S2E39: an unexpected setback: removing a pesky rudder pintle (Dominican Republic) 

Yea, I think that’s real. There’s something healing about being on a boat in the ocean/open water.

Thanks for the input.

That’s good thinking. Oftentimes what could go wrong, or the unknown of it, overwhelms me more than the project. It helps to have input, sometimes, definitely from people who know their stuff. They calm my nerves more than anything.

"Yaba" is a good channel!

And leverage is your friend - slip a section of pipe over the handle you’ll be amazed of the power increase and how much easier it is to pry things apart. And how easy it is to destroy the tool your working with 🤦‍♂️. Jeep it up, you’re almost there 🙏

This is great info. Thank you

Thanks. It was brutal for body and spirit. I appreciate this.

Thank you

Thank you! I’m so excited, almost there!

Wow, thank you for this!! That’s so nice to hear.

Thanks haha

Same. It helps when people notice the hard work I’m putting in. That’s so neat what you’re doing with the school bus to the RV! I met somebody in Fort Pierce who had a boat. He sold the boat and did the same thing! Keep at it. It’s worth it.

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So neat! I’ll have to check out these channels then

Awh, thank you. This is one of the nicest comment’s I’ve gotten. I love that, “Luck is your perseverance.”

I ended up writing that as one of my favorite quotes.

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Thanks!

Oh it was nearly that!!! Hahah!

Thank you!

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@@SailingArtha nicole, check v well also metal hardware on rudder and stern. You depend on those parts y know. As well and easy to make a rudder emergency choke where u can put a large oar as rudder. I know those rudders r strong but just in case...and if possible..best luck , If u come to Ecuador let me know i can help maybe. Saludos.

Thanks, will do

Thanks! I agree

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Noted, thanks for tuning in and commenting

Yea! Making progress little by little

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Hi Ben, thanks for the sub!

Yea, it turned out to be one of the most annoying jobs on the boat!!

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I know!!!!! Ahhhhh haha (spoiler alert)

Neat, wow that’s crazy!

Noted, thanks

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Yea, that reallyyyy bugged me. It was hanging off the transom of the boat by a rod that was resting on a storage container, but when they put my mast up, they used the crane to move the storage container. There are not a lot of structural resources here in the yard, so the best I could do was prop it up on a few cinder blocks on the ground. Fortunately it was only there for a few weeks, during which time I was also working on it. Then I strapped it up against my boat to Coppercoat it. It was very stressful

Thanks for this

I asked Eric, the guy who has a BCC and is my go-to for questions. He said they used a polyurethane glue at the factory. That’s all we know! It was back in the 70s

my guess would be hide glue. was popular with guitar builders in that era as it pulls the wood together and the bond is stronger than the wood itself.

Resorcinol was a go-to glue for commercial builders as well. It is a two part glue used historically for gluing marine plywood.

Thanks. I just pulled up the stuff on Amazon. I appreciate it. And yea, I was surprised to hear the new hardware wouldn’t need any bushings, but instead of using more zinc, they put a kind of plastic in the bronze, which acts as a bushing, and also makes it less prone to electrolysis damage.

@@SailingArtha If possible, you might want to consider make removing the pintle easier by passing the bolts through the cheeks so that if something happens it's easier to remove the pintle by undoing the three or four bolts holding it on. But that would require threading bolts of a custom length and more holes in the rudder cheeks.

Oh my gosh, that is INSANE how strong 5200 is. Thanks for sharing that story. Good imagery. That’s a good idea, just cutting out a piece of the cheek. It did feel good to check underneath though to confirm there was no rot. Good to know about the 90 degree angle bits. Now that I’m almost done with boat projects, I’ll start investing in tools 😅 now that I know more about tools.

@@SailingArtha There's probably a book in 5200 stories. A friend had a big gap in a dodger that he filled with 5200. Besides the adhesive quality, it stays flexible and can bridge small gaps. With tools, always get the best and baby them. My hand tools swim in WD40. Here's a tip, Nicole: When you are going to do a piece of work, set out your tools in an organized fashion, like a dentist, rather than having them in a pile or in a bucket. A cluttered environment leads to cluttered thinking and an organized environment promotes more organized thinking. Your thinking is well-organized anyway and this tip will make things a little easier.

Yea

Okay, thanks

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Haha!

Awesome, thanks

I just had to look it up because I didn’t know what wonder bar was, that would worked! Thanks for the compliment 😃

Same haha

Yes! Only way to make it work 😃

And the joint looked mint for its age.

You shouldn't hit a hammer with another hammer. The steel can shatter.

Oh no!! I didn’t know this. Thank you.

@@SailingArtha you’re very welcome. Keep up the hard work. It’s paying off.

OHHHH I love this. I’ll start using this now haha THANK YOU! And that is awesome you built your own airplane.

Noted, thanks

Thanks

I gotcha!

I’ve no idea… haha

He tried haha

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Hey! My Patreon is up to date. I can’t spoil anything just yet but ahhhhhh (I might be in the water hahahaha yea). I keep my videos out so I have time to actually make and edit them while also working on boat projects. It’s a lot of work and I get behind very quickly.

Okay, thanks

She had to in order to replace the gudgeon that was trapped by the cheeks.

@@boooshes and who is this? Don’t sound like Nicole

Was it broken, no, someone said it’s old, replace it, if it’s not broken, leave it be, I feel like this young lady is not made of money, and she has to do the work, she needs a break every now and then, and I’m sure haul out aren’t free…

I needed to replace the pintle and rather than cutting out the chunk of wood covering the pintle, I thought it was worth it to go ahead and check the rudder for rot.

Yep, thanks. (Pintle)

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Censoring. It was hot in the boat.

@@SailingArtha Where's the fun in that??...........LOL.

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Agreed. I’ll just thru-bolt and use life seal.

Agreed, USB-C is the way to go. They don’t sell them here in the DR though! Gotta order them online..

Yea!

Noted, thanks

Yea! That woulda been great. Somebody just commented that the dolphinite would be good to use for the future. Nice to see it being dropped in the comments again.

1) it’s a lot of hurry up and wait. it takes about 2-4 weeks for parts to arrive in the country. By the time I know what I need to do and the parts I need to do it, I need to start on another project while I wait for parts to arrive, and a lot of times, I can’t finish that second project I started because of parts, or waiting on somebody else. Then all the parts arrive at once and I pick away at it at light speed. If you’re interested in the work I’ve been doing, you can check out this spreadsheet. It shows all the projects I’ve completed each month, a lot of which I do not have the time or the ability to film on YT in an effective manner. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11kQaItsRvc-nUak7EbByNHu4oitSaQVVS-VjaS_dq3A/edit. Alternatively, you can check out my Patreon where I post more regular and monthly updates about the projects I’m doing. Patreon.com/sailingartha. 2) I am also waiting on other people to finish their jobs, and they are often waiting on other people. For example, it took months for the crane to arrive, and I needed that to put my mast back in. Craig and Dylan needed to work with other people in the DR in order to get the parts they needed in order to weld and fix the carpentry projects. Port Townsend Foundry took two months to cast and machine my rudder hardware, which I didn’t know I needed until my old pieces were cleaned up, and it took another 3 weeks for those parts to arrive. During that time, I knocked out about 20 projects that I could have been doing in the water, because, rather than “run around like a tourist” on a penny budget, I decided to switch gears, dig deep, and get stuff done. I splashed the boat after being on the hard for 1 year and 2 days. During that time on the hard, I single-handedly (with the help of others) completely tore apart the entire boat including plumbing, electrical, hull, all standing and running rigging (including bowsprit and boomkins) with rudder repairs, not to mention all the tiny projects. 3) I make about $1500 a month. Sometimes I just don’t have the money I need in order to buy things. In the effort to not go into debt, I usually opted to wait until I had the money in my account. But time is of the essence because I had to balance it with yard fees, and then when I injured my knee I had to take about 2 months off boat projects, during which time I had to budget for staying in an apartment, but I still single-handedly barrier coated the hull. I say all this not because I have the time and energy to respond to a negative comment, but because I can tell you don’t know what goes into an entire boat refit in a developing country, when you’re by yourself and learning as you go. The breaks I do take are because I cannot take the boat projects any longer. Anyway. I appreciate the comment, it helps my algorithm. And it gives me the opportunity to recap what I’ve done, which makes me proud of myself. Everything I’ve done has been to get this boat project finished. Otherwise I woulda budgeted to take a cruise.

@@SailingArtha No one can work on sailboat restoration 7 days a week. Breaks are needed, and you deserve yours.

Possibly yea