Rust seems to have gotten the best of parts of our deck as we begin to cut off our bulkwarks on the starboard side...
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After finishing some huge boat projects, I decided to go for a bikepacking adventure, but this time I left Logan and Max at home and replaced them with three lady friends.
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After a couple of months of hard work we are FINALLY putting on the new bulwarks! New design and all!
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After tearing out the interior it's time to replace the deck. Lotsa learning and lotsa time. The steel boat restoration continues
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After finding some pretty big issues in our deck, we start the process of tearing apart the interior so we can start the process of replacing and repairing our rotten bits
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After having high hopes and decent results with the first cuts into our bulwarks, things take a turn for the worst... steel boats often hide major problems that don’t show up until they require major repair work, and this was one of those cases. Let’s ...
After finishing up our chain locker projects for the time being, we decide to take a few days off and head out on our bikes- to go camping!Thanks Sid for the extra clip of Logan crossing the creek! This entire video (minus Sid's clip) was shot on a DJI Osm...
We had quite the search process in trying to find a paint that was going to work for us and our application on our boat, but we were able to find the perfect product and finally get the deck welded back on as well!
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After building ourselves a Project Brupeg inspired wet sand blaster we put it to good use blasting our chain locker, but it wasn't a straight forward process and it involved us building some extra tools in order to get the job done!
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In order to save money, but definitely not time, we decided to make our own dustless sand blaster, taking a page from what Project Brupeg has done to prep much of their boat :)
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After redesigning our chain locker and deciding to change the placement of our door, we get the new frame into place along with a few other small projects finished!
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We continue to rebuild and redesign the chain locker on our steel Van De Stadt Norman 40, this time focusing on creating a solution to our inability to find the proper materials for a spurling pipe.
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After finalizing our chain locker redesign, we get to work on designing the plate our windlass is going to sit on. Due to material shortages we have to get a bit creative! Steel sailboats are quite the thing.
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After cruising with her for 6 months and doing some short- term repairs, we decided it was time to do some big changes to the chain locker on our Van De Stadt Norman 40. This has included redesigning where our windlass sits, how our chain flakes, and wher...
After digging into our bulwarks for a bit we get back to finishing the chain locker projects, starting with rebuilding the rotted out deck beams.
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Before we can finish the chain locker we have to get into bulwarks, and we find some surprises that have us wondering if we should change plans...
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We will be back to regular vids on Friday- After a few complaints about the lack of Max in our current project videos (it's not our fault! He has better things to do!) we decided to take a walk with him in the forest along the river and film it for all of ...
Before starting on our bulwarks projects we visit the family on SY Zouterik so Logan can help them fix their engine so they can continue their around the world journey! And then we get to work on the bulkwarks :)
0:00 To Zouterik!
11:12 Bulwarks!
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After cutting out our second hull plate, we get it fitted and we finally finish the welding on both plates, allowing us to move onto the next big project!
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After tacking in the first hull plate, we actually weld it in and then cut out the second one, and work on getting ready to put the new one in! Eeee! Much excite!
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After cutting off the port side of the chain locker, we make some new ribs and get the plate ready to be welded back into the boat!
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As the steel boat projects continue, we build an overhead crane to lift some equipment onto the boat so we can finally start welding and cutting some of the harder to get to areas!
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After finally deciding what our first major steps should be with our steel chain locker rebuild, we cut out one side of the locker, ribs, stringers and all!
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