We saved the day for our client Matt saved him from sinking then once the boat got rescued we got busy trying to save the engine from being ruined. Have you ever had an emergency and called your mechanic?
I had bad experience with the volvo d6, if it overheated, be prepared for a engine change or head work soon , the injector sleeve fails if the engine overheat
@@WillFixThat yeah was the internal fiberrglass showing any delamination inside in the lip? looked like there was a lip or something coming across sometimes cameras dont get a good angle so who knows just thinking maybe the lip is hiding delamination issues??
I learn something every time I watch. That thin/cracked area of fiberglass looks like a tough area to fix, not sure what I would do, just getting it clean enough to fix is going to be a chore. Great job as always. I had to learn the hard way to own a boat, fix it yourself.
The glasswork is repaired from the outside. The gelcoat is ground off, and damaged glass removed, any spider cracks gouged out and then the repair is made followed by new gelcoat, wet sanding, and compound. Very easy repair.
i recall some years back speaking with the manager over at Stock Island boat yard, He said Key West and the boating dream usually turn into a broken dream for so many.
I'm 60 years old now, spent last 2 summers working in a marina I feel for you guys, boats ain't easy to work on, and a lot of times, despite best intentions boat owners ain't easy to work on either! Keep up the good work!
All that corrosion don't happen over night. Thats weeks if not months, maybe years to get that bad The repair is easy, take out all the bow thruster components , replace with new and bulk up on inside , fill and fair to desired look on outside
Yea, those modern thin hulls don't take much to puncture. Lot to be said for thick hulls, especially around the bow and bottom. Side damage is annoying but bottom damage can and will sink ya
You guys have to be kidding about the light shining through the glass. That is an absolutely normal thing for fiberglass where no gelcoat is located. However, at the 5:20 mark, you can clearly see the crack in the hull that was letting the water in.
We were simply stating that the fiberglass was very thin in this particular area and it looked like a possible reason for the boat to have the water damage if there was a small hole from trailer damage.
@@WillFixThat You could have 6 layers of glass there and it would still look that way. You do know that fiberglass is actually (and literally) glass strands woven into mat and cloth. Once wetted and all the air spaces removed, the opacity starts to come out and make it look more like thin, opaque glass than an actual structural material.
@@WillFixThat But it isn't that thin. That is what I am trying to explain. Just because it is opaque doesn't mean it is more thin than an area that you can't see through. It just means that there is no gelcoat on it and it allows light through. Please, trust me, I've been repairing yachts for over 20 years and am quite familiar with fiberglass and repairs to it.
LOL you guys are awsome NOTE to owner fix it now I do not do Sundays if you call me to the dock on a Sunday Gods bill is heavy ( stupid is what stupid Does ) and yes the Box of chocolates to old for cheery s >>> turkishdelight yes but add on to the bill health spaw charges
Yeah we try/don’t work weekends we ask our guys … if they aren’t available or don’t want to work! See you on Monday IF you still need help! We have to have a life too!
Those chips near the bow thruster do not look very large, yet that is enough to allow water into the hull? It's a Beneteau? Seems to me that's an obvious weak spot.
That's close because you would have to pull the injectors and turn it over to push water out then put some lubricant in the cylinders to help prevent rust on the cylinder sleeves oh yall got to it quick thankfully
@@WillFixThat well, I'm very sure he saved it with how quickly he jumped on it I'll just my boat down to yall so yall can have fun with it 😉 lol 😀 😆 🤣 naaaa I won't put that trouble on yall lol
Biggest thing I've learned from watching this channel is I NO LONGER WISH TO OWN A BOAT! I'd operate OPB's and give them back when I'm done, but I wouldn't own one outright.
@WillFixThat i didn't mean to suggest your current guys aren't competent just that with raised prices you can pay top wages and bring in ADDITIONAL super good quality techs to grow your business. There's lots of technology to automate companies and I, of course, don't know what you have currently. There's some great apps that allow job pictures at begining and end and have voice to text technology so a guy can speak what is needed and the app puts into text. The billing and financial authorization can be done via alot of these apps thereby reducing lots of paperwork. You can send a new client a nice video of who you are and how you do business including fee schedule and have disclaimers like "we charge while on the phone researching your hard to find part" . The client electronically signs a work authorization and their payment is attached. These automated systems have places for client notes/history. So, if the client verbally talks your ear off and asks you directly to fix 2 things but, while chatting, casually mentions a gas smell then the specific scope of work and authorization is entered on the app so you don't have to worry about what seemed like a useless detail and communicating those to your staff because nobody makes money when there talking on the phone to staff or sorting out misunderstood client expectations and or misunderstood authorizations. If there's anything that looks "iffy" while on a job you can have a seperate dialogue box to communicate that to a client before there's a problem. For example if a boat sink due to an inoperative sump pump, not your fault, and it looks rusted up and you just worked on in a week before then lots of clients will be ticked you didn't tell them or bothered to notice that it looked bad. This will bring you more work, cover your ass, and impress clients that you care.
We saved the day for our client Matt saved him from sinking then once the boat got rescued we got busy trying to save the engine from being ruined. Have you ever had an emergency and called your mechanic?
I had bad experience with the volvo d6, if it overheated, be prepared for a engine change or head work soon , the injector sleeve fails if the engine overheat
@@jasongomesArubahow old was it? That doesn’t sound like fun.
Great job WillFixThat! Very nice job!! 👍👍
Thank you Matt’s amazing!
great episode! Keep rolling WillFixThat team! 👍👍
Thanks 🙏
@@WillFixThat 👍👍
saw bright light at frame 5:21ish like maybe fully open to water intrusion.. Yikes! 😲😲 yeah he saw it later on cool!
Yup we aren’t sure the real water issue here…. All we know that compartment flooded.
@@WillFixThat yeah was the internal fiberrglass showing any delamination inside in the lip? looked like there was a lip or something coming across sometimes cameras dont get a good angle so who knows just thinking maybe the lip is hiding delamination issues??
Get raid off the bow thuss & reinforced bow with no bowthuss
Hello from Siesta Key Florida
Hi again Bill thanks for stopping by …
I learn something every time I watch. That thin/cracked area of fiberglass looks like a tough area to fix, not sure what I would do, just getting it clean enough to fix is going to be a chore. Great job as always. I had to learn the hard way to own a boat, fix it yourself.
We are only fixing the stuff that went under water 👍
The glasswork is repaired from the outside. The gelcoat is ground off, and damaged glass removed, any spider cracks gouged out and then the repair is made followed by new gelcoat, wet sanding, and compound. Very easy repair.
What’s the update on the center console? Waiting to see the finished project
Did you see Wednesday episode … it got painted!
Great job.
Yup we helped save him 👍
i recall some years back speaking with the manager over at Stock Island boat yard, He said Key West and the boating dream usually turn into a broken dream for so many.
Well yes that can be true … too many think they can live on a boat for cheap BUT that’s not the case! Boats are expensive if they break down.
I worked every minute of overtime I could. Why I'm retired and drinking beer by the pool everyday now. Enjoy your day off.
That’s the way to do it Bucky!
That hull around where the bow thruster tube had way to little fiberglass mat! And the trailer is not adjusted correctly at the bunks!
Agree with you.
Change the oil?
The oil is fine … engine didn’t ingest any salt water got lucky.
They call you because a) you know what to do, b) your calm,cool,collected, c)they know your gonna end up fixing it anyhow
Yup we love that they call but call us after you’ve already called to be rescued…. Cause we aren’t doing a rescue mission. 👍
I'm 60 years old now, spent last 2 summers working in a marina I feel for you guys, boats ain't easy to work on, and a lot of times, despite best intentions boat owners ain't easy to work on either! Keep up the good work!
Great job saving that engine! No doubt if you didn’t do that work it would have been very expensive!
Exactly right and he has been a long time customer we get him on camera a few days later … it’s coming soon.
All that corrosion don't happen over night. Thats weeks if not months, maybe years to get that bad
The repair is easy, take out all the bow thruster components , replace with new and bulk up on inside , fill and fair to desired look on outside
Yup the boat sat on the trailer and had water build up and ruin the components!
Yea, those modern thin hulls don't take much to puncture. Lot to be said for thick hulls, especially around the bow and bottom. Side damage is annoying but bottom damage can and will sink ya
👍👍
Thank you.
You guys have to be kidding about the light shining through the glass. That is an absolutely normal thing for fiberglass where no gelcoat is located. However, at the 5:20 mark, you can clearly see the crack in the hull that was letting the water in.
We were simply stating that the fiberglass was very thin in this particular area and it looked like a possible reason for the boat to have the water damage if there was a small hole from trailer damage.
@@WillFixThat You could have 6 layers of glass there and it would still look that way. You do know that fiberglass is actually (and literally) glass strands woven into mat and cloth. Once wetted and all the air spaces removed, the opacity starts to come out and make it look more like thin, opaque glass than an actual structural material.
@@WillFixThat But it isn't that thin. That is what I am trying to explain. Just because it is opaque doesn't mean it is more thin than an area that you can't see through. It just means that there is no gelcoat on it and it allows light through. Please, trust me, I've been repairing yachts for over 20 years and am quite familiar with fiberglass and repairs to it.
LOL you guys are awsome NOTE to owner fix it now I do not do Sundays if you call me to the dock on a Sunday Gods bill is heavy ( stupid is what stupid Does ) and yes the Box of chocolates to old for cheery s >>> turkishdelight yes but add on to the bill health spaw charges
Yeah we try/don’t work weekends we ask our guys … if they aren’t available or don’t want to work! See you on Monday IF you still need help! We have to have a life too!
Hinckey?
Yes Hinkley
Those chips near the bow thruster do not look very large, yet that is enough to allow water into the hull? It's a Beneteau? Seems to me that's an obvious weak spot.
That’s what we thought/think but we were told that the damage happened while it was on the trailer.
sheesh no grounding... good grief...🤦♂🤦♂
Yup the fun things we find every day!
@@WillFixThat 👍👍
That's close because you would have to pull the injectors and turn it over to push water out then put some lubricant in the cylinders to help prevent rust on the cylinder sleeves oh yall got to it quick thankfully
Yes Matt had it a priority to try and save the Volvo 😊
@@WillFixThat well, I'm very sure he saved it with how quickly he jumped on it I'll just my boat down to yall so yall can have fun with it 😉 lol 😀 😆 🤣 naaaa I won't put that trouble on yall lol
Kudos for saving the engine!! The customer is really lucky.
@@torpedo2030yes the customer is very lucky it’s a brand new Volvo
Eel grass is fettuccine not spaghetti
Haha you know what he meant 😊
Too much work is always better than not enough. Hate to see guys get layed off. Feast and famine.
You’re exactly right!
Biggest thing I've learned from watching this channel is I NO LONGER WISH TO OWN A BOAT! I'd operate OPB's and give them back when I'm done, but I wouldn't own one outright.
Time to automate your business and raise your prices to hire competent employees.
Our guys are very competent… how can our business be automated?
@WillFixThat i didn't mean to suggest your current guys aren't competent just that with raised prices you can pay top wages and bring in ADDITIONAL super good quality techs to grow your business.
There's lots of technology to automate companies and I, of course, don't know what you have currently. There's some great apps that allow job pictures at begining and end and have voice to text technology so a guy can speak what is needed and the app puts into text. The billing and financial authorization can be done via alot of these apps thereby reducing lots of paperwork. You can send a new client a nice video of who you are and how you do business including fee schedule and have disclaimers like "we charge while on the phone researching your hard to find part" . The client electronically signs a work authorization and their payment is attached. These automated systems have places for client notes/history. So, if the client verbally talks your ear off and asks you directly to fix 2 things but, while chatting, casually mentions a gas smell then the specific scope of work and authorization is entered on the app so you don't have to worry about what seemed like a useless detail and communicating those to your staff because nobody makes money when there talking on the phone to staff or sorting out misunderstood client expectations and or misunderstood authorizations. If there's anything that looks "iffy" while on a job you can have a seperate dialogue box to communicate that to a client before there's a problem. For example if a boat sink due to an inoperative sump pump, not your fault, and it looks rusted up and you just worked on in a week before then lots of clients will be ticked you didn't tell them or bothered to notice that it looked bad. This will bring you more work, cover your ass, and impress clients that you care.
Euro boats like that are junk
Thanks for sharing!
Harsh environment. I worked on maritime helicopters and all harnesses were shielded and corrosion was a full time job
Exactly fighting corrosion everyday on boats!