You need a strong "magnet fishing" magnet to recover tools and metal parts you drop in the drink. Looking for your stitching awl in port you'd probably end up with 6 screw drivers, 4 pliers, a shopping cart, a 1976 Pinto and your awl. :)
Maybe get a high-power neodymium magnet for fishing things off the sea bed? Tie onto it and lower it down to retrieve your tools? Love your channel Sam! You've changed my life course!
Fun to see the process of fixing things and working on projects on the boat. Keep up the nice work with the boat and videos! They’re calm to watch while giving me the desire to get out on the water ⛵️
Love watching your fixes! Great idea to sew on the patches in the interim. You need a large magnet or a neodymium kind, small but very strong magnets so you can fish things out.
For seized screws consider an impact driver (The handheld type that you tap with a mallet) to break them free before removal. Harbor freight has them for a few dollars. It will save a lot of frustration.
Nice one Sam. Thanks for the upload. That wiring looks soooo much neater, you gotta be happy with that result, big job sorted. Never a dull moment on Pickled Herring. Safe Travels 👍
This was a good video; you show a lot of experience and know how to complete repairs. I like the way you narrate without drama but poised confidence. Two thumbs up. 👍 The Mossback Sailor.
Loosing the needle in the water where you cant see. Get one of those really strong magnets that you can fasten to a rope or a string and you might be able to fish it up (and bonus catch too).
Not sure if you saw the comment i made on the last video, but a few neat places to check out (if you haven't already) in the south port area: Wilmington NC, and the museums there, Bald Head island, Ft. Fisher and the Ft. Fisher aquarium, and the board walk on Carolina Beach (and more specifically Britt's doughnuts) are some personal favorites of mine! Live in the Charlotte area, and have been going to Oak Island and South port for vacation my whole life. Hope you enjoy!
I do like the video's where your handy work is on show and I think we must all appreciate the selfless assistance of the people who help you out. I smile at the American pronunciation of Aluminium.
Good video! I know a lot more about sailboats since I started watching you. I watched your Hawaii crossing in the 23' sailboat again last night, you make it look easy! I know it's not...
Wish I was closer I'd love to help you with projects. A boatwright I ain't but I'm really handy around the house, worked on a ton of RVs, and I'm good on cars. That throttle mechanism needs to be taken apart and cleaned up. Never put grease or anything on those. Best lubricant is silicone and keeping it clean as possible. Salt water is bad on anything. I'm sure maintaining a boat on the ocean is a couple full time jobs! Take care
Thanks for putting out a video that shows some of the maintenance issues you go through, and how you are still figuring all of it out. Pay no mind to the critics and know it alls in the comments here, UNLESS they offer truly helpful information. If you were a 100% obnoxious, seasoned veteran, like the assholes on deadliest catch, then I wouldn't be the slightest bit interested. Your channel is good because you show how you work through problems. Nobody knows it all, and you might find a solution to a problem that nobody else would think of. Thanks for this video.
Sam, your positive attitude and willing to take on anything is inspirational, and your handling of that storm coming up the coast made me wish I had your fortitude and disposition. My only comment is one of my pet peeves, which is, ..... "GOOD ENOUGH" is neither. I've read many of the comments and maybe money is tight, but many of the items you passed on, i.e. the wood under the companionway hatch was more of a labor and time than money thing. And the door for the instruments, c'mon. That said, it's your boat and you are providing me with a very enjoyable moment every time I see one of your posts pop up, so kudos to you and am already looking forward to the next video.
On monitor wind vane lines approach tiller/wheel adapter at 90 degrees. So no force pulling back or up. Think your lines to tiller are misplaced as they approach at an angle causing the backward force. Just love following your sails and your boat projects. Bet your parents are proud of you!
Thanks. The pushpit was a convenient place to mount them. Seems to work good enough. Id have to do some fabrication and mutilate my coamings to get them at 90° on this boat.
Great idea to move the lazy jack lines upper anchor point. I've been fighting with my battens catching for years and never thought about moving them. I'm located in Virginia Beach and boat stays at Bay Point marina, let me know if you need a ride or a place to hangout for a day or two when you are in the Hampton Roads area.
For around 20-25$ you can invest in an impact driver. When you tap it with a hammer a spring load loosens the screw. I have arthritis in my hands and this saves me from twisting on stubborn screws. Just rebuilt a 71 boat and this thing saved me so much work. It last won’t strip nor round out the tips of screws. Honestly, get one and give it a try.
That stuck gear switch on the throttle plate looks made of aluminium. I find aluminium (grows) with salt water so needs plenty of grease lubricant or replacing.
Hi Sam, videographer and photographer here. Enjoying your channel, upgrades and adventures. Joby and other companies make GoPro suction cup and A-clip tripods which you can affix pretty much everywhere for certain static scenes, tight spaces and jobs where you're working in a single position. Check 'em out and ramp up your cinematography several notches, avoiding those shaky camera movements. You might even pick up more subs and Patrons! Great work and thanks for sharing.
Hamilton Marine in Maine has a lot of Spartan Marine parts in their catalog. Sometimes when Hams has a sale going g they are cheaper than Spartan. Good luck with your new Cape Dory. Fair Winds from Gil and the crew of Sv Celtic Lady Seawind II 68K
At 3:30 the bolt should go through the chain not the anchor, the circle side going through the anchor allows it to rotate so you don’t have and a sideways load on the bolt, if it bolt goes through the anchor with a sideways load it basically acts like a lever and may break the bolt
Sam Holmes Sailing hmm I may be wrong here, it looks like it depends on the anchor you have, if you have a square hole in the anchor the pin goes through the anchor, Apologies. Mine has the instructions to put the bow through the anchor, Just bear in mind with the pin through the anchor if there is a side load the rating of the shackle is cut by up to half. With a 90 degree side load .
Getting help on boat projects is key to getting them done, haha, dont ask! I wonder if there is a way to set up the wind vane lines with some modified attachments to the tiller so you can fold the tiller up all the way verticle. Someone somewhere must have "invented" something, anyway, great modification to the rudder post head.
I love your parents! What an awesome family, it’s no wonder that you’re such a good person. I would love to help you out if you came to the San Francisco Bay! Maybe when you circumnavigate North and South America? See you soon, Sam!
Repair and maintenance inheritance - When we see Sam making repairs and jury-rigging stuff that was jerry-rigged, we should remember that he may be repairing stuff that someone else neglected, and that he inherited when he became the new owner. I'm betting that it is rare to buy a used sailboat that was actually sailed more than on just weekends, in top-notch maintenance condition.
I just watched your April 15, 2020 video. IMHO since you sail in the ocean, you should have two Type 1 offshore life jackets on board. I enjoy your videos. Keep doing what you are doing!
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS have a lanyard attached to any tools you are using on a boat that you value. Its only a matter of when, not if, you will drop them or knock them over. If they are lanyarded to you, they wont sink to the bottom of the ocean (or in the case of your speedy stitcher, the harbor). I always kept a ready supply of paracord aboard for that purpose.
I have the same controller on my boat and it had the same problem. The button slides in the casting which gets very corroded and freezes the button. I recommend cleaning and lubeing the Morse first. Mine works like new now. Be careful if you take it apart as there are two balls with springs that tend to want to fly. There is a good video about repairing the Morse on the sailing forum.
Lots of great work being done! Really good progress for a month, was it? Does it help to have a lot of time at sea thinking of and through the fixes/improvements, before you dock at the marina? The speedy stitcher can be found at any Harbor Freight next time you're in port, like $7.
With all these positive comments, I don’t want to be a nay sayer, but is it really a good idea to run both the light and fan on wires that may not be big enough for both? If the wires are big enough, would you mind saying so because I’m trying to learn electrical, and this is confusing to me. Also, we’re you in Oriental, NC sometime in August, September, or October this year (2020)? You look familiar. I’m pretty sure we’ve met.
Sam, I enjoy your channel. Hey I know you gave up on those floating "pontoons" for the Mavic drone.... can you tell me how did you learn to retrieve it and how do you do it?
Sam you talked about a Boat trip headed up North. Nova Scotia.Labrador. Area. I suggest excellent reading material. a Book THE BOAT THAT WOULDN'T FLOAT.by FARLEY MOWAT a must read enjoy.
Southport huh? I was about to go to Southport last week to look at a boat...but it was sold before I got there. Bummer. Anyway, hey don't forget to call me when you get to the Chesapeake Bay area lol 😃
