Sailing Yabá · video

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The crew of the sailboat Yabá performs various maintenance and interior renovation tasks while working toward a Christmas deadline. Projects include installing stainless steel hinges on a hatch and mounting new belaying pins on the bow.4:17 To address rotten wood on the mast, the crew fabricates and installs two new ash wood cleats, securing them with a threaded bar, epoxy, and cabosil filler.14:56 The interior work focuses on painting cabin walls a "pistachio" green color, replacing flat-head screws with Phillips-head screws, and cleaning surfaces with ethanol.6:36 The crew experiences delays due to incorrect paint colors and waiting for a custom stainless steel davit system.1:56 Despite these setbacks, the team completes the painting of one cabin and successfully mounts the new mast cleats.20:20

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