# 11' Boston Whaler - DIY Overhaul

## Метаданные

- **Канал:** FortNine
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtaLTcDIy3Q
- **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/44328

## Транскрипт

### Segment 1 (00:00 - 05:00) []

My buddy Max and I picked up an 11 ft wherer with a two-stroke 30 on it and downrigger mounts for five grand with the trailer and it had been stored outside for a few years and had some bumps and bruises. And we kicked the tires pretty good before we brought it home. But once we got it into the garage and under some good lighting, we realized why we got such a good deal on it. Boston Wher's thing is the foam core. They actually ran some ads in the 80s where they'd cut a boat in half and the halves would still float. It's the unsinkable boat for serious anglers. And I don't know how serious we're going to be on an 11 ft boat. But our boat is 30 years old. And when I looked at the transom and the deck and noticed they were kind of warped, I started to fear that our foam core was more like a sponge. So there's just not a good seal on anything. Like this was a bad seal. Then the second gen And uh this needed to happen a long time ago. Ah there's the wiring. Oh yeah. Definitely uh didn't look up how much this is going to cost before we pulled it off. We sanded off the anti-alling paint and our outfitter specialist at Defender uh he recommended that we just sand down the existing gel coat. just buff it so the next layer would have something to stick to. There were so many holes in this boat. And for a rig that fosters a fear of water leaking into old foam, way too many holes. So, we went nuclear and mixed up some Marine Tech. Marine Tech can be applied on vertical or horizontal surfaces, easily fill gaps, and can be shaped to rebuild damaged components. An adhesive sheer strength to fiberglass and wood is stronger than neither substrate. Okay, they're just bragging for the first paragraph. How do we use this? Handles like putty, hardens like steel, and sands like wood. As long as you get the mix ratios correct, and it's warm enough in your garage. — Let's call that one. So, with the antifouling removed, the gel coat scuffed, the fairing compound and filler cured and sanded, it was time to paint the hole. So, what we learned is that gel coat doesn't cure in the presence of oxygen. It's meant to harden in a sealed, temperature controlled mold. So, we got some with wax. And the wax additive is meant to float to the surface of a layer of gel coat and effectively seal it so that the material underneath can cure. But you want to do that as your last coat so it can seal everything underneath it. If each coat has wax, you're going to have to sand off that wax before you apply the next one so it can stick, which is what I opted to do. And it sucked. I didn't have any gel coat without wax. And rather than waiting for it to ship, I figured I'd just go for it. And uh I regret that. As you should. Gel coat is not paint. It's a chemical reaction. It's structural. It's very durable, but also may kill 45. See, gel coat doesn't dry. Instead, you hit it with methyl ketone peroxide and that's going to de — methyl ethyl ketone peroxide. peroxide decomposes into free radicals. Free radicals attack your polyester and your styrene. And this crossbonding is what makes for your very hard plastic. Of course, the danger of curing not with plain old air but with a catalyst is these free radicals. — Sounds sick. — Sick indeed. Free radicals will shag plain old oxygen given half a chance. And that's going to leave your gel coat to only partially cure, which is why this is properly applied into the factory mold and then covered with fiberglass so it cures in this anoxic environment, not just smothered with wax and gumption like 45 is doing. Suspect he'll quit by the time he gets to the deck. I am not going to paint the deck with gel coat. I found a two-part epoxy for that. This boat is for children. I'm 6'4 and forget the fact that I look like a grizzly bear in a bathtub. It's uncomfortable. This thing is so tiny that if I move my coffee mug to one side, I'll feel the weight shift. Not to mention the fact that the battery and the gas tank and an oversized motor are all against the transom. So, it's time to just move the weight forward. I saw some of the newer models have the console in the center, and I like that. And I thought maybe we could tuck the gas tanks under the benches and then put the battery under the steering wheel. I did some rudimentary mock-ups just to make sure everything would kind of fit. So once I had my design, I realized that I didn't actually have enough of the right shapes of the original mahogany to build it. So I figured I'd go cheap and build it out of plywood and make sure everything fit. Even though I used a computer to design the thing, I didn't really trust it. I want to actually sit in the thing that I built and make sure that I like the way it feels. And if I like it, then I'll remake it in expensive permanent hardwood. I'm just gonna start with a fresh piece.

### Segment 2 (05:00 - 10:00) [5:00]

We need two eight and a halfs. But wait, wait. Material thickness. I do 8 and 1/2. No, I can't. I can do eight and eight. The one at 8 and 1/2 can actually be seven and change. But I don't. I need 8 and 1/2. That's the outer. It has to be 8 and 1/2. So the one H. Cool. I never used this little thing before. But then once we built the prototype, — I liked it. What we've done is we've built a console for it. — And this — at this point in the build, we've gotten a little creative with some of our design choices. And just for peace of mind, we called Defender Outfitter Specialist Program. Caitlyn answered all of our questions and made us feel a lot more confident moving forward. — Okay. So, we're going to repurpose these and we're going to put them like this inside here. And then the same up here. And I have uh nuterts for here, nuterts for there. And then for the inside ones, we use screws um because they'll stay permanently on there with sealant. Oh, hi. Welcome to my shitty boat. Once the install was complete and we sat in the thing, it didn't just feel comfortable. It felt right. We were really proud of ourselves. You know, we did our homework. We made a prototype. We had a digital mockup and everything seemed really good. We thought we were starting to get the hang of it. But when we attempt to put the whole boat back together and do all the finishing touches, a classic parade of fuckups ensues that makes our lives and this channel so much more interesting. So now we got to pop the top off and we'll thread the steering line through it and then we'll put the top back on and then the wheel and all the on the dash. Dude, we're We have to pull the bottom off. This is tiny home level right here. The mounting plate for the steering hub didn't work in the recessed position. It meant that the steering line was in too tight of a bend and it was binding the worm gear. So, we had to rock it like this, which is why we've got about an inch and a half of a rusty neck on our steering wheel. This thing does not want to be where we're putting it. I think we're just bending the out of it. Look at that. Those bolts are too long. We're this thing up. Let's bolt this back in there. One roadblock that we saw coming and just were sort of not talking about it. The original steering rod was seized in the motor. I figured I'd heat it up with a torch trying to loosen things up. Then I thought I was really smart by drilling a hole through the thing and then sticking a tool in there and trying to twist it. Cool. But brute force eventually prevailed. That's satisfying. — Oh Can you imagine if we just broke the glass? How funny that would have been? — The grease just turned to glue, man. So, now it was time to get the motor back onto the boat and out of my shop. It was kind of a to get the calav plate level with the bottom of the transom. When we're on the bottom hole on the motor and the bottom hole in the transom, the cavitation plate is lined up at the hole. So this is the correct position for this motor on this boat. Except Damn it. Still going to hit. Dude, how is it possible that that's still going to hit? Wait, wait. Isn't there another rod? — Sweet Jesus. — Awesome. That's a win. There's not a lot of selection for rub rails for small boats. Like the smallest size you typically see is like 30 ft. This profile was only available in like 60.

### Segment 3 (10:00 - 13:00) [10:00]

So, we got to get some more tiny boats. Okay. So, this is the base that we're going to put on first. And then there's an insert and it's pre-drilled which is really nice. What they ask you to do is they tell you to like beline it from the tip of the bow screws to the ones on the transom and then you'll stretch it over the cap and that'll be enough stretch. That this seems like should be okay. Should go according to plan. This boat is so short and this is a 60 ft rub rail made for a much bigger boat. There's less line to stretch. So it got a little bit aggressive. Keep going. Rope. Maybe wood. I didn't see any of this in the tutorial. Funny bug. Oh, fingers, fingers. Okay. I don't know if that's how I'm supposed to do it, but we did it. And it looks good, dude. Once that second stainless end cap went on, the boat was done. — Yeah, dude. I'm happy with that. It felt really good to do a custom job that doesn't look too hacky because these boats are so classic. there's such a rich history and there's such a iconic brand in the boating world that it feels like we'd be kind of doing it a little bit of an injustice um with the hubris involved in thinking we could improve upon the OEM setup. But once we got out on the water, uh I knew we made some good choices. It's fast. It's not even too fast. It's just really fast. They say the first thing you want when you get a new boat is a bigger boat. And for us, that's definitely true. But given all the work that we put into this thing and the satisfaction we felt when we finally got it out on the water with just a twoman team, what we really need is a bigger budget. So, like and subscribe. Thanks for watching. All right, guys. Time to go. That means you, Ed. Leave the glass. boats.