The Wayward Sailors Ep 9: Yacht work fixing our rusty steel hull

After we sailed Cape Petrel back from the Abrolhos Islands we knew we had to get her out of the water ASAP because there were a few rusty parts of the hull needing attention. Little did we know how rusted she was, or how lucky we had been not to scrape some reef and sink! Some of the hull was held together by rust and paint! We enlist some mates and get busy on the 5-inch grinders, using 1mm cutting disks to cut out the rusted parts of the yacht hull to be re-sheeted. The 2 major problem spots were under the aft head/ bathroom, where condensation had caused major rust, and on the port side near the exhaust (the temperature changes must have exacerbated the rust). In classic wayward style we started cutting holes the complete wrong way because we no idea of how to do it properly, and ended up having to re-do everything the right way! Thanks to all the helping hands who put in time cutting, grinding and welding and who pointed us in the right direction (eventually).

Track - The Prince
Artist - Dan Howls

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