Vlog 413: Go with the flow
After months of painstaking procrastination, the time finally came to paint some gelcoat (and then flowcoat) onto my rebuilt transom on the project boat, Twiggy. However, it appears Twiggy has cellulite.
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Vlog 408: Bleep!
Honestly, it’s nearly done, I swear, but Twiggy’s bottom needed a final layer of fibreglass to bump it up a bit, as well as some chopped strand mat around the corners, then a load of filler to join up all the gaps. This was filmed over two trips and with a very windy day, lead to much swearing (which I have bleeped, for your delicate ears)
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Vlog 403: High Fibre
It’s an event that few thought would ever happen but I have finally applied three (so far) sheets of 1708 biaxial fibreglass over the back of my project boat, Twiggy, and this video documents that sticky process, using Atlac 580 vinylester resin.
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Vlog 399: The Transom of the Opera
For those who thought this day would never come, prepare to have your world shaken to the core – I have finally slapped resin all over the new wood core for Twiggy’s transom, and pushed it into place on the back of the boat. Now I just need to fibreglass over the top of it.
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Vlog 393: Well Gel
Getting some quick ‘hits’ done on my project boat Twiggy, which included attempting to use gelcoat filler to patch up some holes inside the cabin.
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Vlog 382: Super Ply Guy
After being called away unexpectedly when I was last working on my fibreglass project cruiser, Twiggy, I was able to return a couple of weeks later to continue shaping the second chunk of wood that will make up the new transom core.
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Vlog 380: The best laid plans…
This was supposed to be a very productive day when I almost finished the new wood core for my fibreglass cruiser’s transom, however part-way through I was called away. So this episode documents what small progress I managed to make on that occasion.
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Vlog 378: Wood it fit?
In this episode I make a template for the new wood core of my boat’s transom and then cut it out of two sheets of marine plywood (and also explain why in the end I went with marine ply). The question is, having made a template that fits beautifully, will that mean the wood version will fit? Well, this is DIY…
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Vlog 367: The Daily Grind
In order to fix the holes in the sides of my boat that I made when trying to find out where the transom wood ended, I need to open them out a bit so as to give me a space onto which to stick new fibreglass so that meant buying an angle grinder and making the holes even bigger. Don’t worry, it’s all part of the plan.
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Vlog 351: Resins to be Cheerful
This is part 4 of my complete transom rebuild. In this thrilling episode, I place reinforcing glass fibre into the inner skin of the transom using vinylester resin. And I get buzzed by a hornet (maybe).
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