Sail Life - New bigger hatch, patching hole in hull & more new deck core - DIY sailboat refit
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Thank you Mads - what would the Monday morning be without your video?
One Aviation tip on fiberglassing. Mostly for patch work and smaller layups. Trace your pattern on a plastic sheet, over size your fiberglass sheet, sandwich the fiberglass between two sheets of plastic including the tracing. Put a dab of epoxy in the middle. Using a spatula or scraper over the the plastic sheet, work the epoxy outwards from center forcing the epoxy through the glass sheet and ensuring good coverage and penetration. Cut out the outline and you have a perfectly saturated and easy to handle layup. Peel one side of plastic off and then place your patch, peel the other side off and continue on. You won't have excess resin, the fibers will not be disturbed and you will have good penetration. I use sandwich bags of smaller patches.
Great suggestion as I have struggled with trying to minimize the amount of resin while getting complete wetting out and not messing up the glass fiber orientation etc. Surprised you didn't get more thumbs up. Brilliant suggestion.
The only acceptable reason to wish the weekend would end,to watch these videos,another great one.
I wish we got more than 20mins a week's, keep up the great content.
big Freezer zip lock bags filled with beans would work very well at creating a nice evenly distributed weight and clean up would be much easier. Just an idea to add to the pot. Great videos Mads.
I don't envisage ever doing this type of deck reconstruction but I'm finding it really interesting, thanks Mads!
Hey Mads, first off great job on the progress you're making ;-)! The hull repair may be a little starved for resin because of the level of vacuum used but I couldn't tell how dry it actually is from the video. It's been a while since I've played around with infusion / bagging but what I recall is that when putting laminates under vacuum I'd run the pump about half pressure (-15 give or take) rather than the full -30. Running full pressure with the breather cloth can actually pull the resin right out of the glass leaving the material on the dry side. Reducing the pressure on the vacuum will still pull the air out, just won't compress the glass so much that the resin gets squeezed out :-) If you're not comfortable with how it looks, maybe give it another go with less of a vacuum.. Have a great week!
This is my favorite Mads video to date. Would love a bonus segment of constructing the deck support, which looks to have artistic quality.
I guess you realize your biggest fans hope you keep finding major repair projects so we never have dull Sundays in our future.
A career as a boatwright seems perfect for you. The pay probably isn't as good, & you may believe that your skill set isn't good enough, but you are far ahead of the average boat owner. We hired a boatwright to restore our live-aboard 48' Chris Craft Constellation, and it was win/win. He enjoyed it, and his results were top notch. I remember in particular that he powder blasted layers of old paint on the metal portholes, restoring them to original condition, then applied a clear protective liquid on them.
Your show gets funnier every week, Mads. I also enjoy seeing the progress you're taking and listening to a funny guy enjoying his work. Now I have had alloy wheels repaired to look like new before - despite being harshly 'herbed' - so I was wondering if anyone in Internet land would know if the same repair can be made to toe rails?
Hi Mads, on behalf of anyone who tries to do anything like this, thanks for the info.
What you get wrong is just as informative as what you get right.
The personality you put into these videos is very entertaining.
The way you did the through hole repair is very professional. (unlike the last 2 repairs I have done, which still look terrible)
It always feels like it's gone by fast these videos, because they're fascinating Mad's👍. Can't wait till next Sunday, and hope you get the deck done before they boot you out of there.
Thumb's up 👍 on the video.
I just giggled when you said"I am only a software guy"! Because after watching your refit of Obelix and now Athena, you are just as good as many professionals. And that go back to that you do a fair amount of research on the topic you are working with and asking your viewers on their opinion. And with some trail and error, you get e good result in the end. So just continue as you have done, and you will get a leak free deck and hull and have decades of joyful sailing ahead of you.
I worked a few years for a boat builder back in the late 70's and did a few repairs on boats with minor collision damages in their hull. We did not have vacum and had to do a fair amount of grinding and sanding to get the hull flush again.
If I wasn't about to start a new job, I'd totally offer to fly out there and help you meet that deadline, but alas...
Good idea, adding a bit of extra to that hatch.
Another excellent video. Thanks, Mads!
I always can't wait to watch the video of the week! Wish you had longer weekends so we could have 30 minute episodes.
Also I hope to sail with you someday, I am planning on buying a boat end of next year, saving you know! But as an aircraft electrician and structures mechanic your repair looks perfect! I also wish I could get some of the others I work with to wire like you do, as yours matches my level of expectations and professional quality. Great job brother!
Jeff Lampe
Another interesting episode.... loved the little sealer tape 'sculpture' @ 18 mins sitting on the trailer frame.... I wonder if you could get £2800 for him in an art auction.... you could call it 'Toe-Rail' or something. Great work Mads, really appreciate your efforts. Blessings!
Mads look at you. Your tearing out and building back in with confidence. I'm no expert, but that interior frame work looks bullet proof. I am very impressed, for whatever that's worth. Oh, have you lost weight?
Like the variety in this episode. Clock is ticking for that deck completion
Don't I know it! I'm getting a tiny bit stressed out to be honest ;)
Mads, your repair is virtually perfect. As some have mentioned below, likely better than 90% of all yards that use unskilled labor, no vac, and simply don't care. You are a super intelligent guy, you do your homework, you take your time, but super materials, and you invest in the right equipment (the vac system, the silicone heat mat, etc). I would trust your repair and modification work in a typhoon... BTW, great job on the bracing under the foredeck! Most yards wouldn't do nearly as an effective or well planned out brace system (most hacks just throw in a few vertical braces from whatever scrap they have laying around).
Another fab video Mads. Repair for the through hull looks good to me and the new hatch should look 'pretty dang spiffy!' Have a good week and look forward to seeing progress next Sunday.
Two comments Mads - 1. I got the joke when you showed mixing the epoxy and hardener, then showing tapping the particle mask, THEN adding colloidal silica - few weeks ago someone commented about silica being as toxic as asbestos! and 2. Don Casey ("This Old Boat" guru) showed how to patch a hole below waterline in his "bible of boat restoration". You did it exactly as he did, grind out the hole and add concentric circles of fiberglass. He mentioned that vacuum sealing is good, but optional.
You are amazing and an inspiration to us all!
I really enjoy your vlog Mads. I've done a bit of bagging, fixing sailboards and kite boards, as well as some aviation stuff. Your patch looks fine. You probably didn't need the infusion tube but that's a minor detail.
Thanks! :) I think you're right about the infusion tube. It did leave a little imprint in the new laminate that I had to sand out. I'll try the next hole without the tube :)
Your repair is a cut above most ship yards. It is more like what I do for composite repairs on an aircraft ,it will never fail . Great job !! almost to the point of over kill.
Over kill is just the right amount of kill ... perfect! ;) Thanks :)
I am a Aircraft Mechanic too and your quality is top notch. I agree with this post. Also, The biaxial will be a LOT stronger than the chopped strand it was made with. As for it looking funny... It may be a bit epoxy starved. It looks like the breather may have sucked up too much of your epoxy. That shouldn't happen unless your vacuum is too high maybe something was missing... I seem to remember using some kind of plastic or screen.
I would like to see what others have to say though... I haven't worked with vacuum layups for 17 years.
Sailing Luana Cordelia You're right on the money! That laminate is resin dry because Mads forgot the perforated film between the peel ply and breather cloth. Without this film, the breader cloth will pull lots of resin from the laminate. That is why it looks white.
Perfect repair! I'm not an aircraft mechanic...But I did stay at a Holiday Express last night!
Grind out corrosion on toe rails and have welder fill voids where possible sand/grind those, then complete toe rails by polishing. Far less expensive than new toe rails. A fabrication shop could do those repairs for you. Once completed they would look practically new.
Mads, this is worth checking out anyway! Ask how a shop would suggest doing it too, they might have ideas we have not thought of. Best
I would agree that welding is worth a thought. Welding the entire toe rail back together, filling the corrosion voids and grinding flush might be just a man days job for a welder. With some good instruction and equipment you could even do this yourself. You need to get the best suited type of gas and wire for the material of the toe rail, though, this might be the most difficult part of the plan. And it must be noted, of course, that the result is not the same as a new rail, i.e. more prone to corrosion, and the welds are visible, but still functionally ok.
"For my American friends, that adds up to exactly, a shit-ton of money"
Mads, every time I think I've seen the boundaries of your sense of humour (the animated bits of timber, for example), you manage to exceed it in the very next video! Well done! As for the scaffolding under the deck, great job.. over-engineered beats under-engineered, every time! Or as I usually put it, nothing exceeds like excess.
A lot of "wood workers" laugh at those little battery powered circular "trim" saws, but you wield that tools like a pro and it is prefect for these types of jobs !
For a boat refit, it's perfect! If you get one make sure you get an extra battery ;) You don't get a lot of cuts on one charge but what it lacks in battery life it makes up for in just all-around handiness ;)
The big brands in the US are DeWalt and Milwaukee, but Bosch is also a good brand. I assume you are using carbide tipped saw blades, at least for rough cuts.
FYI vacuum "bonding" has been used extensively in the experimental aircraft industry. It is considered far superior to most other methods.
Instead of spreading and scooping up that gravel by hand get some small heavy duty zipper lock plastic bags and fill them with stone or sand. If you keep them smaller than a 4kg bag of sugar, they can be quickly placed and removed.
By far one of the best 20 minutes of the week is watching your Sunday update. I vote for more and/or longer episodes if possible. Keep up the good work Mads!
Mads,.... your project is most new boat owners worst nightmare and you are tackling it with positive energy and doing a superb job. Congratulations and thanks.
10:40 is the greatest "hi guys" we've ever seen!
Mads, your videography keeps me captivated, your tenacity is incredible, your attention to detail is unmatched....the bar is set high
Mads, I love that you question your work and skills so often, while most of us would given anything to do such good work. The only depressing thing about your videos is that, 19 minutes into them, I'm already depressed by having to wait another week for more.
Hi Mads,
love your channel! Have you taken into consideration, that a heavy object (such as the washing machine) located in the forward section of the boat may negatively affect its motions at sea. That's why some yachts lead the anchor chain back to the centre of the boat (e.g. the Garcia Yachts). Not saying that you haven't thought of it. Boat work is always about compromises 😉 I'm going on a longs sail this winter and I would love to have a washing machine on my boat.
One thing I learnt recently was how "chop strand" fiberglass is held together with a binder designed to desolve in the solvents found in polyester resin. This makes it suboptimal for use with epoxy. Looks like the biaxeal is held together with stitching so should be ok. I use woven for small repairs but it is more expensive plus it's best to turn it 45deg if going over sharp or harsh edges. Great work. I'm really enjoying the channel, thanks for the hard work.
The repair looks awesome. I suggest you do an experiment by creating a vacuumed patch and one conventional. You'll be shocked how much thinner and stronger the vacuumed patch is! I can't wait for the video down the road of the washing machine install. That's going to be the ultimate in luxury. The ladies will definitely dig it! Great job as usual!
Thanks! Awesome! That is such a fun idea! I'll do that at some point during the winter :) Having my own washing machine will be a big step up over using the one here in the marina. Plus it'll have paid for itself in a few years considering the cost of doing laundry here in the marina :)
Sorry to say, Brad, but you're overerstmating the washing machine effect. The waf of boats is so low, washing machines don't help. My wife has not even watched my washing machine install video. (waf = woman acceptance factor).
Well, you know Mads has the cute dog in the marina and now he'll have a sailboat with a washing machine. He's turning himself into quite the chick magnet!
Let's hope so because surely he isn't going to have any money left when this project is over to lure them in!
The most inspirational boat guy on YT. You make me want to start on my own, much smaller projects right away.
I know I made what seemed like a negative comment once about the amount of work your baby needs, but what a learning experience for all of us following. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for the great sense of humor you display while working on her!
I'm no expert but i think the hole repair looks pretty dang good!
Mads, I found your channel this week and I've binge watched the Intro and Athena video playlists. GREAT show!!! Ever thought of adding a Jokull Cam segment? Just an idea, sometimes I miss the little guy.
I would think the through hull repair is perfect. It would be interesting to know if the vacuum deformed the interior glass patch in the process. My guess is it did not. The discoloration of the original hull glass in contrast to the new material seems evident. Faring material, should the patch not be proud enough, should blend it permanently. The scaffolding you built below deck is amazing. Tell me it wasn't don't with the snap of a finger. You scribed the curvature of the deck into the under support beams, no snap to do that. It looks like the work of a pro. Amazing.
Thank you so much :) There was no deformation on the interior patch (phew!). The scaffolding took about 2 hours to put together plus no less than 3 trips to the hardware store - I blame the fumes from the epoxy ;)
Sail Life To tell you the truth, I am a hardware store junkie. I know all the stores within about a twenty mile radius of my home. I have practically memorized their inventories, locations of all items, and comparative prices, and I know their staffs by name. Though it can be frustrating at times to have to make another unscheduled visit it always gives me another opportunity to take in all the "stuff." I never leave a hardware store with only what I need but always leave with something I've discovered I wanted. I'm a sucker for hardware store impulse purchases. ;)
The internal scaffold looked like a lot more than 2 hours work to me. Very impressive.
Agreed, it would have taken me all day to do that, and it wouldn't have looked nearly as good.
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I'm no expert as you would say but the hole repair looks great to me.
Thanks! :)
Thanks for recording in 4k. Looks great!
Hey! Doing great. Keep rolling. Fair winds. Oh yeah! You're on the hard. Best regards.
For water bags, how about using 80+ litre PVC water bladders designed for RV and marine use. I think if you fill them to capacity they would hold their shape. You could fill them in position on deck with a pump and drain them after - no heavy lifting. Bonus is you can use then as extra water storage later. Also, I add my vote to soda blast the rails and tig weld if the areas of corrosion are fairly localised. It's a strong and permanent repair.
The repair is absolutely perfect, it's actually better made than most professional repairs. The toerail you can buy from seascrew.com actually with no vat, I think your piece can be repaired by a specialist alu welding workshop. They weld the corroded pieces and brush them to shape.
Your vids are actually educational to me, having a boat with a simple glassfibre construction and only balsa in few places, I am surprised about the complications you endure during the refit. I wish you luck and hopefully I will see you in Ireland one day.
Just another excellent video from the best sailing channel
hahah! You crack me up man! Yes indeed. Calculate the thickness of the hull X (suck factor) cubed= Oh hell no!!!! Get this one right!! LOL
Thanks, Tony :D I was worried the humor might be a little too quirky ;)
Mads, your subtle sense of humor is something I really enjoy, and one of the reasons I find your vlogs so interesting. And using that 'pointer' to illustrate your x, y hull repair graph, taped to the hull, was a special treat for me. * Just keep on being YOU, because that's why most of us are subscribed to your channel.
I agree! Mads does a great job of mixing in the DIY with entertainment. The snap of the fingers clean up is still one of my favs. Just the hand in the frame! The blow up illustration and explaination of X Y graph was particularly clever in my book! Not to mention the old epoxy stick pointer!
Mads - another fantastic vid! Yep, your vids are better than any production TV show and that is the dang truth. Where else can one be graced with an epic descriptor like " shi*-ton? Holy crap Batman! Your repair on the thru-hull hole looks spiffy - a real fine job. Fair winds my friend! Doug from WS42 Harmony
Always a learning experience watching your videos. I am now going back to watch the fit out on your first boat, and enjoying that as well. I also watch most of the other videos you mention and decided to start a video series when I fly our plane. You make it look easy, I wish it was that easy. Keep up the great work. I've actually started looking at sailboats, now I just have to talk my Bride into giving it some thought.
Thank you for another fun and great video. I am always impressed with how you are so upbeat when encountering problems. Your approached to these is great. Also allows me to use some of your suggestions on my own yacht. Thanks and keep up the great work. Jerome (Tasmania)
Fantastic video Mads. Love watching your attention to detail.
The water bags are a great idea! You just cant fill them to much, or just make sure you give a good knot!
I think you'll get the deck finished in time :) I also think you'll be secretly bummed when it's all finished and nothing is left to do but sail her away lol. Looking forward to seeing her splash!
The awesome thing about a cruising boat is that it's never done :D There'll always be something to fix or upgrade ;) I'm keeping my fingers crossed I meet my deadline!
haha very true. You'll make it. Like most programmers, you probably do your best work under pressure and at the last possible minute.
I think you have your next career all planned out (boat renovation) ! Of course, it probably pays less than your current job and you will never get to sail !
To me, as best as I can see from video, it seems as there is too little resin (why it has the whitish color of the fiberglass without the yellowish tint of the resin). But of course don't take my opinion. The only quality opinion I can give you is to find out what Andy at Boatworks Today has to say. Love your videos, the attention to details, and doing things properly as opposed to "what is the least I can do to get this done quick" As a co-member of the OCD Sailing Association it is a pleasure to watch each week.
I've gotten in the habit of clicking the "like" button as soon as your new videos start. Might as well...they're all highly entertaining. :D
If I recall correctly, Andy from Boat Works Today said if at all possible stay away from the toe rail. Now that you have opened that can of worms, you really need to weigh the pro's and con's of repair or replace. I'm guessing that blast and repair would save you tons of money. The holes already line up and would be an easy re-install. Would a new rail line up as good as the old one? Chances are that you will have substantial work to do to make the new one fit. Oh hell, just call Andy!
Hard core man! I have yet to see a more detailed series of video of sailboat work! Thank you for teaching the world!
another awesome episode Mads. Hope your summer is going well. Cheers from PEI Canada, Bryan
All is now clear - a washing machine eh? Why did I not guess that!! Great progress.
Congratulations on the job. We Brazilian sailors are eagerly accompanying each stage of the reform.
Thank you so much! :) I hope I get to visit Brazil some day :)
If you want to speed up the deck project you might consider working from the stern as wellThat way you can work on more deck area without structurally compromising it.It would also mean that id you have to wait for one section to dry you can work on another section
That repair looks splendid. A tiny bit of sanding and fairing and you're good to go.
Boat repairs of this scale is kind of like eating an elephant....just one bite at a time. ;) Looks like it is coming along nicely Mads.
Suggestion for the gravel weight you used to clamp down in light of vacuum not holding. Put the gravel into Ziploc Bags and that will allow for quicker placement and removal for future sections. Maybe it was mentioned here already but....your welcome.
Paint a Band-Aid on the side where the hole was ;). Id reuse the toe rail if it's still functional and reliable. The corrosion add character.
Thank you so much for doing these, it helps with my projects to have yours to learn from. Excellent job on them, as well.
I still say you can get the original toe rail, bead blasted, and those corroded areas TIG welded and it will look like new ! You need to start wandering around the "docks" looking for marine shops that specialize in fabrication of aluminum. Aluminum is very easy to repair, in the proper hands.
I'll try calling around but with the high hourly wages over here I doubt it'll be cheap :)
Do you have Black Pants, Black Shirt and a Black Hat? There are Boats all around you. Not all of them need a Toerail. ;)
That new toe rail is INCREDIBLY expensive ! I have to believe that old stuff can be repaired for less. Bead/soda blasting should be fairly inexpensive (not really a skilled labor job; possibly even DIY) at least compared to the TIG welding.
To funny
If you do the grinding after the welder and some wire brushing/ grinding prep....I don't think it would be that many hours for a good welder to fill in. I had a welder tig the bottom of my corroded aluminium tank. It went really fast.
You might want to reduce the amount of vacuum you pull on a repair. 5 psi / 1/3 bar should be enough to remove all the air & excess resin. They make a perforated release film to control resin flow out of layups. Pin holes on a 13mm grid. Might be expensive for your purpose, so lower vacuum is an alternative. If you can warm your repair with a light, that will speed your cure a bit 45 to 75c should do it.
Dang Mads, 20 minutes goes so fast watching your vids. Instead of water bags try old anchor chain for weight, it heavy, reusable and faster to remove and install than stones, just a thought. Awesome video and good luck.
Thank you so much! :D The only anchor chain I have is 10mm and that is way more weight than I need :) Awesome out of the box suggestion though! :)
Agreed! Mads, you need to also post the "extended"/"directors cut" version too for those of us that think 20 minutes is way too short :-)
It might be worth putting the stones in bags though. Rather than picking them up by hand. Picking up 6 or 8 4-liter bags with a thin layer of stones seems much easier than picking up 1,203 individual stones.
What about a heavy duty contractors trash bag and some sand?
There are 1207 stones but you were close.
You make it look so effortless lol can't wait to see how it all turns out 👍🏻
Thanks! :D Me too ;)
Gorgeous support structure. When you are finished with The boat, You should go and help them finish la Sagrada Familia. ;)
"the stones of failure..." I love it! Thanks, Mads
Nice work on the through hole patch, will last forever as it seems!
The scaffolding under the deck impressed me so much!
Choosing a hatch by the size of a washing mashine made my day, great!
Keep up the great work and the great vids, thanks a lot!
Have fun!
Sunday Night Fix sorted. Good vid as always.
Another good series. Today I took the time to read most of the comments as well. Like Norwegian, I understand you can not answer everyone.
So ;-)
You want the amount of glass to be as much as possible in relation to the resin with out any resin starvation zones for optimal strength. Pre-preg materials do much better with this glass to resin ratio, so point is your fine. As for the bubbles when you infuse from a vat of degassed resin the air bubbles are pulled out of the glass as long as the inlet to outlet is done correctly. In your case some of the bubbles come out but not all, a lot will be trapped by the glass, and no real way around. In the end you end up with a very good consolidated repair that will do just fine! I feel like when people start laying up with vacuum bagging they over think it too much, just get it done. Your not infusing resin which adds some complexity like how the resin flows, hoping you get the whole part wet out before it goes off. Also breather is enough to carry the vacuum without the infusion spiral. Keep up the good work, don't need to stress so much your doing fine!
have to agree with homie, the videos seem to short.It's really enjoyable watching someone who has there act together and can explain what there doing so we all understand.I have 30 years mucking with fibreglass and epoxy as well as polyester resins. the vacuum patch looks excellent but you probably didn't need the infusion tube, thats what the peel ply and breather layer is for, otherwise very good job.
The boat is looking great and coming along really nicely! :) can't wait to see you exploring the ocean!
Thank you so much :)
Thank you very much, I look forward to your Sunday vids. I really enjoy watching as well as learning.
Here's an option to consider that could save you a (metric) crap-load of money. Talk it over with your marine engineer/architect buddy.
You could fabricate your own toe-rail/bulwarks that would be functionally far superior and likely *much* cheaper.
Step 1: Glass over the hull-deck joint in a manner similar to the through-hull patch you just did. If you read any of Hal Roth's books, you learn that after taking possession of his new boat and setting sail from San Francisco and heading south, he and his wife hauled out somewhere in Mexico or a bit further south and ripped up their toe rail and did this procedure to cure leaking caused by flex as they pounded into the large Pacific swell. It is a far superior method than merely bolting. Since you're pulling up the toe-rail and exposing the joint anyway, I highly advise you consider this. If you really want, you could use bolts through all of the existing bolt holes, without the old toe-rail, but with proper glassing, I don't think it is necessary at all.
Step 2: [1] With commonly available stainless steel materials and some minor welding work which you could hire locally, you can build some bulwark knees to which you could attach some easily replaceable wooden bulwarks. Something like 7mm (0.25") thick, 50mm x 50mm angle in 4xx series Stainless Steel would be suitable to manufacture the knees. Add a bit of pipe to the knees and you have a wonderful built-in stanchion base. See if the welder can do his/her work on site to ensure the pipes are vertical at each location due to the changing sheer line.
Ideally, glass in a plywood pad that raises the knees up from the surrounding deck. (Visualize something like a backing plate, just slightly larger than the fitting, but on the wet side and glassed in.) If you do this anywhere you have bolt holes penetrating the deck, you will take some of the load off the sealant and reduce the susceptibility for leaks. If you absolutely never want to worry about rot again, substitute a composite for the plywood, such as glass laminate panel, G-10, etc..
[1] Pardey, Larry, and Lin Pardey. "Chapter 16: Build your own bulwarks." In _The Self-Sufficient Sailor,_ 136-40. Revised ed. Arcata, CA: Pardey Books, 1997. ISBN 978-0964603677. AISN 0964603677.
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Always enjoy your videos! Thanks for posting. I'd say fair winds and traveling seas...but I think I'll save that for a later date!
you would make an amazing teacher, any grade any subject
I love your videos! Cruising the Cut recommended you and I'm so glad he did. I've watched all of your videos and eagerly await every Sunday night! I don't own a boat or know much about DIY but you make everything so interesting. Can't wait to see how Athena looks when she's all done. Thank you for sharing your journey! x
patch looks good ,just found your site ,you have a great project there ,your video's are very informative and well presented you have another subscriber ! well done so far cheers Andy
The patch looks good to me. You're probably just used to seeing resin rich repairs (very common in marine applications) - pulling a vacuum will help flow resin and remove air. You can control your resin flow using perforated film and a bleeder layer. Your stack up would be: peel ply, perforated film, bleeder, breather and bag.
Gar' dang it.... I've finally caught up and will now have to wait a week for my next fix of Sail Life. I've been really enjoying watching this project progress and while I don't have a boat of my own (yet) it has inspired me to crack on with some projects on my house! Keep up the spiffy work Mads
Your a smart guy and it shows youre doing it right. I am impressed with youre deck support. Looks like a lot of work but impressive. Also removing the toe rail and using epoxy and biaxil. Nice work
Great vid Madz - you are doing great work. The only thing spread too thin is you! You could really do with helping hands - ala SV Seeker!👍
Hole repair looks great and using that method is going to reduce the filler needed to smooth off too.
Looks like a nice repair to me😋⛵. Again, if the toe rail is also the hull to deck joint, I wouldn't take it off all at once or the hull could distort.
"The thickness of the hull X the suck factor". - LMBO! I nearly broke a rib laughing so hard.
Thanks for the humor, I needed a good laugh.
That patch looks like a very sound repair. You can fair the surface when you get to finishing the bottom. Leave it for now and finish the deck. Great job!
Back to the deck, ay ay! :D Thanks :)
Mads, I would support the comments that the repair is epoxy starved. I haven't used vacuum but have used a fair bit of biaxial cloth. I am careful to wet out but minimise epoxy use. The repairs are always translucent - only white until wet out.
Nice video! Well worth waiting for it. Hope the repair on that (glory) whole turns out right. Looks like you're getting their. Although I reckon that your going to need every second of your left time in the shed before you have to move back out.Time is ticking 😱
Good luck! 🤙
Another end of the week and another LIKE from me....
Thanks! :D
The patch looks great. The only thing I would do differently is skip the infusion coil. It's not really needed for what you are doing there. Otherwise,great job! Thanks for sharing with us.
Your videos are extremely good , the repair looks good I would have overlapped the hole more but that's more than likely just me doing more than necessary.
dude good job on the repair, just remember to use the resin on the haul, not just the hold repair. you will have too cover the whole haul. it will allow the seating of the haul as a hole sigularity. it does take time, but the sailing structure will be better in the long run.
You might try putting the gravel in gallon plastic ziplock bags to make it easier to put them on and take off.
i have allways found your show very useful thanks for posting.
Awesome. And we have the DC electrical to look forward too. :-)
Yes, you do! I was actually just thinking about that (aka ordering some stuff of Amazon)
Make sure you buy tinned copper wire - ordinary copper wire corrodes at sea