PAINTING OVER our COPPERCOAT BOTTOM - | SailAway 217

It's a BOATYARD BLITZ!! The list is HUGE and we only have 7 DAYS. From our UNEXPECTEDLY SHOT COPPERCOAT bottom, to NUMEROUS DAMAGE areas, and MANY items in between, we do ALL THE WORK OURSELVES and ON THE CHEAP. We have less than a MONTH to make 1800 miles to SOUTH CAROLINA and it ALL STARTS HERE! Enjoy!! And be sure to SUBSCRIBE for WEEKLY CONTENT EVERY SUNDAY! Cheers!!
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[@sailingstpommedeterre4905]

Showers, Bug Spray, and Ice Cream...Woo Hoo!!!

[@SailAwayVlog]

Lol...quite a balance!

[@carolinerothstein5258]

Great commercial for Skittles!

[@SailAwayVlog]

haha...maybe they'll sponsor us!

[@keithbores4146]

Looks like lots of dirty work. Rivers seems like such a trooper!

[@SailAwayVlog]

It sure was. He did well! Helped to be able to ride his bike around the boatyard and watch the boat lift.

[@dlabout]

@SailAway If there was ever a video that should have been set to music it should be this update and the Theme song to Rawhide. Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rawhide!

[@SailAwayVlog]

Haha...that would've been perfect!

[@62-62]

With any crack, drill a hole at both beginning and ending. The size of crack is the size of bit so you can catch the top and bottom of your crack. You will never stop the crack without the drill holes! Good luck with your repairs! It looked like the anti corruption nut at the end of prop.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Yeah, that's a good advice! Thanks!

[@mccoymrm]

Lauren and her Skittles. Hahaha! God bless!

[@SailAwayVlog]

That was her measuring stick!

[@chrisschultz143]

Boat yard chores drinks. Pay double 🥃🥃🇨🇦🤙

[@SailAwayVlog]

VERY good point!

[@iBradWatson]

What a marathon. Great work guys. And look at Rivers helping with the bottom job. Great job guys.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks so much!

[@robwerker4762]

Nice job looks wanderful

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks!

[@bryanflanigan4604]

I sell that paint. We mostly use red on the wood oyster boats here. 100 year old boats. Works great except for on the running gear. Anything metal tends to get barnacles. These boats sit except during oyster season. They are big boats and take 10-12 gallons. Yours came out nice. Safe travels!

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks, that's really good to hear! Not too concerned about the running gear because I regularly dive on it and clean up that stuff myself.

[@jeffw.6821]

Yes, with the boat out of water, it’s obviously a much bigger boat.

[@SailAwayVlog]

haha...yeah, it felt way TOO big to do all that work at first!

[@carltontweedle5724]

That must have been really hard, not talking about the shaft. The amount you did in a short time was amazing. Mind keep the tall bit up and the wet bit down. HAHAHA not 14 born in 64 . But still 18 in my head.

[@SailAwayVlog]

hahaha...sounds like we're about the same eternal age!

[@carltontweedle5724]

@@SailAwayVlog I will still be 18 in my head when I meet Neptune.

[@MrBrian8749]

I hope you figured out when living in the tropics you sleep under mosquitoe netting.. you should buy one for that little boy if not for you. A good one will last for years and it a must when living on a boat in tropical areas.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks for watching! Actually we’ve rarely had any bug issues in the 3 years we’ve been sailing the Caribbean. 99% of nights the breeze and being away from shore at anchor keeps the bugs away. On shore in the boatyard…different story!

[@Baddco]

No to underwater lights. Never put unnecessary holes in a hull. Buy waterproof led strip lights and dangle them in the water when you need them.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Yeah, I tend to agree, at least below the waterline. I might add some simple down lights above the waterline that only require one small through-hole for the wires.

[@crowdfundcrew]

No additional surprises is a good surprise. Bottom looks great.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks! Yes, best surprise we could hope for!

[@jordy641]

Great job.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks!

[@Dh-de9op]

best vid for ages, lots of action. happy to watch boat repairs .good job

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks so much! Definitley more to come

[@stephenmurray9850]

Congrats on keeping to the 6-7 days in the boat yard, that doesn't happen too often. Boat looks great in the camera.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks! We just did whatever we could in that time, knowing we really had to get moving north!

[@mikecoxfamily]

This brings back so many memories... A few years back, I hauled my 45' cat to do the bottom (and a long list of extras). I sure remeber that feeling of TWO hulls. Cat's are great until you do the bottom sanding and painting. Then I'd have given anything to have a monohull. Less draft on the cat to sand and paint but having to do it TWICE really plays with your head. Well, it did mine anyway. Great job guys. Oh, by the way, sanding and painting was the ONLY time I wish I'd had a mono, the rest of the time the cat was by far the best. Once you get her dialed in you'll never look back. 🖌

[@SailAwayVlog]

Yeah, man I kind of expected it to be a little better than doing a monohull, but you're right...just have a second hull to do feels like a punch in the gut!

[@lets_go_see_]

Did you say you gave Rivers>>>>>> 'coke'? LOL hahahaha

[@SailAwayVlog]

Haha...yeah, we'll never learn

[@MK-gr9qz]

Your channel is really good, a lot because you are perceived to be yourself, no excessive luxury, you struggle like most others. With the difference that you do this in a fantastic environment. You three are a wonderful team! Keep it up🏋🏻‍♀️🤟🏋🏻‍♀️

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thank you so much! That really means a lot!

[@jonhalas2306]

Hi guys. Just wondering?..... Yachting World had an editorial about adding cayenne pepper to bottom paint. Have you ever heard of anybody actually doing this? Don't know the proportions but might be useful in a test area. Bon Voyage. Cheerio Jon

[@SailAwayVlog]

Hey! I have heard of that, but haven't personally known anyone to do it. Wish I would have thought of it at the time!

[@jenniferdavis8088]

The Boat Looks Great!!! Can't Wait For The Next Video!!!

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks!

[@monumentmom7593]

Love the shot of the "keep away from children" warning on the paint! You guys definitely are hard workers. Looking forward to seeing your other upgrades soon.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Lol...yeah, luckily he didn't get too much on him!

[@donnakawana]

Wowsers you 3 goter done. An she's looking quite spiffy I must say .. don't worry when you paint her she will be fine... She looks great now... When you look back in a year the changes will be amazing!! I just know it... ✌🏼💗😊⛵

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks so much! That's the plan!

[@Bleemus]

Your getting at it! Well done. You will be so happy when done. Cheers!

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thank you! Felt great to get that round done!

[@davidmalone9022]

Very good news there weren't any significant bottom issues. I was surprised (even though it never appeared in the videos) that you didn't haul it for an inspection. I was watching another channel - Refit and Sail - doing a refit on a Contessa 32 (my dream boat) when he came across a crack on the bottom of the keel. Of course, it's a boat with an encapsulated ballast, so maybe it's not a terribly significant issue to fix (haven't made it to that episode yet.) Again, great videos.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks! Yeah, our buying situation (and selling situation) led us to a pretty unconventional buying process. I wouldn't recommend it, but being down here in the Caribbean while trying to buy a boat and sell a boat, you can't always do things in the right order.

[@nooneanybodyknows7912]

Ophelia looks O'mazing! Good job 👏

[@SailAwayVlog]

haha...thank you!

[@ProspectingMonkey]

Congrats looks beautiful!

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thank you!!

[@davidharlem6824]

Looking really good guys!!

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks!!

[@DowneastThunderCreations]

👍👍👍

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks!

[@briandale8386]

Comet cleans that shit off on my decks really good . Makes my decks super clean. I wonder if it works down on the waterline .

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks. You know, I've never tried just pure Comet. I've used Soft Scrub with Bleach in a lot of applications and works well. I'll give it a try.

[@Capfka]

Hey, glad you've got out of the boatyard and back at sea. Hull looks good, especially from a distance! :)

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks so much! Feels good to get it done!

[@lets_go_see_]

Product name; MUSKOL... no not sponsoring this comment

[@bryonensminger7462]

If your headed to the tropics your gonna need mosquito nets for the beds

[@svZia-Switch51]

Nice work in a relatively short amount of time. I’ll be curious to hear about paint performance because that was pretty inexpensive stuff!

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks man! Yeah, us too...luckily we don't plan to go long between hauls.

[@rickdaniel8478]

Hello sailors Great work, great cat. Why do you feel the copper coat failed ? Did you remove it ? Love your videos Cheers Rick Sail on.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks! We don't really know...I think the previous owner may not have applied it completely correctly and defiintely didn't maintain it well. Definitely a bummer.

[@ChrisDoesWhat]

Great video! Have read great things about good copper bitten paint, was looking at it for us. Do you have a clue want coper paint was used? Have seen were copper paint should last over 5 years.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks! This was Coppercoat. I don't think it was applied properly or taken care of properly. It was definitely too shot to keep it as it was and too expensive and labor intensive for us to recoat it.

[@ChrisDoesWhat]

@@SailAwayVlog I see that it is expensive, have also seen a lot of issues with application. We are looking at this and silicone, still think when done right, would be much cheap in the long run.

[@douglasrobbie9998]

Looks great. Ablative the only way to go, though higher speed of cat may ablate it faster. So long as it has reasonable copper content you'll be good and fouling in Charleston will be mild. Amazed that seacock did not leak. Better to have raised bottom paint level vs. issues with decorative bootstripe. If the cat still has gelcoat, I'd go for buffing and sealing, as once you paint, you/owner will need to renew every 7+ years. I would think wave action will wash off any acid wash left. Newer underwater lights do last longer and they are fun at night and attractive fish, but you have more important items to spend your $s on. One question - do the diesels have sleeved cylinder walls? I've seen a bit of what looks like excess smoke in exhaust and would think inplace valve reseating and resleeving (if possible) with new piston rings would help renew engine. In place in this instance does mean raising engine up in engine room to remove oilpan and removing pistons. Might do cylinder head gaskets at same time, but that's a lot more work/ breakdown..

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks so much! Unfortunately, the gelcoat is pretty shot in a whole lot of areas. We can make it look pretty decent, but it'll need painting at the least to get it looking really good. It'll definitely do for now! Not sure about the diesels, but the smoke is only for about 30 seconds max right when we start them.

[@douglasrobbie9998]

@@SailAwayVlog Sorry about going on about a top overhaul. If in fact your engines do have cyl liners the renewal is DIY doable. Get the old ones out shrinking them with dry ice for a few minutes and new liners in after a few hrs in freezer. If it is just smoke for 30 secs that is more indicative of injectors needing cleaning/renewing as poor spray pattern or fuel drips after shutdown. So long as you are not losing coolant, it is not a head gasket. Neatest DIY method of cleaning injectors I've seem involved a tire rubber valve stem with valve removed, valve cap, a can of carb cleaner with little red straw and a small 12v bat to open the injector valve. Paint has improved over the years and two part with UV inhibitors is better. So long as you can spray it, you have a lot of white colored real estate on that cat. Again I've gone on too long....

[@lets_go_see_]

a bit of advice....if ya gotta work stop yappin' and work LOL

[@SailAwayVlog]

Man, I get that a lot....

[@ae7v]

Great job. Question, where can I hear your theme song in its entirety? I've only head parts of it and I don't recognize it.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks! Right now, the only place is on our KZbin page. If you go to the playlist "A Sailboat, A Sunset, And a Song", it's part of the list as a full song with a video. I plan to release it with some other original songs as an album sometime hopefully soon.

[@janetjeason1341]

Paint it with Petit Aquaguard cheap and lasts , We painted our Chris Craft Scorpion a 42 ft high power off shore racing boat , It stayed on that and worked for four years , it my last longer on your boat .Your are not going 60 Miles Per Hour.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Awesome! I'll try and remember that for next time.

[@bryonensminger7462]

There's your problem right there on a cat when you start in on a bottom job it's like doing 2 boats

[@adamsisolak4262]

New to your channel , what Cat and what yard you guys at ? Good work !

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks for joining us! It's a 1992 Privilege 482 and we hauled out at Tyrell Bay Marina in Carriacou.

[@jeffgriglack9624]

I have heard very mixed results with copper coat.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Yeah, same here...just seemed best for us to move on from it.

[@mikecaldwell8266]

Love the 14 year old sense of humor. I too have the same..... LOL

[@SailAwayVlog]

Lol...I hope I never lose it!

[@LorettaTryon]

After you applied the coppercoat, how long did you wait before applying paint.

[@LorettaTryon]

After applying the coppercoat, how long did you wait before painting?

[@nautichunt84]

How itchy was it sanding the copper coat? Compared to sanding ablatives or fiberglass?

[@SailAwayVlog]

Didn't notice any really. NOTHING like fiberglass...ugh.

[@nautichunt84]

@@SailAwayVlog awesome, we have to do it soon to, we will be recoating with copper coat again though as this lot has lasted 12 years

[@bethwolberd3878]

What board yard is this?? I am struggling to find a decent yard in the states that can do a 22’ beam. Ahhhh.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Hey! That’s Tyrell Bay Marina in Carriacou, Grenada. Definitely tough to find anything affordable in the states.

[@bethwolberd3878]

@@SailAwayVlog you rock for letting us know! Thank you so very much!!!

[@2Moza]

:)

[@Sommers234]

Best thing of all is not finding any big surprises when she was out of the water.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Absolutely! We were preparing ourselves for the worst.