12,000 but it needed a lot of work as you may have saw. I’ve never Brought any of the boats that I’ve had with the purposed of selling. But I did sell this one after the repairs for $30,000.
You do fantastic work. No corners cut.
Thank you!
Nice job on that bulkhead and the new compression post support. Thank you for sharing your excellent work.
Thanks! It was really nice getting that part finished.
What an incredible job you have undertaken and completed. Great soluitons to two very difficult problems. Thanks for taking the time to make the video's and share the knowledge
Thank you. Hopefully I’ll have time to put out more videos soon.
Wow, that was a scary thing to discover! Glad you fixed it so well!
Yeah, I knew it had some kind of issue when I brought it because the bathroom door would not shut. Just had no idea it was that bad.
You are really awesome and the bulkhead looks great. Keep the videos coming please.
Thank you very much sir!
Way to go solving those issues. Admire the outside the box thinking that led to the jackpost solution. What made you decide on 8 coats of paint for the bulkhead panel? I'm in the process of an Alexseal paint job as well, and not having much luck achieving a smooth finish. The primer dries so hard it's almost impossible to sand out the rolling stipple . Great video series, that's going to be a great boat!
Yeah well the best way to get a smooth finish with Alexseal is to mix it really thin, and use the roll additive if your rolling. With it so thin I had to put 8 coats to get good coverage over that brown fairing. The primer is just a pain. But any good paint job will require a bunch of sanding. With Alexseal you can always wet sand it smooth, I know it’s hard work but gives you a really nice finish.
Pretty cool
Nice job!! Will the jack ever rust out? I’ve seen that same repair done with custom jack made from stainless steel.
It probably will, but this guy flips boats so…
No encased the entire jack in Apoxsee concrete structural Apoxsee, no air or moisture anything you can ever get to the Jack and I don’t flip boats. Every boat I’ve worked on was my own boat for my own personal use.
Where did you get the jack?
Eillis Jack co. Check out “The Sailing Project Artemis” on UA-cam, he built a Jack for this purpose about a month ago
@@finditfixitsailit9322Thanks. I have seen that. Just debating which jack might be the best approach.
@@finditfixitsailit9322 I am a structural engineer. Your jack choice is a hundred percent better than Project Artemis.
Bathroom (Head) drains into this bilge area? that would lead to rot with the wood block ....
I’m not sure why Catalina builds their boats with a wood Suport however this boat no longer has a wood support.
@@finditfixitsailit9322 Do you think this is a common problem with Catalina 30s?
Yes.
great gob my man
Is that jack going to live in there permanently now? In my country there is a company that melts recycled plastic and turns it into "planks" that they make park benches with and I think those would work well to replace wood that could rot, cause the bench at the skate park where I grew up has been sitting out in the sun and rain for the past 30 years and has been abused by skaters and its still perfect and I think if you made the mast step with something like that it would be able to take the weight and stress and its never going to rot.
Yeah, I really wanted to use something like that instead but I had to have something that I could put in the hole and the jack up. I couldn’t get the right height block in there otherwise. This jack when sealed with last forever though.
Still going strong? I’m thinking about doing this since a stainless steel custom is 600$ plus
No issues. Sealed it up with a quality expansion foam.
How much did you pay for the boat?
I was able to get it a low price and competed many repairs on it. It’s a great boat
@@finditfixitsailit9322 Yes, I am looking for something similar in a 30-foot boat, mainly for the sugar scoop. I am trying to figure out what fair market value would be for a boat like that in that condition.
Yes, so I was able to buy this boat for $12,000 but it needed a lot of work as you may have saw. I’ve never Brought any of the boats that I’ve had with the purposed of selling. But I did sell this one after the repairs for $30,000.
@@finditfixitsailit9322 Thanks, that gives me a good point of reference.
..i thought for sure catalina would fix that all for free as extended varanty...1996 is not thaaat long ago...(joke)
Haha if they did it would be with another wood block that would rotten out in a few years