/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.483363]

anyone got any good sailboat mods?

[Anonymous No.483367]

Lash on some wheels, make a land-boat

[deleted No.483371]

Paint figure/pattern on the side, looks neat if it covers the entirety of the boat

[Anonymous No.483374]

More sails, go more fast

[Anonymous No.483377]

Put dazzle camo on it,

[Anonymous No.483378]

Slice it in half down the middle and make a catamaran

[Anonymous No.483380]

Paint it to look like a shark, so everyone will be like "Oh man, that shark, man, that's pretty concerning"

[Anonymous No.483385]

OP here i want something useful for while i'm at sea, that isn't something people typically have at sea

[Anonymous No.483422]

>>483385
Gun placements? cannons? Thats certainly not something people usually have and it can be usefull if you get attacked by pirates.

You could also make some hidden boxes inside the ship, and smuggle drugs or people. Thats also not something that normal people have and its a usefull for earning some money on the side.

If you have a nice ammount of space inside you could start growing plants in pots and such, like cannabis, its nice for your wallet or spirit.

You could put up china sails, lanterns instead of the ones you have on western boats by default.

You could all kinds of meme on the sails or on the ship hull.

You could attach some rockets to the sides and go like really fast.

There are many things a person could do. Figure something fer yerself or give me you ship if ya dont need it.

[Anonymous No.483446]

>>483363
Is that the F/V Noah's Ark Behind you in that Picture by chance?

[Anonymous No.483480]

>>483378
Or get two boats and weld them together.

In all seriousness though, OP, look into a solar and wind power system, and changing as much of your utilities you can to electric. If you can manage to get a combined 40 amps of wind and solar, you could charge at least 400 amp-hours in the daylight hours and maybe three-quarters that at night, provided the wind keeps up.
If you have an electric stove, electric pumps, and an electric water maker, you could go for long journeys without having to start up the generator pr engine and use up fuel.
If you have fishing equipment, you could even be self-sufficient.

[Anonymous No.483489]

Serious answer: just maintaining it is enough work for most boat owners. Keep it clean, and the inside dry. Boats don't like water.

[Anonymous No.483522]

Duracoat it. Or that water proof product we were talking about a few days ago.

[Anonymous No.484232]

add kitesurfing kite to options

[Anonymous No.484285]

There are systems that allow you to raise or lower the headsails automatically. You could make something like that, or rig it so that you can control the boat all on your own from the cockpit. But really, owning a boat is all DIY, everything you do with it is DIY.

[Anonymous No.484374]

>>484285
>owning a boat is all DIY
owning a boat SHOULD be all DIY
Fixed that for you. You wouldn't believe the amount of money people pay other people to work on their boats for them. Marine systems electrician here. Everything I do (except some of the more complicated complete power system installs), anybody can do if they're willing to read some stuff and put some time in. And people pay my company literally hundreds of dollars an hour.

[Anonymous No.484375]

>>484374
By the way, ask me anything.

[Anonymous No.484389]

>>484375
It's not electrical, but okay...

My throttle feels sticky. The throttle cable is about 10 years old. Is there a risk of the cable breaking? Can I just lubricate it, or is it safest to replace the cable?

[Anonymous No.484408]

>>484389
The cables should be cheap. Pull it out and inspect it.

[Anonymous No.484461]

>>484389
Cables aren't too hard to come by, so it might be best to replace it. But before you do, try spraying some light oil into one end of it and giving it time to seep in. That might do it.
I'd say there's not too much risk of it breaking unless it's really hard to move, but as >>484408 said, cables are cheap.

[Anonymous No.484477]

>>484374

Is there much of a difference between marine and conventional electrical systems?

[Anonymous No.484484]

>>484477
In theory, no. In practice, hell yes. Everything is more complicated on boats. Systems must be more reliable and redundant (last thing you want is a failure on the open ocean) and also must withstand vibration of engines, and take into account grounding issues of metal-hull boats.
Many boats have multiple electrical systems. Most often, the engines are on separate battery banks from things like lights and radar. Boats have shore power systems, generator power systems (these two are usually the same) and inverter power systems. In marine AC systems, AC circuit breakers often break both the hot and neutral lines, unlike land systems which generally only break hot. Sometimes a boat will have separate 12 and 24 volt DC systems, and multiple battery banks for different load groups.
High-power, low-voltage systems have their own idiosyncracies that you never encounter in conventional land systems. Currents are much higher, necessitating very thick cable to minimize voltage drop, and introducing whole new problems with ohmic heating in cable.
Complexity, of course, increases with the size of the vessel.

[Radiofag No.484488]

You seem to be lacking your inflatable boat...

I sell Zodiac, Mercury, Avon (used to anyways), AB...all kinds of inflatable boats!

I'm also here to answer any questions you may have about them.

[Anonymous No.484495]

>>484488
How often do they end up leaking air? I'm in the market for a small boat and I'm trying to decide between hard or inflatable.

[Radiofag No.485039]

>>484495
Factory leakdown is up to 50% in 24 hours.

To be honest though, they're quite easy to maintain.

PVC inflatables tend to last 10-12 years for welded construction boats, 5-8 years for glued construction boats.

Hypalon inflatables can easily last more than 20 years.

I own a 1993 Avon 315. I would like an Avon 5.4m Searider. Sadly, these old commercial boats are a tough find and pricey.

You can't sink'em though, and they do much better in rough water.

[Anonymous No.485042]

>>485039
>welded construction boats

Probably with RF. I have a bit to do with that