Casting a DIY Lead Keel for Our Sailboat [2.14]

It is Casting time! Follow along as we do the final preparations and then pour 3700 kg (8150 pounds) molted lead into a sand form! Crazy!!! Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:12 The Casting Site 03:10 Final mold frame prep 04:35 Packing the sand 08:45 Casting Day - go through 11:03 Starting the fire! 11:55 Lead is melting 14:31 Cleaning the molted lead 14:56 It is go time! 17:20 Keeping the surface molted We are Thomas and Petra and late August 2020 we left Sweden to start our first sailing adventure. We sailed for a year to the Caribbean and back again. October 2023 we bought a new sailboat, a Wasa 530 that is need of some renovation. On our channel you will be able to follow our process - from buying a sailboat that has been standing for 10+ years and turning her into a perfect blue water cruiser! Our plan going forward is to post a new video bi-weekly on Saturdays. More info about our new sailboat can be found here: http://sailingannemon.com/about/the-boat-anne-mon-ii/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sailingannemon/ Playlist with all videos related to our keel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHgGaw1dpS58b1uu5Wrq5HHw01zU335fv&si=FN6dJsVhI0ZbVcDd Playlist with all videos from our sailboat refit: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHgGaw1dpS5_VjMQI7M9VAgMQJ5zlaB4C Playlist with all videos from our previous sailing adventure: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHgGaw1dpS58DNEgP1EqVa86y70nOBaMS Our first boat Anne-Mon I was also a renovations project. On our website we have a lot of blog posts about the renovations of Anne-Mon I and also more of our first sailing adventure: http://sailingannemon.com/