Join me as I paint the deck of my 38 ft sailboat. This video is the primer. Next weekends video is going to be the top coat. The paint used is Sigmadur 550.
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Last week I painted the deck of my 38 ft sailboat. This video is the primer. This weekend I fix the mistakes in the paint job by sanding the surface with 800 grit and then using 3M perfect-it Heavy Cutting Compound. The paint used was Sigmadur 550.
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Athena finally gets moved outside and I start working on the fiberglass dodger. Much more DIY fun to come :)
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This weekend I get to apply KiwiGrip non-skid to the cabin top aboard my sailboat and create a custom logo. Also, more work on the fiberglass dodger.
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This weekend I continue the refit of my 38 ft sailboat with a weekend of epoxy fun fun. I glass in the last of two supports for a new diesel tank and fix two loose beams in the saloon. I'm using 105 epoxy from west system.
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It's time to fly back to Denmark and finish painting the engine compartment. Soon the new diesel tank and the engine will be able to go back in. Yay! :D
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This week I finally got to put up sound insulation in the engine compartment! I also take apart the heat exchanger on my Volvo D2-40 to clean it. The expensive surprise of the week is that I need a new exhaust elbow. Dang it!
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In this video, I replace the diaphragm on my 130S saildrive and I finally get both the saildrive and the engine back in the engine compartment.
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This weekend I finally get to take a look at the structural members under the cabin sole. The news is... well... not gre...
A quick run through of my favorite tools aboard Athena. Thank you so much to all of those who commented on last weekends video. Your support and creativity in finding possible solutions to "the joker" blows me away :)
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I open up my Cobra 4R steering pedestal to inspect it. Fortunately, it turns out that I only need to replace a single bearing and the plastic break cover. I dropped off the pedestal at a paint shop. Unfortunately, I didn't get it back before leaving to spe...
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I head back to Denmark for my first welding lesson after having spent an amazing month with Ava in LA. Also in this video, you guys get a quick peek at the new workshop :)
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This weekend I checked out the boat show in Dusseldorf. I would have liked more DIY and I lost a lot of footage because of very poor audio on my brand new DJI Osmo pocket.
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Oh, what glorious fun! This weekend I got started on the mold for a new rudder for a 38 ft sailboat.
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In this video, I finish the mold of Athena's rudder.
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Opening a 30-year-old rudder and applying primer to the fiberglass dodger. Come join me for some DIY fun restoring my 1987 38 ft sailboat.
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In this video, I get started building a new rudder for my 38ft sailboat. Vacuum infusion is used to create the outer skin of the rudder.
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Join me in an attempt to turn the 40-year-old teak deck from my sailboat into solid gold.
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I'm back! In this video, there's a short update on the structural members. Then I get back to working on the new rudder and the dodger.
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NB! I had some problems uploading this video (see pinned comment). I get started tearing out the interior aboard Athena and order a new sail for Obelix.
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Prep work for the upcoming structural repair aboard my 38 ft sailboat. I also build a box for heating epoxy and de-mold vacuum infused rudder shell.
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I test a brand of expanding epoxy foam for my do it yourself (DIY) rudder project. Turns out to be very promising and something I might be able to use elsewhere during my sailboat restoration.
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I was so excited to pour the foam into the rudder this weekend. It almost happened but only almost ... dang it!
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I finally get to add the foam core in the new DIY rudder for my sailboat.
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In this video I finish Athena’s new rudder by applying coppercaot and get started making new rudder bushings.
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