I decided some time ago that the real star of this project is Yanni. Her camera work, editing skills, and music selections are a huge part of what makes this channel so enjoyable to watch. Thank you to the both of you.
Some commenters were bashing her early on. Can you imagine? Complaining about the single person who gives us the opportunity to enjoy this project. Don't get me wrong, the boat building is the core but we would not even know about this project without her.
You are to fibreglassing what Leo and his crew are to timber boats, very disciplined and exacting, credit to you as never a shortcut and methodical. I just know this will be one very cool and wonderful looking boat to sail on, keep the good work coming.
That looked difficult but you made it! Life on the hulls, an Australian build of a catamaran, was able to find those, he calls them composite angles, on line, one of the happiest days of his life!!!
Great video. Your ability to plan ahead is obviously a key element in the progress you make. I love the whiteboard explanations, it makes things more clear to me. Janni's clarifying questions come at just the right time. I also like the soft jazz background music as others have noted.Stay warm and thanks for the video 😁👍👍
I'm really enjoying the planning and taking time to do things properly; it feeds my soul. So many fabrications of all types (houses, cars, tools etc) are simply not made well. Making things well is related to human integrity and honesty, thanks for the videos.
I have concluded that whatever you build, it's strong and straight and well thought out. And I've watched 63 vudeos so far! Binge! I'd like to see your plumbing plan to connect all fourtanks and get to where you need water while using them as ballaxt. So far I've not seen anything to explain that or where you could run plumbing...
Just now watched "Coyote". Wow, such an amazing man. As you work on that boat, can you feel him?. To disqualify oneself, and then continue the race is truly commendable. So sad, that lack of funds, and proper engineering may have led to the failure of the keel and his demise. I recommend that you advise your viewers to seek out this documentary so as to get a sense of the legacy that you are continuing on that amazing boat that he built with his two hands. Yours is the first channel that I have ever subscribed to. I look forward to your post each Wednesday. Basic, no fluff, how to and why. And you have such a great sense of humor! LOL! I also follow Ran Sailing as he builds his 50 ft worlds cruiser in a barn in Sweden in real time, and Arctic Alluring Sailing as they make they way into the Northwest Passage and back to Finland. Real sailing, not the fluffy party boats playing around in the Caribbean. I grew up sailing in small boats my dad and I built, In the Columbia River basin in Portland. I owned several up to an Erickson 36, but life and 5 kids got in the way and the boats went away. The best thing though is that I can always sit back, close my eyes and relive every adventure and race I had on those boats. It becomes a part of you forever.....
Thomas, thanks for this nice comment. We really enjoyed Coyote and have recommended it on our channel before, but maybe we should plug it again. Thanks for following us on our journey.
Love the hoodie your mom was wearing. Just watch a RUclips of four guys from your town race to Alaska. Amazing how they under estimated the trip and the weather.
I own a 74ft aluminum Steve Dashew boat. He built the port lights about 3 inches inside the hull. This inset allows you to climb down into a dinghy anywhere along the hull. Far better than flush port lights. We like to entertain and have 50 people aboard with 20 or so dinghy’s all tied alongside. I say tie to a stanchion and step up from dingy into a window and climb aboard. This is a favorite detail to the boat.
that's very cool. huge fan of dashew and dashew boats are my biggest inspiration. for me this was the easiest way to build the windows while preserving interior space.
Returning structural integrity to the midships while repurposing perfectly good, strong panels from Duracell, is such an elegant way of designing those tanks. Well done on thinking that one through!
Have noticed that some YT channels Duracell Project show crafts people who are competent, thus confident in their work. In these cases the work is completed efficiently and with uncompromising quality. A pleasure to see.
Hey guys, yet another display of amazing craftsmanship. This boat is gonna be one of THE strongest boats on the water, so much attention to detail. Great soundtrack as well, compliments to the editor. Thanks for a wonderfully interesting video. Sending best wishes and positive energy from the Emerald Isle....Neil. p.s. Mom is awesome
I just finished 'Coyote: The Mike Plant Story.' I didn't realize at first that Mike Plant had built Duracell. That said, though, you have reflected to single-minded determination that he had put into the boat and in doing so paid great honor to it's builder. Keep up the good work and sail on, sailor.
Your boat is really coming along nicely, it will be stronger than new when you are finished! Your mom is way cool, I'm guessing this isn't the first boatbuilding project she has done
I am almost finished with the full movie, "Coyote: The Mike Plant Story" which features the second boat he built, "Duracell". I really got a feel for why you love this boat. What an amazing story. But, I have a feeling that your story will be just as amazing. Thanks for posting this video. love your work.
Hi Mat, just a little tip for filling in inside corners with filler. Take a spatula, aprox.2-3 inches wide and angle the first 3/4 of an inch to about ten degrees, then use the back side of the angled bit to push the filler into the corners. Adjust angle and width to your own discretion. Makes the job really quick, easy and clean.
Just binge watched all the episodes. Loving the project. Was surprised to discover the use of foam in the construction, always thought balsa wood was used as cores. Learning loads from watching, excited to see how the interior develops. The designs look amazing.
I am watching your videos for a while now and just wanted to let you know how great and informative your videos are. You are so knowledged at the craft your are doing, which is really satisfying to see. Great to see to what quality your videos have gotten. Keep it up. Greetings from Germany😄
Hurrah! Good to see your Mom on site so often. My classmate, Jim Antrim Design living in the Bay area had his Mother on site when they build a Carbon Antrim 27 years ago. Great project and am praying the new mast is what you need.
Really enjoyed the music selection! A couple of time saver suggestions to consider from my shop work. A notched margin trowel would speed up application over the floor trowel shown in the video for bonding in tight spaces. Second a sheet metal form is a quick cheap channel mold with little time and prep-- we use aluminum ones for channel production though, and sheet metal for one time use projects-- bonas time saver is put fiberglass down on butcher wax paper to wet-out on a table and transfer complete layup to work area in one step, especially in those blind upside down wetout tabbings.
So cool to follow along with the project and your videos are a pleasure to watch. I like to tune in and catch the updates to de-stress after my own work day. Cheers!
Great video again. I love it cos i deal with the exact same problems on my boat project but on a much smaller scale: Rebuilding a new cockpit of my 9m Halftonner. The project is 4x3m and its all about, fiberglass, epoxy, foam core, bulkheads and stringers, fillets and tapes, flanges,...
Just a thought, when working upside down grab yourself a small mirror, saves your neck and you can be double sure you've got to everything you need to. Keep up the great work !!
Clever idea using the flanges. great video, some great editing and camera work 2x👍 Poor Ted, just needs that one paw over the line and the rest will follow.
My experience is limited with fiberglass, by being a diy guy who watched many hours of RUclips videos and screwing up lots of times with Canoes, Jon boats and Kayaks. I plan on modifying a canoe to sail then I'll buy a used sailing cruiser and mod it for I can sail and travel myself. thank you for inspiring me, to do go for my sailing goals.
I am looking forward to see a new video every week, Nice an clean work, i know it Can be messy. When i have to make a nice curbe to lay my fiberglass on like when you made the Molds for the flanges, i use peel-ply on the wet putty and just swipe it with a finger, no need for sanding afterwards and no “sticky stuff” on the wooden spatular, it also works really good with polyester putty like the 3M also the really messy type with chop strands In it.
As always, I love to see the progression. Showing the lid on at the end of the video really shows your vision coming to life. Looking forward to the next vid and excited to see about the mast you got. From VA, stay warm!
So many steps to these tanks Matt. Way to get this far. Thanks for showing all the details. Of course Ted stole the show, seems super chill 😎. Pawz cameo 🐈😂. I never saw the molds to make fiberglass parts🤔. Interesting, lots of different uses.
After watch the video again, maybe a Wiss MPC-3 9" metal snip we use to cut preformed fiberglass flashing on installs would save time doing relief and trim cuts, they are serrated and very accurate and nimble cutting, instead of other methods we have tried.
Have you ever considered using fillable caulking tubes and a battery powered gun? I use one when doing projects that require a lot of material to complete, but I would imagine doing your long edges could be easier using this.
I don't know if you have a need for more flanges, but Ross over on Life on the Hulls buys his composite angle 90's pre-made. He has said it's actually less expensive than he can make them, and far less time consuming.
I looked into that. I did find flanges that was pretty cheap, but it was polyester resin , which I can’t use. The epoxy right angle stock is much more expensive.
You might find it easier, to wet out those strips on either plastic or peelply, and then offer them up to the underside of the mold. Trying to get a thorough wetout on a glass strip you cant see is awkward.
Just a thought, won't the water tanks be a "giant source of coldness"? It might feel quite cold when sitting on them. Also the heat in the boat will try a heat up the water in the tanks and it might not be desirable to have not-so-cold water in the tap. Or the heat will leach out through the hull Massive and great work! Keep it up!
Bonjour Matt, I am always impressed by the amount of layers of fiberglass you put and have a question, where / how did you learn how to apply the appropriate number of layers, depending on the place you build ? On our model boats, we generally use just one layer (between 20 to 80 g / cm3 inside - outside) and never create the void. I don't remember having seen you explaing this method, could you please tell me why sometimes you make void and other time nothing ? Would that depend on the type of fiber you use for example? Thank you in advance for your answer as I noticed and apprerciate that you read our comments, Besides this, your fiber glass obeys you much more than your dog 😉 PS : Beware the shots ! Amicalement, Raphaël
Raphael, I'm not sure what you mean by "the void"? I'm going by how the boat was constructed. I can see how much tabbing was used when they built the boat and I'm just mimicking that. For more important structural parts, I refer to my naval architect who is helping, Evan.
@@TheDuracellProject Bonjour Matt, Sorry, please let me rephrase my question. Sometimes you just apply resin and fiber and sometimes you cover your work with a plastic sheet sticked with a special stuff, you plug a kind of vacuum and you empty it of air. I would like to know why there is this difference for making your parts, the size , the strength ? drying time ? I saw you doing it either on your work table or directly in your boat. Amicalement, Raphaël
With the upright seat-backs on the ballast tanks, why not instead have a sloped upright to lean against? Bolt-upright is never very comfortable, although I dont sail and I dont know if the tack angle would be a factor in utility and comfort. Obviously cushions would be used, but a sloping back would be more comfortable per se, and would even negate the need for cushion uprights at times. If a false back with slope was laminated into the existing back, the small hollow between the two, with a small access hole, could be used to store small items such as knee folded rugs etc.
Yes we will add angled cushions. Also I know it looks like the ballast tanks are seats butt hey will actually be interior spaces…galley, nav station etc
Obviously you've had engineers go over what you're doing. I'm curious about just how much slower you expect Duracell to be after you're done and if it will be more comfortable sailing?
I notice the difference in scale of the old ballast tanks vs the new berth ballast tanks. Are you going to have enough ballast without the extra volume for water or is that part of the transition from high performance racing boat to pleasure yacht?
LOVE the jazz piano more please! I am in Vancouver I want to be on that boat I saw it race on TV I 1st sailed when I was 10 on a 15' duck punt we converted to a centerboard. My brother and I sailed on the Nicomekl River with an off shore wind from the south we had a Huge bow wave and heled over had with me on the boom vang hanging off and we were doing 0 mph against the tide looking forward to meeting you should we have the chance😀
once we're splashed we'd love to give our local viewers some free rides as a thank you for being a part of our journey. Don't hold your breath thought. We got another couple years!
I am a total noob but wondering, is the purpose of the ballast tanks for stability when heeling? If so, what would be the process of transfering the weight from one side to the other? Pumps?
Hi Are you not afraid of brain damages working without protection…?.? Here where I’m living they are doing the HR boats and my friend got seriously brain damage working there in years. Wish you luck with your project. When do you expect launching? Regards Brian Kungshamn Sweden
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Love how your mom is getting her hands dirty in the project, GO MOM!
I decided some time ago that the real star of this project is Yanni. Her camera work, editing skills, and music selections are a huge part of what makes this channel so enjoyable to watch. Thank you to the both of you.
+1 on the music selection!
She is the unsung hero of the channel vibe.
Some commenters were bashing her early on. Can you imagine? Complaining about the single person who gives us the opportunity to enjoy this project. Don't get me wrong, the boat building is the core but we would not even know about this project without her.
@@jonnenne I couldn't agree more.
Kudos to your mom for joining you!👏👏
You are to fibreglassing what Leo and his crew are to timber boats, very disciplined and exacting, credit to you as never a shortcut and methodical. I just know this will be one very cool and wonderful looking boat to sail on, keep the good work coming.
Thank you. Leo was a big inspiration to us back when we decided to start the is channel.
I would love to see the two sailing next to each other one day.
That looked difficult but you made it! Life on the hulls, an Australian build of a catamaran, was able to find those, he calls them composite angles, on line, one of the happiest days of his life!!!
Was nice to see your workmanship with fiberglass.
Great video. Your ability to plan ahead is obviously a key element in the progress you make. I love the whiteboard explanations, it makes things more clear to me. Janni's clarifying questions come at just the right time. I also like the soft jazz background music as others have noted.Stay warm and thanks for the video 😁👍👍
thanks, Jim!
I'm really enjoying the planning and taking time to do things properly; it feeds my soul. So many fabrications of all types (houses, cars, tools etc) are simply not made well. Making things well is related to human integrity and honesty, thanks for the videos.
thanks, Martin!
It sure takes some patience to build all 8 tanks. Good to know you are having the structural changes reviewed.
I have concluded that whatever you build, it's strong and straight and well thought out. And I've watched 63 vudeos so far! Binge!
I'd like to see your plumbing plan to connect all fourtanks and get to where you need water while using them as ballaxt. So far I've not seen anything to explain that or where you could run plumbing...
Just now watched "Coyote". Wow, such an amazing man. As you work on that boat, can you feel him?. To disqualify oneself, and then continue the race is truly commendable.
So sad, that lack of funds, and proper engineering may have led to the failure of the keel and his demise. I recommend that you advise your viewers to seek out this documentary so as to get a sense of the legacy that you are continuing on that amazing boat that he built with his two hands. Yours is the first channel that I have ever subscribed to. I look forward to your post each Wednesday. Basic, no fluff, how to and why.
And you have such a great sense of humor! LOL!
I also follow Ran Sailing as he builds his 50 ft worlds cruiser in a barn in Sweden in real time, and Arctic Alluring Sailing as they make they way into the Northwest Passage and back to Finland. Real sailing, not the fluffy party boats playing around in the Caribbean.
I grew up sailing in small boats my dad and I built,
In the Columbia River basin in Portland. I owned several up to an Erickson 36, but life and 5 kids got in the way and the boats went away. The best thing though is that I can always sit back, close my eyes and relive every adventure and race I had on those boats. It becomes a part of you forever.....
Thomas, thanks for this nice comment. We really enjoyed Coyote and have recommended it on our channel before, but maybe we should plug it again. Thanks for following us on our journey.
Love the hoodie your mom was wearing. Just watch a RUclips of four guys from your town race to Alaska. Amazing how they under estimated the trip and the weather.
Always dig your updates. Great progress on the interior!
Ted is so chill, great he finally overcame his fear and able to spend time in the boat, so cute, what a guy!
SPOILER ALERT!!
I own a 74ft aluminum Steve Dashew boat. He built the port lights about 3 inches inside the hull. This inset allows you to climb down into a dinghy anywhere along the hull. Far better than flush port lights. We like to entertain and have 50 people aboard with 20 or so dinghy’s all tied alongside. I say tie to a stanchion and step up from dingy into a window and climb aboard. This is a favorite detail to the boat.
that's very cool. huge fan of dashew and dashew boats are my biggest inspiration. for me this was the easiest way to build the windows while preserving interior space.
Ted is a great character 😆 You're so lucky your mum is so keen and capable, must be nice to have another pair of hands on.
Returning structural integrity to the midships while repurposing perfectly good, strong panels from Duracell, is such an elegant way of designing those tanks. Well done on thinking that one through!
Fine Business and with added chuckle of masked up dog!!! CHEERS from HERE!
I know the feeling of a project that has lots of steps and doesn't seem to end. It is looking good so far.
Have noticed that some YT channels Duracell Project show crafts people who are competent, thus confident in their work. In these cases the work is completed efficiently and with uncompromising quality. A pleasure to see.
😊
Hey guys, yet another display of amazing craftsmanship. This boat is gonna be one of THE strongest boats on the water, so much attention to detail. Great soundtrack as well, compliments to the editor. Thanks for a wonderfully interesting video. Sending best wishes and positive energy from the Emerald Isle....Neil. p.s. Mom is awesome
thanks, Neil!
I just finished 'Coyote: The Mike Plant Story.' I didn't realize at first that Mike Plant had built Duracell. That said, though, you have reflected to single-minded determination that he had put into the boat and in doing so paid great honor to it's builder. Keep up the good work and sail on, sailor.
You two , and mom, get so much done!!!!...
Guys it's coming along . You 2 make a great team... I enjoyed this episode
Your boat is really coming along nicely, it will be stronger than new when you are finished! Your mom is way cool, I'm guessing this isn't the first boatbuilding project she has done
Matt - Hats off to mums everywhere, we work for our son for love too
I am almost finished with the full movie, "Coyote: The Mike Plant Story" which features the second boat he built, "Duracell". I really got a feel for why you love this boat. What an amazing story. But, I have a feeling that your story will be just as amazing. Thanks for posting this video. love your work.
cool, yeah, it's a great documentary and thrilling (for us at least!) to see the shots of Duracell!
@@TheDuracellProject Tragic what happened to Mike. I have a greater appreciation for what you are doing to your boat
Muma Matt does a great job helping 👏🏼
Hi Mat, just a little tip for filling in inside corners with filler.
Take a spatula, aprox.2-3 inches wide and angle the first 3/4 of an inch to about ten degrees, then use the back side of the angled bit to push the filler into the corners. Adjust angle and width to your own discretion. Makes the job really quick, easy and clean.
Just binge watched all the episodes.
Loving the project.
Was surprised to discover the use of foam in the construction, always thought balsa wood was used as cores.
Learning loads from watching, excited to see how the interior develops. The designs look amazing.
cool! welcome aboard😊
I am watching your videos for a while now and just wanted to let you know how great and informative your videos are. You are so knowledged at the craft your are doing, which is really satisfying to see. Great to see to what quality your videos have gotten. Keep it up. Greetings from Germany😄
what a nice comment. thank you.
Hurrah! Good to see your Mom on site so often. My classmate, Jim Antrim Design living in the Bay area had his Mother on site when they build a Carbon Antrim 27 years ago. Great project and am praying the new mast is what you need.
Making great progress, and you and your Mom's fiberglassing skills are great. I myself remember the days with resin and cloth projects. Good job.
Really enjoyed the music selection! A couple of time saver suggestions to consider from my shop work. A notched margin trowel would speed up application over the floor trowel shown in the video for bonding in tight spaces. Second a sheet metal form is a quick cheap channel mold with little time and prep-- we use aluminum ones for channel production though, and sheet metal for one time use projects-- bonas time saver is put fiberglass down on butcher wax paper to wet-out on a table and transfer complete layup to work area in one step, especially in those blind upside down wetout tabbings.
Yanni, of course we believe you, without question. Loving your thoroughness and skill.
So cool to follow along with the project and your videos are a pleasure to watch. I like to tune in and catch the updates to de-stress after my own work day. Cheers!
awesome, glad we can help you de-stress a little!
Great video again. I love it cos i deal with the exact same problems on my boat project but on a much smaller scale: Rebuilding a new cockpit of my 9m Halftonner. The project is 4x3m and its all about, fiberglass, epoxy, foam core, bulkheads and stringers, fillets and tapes, flanges,...
best of luck on your project
Really cool to be able to spend this kind of time with your mother
exactly
So hype to see this getting closer to done. Can’t wait to see your cruising videos later on. Dying to know how well this sails.
Just stumbled on the movie - The Mike Plant Story. It was cool seeing Duracell in it. Quite a story…
Almost there with those tanks! Great job.
I like that dog.
Just a thought, when working upside down grab yourself a small mirror, saves your neck and you can be double sure you've got to everything you need to. Keep up the great work !!
Nicely planned and will be on the jobs done list soon….❤❤❤❤❤❤
Clever idea using the flanges. great video, some great editing and camera work 2x👍
Poor Ted, just needs that one paw over the line and the rest will follow.
he did it in the end after a lot of coaxing!
@@TheDuracellProject nice
My experience is limited with fiberglass, by being a diy guy who watched many hours of RUclips videos and screwing up lots of times with Canoes, Jon boats and Kayaks. I plan on modifying a canoe to sail then I'll buy a used sailing cruiser and mod it for I can sail and travel myself. thank you for inspiring me, to do go for my sailing goals.
awesome!
Great episode! More progress! Awesome job Duracell team! 👍👍
Love this channel!!! It’s amazing to watch it all come together and the choices you’ve made.
Your determination and steadfast attitude is pretty remarkable, very inspiring ! (Your skill levels are pretty out there too!😀👍) 👏👍😀
I am looking forward to see a new video every week, Nice an clean work, i know it Can be messy.
When i have to make a nice curbe to lay my fiberglass on like when you made the Molds for the flanges, i use peel-ply on the wet putty and just swipe it with a finger, no need for sanding afterwards and no “sticky stuff” on the wooden spatular, it also works really good with polyester putty like the 3M also the really messy type with chop strands In it.
Coming together nicely. Great job.
Always such chill music. 😀🎶 Tickling those 🎹
Hey Matt, love your layed back approach mate but your work is top notch , mums a trooper as well ,Duracell looking wicked 👍
Love the progress and dedication.
As always, I love to see the progression. Showing the lid on at the end of the video really shows your vision coming to life. Looking forward to the next vid and excited to see about the mast you got. From VA, stay warm!
“Look at that”😂
Nice to see you enthused by a little victory..
Good looking flange!!!
Excellent work.
great progress well done not an easy task
Cove ?
Must be an American term. Fillet is what I would call it here...UK.
Interesting project. I am hooked now after watching a few.
Welcome aboard!
Another nice video, peace from Ct
Well done 👍
So many steps to these tanks Matt. Way to get this far. Thanks for showing all the details. Of course Ted stole the show, seems super chill 😎. Pawz cameo 🐈😂. I never saw the molds to make fiberglass parts🤔. Interesting, lots of different uses.
of course, the cute animals ALWAYS do 😂
Amazing Mum ... wow luv it ❤
After watch the video again, maybe a Wiss MPC-3 9" metal snip we use to cut preformed fiberglass flashing on installs would save time doing relief and trim cuts, they are serrated and very accurate and nimble cutting, instead of other methods we have tried.
thx for the tip!
Mom is epic! So is the rest of the gang but just wanted to point that out
Have you ever considered using fillable caulking tubes and a battery powered gun? I use one when doing projects that require a lot of material to complete, but I would imagine doing your long edges could be easier using this.
tanks for the great content.
You have the best mom
I’m curious about the plumbing. I guess I’ll have to stay tuned 😅
I don't know if you have a need for more flanges, but Ross over on Life on the Hulls buys his composite angle 90's pre-made. He has said it's actually less expensive than he can make them, and far less time consuming.
I looked into that. I did find flanges that was pretty cheap, but it was polyester resin , which I can’t use. The epoxy right angle stock is much more expensive.
Thé History of your boat
You might find it easier, to wet out those strips on either plastic or peelply, and then offer them up to the underside of the mold. Trying to get a thorough wetout on a glass strip you cant see is awkward.
Of Course we believe you
Looking great! Good to see your wearing masks 🫁
Flangetastic!
Hey Ted.
nice!
Just a thought, won't the water tanks be a "giant source of coldness"? It might feel quite cold when sitting on them. Also the heat in the boat will try a heat up the water in the tanks and it might not be desirable to have not-so-cold water in the tap. Or the heat will leach out through the hull
Massive and great work! Keep it up!
I don't suspect that will be a problem. Thanks for following along! -Janni
Bonjour Matt,
I am always impressed by the amount of layers of fiberglass you put and have a question, where / how did you learn how to apply the appropriate number of layers, depending on the place you build ?
On our model boats, we generally use just one layer (between 20 to 80 g / cm3 inside - outside) and never create the void. I don't remember having seen you explaing this method, could you please tell me why sometimes you make void and other time nothing ? Would that depend on the type of fiber you use for example?
Thank you in advance for your answer as I noticed and apprerciate that you read our comments,
Besides this, your fiber glass obeys you much more than your dog 😉
PS : Beware the shots !
Amicalement, Raphaël
Raphael, I'm not sure what you mean by "the void"? I'm going by how the boat was constructed. I can see how much tabbing was used when they built the boat and I'm just mimicking that. For more important structural parts, I refer to my naval architect who is helping, Evan.
@@TheDuracellProject Bonjour Matt,
Sorry, please let me rephrase my question.
Sometimes you just apply resin and fiber and sometimes you cover your work with a plastic sheet sticked with a special stuff, you plug a kind of vacuum and you empty it of air. I would like to know why there is this difference for making your parts, the size , the strength ? drying time ? I saw you doing it either on your work table or directly in your boat.
Amicalement, Raphaël
With the upright seat-backs on the ballast tanks, why not instead have a sloped upright to lean against? Bolt-upright is never very comfortable, although I dont sail and I dont know if the tack angle would be a factor in utility and comfort. Obviously cushions would be used, but a sloping back would be more comfortable per se, and would even negate the need for cushion uprights at times. If a false back with slope was laminated into the existing back, the small hollow between the two, with a small access hole, could be used to store small items such as knee folded rugs etc.
Yes we will add angled cushions. Also I know it looks like the ballast tanks are seats butt hey will actually be interior spaces…galley, nav station etc
@@TheDuracellProject Oh sorry, I should go back and look at the plans again. The angled cushions are a sensible idea that eluded me... doh!
Thank you.
Could you talk about body protections and products vapors
Episode 62 I talk about it a bit
Obviously you've had engineers go over what you're doing. I'm curious about just how much slower you expect Duracell to be after you're done and if it will be more comfortable sailing?
I don’t know. Slower but hopefully not that much slower.
I notice the difference in scale of the old ballast tanks vs the new berth ballast tanks. Are you going to have enough ballast without the extra volume for water or is that part of the transition from high performance racing boat to pleasure yacht?
Yes it’s part of the transition. The boat will be a little bit more tender but this is the transition from race boat to cruising boat
Amazing as usual. Where do you buy foam board? Your channel is giving me the courage to do a little fiberglassing!
awesome! We just get ours from a place in Anacortes called Fiberglass Supply, but you can get it at lots of places!
Quick question... could you rig up an electric pump to your epoxy/hardener rig thingy to speed up the pumpage?!
That would be sweet!
LOVE the jazz piano more please! I am in Vancouver I want to be on that boat I saw it race on TV I 1st sailed when I was 10 on a 15' duck punt we converted to a centerboard. My brother and I sailed on the Nicomekl River with an off shore wind from the south we had a Huge bow wave and heled over had with me on the boom vang hanging off and we were doing 0 mph against the tide looking forward to meeting you should we have the chance😀
once we're splashed we'd love to give our local viewers some free rides as a thank you for being a part of our journey. Don't hold your breath thought. We got another couple years!
Go Hawks
Matt- how do you manage to keep your jacket clean when using epoxy?
Matt, I think you need a bigger hammer to chisel off those blocks. ⚒
Just saw the movie Coyote about Mike plant All I can say is wow.
The ballast water: is it sea water pumped in-out or fresh water pumped from one side to the other side?
the original was sea water. We are converting it to freshwater (potable) that will also be used as ballast
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As I know, new epoxy layer dont like to cling with hardened. Dont u afraid this effect?
We sand prep cirst
I am a total noob but wondering, is the purpose of the ballast tanks for stability when heeling? If so, what would be the process of transfering the weight from one side to the other? Pumps?
yes and yes!
Hi
Are you not afraid of brain damages working without protection…?.? Here where I’m living they are doing the HR boats and my friend got seriously brain damage working there in years.
Wish you luck with your project. When do you expect launching?
Regards
Brian
Kungshamn Sweden
i wear protective gear. the goal is 2 years!
Matt loooves his epoxy dispenser…
her CERTAINLY does -Janni
Safety first Mat you only have 2 eyes 👀👀👀
Are you sure the ballast tanks you are building, are going to be big enough?.
they will be 600 gallons of fresh water that can also be used as ballast....so yes😊
I have a question why have ballast tank on board that size boat I mean would it be better to just fix abetter keel on it instead ?
having a ballast tank is going to make it a smoother and faster sail
❤..... say that ten times...... 😂
How many gallons of epoxy do you go through a week?
a lot!
my model is a marshaltown 11201 margin trowel