Grampian Marine is a channel for people who own or want to own an old fiberglass boat. Our episodic videos cover most of the skills you need to own, maintain and enjoy your old fiberglass boat.
Thank you so much for this informative video. I have emailed for the checklist, subscribed to the channel and will be working my way through your videos.
The way I see it, it’s your video, if you like breaking waves…go with breaking waves and ignore the comments. Thank you for your video, not many have done this. For now Navionics is my go to. I found your video because I was searching for a compare and contrast between Navionics and Aqua Maps. So far my initial take on Aqua Maps is a thumbs down. I’m a heavy user of point of interest data and I’m often searching for marina’s and detailed information on them, I don’t see or find that in Aqua Maps and they seem to nickel and dime even more than Navionics. I wanted to give AQ a try specifically because a friend told me it has a good anchor alarm, something that is conspicuously missing from most apps, which KILLS ME!! Unfortunately that added function is overshadowed by everything else I don’t like about the app. An anchor alarm should be a straight forward function for any of these apps and I just don’t know why they don’t include it…liability maybe? Who knows. Currently I use Anchor Watch paired with Pushover. It works pretty well and Pushover allows me to leave a device on the boat w/ Anchor Watch running and get alarm notification on another device (phone). The developer tried to build that into the app, but it didn’t work so when I contacted him he told me about Pushover. I’ve tested the functionality on land and it works well. All that said, the navigation apps should still include this function. That’s my two cents. Again, thanks for putting this out there and ignore the people who don’t like waves.
Just put a deposit on one with a good 10horse Honda never sailed before raised with boats though any advice Thessalon ont might stay on it all year if I find a good place who knows new experience for me an puppy thanks for any advice...🇨🇦😁🇱🇷🐕📸🎶⛵
Some of these new boats or junk right out of the rate out of the factory specially, if you put them against the Chriscraft or a theory of older model, I know there’s a few other models that were built really good back in the day that you can’t get like that no more too expensive to build them so why would you want an old boat just down your channel 2023 seems like we’re gonna get along just well cause I’m a guy keeps fixing these old bolts. I love him since I was a little kid 50 now let’s get Noel harder to do but I absolutely love it. Darn spellcheck lol
It is mentioned in the video that the ship was listing to port. If I recall, Bernie Cooper of the Anderson said that McSorley reported a starboard list. Am I missing something?
Allan, My wife and I have watched you for about 6 years. Your videos helped us make the decision to buy our first boat. This year we bought our second boat and sailed around Lake Ontario hoping to bump into you. We're out of Mimico Cruising Club. If you ever get over there we'd love to have dinner with you.
I am in Canada but retiring in Grenada Caribbean, I have the land for storage , i'll take pride in getting something to spend a year in Grenada fixing it up. how how do i go about getting a boat
I ALWAYS felt the keel contacted the shoal ''' RTK GPS referenced to the keel(maybe bow and stern), and noted elevations, would resolve issue of constant changing depths of water ... Are you still sailing?
Hi Francis, I always thought the shoal was a real possibility and the wreck shows the fitz broken in half. Yep, I'm still sailing and I spent the summer shooting vid so now Marzipan is on the hard, I'll start posting them. Fair winds, Allan
Could you please provide information on using fiberglass inserts or threading into fiberglass directly for high-vibration applications like mounting engines, heavy watermakers, or generators on board? I couldn't find any useful videos on this topic and was wondering if you could consider covering it in the future.
Love the channel. Just plain old common sense stuff on good old boats that are affordable and dependable. Would love a hat that’s not advertising other than sailing. All the best and hope you had a wonderful time in Europe
Horribly distracting background waves are really annoying and pointless. Please don't use that again. I had to turn the screen away and just listen to the audio. I am sure there are others that don't cope well with that type of distraction. Otherwise it is quite informative.
This is not on topic but I respect your opinion. If an encapsulated lead keel has let go of it’s fiberglass covering can I drill holes in the bottom of the keel to remove any water. Dry it over several months. Then pour in from the bilge side after opening it, that penetrating epoxy to fill any small voids and to rebound the keel to the lead ballast?
I was advised by several sailmakers to use oxalic acid. I cleaned my main from 41ft which was filthy, a big job. Applied acid to wet sail with micro fibre mop all over. Made to instructions on container 100g to 1lt. I kept going over the sail with the mop making sure it stayed wet with the acid for around 15 mins. The stains just come off. Hose off throughly and repeated. Dried in the sun now looking like brand new ⛵️ Oxalic acid is quite mild at these concentrations and used in face peels, beauty products etc. My feet also look brand new and according to several websites I’ve read is a naturally occurring acid in the ground and won’t harm grass or gardens if used correctly.
I was advised by several sailmakers to use oxalic acid. I cleaned my main from 41ft which was filthy, a big job. Applied acid to wet sail with micro fibre mop all over. Made to instructions on container 100g to 1lt. I kept going over the sail with the mop making sure it stayed wet with the acid for around 15 mins. The stains just come off. Hose off throughly and repeated. Dried in the sun now looking like brand new ⛵️
We own a maxum 1900 sc from yr 2000 with a neath camper canvas. We use it for watersports, daytrips and also weekends camping on the hook. When we run it the car fridge (peltier style) can be plugged in the 12v outlet of the boat. But when at anchor for a few days we need extra power to charge phones, tablet, rc boat batteries and to run the fridge and stereo. So we carry an extra 60 ah car battery that is connected to a solar charger and a 100watt solar flex panel. This panel get's strapped on top of the bimini when at anchor. Since we normally only go out with good weather the 100 watts gives enough power to run everything the whole day and an hour just before bedtime just to give it a last cold boost for the night. The downside is that our car fridge is not very well insulated since a plugged in peltier can easilly keep it cool. But it is using 4 amp constantly. Once tried to upgrade it with a thermostat but it turned out the insulation was so bad that after schutting it down it would take only 30 seconds to go up in temp on the hot boat so much that it made no sense to complete that build. A compressor fridge is much higher quality and will switch off longer times and will be much more efficient. Problem is that they are bigger than the slim car fridge and the boat is small and overcrowded with the three of us. But it would be the better option.
There is no free boat. No free car. No free anything that has an annual expense. As long as you own it you are paying for it. How MUCH you pay in the duration of ownership is up to you.
