Hello and welcome! If you like to build things from just a dream or have been wanting to do something...just do it. I am semi disabled and if I can do it.... You can too!
you can pull up the walls to get to it, but I did not know it was there. No one else with this shower that I know of has had a screw in that same place.
@@Youcan2Adventures Thank you for the reply. I have located the leak to the pipe going up to the shower right in the corner beneath the base. Can you access any of those pipes by just removing the surround, if that’s even possible, or do you still need to remove the door and other clear panels?
The frame of my shower is holding the plastic wall to the rv wall so on mine you need to remove the glass and frame to get the plastic wall to peel away. Hope this helps :) These Rv manufacturers sure don't try too hard to prevent any problems that's for sure.
I have a 23 foot Paceship that I'm looking to do something similar with right now. I paid $50 for it 😃, it's perfectly fine, the guy just wanted to get it out of his hair because he already bought a 37 footer and can't handle 2 boats. The only issue with the Paceship P23 is all the standing rigging, the mast, the boom etc is all at the bottom of the waterway somewhere where it's moored, it's been down there for a long time, it's buried in the silt, not sure where it is now. So it's a motorboat now. Got a Johnson 9.9 on the back, it's a small boat, you can practically water ski behind it with the 9.9 back there, I love that other people are doing this too.
Thats crazy that those screw holes were there. I have a 2022 jayco trailer, and i have had 3 different leaks so far. Currently i have a leak from one of the lines under the shower, but I might have to call the pros.
we are still finding leaks! I had to tear out the bottom to find another screw hole in the hot water pipe going to the shower way up under the trailer. And another under the sink!
I needed reassurance I could fix a leak under the shower pan. Outstanding video!! You’ve given me the mental push to make my repair 👩🏾🔧….saved me and my pocketbook $$$$!!
So glad you found this helpful! I have other videos I am still working on like taking the heater out ( had a mouse get in the fan and got stuck) and replacing, water heater repair etc.... I will get those done eventually, but my business takes so much of my time that I never have time to edit. Thanks for watching!
I did the the same thing to my 78 Venture 2-22 sailboat in 2007. If we had YT then I would be living on it in Florida or as a rv. I cut out the cockpit and put in a house deck with a home patio door for the back door. never finished it , Ended up cutting the boat up. It had the same cabin as yours. Did you ever finish it?
Good job I’ve watched the all the episode you posted still waiting for the next one . I also have same project of conversion . Getting ideas from you . I don’t know what to do with keel I wanted it out but will it role over ? Please reply.
Hi, thanks for the comment and hope you are having fun with your build. Regardless of what everyone says it will NOT roll over. I had a Watkins 23 in 2007 that I bought in Fla and sailed it from Bradenton beach to Tampa with no keel... yes it was squirrely, but it never tried to tip over. I know of plenty of people who done these conversions and not one of them has even listed to one side. I would not listen to what couch captains tell you, just do it and have fun! Thanks for watching and eventually I will get time to make another video. I have a full time business I own and operate and have very little time to even get online :)
This is helpful, thank you. In my rv I see a section where the previous owner siliconed the base of the shower but it didn’t work. There is a small amount of seepage under the door at the pan in the corner of the shower. The side up against my vanity. Can you tell me if I need plumber’s putty under the glass? I almost think my weight is pulling the seam apart. Perhaps the woods under the base needs to be more reinforced?
Thanks for watching and commenting. I added thicker plywood and more 2x4's under mine and it does not move at all now. I can't find pics, but in the video it I think it sorta shows the wood. I was going to put fiberglass resin on the wood just in case it did leak, but after 6 years I have not seen a drop of water under the pan so no worries. As far as the seepage on yours you indeed could try plumbers putty. The most expensive rv's out there are still not built perfect and every time you level up the rv or drive down the road the whole thing flexes so I am amazed there are not more problems. Thanks again!
On the video I am watching you are installing the steering. NOTE; You are putting the steering cable on the wrong side :-( That will require you to steer just opposite of most boats and cars. Actually I did mine conversion the same way (left side) because the hatch door to the galley on my sailboat was offset, not enough room in the right side for a wheel and seat.. STEERING… I went to a boat junkyard and bought 3 stainless steering wheels 18,20,24 for just $25 each. I didn’t need three but the cost on Cabbalas was about $140 each! It’s fun watching you figure it out.. doing quality work too
Lol... trust me I tried it out several times and you turn right on the wheel or lever and it pulls the cable pulling the motor to face left making the boat turn right. I wish I had a boat boneyard to buy the right steering unit, but where I am there are very few boats even though there are a few large lakes fairly close. Thanks for watching and commenting.... I would love to see your conversion also :)
I built nearly the same boat from a 26 ft sailboat in 2011. The old boat filled with a ft of ice was $250 in a two axle trailer :-) I DID keep my keel which had been cut down to about 12 inches. The keel was 3/4 inch steel 6 ft long. People said the top was to heavy, I argued the original top WITH a sail would be heavier and added pressures when sailing. I finished the inside with 1/4 inch underpayment (one good side) then used amber shellac to finish it off. The inside had been cleared and just had a floor of plywood. The boat previously used as a camper in a local lake. I used new unfinished upper kitchen cabinets (17 inch’s deep) to save room using amber shellac for them too. I added an old 8hp outboard but wish I has put on a 9.9 when I crossed Mobil Bay (Alabama) while spending the winter cruising from Biloxi to Tampa. The boat didn’t tip over but did roll a little when going thru 4-5 ft wakes left by huge shipping container ships in the bay. I removed one bench of the table, put up a wall then hung a 24 inch flat screen TV for entertainment and navigation and added a Small dorm size fridge. I covered the cockpit well with a plywood door setting it on top of the old seats, I stored a 12 gallon gas tank there under the new floor (added an additional outside vent) so I had less climbing around to do. Put two heavy patio chairs in deck and headed out for the ICW in Gulf Shore AL. With the 8hp I got tremendous mileage, better than 16mpg based on my GPS readings. Good luck, your boat is prettier than mine, you will get looks and questions endlessly.
Very cool build. Binge watched the whole thing after discovering it this morning. I'm planning on doing one myself and wanted to share some experiences that might be useful to other viewers of your channel. My first boat was a MacGregor 25 swing keel sailboat, but the keel fell off on one of the first trips. Without the 1,500 pound iron keel, the boat would float in a couple of inches of water and went about 15 miles per hour with its 9.9 horse outboard. Speed with the keel was limited to about 4 or 5. I later had a MacGregor 26-X sail/speedboat which went almost 20. What impressed me was that the original Mac 25 went pretty fast once the keel was gone and cost a fraction of what the X was worth. I almost never sailed either boat, so I'm thinking that I could get another old swing keel sailboat and do something like this with it. You definitely want a small skeg just a couple inches deep somewhere forward of center, otherwise the wind likes to blow the bow around when maneuvering at slow speed to a dock or boat ramp. With the 26-X, you lowered the keel just a few inches to stop the wind from taking the bow where you don't want it to go.
Thanks for watching and subscribing! I can't find the comment you done about the 9to5less boat, but ironically I was going to buy one just like it (Iroquois 30) years before they got that one, but the guy wound up just giving it to someone who cut it up and made a playhouse for kids.... auuuugh! I often wondered what happened to the 9to5less boat.
I just traded the MacGregor for the Iroquois a month ago. Its on blocks in a boatyard in Merritt island Florida, and I am working pretty hard on some things that need to be done before it can go back in the water. It costs me $300/month in the yard, so I'm not doing a lot of video and haven't stopped to edit any. I need to fix that bad patch that was peeling off the bottom and they painted over it when 9to5less had it out of the water for "repairs". I'm taking the new 3KW solar rack off the Carver and putting it on the catamaran and I got a 115 horsepower outboard to use as the main engine and want to keep Trevor's 15 horse mercury as a backup engine in case the 115 doesn't start. Once the boat is back in the water and at my dock, I can take my time fixing all the stuff that didn't have to be done in the yard. At that point, I will probably restart my channel and post videos of the boats progress. My channel began 6 years ago with the blue Mac25 I got after the one that lost its keel. Ironically, I considered that boat broken and got the blue one to replace it, but now I would prefer the one without the keel because it went so much faster with the motor. I haven't heard from Trevor since he took the catamaran from here, other than the few videos he's posted of his cross country electric car trip. Jess calls every few months and comes to Florida about once a year for a music festival. We've been talking about how funny it would be to shoot some video on the catamaran once its done.@@Youcan2Adventures
Wow... yeah it takes time and work to make and edit videos. People just don't realize how much it takes to make a decent video. My health has been very bad for over 2 years and I can no longer work on boats. I started a sewing business (cushions, light upholstery, horse related stuff) as I can do that little by little. I really liked Jess as she was always in a good mood even when things did not go right. If she would have gotten the boat and done her own channel she would be making big bucks even if she did not move it from the dock! She is so happy and everyone loves her laugh...lol! I can't wait to see what you do with the boat. If you were closer I would offer to come down and help do the interior. Once you start on it I am sure you will get a lot more views and subscribers..... speaking of which I will subscribe right now! Anyways, hope you get all your repairs done and get back in the water soon! Send me an email sometime... a lot easier to answer than on here...lol! Cheers, Jeff
@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958 I'm up in Titusville. I'm doing something similar to this. I'm using a old pearson 26. Boat was destined for the dump. It was not going to ever be restored. I bought it from a widow for 100 bucks rather than it go to the dump. In order to get it out I had to cut the keel off. The entire deck I've cut off. I have a giant empty hull in my yard right now. Really I'm just starting. The good thing is a lot of what I'm using to build the interior is still there as it was 100% glass. So I don't need to build berths. My plan is to place a skeg but also add 500 pounds of concrete beneath the floor. This boat orinally came in the 70's with a 20hp outboard. I was looking to do 25 to 50 as I'm going to build the transom much stronger. I would love to have someone who isn't such a sailboat purest to bounce ideas off. I've done this with a sailing dinghy and it came out awesome so now I'm just scaling up.
It seems to me without a dagger board the wind would blow you sideways and you wouldn't be able to tack with it. I think it needs a dagger board or a ridge board down the middle of the bottom.
Hi... I actually put a dagger board on it after this video, but did not do another video of it. Worked a lot better and also I moved the mast more forward. Thanks for watching and commenting :)
@@Youcan2Adventures I am old now but I had a snark once and it was by far the most fun boat I ever owned. I've had John boats and speed boats but the snark was a blast. I still have a ten foot aluminum John boat, if I had a sail you make me want to sail some more.
I really miss my sea snark and have been looking for one near me and reasonably priced.... they are hard to come by and even harder to find one that is affordable in decent shape (which most are not). I still have the sail and mast, but the spars got mangled up moving across the country twice. I really liked the Sea Snark as it was super light and I am too old to pick up anything else heavier so hopefully I will find another one day soon while I can still get out there. Happy sailing!
For long term...no. I just wanted to see if it would work... I also added lee boards later, but shortly after this video the boat went to someone else and all rigging was removed. It was a fun boat and project regardless.
Hi Peter, I never got to launch the boat due and never got any further on the build as health reasons prevented me from doing anything. Thanks for watching though and I may be doing an update video soon if I can get out and do it. Thanks again, Jeff
@@Youcan2Adventures Hi Jeff, thanks for your reply and all the best with your recovery. Hopefully happy sailing/boating will prevail after all your hard work . Good luck. Pete
Hi.. I know you haven't posted any updates.. but, I would love to see how it finished out. You have inspired me to do the same with my 22 foot MacGregor.
I actually sold it a while back and now the new owner has it for sale locally .... he was going to finish it with his daughter, but never done anything except paint the bottom. I may buy it back and finish it out. Thanks for watching and glad to be an inspiration! :)
It needs you. Some old boats bounce around from owner to owner until someone with the skills and motivation does something. The RU-vidr 9to5less left his catamaran at my dock for over a year, but refused to sell it to me. It went through two more owners, each of whom made the boat even worse than it started out. Eventually I traded a MacGregor 26-X for the empty fiberglass shell with two feet of rainwater in it and windows removed. Its going to take a long time to restore it, but I'm adding a 3KW solar array from my Carver 27 and a 115 horse mercury outboard so it can go fast if necessary or cruise with minimal gas consumption. I do not plan on restoring the rigging or sailing it.@@Youcan2Adventures
Just started watching your vids. Really enjoying them. Plan similar build but want to go 25 - 30ish foot. Keep it trailerable but weekender ready. More overnight comfort. Head, galley, separate stateroom. Best part is sailboats are so much cheaper! Thanks.
Sounds right to me... ours must have been a training trailer as we have fixed almost everything including pex water hoses with screws in them from factory! I keep finding stuff they done wrong or very poorly. Almost had a fire the first time out as the wires on the electrical panel were all loose causing higher amp draw and sparking. Also the brakes went out going over the mountains in Colorado as the wires to the one side of brakes was severed from factory! Luckily I know how to repair every aspect of the trailer to keep repair cost down as almost nothing is covered under warranty.
Very cool I would have left other comments but was watching on the tv . I love the idea you got here nice job I look forward to see how the end result is
keep in mind theres no keel weight to help keep the hull from rolling over and putting your cabin in the drink. the lighter you make that top hvy cabin the better. maybe when you make the skeg make it long a with some weight somehow.
After watching billions of build videos think yours fit my budget. How about attaching some removable netting too keep your kitchen stuff from falling to floor while driving. Just have too get rid of my trailfx plastic liner, buy me a cordless circular saw & maybe a nail gun.
I may have accidentally removed a comment or response.... my signal for internet is horrible where I am. Soooo I did use netting later on, sewed up the legs of a torn pair of blue jeans to make pockets and added a lot more to the cabinets, but I have not taken pics or videos of the additions.... again... trying to upload is not easy. Good luck with your build! :)
The process of this build is great. I think I will adapt your ideas to make one for me as well. What was the thickness of your plywood for the bed and the cabinets? My brad nailer may work for this build. Thanks for making this simple to understand. Regards.
Thanks! I used 3/8" plywood as it was all I had. I would use at least 1/2" for the bed if a do another one. I still have these cabinets in my truck and use them everyday except the bed... I took it out and just sleep diagonal on the floor as the back of the truck is 5 1/2 foot and I am 6 foot. I have been across the country 3 times with this set up and it works great! I don't post camping videos anymore due to lack of interest on youtube views. I wish I hadn't added the music to the vids, but I cannot remove the music without losing the view time.... oh well. Thanks for watching and would love to see your build!
@@Youcan2Adventures Appreciate you getting back to me. I thought it might be 3/8" but wanted to check. I think you did a terrific build and doing it off the tail gate with battery powered tools shows you have some great skills. Good job! When I can get to my build I'll show it to ya once I can get my wife to a healthier level again (knee surgeries) and catch up on some previous projects before the spring. The music is fine and light listening. Thanks again!
So long as your not in rough water your fine, i say that becuase if the motor gets swamped or the coils get wet she shut off and strand you. I used my 22ft catalina as a motor boat with the keel left on and i was in 5 foot white caps cod fishing. She handled it well untill the motor got swamped lol
I really love what you're doing with this, very neat indeed. Why not make the doors open inwards, might that help? From the perspective of the house boat/shanty boat or cutting the cabin down to make a tug, I think as it is is perfect, however, yours is the only opinion that matters as its your boat. She looks better each video.
Coming along very nicely. All the little jobs eventually lead to the realization that there's nothing more to do... I'm kidding, obviously, its a boat, there's always something more to do!
Good sized living area, especially with the cockpit out back. A nice little wood stove for keeping dry and warm will improve the quality of life aboard, and save propane.
