Smashing Out the Inside of This Abandoned Boat. The Start of a New Chapter | SAILING SEABIRD Ep. 48 

Marina noted that they are ‘innocent’ and I think I agree BUT they are not daunted. She and Stuart think about problems then have a go and are making progress. I like the minimum cost approach an dumpster diving which will also help them achieve their goals. Their greatest asset is the ‘can do’ approach and positive attitude. Keep up the good work team!

I think that doubling up on the plywood can only help. Just don't forget to seal all of the end grain on the plywood before tabbing it in ... bilge water will wick into plywood really fast, so a good penetrating epoxy coat is essential followed by generous coats of bilge paint to perfect the seal. Best way to template is cheap pieces of disposable wood glued together with a hot glue gun (many you tube videos on this) ... you just cut up various lengths and work you way along gluing each piece to the last across the boat -- then trace the outline on the plywood and make slight adjustments to the final product once in place. You guys are killing it!! Keep up the good work!!

For the plywood, suggest that you treat this material with penetratingly epoxy to resist rot and increase the strength.

Hi guys. A stringer runs fore n aft to strengthen the hull. You are renewing the FLOORS, and doing a fine job of it.

Was ich persönlich total toll finde, es gibt keine vorgegebene Lösung für alle Arbeiten. Jede Arbeit erfordert eine neue Planung, neues Denken.

For me I like to have light and bright.

Yay, strength and success💪🪶💫

You could jump 13 double decker buses with those gloves!

Ribs go across the hull, stringers are longitudinal forms that are laid in line with the keel. That piece you put in is a rib.

Bare hull! The only way to go! You can't be wrong with that!

Cracking on well guys… how about using strips of door skin ply or stir sticks and glue gun to make your templates around complex curves 🤷‍♂️ ? You’ll get there 👍🏻

The stringer looks great!

Buy a sheet of door skin. Rip it into 2" strips. Get a hot melt glue gun. Cut the strips to fit across the beam in two or three places, depending on the depth of the bilge. Make sure the ends are pointed and the points contact the bilge where you need them to. Cut strips with pointed ends to glue vertically with the points touching the curve of the bilge. Lay the template on the plywood and mark the points. String a batten along the points. Mark a line along the batten. Cut your template. Perfect fit every time. As to color, I like a semi-gloss white with the natural wood trim varnished. The contrast is nice and with the natural wood and white it provides a warm, nautical environment.

Keep doing the good work. Great vibes from you two.

For the white wash use much (!) more paint thinner. Apply with a cloth. Layer after layer until you are satisfied. Go for it 😀 💪💪

So much work, you guys are doing great. Looking forward to seeing the stringers matted in.

I love Stu's optimistic approach to everything.

You guys definitely did the right thing doubling the plywood for the stringers.

The white wash looks good on camera

Always enjoy your updates.

I like the look of the white wash. Will absolutely lighten the inside. Not so gloomy. All in your time. Practice makes perfection.

Hi Nice job, looks strong enough For the templating have a look at Matt from the Duracell project.he is making templates in almost every episode from small pieces of thin plywood and a glue gun

Please dont forget to leave a drain hole at the base of the stringer/rib so that any water can flow through the bilge!

I really enjoy your programme love from South Africa. Youre 2 awesome people

I love how wonderful relaxed you guys are

From the sounds of it you know the answer about the paint 🤣👍

I have an opinion on your walls. If you like it,I love it for you. You guys are gonna have a top notch vessel.

I love these guys. Thanks to all Yous other lovers and supporters. ☝️❤️ from Tynedale Australia 🇦🇺

Watch the boat Butler he does the same work. He also fully explains what he does. Great work don't beat yourselves up you are doing great.

Have you watched Aladino on Sailing Magic carpet , he makes up templates by stapling strips of wood together ?

Hi. Re making bulkheads and fitting have a look at the Duracell project. He’s very good with glass bulkheads and epoxy. To do the bulkhead templates use a hot glue gun and battens to get the shape from a reference piece. Keep going!

I think a few white walls will brighten up the boat and make it look bigger! I left my comments a couple of times to help with the algorithms! Let us know if this will help!!!

I used to paint houses for a living and I always found that just applying a solid finish is easier in the end than any kind of faux finish. The result is also generally more durable, from a practical and taste point of view. Maybe you could just match the off-white that you already have in the boat? Or pick a nice warm white and eventually refinish all the white. You two are doing so well! Hope the weather warms up soon!

Look up ‘joggle sticks’. Made all the bulkheads for Dad’s boat with them

Hi . For your parterns use soft paper on the old structures before you smashed them 😊 . Trace with Pencil, fold, eventualy cut. Animo y suerte !

Sanding paradise !

hi guys, Stringers and ribs, really what you are fitting are ribs, the Stringers run fore and aft and act a bit like floor joists in a house. To make the templates, you need a glue gun so you can stick pieces of cardboard together, that way you know you have the exact contours of the boat. 😊

Template: we use the spline and cardboard method. Great job. thought grey looked OK and the double plywood stringer should be extra strong. Stew, your a marvel with the sander.

Ship happens episode 63, use a compass for your templates. I'm Robbo. Good luck.

Amazing job!!!!

Doing a fantastic job, get another multi tool, they are invaluable on a boat, good luck!

Love the white with wood trim...light and airy and not sooooo old fashioned. From our point of view the stringer looks perfect. 😊🎉 Things are moving along...

Can't beat free gloves!!

You two are an inspiration to us all. You work well together and I love the can do attitude. My humble NZ opinions. Hi-gloss walls will brighten the spaces and be easier to wipe clean. Cardboard templates always worked for me. Check that the cradle pads do not distort the hull inwards when the old frames are cut out. Once the new frames are glued in, Thats the shape of the hull. When glueing in the new frames, brush all the edges with unthickened resin to seal them before the thick glue is applied. Plywood will wick up water very quickly especially in the bilge area.

You are an inspiration guys, keep happy and positive...we lookford to launch day with great expectation...perhaps we could come out to see it ?😊

Hi Stu and Marina. I think you are both doing a fantastic job on the floor. Keep up the great work. 👍❤️❤️❤️

Thanks!

Love your positive attitude

10 out of 10 for your efforts, just keep thinking of all the beautiful places you can go when finished. No moor rubbing down and filling, just blue sky's and freedom.

I would love to do something like this. Thank you for sharing your project with us.

Cold weather means ... NO MOSQUITOS ! Yeah !

Great spirits always.

Stuart is a lucky guy.

Lol bit of a terrifying discovery seeing daylight thru bottom of the boat. Keep up the great work. I look forward forward to your videos every week

Love the Evel Knievel gloves Stu 🏍😊

those Elvis gloves are cool, out the dumpster yeh right probs got them off amdizon😂😋😂

You are replacing frames, stringers go fore to aft. You are getting on with it and doing well. I enjoy the show.

Make the tabs extra wide, both on the floor and up the marine ply. 💪

Hi, we had the same probleem in our sailingboat. It was all pretty dark wood in the cabin. We decided to paint part of it a kind of vanIlla kind of white. The result was amazing. The cabin became a lot lighter and brighter and we never regretted the decision to paint. We did a solid color, because we had so many different colours of wood. And now it is just the nice wood and the painted wood. I love watching your video’s! Keep up the good work!

You are both doing so well! Your enthusiasm for the project and willingness to learn new skills as you build is wonderful. Paint the walls white - keeps it bright and easy to touch up if damaged. Keep up the good work and thank you for your videos. 😊

You should replace one stringer at a time for the boat doesn’t loose his shape, even if you thing won’t bend its receiving upper forces from outside stands. Good luck and it will be very useful to watch Math on how to vacuum bag epoxy parts on the sailboat on the channel Duracell project.😊

When I have installed interior bulkheads I made templates from strips of thin (3mm), cheap plywood. You cut the strips maybe 4 cm wide and hot glue them together to make up the required shape. Adjust the length of the strips to get a decent fit. Final detailed adjustment is done by sanding the edges of the strips. Once you figure it out the method is very quick and easy. One sheet of the cheap plywood will make quite a few templates since you can break up a template after you use it and reuse the strips. One point of nomenclature. Stringers go for and aft and floors go athwartships - across the boat. What you put in is a floor that the cabin sole will sit on. Classic boat terminology often doesn't make sense. For example, in your v-berth (forward cabin) the wood strips on the inside of the hull are called Ceiling and what is called ceiling in a house or apartment is called "overhead". As far as the paint goes, I like what is called Herreshoff style interior which is white/light painted bulkheads with varnished wood trim. That really brightens up the interior.

Thank you so much for your great videos! I did see other RU-vidrs see using a „Joggle Stick“ to help creating templates. But I don’t know if that might help you in your situation. Have a great week!

I would forget the white washing and paint the wood a cream or oyster colour. You are doing a fantastic job. Your perseverance has inspired me on my own boat project which so far has taken 3 years. I have also picked up some tips. Thanks.

I think they are evil Knievil gloves? That’s a tester for you younger guys. Definitely getting there.

Looks great! I think what is unique about your channel is the raw honesty of thinking your way through projects. Truly refreshing, you both are diamonds in the rough! Thanks so much for sharing your journey, it's inspiring!

I like those gloves! Sorry I don't have any better suggestions for making templates. I think I would have done pretty much what you were doing. Sometimes you can use the old parts you are removing as a template, but that is not always possible. Your new stringer looks pretty solid and should be very strong. Cheers and keep up the good work.

Coat all the surfaces with epoxy to seal the wood then glue together with epoxy. then fiberglass all the stringers to make a solid base. and do this with bulkheads to make a strong and stable boat. you can use this system to do all your cabinets so they are protected from moisture. and you can either paint or stain the epoxy what ever way you desire

Use paint sticks and a hot glue gun, I've done so many templates this way, works perfect and fast. ..

Keep up the great work. Can't wait to see the next video!

Marvellous as ever! X

I’m always surprised at the things Stu finds dumpster diving. I think the white walls will brighten up the boat. Oh glorious sanding as Mads would say.

Love the way you introduce and close each episode so welcoming and kind so many utubers become single minded and over the top and false you keep it real as always love the fact you give everything a good bash 💯 percent this is why your Chanel is succeeding 😊

Happy Holidays! As your taste in decorations I am fine if you are happy. As to the 😢 dust from fiberglass please don’t be casual about the danger to your health. Please remove all the dust as soon as possible. Respiratory track infection is NOT what you want, speaking from experience! All the best. Robin

If you like the paint that’s all that’s needed. Who cares what others think, it’s your boat. Keep going you are making amazing progress !! ❤

Use thin furring strips (like paint stir sticks) and a hot glue gun for creating templates.

You both are gems... Keep loving each other, and loving up on that boat. Cheers.

Wow Stu, I love your gloves! A bit of Evil Knevel 🙂

I don't mind the paint. Just keep moving forward and you can change it later if you want. Keep going and don't overthink it too much. Everything will be much more solid when you get it fixed to all the other parts of the sub-floor.

Great to see you guys!! 🍀👊🏻🍀

I hope you sealed that plywood stringer with epoxy before fixing them together, including sealing the cut ends, especially those down on the bilge floor and water passway. Good work, both of you !!!!

I hate to mention another channel,but Spear It Animal did their floor stringers flooring and galley and salon turned out really well. Thanks for your hard work and dedication to put out a fantastic product!

Your doing better than I could lol. I would choose a colour that is bright.

I know you were disappointed with not making more progress but as Stu said early in the video, one step at a time! Keep up the great work and I can't wait till next week!!

Looking forward to seeing what you're doing this week.

Brilliant as always.

Great Job

Don’t worry too much in getting an exact fit on the shape of your replacement floor. Small gaps filled with epoxy is more than good enough. Some would say that a small gap is better as it prevents hard spots and potentially places that would delaminate in the future.

Too strong is better , than not strong enough!

Fab work, as always, you two. I see a lot of people are not too fond of your whitewash finish, but it's YOUR boat, and if YOU like it, that's all that matters, honestly. The transverse (athwartships) "stringers" you are replacing are caller "floors". Stringers run fore-and-aft. Good idea to double up the thickness of the floors, they will add strength to Seabird. If you don't already, look at Sampson Boat Co's RU-vid channel, they often make templates and you might get ideas from their work restoring an old wooden yacht. You're doing well, good luck and best wishes always!

Goodmorning Stuart I like sanding. 😂😂😂

I love the way you tested the heights of your tower!!! Too funny!

Thank you very much for the interessting video , Great Project 💫

I watch several boat channels. I really enjoy this one. As far as the structural parts. I feel you are doing right with the stringers. They need to be tough. Better than going back and redoing at a later time because you didn’t reinforce the way you are I think a good coat of paint to the interior will make you happier after you finish all of your work.

I really love the white washing.. . It makes it look more open and clean. As for the stringer.. you can never be too solid. Great work both of you.. looking forward to seeing the inside fished.

Keep up the good work..!

I would apply some resin on Your "stringers'" playwood before installing. Just soak it using paint brush, to make it waterproof all around. Its a bilge, so water will be there at some point. In case of future delamination or cracking, the ply will be more protected. Good to do this on every wooden framing in your new floor, cabinets, settees etc Greetings from Poland!

There are special multitool blades for cutting the GRP. You can use a dust shroud in order to supress the dust when using the angle grinder

I've got a nice finish before using liming wax, which is a white wax. It will go into the grain. Gives a kind of washed-out driftwood kind of look. You can use a brass wire brush to pull out some of the grain beforehand to make the look more pronounced.

For templates, set a height and mark every inch or so and then connect the dots. That or use a compass (think about your school geometry set). You will always have imperfections on the fit, but it’s far less expensive to use cardboard from the bin than miles of strips of door skin and tabbed together with hot glue.