Luckyfish Turns 6! - Inspecting a Wood Epoxy Sailboat Pt 1

Luckyfish Turns 6! - Inspecting a Wood Epoxy Sailboat Pt 1 - Ep 59 Sailing Luckyfish

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5 жыл бұрын

This week we're checking for paint cracks - the first signs of rot, checking rigging, timber, plywood and epoxy. Living and working on the hardstand in a great community of folks, most who also own ply / epoxy multihulls. We check out some low cost multi's, and raise our foremast by hand, before raising glasses. Subscribe and don't miss the next episodes as we plow through a huge list of jobs.
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@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

A HUGE Thank You to everyone who commented last week offering suggestions for our wind generator installation. The response was staggering. The words "KZfaq University" sprang to mind - but I suspect the range of expertise from so many viewers far surpasses that any single University could provide. We will update you on the changes to the install of course. Thank you again.

@daveylocker8 5 жыл бұрын

Tampa/St. Pete area has to be one of the best places in the world to work on a sailboat because of availability of parts, and expertise in the sailing community. I feel so lucky to have had both Island Nautical Marine 727.577.3220 for spars, sails, bimini, and aluminum welding among lots of other things, and the owner at Marine Supply Warehouse 727.258.4958 is a real force in the sailing community with his expertise on everything having to do with sailboats, and sailing in general. He sincerely likes to help you find your way whether he has what you need or not, and he gives of his time to train youngsters in these arts. I've been working on an Endeavourcat 30 for the past 8 months getting it ready for Carribean island hopping, and would have been lost without these guys. I loved watching the rigger working on your boat. How lucky you were to have had his help. These guys are worth gold!

@RT-gs7fj 5 жыл бұрын

If you need any help or crew for 7 to 14 days I'm game.

@brianjoyce9742 5 жыл бұрын

Florida gets some stuff criticism at times. But my 14 yrs year have earned me many good friends as you have found and always helpful and fun loving

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

That is great to hear. We have the fondest memories and look forward to returning one day soon

@TonyAnschutz 5 жыл бұрын

So great to see the legendary Scrimshaw survived and will sail many more thousands of miles. A tribute to the epoxy play construction method. Finding Simon is another example of how durable these wood boats are!

@KarlKarsnark 5 жыл бұрын

Another great vid. I'm so happy my fellow Floridians were helpful. We're not as bad as everyone says....usually.

@animistchannel2983 5 жыл бұрын

Okay, you've convinced me. When I get my project going, it's going to be sheet metals/polymers & modular pieces. Fiberglass & exterior wood are more fussing than I'm up for anymore. I'll find a way to insulate or dampen the metal-drum factor, like polymer walking mats on deck & anti-acoustic foam on inner walls, or something. Thank you so much for the reminder!

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

fair enough. you won't even need to bother with coatings if you can live with the industrial look. the blog Morgan's Cloud said their one regret was painting her in the first place.

@animistchannel2983 5 жыл бұрын

@@SailingLuckyfish Yah, the tradeoff will be heat management and price. Sheet metals are crap insulators compared to your wood & fiber, and they aren't cheap like they were back in the day. That will affect the size of the first experimental model, especially in a material-intensive tri-hull. Thanks for the feedback and encouragement!

@geneberry7114 5 жыл бұрын

watching the mast raising last week and again this week sure makes me happy for my little 18' plywood sharpie with a single unstayed mast : )

@journeyislandstyle3786 5 жыл бұрын

Another nice one guys! Every episode is getting better and better, the viewer is being carried along with the story, smiling with each achievement and looking forward to the next installment. We can't wait to catch with you guys again...much love groovers!!!

@LongDistanceSailor 5 жыл бұрын

Nice to see fish with both her masts back up. Cruising boats never look really alive without their rig up.

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

totally!

@UweBehrendt 5 жыл бұрын

Stepping the mast is always fun with your neighbors Thanks

@brianjoyce9040 5 жыл бұрын

So very enjoyable seeing people working together and reveling in the experience. Sailing folk share efforts and good times alike. Damn, wish I were there too. Fair winds to all

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

+Brian Joyce - really appreciate your comments and this one especially. That's what makes sharing these experiences worthwhile. Hope you can find "your" community too mate. Cheers, Stew and Zaya

@TonyAnschutz 5 жыл бұрын

Great episode sir. I'll be doing the same thing with my boat soon so it is especially relevant to me now. My rig will have dyneema stays but I still have a wire forestay for the roller furler. this episode showed some really helpful detail. Thank you!

@VadiodaXT 5 жыл бұрын

Great Video

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers and thank you, Stew

@unclemuir 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like a party everyday in that boatyard.

@MiQBohlin 5 жыл бұрын

Aye m8's! Improvements on editing in this and last episode. Happy to see all this stuff you told me about. Great and informative work 👍

@ericvialla7270 5 жыл бұрын

✌😉👌always enjoying see you guys !!!

@z_actual 5 жыл бұрын

nice to cruise around some wharrams, we dont get many down here, probably a little cold have a good one

@MrRourk 5 жыл бұрын

The Prettiest LuckyFish Captain going Pro Angler? She loves catching the fish!

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

Oooooh Yeeeaaaah ! More to come

@brice5542 5 жыл бұрын

Loved it, hi princess we miss you guys. Cheers B

@leemartin3654 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for responding

@terryt5512 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Stew and Zaya--speaking of last week's episode, would you consider, sometime in the future, sharing the process by which you evaluated the energy needs of your boat, and determined how to implement the green energy sources that you've installed? Yours is the first of the vessels that I've encountered in the sailing vlogs that utilizes solar, wind, and hydro simultaneously. Really intriguing! I have only the most rudimentary understanding of amps versus volts, amp hours, etc, and analyzing those factors regarding boats. You're clearly quite knowledgeable about it. I really enjoyed the episode on your hydro generator. Also, have you considered replacing Luckyfish's current motors with electric ones? How awesome, if you were able to upgrade your boat to total energy independence! Keep the wonderful videos coming! :-)

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

+Terry T - pm'd you. Yes that vid is in the pipeline, once we have our system finished...

@paulbennett7743 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid mate. Don’t use a ferrous chisel on Al spars or the corrosion bubble will come back also make sure you use abrasive paper is Al Oxide. Cheers

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

+Paul Bennett - great tip mate. curious to know more about that one. Is it that the ferrous chisel is leaving micro bits of steel behind? How is your Tiki coming on? did you build the vane steering or is that well down the track? Cheers, Stew

@paulbennett7743 5 жыл бұрын

Luckyfish Gets Away : yes mate. Another way of looking at it is you are using the hardened bright mild chisel to scratch around in the Al corrosion. Sure the Al is softer but the Fe surface corrosion is always left behind. We can’t get away from introducing O2 but mixing base metals during a repair and sealing over with an epoxy paint is a bad idea/consequence.The Tiki was never started, the Hitia 17 was sold and I bought a Baker built Cape Barren Goose and have been sailing that ever since. Cher’s mate.

@paulbennett7743 5 жыл бұрын

Sorry just reread your question: you are not leaving Fe not micro bits behind but Fe corrosion. All metals are always corroding. Some say they do that protect themselves but really to believe that you would be subscribing to the theory that all things have a spirit and I don’t see any pet rocks on Lucky Fish.

@MrRourk 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful 38' Trimaran is on the market. Sailing will the Litzenbergers is selling the Trimaran they just restored.

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

+Frederick Rourk great - you are welcome to put a link here

@lotophagi711 5 жыл бұрын

Wood is acidic which may be causing the problem with your mast bubbling at the base. I used to work on wooden aircraft. I often found fixings which were waisted in the wood from corrosion with black witness marks around them. The fixings were stainless and the wood usually Stika spruce. The solution was to put chromate paste on the fittings to stop the erosion.

@professormoptop 5 жыл бұрын

Was Jersey John there at that time? He was full of good Wharram knowledge as well.

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

+Professor moptop - no he was not there - looking forward to hearing your plan B prof! Hope all is well

@professormoptop 5 жыл бұрын

@@SailingLuckyfish I will give you a hint, it starts in the pacific ocean this time around.

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

good luck bro' sounds awesome. good to be flexible!

@professormoptop 5 жыл бұрын

@@SailingLuckyfish we still aren't sure about that being fixable. but enough epoxy and plywood can fix it. still bummed about the holes though. #sadface

@gregrymelnechuk4791 5 жыл бұрын

Did you wire the shackles on top of the fore mast and Furler ? cheers

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

yes greg.

@writerslifewithauthortruma5370 5 жыл бұрын

You may have said this in the past and I had missed it but what year is the Luckyfish? Thaks and happy sailing.

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

She was launched April 2012. She took 3 men 3 years to build. It's interesting as we are aware of a professionally built Tiki 38 about to be launched at Andy Smith Boatworks that took 6 men 18 months to build. So you are looking at about 10,000 hours build time for a nice one.

@writerslifewithauthortruma5370 5 жыл бұрын

Wow so she is allot newer than I had thought, as I started following you and seeing more and more of the luckyfish I thought perhaps a late 1970’s design. Defiantly an amazing craft with a unique design crewed by some great people. Thanks for the update and happy sailing. Be well.

@leemartin3654 5 жыл бұрын

Does it affect you at all financially. If I watch the commercials or is it less money for you if I skip them something I’ve wondered a lot about and feel comfortable with asking you could you give us a summary on how this works

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

as far as we know, if you close any ad at any time, YT call that an impression and bill the advertiser for it, and pay us about 0.0018c. It means you were awake and watching the ad. Any one else know any different to this? thanks

@leemartin3654 5 жыл бұрын

It osolates

@roderickmchardy3650 5 жыл бұрын

6 months behind

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

yes Rod, these hardstand videos were recorded between Nov 2017 and Jan 2018. I am working round the clock editing to catch the timeline up, Cheers, Stew

@roderickmchardy3650 5 жыл бұрын

excellent vid as usual..

@leemartin3654 5 жыл бұрын

It’s skip able

@brettmillard1 5 жыл бұрын

nice content enough detail to keep it interestimg but story moved at a good pace

@SailingLuckyfish 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brett, really appreciated. Stew

@ricgaston6503 5 жыл бұрын

I don't mean this to be offensive at all but, Jeff from Mojo Marine sounds just like Carl (Bill Murray) from the movie Caddyshack. I almost expect him to start chasing a gopher any moment.

@leemartin3654 5 жыл бұрын

I guess I should stfu