SAILBOAT REBUILD - Keel re-mounting and Finishing touches - Plastskador repair week 8
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- This week, the keel is now finally on and remounted, there are a lot of finishing touches this week and I do some work on the bilge pump also.
Thanks for following, Cheers, Chris and Tanja
great blog, the yard is doing a fab job
You have been blessed to find a man like Patrick. He is a wonderful craftsman and deserves to be rewarded by you and our Lord. I just can't imagine taking on a project so complicated. Thank him for me. I'm 82 years old and love working on boats, but this project is for a young and skilled man like Patrick.
Yup, he is the man. Glad he was working on our boat :)
Seeing it all come together so quickly and professionally is a real treat in the era of youtube. Thanks for sharing.
I'm gonna take a wild guess that Patrick didn't spend his youth planted on a couch watching Beavis and Butthead reruns stoned.
Please tell Patrick to start a Plastskador UA-cam channel right away!! It will be like the Scandinavian Boatworks Today!
Love to see that Aurora ended up beautifully and way stronger!
Now that is an awesome idea!!!
He has started a Instagram called pprofessional_boat_repairs
@@SailingAurora Their advice was amazing!
This brings back memories of my days in The Sea Scouts. Our spring and summer of repairs paid off when we launched.
New boat, old boat, doesn't matter, it keeps you fit and bendy :-) Excellent video.
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Thanks very much, we love ti
Thanks Chris
You are doing a great job. Boat work always takes longer than you anticipate.
Hi Peter. Sorry for the late reply! Thank you, and yes the hours that just goes by, even doing the simplest of jobs LOL. Cheers, Chris & Tanja
once the keel bolts are set, you could mark those keel bolts with acrylic paint, like the truckers do, easy to spot if they loosen off
Hi Tim, that's actually a good plan, I will do that next time I am down there. Might just use some lock tight at the top of the thread just to mark it.
Chris. Wow she is looking great again! You know how to keep busy!! Just check with the Antifouling you are using as most need to be relaunched within a few months or need another coat if out the water for an extended time. Good luck for remaining jobs!
Thanks for the tip Jon, The antifouling is still strong at the moment, even tempted to have it on for another year. The fouling up here is no where near as bad as the south coast of England. Hope you are well
Keep that wonderful motivational image always close at hand.....of sailing adventures experienced and those yet to be shared. It’s amazing the ordeals both good and bad we will get through to get to those dreams that come after all the realities we have no choice but to deal with😉
Very neet job on the keel stikaflex. That stuff is so messy.
Yup it can get everywhere :)
Chris mate, I bet you are really buzzing. The work that the team has put into your boat is amazing and solid. Counting the days alongside you when the hull gets wet again...
Hi Andy, sorry late to reply, for some reason UA-cam didn't show this one. The summer was great, I have a lot to share soon, just need to find the time to edit. Cheers, Chris
what wonderful work they do there. glad to hear that you might move aboard, its a great way to live!
Hi Steven. Yes, they are really amazing. It's always been our long term plan to eventually move on to the boat and cruise. Now we need to move on board as we have sold our apartment and haven't bought a new place. It will be fine during summer, but not really an option for us in the winter here. But we look forward to the summer now. Cheers, Chris & Tanja
You could add a backup battery above the water line for bilge pump.
Could be a good idea
Patrick is not only a great boat repairman he’s pretty good with a camera too. Aurora is starting to look very impressive again.
Yea he is awesome. Thanks
All in all a damn fine job! Only a few areas I would have done differently 1) used layered glass over all grid boxes 2) used layered glass to tie the keel plate, grid and hull together. 3) I would have used 3M 5200 in attaching the keel to the hull vs. the Sikaflex. Final mark on: A very proper job done by an artist. I need to make a retraction on a much earlier comment I made regarding the BUFA bonding paste. I thought Patrick was going to use the BUFA to attach the keel. He used the BUFA to fill in any unevenness between the hull and keel a very proper thing to do. The BUFA in this application was spot on. Final mark: A very proper job done by an artist.
As far as your work Chris, you get a passing grade. Not bad for a novice. I know your skills will grow. You own a boat, you have a project to do. That is just a fact of boat life. Don't fight it, embrace it. After this summer of boat living, I can see in your future a project involving solar panels. A glorious project involving Lithium-Ion batteries. A wonderful project involving a world wide sail. You wife has a few project items on her list. She does not know she has a list at this time, but soon she will.
Please remember when sailing there is only one thing you can control: "The time you leave the dock".
Think of that sweet moment when you leave the dock, point to the wind, get the sails up, and here it comes that "moment when you turn off the engine and give your boat to the wind".
Be happy, be safe.
Hi Larry, thanks very much for the comment. For sure there are so many different techniques while building/repairing a boat and I have learnt a lot during this whole process. Some good points you have there with what you would have done.
I think I will always see myself as a novice too as there is so much to take in and I think I will be learning with sailing until the day I can't do it anymore but it's very full-filling.
Some solar panels have already been installed but it nowhere near enough to sustain for cruising, we would need to build an arch, along with that would come davits. I am already eying up some lithium batteries also but we will wait until we have killed off the AGM's a little more first.
We are definitely looking forward to that moment when we leave the dock. At the moment it's looking a little far away but we will get there. Once again thanks for writing to us. Cheers, Chris and Tanja
Satisfying to watch a job well done...
Watching the video and then realising your boat is literally 800 meters from our house. We can see Svinninge marina across Runö. Very nice job by the way.
Hi Jonas, thanks very much. We just bought a house on Täljöviken, should move in late next year :)
So, one day in the far flung future when you go to sell this boat, these video's will assure any buyer/surveyor that a proper job has been done. As a real DIY person on account of most UK boatyards charge £30+ per hour for 16 year old dogsbodies to scrap paint and hose boats down there is no way I could tackle a job like this, nice to see professional work done. Hope you get to sail this year, meantime I have to find a new (old) boat.
Hi Stephan. Never thought about that the videos could be used for a selling purpose, but you are absolutely right. We are really looking forward to the new season. Good luck on your boat hunt, hope you will be sailing this summer as well. Cheers, Chris & Tanja
Awesome work and well put together video. Cheers.
Patrick is fantastic👍🏻🙏🏼
You can secure your keel bolts with an extra set of bolts.
Happy sailing!
Good tip actually :) Thanks
Looks like Patrik is a keeper, you should move his phone number to favorites 😁!
Yea he is a really good guy!
Amazing transformation!
Yes, the result is amazing! Cheers, Chris & Tanja
Super job
Happy days... and... soon it is summer and we all get water underneith our keels.. :-)
Keep it up...
Living on the boat?
Well... if, mmm no, WHEN you need a break from Sthlm, come up here. HighCoast has always something to offer, mostly for "free"...
Can not wait for next episode...
Cheers
Hi Roger, sorry late to reply, UA-cam filter went to shit. Thanks very much, I have some new content coming out soon, looking forward to sharing it. Cheers, Chris
Can I suggest for consideration: put a 360 camera on top of the mask and have that feed by the chart poorer inside the boat. That way you can see for miles and spot any pirates....lol... But the chart poorer might see those pirates before....lol. Sailing with an eye on top of the mask is so much better.
Sure could be.a plan, I have looked into this before
the grid turned out great
Yes, it looks awesome, right?! Cheers, Chris & Tanja
It seems to me that your grounded days are getting behind you. Keep the videos coming... looking forward for the first sail.
Thank you so much. We can't wait for the first sail:-) Cheers, Chris & Tanja
Beautiful work all round. If intending to be doing more bows on moorings it might be worth investing in a shaped stainless fashion plate (if you know what I mean) for the vulnerable area of the bow while you have access to good workshop facilities.😀👍⛵️
It's a good idea, but to be honest there is so much glass there, I'm not too worried. I'll just patch it up if I knock a rock
So happy to see her getting the proper attention she so deserved. It must have been absolutely gutting to see your brand new boat so severely damaged before you really got to enjoy her as a family. Hope you can find an alternative way to paying the bills without having to "share" her ever again! You can really see why a 10 year old boat with this kind of damage can be written off by an insurance company, labour costs must be staggering.
Hi there, thanks very much. This summer has been much better without the chartering and have enjoyed Aurora very much. True about the insurance, the labour costs are staggering
Put a few more solar panels, and a Lithium battery pack. Lots of room to do it.
It's in the plan :)
60 to 80kg is a few crates of bears. So I would not worry about that extra load.
Very true
Duckbill, I think they're called , non return valves a foot of so away from your bilge pump is a good idea , not only is it a safeguard against the obvious it also stops a discharge pipe length worth of water running back into the bilge when the pump shuts off . They're also cheap .
I did look into it but I put a U bend on the pipe and will probably install a anti syphon valve also. This way I can keep the flow rate up
My experience with sika is that you should only use it if butyl is not an option. For example for the keel sika is what you need, but for the cockpit table you should use butyl tape. It will not clue the table in and you can get it out - if something happens..... Check out Saillife - Mads is a big fan of butyl tape. Great stuff on the repair - it looks really nice.
Chris - will you have a non-return valve in the bilge pump? When the hose is long it can start to take water in without a non-return valve. The drain is not under water normally, but when you heal over it is. Thanks again for the videos.
Hi Topi, true that with the buyl tape, I love Mad's channel also. I was tempted but at the same time the sika is not going to be that hard to cut away, it will also give the table a little extra support as a lot of weight can be on it from people while on a tack.
There was an option for a non return valvee but it limits the flow, I still can fit it but will leave it off for now. You are welcome, glad you are enjoying the videos, more to come soon. Thanks for the comment
"It's week 8 and we are back to snow again" is rather surprising. I have had sunny weather most of the week here on the south side of Stockholm. I guess it is a bit colder up there.
Though, smart move on choosing the display, going with one with an external plug pack and just using a DC-DC converter is going to save in a fair bit on overall efficiency.
I would personally not worry too much about the display hogging up tons of power. Most screens aren't drawing more than 20 watts when active, and usually less than 1 watt in standby. (most of the standby power comes from the plug pack itself. Converting 230 to 19 volts is fairly "inefficient" when dealing with small loads.)
Though, been a bit curious to the 5 volt USB outlet up in the cockpit, seeing as you have just used a pair of wires going straight to it, I would recommend using a small buck converter module so you can run 12 volt up to it, and then get better output current without needing to worry as much about voltage drop over the cables. Minor issue in my regard though.
HI there, sorry I didn't see your comment before, for some reason UA-cam didn't filter properly. Yea it was fairly cold at that time in Stockholm.
The monitor has been great actually and the power consumption coupled together with the Raspberry Pi has not been too bad at all. As for the USB socket, I took a 12v cable from the back of the boat and the unit itself takes 12v down to 5v, I think it was 5amps max for 2 sockets, so charges things pretty quiick. Thanks for watching
@@SailingAurora Sounds like a decent setup. And yes, a raspberry Pi tends to sip power when idling, not that it is all too power hungry when working.
And yes, 5V at a handful of amps tends to be fairly decent for most devices. And to be fair, one might not need more than that for most realistic scenarios up on deck.
Also nice content, hope to see more in the future.
Old saying: "You're only one snapped bolt away from a three day ordeal."
Love that one, can laugh about it now
I get the whole lemons to lemonade angle, but I've learned a somber lesson here: never allow someone else to captain your boat. Especially after seeing the effects of other boats that were grounded, and deciding to do it anyway. Imagine: all that time could have instead been spent sailing and learning. Good luck.
True that, thanks for watching
Would I be correct in assuming that the bulk of this work was paid for by insurance?
If one had to pay out of pocket for a repair job of this magnitude it seems likely the cost would be impractically prohibitive?
In any case it was a fine example of a job well done and showing that a repair can often be better than the original build.
Good fortune on your future sailing plans.
He stated that the repairs cost around €43000 in a earlier vid. This boat is two years old so well worth it.
@@hansh8071 True. Especially if paid for by insurance.
Indeed it was all covered by insurance, apart from the small self risk you need to pay a the beginning. Thanks for the comment.
@@SailingAurora You're welcome.
May all your troubles melt like lemon drops
You can get monitors that run directly off 12 VDC.
Hi there. Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for your comment, and yes we did see that, but we struggled to find one that fit our needs and in size. Cheers, Chris & Tanja
Hi mate another great video. She's looking good. Just a bit worried when you suggested re-torquing the stainless keel bolts??? Then saw the issue you had with galling on the table bolts. We did a bit on stainless steel that you and your followers should check out. You will find it useful. It's on our website, technical stuff, scroll down to Stainless Steel (Things you should know). I would put a link but YT will block it unless you authorise the comment. Sail Safe mate. Ant, Cid & the pooch crew.
Good technical advice on stainless, as always from you at svimpavidus-dot-com. Cheers.
Hey guys, so sorry I didn't see this comment before, I think the UA-cam filter was doing a shit job and now I see so many that I missed. I will be sure to check it out. I am learning all the time. Thanks for the tip. Cheers, Chris
you need to paint the prop to reduce the electrolysis
I’m sure you know this but a “U” bend on the bilge output will need an anti siphon valve.
I was thinking about putting one on at some point. Thanks for the tip though
Hole again? I watched thinking something happened but I think you meant to write WHOLE again! Well done Patrick.
@Kevin Phillips Come on Kevin, I watched all your repair videos and you definitely did saw a new hole (or two or three;). But on a serious note, beautiful boat and thank you for sharing. Quite a journey to follow and best of luck to you both in 2021!
Thanks very much, appreciated. Chris
Lots of kids in lockdown ready to assist...🤣😂🤣
Not entirely sure what you mean there
Such a nice work. Shame you don't "drill-fill-drill". When drilling and not sealing the hole you expose fiberglass (or wood) to fluids/water.
Hi there. Thanks you! All the holes have been sealed with epoxy:-) Cheers, Chris & Tanja
I can feel your pain with the snapped bolt"
I did that in my quadrant for the steering, took me 1 week to fix :(
Oh yes it was painful, but got it done in the end. It gives stories to tell at least
Dal segno/ammaccatura che si vede nel bulbo è normale che si danneggia il fissaggio...e progettato per navigare non è un rompighiaccio 😉
True that, but nice to fix it good again though
Where is the front sonar? Forgot? The hole was made, but not installed yet =))
It was installed directly in front of the keel. It has been working very well
Why didn't they repair the bottom of the keel before they re-attached it to the hull? Surely it would have been easier to access.
Hi Colin, this is because it's much easier to access the bottom of the keel when it's hanging in the air with nothing touching it. Otherwise it would be sitting in the cradle with the cradle in the way.
is there a reason they wouldn't rub Ranex on the exposed steel on the keel - Ranex is phosporic acid and converts rust and the steel to a layer of ferric phosphate (no more rust) some vintage car restorers use this to prevent rust
I did this before when working with the keel, in this case it required a light grinding anyway to get a good key into the surface to put epoxy on. Of course when you grind, there is no more rust and it's in a. dry environment before applying the epoxy.
Those Sika bubbles make no difference at all ;)
Not for the strength, just aesthetics :)
I didn’t notice that the keel bonding strap was reinstalled
Good spot, it was installed as one of the last things :)
👍👍👍👍👍❤
But you bumped your bow not the charterers. You were actually quite ragged off about it but happy that it was fixable.
Hi Chris, indeed I did but then I fixed and the charterers did it again 😀
Patrick Patrick Patrick, who's Patrick ?
The dude repairing the boat
What metal are those keel bolts ?
Stainless steel I do believe
What did Patrik use as farring compound on the bottom of the keel
It wasn't fairing compound, it was a strong filler mixed with fibre glass bits to match the hull with the shape of the keel
Is Patt-ricks name really Patt-rick ?
He looks very Swedish to me. Isn´t it Patrik ?
Hi Stan. You are absolutely right. Totally an error from my side in assuming it was with a c, my bad. Cheers, Tanja
What antifoul paint are you using?
The new antifoul paint I touched it up with was Hempel Hard copper paint
İs the Patrıc need to pro help?😀😀😀😀😀
Did you celebrate St. Patricks day on Wednesday?
LOL - we should have, he for sure should be celebrated, the great Patrik! Cheers, Chris & Tanja
Who pays for the repering
Our insurance company