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I was a union electrician for 8 years until I found out the average retiree only collects 16 pension checks before they die. Keep at it and keep trying to accept good enough as great.

Great stuff but epoxy, especially in a non-structural elements, requires very little clamping pressure. Vacuum clamping for filler parts like the anchor locker floor is a waste of your time.

If you're having take the old core out, why not refill with resin and skip the core materials all together.

Just did this on a NC42 system i picked up for $200. Like new now! Only problem is i have everything here to install except furler extrusion tubes, i have the joining sleeves, bearings (the plastic inners) grub screws....but no aluminium extrusion tube! After doing some hunting on the net its going to cost about $2500!!! Which is a ridiculous amount for aluminium tube. Im considering getting the C42 profile custom made which is possible and i can supply other guys who run into the same problem.

super informative vid. fiberglass is super cool. nice work

at 15:56 - Where did you purchase the black bilge collection box with the red access cover? Or was this custom made... thanks

That sanding/tablesaw table is genius! 😎

i would ve removed the wooden braces, to avoid any future maintenance. and avoided the aluminium altogether, by inserting (potentially, im not saying they would have to fibreglassed/installed), some vertical pannels to avoid any sagging of the coosa board, sure its more work and money but you also create space for compartments and im not one to forego that chance! mind you i have a 29 footer, i think that contributes alot for this mindset aahahah what you fibreglassed is already stronger that what the wood might be doing. i always fibreglass on top and bottom, always 2 layers of 400gsm biax. one is always tempted to make everything flush, straight, right angle, what have you, but in reality what we want is to promote water running....to someplace where it can collect, be extracted and without pooling in places where its presence will promote problems. so actually you wanted that coosa board to have a slight slant both atwarthship and fore and aft so any water, and you will have water there, will run down to a better place. ppl will say oh but its never going to be much water. and i will answer that 90% of collisions happens at the bow, so you want water to run to a place where it actually promotes the stability of the vessel and where the bulk of your pumping ability is wired. its bad enough having to deal with emergencies, worst still when the boat is leaning because water is just better at self leveling than us. nice work as usual!

It is a pleasure watching your craftsmanship! Thank you for taking us along. Best wishes from England. James

It is nice to see you using coosa which is excellent both by it self and as a layered setup with other composites to get what you need. I have used 2 inch Coosa , 1 inch Coosa and g10/fr4 sanchwiched to rebuild a rudder table where the the original was rotted by termites in my rebuild. looking forward to seeing your progress. I am still learning little techniques along the way.

Keep plugging away I am 2 years into a full rebuild of an 1980 58 foot Bertram I spent the better half of 17 months in a boatyard with many setbacks from registration/documentation, delays for different reasons. I had no knowledge of boat building or refitting and had two guys that were helping me and kept encouraging me to fullfill my goal. Being on many forums they all told me to expect the reality of 3 times the amount of work you anticipate and 3 times the cost so all I can pass on is don't give up. I finished Phase 1 in January and I am on the water but have so much more to go.

So accessible is Bob.

How do you clean the small metal roller?

Jon, you are about to hit your first 10 thousand subscribers! You probably hadn’t noticed so I thought I should point it out 😊. Keep doing what you are doing and you will add another 0 to that count before you know it.

Very nice, Jon, very nice.

Why are you cutting the aluminum beams like that? That making the strength at both ends only as strong as the thickness of the aluminum beam. Shouldn’t it at least have a strengthened support under the beam at each end?

I always sand my coosa with a coarse sandpaper on my orbital sander. You never know if contaminants are on the coosa even from factory. It is also vital to vacuum the surface after sanding as there is a fine layer of dust that fills the pores and can lead to delamination. I also acetone before glassing but I am using vinylester resin.

Looking good, Jon, yeah, bevel those hard edges for the glass to hug the edges ..try the backside of a plastic spoon to smear the epoxy into those 90-degree gaps mate ..looking sweet.

?what is the construction type of the building?

How did you secure transportation for your boat? I have a 36 ft Pearson I need moved from Mobile Bay to central Alabama (to do a similar refit) and the few companies that Google suggested have either ghosted me or flat rejected the freight. I have yet to even get a quote, so I have no idea if I’m looking at $2,000 or $20,000 to have this done. Any suggestions?

Not even a zombie apocalypse will be able to destroy Antidote when your upgrades are finished, ha-ha. Great job!

Very nice progress. Your fiberglass skill have really come a long way. Looking good!

you do great work!

I like this video. I'm sure it takes a lot of work to produce.

Gonna try to boost this channel in Swedish FB DIY boat channels!! Even the music is good…

I wonder what it would look like with you and Aledino building a boat together? Be crazy! 👍🏼

Was waiting for that round over part until you admitted you forgot. As in building furniture where you intend to paint, always "break" exposed edges as a 100% sharp 90 degree often will chip off the paint

You always keep your work space so tidy!

Do we have to listen to a tin can being hit😢

Great work John! 🎉 If it were me, I’d put down that Ram Board on the floors, steps, and table in the interior of Antidote to protect that beautiful home.

Great video so honest and heartfelt. You two are wonderful and Bridget is a dream for supporting your efforts. I see that you lost your friend John back in March. I had a major medical event back in Feb, heart attack, my LAD was 100% blocked, fortunately I was to get to the hospital and had a stent inserted. I am back to the new normal, only difference is the meds I need to take. I too have refurbished/restored a couple of boats over the years. First one a 1964 Cal 40, which I raced from SF to Hawaii in 2016. Then redid a 1988 48' Californian motor yacht. I really liked doing the Cal 40 more and love to sail. I retired in 2023, before I knew about my heart problem, so you've got to believe in your dreams and make them a reality, and not postpone. As you never know what will happen down the road, carpe diem! Love Yacht Hunters, Captain Q and Randall. I miss Captain Q and all his wisdom. Randall, time for a new video! Right now I am in Amsterdam on my 44' van de Stadt sailboat, I bought last year. Enjoy being on the water and retirement. Keep the effort and enthusiasm going you will make it!

I just found a boat for free that I want to get and fix up

How many episodes will this take you think ??

to house the prism, you could take some of the old teak deck, plane it, and build it up with some pretty joinery, and have a raised portion, that you can look at to remind you of how many screws you removed....

dude....wow. keep it up! what you are doing is special.

Learning a lot from watching this series, thanks for sharing your knowledge! //fan from Sweden

Hi John I was always obsessed with wiping everything with acetone like you , and even did what did in a previous video and ripped up some wet epoxy work because I forgot the pre wipe with acetone, I’ve since been doing some reading watching some west system videos on CZcams and west systems themselves actually recommend NOT to do the final wipe with acetone , they say wipe BEFORE you sand , then sand and dust it down or vacuum, this apparently is the best surface to apply epoxy to , from what I’ve been reading they say you can re spread contaminants over the freshly sanded area , also I’ve read on some forums that wiping it down with acetone can actually melt the nice sharp edges of scratch’s you have just put into the fiberglass so you don’t end up with as much mechanical grip when come to laminate, this is on a microscopic level, but I can see the point 🤔and one other point I’ve read ,some people say that when you wipe the area over any dust on the surface turns into a slurry and gets deposited to the bottom of the scratches and this also can affect the bond , I can see why all three of these could have some truth to them , but this from What I’ve read just related to epoxy , the only exception to this is bonding oily woods like teak as you already know , I’ve now switched my approach and I’m skipping the final wipe down ,

Great video, next time tell Everyone which way the snap rings go , the flat side is for pressure

Holding the assembly in a Vice would be easier and safer

Glad to see your back! New shop looks great. Keep rollin.

Late to the party on this one but I just want to say that personally, I have a busy life myself and enjoy the slower pace of your content because I don't end up missing anything! I couldn't keep up with a video a week.

Great video, love to see the mind of a mechanical engineer. I always tell my clients to buy a boat from an engineer if possible. Y’all really go in-depth on everything. Most people wouldn’t even think to touch the chain locker, y’all not only touched it but even had a mock up with ideas to make it better, love it, keep it the great content coming for us obsessed sailors. As for the chain tube, I’d certainly keep it straight and centered for a multitude of reasons explained in the comments. Great build though y’all, love the details, love the effort, love the little things. Spectacular A+ and what an awesome boat. Stoked for y’all. Cheers

Expanding epoxy foam? Has anyone used it?

Have seen this hundreds of times but they are not on CZcams. You're going to lean to hate that ladder. Don't waste time...... Hire the best to get this wreck back in water. You're not getting any younger. Get a bow thruster and a prenup... Just saying.

great video!

Considering your height and need for more headroom in the cockpit, if you were re-rigging with a NEW mast would you still increase the stive (as Bob suggested, which means cutting the sails differently) or would you increase the mast height and raise the boom (no change to sail)?

Considering your height and need for more headroom in the cockpit, if you were re-rigging with a NEW mast would you still increase the stive (as Bob suggested, which means cutting the sails differently) or would you increase the mast height and raise the boom (no change to sail)?

Pls talk more about garbage! It’s a big problem not well addressed on almost all boats, esp. those that like to keep garbage separate for recycling (paper, plastic, tins, wet / food waste). I have a 45ft and it’s driving me crazy trying to come up with a plan.