Shrink Wrapping a Boat Before the Storm | Alaska Shipyard

We’re in Wrangell, Alaska with the s/v Alaskan Gypsy — but this video isn’t about our steel schooner refit. Today, we jumped in to help a neighbor Tristan salvage his project boat’s shelter after it was destroyed in a storm. With another storm on the way, it was all hands on deck: Audrey, Tristan’s family, and even the man Don Sorric pitching in to finish getting a shrink wrap shelter up over the fiberglass boat. This is real shipyard life: • teamwork in tough weather • shrink wrapping giant sheets of plastic • learning on the fly (with some comedy along the way) • preparing for hurricane-force winds Subscribe for more DIY boat refit, shipyard life, and Alaska storm prep adventures as we continue restoring the Alaskan Gypsy. ⸻ 📑 Chapters 00:00 – Intro: Helping Our Neighbor Tristan 01:00 – Audrey Joins the Shrink Wrap Crew 02:30 – Community & Small-Town Shipyard Vibes 04:30 – Storm Prep Philosophy: Helping Neighbors 08:00 – Lifting & Spreading the Giant Shrink Wrap Sheets 09:30 – Wind, Rain, and First Attempts at Securing Plastic 12:00 – Second Side Goes Up | Teamwork in Action 14:00 – Shrink Wrapping with Propane Torch 16:00 – Taping, Tightening & Fighting the Weather 19:00 – Wrap-Up & Harbor Walk Plans Back To The Wood by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/