I really like the thumbnail for your video this week - the wide shot with both of you standing on the deck. It may seem small, but seeing both of you out there on deck in the sunshine is great. Great video, too, but I always say (and mean) that!

Great job guys. You do know it's illegal to put ketchup on a hot dog, mustard rules! Keep the vids coming, cheers.

Grace and Bill with a lot of drive on and get it done attitude. My admiration for you both. Great tankage upgrade. No more strapping down or carting jerry cans around. Clear side decks and many other improvements. 👏❤️🤝⛵️🏝️

Bill, your knowledge is so valuable! Without Grace’s ability to maintain a functional home amongst the chaos, life would be so much more difficult. Your hard work is so very worthwhile. What a fabulous relief, no more jerry cans on deck! 🎉 I admire your patience and ability to get through all the frustrations without expressing your emotions ;) Keep up the great teamwork!

It says a lot that Grace can be talking on camera and midway through just start eating something and continue talking. Truly admirable. haha Not sure I could do that without it being some attempt to humor myself.

That's a hard slog guys, way to go on getting it done. Your tenacity is pretty freaking awesome. You guys have done such a fantastic job with the boat. I hope you get some chill time as well, because you bloody deserve it. Great vlog :)

Bill and Grace, the two of you make a great team. Good communication, team work, patience and you’re both are on the same page, getting Calico ready to sail. Grace everyday you get stronger and stronger. 🤓🥰

Love the 2012 throwback pics! ❤

I would think about each step of a boat project. Especially as I go to sleep each night. Then work the project but seldom would think of every step. I installed a 100 gallon Marine alloy aluminum water tank and a 75 gallon water tank. This was before the days of water-makers. Always enjoyed the satisfaction of a successful project. Glad to see your doing well. Bill is a very thoughtful boat project craft man!

Diesel fumes are a hazard if the are compressed. During field operations, the four hole latrines are filled with diesel because they will not explode if a cigarette is tossed into them. Gasoline is added later to ignite the diesel and burn the waste material. Field sanitation 101!

it's a boat... it is always in flux... you handle the stresses beautifully... keep it up

Considering the trips you guys make, the tank upgrades make total sense. You'll still want some on deck fuel when heading to more remote places, but way less and not all the time. Don't forget spares for the pump, filter and fittings though, and some way to at least bypass the flow meter. Maybe a fuel specific hand or battery pump that you can connect to the bow tank and pump fuel into a jerry can in a worst case scenario of needing to manually cross fill. A cut off valve at both ends too, if not already there. I didn't see them but might have missed it.

Groovy job on the fuel tanks. Now let's go sailing.

Wearing the Calico Sky TTYC shirt and watching your episode while on vacation. Love your channel.

I was not too sure about this channel when I subscribed. Barrowing water from Delos. This is one of hardest working Blue Water Sailing channels on Utube. I think Calico Skies and We Sail are the top channels .

You two amaze me! FYI, I lived aboard a Peterson 39.5 center cockpit, in the early 2000’s with my boyfriend. We bought the boat as he told me what a great sailor he was…what he didn’t tell me is his mechanical skills stopped at turning the cap of the gas can. No joke! No one can live on a sailboat without having good mechanical skills. So it didn’t take long before our money was gobbled up with paying for boat repairs. So our live aboard in the Caribbean was only one year. And our relationship was done with too. But I loved the life and if I had a Bill I would have continued on. Bill, you are amazing with fixing things! Grace is amazing with her hard work to make this journey possible. Grace, as you know, I’m a cancer survivor too and I’m so happy for your strength going through the cancer fight. Love you guys! Keep sailing. Sending love.

One more thing done on an endless list. You gotta love it

You guys are superheros🏋🏻‍♀️🤟🏋🏻‍♀️

Bill is a Snipes Snipe, Captain Grace is lucky to have him. Like the "I'm going to suit up", Super Grace to the rescue !!!

25 gallons? LOL Good to see you moving on with projects and plans.

so great to c u all healn up n bk on the water again.

The major reason for fuel bypass in a diesel is to keep the rail and injectors cool. Suggest you monitor the temperature of the day tank for a bit to see if anything has changed.

You both inspire me. You deserve all your dreams to come true. I hope you are currently sailing.♥

Glad you have adult supervision!

Not sure why but your intro music makes me feel good .😎👍..

Awesome ya all cool video! Fair winds for yer projects! Grace take care of yourself!!

HBD Bill ... I know it was a while ago but 🎉 party on dude

Bill and Grace great job. Bill after installing all them hoses you are officially now a Hoser Eh!! Seriously that was actually quite the big job and thankfully Grace being there the fiberglass dust was cleaned up. I think safe to say if left to you Bill you would have let it go lol. So this putting more fuel capacity to Calico Skies is a game changer. Again great job and thanks to Dimitris being there to assist he has been a tremendous help. See you later next video and Grace I think it is safe to say positions you have not done or used in a long time you will feel the effects of it. Soreness , stiffness it's sort of being like an sports person getting back into the game after off season. Take care

Happy Birthday, Bill.

A belated Happy birthday Bill!

Not all that often we get to see a big project like this go from start to finish in the same episode... I guess it helps when you aren't jumping back and forth on 5-6 other big projects. Great job on the work and explaining it so even I could understand... 🤣

Great video. I can’t imagine how difficult this project was to accomplish while living on the boat in the summer in Mexico.

Better than cardboard patterns. We use strips (~2") of cheap luan plywood to make frames with a hot glue gun. One can easily score the luan strip to cut to length. Also, wider strips can be can be marked and cut to easily fit the curve of a hull by making with a pencil/marker spaced by a 1" block.

I glassed in the bottom of my deep lazaret to get an extra 34 gallons worked good , 45 footer.

Your concern is not about the fuel tank pinching the fiberglass, but about waves/beam waves hitting the bow causing the bow to flex and hit the fuel tank edges hard enough the fiberglass hull gets cracked from the metal fuel tank. Several cruisers use a sheet of hard rubber mat between the fuel tank and the hull to prevent this cracking to the hull.

Happy Birthday Bill

You two work so well together, poetry in motion!

Nice work. Loved the video as always!

Captain Bill just dispose those jerry cans on SV Sailing into Freedom... Plukky needs those cans badly... and some fuel. 😁

“Not going to be very new”…….that’s hilarious!

Inspirational to someone who has a boat full of tools, and trying to save money and time, and live on boat at same time!! Paciencia

OMG ‼️ getting all ready for an adventure 🎉🎉🎉 Best wishes. See you next time.✨ 🌊 💨 ⛵️ 🏝️ 👙 🌞 ✨

That will make things so much easier Good decision to add this tank guys

Yeyyyy, awesome job guys...cheers

Happy Birthday Bill! Congratulations to you both on the fuel tank project.

Tanks a lot for this episode! Hehehe It's great to see the (slow?) progress with this project. : - )

So impressed!

Good job Guys. Heal well and have some fun along the way.

Good job guys,

Wow that looked like alot of work,good job you two!!!!!!😊

Lookin good guys. Larger tank is alwys a plus.

Nice job Y'all.

Good job 👍

My C&C landfall 38 had factory installed aluminum fuel tanks which were set in a bed of foam at install. Thesewere specs at install because we didn't want to lug around Jerry's, Neither tank had an inspection port either. The main 70L tank still remains in its foam bed because to get it out I'd have to remove the engine. We can motor at 5 knots for 700 miles if we have to. I feel your pain with the gd foam

Great episode!

I think you should have learned sailing with Brian, that fuel leak at the end has me questioning that premise.

Grace you are looking terrific. I know these videos are a few weeks behind. I hope your progress is even better now. Can't wait to see you guys get back to sailing and living the dream.

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That was a lot of work! Looks great!! can’t wait to see you guys back out there sailing ⛵️

Great work! Thank you for posting.

Great job guys!

Awesome work guys!!!! ❤🙌🏼

Happy birthday to captain Bill!! Well done guy's Calico is all fueled up and rairing to go! Thanks for another great episode guy's 👍 enjoy and safe travels guy's

Great video you guys, Bill explains what he is doing so well …. Even I understand, really enjoyed this install tutorial 😉

Hell of a job! Nice work

I see a lot of boats with lots of jerry cans on one side of the boat. Bad idea if nocked over by a gust with full sails can change the righting moment. That means over you go.

Great job you guys

Happy birthday wild Bill. Good job.

Thank you so much for a great episode. 👍✔✨

Just FYI the yellow tape dope works better for diesel but the PTFE paste (Permatex 80633) works best of all IMHO. Make sure your Racor fittings are proper. Some are sealing washer style and not NPT threads. A NPT will work on a seal type but only about 2 threads are grabbing and you can suck air through the fitting. Consider putting a shut off valve at the tank if you don't have one. Look at all that deck space!!!

Amazing! Great work all and especially Bill! Happy you are healing so well Grace!❤😊

Great video

❤ 🤗 Grace and Bill. Thank you for showing the real challenges of sailing. Good job. FL Crew. ⛵

Ha! proper fittings for the win. Donate for a Dream

Tanks for the video

Be gentle with yourself, Grace. 🕊Happy you are upgrading your boat, Bill and Grace. ⛵

Great boat project complete. No more jerry cans, yea. Can't wait to see you sailing. 😀

Hey guys! An amazing amount of work to get those tanks changed but what an improvement! Getting that weight and clutter off the deck will be huge.Doing all of this in that Mexican heat can't be easy. I'm curious Bill, what's a ballpark figure on those tanks? They look well made, how much did you save having them made in Mexico? Good move. Nice patreon pitch, smart. I agree on over-thinking the project, it tends to turn into a mountain. Best to dive right in, then when you get into a tight spot you can sleep on it like Bill did earlier. Nice work guys! You jammed this episode full! Be well my friends!!

Nicely done guys! Sounds like a vast improvement to get rid of gerry cans on deck that look salty for about a day then just look amateurish. Cheers Warren

Happy Birthday Bill🍻. Is there a chance that fuel could be siophoned by accident from the front tank to the day tank causing over filling of it ? A valve between the two tanks would be assurance that no fuel could be transfered unless you open it.

If that is foam holding the tank in as you said just pour acetone over it and it will melt away easily.

Just found your channel and my first thoughts were You like to explain things in full detail dont you ? Not a bad thing just very informative ! So between your wipes of your brow i subscribed ( now whos the one going into detail ) lol. and look forward to more videos .

I have been watching y'all since you departed Spain , and enjoyed all your videos . But when the next time your anchored with a nice beach and you find yourself getting a little bored. Just look back at these last few episodes in the boatyard..... It will enhance your location ......

Nice work Calico, you’ve more than doubled your fuel capacity! 🎉

I’ve commented before cause I love you guys, but what about removing everything from the boat, lightening the load and putting only what you really need back. You’ll find you have loads of space and put the rest in storage.

I went with an airhead and ripped out the black water tank altogether. Its so much easier to get rid of a garbage bag of earthy poo than emptying the black tank at the most inopportune times. My Catalina 30 has two water tanks one in the setee and one in the vberth. Since installing a watermaker in the black tank location, I have toyed with the idea of converting the forward tank to a fuel tank...That would leave us with only the 25 gallon tank though...

😃👍👍👍❤ Nice work. The jerry cans could still be used if even more fuel is needed for long remote crossings.

Damn I wish I knew you was going to use KSH!!!!! there like 40 miles from me and have had stuff done by them. I could of picked them up for ya a dilivered!!!!

Good episode. How a seemingly easy job can take 3 days +.

Hey Grace, I’m pretty unlikely to ever have a double mastectomy but after half a lifetime of racing bikes I’ve gone through a surgery or two, so I absolutely get where you’re coming from. You’ve hit the nail on the head describing the process of two steps forward, one step back in your physical recovery. Yup, physio is a really double-edged sword. Every new motion and every increase in range of movement brings on the suck but you’ve got to do it to get back to full range and strength. Getting the scar tissue stretched to allow you to get your muscles good again is at the heart of it all. I honestly think that being a liveaboard is probably the best thing for it because you don’t really have much option other than to get on with it, or you simply become a berth ridden passenger and ain’t nobody got time for that when there’s places to go and great sailing to be had. Keep on keeping on, the rough days will get fewer and you’ll get confidence back in your body’s ability to do stuff. One day you’ll suddenly realise that you’ve not thought about being careful for a while and you’re still ok. That is a great feeling! Great job on the tank revisions, had you thought about running a return line from the top of the aft tank back to the forward tank with a non-return valve to only allow flow forward? That way you can achieve two things, 1) you don’t have to worry about overfilling the aft tank. 2) if you leave the transfer pump running you can fully polish your fuel by recirculating it for a while. If you do go that way with it I recommend fitting a shutoff lever valve as well so you can fully isolate the tanks from one another. Come to that, I assume I missed it but I didn’t notice whether you fitted a shutoff valve on the feed line from the bow tank? If not it’s a good idea to do so just because it allows you to change hoses etc without having to empty everything to avoid filling your bilges with diesel. (Fought that battle myself and it is deeply unpleasant!) Great vlog, you two rock. Cheers, R. 😎👍🍻

Happy b day

What a Professional install. Not for the meek of heart. I did the oposite...installed a 48 gal. Black water tank up forward (custom polysterene) Great job Bill, you musta' gone to an analytical thinking course...figure it out, knock it out..Great work. Grace you continue to Crack me up... Bill's elbows deep in the mission, its late, he's not giving up...A lil' bit of WINE, Yes Mam...talk about real? Lol. That dock you guys were at Is Madness at night, with the night cruises. The oysteria was my HIGHLIGHT...I went Animal on the ceveche' and oystiones frescos...3 dozen?

Great job to the both of you getting those fuel tanks installed Grace these jobs don't come with schedules only objectives you are fortunate that Bill achieves those objectives and Bill you are fortunate as well. How are you feeling at present Grace?

Hi Bill, Nice work on a complex multi-faceted project. One small but important point is that the Marco (excellent pump!) fuel transfer pump you installed should be turned 180 degrees. The issue is that if the fuel fittings or the fuel impeller case leaks the diesel will leak down into the electrical motor and while diesel has a limited issue of fire with a spark, it will create a fault in the electric motor. In short the impeller pump section needs to be below the electric motor driving the impeller. The installation instructions call out any position except pump housing above the motor. I hope you take this input as constructive support

I love watching your videos, as usual, so very inspiring to me. Also, Grace. I love your hair, great style, and colour. If only I would suit that hairstyle. As usual, watching from Queensland, Australia. :)

Great job honey.

So glad for the successful refit of fuel. I remember when Bill was saying with the guys he was running short on fuel. How far (motoring time) will 50 gal diesel get you? I wish you could have an electric engine w diesel backup. Bummer having so much fuel on board. Maybe on your next boat upgrade. Blessings!

Vasectomy? Atta girl. Sport mode now

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The only time static electricity has been blamed for igniting diesel, jet or kerosene fuel was TWA Flight 800. And that was only to cover up the fact the Navy shot the plane down. It is a simple matter. Those fuels can only burn when vaporized. That only happens with diesel when injected at high pressures or it reaches its initial boiling point which 200 C or 392 F. And if your fuel ever reaches that temp, you have a major problem.