Building a Sandblast & Paint Shelter for Our Steel Sailboat | DIY refit in Alaska

Описание: Working late into the night at the Wrangell, Alaska shipyard on our 80’ steel schooner 'Alaskan Gypsy'. With sandblasting and painting ahead, I need to build a paint shelter around the hull to keep the project moving through southeast Alaska’s frequent rain.

This 16-minute video shows the real DIY process - rough cut local lumber, improvised framing, bracing, and problem-solving into the evening darkness. It’s gritty shipyard work and part of the bigger journey of restoring our steel sailboat for future cruising in Alaska’s wilderness.

In this video:
• cutting and framing with rough cut yellow cedar boards
• standing 20’ wall sections against the hull
• custom fitting rafters to follow the boat’s shape
• bracing for Wrangell’s stormy winds
• building a structure strong enough to handle sandblast prep and painting. Fingers crossed ;-)

Subscribe to follow the full refit of S/V Alaskan Gypsy - welding, sandblasting, painting, and eventually sailing Alaska’s wild waters again! We can hardly wait.

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📑 Chapters

00:00 – Intro: Why Build a Paint Shelter
00:45 – Lumber and Rough Framing
02:30 – First Wall Sections Go Up
05:00 – Bracing and Storm Prep
07:20 – Working the Stern Frame
10:00 – Rafters Along the Curve of the Hull
12:30 – Bow Section Challenges
14:30 – Evening Wrap-Up in the Yard
15:30 – Next Steps: Plastic Sheeting and Sandblast Prep