Now you see ''them'' ... Now you don't! Water damaged hull to SMOOTH Sailing (CSS Ep175)

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In this episode we work on finishing ‘fixing’ our mistake from last week and drill out the rest of the holes for the feet of the arch plus the backing plates for each. Bill also drills out new holes for the vertical support struts since we’ve decided to move them. Ricky our welder didn’t consider the backside where they enter into our locker which happens to be a fiberglass shelf that holds our scuba tanks.

After our day at the yard we head out with friends from One Life & Delos and hit the Malecon. Its a nice respite from our long days of boat work and we’re happy to have friends to share with.

The next day we’re back at it this time with the help of friend Jeff Bach. We install the vertical supports into their new position and end the day with a pizza night in the yard at the ‘Liquid Lounge’. We’ve become friends with many folks at the Cabrales Boat Yard who are all working long hours on their boats towards their dreams. We enjoy 2 for 1 pizza night and hang out by the fire with everyone.

The next day we’re glassing over the thru-hulls which were built up with compound to smooth out the ‘holes’ they made. Its a process that requires several steps but Big D is helping out and everything goes smoothly which means the hull is almost ready for barrier coat! Bill has some work to do on the keel first which requires some more sanding. Finally it can be barrier coated a huge milestone in our lengthy ‘bottom process’! And once the keel is done the hull gets the same treatment … so exciting to see such a HUGE difference!

0:00 Intro
0:10 Arch Progress
3:54 Dinner with Friends
5:31 Re-doing vertical support struts
7:23 Pizza Night at the Yard
8:15 Glassing over the Thru-Hulls
11:52 Prepping the Keel for Barrier Coat
13:53 Barrier Coating the Keel
16:49 Barrier Coating the Hull 😳
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