169: FIVE BOAT PROJECTS - SOME EASY, SOME NASTY

Please excuse our potty talk. Teach it a lesson. That's what I want to do. Boat repairs. Hey. Yeah, we're not going crazy. Let's go to the screw boutique. Shall we? I've got a gun in my hand. We share our dirty laundry. Oh, it's gonna be cushy. Ben's drinking one again. Hey guys. We're so glad you're with us today. We have really enjoyed our time in New England and seeing friends, but we have neglected or maybe postponed our boat chores and they are piling up. I've got the list here on my clipboard much to Brown's chagrin. We have quite a number of things that we've got to focus on. And so today is the day while we're in Lake Tashmouh to take the time and make some repairs. So here is the list of what we need to work on. One of which is probably our biggest nightmare. We have to fix a leak in our bow. We need to investigate where the leak is coming from. We think it might be from the fittings on the princess seat, but we're not sure. So that's one. Our second project is to repair the door hook that prevents the door from moving when we're underway. That has gotten loose in one of the heads due to some shoddy repairs by the mooring space. The biggest nightmare of all is our poop tank is leaking into our bilge and we've got to figure out do we need to replace the poop tank? Can we find where it's cracked and make a repair? We don't know what a nasty job that's going to be. One of the issues that leopard has is that the laminate on the doors and on the cabinetry peels. So we have to address that because the peeling is just really annoying. And then the last one is we have a hatch that's missing a screw. So we're going to have to deal with that. So those are five of the projects we need to work on And then we also have to clean the boat because it is full salt. So here we go off on the projects come with us and we'll learn together in the bow and we are working on that drip right there. Boat yoga. This is what happens when you have a leak in the front of your boat. Nope, it's probably stripping. We got some serious leakage going on and it is this. You're just raising the whole unit. You can see where there's a ton of... Yeah, they siliconed it by the way. So this is giving us a lot of leakage inside as well as I think this giving us some but this is the big problem. So we're going to go ahead and try and caulk around in here and then tighten it down and see if that helps. Boating, fixing your boat in beautiful places, right? This is a good office right here. We dried the surface and now everything gets cleaned with acetone. I never knew what acetone was before I got on a boat and now we use it for everything. It's really important to prep your surface properly because then you want to fix it and you want it to stay fixed. So acetone is really good. It's a solvent and it's going to clean up the area. Cool torches. Those are new. Thank you, Deb and Fraser. Oh man, I love those torches. And they look great and they let other people know. There's a boat here. This lake is so beautiful. It's incredible. This day is just... Yeah, the day is amazing. Couldn't be any better. This is our last boat chore for today. Uh, no. This is the start of the boat chores. I've got a gun in my hand. Yeah. It's called life seal. Get caulking because... Seal somebody's lips. Because if you don't get caulking, you're going to be doing boat chores all day long. Hoping that this fixes the leak. It's pretty bad. Yeah. I wonder if this is where butyl would work. Maybe. Water just came down the beautiful new lanterns that we had and ruined the whole job. So Brown's coming to do it again. Just get stuff everywhere. Working with caulk is... It's messy. It's just messy. So Brown is in the hull right now. And he is... Starting to... Ratchet down the... Handle. Yeah! Job number two is done. Yes! Yeah! Ooh, it's down! Yeah, we're not going crazy. Beware, warning label. Tolurene and acetone is making me crazy! Alright, so these, uh... How did I get this little... I don't know. Maybe it's boat repairs. Hey, listen. These laminates are peeling and that's why we have to glue them back on. So that is what Brown is doing. We use contact cement called Weld Wood. Works great. I've used a lot of it. We almost need another bottle. First you clean the surface of acetone. Those surfaces. The door and then this molding right here. And then you lightly apply this on both sides while keeping it apart until 15 minutes later. 10 minutes if it's hot like it is here. You press both aside and you get a permanent bond. And that's all we've got here. Alright, project two done. Project three, here we come. So this is loose because the screws that have been put in here are different sizes and the nuts behind this wall. One is a Loctite nut and the other one is not. And the holes that they've drilled are too big. So we need to take this out and put Loctite nuts on both of the screws and get the screws to be uniform. So I don't know why those special people at St. Lucia Charter Special people at Grenada who just didn't have basic things. So what we're gonna do, this used to be on the other side of the fiberglass to hold the screws in and instead we're gonna take these washers and here's where the fiberglass is gonna be and we're gonna just screw these things in and that's gonna provide support. What he doesn't know is that to get to screw those in it's a full arm length behind a wall that you can't get to. How about shorter screws? Oh well let's go to the screw boutique shall we? Just when you say to yourself I'll never use any of these screws. Shorter and fatter. Yeah but it would be too fat at the end. So that's gonna fit through there. That's fine. That's what they should have used in the first place. Is the screw long enough? Alright that was a quick fix! On to number four! Ready? Who's your hero? We have got to pull the poop tank out of our bathroom because it is leaking. I think the cracks right there. So I put paper towels underneath where the red handle is and I have not seen anything. It's gonna loosen from the other side It's not that tight Alright I'll go in on the other side. There's more clearance over here. Okay so this is the other side. Go ahead. The poop is streaming down. It's gotta be it. Somehow this thing was nicked and there's a little crack. Do you have to get the whole thing out or can you work on it in there? I don't know. Let's see if we can shift it. There's one poop tank that is shared between these two bathrooms and it's the smallest size. I think it's 80 liters. Please excuse our potty talk. Alright and in this room also we share our dirty laundry. Oh sorry I was doing ventriloquism. Alright let's go. That was the washing machine. Let's go. Alright so he's gonna loosen it from there and then we're gonna try and shift it over this way and see if we can see the spot that is the problem and see if we can fix it. Otherwise it's a $700 poop tank plus probably equal amount of cost for shipping. Not cheap. Just trying to get a better look. Oh. Just friggin wedged in there I'm sure it's Well the problem with this is that this is hose clamped in here so I can't lift it up. Plus it's hose clamped up here. These are pretty heavy duty hoses. Well it's not bad. I mean it's not like it's a It's pretty small. Huh. Interesting. So you think this is it right here? Yeah. Alright you all. Don't be afraid of what's going on right here. A lot of people consider it a gun show and guns are illegal in Massachusetts but I'll show you these are legal. On to the matter of what we're fixing today. We have a fiberglass poop tank. It's molded to precise size so that it fits in between the shower and the inside of the outside hole. And so it's got to fit in it's tight spot and what's happened is at the very bottom of it there's just been like a little nick in it and it's formed a small hole where it comes to a sharp little area so once it gets full of that good old loving juice it drip, drip, drip and drives the Admiral crazy. I'm the one cleaning it out of the bilge every single time it drips into the bilge and creates a massive puddle down there of just brown nastiness. So as I said Admiral's not happy so it comes time for the first mate, the captain whatever you want to call me to step in. Gorilla Gorilla waterproof patch and seal tape and this actually seals underneath the water. We're going to attach this on there and really overlap it on all sides and then progressively press it on there for two minutes and then I think we're going to be fixed and then this poop job will be conquered. See that stuff's coming off right there. 50 grit sandpaper. This is going to roughen up the fiberglass so stuff sticks to it and it's going to further clean it at the same time and after this we're going to come in with another acetone. It's really important to prep your surfaces otherwise it's either not going to work or you're going to be fixing it again sometime down the road. Second time now after the sandpaper. I feel really good at how this surface is prepped. I've got a little twitch from the acetone. Look how thick these pieces of tape are so this is only about eight layers. Thank you Paul and Linda for introducing us to this. It's cushioning too so I think that's going to be a perfect combination for what it is we're doing. Like so. We're going to push from the inside and out pressing all the air bubbles out. Paul you can cut some flies on that. This little sharp area right there that this rested on that formed the actual little hole leak in there. What I want to do is take the sharp edge off of that and teach it a lesson. I may even put some Gorilla Tape over it yet so when this thing rests I thought it would be double cushioned. It's going to be cushy. Alright let's go. We got two more projects. Yes we do. We're rocking it. We're getting them all done today. Just got to take that sharp edge. This was the one that was in there and this is the new one. This has a different screw pattern and it's thicker and they're both the same length. Hopefully this works. We don't strip it and cause the same problem that's with the one we're replacing. We're going to tighten this by hand. It might be smart just to check all of those. Check the other one make sure it's tight. It's screwed in tight. Wow that was really out far. Alright. I think we just got through all of my projects. Good. That's done. The binge drinking will begin.