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The REALITIES of rebuilding a SAILBOAT (jobs, jobs, jobs and more jobs)
Sailing Merewether
The REALITIES of rebuilding a SAILBOAT (jobs, jobs, jobs and more jobs)
Getting stuck into various jobs in many locations, we're attacking on all fronts of this boat at once. First up we try to understand how to reposition the auto pilot drive so that it doesn't obstruct our future full sized queen bed we aim to put into the m...
Our Year Long Refit in 4 Mins – How We Saved $100k Rebuilding It Ourselves
David Shih
Our Year Long Refit in 4 Mins – How We Saved $100k Rebuilding It Ourselves
Dear Judges of the Best Refit Category: Thank you for your consideration! We dedicated our entire lives for over a year to this overwhelming refit and created a YouTube channel to share all of our blood, sweat (a ton of it,) and tears with the world. Bel...
I SURVIVED 10 Months of Rebuilding My Boat
David Shih
I SURVIVED 10 Months of Rebuilding My Boat
After 10 months of FIBERGLASSING (ok, i might not have been fiberglassing that whole time) we finally complete the rebuild of the main bulkheads on our Lagoon 450 Catamaran. I become homeless because the boat I've been staying on @ParlayRevival left the ma...
Taking the Plunge – Learning Fiberglass Repair
Out Chasing Stars
Taking the Plunge – Learning Fiberglass Repair
Big fiberglass repairs have been one of those jobs that has just always scared us. It's not something we've had to tackle often so perhaps it was the fear of the unknown or fear of screwing something up worse than it was before. But... you can only put o...
Wife Sees Boat After 8 Months & Is Put To Work
David Shih
Wife Sees Boat After 8 Months & Is Put To Work
Our Bulkheads are still broken and my wife thinks I'm just messing around down in Panama. Mary flys down to central america to take the fiberglassing into her own hands! I give her a step by step breakdown on exactly how to glass a structural beam. We ge...
I Sacrificed 3 Days of My Life GRINDING Fiberglass to Save $18k
David Shih
I Sacrificed 3 Days of My Life GRINDING Fiberglass to Save $18k
We find and grind out every single fiberglass crack and delamination on our Lagoon 450 bulkheads. We suit up ebola style and grind what feels like every surface in boat. You won't believe the buckets and buckets of dust, and that's just the bit we were a...
We Go To ALL OUT WAR w/ The Bulkheads On My Lagoon (hint: Nobody Wins)
David Shih
We Go To ALL OUT WAR w/ The Bulkheads On My Lagoon (hint: Nobody Wins)
I power tool my way through the floors and ceilings on our Lagoon 450 Catamaran to completely expose the BROKEN BULKHEADS but then we get stumped on how to get them out. @Sailing Parlay Revival comes over and figures it all out, so I donate my old cabin p...
Re-uniting a keel and hull is tricky (solo sailor)
Pacific Solo
Re-uniting a keel and hull is tricky (solo sailor)
Sister ships, Wahine and Distant Dreamer, have keel work projects going on side by side. Wahine, my boat, a Gib Sea 402 is having to redo a repair I did two years ago as well as having the keel bolts inspected. Distant Dreamer, a Columbia 43 and a Trans...
Ep165 How to Wetsand Polish Fibreglass Boats and Moulds .
Life On The Hulls
Ep165 How to Wetsand Polish Fibreglass Boats and Moulds .
This week the immense work continues and we are almost there on the repair and preparation of the mould for Gel Coating and the fabrication of a 40 foot Foam Core Catamaran Deck. The layers of gel coat in the repair need to be polished down to a perfect f...
Ep.257 Boat Build in Cartagena – Final days
SAILING into FREEDOM
Ep.257 Boat Build in Cartagena – Final days
Did we get it done on time, there wasn't much time left on the clock but you will just have to wait and watch the video to see our final days of DIY boat repairs. A break in the weather comes for us to escape from Cartagena. Usually gale force winds are o...

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