Starboard Hull Prep and Rudder- Wooden Tahiti Gaff Cutter -Episode 046 -Slowly Sailing
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- In this episode, I continue on the starboard side below the waterline, and re-install the metal trim on the rudder.
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Fine job wouldn’t stress too much about how it looks below the waterline it’s how it’s how it’s holding up get plenty of compound and gloop
on it and it’ll do fine 👌
I have found the TDS seam compound to be better than Sikaflex in terms of effectiveness and durability. The decks, wheelhouse roof, and coach roof on the classic wooden motor yacht I am restoring are all laid in teak. So, a good seam compound is essential to keeping the water out. You were given quite a valuable quantity. You may be lucky if it hasn’t hardened in the tube. Test a sample on some scrap wood to see if it cures properly. Keep up the good work.👍🏻
@@crelark Yes, I will test some of it soon. I figure it is too valuable to not try it out!
Shes coming along nicely. Nice score on the deck seam compound. Hopefully its not all shot. The perks of working on your boat in a boatyard, I guess. Id say if you want to keep your anchor that close to the hull, some thick bronze plates bolted on there will probably be in order. I'd just go with the standard tahiti anchor setup with a big roller halfway out the bowsprit.
@@SavingMaverick55 About the rollers: she was rigged that way at one time, including a nice pulpit; I will eventually do that. But I will most likely start out just snugging the anchor on the bobstay chain. Good enough for futzing around Barnegat Bay.
PS: If you are so inclined, plz email me so we can talk outside these comments...I want to talk to you about that black locust (for starters).
EDIT: For some reason, I didn't think you'd posted an email address...I will reach out to you.
Your anchor rollers are too close to the hull. On my Tahiti, the roller was half the way out on the bowsprit. I added chafe protection, as needed, made of sheet copper. That allowed me to stow the anchor on the bowsprit. It was very secure, even in a heavy seaway.
I will probably go that route eventually...she was set up that way at one time.
@@bviyachtsales I suspect their current position was part of the era when she had the anchors stowed on catheads. But I do have an older photo of her with the rollers set forward, and even a minimal pulpit setup. Very tidy and manageable, and before I take her out to sea for real, I want to re-create that. But for gunking around on Barnegat Bay, hooking the anchor on the bobstay chain should be fine. And if I change the shackle (or get a better, slimmer anchor) I can also stow it on the rollers without it damaging the boat.
Maverick's anchor roller is halfway out the bowsprit as well. I'm not sure I like having all that weight hanging off a spruce spar that's supporting so much else, but it seems to worked well for previous owners, so why fix what ain't broken...