It's quite simple really, 2 layers of red oxide as primer and 2 layers of topcoat after that. Single component paints only. Only addition for aluminium is a waterbased washprimer on the bare alu :)
Whats Tijgerhaii worth?? Here in America she's a Vessel that a person would have to be wealthy in order to own and operate. Seems there's alot of great family owned Vessels like her around there
To be totally honest, we don't have a clue. Grandpa paid for most of the materials for the conversion from tug to sailboat with his lifesavings, so that dad could work on it without worrying about money. After that dad did some jobs on the side to be able to finish the ship. That's what both of us are doing right now.
Good question! Firstly because it happens a lot that we think of modifications after we've painted already, and red oxide is a lot easier and less harmfull for man and nature to grind off again than epoxy primer. And secondly because, as you may have noticed, we dont like metal to stay untpainted after we've done some work, so even if we did a very small modification, we want to primer it straight away. A one component primer like red oxide is more userfriendly than having to mix small amounts of 2 component paint everytime :)
I’m late to the party (binge watching to catch up) is the superstructure (wheelhouse) aluminum or steel as you welded it to the deck? Great videos by the way your dad is an old school metal worker good to see … what do ye do for work?
The wheelhouse is aluminium, but with a strip of triclad (explosion welded alu/steel) on the bottom, so we could weld the steel part to the ship. I'm working as engineer/officer on sailing ships :)
Ah thats nice! I've been able to find panels of this size, but we're planning to install around 2500Wp, so I was looking for flexible panels of around 300Wp, but they are hard to find in Holland.
Thanks for producing your videos. Of all the boat overhauls videos I watch, yours are some of the best. I’ll be tuned in for your upcoming work and adventures. Cheers!
Your Organizational Skills are impressive and surely in the long run they Always pay dividends! Enjoy each video you produce and how you make sure to be informative of your thoughts and progress along the way. With regard to auxiliary power away from generators There are many systems that can accommodate your needs! A Re-Gen system to your prop shaft would be fairly good if it can be regulated to shaft and prop needs, Solar Panels and A Lithium Battery Band would be ideal for your vessel as you have the ability to utilize part of your pilot house roof, dinghy davits if you are considering them. And with all the railings you have you can accommodate several panels that are attached and also swing up to be adjustable for maximum sun efficiency. And as well Solar generators could also be adapted in a few areas if they won't get in the way of sails! Panels on the roof would be one of those areas to be careful of the sail and sail boom management. There are Many boat builders using Flexible Panels on the roof of their new boats maybe with some research they will provide you an opportunity to have several on your coach roof providing they are designed for foot traffic. Once Again! Thank for Sharing! Regards
@@tigersharkboatworks Thank you again! Have you also been able to check and see if 24 bolt LED lighting can be used on your existing receptacles? They are very Efficient! If not, when you go to solar panels you can wire additional lighting with the LED very little power draw compared to the regular type. Do you have a Watermaker? Also essential and most important for Off Grid access, Yet, you can utilize your roof and deck areas for drains into your fresh water tankage as well! Lots of ways to use less fuel available these days
We are able to replace all our 24v lights with LED. As a matter of fact, we started already, all our spare "bulbs" are LED. That way we're slowly replacing everything. We might do all the remaining ones in one go at some point. We don't have a water maker (yet), but we can store 7 tonnes of water in the bunker tanks, which means we dont have to use energy at all for that. Ofcourse we might change our mind in the future :)
@@tigersharkboatworks Awesome!! They are very long life and use minimal power compared to conventional bulbs for sure! That is a lot of water tankage. Yet what if........long and remote area? Rain catchers work very well also in certain regions and seasons as well. Regards
The main engine is a DAF 1160, naturally aspirated, with 215 horsepower, manufactured in 1976. You'll have to enlighten me on what you mean by a continuous or semi continuous engine, because even though I am a marine engineer, those terms don't really ring a bell :)
@@tigersharkboatworks M1 or M2 or M3...just like john deere marine diesel...M1 means no hours limit per year Continuos...than M2 limit of 3000 to 5000 hours work a year Semi continuos Medium duty M1 is Heavy duty.Thanks for the answer!
Ah, thank you! I don't think they used these hour limits already in 1976, at least I can't find it in any of the documentation, but it is an old truck engine and since we use it for recreation, we never run it on full load :)
Yes I would be interested in a slightly more detailed video re the electrics, the diesel engine, and the sails. Are you not installing a hydraulic system?
I guess will make a more detailed video in the future. We might install a hydraulic system, just for the furling jibs, which we might install, because we have 2 spare to replace the manual furling ones :)
@Tigershark Boatworks Thanks for the reply. I am interested in your family's connection with ships. If you have hydraulic furling winches, you might decide to go for a hydraulic anchor winch too. I'm fascinated to see your power generation plans both solar and by prop turn. I really enjoy your videos...thanks 👍🏻
We're quite happy with our Electric anchor winch, and if we use hydraulics only for the furling jibs, we only need a small powerpack in the forecastle. For the anchor winch it would need to be substantially bigger and the forecastle is not that big :)
Solar panels without a gap for cooling airflow on the underside reduces their efficiency significantly, most boats use flat panels. Thought of building a cover for part of the deck if your mast/ sail/ rig set up allows and mounting on these?
I've used flexible panels for yrs . The issue they have is if there fitted on a flexible surface , if you fix them down on a roof there fine ,last well ,just keep them clean
I can see what you say about solar and walking on top of the wheel house, I can see you have amazing guard rail around the boat , option 2 mount them here so they can move on a frame , this is done on many boats , how much power do you require to run incl cooking , nav , how about a couple of wind vanes great at anchor , ?
I'll look into the guardrail system, that might work good for us. We dont require that much power for cooking and navigation, maybe 2 or 3 kWh per day. The batteries store about 15kWh (650Ah at 24v) so we have enough storage to bridge a few days without supply, but solar panels and regeneration from the shaft should be plenty for that. Haven't looked into windvanes yet, so I'm not sure if they deliver enough energy to consider putting them on deck :)
I haven't ivestegated windturbines yet, because I think they don't look very nice on deck and I always assumed they don't deliver so much energy, but to be honest I haven't done any research into them yet. We have space for extra batteries, so that is a good option. Our current capacity is 650Ah at 24v, so that equals about 15kWh, which is plenty for our galley and navigational equipment.
Uses cheaper flexible panels and they all failed. Wound up using cheapee hard panels which are still good after 9 years. Top end flexible panels are much better of course.
Your drawings are brillinat and a very good way to illustrate your topics for the audience. I think this helps a lot. Regarding your solar issue. How about contacting some of the other sailing channels? I think Huub (Huub Vlogs) has felxible panels as well. Expedition Evans does too. It also helps you to get into the network of all the sailing channels and hopefully pushes your chanel even more.
SV Delos have had flexible solar panels on their soft top dodger for over 5 years, might be worth talking to Brian on Delos. Love following the restoration all the way from New Zealand.
Painting!
Hard working 💪 👷♀️ 👌
Please do a video on the painting systems you use to coat, steel and aluminum
It's quite simple really, 2 layers of red oxide as primer and 2 layers of topcoat after that. Single component paints only. Only addition for aluminium is a waterbased washprimer on the bare alu :)
Muchas gracias por tus videos ,, soys muy profesionales ,, que maravilla de velero ,,, Malaga-Spain
Gracias a ti! We hope to sail to Malaga some day :)
Your paint job looks great the ship is becoming shipshape again !
Whats Tijgerhaii worth?? Here in America she's a Vessel that a person would have to be wealthy in order to own and operate. Seems there's alot of great family owned Vessels like her around there
To be totally honest, we don't have a clue. Grandpa paid for most of the materials for the conversion from tug to sailboat with his lifesavings, so that dad could work on it without worrying about money. After that dad did some jobs on the side to be able to finish the ship. That's what both of us are doing right now.
@@tigersharkboatworks I appreciate your response..
Why are you using red oxide rather than a more modern epoxy primer?
Good question!
Firstly because it happens a lot that we think of modifications after we've painted already, and red oxide is a lot easier and less harmfull for man and nature to grind off again than epoxy primer.
And secondly because, as you may have noticed, we dont like metal to stay untpainted after we've done some work, so even if we did a very small modification, we want to primer it straight away. A one component primer like red oxide is more userfriendly than having to mix small amounts of 2 component paint everytime :)
I’m late to the party (binge watching to catch up) is the superstructure (wheelhouse) aluminum or steel as you welded it to the deck?
Great videos by the way your dad is an old school metal worker good to see … what do ye do for work?
The wheelhouse is aluminium, but with a strip of triclad (explosion welded alu/steel) on the bottom, so we could weld the steel part to the ship. I'm working as engineer/officer on sailing ships :)
I fitted an 80W flexible PV panel directly on a curved surface saloon top on my yacht three years ago. It is fine to stand on.
Ah thats nice! I've been able to find panels of this size, but we're planning to install around 2500Wp, so I was looking for flexible panels of around 300Wp, but they are hard to find in Holland.
Stating to look nice with the wheelhouse ad the other areas painted the same colour. great update 2x👍
Thanks for producing your videos. Of all the boat overhauls videos I watch, yours are some of the best. I’ll be tuned in for your upcoming work and adventures. Cheers!
Thank you!
Your Organizational Skills are impressive and surely in the long run they Always pay dividends! Enjoy each video you produce and how you make sure to be informative of your thoughts and progress along the way. With regard to auxiliary power away from generators There are many systems that can accommodate your needs! A Re-Gen system to your prop shaft would be fairly good if it can be regulated to shaft and prop needs, Solar Panels and A Lithium Battery Band would be ideal for your vessel as you have the ability to utilize part of your pilot house roof, dinghy davits if you are considering them. And with all the railings you have you can accommodate several panels that are attached and also swing up to be adjustable for maximum sun efficiency. And as well Solar generators could also be adapted in a few areas if they won't get in the way of sails! Panels on the roof would be one of those areas to be careful of the sail and sail boom management. There are Many boat builders using Flexible Panels on the roof of their new boats maybe with some research they will provide you an opportunity to have several on your coach roof providing they are designed for foot traffic. Once Again! Thank for Sharing! Regards
Thanks for all the tips, I'm going to look into all of them!
@@tigersharkboatworks Thank you again! Have you also been able to check and see if 24 bolt LED lighting can be used on your existing receptacles? They are very Efficient! If not, when you go to solar panels you can wire additional lighting with the LED very little power draw compared to the regular type. Do you have a Watermaker? Also essential and most important for Off Grid access, Yet, you can utilize your roof and deck areas for drains into your fresh water tankage as well! Lots of ways to use less fuel available these days
We are able to replace all our 24v lights with LED. As a matter of fact, we started already, all our spare "bulbs" are LED. That way we're slowly replacing everything. We might do all the remaining ones in one go at some point. We don't have a water maker (yet), but we can store 7 tonnes of water in the bunker tanks, which means we dont have to use energy at all for that. Ofcourse we might change our mind in the future :)
@@tigersharkboatworks Awesome!! They are very long life and use minimal power compared to conventional bulbs for sure! That is a lot of water tankage. Yet what if........long and remote area? Rain catchers work very well also in certain regions and seasons as well. Regards
Raincatchers are indeed very useful, and don't require much work to use. We'll keep the watermaker in mind. Can always install it at a later point :)
I am curious about the engine is it continuous semi continuous like a trawler and how many horsepower....
The main engine is a DAF 1160, naturally aspirated, with 215 horsepower, manufactured in 1976. You'll have to enlighten me on what you mean by a continuous or semi continuous engine, because even though I am a marine engineer, those terms don't really ring a bell :)
@@tigersharkboatworks M1 or M2 or M3...just like john deere marine diesel...M1 means no hours limit per year Continuos...than M2 limit of 3000 to 5000 hours work a year Semi continuos Medium duty M1 is Heavy duty.Thanks for the answer!
Ah, thank you! I don't think they used these hour limits already in 1976, at least I can't find it in any of the documentation, but it is an old truck engine and since we use it for recreation, we never run it on full load :)
Check out the BougeRV solar panels. Project Brupeg was just given a bunch of panels, flexible too! Good luck.
Thanks, I will!
Yes I would be interested in a slightly more detailed video re the electrics, the diesel engine, and the sails. Are you not installing a hydraulic system?
I guess will make a more detailed video in the future. We might install a hydraulic system, just for the furling jibs, which we might install, because we have 2 spare to replace the manual furling ones :)
@Tigershark Boatworks Thanks for the reply. I am interested in your family's connection with ships. If you have hydraulic furling winches, you might decide to go for a hydraulic anchor winch too. I'm fascinated to see your power generation plans both solar and by prop turn. I really enjoy your videos...thanks 👍🏻
We're quite happy with our Electric anchor winch, and if we use hydraulics only for the furling jibs, we only need a small powerpack in the forecastle. For the anchor winch it would need to be substantially bigger and the forecastle is not that big :)
Solar panels without a gap for cooling airflow on the underside reduces their efficiency significantly, most boats use flat panels. Thought of building a cover for part of the deck if your mast/ sail/ rig set up allows and mounting on these?
That's a smart suggestion, we'll look into that!
Well done Gijs and pops. If you ever need crew on board, I live close by... ;-)
We'll keep that in mind!
👍!!!
I've used flexible panels for yrs . The issue they have is if there fitted on a flexible surface , if you fix them down on a roof there fine ,last well ,just keep them clean
Thank you! We'll install them on a fixed surface, so that shouldn't be a problem.
I can see what you say about solar and walking on top of the wheel house, I can see you have amazing guard rail around the boat , option 2 mount them here so they can move on a frame , this is done on many boats , how much power do you require to run incl cooking , nav , how about a couple of wind vanes great at anchor , ?
I'll look into the guardrail system, that might work good for us. We dont require that much power for cooking and navigation, maybe 2 or 3 kWh per day. The batteries store about 15kWh (650Ah at 24v) so we have enough storage to bridge a few days without supply, but solar panels and regeneration from the shaft should be plenty for that. Haven't looked into windvanes yet, so I'm not sure if they deliver enough energy to consider putting them on deck :)
@@tigersharkboatworks yes with the solar on the rails , you having the solid top rail gives you the natural pivot point ,
How about wind turbines and extra batteries since you have so much space?
I haven't ivestegated windturbines yet, because I think they don't look very nice on deck and I always assumed they don't deliver so much energy, but to be honest I haven't done any research into them yet. We have space for extra batteries, so that is a good option. Our current capacity is 650Ah at 24v, so that equals about 15kWh, which is plenty for our galley and navigational equipment.
Uses cheaper flexible panels and they all failed. Wound up using cheapee hard panels which are still good after 9 years. Top end flexible panels are much better of course.
Thanks! Thats helpfull information :)
Your drawings are brillinat and a very good way to illustrate your topics for the audience. I think this helps a lot. Regarding your solar issue. How about contacting some of the other sailing channels? I think Huub (Huub Vlogs) has felxible panels as well. Expedition Evans does too. It also helps you to get into the network of all the sailing channels and hopefully pushes your chanel even more.
Thank you, hat's so helpfull! I'll see if I can get in touch with them :)
SV Delos have had flexible solar panels on their soft top dodger for over 5 years, might be worth talking to Brian on Delos. Love following the restoration all the way from New Zealand.
@@rcaddict69 thanks! I'll try to get in touch with them as well!
Contact. Project brewpig they hooked up with brouge rv flexible and tough walkable panels