NO MORE LEAKS!! Port Light Installation... Ep 228

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT SAILING - KEEPING THE WATER ON THE OUTSIDE! Installing new Port lights. www.sailingnandji.com
In this episode, Nandji has gone back to where she belongs, in the water!! It has been a long road to reach this point, lots of hard work, lots of stress and lots of determination to be able to sail away from Malaysia. We have been fortunate enough that our host country decided to extend our visas, giving us plenty of time to prepare for what lies ahead.
Lets recap on the all boat work that was completed in this short time frame since Tallula was born and we have been back on Nandji. Beginning with the first job of installing new port light in the aft cabin to stop all the water leaks!
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With no sailing experience, we bought a yacht, got it blue water cruising ready and set off from Australia sailing to the Pacific! We have since cruised through New Caledonia, Vanuatu, the Solomon islands, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and then onto the boat yard in Malaysia to prepare for the years to come. With a new engine, we continued onto Thailand, then back down into Indonesia and specifically West Sumatra to live the island life and chase the surf. With our Sailing plans changing, we returned to Thailand to wait for the weather and begin our journey to the northern route of the Indian Ocean to Sri Lanka before heading south across the Indian Ocean once cyclone season has finished and the trade winds begin! We were on our shake down sail when the mooring we were on failed and our home ended up on the reef... We saved the old girl and got her back to the boat yard for repairs to continue on our adventure! Ready to sail across the Indian Ocean, we were only days away from leaving when the pandemic begun closing countries around us... We are stuck for now, but enjoying the slower pace as we have just had our first baby, born in Malaysia! Now completing our second major refit, Nandji is ready for the world when the world is ready for us!!!
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[@deniseclark1349]

Awesome Nandji is back home in the water and looking oh so good 👍

[@UKPete]

Awesome work Yosh, Nandji is looking supper duper!.

[@davidc6510]

Hello Legends!!! Well done Yoshi - Nandji is looking clean, slick, and fresh with your hard work. Marine Depot definitely has some great products and the new portlights look amazing. Thanks for sharing and I am looking forward to the next video! Yew!!!

[@lawrenceedger292]

New Port lights look awesome!

[@georgebarber1343]

Impressed with your effort to make it perfect! Well done!

[@spicat16]

Awesome job Yosh!!!! 👍💯💖 Looking sharp. Nanji gonna be one of the best looking boats out on the water with the million dollar boat class 💯👍

[@StephenOshea]

so happy that your floating on the water again guys . im sad you removed the dolphins . your doing great work on the boat

[@87sport]

Nandji is looking great! the start with her floating again was beautiful, but you got to keep the dolphins mate.

[@bluesax62]

Nice windows. No leaks 👍 keeping the water on the outside of the boat 😎. Keep up the great work

[@johnyboy6932]

The new stainless steel port windows look killer

[@davidvail3838]

The Port Hole windows look great. Good Job.

[@AustinBoil]

Well done...those new ports look badass!

[@robertbass5283]

Looking GREAT !

[@manonbedard3463]

Sending you positive and good vibes your way!! Good job!!

[@327365hp]

Looks fabulous Yosh!

[@robertspringer4019]

Sweet looking port lights. Great job Yosh.

[@kevinsearle4761]

Great video ! X

[@tomcraddock244]

Looking great !!

[@michelebushnik2874]

Port lights look beautiful! Gorgeous upgrade!

[@mikemoxley9477]

Super video!

[@acooper7045]

Awesome! 👍

[@tomstaubin479]

Great job as always

[@000001willy]

The windows look great Yosh and Bonita is looking back to her fabulous self, i.e. lost the baby weight. Lucky her.

[@richardsteele-gray7473]

Good job yosh 👍

[@ianprice9005]

Great job Yosh

[@svoceanrhythms1209]

The port lights are as you said, SICK!! Love it!

[@garystopka2630]

So glad Nanji is back in the water . Good luck with all your adventures.

[@tawharanui5011]

Great progress mate!

[@jhsrecordsentertainment4972]

Bro, your simple desire for its final appearance, comfort, and safety is far more important than how or to rush it. I Salute you. Wonderful job you new dad. Stay blessed you 3.

[@bahamasking2063]

Good job. The new port lights looks great.

[@jonathansimonbarr]

Awesome job mate looks mint!

[@robertnixon3816]

Yosh, I just love to watch you work thru a project! The attention to detail and do it right attitude just shines! Nandji is looking like a new yacht after all your efforts. Besides all the boat repair that Tallula just steals my heart! Just adorable!👏👍👌⛵🌏😊❤❤❤

[@edwardpmayjr6957]

Great job josh.

[@cliftontibbits6644]

Another great video,thanks for sharing and your in my prayers for safe travels and good health…take care…

[@larryhill7563]

Thanks for sharing nice job on your boat. Moma and the baby look happy as well.

[@NorfolkBroadsForum]

Excellent. ...best wishes

[@donwilliams9661]

nice port lights... wow

[@marcmcdonald1316]

I love the dolphins. Gladly take them off your hands and always take pictures to remind you.

[@pauljackson5010]

Good Job Yosh! The ports looks great!

[@garyfroeschner2523]

good stuff

[@justinstubbs5922]

The end product is excellent, but it is your fearlessness in tackling the job that impresses me more. Just "giterdun"!

[@MrJackwork]

I'm so glad your situation has gotten better and less stressful than recently (visa stuff, etc.) You guys are super human.

[@mikebills9343]

Great job guys , I need a boat !xx

[@dennybarlau8065]

As always Great Show Denny from Minnesota

[@anthonybeck2384]

outstanding work ps bubs is beautiful

[@rumblechick73]

Yosh your attention to detail is just perfection! The work ethic you display is so refreshing and pairs well with your ability to think outside the box.

[@Stenn333]

Love "the hand thing again" ! 🤣❤ Good timing on this portlight episode, that's my next chore. 😱🙄

[@darylsmart9459]

Send them to South Africa, when you eventually manage to get here they will have become something awesome to go back on Nandj to compliment all the work you have just done on her.

[@jeremyduncan3654]

The editing of this video was wonderful. Well done and thanks for the update! Tallula is getting bog before our eyes! Sailor baby on the way!

[@jamarie1972]

Nandji is looking fantastic you have made a lovely job on her what a difference to a couple of years ago.

[@WarbirdPylonRacer]

Great job mate! #1 mandatory improvement for a sailboat is getting those ports to move the air around in the cabin when it gets so bloody hot! You'll sleep better at night too! Rock on!!!

[@TheBeatlemanic]

Alright! Nandji back in the water. Girls look GREAT! Good Job Yosh! yes, the Depot is a great place for quality items, used them before.

[@Ron-zr6se]

Another job well done Yosh, Nandji is looking better and better and before you know it, she will look better than she did when she was new.

[@barcrusher]

Love you guys and have been following for yonks.Yosh my daughter absolutely loves everything about dolphins since she was little.She swum with em several times and would be absolutely stoked to not only have them but to have a connection with Nanji would make it even sweeter.From OZ

[@TheJeffrey575]

You have developed some really outstanding wood replacement and fiberglassing skills. Fun to watch.

[@backyardrebuilds4068]

the dolphins are cool

[@saylaveenadmearedead]

You have reached a new level of craftmanship mate, really good job and luv the tip regarding the goo and rags, chuckle here too, cuz if ya know, you know from experience!!! I figured out that 5200 means how many places that stuff gets on you, your hair and everything else before it gets where ya intend it, lol.

[@californiakayaker]

Your definitely working long productive hours at this time. Way to go , legend ! Great work, going into my Sailing Technology Cruiser Help playlist .

[@AlexanderKirkpatrick]

Woah, she's so big already! I missed you guys so much, you made my day, had a bad week and you guys just made it all better.

[@tl4ever262]

Nandji's looking really good. You two sound so relaxed now. I'm glad to see things are going your way. Stay sharp and work hard and you'll get what you need. Love from Florida. PS put the dolphins back up when you do the panels please. They are the spirits of Nandji.

[@christopherjustice4233]

Skillz!

[@Inamorata.367]

Yoshi,you are a true craftsman, would hire you on the blink of an eye,,except we are on the southeastern US coast. Glad all is coming together with all of y'all's hard work.

[@Cturnerwrite]

Very impressed with the repair work! Great Job!!

[@dailydoseofsydney]

That looks Shhhhhmick Yosh wow what a diffrence that made to the old girl love your work brother ✌️

[@johnlcallaway]

It always amazed me everytime you guys would mention that the dolphins had to go. I always thought they were a great accent to your boat. But everyone has different tastes and I think they would look great in the v-berth of my 29' Hunter! I can't remember how long I've been watching, but yours is one of the few channels I watch every one. I think it is because of your honest presentation of everything. Even when it gets rough, you show just the right amount to give me an idea what you are going through without all of the pretentious drama some other videos give. I don't post connects very much, I don't want to repeat myself with the same thanks so the time. But I do give out likes and truly appreciate the amout of extra work you have to do to bring us along. Hope the next few weeks are uneventful and you have a smooth passage back to Oz and get reunited with Marley quickly.

[@richardnwilson]

Great video thank you! The boat looks great. Little tip when you put tape on the drill bit to regulate the depth leave a little "flag" sticking out. When you reach the end of your drilling the flag whisks away the dust telling you you're far enough in.

[@paulberry811]

Looks super smick your certainly a perfectionist and nothing wrong with that as quality lasts forever

[@Naaweiyaa]

Yeah....dolphins....Nanji memorabilia....it would look good in our place...ever reminding us to stay the course...

[@maurol.3731]

Very good! I followed your adventures due to Covid-19 and the need to speed up the works on Nandji. Having done similar jobs on my sailboat I know what that means... (... and I didn't have the stress of your situation ...) Again, great! Now I just have to wish you "good winds" 💨

[@keithladd2365]

Nice work Yoshi. The new port hole windows look great on the boat. I think they will be better to clean and allow better ventilation. Talula looks as though she is thriving. Oh, Mum looks well and happy too. Well done you guys. 😉😉👍👍⛵⛵⛵⛵

[@evemcbarnette3304]

Blessings

[@johnnybarbar7435]

Looking Great! Painters tape off the area where you don't want the sikaflex to get on...makes cleanup super easy and leaves nice clean edges.

[@craigme2583]

Grinder = mask and vacuum. You didn't want to fit bigger windows? You are a trooper Yosh, always working working. And definitely beautiful, work of art. You will enjoy your handywork for years impressing yourself. Good stuff.

[@Babecastro]

I want it!

[@rbc5878]

Looking good Yosh, way to go!

[@brynjenkins7412]

Great job on the port installs. Makes the boat shine!

[@paulczernotowycz2305]

Dolphins, straight to the pool room!

[@alexashfordphotography1703]

Hey mate.. just a heads up. when you use screws on the exterior, Apply a tiny bit of sika to the pre drilled hole before securing with screws. The only place water could and will over time penetrate the wood will be at these points .A dab of sika will help seal it.. great work as always!! Port Holes look sick!!!!

[@matteblackbeard5032]

Nice 1 bruvva! They fit like a sock round a chickens neck, pukka job buddy such a good thing to get done years worth more of long lasting dryness 😁 more finger swooping needed😂✌️

[@stevenwillis6623]

I love you guys and I love those dolphins

[@jvodan]

Just got to say thanks for a tip I got from watching you laying up glass. F the fin roller. You and uncle are right, it's easier to get the air bubbles out with your hands, far easier to feel for bubbles than look for them.

[@safeleather]

Sailing Nandji - Frothlyfe ⛵️🌍💯💪👍

[@jeremy87turbo87]

Infinity Love bid....I would love to have those dolphins

[@steveporter3712]

I’d love to get the dolphins! Love you guys!

[@faircompetition1203]

Painters tape is the answer to caulking . Use it and you get nice clean lines

[@JustMe-pp1mp]

Thumbs up Yosh, great job. Your opening shot with Nandji in the water is a relief, means progress has been made. She looks great, must have been a great day when you launched her. :-)

[@2stepinfool]

Lookin' good! Congrats on the boat work coming out so well, and Tula is cute as all get out!

[@williambremner9022]

Can't believe you didn't put a decent bead of sealant on the inside flange of those stainless portlights! For those sorts of fittings always seal both sides AND all of the screw holes ob both sides too. Better get on top of that before too long mate or you'll have water ingress for sure.

[@dawnhornsby7215]

I love everything about this 😍

[@moneyfornothing3264]

Great work Josh!! Looks awesome!!

[@hanssolo4ever]

Can't believe you did not like those cool dolphins!

[@robertadamsmetaldetecting6324]

We want the Dolphins! We are currently boat shopping and would gladly display them in our new boat! Nandji is going to be a brand new girl by the time you're done! You could make your own counter sink for the screw heads with a larger drill bit.

[@jameswesthart5873]

Dude, get a mask on when sanding and grinding. Live long to see your beautiful family grow up. Cheers!

[@mcd858]

you two are such a great team. Ultimate Legends!🤘🤙

[@Tvillarino]

Dude!!! I want the dolphins!!!

[@bryrensexton4618]

🤘!!!

[@joelhuebner]

I just finished your last video a week ago or so. I've binged a few others since then. So happy this morning to find new video. I've watched you guys since the start. Having grown up in Iowa 40 years ago, corn fields are the "oceans" the Mississippi River our sea. Watching you kids starting your world. I'm loving your adventure. Thank you so much!

[@theoceandragonfly]

Goodbye Wooden Dolphins 👍👍 I love your boat though.

[@superwag634]

Screwing into timber should be drilled oversize and then filled with epoxy and then another smaller diameter hole drilled into the epoxy. This prevents water leaking between screw and timber and rotting out the timber.

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

Unless the wood is treated with penetrating epoxy 👌

[@superwag634]

@@FrothLyfeSailingNandji good thinking, but it doesn’t work like that. All the best

[@paultabone2010]

💖🦋⛵️🎈 She is Beautiful 🌹🦋 I am so glad you are all well and on your way to your wonderful adventure As a family 🎈🦋💖🌹⛵️