39] Refitting A Cheap Old Sailboat | DIY BOAT REFIT | Sailing Skua 

You mastered the sewing machine, and there wasnt even any swear words! Well done!👍

Haha not yet... you’ll see me working on the canvas soonish... 😁 Thank you 😊

Did you see the follow up to Patrick’s video? He put a cheap inline filter before the main ones. Guess that would be my suggestion. Get 3-4 of the cheap ones and then install one and replace as needed. But as far as the actual polishing rig... looks good

Oh and congrats 👍🏽🌎 on the engagement!

I don't see a real reason to keep a polishing rig on the boat,considering your design is so simple and could be recreated on demand. The unit would be better served if it was passed around the marina for use by people that have stale fuel onboard. Use it once every few years if your using your boat as a boat VS a condo.

And Elena you've lost quite a bit of weight, must be getting ready for that slinky wedding dress 😄💥👍🏼

Awww thank you! You’re too nice 😊

Haha! Thanks so much. We hope you’ll like her as much as Kittiwake 🤞

Cheers! I didn’t hope anyone would like them 😂

Thanks so much!

Haha! Thanks Manfred. Yes, we like the cushions. There were many moments once I started working on the canvas where I wished I could afford a better machine, but it all somehow worked out OK in the end 😊 We hope crossing the Atlantic will be more fun though 😂

@@SailingKittiwake Life in motion, in every aspect, is all an amplitude to BOTH directions. Giving people anti-depressants does inhibit their ability to experience joy also: everything swings narrowly around a zero-line with a "good" anti-depressant. So, the more You gotta "work" for it with a shitty machine, the deeper You sink into profane swearing and the more blood and tears You shed wrestling with less-than-ideal basics, the exponentially better You will feel sitting on the finished cushions. Same with transatlantic crossings (or any crossing or rounding ever): The ones told even decades later are the frightening ones, the not-so-smooth ones You had to put in more than You thought You will in the first place, which caused bloody blisters from changing sails or shitting Your pants while bailing for Your life. Would he have had a smooth rounding of the Horn, we wouldn't turn pages reading Slocum's three-month experience including white breakers in the cockpit and houwling gusts in his creaking rigging while being blown back as far in a night as what he had gained westward in over a month or so .... Lots of lots of my own adventures were just mere stupidity in the eyes of my family or other know-alls, but I have to add I more often than not came out alive and happy on the other side which shows I wasn't even ill-prepared, just slightly unlucky weatherwise, or a knucklehead in chosing the time or route of the journey - which often was done wisely and on purpose to avoid all the annoying know-alls on the beaten track. Have a ball!

Cheers Nick :)

Haha! Thanks Martin. Thankfully we won't be refitting the boat for years :D We prefer to sail ;)

Sailing Kittiwake yes I know sailing sailing sailing...,but it is so much more interesting watching you guys fixing things. Ps I have just broke my yacht, maybe if you are ever sailing around PERTH WA you can stop over and fix it😄

Yes, we picked our painting days carefully. It rarely rained but we had quite a few windstorms (winds 50-75 knots).

But the wind is good for sanding.

I'm not sure our dock neighbours would agree

The Lord giveth. The Lord taketh away.

Thanks a lot Warren. What we're trying to avoid is what happened to Patrick Laine (a great youtuber if you've not seen) on the way to the Azores. The crud in the bottom of his fuel tank, below the pick up line, got shaken up into the fuel in bouncy seas - this probably wouldn't get polished out by the engine's filters in it's usual operation.

Sailing Kittiwake Ryan, oh I agree , the fuel polishing on a tank that's been sitting a while is a good idea, the hard part is getting the crud up of the bottom into the polishing system pick up. Once you are moving regularly it should be less of a problem. Yes Patrick has some great video/advice. Cheers Warren

Ryan, there is another great Patrick with some great advise 'Patrick Childress Sailing' recently now on YT but been writing for a while. Cheers Warren

Thanks Tom!

😊 We’re very happy 😊

Thanks so much guys 😊

Ha! What memories, Geoff. Our first ever storm. Thanks a lot 😊 5 years in the Med? Wow, sounds great. What boat did you do it on? Did you sail her back?

Brought back my Najad 400 back to UK after 12 years ownership and sold it in Lymington fairly quickly. I was a commuter and over wintered in Lagos, Cartagena, Alcudia and Cagliari and Ragusa. Follow Patrick, Ruby Rose, Tally Ho and Sail Life. Still sailing and booked a trip to the Scilly Isles on a traditional build Falmouth pilot cutter😊👍⛵️

Awesome boat! We’ve been aboard one and were very impressed 😊👍 Great stuff, you’ll love it 😊

Thanks! We love them 😍

Thank you Roberta 😍

Cheers William 😊 refitting a boat is indeed a labor of love 😊

Thanks Albert :) x

Thanks a lot Jon! 😊

Cheers Roy! 😊

Thank you, Darren 😊

Thank you! 😊

Awwww thanks ever so much ☺️ You’re too kind.

Aw thank you Bruce ❤️ She does feel like home.

Cheers Peter.

Thank you, Adam.

Aw 😍 Thank you, Os. It’s hard to convey how much we care in the videos, but you picked it up 😊🤗 Thanks so much.

Cheers Daniel! Ah, that sounds like a great deal.

Cheers George!

Thanks a lot Terry 😊

Yep, totally.

What a lovely comment, thank you Howard! 😊 We find Skua very charming ourselves 😍

Thanks Ed!

Thanks Glyn! Hope you enjoy the videos 🙂

Cheers!

Haha you know us so well! To be fair, Elena's been doing some pretty tricky boatwork to be seen in an upcoming episode!

Aw ❤️ thank you David 😊

Thank you ☺️ It took many mistakes to get to that point 😅

Cheers Paul :)

Ha! If only I knew it then. Thanks a lot 😊

@@SailingKittiwake Oh I was hoping you still had more to do to make this easier. After your first washing don't forget and dry them inside out that helps also. :) Peace

@@SailingKittiwake What is also cool is her husband did built fiberglass boats and he made framing for our kitchen lighting using teak. The kitchen ligts redone, but I kept all the teak. : ) peace

Thanks Dave! Very thoughtful of you.

Hi Chad, we think hard dodgers are great, SV Prism have one and I think Atticus built one, but we're happy with the soft top for now - we think the advantage is to be able to remove it and get breeze through the cockpit when it's really hot.

Aaaaaw thank you, Michael! What lovely wishes. She's slowly coming together :)

Thanks Joe 😊

Cheers John 😊

Cheers!

Thanks Robert 😊

Isn’t it funny how everything looks easy and gets done quickly in the videos? 😁

@@SailingKittiwake Certainly does! :-)

Thanks so much David 😊

Thanks so much Norman - always nice to read your comments. I'll do some investigating, what brand of filters would you recommend for the fine (2-3 micron) filters? Good point on the deck filler - I'll look into it.

No real recommends as such other than RACOR make the best units and they are not cheap. www.asap-supplies.com/fuel-systems/boat-fuel-polishing/parker-racor-500fg-diesel-fuel-filter

Thanks so much Mark :)

Thanks a lot Thomas, it's certainly hard work but satisfying.

Thank you Iain 😊 We hope so 😊🤞

Thanks Warren :) She's coming along, isn't she?

Thanks very much Pauline 😊

Thanks so much! 😊

Thank you, Al :)

He is indeed, a great sailor and an inspiration!

Haha! Thanks JB ❤️

Thank you Randy and thanks for watching 😊

Thanks so much :)

Thank you ☺️

Thanks Bud 😊

Cheers! :)

Cheers!

Thanks Ken 😊

Thanks Pauline! I thought they were difficult until I started sewing a new sprayhood 😰😂

Cheers Graham! Have a great week.

Thanks a lot Grant - certainly took a lot of effort and learning new skills!

Thanks Greg!

Cheers! 🍻

Cheers Garry!

Thanks 😊

Get your hands off our sails 😂 Joking. Hopefully we won’t have to change sails in a looong time.

Thank you!

Thanks a bunch, Andy. Sounds like you’ve been busy doing boat work yourself! Enjoy the season now 🤗

Thank you, we’re excited 😊

Thanks very much Shaun! 😊

Cheers! We’ll look them up 😊👍

Thanks Steven :) We just learn as we go, make mistakes, swear a little, start again, and after a lot of effort something decent somehow comes out :D No special talent required, but you do need some perseverance. How to get hold of some perseverance? Look at your bank account. Can you afford to pay someone to do it for you? Nope? Perseverance it is :D

Thanks Chris! We’ll look for that tape next time 😊👍

Thanks a lot, best wishes to you too!

Thanks Criky, luckily that heat gun attachment seemed pretty good at directing the heat where it was needed and not onto the underlying fibreglass

Thanks Michael! We love the new look.

Excellent tips, thanks! Hadn't even thought of putting in extras in parallel but it makes a lot of sense.

Thanks a lot Chris! 😊 You’re too kind.