Ahoy matey, welcome aboard Sailing Saetta! We are Miguel and Saskia, a young couple living aboard Saetta. Here we will share with you our projects and the liveaboard lifestyle, as we try to realise our dream of becoming long-term cruisers! Discover more about us and our plans by visiting us on our website or social media accounts.
Wow. That is some tough luck with the keel, and I wish you the best. I get that your “solutions” were more expensive than you imagined they would be, but the costs obviously didn’t bankrupt you. Please, please, please stop using clickbait language!
Keel setup on your moody is same as my old moody 1980 33s so good to see your videos my keel bolts are bolts not nuts and studs how were they toget undone and out please?
The owner is a lill tightassed and a little inept, but only a little. When you bring in the surveyors, they have to point to some possible mystery problem in the keel structure for you to fix. Otherwise they are getting politically incorrect with the marina who did the bottom job for you. If they do that, they wont get referrals from that marina, and maybe not from other marinas either. These bolted on keels are like balsa cored hulls. They solve the problem of fiberglass boats lasting forever. Mutual of omahas wild kingdom should do an episode of what happens to old boats and their owners when things start breaking. Its kinda like what happens to old caribou when the wolves come around. Why didnt the survyors, the marina owner, and the techs just start biting you and tearing hunks of meat off you? Better than spending days grinding... seriously get some better quality abrasives.
How does a boat bankrupt someone? Surely your boat is not your major asset. If it is, it has to be the worst financial decision imaginable, having your entire fortune invested in a sinking asset, so to speak. Even the best boats usually sell for less than you pay for them. If this is you, buy a much cheaper boat or DON’T BUY A FRIGGIN BOAT at all! Or if you do and it all goes to shit, don’t make a frigging video about it. FFS!
Wow so much work, for what looks like loose keel bolts! On iron keels, the galvanized keel bolts need to be replaced on a regular basis. Before all of this, did you try to torque the keel bolts? Was there evidence of flexing in the fibreglass where the keel bolts were?
Yeah right ! the boat is ready , supplies are loaded, GPS working fine funny though is does not show any movement , but the keel has fallen down to the bottom of the sea. uynny guy you are . I will subscribe to your bad luck , send me some pictures , rall
thats one if the reasons i bought a steel boat. a welder, angle grinder and a paint brush is all you need. If something is wrong, cut ist out and weld a new panel in.
It’s almost hilarious to see all kinds of experts having a opinion. The most common reason you see cracks around a keel base is that the hull is flexible. In most cases when the boat didn’t run aground there is no need to lower a keel. You see this question over and over again on you tube. Reinforcing the hull is not always a wise thing. Hulls must flex a bit to stay one whole. Thinking te hull can make cracks and deamination too. The fix in this video appears to be sufficient as it is a small repair and not altering the hull .
@@MonkPetite Not gonna lie - I looked at your channel and we pretty much watch the identical videos on here. So, I’m pretty sure we’re best friends who haven’t met. Carry on, sir. If you’re ever Downeast, I have a assload of glass work I’d love a hand with.
@@MonkPetite I’m probably using the wrong terminology, but when I click on your avatar, it shows what it calls your “channel” and your vids. Airplanes and boats. Unless…I’m looking at my own history and saying “hey this guy likes the same stuff”. That could be true too
What was the root cause for the water intrusion. I thought you said that the anti-siphon valve worked perfectly when you tested it. You mentioned possible faulty head gasket. To me, it looks you have not fixed the problem at all.
All thos lines going thru the stringers are the result of lazyness from yards and / or previous owners. The image you showed of the +/- 10 cables and pipes through a stringer makes the stringer useless : it has a zipper effect. I don't know what you decision was but on my own boat all the electrical lines went on the side of the boat and I managed to have the pipes pass under and along the settees. Gives cleanr bottom, and your stringers are safe. Good luck with your engine!
Crossing an ocean shows most sailors that it is something they never want to do again. Many stay then to coastal cruising but some just abandon sailing forever.
I bumped into this YT channel for the first time today - and via their info in the popup window from their channel home page, checked out both their website and their Instagram (IG). Their website advertises their sailing business and has a 2024 updated time stamp. Their IG has updates e.g. in August this year. Basically, they dropped out of YT and left the videos that may generate some business still - I guess.
A surprising amount of one's time boating is dedicated to just this kind of thing. Taking things apart and putting them back together again. Hopefully in better shape than when you started. But not always. The actual sailing can remain distant and aspirational. To avoid the "dropping the keel nightmare" there are older boats where the keel is integral to the hull. No seams, no bolts--one piece, cast as one. So... on to other nightmares. The engine dies. Or the rudder falls off. Your rig collapses. Leaks, leaks, leaks. Bon voyage!
Can you cite a single example of a bolt on Keel failing without prior damage? And I mean an example following an accident investigation board's findings, not some pisshead on the internet mouthing off.
@@atakd well I watched a young couple buy a salvaged boat do to grounding as they deconstructed the boat everyone even without credentials and not belonging to a board of inquiry could see how easily a bolted in keel and glued down grid structure came apart way to easily. Also it was visible where the grid didn’t even touch glue/epoxy. Then they literally pulled apart the grid lamination with their fingers. If you need something written up in some formal report to know there’s a problem that’s on you
It almost looks as though the joint between the horizontal portion of the keel was not properly repaired/cleaned prior to reinstallation of the keel. The Sikaflex adhered to the keel pan and the and the keel except for those horizontal surfaces.
What a shame. However, good decision on not sailing and getting this solved. Better safe than dead. We argue about steel versus GrP, but each needs maintenance eventually.
They is an old say .".they are the people who sail and soon or latter hit the bottom and the ones who lies about it ..." encapsulated keel sound too to have issues with rusting keel inside who crack the fiberglass, or some have woid , and over the years the water creates hosmosis by the inside..I sail all my life and bolt keel are soon or latter an issue ..except this boat in saw and it was so well built in the USA , that a steal rim was all around the inside of the boat supporting the keel and the effort spread on this large steal rim all inside the boat ..but like indestructible that for sure ..the modern boats like Bavaria , Beneteau..ect..are built for charter in mind , look good but when you see the few bolts supporting the keel , a bit of a concern as I have been through some big seas in my life time and any boat can feel like being drop wilddely of a wave ..I am not at my age dor the maintenance of a steal boat, or aluminium but I must admit that the keel welded all along the hull is certainly very safe , even grounded, the steal or aluminium just bent , not normally crack as fiberglass....stay away from composite hull that for sure ...composite is really for racing , and they fix the keel often ..
Boat builders need to return to the integrated full, or full modified, keels! Actually, bolted “keels” are not keels at all: they are fins. It’s a daggerboard with some cheap stainless bolts holding it on. When it fails, your boat will capsize in seconds.
Agree. It's a crap keel design. Run aground and the keel is compromised. Tony Bulamore and Simon le Bon's racing boat had these crap keel designs which failed and both boats capsized. I prefer long keels with internal ballast like your Island Packet's and Fisher Motorsailers.
I pressed "like" because it was a good and informative video, not because I found plesiosaur in your sufferings. Glad you came out on top in the end. Best regards from Jarle
would have been interesting to know if the manufacturer was contacted in regards to the "flexing".. as an engineer I would really say that this flexing did look pretty natural, given that you let the unsupported keel hang from the laminate.. not sure who has never heard of boats flexing a little under load.. and that was some pretty heavy load.. the flexible sealant was there for a reason no doubt..
So sorry to hear of your struggles, hard to watch actually. But it was fascinating to see what it would take to just strengthen a hull post build. I wondered how you would rewire the boat with less compromising holes. Your boat would now be an excellent keeper or a desired one for those looking for a yacht with longevity. I need to watch the engine episode now.
