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Sam Holmes performs various maintenance and fabrication tasks on his 28-foot boat, Pickle. He replaces a deck fill with a plug, installs a new dryer hose, and mounts cam cleats to secure cockpit locker lines.0:55 To address windlass chain skipping, he experiments with fabricating a roller bracket from bronze bar stock to increase chain wrap on the gypsy.1:47 He also installs a new dorade vent from marinedepodirect.com, which requires cutting a hole in the deck, sealing the exposed wooden core with epoxy, and plugging an old hole with teak.15:12 Additional projects include installing LED light strips in the attic, sewing a repair on a slackline using 138-weight thread, and painting a salvaged plastic vent.8:58 He attempts to fabricate wind vane push rods from stainless steel rod using a die, though he encounters difficulty threading the material.10:26

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