A VW as an autoclave! …Hats off to you Sir because you have more tricks than a shade tree mechanic

Brilliant. The post curing in the Passat was genius.

Hard work.Power on! Thank you for posting. Just watched till the end. Radical improvement. Hard to believe having that spacing on tube supports was deemed acceptable in the manufacturing process. What a relief to complete all these interventions. Again, great video. Thank you for posting.

Damn son. You do amazing work. Digging through the rubble to fit the rudder....Priceless!

Your a clever, hardworking team, makes getting on the briney worth it in the end.

Once you have a reaction to epoxy resin you'll always have it. I've tried everything to protect my face and arms, from my severe skin reaction, but nothing works. It takes me 2-3 weeks to stop itching and recover. The gassing molecules from the epoxy must be so small they infiltrate most protective items. I'm really impressed with your fiberglassing skills.

First class job !

Good luck with your work, don't give up

Rustig blijven,en stap voor stap je boot repareren. Waar een begin is komt ook een eind.en later genieten van je boot🎉🎉

Excellent job mate. Attention to detail. I like it. The worst thing you can have is a lack of confidence in your boat and a constant worry that something will give. Now you know it's better than new. Years of happy sailing.

This is quite impressive professional quality work

... Well!! .... you certainly did not take the that'll do approach with your repairs here .. Not surprised you say there were some deep grumblings when first discovered .... good job on the inside rudder stringers as well, thx for showing the completed stringer repair, that ain't goin no where .... Fumes no matter what are not a good thing in confined areas bringing down the oxygen content, not good, masks will not alleviate this challenge. Hence the need always for good airflow, big fan, or even that extractor fan with the hose sucking out low lying fumes and fresh coming in from the top ..... you know all this, just felt the need to bring it to the front of the thought pattern for a minuet or two .. glad Sally is doing better .... have to say the rudder sure looks fine slid into place .... just got recommended by YT .. Done the Subby, likey, belly, clicky thingy ... as always .. never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans .....

That’s a daunting repair job to take on, brilliant to see you take it in your stride and get the job done . Many would have walked away or just painted over it and carried on. 😅

Good job

That is a very nice repair! Good job! I like bronze bearings better though. Plastic tend to swell, happened to me twice. Hope yours will not.

Great work, really enjoy watching how it should be done.Well done 👍

That is a fantastic piece of work, quality job, well done!

A good job. Strong now too. I've also found antifoul around the wateline and above hard to remove and resorted to paint stripper. I think epoxy when curing gives off a vapour that shouldn't be breathed. Look at a 3M hood that has a snap on pipe that can connect to a forced air supply, a simple 12v fan. They sell around £30.

Amazing work.

I would recommend using a vacuum scraper to strip the paint for future projects. It makes it much more enjoyable as all the paint is vacuumed away, for safe disposal afterwards. Another trick is to round the corners of the carbide blade, such that if the blade slips it does not create a deep cut in the gel coat.

Impressive work, well done - its depressing how poor the original workmanship was on that rudder mount

Good work

Thanks for a quality video of your repairs , one workaround to the epoxy it to use a good iso polyester resin like the boat was originally made from. It is also much easier and quicker to work with so less time laminating upside down. But hindsight 20/20, and she did a beautiful job with the laminating Cheers Warren

Flippin brill work there. Gosh I hope there was no lasting issues with your sensitivity to the epoxy.

Just fell across your channel on youtube, great workmanship and narration i really enjoyed it.i will checkout a few older ones to

That looks like a very well done repair!

Parabéns pelo trabalho! 🇧🇷

the Passat had me roiling

Wow, incredibil ce munca.

Una obra de arte EXCETE trabajo saludos desde Argentina !

Soda blasting a great way to remove antifoul, or even blasting with walnut shell!!

Wow! neat job.

Travail de pro 🤗👍

Well done without a vac bag.

according to Wolfsburg this was an official, specified use of a VW wagon.

The reaction is from the epoxy catalyst. You need to use nitrile gloves and not get any epoxy on your skin. As soon as you do use vinegar to clean up the effected area. The best way around this is to work as clean as possible, it sounds hard but it is achieveable. Nice work on your rudder post, if you’re serious about long term cruising fitting a skeg in front of your rudder is a good idea.

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This is why I always say a transom hung rudder is the way to go, especially one which can be raised, so in the unfortunate situation of striking something solid the rudder will kick up and not cause a possible catastrophic incident. btw if you want to avoid nasty side effects from West System etc epoxies go with our Aussie made Bote Cote epoxy, water based and no nasty side effects. This epoxy is proven here in Australia and elsewhere with many boats from dinghies to ocean going sail boats and power boats built. It's also better priced than the nasty epoxies. I've got nothing to do with the company besides using their products for building kayaks and boats, also for restoring boats. I'm not paid by them and I paid full price for the gallons of epoxy I've bought

good job, what type of fiber glass you use ? Just roving 600gr?

Read the safety papers concerning used chemicals, or get sick

What type fiberglass cloth did you use for this?

What is "Wau ah"? The CC AUTO TRANSLATE didn't catch that one?

Dislike spade rudders, remember how many bent or broke off in the '79 Fastnet. Give me transom hung every time!