Little Hands for a Little Caulk in a Little Crack (MJ Sailing Ep 331)

The number of innuendos I didn't even know I made.
I need to add a white caulk to the seam where our cockpit seats and bulkhead come together, and at 6cm wide, it is no easy task.

Matt and I have been working hard in the tent, and we're all about prepping areas for the helm and cockpit doors!

While we're not there yet, these steps are pretty important and will let us move on to the bigger things soon enough. Matt is getting areas of the helm and storage locker ready to bond into place, but has held off on the locker until I can do my job.

While prepping, he has bonded the forward side and top together, so the will be able to plop into place once I finish my work on the sill, and door tracks are added. In the meantime, he's making those (what will be) unreachable areas look good while we still have access to them. A few layers of gelcoat are sprayed on, and then buffed out.

My job is a lot less fun and much more of a pain in the a$$. I need my tiny little hands and arms into the area between bulkhead 6 and the cockpit seat, where the doors will slide into when open. Nearly 3 years ago when we first bonded in our cockpit seats it left open seams, and we never addressed them until now.

I go in to fill the larger cracks with thickened resin, and the next day, clean the area up with some compound and polish. Then comes the nerve wrecking task of spreading a nice looking bead of caulk in that area. We use some of 3Ms UV resistant adhesive, but from beginning to end I suffer through problems with it.

We hope you enjoy!

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Much love,
Jessica, Matt & Georgie

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Videos made by Jessica, featuring Matt and Georgie.

00:00 - This isn't a boat - it's our home
03:15 - Creating access to service the winches
06:16 - Filling the seams in the door pockets
11:36 - The set-up of our helm storage area
18:06 - Spraying gelcoat and buffing
19:54 - Prepping to caulk the pocket cracks
28:04 - Closing


Music:
If You're Down I'm Down - Mindme
Lighting Up My Space - Mindme
So Sick of Love - Mindme
Thunder 100 - Superintendent McCupcakes
Pandemonium (Tribute Version) - The Mondays

Camera equipment used:
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Previous Boats: 1983 Trisalu 37 - custom aluminum, built in Quebec (Elements of Life) Where we've been: 2.5 year refit in Indiantown,
Florida; Abacos, Bahamas; St. Barth's; St. Maarten; Antigua; Saba; Azores; Ireland; Scotland; Norway; England 1989
Sabre 34 Targa (Serendipity)
Where We Sailed Her: U.S. - Bahamas - Jamaica - Cuba - Cayman Islands - Honduras - Guatemala - Belize - Mexico - Bermuda - Azores - Madeira - Canary Islands - Sint Maarten - BVI's - USVI's

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