Contessa 26 Refit ep.13 - Pre-Launch Projects

[@stephenauty2402]

looks stunning...such a perfect shape

[@Brian-yw1mo]

Congratulations on finishing such a careful restoration. I restored my 1975 J.J. Taylor 26 (152) over the past 3 years and can appreciate your effort. Interesting that you are going to revert to tiller steering which in my opinion suits the boat perfectly I wish you happy and safe sailing. Brian B.

[@EpoxyAndButylTape]

Thanks Brian. Mine is hull #143 built in December 1975, but titled in 1976. I noticed that the 1975/1976 hull #’s were not sequential for some reason. Where do you keep your CO26?

[@lifewithglee]

Great series. Happy sailing.

[@kbbarton1]

The boat looks awesome!

[@georgebetar923]

Nice wrap up. Where do you sail? I saw the NJ ID number. I sail in Cape May. S/F

[@EpoxyAndButylTape]

I’m on LBI, so need to play the tides carefully. Got stuck on the sandbar at Little Egg inlet last weekend and my wife and daughters were quite terrified. Still have more videos coming.

[@georgebetar923]

@@EpoxyAndButylTape Thanks, looking forward to it. If you ain't failin, you ain't trying.....

[@ThePaulbusby]

Great series. I think you tube must have sent me from wave rover. Really impressive building skills. Would be great to have some more background on how you learned it along with costs. Plus what and where are you going to take it now.

[@EpoxyAndButylTape]

Thanks Paul. Most of the projects I did were a first time for me. I’ve restored another boat, but not to this level. Any skills acquired were through research and trial and error. I didn’t really keep track of costs, but the boat itself was a project boat, so it was cheap. Plus maybe another 3-4k in refit costs. Still have more to do though. The biggest investment was time... over 3000 hours. As for plans, yes will be covering that in another video. The plan is to shake down for maybe the next two seasons before a long term cruise. At least that’s the plan for now anyway...

[@mboyer68]

Watching you show your compass issues made me think of a question...do you have to calibrate your compass for the movement of the magnetic poles...well, the North pole specifically?

[@EpoxyAndButylTape]

If you were actually using the compass, you would need to allow for magnetic declination, you wouldn't calibrate the compass for it especially since it changes every year.

[@laxmannate07]

These video are great. I’m looking into buying an ocean going pocket cruiser. Contessa’s are awesome but at 6’1” I need more standing headroom which is hard to find.

[@Ocean-blue]

Try a Halcyon 27

[@mboyer68]

On that stuffing box...shouldn't the water outlet have been facing down? If it's on top, it will hold a tube full of water on top of the shaft. If it's below, the water will drip out of the stuffing down to the bottom them get sucked out. Or am I way out in left field? Just trying to help! 😃

[@EpoxyAndButylTape]

It's actually a vent for air, so that when the prop goes in reverse and the prop wash generates air and pushes it into the shaft seal, it has some where to go without being trapped. I've since converted back to a traditional stuffing box.

[@Garryck-1]

Great job, mate! I'm looking forward to your 'plans' episode. Also, did you come to a decision about the Aries yet?

[@EpoxyAndButylTape]

Thanks for the compliment. I’m leaning towards selling/trading the Aries for something smaller.

[@CaptKwame]

Nice job on the boat, congrats and wish you many many hours of enjoyment of it. Please invest in a decent mic.very difficult to hear and understand what you saying. I have watched your vids and loved the work you did but I was frustrated with not understanding what you were saying. I realise that not everyone speak loudly, that’s fine, but then you should get a lavaliere mic to compensate. Sound will make or breaks your channel.

[@EpoxyAndButylTape]

Thanks Capt. For sure, the sound isn’t great, but I never intended this channel to be anything other than documenting my work for my own records. I might get a mic at some point though.

[@mr.c3367]

Where did you get your dodger?

[@EpoxyAndButylTape]

It came with the boat. Generally they are custom made.

[@Sciolist]

Would you be still be posting things?

[@EpoxyAndButylTape]

Yes, I will.