Sailboat Haul Out Tips: 1 BIG Boat,1 SMALL Travel Lift (Patrick Childress Sailing Tips #39)
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Sailboat Haul Out Preparations: 1 big Boat; 1 small Travel Lift & 5 Cheeky neighbors in the boat yard, in South Africa! (Patrick Childress Sailing #39) Ep 219 Step 173 Ep. 36 Upon arrival in Richards Bay, South Africa, we prepare our blue water sailboat, SV Brick House for another haulout for boat Maintenance, sailboat upgrades, and of course new bottom paint. We will be doing lots of boat work here. Patrick Childress shows how he cleans the boat, tests the water for drinking, kills the invading ants before they infest our boat, and then gets us ready to fit the boat in to a travel lift that is a little too small to accommodate our rigging. We have to unattached the forestays to fit on the travel lift, and Patrick demonstrates the best way to do this without taking off the sails, or disassembling the entire profurl roller furling drum. Hauling a sailboat out of the water, even on a travel lift that is a bit too small doesn’t have to be chaotic. Here is the ant poison we have carried with us around the world that has worked 99.9% of the time with ants. I recommend carrying a big supply of it because it’s sometimes hard to find! https://amzn.to/2YL0FrL ▬▬ FOLLOW ALONG! ▬▬ ✩ Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/svBrickHouse ✩ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SYBrickhouse ✩ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SVBrickhouse ✩ Our blog: :http://www.WhereIsBrickHouse.com ✩Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/PatrickChildress ✩Tshirts and other: https://www.WhereIsBrickHouse.com/store ✩Wish we were on Patreon? We aren’t...but you can support us in 5 other ways: 🍯(Tip Jar) http://paypal.me/WhereIsBrickHouse ⛵️ TWO FREE SAILING COURSES: http://www.nauticed.org/?school=where... ⏩Start your Amazon shopping here: https://amzn.to/2K9MmuA ⏩ West Marine Shopping here: http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-8942237-13612378 ✩Tshirts and other: https://www.WhereIsBrickHouse.com/store **As an Amazon Affiliate, I may earn commissions on qualifying purchases, as well as from other affiliate links listed on this page** #PatrickChildressSailing #TravelsAnimals #SailingTips
paint we have put on our boat. Soft ablatives do not self-ablate, medium-hard
paints stay on the boat longer but the good toxins leach away so they eventually require
hand scrubbing. Instructions say to put more paint on for more protection,
especially at the waterline. That is a lot of BS. International 640 is the only
bottom paint which sort of worked…but still needed to be scrubbed. There has
been no getting around having to go over the side and hand scrub the bottom. There
is nothing left to try but CopperCote. I have just removed about 5 layers of
old bottom paint in preparation for CopperCote and we will see how it works
into the future. I am trying to finish up a video about removing the existing
layers of antifouling, which is part of the preparation for applying
CopperCoat. Should have the new vid up this coming Friday.
10. comment for Sailboat Haul Out Tips: 1 BIG Boat,1 SMALL Travel Lift (Patrick Childress Sailing Tips #39)
Has anyone told you about the hippos, sharks and crocodiles in the Mzingazi Canal yet?
Not seen too often but they do visit now and then... At least they don't get into the galley.
Thanks for all your videos, they have educated and motivated me, hopefully I can make it 2 more years!
Don
However, with the smaller boat you also enjoy many advantages such as less costs in moorage, haulouts, and maintainance supplies such as paint. Bigger boats means larger, more expensive parts. Its a trade-off.
20. comment for Sailboat Haul Out Tips: 1 BIG Boat,1 SMALL Travel Lift (Patrick Childress Sailing Tips #39)
1. My first reference is http://www.noonsite.com, go to Countries, and then you can double down on the area you are heading to.
I usually make pages and pages of PDFs from those pages so I can reference when I am arriving, before we have internet.
2.Then I google for blogs...and search on YouTube...
3. In Navionics there is Active Captain and Community Edits, and that can often have information and links about many places too. I will often copy and paste info from the above blogs in to specific waypoints right in Navionics.
4.I often use a paper cruising guide, and write many notes in it from the various sources too. Often cruising guides are a little dated by the time you are using them, but they provide a nice way to organize your information from many different sources, and it’s nice to just have it all on paper.
5. And of course there is usually a Facebook group for every area sailors could think about going to, and I join those ahead of time, search them, and keep an eye on postings on there too...
So many ideas of places to gather info ;) I’m sure I have forgotten things if anyone wants to add...
Excellent instructional video !
Question for you Sir , what kind of camera do you use for the videos ? They looking so great !!!
I'm part time crew on Britican and helped in the haul out last year and will be helping them again this year.
Britican is an Oyster 56 so it's pretty big and before hauling out there is, like you showed in this video, a lot of square meters of space to clean.
They also do full service on everything that needs servicing.
And the space on the boat makes up for it.