The €1 Boat. What Will a Boat Surveyor Think About Our Keel?... 😖 | SAILING SEABIRD Ep. 41 

I'm pleased the handrails are what you wanted. If there is anything else please don't hesitate in letting me know. Oh and I have a brother that has a house in Bosham on the east side.

Mosquitoes Solution: Mosquitoes are attracted by smell, and They hate the limony ones, In France pharmacie buy "essence of citronelle "and put a drop in areas where mosquitoes bite the most, AND buy some GREEN CLAY, They have it in powder or in Paste format, since you are mixing enough thing during the day, I would recommand to buy it in paste (in a Tube) now as soon as you have a hitchy spot, take a little TINY bit of the green clay paste and apply it. The hitching will stop immediately, leave the clay in place do not remove it it will dry a drop on its own NO MORE HITCHING

Perhaps you could cut our the wild tomato plants and start yourselves a little garden back there so you can have some free fresh vegetables

The keel is gona be goooooood

Wow! Now you know which and where is the problem, and can fix easier.

good job Simon

Love from India

Love Bob's shirt! :D

I like how you both nowadays smile a lot more than 4 months ago. Also, congrats on 1 million views on episode 1!

Marina's summary from ~26:00 to 28:00 min is excellent! You guys have learned so much; it gives me great hope for my own efforts. Cheers and thanks so much for sharing!

Celebration time!!!!!!!! congratulatio kids!!!

Great news , the surveyor agreed that you are a genius. Good to hear that your keel is on the road to full recovery !

This is good that your keel will be stronger than ever when your fully repaired💪👍💫

Well what a lovely man having a look at the keel and his opinions, and am so pleased everything is heading in the right direction Stuart in the words of sir Winston keep buggering on Also that video was well constructed with great editing did not notice any sharp edits if you know what I mean , for a genuine feel and entertaining videos yours are simply the business till next time have a great week

We need to add captain's hats to the Amazon wish list.

You guys are pioneering old boat salvage. Keep injecting that epoxy into the keel then patch it up! My old grandfather in the RM said she'll float until she sinks!

I think you wore that car like a tight fitting suit. 😁

Great people helping

Wow, what a relief 😅 More 🕳️ and gunk It is👍💪

Lots of work is one thing, but finding that it’s paying off is a huge relief 👍. Carry on 😅

It was fun seeing England again. Thanks for the tour. All marinas are the same. wonderful.

I like the sailboat bikini idea………😂

Thanks guys!

What a great episode. From Simon’s gift that took much time to bob make one do some grinding of fiberglass.

You make us smile! 😁😎🥰

This was a fun video to watch. Thank you.

Glad for the good news!!!!

Good news... little bit more work on the keel but looks good...

Hahaha, Bob says he loves people to drill more holes in their boat😂 well.. The previous owner was way too good at it i'd say

Hi Marina and Stu I love to watch you work together!

Hi. Not sure if you look at this but!! Not tomato plants. Same familiy but is deadly nightshade. Name says all. Don't eat.

Simon you are a BOSS! Salute!

What a great episode!!!!! Also shout out to Bob for giving you his professional feedback.. sure does help knowing that how you have chosen to fix the problem is going to work out great..the concrete keel looks like it did the day it was put in the boat..if the concrete was rotten it would be flaky and the pieces that fell off would turn to powder.. thanks for sharing your journey with us... in the next episode are we going to see the new bikini being modeled??? 😂.. I don't think I would get much done working around Stewart because he's a comedian and would have me laughing.. you would think that the boat yard would cut you 2 a deal for power service since you're there all year long and you're resurrecting a boat that was just rotting away in their yard for years.. and shout out to Simmon for the beautiful handrails!!! Sure would be nice if you could get someone like him to come stay awhile when you start the redoing of the interior. .

Thats great news how using the icing bag technique of filling the holes with the epoxy 😊😊😊

Good positive news that your hard graft is paying dividends and you’re on the right track. 😀🍻

Very interesting episode!!

Everybody is an armchair critic dont take it to heart. I think you two are awesome and doing your best with a serious amount of work ahead still

Good to see that you are addressing the keel issues thoroughly!

If you are going to go into keel from inside the bilges then why not just make bigger😢 holes and pour loads of epoxy in until all voids are full to top of keel, then youll know there wont be any room left for water !!! 😊😊😊 keep it up and youll be sai,ing off soon

Stu, you are great man

Glad Bob brought you good news and confirmation that you were doing the right thing! The thought did occur to me that having a look from the bilge might help, if you don't mind drilling holes from inside the boat. You two are such a wonderful couple. Sending you hugs and lots of love from down at the edge of the planet.

Pheasant crossing. Drive erratically if you want Christmas dinner. 🦃 That chandlery barge was epic. I can spends hours rummaging through second hand bins.

those wild tomatos won't get much bigger. the green ones might not even have time to get red in the wild, before frost hits. u can pick em green, and keep them inside. they'll ripen further and get red aswell. might be enough for 1-3 nice salads :)

nice to hear all will be well with a tad more hard work!

16:50 Gas cooker is great

I love watching you guys. Such joy from everyday things..

A good video on the cellar is a fair tour for you to offer, plus subscriptions and support,🙏👍

great to see the barge chandlery at Swanwick - I needed a lee board - the owner dug one out a used one from the back of one of the sheds -good price and threw in some free varnish! ( ps . just across the road and up the lane from Premier Marina) - have binged watched 20 Seabird episodes this bank holiday weekend in between restoring a dinghy!

must be nice to finally know what is going on there and not have to guess and worry about it even if it feels dramatic to drill more holes

While you are making all those holes you might as well install a bow thruster.

Thank you for sharing your lives with us say hello to Seadog if you see him all the best!!!

Next time you come to the U.K. come and stay or come out for a sail.

Hola 😂 para la próxima hagan esa prueba antes de comprar y invertir. 😊

Great news from Bob, the tomatoes look marvelous!

Just going through your excellent channel because there's lots of stuff relevant to the work I'm doing on my boat as well. Like the surveyor I didn't think that thicker water proof epoxy into the keel area was a good idea. I thought a much runnier type of epoxy would work better but it turns out what you used worked like a treat. Good job!

Not sure what the financial difference is but what about ripping away the probably osmosis glass down to the concrete, let the concrete dry and epoxy/glass the keel back in? Guaranteed no more issues if you let epoxy/other product soak into the concrete to make it water tight. Water will get in there whether its through a hairline crack from bottoming out or through the top when your water tank decides to leak. Might cost more but compared to waiting for moisture to completely disappear from something it could end up being cost effective. Scottish bloke here so water and money....... 🤣😉🤣

Hahahaha that was awesome Stu. Marina I think you should do a fashion show with the new Bikini suggestion from Stu. Another great show guys things are progressing snd that is all that matters. Have a great week guys Ken Australia 🇦🇺

great job!

I assume that the concrete ballast is poured after the hull is complete if so the bonding of fresh concrete to fibreglass is not always sound also conrete does continue to shrink over time whilst the steel reinforcing does not, the thickness of your fibreglass skin is as Bob said super thick compared to modern boats. Your on the right track and stuff the armchair critics

I just adore Marinas name and voice ❤ Stuart ur ok too lol 😅

Simon That's a very generous gift, thank you so much for helping them out, that's awesome! I believe the Bob is right looks like your on the right track and now you can confidently go forward which should give you peace of mind. That's awesome that's good news. cheers have a good one.

I wish you both lots of luck the sailboat is coming along you have done a good job. Thanks for sharing your videos there awesome.

It must be a huge relief to know that you're moving in the right direction with the keel and that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I hope that this good news will spur you on and help to regain momentum and renew the energy to finish the job. Yet another great informative video thank you see you next week. (It must be really nice to shut up some of the doubters eh.) xx

Stu is spitting image of the Jeremy Rogers, the guy who designed the Contessa 32. Is he related?

Well Stu, if I’d known you were coming to Chichester I’d have bought you a pint in the Blue anchor in Bosham. Good job the old bill didn’t catch you using the phone while driving🤣🤣👍 Love the video’s you two…. Keep up the great work.

That was a terrific and reassuringly positive episode to watch. I am so glad that you managed to find someone who knows what they are talking about to give you a first hand assessment of your keel condition (as opposed to all of us too-far-away-screen-view-only-opinionated-watchers-on) and I am also so glad that he was so kind, reassuring and supportive in his feedback and suggestions. (And just quietly I was really pleased to see those holes appear giving you a clearer view of what is going on....😊). And I don’t think that perhaps you “got lucky” with the way you were already going about the repair - it’s pretty obvious that your naturally practical, considered and positive "can-do" approach to this boat means that you have an inherently good grasp of what will work and what won’t work either way, and I couldn’t imagine you wasting money on a “guess” as to what might work. So once again, well done the pair of you, I am loving your progress!!!! And thank you for the short and pleasant tour around your old stomping ground - that was a nice little treat to start the vid’. Does the need to repair the heater suggest that you’ll be staying there to work through this winter instead of going back to the ski fields?

Hello again, I am glad the surveyor thinks the keel will not be a problem after you finish working on it. And I am curious about why you don't want to use the big white tube running throughout the boat for distribution of heating and air conditioning. Wasn't it designed for that purpose? Since I don't know anything about boats I am just asking. Ok keep up the good work. Geo

Watched all the adverts 😵‍💫

Are you thinking of taking out the cabin sole? I was thinking, since the water in the keel came from inside the boat, if you were to get to the top of the keel maybe you could pour the epoxy from the top and let gravity do the work? Also then you could drill fewer holes and use them as confirmation the epoxy reached there rather than as injection sites?

Excellent news... was a bit of a concern that it might become a 'monster' issue... yet now becomes confidence building... getting the optimum solution correct is top work guys, well done! Crack on!

Looks like all your Christmases have arrived at once. All the goodies unwrapped especially those beautifully crafted rails. Good news from the surveyor as well....keep filling the hull with the gunk and before you know it Seabird will be watertight 😊. Keep going you two ❤❤❤

Crazy... I went to Chi College 82-84.

I just discovered your RU-vid channel. What an amazing and brave project! Love your dedication and love you both put in this boat. That’s a lucky boat to have fond you! We have a sailingboat ourselves that askes quote some work. This winter will be our fouten working on it, and we have planned to get the antifouling off and see if the gelcoat is allright. It was absolutely helpfull to see that you drilled holes in the keel, to let the water out. We did that last winter with the ridder and lots of water came out. This winter we are going to open the rudder up, remove wet and rotten stuff and put it together again. I am curieus what you will do with the little holes in the keel and te gap between the ballast and the hull. What I was wondering: isn’t there rainwater between the hull and the ceiling of your cabin? On our boat we replaced the woorden handels aa well and also the fresh air holes, because of lots of rainwater coming into the cabin. To be able to do that we unfortionally had to remove the ceiling. All the wood that held the ceiling seemed rotten and was covered in black mold. We are going to rebuild the ceiling this winter. Wish you all the luck and keep up the good work!

Regional: 12-15C (Day) (January) 4-8C (Night)(January) its survivalbe with a good heater. But more rain during winterseason.

Thanks

Love the channel and the work you are both doing. Be very careful with those ‘tomatoes’ they look very much like Deadly Nightshade/Belladonna to me. Tomatoes are in the same family, but those leaves look very different to tomato leaves to me. Just wanted to caution you as I want to continue watching your channel! Best wishes.

If you drill holes on the inside over the keel and put the epoxy there , and use a vacuum pump on the outside at the bottom to suck out all the air ? so the epoxy will fill all the voids ..,

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. We had boats in Chichester harbour for 15 years. First, a Cornish Crabber in Dell Quay. We used to pass a Cornish Crabbers 30' Pilot Cutter on its mooring, gradually looking more unloved. Then one day, it was advertised for sale in Haynes boatyard, Itchenor. Taking a closer look, we fell in love. We kept "Jenny Wren" for 10 years in Birdham Pool, in the years before it was taken over and modernised. We lived in Birdham village so spent most weekends and holidays pottering. We sailed far and wide in the English Channel but would often spend a night dried out against Bosham Quay which, from your film, hasn't changed a bit. We sailed all year round and loved waking up on a frosty morning anchored in one of the creeks. Many thanks again and good to see the progress that you are making. Stay positive.

Hey guys, I have been following you forever! But today I realized that I don’t know which brand and model is Seabird, could you tell me? Thank you and go ahead with your great job!❤

WARNING ! Leningrad Cowboys at 26:00 🤣

just an observation, the rails in chandry barge looked the same as the ones you had delivered?

Hi guys - enjoying your vids, your ambition and commitment - and your relaxed, charming presentation style! Your calm persistence is an example to the world. As is the low carbon footprint of your 'recycled' boat! A question: I'm obviously a bear of little brain - as I can't work out the sequence of your vids/boats/adventures. If you have a moment, would it be a good idea to put up a list of videos, in the order in which the content occurred, e.g. under 'About'? I ask this as the dates on which you posted don't seem to reflect the real time when each video's content took place. So I can't get a picture of what - and which boat - happened when. Or is my RU-vid illiteracy showing - and the real time sequence is already visible somewhere? Thanks for sharing your story, keep up the good work- and keep on enjoying it!

Didn’t captain Jack Sparrow say “Stop putting holes in my boat “.

Scotten6 is my brother who I sailed with 50 years ago his advice is worth listening to he has built 3 cruising sailboats with at least 30 thousand miles

My heart sank when you said that you had a marine surveyor coming! I was however so heartened by Bobs common sense down to earth reporting and advice. You have some issues. Most boats have some issues. Does it mean that they are unfit for purpose? Of course not. Now hopefully you will have more faith in your gut feelings. I have used underwater curing two pack epoxy paint repair systems for offshore wind turbine foundations with excellent results and your cored samples should give you great confidence. Go well both and Bob too!❤

I'm very interested in the Epoxy you are using, it might help me with my own boat. Love to watch you restoring this old boat keep it up.

Where was the marina where you went after Emsworth?

Such great news! I 'm happy for you guys! And getting that confirmation that your doing the right thing must be so nice! It's the doubt that I struggle with most of projects like these. Then once you get to the end and see the result you wonder why you agonised over it so much. Now you can forge ahead knowing it's not wasted effort! I'm very impressed by that epoxy btw, I was thinking it would struggle to spread very far from the injection site but that core sample looked amazing!

you mention 'not skipping the adverts'... That helps your channel? I had no idea.

Great job Simon. Anyway I can purchase the little sailing boats you made? Cheers

In the 1970s, something we called environmental plastic was introduced, which was ordinary polyester with paraffin oil added to delay the release of styrene and get a lower measured value in the room. If you did not sand between layers, loosening could occur, i.e. delamination. What you can do if the area is dry and not full of water is to buy 0.3l empty caulking gun sleeves and mix polyester and eurosil and pump in. First drill 6mm holes in the edges of the area you think the delamination is and pump until it creeps out, put in a wooden dowel. Then, when it has hardened, sand out a bowl of fiberglass mat over each hole and laminate.

Great news for the project ... now that you know that the method is sound to complete the repair, I have a suggestion about how to streamline the process. Instead of using the "hoover" to supply the suction, approach the repair more like a vacuum bagging project. Use an actual vacuum pump to supply significant suction toward the bottom of the keel with a flange to attach over the hole at the bottom of the keel with a small ball valve on it. At the hole near the top of the keel add another flange with a small ball valve, fill a large funnel with the epoxy and attach to the ball valve. With the top valve closed and bottom open turn on vacuum pump until it sucks all of the air out, close the ball valve on the bottom -- now the inside of the keel is in vacuum, so open the ball valve at the funnel connection and all of the epoxy will be drawn into the keel. Just close the ball valve before you run out of epoxy as it will also pull in air too, if you run out of epoxy in the funnel.

Like the Great news and am impressed with all that you are doing, sure is Nice to get lucky eh? What rig are you planning on using? I asked because I was thinking you are missing a Mast or did you get one.

filling epoxy under pressure is that posible?

I think you cant fill up all the holes . . . . Giff it a second coat from outside & a third😢

They are not tomatoes. Look up deadly nightshade and please don't eat them.

Something is very wrong your GPS has an English accent!!!