TRICKS to Stop Leaks and Chafe on a Sailboat (Patrick Childress Sailing Tips #1)

How to stop leaks on sailboats and Chafe Protection for heavy weather sailing...Stopping leaks on sailboats is not always easy! Patrick Childress Sailing Tips explains how we stop leaks on a sailboat, ecspecially port leaks/Portlight leaks and hatch leaks. One of the challenges of heavy weather sailing is keeping water from leaking in to the hatches. This how to Sailboat video shows how to Fix hatch leaks using butyl rubber. We also discuss how to prevent sails and sheets from wearing against wire stays which helps with chafe protections of lines and sails. Use Butyl Rubber for all of your rigging plates and chainplates too. How to keep the water out of the ports and hatches. Patrick Childress has made the first one of his Sailing Videos #1
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[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Hi everyone! Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE...my newer videos are hopefully better! This was my first one! Which one of my videos has been your favorite?

[@crystalswartile842]

Hi there my husband and I have been watching your videos so helpful. I really like all the products that you talk about and use and then why you dont use the other products. I am still learning. My husband is the sailor.I like when Rebecca was talking about the navigation.Oh and your water tester. Loved that kit. Anyways you guys are great!

[@cavit115]

Wish you fair winds on your journey Patrick Childress.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Thanks for watching!

[@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958]

Its great to get advice from someone with your years of experience. Nice to hear what has worked for long term use. This is much more useful than a channel made by a beginner who says "this is what we tried, no idea how its gonna work out". Please keep posting useful videos so I can concentrate on making the other kind.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Nine Hundred, Thanks for the positive comment. What motivated me to start making these videos is watching videos such as you describe. "We bought a boat and these are the stupid things we have done, maybe you can learn from our mistakes." It did not make a lot of sense to me. Producing videos has been a whole new learning process so hopefully the presentations will get better. I have to cringe a bit at the earliest efforts posted 7 and 8 months ago. Thanks for watching.

[@davidc6510]

So cool to go back and see the original video that started the PCS tips for sailors channels. Your newest videos have improved a lot and this one was pretty good for a first go. Fair Winds Brick House!

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Thanks David. I have often told Patrick he should redo some of his original tips because they are great tips, but only got a few views being his earlier videos when KZbin didn’t push as much. (They don’t push at all before you have 1000 subscribers, and then when they are old they don’t either). Thanks for watching them all now ( I think ;)) Not many can say that! -Rebecca

[@clidiere]

Good content. Like you said toward the end of the video, your channel is a bit different, and that's why I appreciate it. Your tips can save us a lot of time.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

clidiere, Thanks for the positive comment.

[@dougd.8925]

I don't know the first thing about sailing but I'm learning a lot watching your videos Patrick thanks

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Thanks for the compliment Doug!

[@NotMitch69]

Loved this. Especially the short videos (sub-10 minutes).

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Thanks

[@markomarkovich1495]

Patrick!! Glad to see you are still out there on the boat! Looking forwards to seeing more videos from you. Definitely a very knowledgeable sailor after the 1500 mile trip i took with you.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Thanks for the comment, Marko. I hope work on your boat is coming along well.

[@bevantweedie5129]

Having used cable ties for probably 40 yrs I can confirm good quality black cable ties will last for yrs in the sun.Black are the only ones that will stand up to the uv. rays.White cable ties are not uv treated and only good for interior use.Various coloured ones will last unknown time outside depending on quality of manufacture.Found it best to pay a little extra and buy quality ties over cheap ones.They all seem to be manufactured in China but quality varies considerably. Recently found your channel and love your videos showing yrs of cruising experience .

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

This is Rebecca...Yes...exactly! Thanks for the compliment...sorry missed your comment earlier...we were sailing until a week ago...still catching up!

[@hansjensen7823]

I appreciate your reviews and how-to videos!

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Thanks for the encouragement.

[@patrickconcannon7550]

another great video! thanks for making these and spreading your knowledge

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Thanks for watching, Patrick. We are happy to hear they are useful.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

If a boat owner does not want to cut the wire to slide on a PVC tube, the next video shows how to easily slice the tube lengthwise so it can be slipped onto the standing rigging.

[@allencasey8660]

Thanks for the ideas Patrick! Good to see that the PVC survives the sun. If one had access to a table saw with a thin blade, perhaps a rip cut down the length of pipe would allow clip on installation. Sanding or heating the cut would reduce burrs. Looks like the roller bearing characteristic of the pipe worked great for chafe reduction and the looser fit allowed air circulation around the stainless steel. SV Seeadler Valiant 40, 293

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Hi Allen, Thanks for the comment. Making a length long cut might work depending on just how pliable the PVC is. I have a "multi-tool" which has a common triangular sanding pad for getting into tight places but also a very thin saw blade which oscillates back and forth. One day I will try cutting a rip into a section of similar PVC with that thin blade and see how that works out. Patrick

[@forrestallison1879]

The comment from reddit that got me here "He knows more about chafe than I do about my job"

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

That’s funny!

[@waynemazan7485]

Very, very good, thanks

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@mcdanielsmotorwerks423]

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

The videos are a lot of work but fun to make. Thanks for watching.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Thanks for watching!

[@jansrichc7136]

Good tips Patrick. I've used Tef-Gel for 15 years and can't say enough good about it. I too use it on the rig turnbuckles, and on toggles at the top that are difficult to clean rust from. I've tried lanacoat, but find it too messy, and not as good as Tef-Gel. Another EXCELLENT product is Corrosion-X. I've never found an anti-corrosion oil that works as well or lasts as long. I NEVER use WD-40 - it's terrible other than as a cleaner. Corrosion-X is a bit difficult to find overseas, but worth it when you find it - made by a company in Dallas, TX. Rich - s.y. Slip Away

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Hi Rich, Maybe one day Lanocote will come with a tiny bristled applicator like what Tef-Gel gives you. That would make it less messy to apply. I took my nearly empty can of CorrosionX all over Langkawi and Phuket but was met with only blank looks and a negative head shake when I tried to match it up. Even the Ace Hardware store in Penang did not have it. I had to buy a can of sprayable white lithium grease as a backup. I use the CorrosionX on large or hard to get to areas like inside the stove where there are signs of metal deterioration or on the aluminum fuel tanks and on the diesel engine mounts. I first learned of CorrosionX while working at the U.S. Army missile tracking base at Kwajalein Atoll.

[@dadio917]

Patrick...well done! Some great tips. I also use Lanocote..great stuff

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Thanks Dadio!

[@johngagne33]

After doing a 1500 mile blue water sail with Patrick, I can say with some authority that he is very skilled in sailing and problem solving. I would suspect that there will be much more useful knowledge to come.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

John, I certainly owe you another beer and another thanks for that GoPro camera!

[@jhn101]

Good video Patrick , I appreciate the practicalness of it [if that is the right word]. owning a valiant 40 too I can see how I can improve things on my own boat from your experience . thanks .John The Desmond John V 40 207

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Thanks for the comment John. I found a way to easily cut one long slit in the PVC tubing so, as an alternative, it can be snapped over the stay. In a couple days, I should have that video up.

[@jhn101]

Patrick Childress, I was wondering if another way to cut the tube to fit over is to cut it in a spiral, similar to the way you put spiral around electric wires, it could be a bigger spiral

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

John, Maybe a spiral cut would be useful. At the end of the long straight cut I will end it with a spiral to see what happens.

[@albertlabos8400]

Very good tip on cotter pins (split pins). Many thanks. Then Lanacote{: I concur. Very useful stuff. Also Sapphire grease made by Rocol in the UK, sticks like billioh, waterproof, excellent for slow moving parts, winches, etc.,

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

I have not heard of Sapphire grease but will keep an eye out for it. Thanks for the tip.

[@albertlabos8400]

Sapphire : a heavy blue grease for slow moving parts and that is waterproof and is manufactured in the UK by Rocol, at Swillinton, in Leeds. They have a website.

[@southjerseysound7340]

Great tips,only thing I'd add is to use a pair of flush cutters for cutting the tails off the zip ties. More so in the bilge because it keeps from getting snagged and cut by them.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Nice idea. Thanks.

[@southjerseysound7340]

@@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife I'm loving the channel BTW. It's nice to see some useful content although don't be afraid to sneak some stories from the past in if you want.

[@lowbrowscruffy]

I second this idea.... I have ripped my hand open many times before I figured this out. I ship bulk vegetables and "zip tie" 100 bags a week. That was the first thing I thought of when I watched the video... "Oh he's going to rip his palm on those ties". Great to have info transfer both ways. Thank you Patrick!

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

@@southjerseysound7340 I am new to this video thing so appreciate the constructive tips. On the two most recent videos I have tried doing just as you suggest and will add something in each vidoin the future.....except for the next one, which is just about going on "Safari" here in Tanzania. I don't want to do destination videos but we do see so many fun things , that even if they are watched by us, 20 years from now when we can't do much of anything else, the effort will be worth it. Home movies.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

@@lowbrowscruffy A couple friends mentioned the meat hooks left on the wire ties so I took care of that problem in the follow up video.

[@alanhoyt9453]

You are doing great! I really appreciate and enjoy your videos. I hope you both keep it up! I'm interested to know what you feel are the essential electronics onboard (the follow up video for your nav station), how do you prep and store your provisions (I saw the list video), and do you feel like parts of the world are better for beginners vs. more experienced sailors? I'm from the Boston area (if that provides context for locations to begin). Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience!

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Hi Alan, If you want to scratch some of that beginner quality in a hurry, and if you do have some good sailing experience behind you, then sigh up for the Swan Program with Offshore Passage Opportunities. They sail from Newport, RI in late Oct or early Nov for St. Maarten, with a stop in Bermuda. They use only large Swan sailboats. The captains are as experienced as you can get. Otherwise you are in a great area to learn to sail. All around Boston out to Martha's Vineyard, Cuttyhunk, especially Narragansett Bay, all great places with good anchoring and close facilities. Over the horizon from that, of course the northern Caribbean, especially the British Virgin Islands is easy sailing with a new anchorage every night. There are a lot of experienced professional captains to help out if needed. Right now, we are working on a Nav station video covering what we have there. Hopefully we can get it posted this coming Friday, maybe. Internet is very slow here on the east coast of Africa. Other than we now put bay leaves in our rice and flour, there is not much we do differently than one does with their food in a house. We have a big fridg and big freezer. We never take labels off of cans. Never did that in any house we lived in so see no reason to do it on a boat and we have seen no consequences for knowing what is in the can we are looking at. Thanks for the comment and compliment. Thanks for the great compliment.

[@mymonster156]

Try WD40 for cleanup...it’s amazing when using Butyl.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Ah good hint…will try that!

[@lyfandeth]

Yes, black nylon (zip ties or otherwise) is the most UV resistant. When Western Electric aka Ma Bell wanted the best for outdoor use, it was black nylon--or stainless steel. No idea what grade stainless they use, but it will never break down in UV.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Thanks for the conformation.

[@tonytwotoes4456]

It might be better if you trimmed the tails on the tie wraps and tap the ends with the cutter...those little things will gash you good if you dont trim them.

[@SailingBrickHouse-RVLife]

Yes, Tony, got to doing that in the next video. Found cutting then sanding smooth worked well but other commentors had some good ideas.