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WE FAILED AGAIN…but we’re NOT GIVING UP! [RED SEAS]
This is one of the toughest videos we've made in a long time - at the end of our 3-month catamaran refit, we were so ready to get back in the water but when we launched our boat last week, we discovered that one of the thru hulls we had replaced was leaking. It took a huge effort to lift the bo...![How to install THRU HULL FITTINGS (TruDesign) [RED SEAS]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/XH7QJhYWaLY/mqdefault.webp)
How to install THRU HULL FITTINGS (TruDesign) [RED SEAS]
SUPPORT our boat refit: www.red-seas.com/refit and help us keep making these videos for you. This boat project is the main reason we hauled out and started this huge refit in the first place. Our sailboat is more than 20 years old and the thru hulls were all starting to corrode and look well past t...
S2, Ep16 Injuries Can’t Slow Down DIY Boat Repairs
The haul-out continues, and it's time to make serious progress on Into the Mystic! In this episode of Sailing into the Mystic, we work through injuries in the boat yard as we install all new ball valves and two brand-new transducers. These upgrades are essential to keeping our sailboat seaworth...
S2, Ep14 Finally Addressing Overdue Boat Maintenance
In this episode of Sailing into the Mystic, we haul out our sailboat and dive into a major boat project—removing all the thru-hull fittings and ball valves. What we thought would be a routine job quickly turns into a critical repair as we discover heavy corrosion that makes the work long overdue. Wi...
THIS COULD POTENTIALLY SINK THE BOAT! – (Episode 195)
This is the final few days of the lightning damage refit in Costa Rica, as we get ready topsail 2500 miles north to the top end of Mexico, before sailing across the pacific ocean to New Zealand. SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has started ...
Goodbye Bronze! Upgrading Our Thru Hulls
We'd already started noticing some corrosion with our bronze thru hulls, so in our mission to eliminate potential points of failure, it's time to upgrade! All of our old thru hulls get removed and massively upgraded with Marelon thru hulls, Marelon scoops, Marlon seacocks and fiberglass b...
Ep 233 | A Broken Through Hull! Nutshell Gets New Sails, Sailing Australia
Description Nutshell gets hauled out of the water and is given a good clean. It’s time to dig deep to find our painting supplies in the starboard aft cabin, ‘the shed’. Magnus goes about checking the through hull and finds that the one in the gallery has corroded away and is only begin attached t...
Ep. 5: A boat with projects, NOT a project boat!?
We're not ALL-IN sort of people... we didn't quit our jobs, and drop everything to sail around the world, and we weren't prepared to take on a full-time "bring it back to life" sailboat. However, we were prepared to move and live aboard a boat while doing some work on it. &...
Sail Life – Chainplates & last thru hull – DIY sailboat project
This week in my DIY sailboat refit project I got the chainplates and the last thru hull installed. This marks an important milestone. Athena can once again float! 00:00 Introduction 00:43 Chainplates 09:11 Thru hull 18:41 Project status 20:44 See you! *** Links *** Sail Life Shop: (Items are ship...
Airmar Speed/Depth Transducer Install & Thru-Hull Skin Fitting From Raymarine T70216 Pack – Pt01
All of our sailboat repair and maintenance blogs are now hosted on our dedicated maintenance channel, MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE Check it out here: An edited version of this video is now hosted here: How do you swap out through-hull fittings with different diameter transducer housings without any in...
Installing Thru-hulls and Seacocks on a 1965 Alberg 30 Sailboat at The Ventura Harbor Boat Yard
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #124 : Seacocks o' Plenty Hello Friends, On this weeks episode we get the pipe fittings installed on all of our new Groco Seacocks for Triteia and Camille seals them to their new custom G10 bases with Sikaflex. We then get to work installing them onto the b...
How to Install Thru Hull Fittings – TruDesign | Sailing Sunday
We replaced every Thru Hull and Seacock on Sunday with TruDesign. This is a simple step-by-step guide on how we did it.
Boat Work | Sailboat Maintenance | Sailing Sunday Ep. 52
With the boat lifting onto the hardstand last week we commence our boat works which predominately included doing some repairs around the prop shaft, sanding back the keel removing rust spots and filling and fairing, epoxy, prime underneath and finish off with some anti foul. While we were doing al...
How To Replace A Thru-hull Fitting & Seacock – Sailing Britican
In this boating how-to video, we cover a thru-hull fitting and seacock replacement. We also explain what they are, how they work, how they break and provide a demonstration on how to replace one. To get a checklist on the exact process, links to the products we used in the video and some tips abou...
Just About Sailing September 2019 – DIY Holding Tank Pt3 – Thru hull & Seacock install
This video went on a bit longer than anticipated, but so did the install process. First a bit of an update, then a detailed look at fitting the new Forespar Series 93 2" combined thru-hull and seacock for the holding tank waste outlet. This is how I did it - I am not suggesting it is how you s...![How to remove stuck thru-hulls on a sailboat [Ep 43]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/At6oL91hEMw/mqdefault.webp)
How to remove stuck thru-hulls on a sailboat [Ep 43]
Your sailboat thru hull fittings are super important for not sinking. So we decided to install a new bronze thru hull fitting instead of our plastic one. And by changing our ball valves from the old gate valves we gave ourselves a bit more work. Luckily the weather warms up a little for the work to ...
Just About Sailing November 2018 – Slow Progresss and Filling in more holes in the Hull
Just managed to almost get this video into November. Things are trickling along quite slowly at the moment. But every step in the right direction is a step in the right direction. Here are a couple of links I mention in the video: Sailing Hunk of Junk And my original video of glassing in holes in ...
Just About Sailing September 2018 – Making and Installing a new Holding Tank, Pt 1
This is the first of a two part project. I decided to make a holding tank from glass fibre covered plywood. Partly because of cost, but also to make sure I can get the exact shape and fit that I want. Seemed like a good idea at the time.![DIY Seacock Replacement (Short Version) | ⛵ Sailing Britaly ⛵ [Boat Work]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/8p0gysglfUU/mqdefault.webp)
DIY Seacock Replacement (Short Version) | ⛵ Sailing Britaly ⛵ [Boat Work]
In this video we show you exactly how we replaced all of our 26-year-old seacocks. (A.K.A. thru-hull fittings) This is a 'Boat Work' video and is intended to be informative, rather than entertaining... SUBSCRIBE! ➜ 📖 Be the first in line to receive our Financial Freedom PDF e-book, which...
Just About Sailing August 2018 – Checking for leaks in the rain, stern anchor locker, new water tank
Well it rained off and on for ages whilst I was fitting the windows. Then nothing for weeks. But today it is pouring, so I am checking for leaks before I finalise the gluing of the headlining. I have also found a spot for a stern anchor chain locker. And the new Water Tank has its first fitting.
Life is Like Sailing – Annual Maintenance and Raymarine Upgrades
A quick look at annual maintenance and some upgrades to s/v Moonshine. Don't forget to THUMBS UP, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed this episode. Now you can bring LIFE IS LIKE SAILING artwork and photos into your home! Check out the links below! Patreon page link:
Just About Sailing August 2 2017 – Removing thru-hulls and glassing over the resulting holes
Slightly longer video than usual. But I wanted to try and get the whole thing into one episode. I needed to remove two redundant thru-hulls, both either on or under the waterline, and then fill the resulting holes. So important to get it right. I tried following the instructions on the EpoxyWorks w...
7. Rudder Removal and Thru-Hull Replacement – Sailing Vessel Somnium
We took a break from the standing rigging replacement this week. We started off removing our rudder, but ended up having to replace a busted thru-hull. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N...