3 Weeks Till Splash: Making The Best of a Bad Situation | Wildling Sailing

The bad situation being a month of intermittent persistent rain, made better by incredible parents and helpful hands.
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[@artbymaryf7283]

Really enjoyed this episode Mark,,,,,NOT for the sanding, filling, cleaning, sink finding & fitting etc etc....BUT because you managed NOT to film my double chin!!!!! So impressed with you love ,,,,🌻🌈Mum🌈🌻

[@samuelfazers]

Your lad is one great chap

[@artbymaryf7283]

@samuelfazers ,,,Thanks soo much Samuel,,,I'm biased, but I do agree with you🤗

[@DJXamine]

you raised an amazing son! Great job :)

[@artbymaryf7283]

@@DJXamine ,,,Thank you so much,,,he's such a genuine lad🤗

[@SoItGoesCAL34]

You did a great job on the sink. What product did you use?

[@andymacone]

So good to see mum and dad again 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻💪💪💪💪🫶🫶

[@derekkeith108]

I love when your mom makes an appearance, she seems like an amazing human being.

[@artbymaryf7283]

Awww Derek - thank you🤗

[@johntchb]

​@@artbymaryf7283Yorkshire tea from Lancashire, love it.

[@artbymaryf7283]

@@johntchb 🤗🤣🤗

[@kevio6868]

great parents!

[@61sunset]

And his dad.

[@paulbrown2971]

Your mum brings the energy when she’s in an episode and your dad brings common sense problem solving. Always great when they appear! Shame about the wet weather, but you are making real progress. Keep up the great content. That 100K is tantalisingly close. Complimenti!

[@artbymaryf7283]

Awwww thanks so much Paul🤗

[@mikeuhlmann6825]

Dominic is the underrated force in this episode. This guy clearly knows, what he is doing.

[@robhamilton5057]

I'm not even interested in boats but i watch every episode ha. Looking forward to the next one :)

[@thill9877]

Nice soundtrack!

[@christophergoidich9414]

Beyond impressed Brother!

[@123lucius1]

Fantastic parents🙏😃

[@artbymaryf7283]

🤗

[@Grim0954]

I'm not a boat builder, but I'm a fabricator. I'm imagining the stress and flex put on marine vehicles require more than a butt joint, thus scarfing. Even though you have it epoxied fully (not a standalone, nestled into an existing structure) and fiber glassed, the 3" butt joint vs. an 8" 0r 10" scarf... you tell me what would be stronger. Not jinxing you, just backing up WHY everyone is saying "should've scarfed". Keep an eye on these areas during voyages on rough seas. 😉

[@StreetTruckinTitan]

old news

[@ScotChef]

She's coming on fine now, well done ✊🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@hank3368]

Came for the boat stuff, stayed for the royalty free jam session

[@jonahfalco2120]

Yes please reuse this music

[@123lss123]

I think your different production style of this episode might be your best. Showing progress and fun background music. Along with your helping friends and family made this video.

[@Joe-yb9gu]

Agreed! Most excellent grove happening throughout the vid!

[@mattmcg3760]

The music is brilliant. Such a good vibe - great choice Mark. Enjoyed the episode😊

[@Joe-yb9gu]

*groove

[@darrenj3267]

Getting there step by step

[@SH-fi8sn]

It's coming along!! Love it. Cheers!

[@bobperry1269]

Good to see your mum and dad again

[@nortonmolly]

Every time you say Hopefully I have a drink. Well hammered now.

[@artbymaryf7283]

Hahahahaha,, love this...hic!!!🥂

[@brucedavidson55]

Thanks

[@cherylsibson2529]

celebrate how far you've gone, how far you will go!

[@ClanGunnBushcraft]

Don't replace the waste pipe, just tighten it down with a jubilee clip. You've probably just bought 38mm outer diameter hose!? All these repairs and prep will be so worth it once shes painted! She'll look brand new!! 💙

[@reidnolan4456]

Yea , bro push to finish ! She's getting there , congrats to the volunteers as well for helping out !

[@adrianlivingstone8520]

Awesome episode dude!😆

[@nlumby]

...loving the jazz ...passed through Amsterdam twice in the last two weeks and thought about you!

[@nlumby]

...and mum looking glamorous ...and dad being invaluably practical ...yes, I know mum's invaluably practical too!

[@nlumby]

...love the 'mountain of sinks' (sounds like an obscure jazz record)

[@nlumby]

...maybe keep the inflatable?

[@artbymaryf7283]

​@@nlumbyhahahahaha😂😂😂

[@cozydram1]

Awesome work again. and thanks to mom and dad too

[@pietersoeters9983]

Mom and dad are Gold.!! Almost 100k subscribers, way to go Mark.

[@frankreed8610]

Looking Good 👍 Thanks for sharing 👍

[@chris_e940]

Your mum and dad are the best…. Just awesome 🎉

[@theplinkerslodge6361]

You're doing it - getting closer - all the best for the upcoming week.

[@RoscoeCreel]

Beautiful Job Mark

[@greglynch3662]

Great video! Looking good!

[@waynedahl6904]

I missed most of the sanding, I closed my eyes and just listened to the music.

[@rnbspowa7of69]

Hands down you have the best parents on KZbin.

[@artbymaryf7283]

Awwww,,,thanks soo much🤗⛵️🤗⛵️🤗

[@UberAdventure]

Your pops is a jack of all trades and needs his own KZbin channel

[@MrHappyMickey]

Power tools with cords sitting in water?? Not a good idea., but she's coming along. Nice tunes! Your parents are awesome!

[@oxyfee6486]

Your mom glows when she smiles, man I miss my parents, be blessed guys.👍

[@morgancmill]

Well done Mark some serious work carried out. Well done to Mum, Dad and Dom!

[@dinoaa4360]

To improve your deficient beam repair add unidirectional cloth over your fiberglass skin and let it overlap beyond the but joint line maybe 12” tapering in thickness at either end . The thicker the fiberglass the greater the overlap beyond the but joint lines

[@edmartini9724]

It's like restoring two boats, side-by-side. The sink _was_ an awesome find.

[@kaufmanjeffreys]

looking good. Slow steady progress

[@DamianBlakeSailing]

Your parents are so awesome!

[@baconatordoom]

You have some incredible parents. And almost at 100k subscribers. It's been fun watching it grow over the last few years.

[@buza1300]

It's hard work, good you are motivated!!😎💙👍

[@stevenr8606]

👍🏼 it seems you have very supportive parents 💞. One small thought: It is your boat, repair it as you wish. There will always be a 'better way' ... your way or a harder and longer (time & $) way. Just remember which way. 😉 ☮️

[@ajonnieq2002]

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB MATE. LOVE IT...

[@leor81]

Weird question, but what's that store called where you got the sink? Seems like a treasury for potential projects😮

[@nothuman3212]

coming along nicely

[@ArizonaSusan]

We like your pop’s Williams, Arizona t-shirt 😉

[@artbymaryf7283]

We loooved Williams Susan🤗🇺🇸

[@SoItGoesCAL34]

I liked the music. Very nice and mellow. Not too loud like some folks videos. Thanks!

[@wondersurfer1]

You Can use a screwdriver for your dodgy valves on The dinghy so they pop out After you have put Air in to it

[@briancuthbert4508]

Mark!! I love your mum and dad. Reminds me so much of my own. ♥️

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing. Great progress!

[@Who.is.Clinton]

Great to see you are doing the most urgent stuff first mate, well done.

[@ghismo]

Featuring Papa Wildling ! These are my favorite episodes !

[@Joe-yb9gu]

The music for this week and last weeks episode have both been excellent! In the imaginary world I live in, I believe that you are listening to the cool tunes that you, included in these videos! Love what you’ve done with the place. Really nice job that you’re doing. I wish I lived in that part of the world. I would like to come help you. I love your parents too. I asked your mom if they would consider adopting me. I explained that I had hoped that it would not be too weird for your family that you would have a 71 year old brother. She told me to get my papers in order, still trying to find them.

[@artbymaryf7283]

Haha....get them posted to us Joe🤗💙🤗

[@oreilly1237878]

Brilliant work,getting shipshape.

[@JuanDaringMann]

You're gonna make 100k soon ... very nice!

[@Dr.Gunsmith]

Your mam and dad have just won a award 🥇 Best parents in England 🙏

[@artbymaryf7283]

Really?,,That is so kind & lovely, but we literally dont think we're anything special - but Thank you so much🤗⛵️🤗

[@windsurfingatmeerwijck]

Aye aye Captain.. Keep up the good work..

[@WelshVilliageDad]

You just scraped through to win a Thumbsup.

[@russells737]

Great Video. Thanks!

[@jimmcgee5]

friday night viewing 😁 sorted , wee glass of port and some spicy chicken wings ,👌

[@chaswarren7239]

Nice one Mark, nice one M&D, nice one volunteers. Keep up the good work !

[@themadman1357]

I live that you parents always support you way RESPECT!!!

[@michaelnewby7597]

As an RYA powerboat instructor can I say when in the dingy you should always fasten the 'kill cord' around the top of your leg NOT your body, this also allows you more freedom moving around when on the helm 😊

[@SailProMarina]

I have mine extended and snaps onto my belt loop of my shorts. gives me 3ft of movement and only pulls should I fall over ....

[@ourichoward]

doing good

[@undersail262]

Your parents are awesome…cheers

[@Samtzu]

Me, since the beginning: "Uh, piece o' crap.... piece o' crap..... p8ece o' crap.... piece o'.....OOH!! PRETTTY!!" Very good!! And yes, I do understand that there is progress, even if it's hard to see.....

[@5252525219]

Thanks!

[@5252525219]

I’m enjoying it keep up the hard work rags to riches you’re the man

[@WildlingSailing]

Thank you! So sorry it’s late, only a year 😂

[@csmith785]

Love the channel and the repair content! The music is always awesome too! Cheers from Texas.

[@druid201]

Ya mum & dad are so good! That 2nd hand shop looked amazing too! Thanks.

[@bryanrowell4793]

Yeah man! Thanks for sharing!

[@davidnichols147]

Unbelievable episode; perfect photography and sound as Dominick works his magic preparing for paint. Always great to see your Parents helping, that new kitchen sink was a real find and Mary cleaned her up to perfection. The amount of work while in the yard is truly amazing.

[@artbymaryf7283]

🤗

[@hglenn55]

Your folks are so cool

[@JohnLee-im7iu]

These guys helping and teaching you is sooooo valuable. I think you will probably be doing this kind of thing on more boats. You will also be able to help others. Dominick is great. Those tools are helping a lot too.

[@JustPlainRob]

The "rub rail" edges are called gunwales (the w is silent) originally from the Old English for "gun walls".

[@theromihs]

Making good progress Mark! You'll be ready to splash soon!

[@christiangodin5147]

Good day. Good job, very impressing. Thank you.

[@wallywombat164]

Yeah, good idea. All ya need now it's down to the line is to do ya ankle in. 😮😮😮

[@joelwonder5362]

Measure twice, buy once... Loved the tunes

[@kevio6868]

I remember watching Mark in the canals in France. Wow he's grown tremendously

[@nigelleyland166]

Sink exit through hull. not for me, a bucket underneath the sink and empty it over the side everytime!

[@mckenziekeith7434]

That sounds pretty idiotic. I have never seen a single cruising boat that did that. On a cat, in particular, since it doesn't heel much you can put through hull drains above the waterline.

[@JohnAllen-r1b]

Hi from Christchurch New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@torch4703]

Closing in on 100K! Good work!

[@olivercagle1877]

Your music is great and so is your stamina to get her fixed! You have much admiration!😊

[@goleafsgo8496]

The prep work on the hulls is going to payoff big-time once the top coats are applied. Should also payoff once splashed in knowing that the boat is in "near new" condition. Good call on sealing up all the thru hull holes like you said earlier the less the better!

[@johndewaard8032]

It's coming along Mark. Well done bros

[@valorianbronze2683]

Try cleaning the sanding discs with a stick of gum eraser. The rubber will take the gunk of the discs and you'll be able to use them a lot longer.

[@valorianbronze2683]

By that, I mean, just turn the sander over, start it up, and rub the gum/rubber stick along the abrasive surface.

[@ianclarke8821]

Yes I agree gum eraser is best, but you can also use a glue stick or piece of pvc pipe, even hose.get the disk spinning fast for best results, and when sanding don’t carry on till those lumps in the grit become hardened and polished, clean regularly with the stick at hand. You’ll get several more lives from one disk. Great work! I’m going to have to take a nap after watching that!

[@markthomasson5077]

You can buy special rubbers for this…but an old shoe sole works

[@rolandtb3]

More hands make for lighter work. The exterior is getting better with each completed phase. Major areas of concern have been addressed. Soon time to paint the exterior. Primer, top coat and bottom paint. Hopefully much drier weather next week.

[@surtrpicks]

Applauding your efforts!

[@tonespeaks]

I can't believe I have been watching this channel from the start and it is almost at 100K subscribers!!!! I want to thank Mark for his hard work and commitment to this channel, not to mention his community of friends, family, and acquaintances that have also played a part. I have been entertained and taught many things from watching the various escapades Can't wait to see what lies in the future.

[@spoofyoriginal]

500 more subs for this guy!!! then 100k :D been a sweet journey and exited to see how it goes in the future ;D

[@artbymaryf7283]

I know!!!🙏👍👍👍🙏

[@aquious953]

I'd recommend scrapping puting the boot line back, and just raise the antifouling line 4" above what you have. This keeps your waterline looking clean.

[@craigeaston-bk5ct]

Hi Mark, it's all looking good. Thank you to Mum and Dad for the short visit, always helping hand. The weather is not playing along but that's sailing, keep up the good spirits and hard work, cheers Craig UK

[@hillonwheels8838]

I have used a wire brush in the past to clean out the grit on sanding paper to get a bit more life out of it. It's not a perfect solution but when you don't have much money every little bit helps. Keep up the great work.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Some of the commercial body shop abrasives are designed to be washable to clear any clogging. The hard epoxy and anti fouling do seem to work well. The weathers been awful for this sort of work. Hopefully it improves... The old guy in NZ mark explains how the Pahi got its name ...hes had to move his 63ft out of the building hes been working in. Meantime In Hawaii the wildfire 🔥 has shown why many first nations peoples chose a semi nomadic way of living when faced with fire, volcanic activity and droughts floods and Tsunami's ... Withdrawing the rudders as far as i understand was a feature of the Pahis ...to help with beaching or repairs at sea. Like your engine mouts you need to be able to raise them to work on them whilst at sea from the deck. 🤔⌚🇬🇧🧙‍♂️⛵⚓

[@guachingman]

I use a compressor regularly, but only works before its started clogging

[@saltysassy958]

I was always taught to run the sander over the leg of my work pants with it running to clear the paper. It's easier with air powered DA but if your good with an electric you can extend the life by keeping if from loading up with this method.

[@Christopher-lr8qi]

Proud of you man! She’s coming along nicely!

[@sailingsheriff3349]

Great progress well done

[@djleigh4868]

One day when your sails are full on a perfect day all of what you have done will be something to smile about...A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind. Live passionately even if it kills you because something is going to kill you anyway...all the best to you...Mark

[@Seafariireland]

Painting the hull, first big chunk of visual satisfaction! Lots more satisfaction to follow.

[@Tim8mit]

like the blue of the primer, I'm sure that change has helped to lift up your sense of accomplishment, and hopefully energise you to push on to the splash with vigour. Cheers

[@artbymaryf7283]

I agree Tim👍

[@HoldFast-un2fc]

Your Dad is a very smart man and mechanically inclined. My parents have passed on and you really don't know how precious they are and what you should have done when it happens. Your boat is coming right along Ol Chap!

[@williamsimmons8927]

What a great break in the drudgery having your parents come to visit, it was hysterical when your mom started cleaning the dinghy with the scrubber and you joined in, got to love the age-old saying cleanliness is next to godliness, lol was lmao

[@artbymaryf7283]

I think Mark was soo impressed, he had to try it himself!! & Yes ,,,,Cleanliness is definitely nxt to Godliness William🤗