You're doing great Mads. Keep up the good work my friend. She's a fine vessel and I Love her look. I think I would do the same designs you are doing. Very clean, simple, and well thought out. I really enjoy your passion you have for her. She is as unique as you are. I hope to meet you both as well as Yokull one day.
KarbideMachinist Thank you so much! :) You are more than kind :) I do prefer the lighter look of her white bulkheads over the original dark mahogany. I'm interested to see what happens when I get my next boat. One of the boats on my list (that are available around here) is a Hallberg Rassy 382. That boat has a ton of dark wood down below. I'm sure if I start painting that some poor Hallberg Rassy fan will have a stroke ;) If you're ever en Denmark let me know! :) I'd love to meet you as well :)
I just might try to see you there. If you make it to Florida, we would love to have you visit. I don't recall seeing a Hallberg Rassy, but I will look into it. Dark wood can be depressing, and I'm not a huge fan of painting fine woods.... or sanding LOL. I'd have to hire someone. BTW I grew up on large cruisers with my family in the Great Lakes. We always sailed with our friends. Dads last Power boat was a 1940 37' Colonial. She was a true classic Power Boat, but had all of the issues of an old boat. My dream is to retire on a sailboat (in a few years) and live on her in the Michigan summers Give Yokull a Biscuit From me :)
Mads, don't worry about your English pronunciation, please! I reckon your English is likely far superior to the detractors Danish!! Being born an Englishman and having lived in many parts of the world your English is fantastic, far better than some who claim it's their native tongue! Glad your not using pine... Good for a wood burning stove though. Hope your feeling better and have stopped itching from that fibreglass dust...... Looking forward to the next vid...... Alfy seems to just be doing some sailing..... Don't feel too bad Ha! Ha! 😁👍🍻
***** Thank you so much :) I do enjoy being able to feel my English getting better, but I suspect I'll always have an accent. That's okay in my eyes :) As long as you guys are able to discern what I'm saying that's the main thing ;) I would have loved to be able to use pine (considering that I was planning on painting or varnishing it) due to how affordable it is. But, of course, I don't want to do that if it'll expand and contract as much as I've been told. The hunt for reasonably priced mahogany is on! ;) I'm still itching after the session I had yesterday (you'll see in a few days) - yikes! Haha, Alfy seems to be enjoying life! He's out sailing right now :) I'm not afraid to admit I'm a tiny bit jealous ;)
***** Yeah, allways find it funny when people comment on language. Especially with someone like Mads, who has a native language I'm sure not many speak.
I concur! Pronunciation is a fractional part of language! Mads, you have an excellent command of english, and the many, whacky idiosynracies of our strange and constantly evolving language. You have an astounding sense of the humor and use of cliche's that (at least, we American's) use every day. I say f*kt the detractors. Keep up your fabulous videos! I have watched your entire Athena refit, and I'm caught up, now, I'm going back to binge watch your entire collection.
Mads a simple and economical way to make backing strips that you can fasten your wooden slats over the insulation is to cut marine grade plywood into strips. If you need to you can laminate layers of thinner ply to make the contour of the hull. After you glue these to the hull sand them smooth and coat them with epoxy or even put a light layer of fiberglass.
IMAWALRUSMAN That is a good idea :) I don't have any plywood so I'll stick with the small oak sticks. That should yield some very strong "stringers" too :)
Daniel Berry Thanks :) Turned out to just be a quick 24-hour thing :) That laser is awesome! Such a useful tool and it never hurts to add a bit of laser to a project ;)
I love your vids, very informative! Keep up the very, very good work! My sailboat is still in Salem New Jersey. But! once I get it close to home I'm gonna start working on it. It's gonna take much work and your vids really help. The products are effective. I'll be looking to purchase the right products for my refit. I'll be putting vid on UA-cam soon. I checked out your blog and I love the before pictures of your sailboat, looks muck like the before pictures of my sailboat. Keep the vids comin!
Scotto Wd Thank you so much! :) I'm glad to hear you found the videos useful and thank you for taking the time to leave such an awesome comment :) Be sure to let me know as soon as you have some videos from your boat :) I'd love to see those!
FerrisMedia Thank you so much :) Certainly feels like I'm never going to be done ;) Once I'm done with this boat it'll properly be time to move on to my next boat ;)
David Cannamela Thanks, David :) On my way back home from the boat yesterday I was super hungry and couldn't help but fantasize about the amazing burgers we had :) Looking forward to visiting you and Josephine again! Hopefully abroad a boat ;)
Do I need to change out the pine celing on the sides and overhead on my Nor'Sea? It's only been there since 1978, in cold climate all the way through the tropics. Treat it well, and it will be just fine.
Greg Delezynski Very interesting! :) Just out of curiosity it is pine and not fir, right? :) From what I read online those two actually behave very differently. I had no idea! A part of the reason I took the advice about not using pine (at least for the stringers) is that I remember a pine table my parents got when I was a child. The table was made by a local carpenter - way back when that was how people got furniture ;) During the first couple of years one of the pieces of wood that supports the table top expanded about 1 cm and had to be cut down. I can't remember if all of them did that or just the one. I can easily imagine coming out in the v-berth and seeing my ceiling bulging out. Needless to say, that would be a bit annoying :) I would love to be able to get away with using pine as it's much more affordable (around here at least).
***** I am not at my boat just now, and am not sure what the up/down stringers are. I expect something harder than pine to hold the screws well. I am not a wood expert. BUT, I am 99% sure the fore & aft celing is pine. It was installed at the factory. On the sides it's 1.5 inch strips with rounded sides. On the overhead it's 2 inch tong & grove. Another detail I see, the screws holding the fore & aft are off set about .15 ~ .25 inch every board. That is, the top screw is forward the screw on the next board down is aft by about .15 ~ .25. Then the next board is back the same as the top. A detail that looks goo aboard our boat.
SANDING DOES SUCK!!!!! Refinishing my teak :o( And to make matters worse, somebody saw me doing it and offered to pay me to do theirs. Anything for money to finance the "DREAM", I guess. Hope your feeling better soon. Thanks for the great videos.
The ADVENTURES of the CAYMAN JEWEL Haha, so true! Anything to finance the dream! I feel like I die a little most morning when I drive to the office. Having said that I do think I would prefer the office over sanding ;) If anyone offered me money to do their brightwork I would very likely do it anyways. Every little bit helps when trying to save up for a bigger boat :)
Absolutely love your channel and are slowly binging our way through your videos. I do have a question regarding the glue and foam removal. A lot of our lining had crumbled off due to age and has basically left the foam/stickiness behind. I'm struggling to get this off and it cloggs our sander. Do you have any products you would recommend to allow it to break down for easier removal before the sand?
wilsnich02 Thank you so much :) Turned out to just be a quick 24-hour-thing - I'm back up running at full speed ;) Next weekend I'll see if I can demonstrate a really thick Danish accent. Sounds HORRIBLE but should be good for a laugh :)
You can extend the life of your sanding pads by saanding some rubber, like the sole of an old shoe, which will pull out the crud stuck to your sanding material.
Love your videos. Can't wait to see how you like living aboard. BTW Your english is excellent. Your second language is better than most of our first language. I am curious. What is your background? Education and profession. You seem to have excellent mechanical aptitude. Is your background in engineering?
Scott Clark Thank you so much! There will be a new video up tomorrow :) I'm glad you are enjoying the videos and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment :) I have a background as a software developer (programmer) but for the past three years I've been working as a project manager/team manager. When I go cruising full time I hope to earn money writing code again :) I've always enjoyed working with my hands but I have no formal training - except computer science ;)
J. Brian Bobiak Sure, his name is Jökull :) I realize the "ö" might be a little difficult. Some people in Denmark spell his name "Jøkull". That might be even more difficult ;) I guess the easiest way for anyone with an English keyboard would be "Jokull" :)
Right on man, I'm enjoying watching this project. I like the route you decided to go with your stringers. Oak should be a much better choice as well. What do you have for ventilation in the boat? (besides hatches of course) I know that Lolita is pretty well insulated and she drips with water when we run the heater in the winter unless we crack some hatches. (More future projects for me to fix that :)
Sailing Lolita Thanks :) In the winter my Refleks stove takes care of most of the ventilation. I have a few passive vents (two way aft, one in the main cabin and one in the head) During the summer, I usually leave the companionway open when I'm aboard the boat. I do have a solar powered fan (the vent in the main cabin) with decent airflow, but it only really works during the summer. I have no issues with condensation during the summer and only minor issues during the winter :) What kind of other projects are on your list? :)
***** I'm not sure you tube will let me leave a comment long enough to list them all haha! A couple major ones though are; scrubbing the diesel tank clean (which will require it to be removed,) rebedding the v berth hatch before winter, and I want to just kinda lube and make the steering on Lolita a bit more smooth (the rudder on her is giant,) and then also sail as much as possible while it hot outside ;).
Sailing Lolita Haha, I know that feeling ;) I cleaned my tank during the refit, but it's only a small 40L tank :) Rebedding the v-berth hatch should be well worth the effort ;)
Hi Mad's, always enjoin your vid's, I got a question for you, do you really but really want to put a holding tank under your V-berth? Honestly, I don't think is a good idea, I know in the future your going to have some problems with smell, have you consider a composting toilet? In my opinion it will be much better, consider it before you take all that space under your V-berth which you can use for other things that you may need on your boat. youst my 2cents.
Great Video. I am into my 3rd Sander. I had Ryobi and Stanley and burned through both of them. Ryobi is still alive. I actually love my Black and Decker Mouse sander, pick one of those up, I use it far more. Thanks for the Laser Ideas, I had never thought of that to line things up. Feel free to subscribe to my Channel. This next few months I will be doing my Diesel, my Mast, my Plumbing and Electrical. Thanks for Sharing ! Kelly
Kelly Williamson Thank you so much :) That laser is awesome! It makes lining anything up a lot easier :) I'm considering using it to paint a boot stripe too. Sounds like you've got some fun things lined up! I've subscribed and I'll check out your videos tonight :)
Brad Hubbard How much of a difference is there between someone from Sydney and someone from Queensland? :) The Aussie voice I'm the most familiar with is David from the eevblog here on UA-cam.
Seven years later! Ooooh glorious sanding 🤣👍🏼
You're doing great Mads. Keep up the good work my friend. She's a fine vessel and I Love her look. I think I would do the same designs you are doing. Very clean, simple, and well thought out. I really enjoy your passion you have for her. She is as unique as you are. I hope to meet you both as well as Yokull one day.
KarbideMachinist Thank you so much! :) You are more than kind :) I do prefer the lighter look of her white bulkheads over the original dark mahogany. I'm interested to see what happens when I get my next boat. One of the boats on my list (that are available around here) is a Hallberg Rassy 382. That boat has a ton of dark wood down below. I'm sure if I start painting that some poor Hallberg Rassy fan will have a stroke ;) If you're ever en Denmark let me know! :) I'd love to meet you as well :)
I just might try to see you there. If you make it to Florida, we would love to have you visit. I don't recall seeing a Hallberg Rassy, but I will look into it. Dark wood can be depressing, and I'm not a huge fan of painting fine woods.... or sanding LOL. I'd have to hire someone.
BTW I grew up on large cruisers with my family in the Great Lakes. We always sailed with our friends. Dads last Power boat was a 1940 37' Colonial. She was a true classic Power Boat, but had all of the issues of an old boat. My dream is to retire on a sailboat (in a few years) and live on her in the Michigan summers
Give Yokull a Biscuit From me :)
Mads, don't worry about your English pronunciation, please! I reckon your English is likely far superior to the detractors Danish!! Being born an Englishman and having lived in many parts of the world your English is fantastic, far better than some who claim it's their native tongue!
Glad your not using pine... Good for a wood burning stove though. Hope your feeling better and have stopped itching from that fibreglass dust...... Looking forward to the next vid...... Alfy seems to just be doing some sailing..... Don't feel too bad Ha! Ha! 😁👍🍻
***** Thank you so much :) I do enjoy being able to feel my English getting better, but I suspect I'll always have an accent. That's okay in my eyes :) As long as you guys are able to discern what I'm saying that's the main thing ;)
I would have loved to be able to use pine (considering that I was planning on painting or varnishing it) due to how affordable it is. But, of course, I don't want to do that if it'll expand and contract as much as I've been told. The hunt for reasonably priced mahogany is on! ;)
I'm still itching after the session I had yesterday (you'll see in a few days) - yikes! Haha, Alfy seems to be enjoying life! He's out sailing right now :) I'm not afraid to admit I'm a tiny bit jealous ;)
***** Yeah, allways find it funny when people comment on language.
Especially with someone like Mads, who has a native language I'm sure not many speak.
I concur! Pronunciation is a fractional part of language! Mads, you have an excellent command of english, and the many, whacky idiosynracies of our strange and constantly evolving language. You have an astounding sense of the humor and use of cliche's that (at least, we American's) use every day. I say f*kt the detractors. Keep up your fabulous videos! I have watched your entire Athena refit, and I'm caught up, now, I'm going back to binge watch your entire collection.
I LOVE the way you say Insulation! it's neat.
Mac Silvey Haha :) Thank you so much :)
Mads a simple and economical way to make backing strips that you can fasten your wooden slats over the insulation is to cut marine grade plywood into strips. If you need to you can laminate layers of thinner ply to make the contour of the hull. After you glue these to the hull sand them smooth and coat them with epoxy or even put a light layer of fiberglass.
IMAWALRUSMAN That is a good idea :) I don't have any plywood so I'll stick with the small oak sticks. That should yield some very strong "stringers" too :)
Really like that laser device, and hope that you feel better soon.
Daniel Berry Thanks :) Turned out to just be a quick 24-hour thing :) That laser is awesome! Such a useful tool and it never hurts to add a bit of laser to a project ;)
I love your vids, very informative! Keep up the very, very good work! My sailboat is still in Salem New Jersey. But! once I get it close to home I'm gonna start working on it. It's gonna take much work and your vids really help. The products are effective. I'll be looking to purchase the right products for my refit. I'll be putting vid on UA-cam soon. I checked out your blog and I love the before pictures of your sailboat, looks muck like the before pictures of my sailboat. Keep the vids comin!
Scotto Wd Thank you so much! :) I'm glad to hear you found the videos useful and thank you for taking the time to leave such an awesome comment :) Be sure to let me know as soon as you have some videos from your boat :) I'd love to see those!
Nice effort for not feeling well. Hope you're doing better soon!
J. Brian Bobiak Thank you so much :) Luckily it turned out just to be a quick 24-hour thing.
Another great project series. Are we ever done working on our boats??!!?? ☺
FerrisMedia Thank you so much :) Certainly feels like I'm never going to be done ;) Once I'm done with this boat it'll properly be time to move on to my next boat ;)
Dude your command of the english language is better then most of my friends in NY
David Cannamela Thanks, David :) On my way back home from the boat yesterday I was super hungry and couldn't help but fantasize about the amazing burgers we had :) Looking forward to visiting you and Josephine again! Hopefully abroad a boat ;)
I think going with the oak will be better! :) Nice you had some laying around! :)
Do I need to change out the pine celing on the sides and overhead on my Nor'Sea? It's only been there since 1978, in cold climate all the way through the tropics.
Treat it well, and it will be just fine.
Greg Delezynski Very interesting! :) Just out of curiosity it is pine and not fir, right? :) From what I read online those two actually behave very differently. I had no idea! A part of the reason I took the advice about not using pine (at least for the stringers) is that I remember a pine table my parents got when I was a child. The table was made by a local carpenter - way back when that was how people got furniture ;) During the first couple of years one of the pieces of wood that supports the table top expanded about 1 cm and had to be cut down. I can't remember if all of them did that or just the one. I can easily imagine coming out in the v-berth and seeing my ceiling bulging out. Needless to say, that would be a bit annoying :) I would love to be able to get away with using pine as it's much more affordable (around here at least).
***** I am not at my boat just now, and am not sure what the up/down stringers are. I expect something harder than pine to hold the screws well. I am not a wood expert. BUT, I am 99% sure the fore & aft celing is pine. It was installed at the factory. On the sides it's 1.5 inch strips with rounded sides. On the overhead it's 2 inch tong & grove. Another detail I see, the screws holding the fore & aft are off set about .15 ~ .25 inch every board. That is, the top screw is forward the screw on the next board down is aft by about .15 ~ .25. Then the next board is back the same as the top. A detail that looks goo aboard our boat.
SANDING DOES SUCK!!!!! Refinishing my teak :o( And to make matters worse, somebody saw me doing it and offered to pay me to do theirs. Anything for money to finance the "DREAM", I guess. Hope your feeling better soon. Thanks for the great videos.
The ADVENTURES of the CAYMAN JEWEL Haha, so true! Anything to finance the dream! I feel like I die a little most morning when I drive to the office. Having said that I do think I would prefer the office over sanding ;) If anyone offered me money to do their brightwork I would very likely do it anyways. Every little bit helps when trying to save up for a bigger boat :)
***** AMEN!!!!!
Absolutely love your channel and are slowly binging our way through your videos. I do have a question regarding the glue and foam removal. A lot of our lining had crumbled off due to age and has basically left the foam/stickiness behind. I'm struggling to get this off and it cloggs our sander. Do you have any products you would recommend to allow it to break down for easier removal before the sand?
As always I enjoyed your upload, hope you feel better soon..... P.S. Your English is excellent... keep the quirks !!
wilsnich02 Thank you so much :) Turned out to just be a quick 24-hour-thing - I'm back up running at full speed ;) Next weekend I'll see if I can demonstrate a really thick Danish accent. Sounds HORRIBLE but should be good for a laugh :)
You can extend the life of your sanding pads by saanding some rubber, like the sole of an old shoe, which will pull out the crud stuck to your sanding material.
Love your videos. Can't wait to see how you like living aboard. BTW Your english is excellent. Your second language is better than most of our first language.
I am curious. What is your background? Education and profession. You seem to have excellent mechanical aptitude. Is your background in engineering?
Scott Clark Thank you so much! There will be a new video up tomorrow :) I'm glad you are enjoying the videos and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment :) I have a background as a software developer (programmer) but for the past three years I've been working as a project manager/team manager. When I go cruising full time I hope to earn money writing code again :) I've always enjoyed working with my hands but I have no formal training - except computer science ;)
Get well soon
BodyGuardOfLies1 Thanks :) I'm feeling much better now :)
Hi there enjoying your vids very much. What breed is your dog?
***** Mads...can you spell Eukel's (sp?) name for us??
J. Brian Bobiak Sure, his name is Jökull :) I realize the "ö" might be a little difficult. Some people in Denmark spell his name "Jøkull". That might be even more difficult ;) I guess the easiest way for anyone with an English keyboard would be "Jokull" :)
***** Thank you so much! :) He's an Icelandic sheepdog (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Sheepdog). Awesome breed :)
***** I just put the name"Jökull" into the Google translator and oddly enough the English equivalent is "Jökull"...go figure! :-)
Right on man, I'm enjoying watching this project. I like the route you decided to go with your stringers. Oak should be a much better choice as well. What do you have for ventilation in the boat? (besides hatches of course) I know that Lolita is pretty well insulated and she drips with water when we run the heater in the winter unless we crack some hatches. (More future projects for me to fix that :)
Sailing Lolita Thanks :) In the winter my Refleks stove takes care of most of the ventilation. I have a few passive vents (two way aft, one in the main cabin and one in the head) During the summer, I usually leave the companionway open when I'm aboard the boat. I do have a solar powered fan (the vent in the main cabin) with decent airflow, but it only really works during the summer. I have no issues with condensation during the summer and only minor issues during the winter :) What kind of other projects are on your list? :)
***** I'm not sure you tube will let me leave a comment long enough to list them all haha! A couple major ones though are; scrubbing the diesel tank clean (which will require it to be removed,) rebedding the v berth hatch before winter, and I want to just kinda lube and make the steering on Lolita a bit more smooth (the rudder on her is giant,) and then also sail as much as possible while it hot outside ;).
Sailing Lolita Haha, I know that feeling ;) I cleaned my tank during the refit, but it's only a small 40L tank :) Rebedding the v-berth hatch should be well worth the effort ;)
Hi Mad's, always enjoin your vid's, I got a question for you, do you really but really want to put a holding tank under your V-berth? Honestly, I don't think is a good idea, I know in the future your going to have some problems with smell, have you consider a composting toilet? In my opinion it will be much better, consider it before you take all that space under your V-berth which you can use for other things that you may need on your boat. youst my 2cents.
Ins-you-lay-shun.
Does that help?
Bravo !!!!
Great Video. I am into my 3rd Sander. I had Ryobi and Stanley and burned through both of them. Ryobi is still alive. I actually love my Black and Decker Mouse sander, pick one of those up, I use it far more. Thanks for the Laser Ideas, I had never thought of that to line things up.
Feel free to subscribe to my Channel. This next few months I will be doing my Diesel, my Mast, my Plumbing and Electrical.
Thanks for Sharing !
Kelly
Kelly Williamson Thank you so much :) That laser is awesome! It makes lining anything up a lot easier :) I'm considering using it to paint a boot stripe too. Sounds like you've got some fun things lined up! I've subscribed and I'll check out your videos tonight :)
I understand all of your English, though there are some of my fellow North Americans', who's accent I do not understand lol.
PVC?
blugrasssful For the slats in the ceiling or the stringers?
It's good to see the woodprix has new instructions to save my money and energy to build it.
I'd say in-shoe-lation but you do not want to take pronunciation tips from an Aussie (especially a Queenslander).
Brad Hubbard How much of a difference is there between someone from Sydney and someone from Queensland? :) The Aussie voice I'm the most familiar with is David from the eevblog here on UA-cam.
*****
It's a bit like the difference between Northern US and Canada. We say "hey" a lot as well lol
Brad Hubbard I look forward to hearing that in person some day :)
***** Come cruise the Sandy Strait and you should find me out there somewhere :)