How Many Holes Does it Take to Fix a Leak? Chainplate Install | Sailing Wisdom [S6 Ep8]

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Our boat had leaky internal chainplates. To fix the leaks we are installing external chainplates which require a ton of holes to attach. How do you install external chainplates on your boat?
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0:00 Intro
0:35 Cutting the slots in the rub rail for the chainplates
1:14 Drilling holes in the chainplates
1:59 Drilling holes in the topsides
6:00 Chainplate Backing Plates
7:30 Interrupted by rain, ruining everything
8:41 Building the Port Backing Plates
9:21 How to fix water damaged fiberglass layup
10:28 How to fix gouges in the hull
11:00 What's next to do for the chainplates?
12:02 Outro
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[@tonychilds884]

You two are doing a great job with your channel. I've watched several of your videos. I just bought my sailboat and noticed from one of your old videos that you stayed within line of sight of my marina. I'll be at Oriental Harbor Village Marina:) Cannot wait to begin the journey...

[@spray3716]

The music that caught my attention reminded me of the music from "Master and Commander". I liked it.

[@davecopp9356]

Nice to see you happy. All the best.

[@TotalBoat]

Looking great! Bummer to see the rain affected the cure on the polyester resin but at least you didn't need to remove it and start over!

[@RiggingDoctor]

The hot coat helped a lot and made most of the white disappear.

[@AlanKaufer]

I really love the external chain plates. I think that was such a good decision. Always learning something new from your videos.

[@nodogrunner]

Seems like a no brainer. Clear the deck of toe breaking obstructions.

[@dwightqi]

Instead of trip to hardware store to buy an expensive drill bit, use a angle grinder to sharpen the dull one. Your skill as a Dentist will make freehand drill sharpening very doable. I really appreciate seeing your efforts to care for your boat, home and family.

[@gjessop2095]

I was just going to say the same, for 23 bucks I would sharpen the drill!!!

[@RiggingDoctor]

I need to look into this. I have sharpened hand saws before but never a drill bit.

[@goneswimming5636]

Great video! I have some catching up to do on your videos

[@RiggingDoctor]

👍

[@bakters]

Re: Dull drill bit. That's what you get for not using pilot holes. BTW - It would be quicker to sharpen the bit than to buy a new one. A useful skill that you may need, when the nearest hardware store is several days away.

[@RiggingDoctor]

The issue with pilot holes is making it line up perfectly with the bolt hole. If I’m off by a tiny bit, the full size hole will be off center. Is there a trick to center the pilot hole perfectly?

[@bakters]

@@RiggingDoctor In this case I'd start with the full size bit, make a small recess, then switch to a small bit. It should not wonder off anymore. (You can always use a center punch in addition to that, in case you are paranoid about uneven lines... ;-)) Also, you wanted perfectly parallel chainplates. Cut two spacers of the exact same size and clamp one chainplate to the other through them. The spacers could be glued to the boat. The best trick for that is the superglue "double" sided tape trick. You take a regular one-sided tape, put the tape on one surface, the other strip of tape on the other surface, then you glue both tapes back-to-back with superglue. It holds better than a double-sided tape and it's very easy to remove. It's a really good trick.

[@GregoryVeizades]

​@@RiggingDoctorcenter punch and a spotting bit.

[@fordyceeldred9409]

I agree …. Great content no need for background music.

[@RiggingDoctor]

Thank you :)

[@Building_Bluebird]

Happy Father's Day, Herby! Nice work. Reading the comments, wow, it seems like bronze attracts trolls! Lol. I enjoyed the video. Were you using cobalt drill bits? They're much better than high speed steel and stay sharp longer.

[@RiggingDoctor]

They are the Cobalt ones, and only drilling through fiberglass! I was surprised at how quickly they dulled.

[@Building_Bluebird]

@@RiggingDoctor fiberglass is pretty aggressive stuff.

[@GregoryVeizades]

​@@RiggingDoctorfiberglass is glass. Glass is very hard.

[@sailorstu]

I suddenly like Bronze ( or is it Brass ) chainplates better than Stainless. My friend who did the job used Stainless and he sure couldn't drill through it like that. Personally I prefer using spacers to keep 2 surfaces parallel. Whenever I just use measurements I somehow screw up one hole. Oh my tip with cordless tools on the boat is they are cheap. Then if they fall in or are stolen you don't feel as bad.

[@TheWaterbouy88]

External chains plates are the best design. (The sound of a drill remind me of you being a dentist.)

[@stevenplancich6449]

Happy Day to You 😜Continue to Stay Safe and Enjoy 😎

[@PyeGuySailing]

Those are some beefy looking chain plates. Pretty friggin cool there bud.

[@markchodroff250]

Looks great !

[@BitcoinNewsTodayLive]

I’d love external chainplates on my Tayana37! I wish we had a local Baltimore meetup to hangout with other blue water sailboat owners!

[@RiggingDoctor]

That could be arranged!

[@melinda5777]

Great job, Herby! ❤❤ Would like to see some Windpuff work or progress! ❤❤

[@RiggingDoctor]

After this is done!

[@hurdurdur7rl696]

Ok ok, this drilling has to be perfect ... let me do it in dark real quick :D (no worries, we have all been there)

[@RiggingDoctor]

The sun just went away 🤷‍♂️

[@GoneSailingCA]

nice plates

[@DesertDogJournal]

I’ve always heard that backing plates should have rounded corners to reduce pinpoint stress points. Any reason you didn’t round them?

[@RiggingDoctor]

You are correct! I made sure the end of the backing plate was well tapered onto the hull, but I ignored the corners. If it were a thinner build, I would go back and round the corners. Being how it is very overbuilt, I am just going to keep an eye on it. On Windpuff, I will be sure to round the backing plates. Thank you!

[@bjswope8797]

What material is used for the backplates?

[@RiggingDoctor]

It’s like G-10. One of my Patrons made it. It’s CSM that is cooked in an oven under a 100 ton press. I can tell you it was also incredibly hard to drill through as well!

[@ronauger]

If you drilled many holes in the boat, had a bad whoopsie, and the boat still floats and you felt joyful in the end ... call it 100% a success

[@RiggingDoctor]

I like that approach :)

[@Roger-og2ty]

Shouldn’t you have drilled oversize holes so that you could fill them with epoxy, then re-drills the size hole you want so that the perimeter of the hole is all epoxy and won’t rot out the area of the hole you drilled?

[@RiggingDoctor]

That is the correct procedure for cored hulls but my hull is solid fiberglass so there is no need to make an epoxy compression tube.

[@Roger-og2ty]

@@RiggingDoctor ok just trying to help

[@Cheers_Warren]

Nicely done! Water and boat can’t seperate them !

[@Lana_Warwick]

I must have missed the reason to not go with Carbon Fibre?

[@derekschick4880]

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[@bryrensexton4618]

👍!!!

[@JonMadsen70]

:)

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

Father 👈🤔✌️🍔

[@mymobile5014]

Honestly don't know why you youtubers are so bloody obsessed with having loud music and sounds constantly throughout your video.

[@RiggingDoctor]

Do you want loud drilling followed by hours of silence?

[@mymobile5014]

@@RiggingDoctor Nothing at all wrong with silence. And you can manage the sound of drilling. I don't really care what you do anyway I unsubscribed.

[@Tb0n3]

​@@mymobile5014Are you new to media from the past 70 years? That's how TV and movies and documentaries and everything add a little spice to potentially boring quiet segments. It gives energy or suspense or whatever the creator wants depending on what feeling they're trying to elicit.

[@Building_Bluebird]

​@@mymobile5014bye Felicia!

[@TJDST4]

​@mymobile5014 you read like you need a hug

[@ajnasreddin]

The music kind of made me feel like your project is doomed and that your rigging is going to kill you.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

😂 that's just relaxing ...try full on Fardo ..the Portuguese fore runner of the blues. 😉 🇬🇧🧙🏻‍♂️

[@DowneastThunderCreations]

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