Gel Peeling to Reveal Hidden Damage | Hurricane Damaged Sailboat | Sailing Wicked 3

Welcome aboard Wicked! She is finally on the hard and ready for a makeover. first we address all the damage on the starboard side of the hull where she was beached. to to do we use a gel peel machine that cut through layers and layers of gelcoat like butter! We saw another channel "Barefoot Travels" use one on their Hurricane Damaged Catamaran and knew it was a tool that would save us countless hours in grinding and sanding away gelcoat. The boat refit is in full swing there's no turning back now! ****************** After months of "couch sailing" on YouTube we decided it was time to stop dreaming and dream and start living it. Brit has wanted to sail and own boat for many years but it was always something that didn't seem it could possible for us. Until we stumbled across countless and I mean countless YouTube Channels like, La Vagabonde, Beau & Brandy, Sailing Uma, SV Delos, Parlay Revival, Tula's Endless Summer, Odd Life Crafting, Expedition Evans and the list goes on. We can only hope to inspire one person to chase their dreams as they have inspired us to. After what seemed like a long search for a sailboat we learned about hurricane damaged boats for auction down in the Caribbean. We came across a listing for a 43 Beneteau Oceanis that was currently being auctioned. We put in our bid and got out bid a few times before finally winning in the end. We had a short window to get from California to St. Thomas USVI to secure our purchase. Now the fun begins! It is time to refit this hurricane damaged sailboat make her our own. Thanks for watching! Matty, Brit & Wicked :) #hurricanedamagedsailboat #sailboatrebuild #sailingcouple #salvagedsailboat