its good seeing the boating community working together , never happens in suburbia , your in demand mate ... you will get your electric motors yet !!
@bags464910 ай бұрын
Thanks for that video, shall be watching your channel a lot more now, need to learn specifically this for hopefully soonish converting a petrol powered sailing cat to full electric.. at least, that's my aiming point.
@basiedp Жыл бұрын
I also work with both epoxy and poly resins building boats and must really say you have done really good install. Thats not going anywere in that boat lifetime. Very well done.👌👌🥰🥰
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@AcidBurnSB Жыл бұрын
realy nice work and conversion you a doing can't wait till Volvo Penta IPS will go to electrical.
@benniethejew Жыл бұрын
Hard to find someone with such attention to detail, creativity, planning, and skills as Davey. I would be honored to trade work with ya
@CheersWarren Жыл бұрын
The ‘binder’ holding ‘CSM’ together dissolves in styrene which is a monomer used in polyester type resins. This frees up the fibers allowing them to conform to the shape of your work. Cheers Warren
@Anne6621 Жыл бұрын
Davey sure is a talented guy !! and with talents like that he may never have to sand the bottom of a boat again !!
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
😂
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes I seriously hope to never have to sand the bottom of my boat again 😆
@sailingjano Жыл бұрын
This was really an interesting one. Super Davey, looking for the next one. 👍👍👍
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@UUBrahman Жыл бұрын
First class fiberglass boat work with excellent narration.
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@bobuncle8704 Жыл бұрын
That is beautiful work. Davey the boat whisperer. Ever thought of being an instructor?
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
😆 the boat whisperer! I like it!
@martinbeaumont1135 Жыл бұрын
He’s a clever fella that Davey, just imagine what could be done with a proper workshop and all the big boy tools 👍🇬🇧
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@michaelcanto6175 Жыл бұрын
GEEZE! DAVY MAKES IT LOOK SO EASY!
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
He definitely makes some things look easy!
@williammyers6766 Жыл бұрын
Davey you are awesome!!! There is nothing like helping a fellow boater.
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@chrisfossum1499 Жыл бұрын
Darn it! I can only like this once. 😂
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
😂
@shaunbainbridge1584 Жыл бұрын
Top job Davey. Looks like it’s worth a few jars of apples
@ollypolly18 Жыл бұрын
you have taught me so much with fiberglass top job again
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@bigalon3wheels Жыл бұрын
Best man for the glass job, you did great job on your own bnoat
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@renem6441 Жыл бұрын
Wow you are the mould master Davy!! Thanks for sharing
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊
@MrMinnesotaMac11 ай бұрын
Maybe this was discussed earlier, but why are the motors being mounted aft of the rudders? The efficiency of the rudders, and thus maneuverability of the vessel, is greatly increased with the propwash flowing over the rudders. Without that propwash the flow is greatly reduced. Especially in a situation like motoring into port with following seas, you'll have minimal rudder efficiency.
@BarefootTravels11 ай бұрын
That’s how this model of fountaine pajot was designed with the sail drives behind the rudders. They wanted to keep the electric motors in the same place as there was already a hole to work with
@kevin3434343434 Жыл бұрын
looking forward to seeing the conversion!
@seawench555 Жыл бұрын
Bloody beautiful Davey, mate I'm Impressed 😲👌💪 with everyone going electric, u could make some serious $$$$ think about it. But u should have at least a mask on, ur health is paramount. Hi to u too Erica, Gorgeous. 🌈🇦🇺🇨🇦
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@timgore1487 Жыл бұрын
Nice work
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@TotalBoat Жыл бұрын
Job well done! It's looking great 👏👏
@douglasrobbie9998 Жыл бұрын
Nice plug forming. A lot of 1708 layers to get that thickness. Dinghy losing air- if patches don't fix and you want to keep dinghy for another year, you can use 2 dunnage bags (relatively inexpensive inflatable bags of different shapes and sizes used in shipping ) 1 per tube, assuming dinghy has 2 tubes. There does have to be a slit made in each tube, insert the appropriate size bag into the tube, inflate and sew up /patch the slit. The bags supply the flotation ,not the tubes.
@paulblagden8985 Жыл бұрын
Wow you guys have gone to the moon and back awsome. When you going to stop fiberglassing and acetoning. All the best from Paul in Sunny Doncaster 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👌👌❤❤❤👏👏👏🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Still lots of fibreglass to go I’m afraid. Hard top is being finished finally!
@paulblagden8985 Жыл бұрын
@@BarefootTravels you are both awsome keep the channel so inspirational don't forget to keep wearing them masks xxx👍👍👍👍👍🎈🎈🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
@mrbill8542 Жыл бұрын
Davey--you are the glass master !!!!
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@durango4624 Жыл бұрын
Great episode Barefoot cheers
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@spaRTan3246 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic episode. And thanks for the insights. I like to use biaxial but that 1708 is such a nice option. 👍🍻
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@CheersWarren Жыл бұрын
B1708 is biaxial but it includes a layer of CSM attached to it with the stitching (No binder) . The 08 part of the 1708 refers to the weight of glass added ie 8 oz per sq yd or about 1oz per sqft of csm. The 17 refers to the 17 oz per squ yard of biaxial fiberglass . Yes csm is normally per sq-ft Woven and stitched product is per sq-yd. (Nominal weights above) Cheers Warren
@sviriecat Жыл бұрын
Nicely done & they haven’t fallen off yet!
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
😆😆😆😆
@sviriecat Жыл бұрын
Seriously, thank you so much. They turned out perfect!
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Hopefully we’ll see you guys soon!
@RV_Chef_Life Жыл бұрын
Davey has fiberglass running through his veins…..or something like that 😂
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@svlolalouise9763 Жыл бұрын
Yay first again Crack on shorty South Australia
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
🎉🎉
@dc1544 Жыл бұрын
to sharpen those scissors get thick tin foil couple layers and cut with scissors as many times as you can. then they will be sharp.
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Really?
@dc1544 Жыл бұрын
@@BarefootTravels yes.
@dc1544 Жыл бұрын
@@BarefootTravels then when you are done with tin foil ball it up and scrub stainless steel with it. removes rust fast.
@AntoineGrondin Жыл бұрын
I love this project and did the same on my cat (SW1000XL2) except on legs like an outboard. But I can't understand why the owners wouldn't put the pods _in front_ of the rudder?
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
This is where the existing sail drives were. There is already a place to mount the engine in the engine room. If they were to put them in front of the rudder it would have made it a much bigger job
@AntoineGrondin Жыл бұрын
@@BarefootTravels makes sense
@jamescarid3448 Жыл бұрын
Looks good Davey. Is it possible the supplied piece of plastic mount has vibration damping qualities? Cheers.
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
No was just a bit of cheep plastic
@mariuslandsberg793711 ай бұрын
Hi i I just wanted to ask, why do you use torpedo motors and not a electric motors that you can change when you boat is in the water, it will save you a lot of money money
@JohnBraman413 Жыл бұрын
what was the final cost of them doing the work?
@Peo_Sahlin Жыл бұрын
Forget about converting to electric motors, buy mast and sails instead. It's a sailboat. 😎
@BarefootTravels Жыл бұрын
Lol so you didn’t watch the video then. This is our friends boat that we helped install electric engines on. They have a mast and sails and use them. If we could afford a mast we would have one
@bradfordsimms715 Жыл бұрын
actually
@whome146 Жыл бұрын
Why aren’t you building boats from scratch. You seem to have the skills