Fibreglassing the deck/how to use Peel ply?! Fairing the hull of our 40ft wooden sailing boat (EP59) 

I call it awesome, you guys are the best… do not ever underestimate how great you are doing!

I'm really liking the marriage of new and traditional. My 1939 Alden was expected to live 15 years. Yours could easily get passed on to another generation.

Thanks for keeping us abreast of the goings on. One day when you're sailing somewhere lovely, and having boat drinks you can look back on all of this, smile, and say, never again. :)

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true

Glad you’re happy with the peel ply, what a neat invention, but yeah, one use only, damnit! I totally felt your pain faring the hull, hope the smaller one works out well. Great episode, thanks so much!

It cannot be overstated how uncomfortable this stage of the build is,sanding and fairing the hull is torture on the body.Thank you for sharing another great video with us!

More huge moments! 😂 Keep chipping away guys. Loving what you do.🙂

I noticed someone’s post suggesting that the sander could be suspended on bungee cords An extension of that thought is to suspend the sander from a cord via an overhead pulley and counter weights Maybe a combination of cord and bungee cords. May be a MacGyver situation that you can ponder. Anyhow, love your channel, project and all the characters. Best wishes 😊😊😊

Beautiful hull shape.

A dog and a duck in zen meditation ❤

As a person with a lousy shoulder, I admire the effort you both put into that sanding. Particularly impressed by the job Matt's surgeon did to repair his shoulder - this is the ultimate test. Great job on the deck. Cheers

Nice work guys. 👍

You can get more than one use , it's good for several times , it's not cheap , but the savings in time and sanding makes it worth it ❤

Nice one. Looking forward to your next video..🙂👍

Good luck. What an epic adventure.

Another cup of coffee on the deck dock while watching the new vid. Great to see you again this week and good work on the glassing. Ed

What a job ! Sanding ! The fiberglass on the outside of the boat is a big job also , thank God your both young and strong ! 👍🏻👍🏻

I liked the comment you made about this being a good time of year to do the fiberglass work -- winter. I watch another channel (RAN 3) and they did glass work in the summer, and they literally had to do their lamination work at night and into the early morning because the epoxy was going off so quickly. Good job with your timing.

I totally screwed up on my first fiberglass job you will get good!❤😂🎉

Reach out to the Duracell project, he is a master at glassing and he is great guy who will gladly help in any way. Last night I was trying to sleep and I thought of your channel. What is the name of it, I said tom my self. How about "boat by the water"? Bingo, I go to my computer and there you are; "Boat by the River". I have been missing your great teamwork. Keep it up, don't loose heart, the best is yet to come. Old sailor Charley

Not used peel ply myself but have seen many channels using it. One thing I noticed is that in many cases they leave the ply in place protecting the surface until they are ready to paint or otherwise finish the deck surface.

Haaha. Mijn weekend is weer goed als het begint met jullie mooie en liefdevolle video.

Love your project. "Ran sailing" has some great videos you should watch to learn their fiberglassing techniques. They laminate an overlapping wet on wet technique and peelply to build up the layers in one area and work from one end to the other. Very efficient, fast, and strong.

Thank you, love your videos and your work!

I have'nt had an op on my shoulder but not sure they would still be up to holding any belt sander over my head. Impressed as always by what you are doing.

Another great video, love watching

Hang the big sander from the roof with a bungee or two?

I like the balancing act in this episode! Tough jobs ahead! 😅

Looking great!

Lovely peeps, lovely boat!

Hey try this counter Balance a small rope from the Rafters of the shed roof with a small pulley down to weight same as sander then another weight at end of rope so all your doing is holding the sander try it see if it works better for you

If you want to position your cloth dry, you can put down a very light mist of 3M 77 spray adhesive first. Keeps the fabric in place, but still lets you do some adjustment.

Great boat mate you can be proud !!

I agree with all previous comments. Hang in there and have fun at work. If my comments sound strange, then it's Google's translator's fault

Things may have changed but I glassed through the sheets in place!

FELICITACIONES POR EL TRABAJO EN ESE HERMOSO BARCO !!!! LES MANDO UN GRAN SALUDO A USTEDES Y AL PERRO DESDE LATITUD 34 S. ARGENTINA !!!!!!

Love how Lefki says she gave Obie a big bone so he should be happy!

PVA makes the entire process easier by a factor of half, you're spraying on your sealer, no need to work out air bubbles again the PVA dries way sooner than your resin so you can squeegee or roll imperfections out of your project to perfection and the glass will hold more resin because your not squeegeeing it all out

See the window squiggle in action , their the best i found for wetting out cloth. As for sanding the big Makita is a heavy beast overhead or under hull, i feel your pain lol. Strait line air sanders used in the auto industry fitted with emery cloth tape and a affixed [scrap ply ] backing board to the base is OK and lighter but slower . The down side is the compressor size. Boat building 90% sanding 10% fun stuff lol.

If you can get it cheep enough use ripstop cloth instead of peelply... same stuff. ☺

I would have let the peel ply on until need to be removed for next job. This way it would be protected some from foot traffic and all around work. Jmo

I would have used unthickened epoxy to start as the wood will absorb a lot. Thickened epoxy won’t necessarily wet out the wood and you could end up with dry spots in the glass.

It IS still recommended to lightly sand after peel ply in the research I have come access.

You have to apply pressure and roll it

When I desperately needed a job, I worked for a speedboat moulding company, and I found that fine fibreglass dust gets everywhere, and if it gets on your skin you really regret it. It requires a cold shower to remove it, cold so that the pores of your skin don’t open while the glass dust is on you. You will do an awful lot to avoid a second cold shower!

Still interested in how the nose of the hull in big following seas performs...hopping that condition is addressed early on after initial launch.

You are fortunate that the roof over the boat is keeping the rain out. Using peel-ply looks easy enough, is it?

🙋 Слава Рукастым!✊🙋

Great vid, bet you would prefer to be working with wood. Leave the PP down till just before you do the laid the deck, keeps it all clean, Then you get the most use of the PP. if you are laying a deck glue don’t screw!

Thank you very much I just found your channel, before starting work on the boat, did you have any experience in carpentry?

I think you are doing a great job, although I only sailed 100% wooden boats and thus I hate what I call "Tupperware-boats". Nevertheless, there are two youtubers I follow as well. Number 1 is Matt from the Duracell Project. He is an expert on fibreglassing as he is rebuilding a fully Tupperware boat. He helped others before online from the US. Number 2 is Ran Sailing from Sweden. They built a red cedar hull are just about finishing fibreglassing. Maybe watch their channels to learn or get in touch. And....Obi is not happy. Normally he is on deck and now he cannot. The sad look from the truck.......

I've known builders that have had greater success using vinylester resin on decks.

You’re going quick now! What is the estimated building time? 2 years?

Got my thigh caught in a belt sander extremely painful so be careful!! Don't ask why!!

What is the noice? Do you have a railway track next to the workshop?

OK, so you’re not happy with the first sheet of fibreglass on the deck. But just what is wrong with it?

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