Trying My Hand at Cotton Caulking- Wooden Tahiti Gaff Cutter -Episode 045-Slowly Sailing

In this episode, I do some more painting and begin re-caulking the bad seams on Nina's starboard side.
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[@RPMcMurphy-k9l]

Excellent loved the sound track looking good

[@SavingMaverick55]

She's coming along nicely. Seems to be a satisfactory caulking job. I'm really looking forward to getting to the point where I can start caulking seams instead of constantly reefing them.

[@SlowlySailing-lc1cs]

For what my advice is worth to you: After caulking the starboard side, I was able to pull long, intact sections of the old cotton from the port side, and I saw it was driven in smaller loops... when I get to that side, I will be twisting it a bit more and driving a larger number of smaller loops.
I guess it depends on the seam, but in general, it's probably best to be as uniform as possible and avoid mashing "extra" cotton in there.