I really look forward to these videos! Plus, RUclips has finally quit playing games and is loading them into my subscriptions page. As a side note, I've put on quite a few pounds since COVID started, so I am available to be considered ballast.
I’ve had the same boat. Definitely change the steering mounting. It broke of on mine! Changed it for hydraulic steering, much better. Also, we put an extension on the exhaust so it would be in the water and there for act like a muffler. Worked great. Don’t know if it is of any use for you but the engine makes a lot of noice without any muffler. Good luck with the build!
I am thoroughly enjoying the amount of forethought being taken for each stage of the project. Not just tacking on a part that works but taking into consideration how it may affect the other parts, how complicated will it be to move/ replace if needed, and any other ways the part may go wrong or cause a problem.
Davits make great balance once removed, I am doing the same things as you and we started around the same time, it's great watching your videos, I was going to do a RUclips series on how to build such a machine, but given that you have that covered, I will probably just release, videos on how to make such a machine fully off grid, and how to install a negative/positive pressure genetic engineering and cellular microbiology lab in small telb, the arctic is a big place, so who knows we may bump into each other, although hopefully not literally. Good luck and keep inspiring and entertaining people.
By cutting the galv. steel, you expose the base steel which can start to corrode and rust at the cross-section of the cut. Galv Steel is just a coating on the steel itself.
The whole time I was watching this, I was literally shouting "FIN KEELS!". Puts the weight as far down as possible, and the fins slow down rolling. Plus you can beach her at high tide and she'll sit upright like a proper lady. Use half inch or greater sheet steel, calculating the weight you need there. DO IT, DAMMIT! P.S. I love this. Sort of thing I'd do if I was younger.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals As I recall, Fin Keels and Bilge keels are much the same. Hadn't thought of ice. If you are splashing about in thick pack ice, that is NOT good at all. I'm an old north Atlantic Tin Can sailor, on sonar picket duty listening for Russian subs over the North Atlantic Deep. Came off duty with ice caked rain gear many a time. God help me, I loved it so! To me, the gray waters and grayer sky became beautiful. But it's been a long time. I'm not just rusty, I'm wheelchair bound. God, I envy you! Where will you be bound when the time comes?
Quite the CV! As I understand it, a fin keel protrudes down far further, and is not recommended for icy seas. Bilge keels seem to attract more debate and I'm considering.
Why do you cover the galv steel with plastic? It is allready corrosion resistant and to me seems like it will only trap more water inside the plastic if there is a hole in the cover or something.
There are cut ends and holes that have lost their coating. They were also a reasonably dusty galv finish, so this keeps the bilge clean. I could have just wrapped the ends, but it's more secure to run along the full length.
How long does the happiness effect last after finishing one of your books? I fear that the effect might have started to wear off. Is it time for book nr2?
One idea, and I'm not a boat man so I do apologize if it is a bad idea: why not create some custom-fitted ballast out of tile grout poured in to molds? I know such a method is commonly used when constructing ersatz machine tools out of scrapyard parts.
Thats what he said. Tiles. Removable. I see a lot of airgaps inbetween the steel. Concrete mixed with steel punching scrap shaped in bricks placed on rubber.
Might be a silly idea but once you have placed the metal where its going could you not surround it with sand for extra ballast and stability. Would be easy enough to removed with a vscume cleaner if needed.
Sand can also be very abrasive. He really is taking care that things cannot damage other parts of the boat, as he will be very far away from any rescue.
Buy another boat? :) In all honesty, that steering gear looks very complex, and, without a lot of data, I'm not sure I could offer any worthwhile thoughts, beyond the fact that the weld between the clamp-thing on the rudder shaft and the bar leading to the steering wheel looks pretty suspicious from what I can see. Also, thank you for posting these. As someone stuck in a backwater part of the world who will likely never get to do any artic exploration, it's fun to live vicariously through you.
5:47 I know it's Hollywood but (here it comes) when there's a big wave or something like in Poseidon Adventure or Perfect Storm you don't want them to fall or be flung into a window or someone. Things to keep it or batteries in place?
Apologies if I am not clear on the ballast bar placement for the keel (I understood the securing logic and methodology of the larger cavity by the fuel cell). How are the bars in the keel cavity being secured in the event of extreme body roll? As for the solicited advise for the rudder rod reinforcement… coiled sleeving (think spring) comes to mind. It can be staggered around braces and won’t trap moisture.
What about making a mould of the part you want to place the ballast in and making lumps of concrete that will fit the contours and that can be lifted out if necessary
I remember some years ago a guy used an old steel lifeboat to go up to the ice. He had to reinforce the steel hull as he knew he risked getting stuck in ice over the winter.
If you lack the power to break ice (the case for most boats and ships) then it's all down to hull shape. I'd rather have a well-shaped wooden boat than a sharp, deep keel steel hull.
Yes. Multiple M10 bolts mounted properly, and with no impact force in the event of inversion (the braces allow for no movement) will hold 200kg of steel in place.
There's been experiencing with "flopper stoppers", run out to port and starboard with a securing line forward. Rigged in much the same way as fishing trawlers do nets, except the little torpedoe looking gadgets have "wings" that pull down steady. Trying to remember where I heard about those. But you'd need a mast and booms, so probably not workable.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals Yes, tis true, tis true. But has a beauty of her own. I miss being around ship and boats. Sigh. But here is where I seem to have gone aground.
If you want a great ballast series check out SV Seeker. Doug built a 20foot tall lead smelter from scrap and has 30000 pounds cast in to bars. Seeker is a bit bigger than Alan at 76foot
I being thinking with adding metal and electrical stuff. Wouldn't moist air become a big problem along the way? So stashing as much as possible of dehumidifier salt or similar stuff in every nook you can may safe you headaches later
For the steering, look up a heim joint, should be easy to install and they allow all the rotation you should need, they are usually used in custom off road suspension and steering so they are built for a beating, and are available in more sizes than women's garments 👍
See if you can find a parts boat to pull the steering bits from, some cleats and other bits could be salvaged at the same time. Free sailboats are a great source for stainless tube, lead, and expensive boat junk.
Alex tell me what the trick is to getting a lifeboat into a boatyard hard standing? I have recently just purchased one and all the boatyards (working) boatyards come back saying “not our type of boat” I’ve looked long and hard from Gravesend to Pentonville hook!!
@@AlexHibbertOriginals No I am looking for boatyards as mine has been converted into a Liveaboard but I need to do cosmetic and general maintenance to bring it up to a standard I like. I purchased mine from CART, it was a seized boat no registration or BSS etc it’s on hardstanding in a holding facility in Chester I’m at struggling to find a yard atm seem to get the same response “don’t take GRP” or “ Unfortunately, on this occasion we will be unable to assist you with moorings and/or hard standing space. Your boat is not suited to this marina and doesn’t meet our required standards or criteria.”
@@AlexHibbertOriginals A boatyard on the Medway just told me today it seems an odd shape and not sure how a crane can lift it lol lol all seems odd to me too! I have a yard near Tottenham on the Lee who is interested so will wait to hear from them.
Just out of curiosity, what speaks against using lead as ballast? Shouldn't that be even denser? Is it just corrosion issues again? Or is it just more expensive? Or because it is too soft?
Around 2000litres max capacity. The challenge is that this will be mostly in inflatable bladders, and most of the low down areas earmarked for ballast aren't the right shape for tanks or bladders. Plus, I don't want to have to muck about with water replacement (plus steel beats water hands down). This means the fuel will be stored higher up. A compromise.
What I don't understand is that these lifeboats are supposed to be self-righting by design so they won't capsize or sink in rough seas. So I wonder if adding ballast is necessary or even advisable. Isn't ballast more effective for boats that are top-heavy or exceedingly tall? I'm not an engineer so I'm just curious why the engine, batteries, fuel & fresh water weight wouldn't be enough ballast for a boat that was designed without extra ballast? Adding weight causes you to use more fuel so I'd try to make Alan lighter instead of heavier & stow all of the heaviest items as far below the water line as possible.
Lifeboats of this type are designed with very specific aims in mind: to keep a large number of people alive and afloat for 24hrs. Very secondary to the designers are the following: comfort, sea handling, multi-week use and performance whilst lightly laden. The boat is rated to nearly 12,000kg, and currently weighs under 3,000kg. This means, along with the shallow keel, it'll sit high in the water like a cork, and therefore have very uncomfortable handling unless ballast is added. Others might add keels, but I have shallow waters and ice to consider.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals That makes sense. Thank you for the explanation. I neglected to take into account that those boats are designed to be fully loaded when deployed.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals Thank you! Super helpful. Curious roughly how high you had the motor revving to get Alan up to 6 knots. I'd love to build one of these out with an electric motor and couple kilowatts of solar.
Alan tops out speed-wise at around 6knots at under 50% revs, but that's lightly laden and not against currents/tide. For electric I think you'd need 15-20hp equiv. minimum and a high thrust prop, unless you're just talking lakes/canals etc.
Then maybe some polyurethane foam to keep the bars from moving, to keep it cheap and rather easy to remove to access the fittings or add / remove some ballast?
If u need more ballast you could buy broken tungsten Machining tool bits. Cheep because it's broken, heavy because tungsten is very dense and the tools them self are small you can put the anywhere.
nicolas cage movie decision process movie maker: hey nic you wanna be in my movie nic: is there money in it for me movie maker: yes nic: yes simple as that
He must read some of the script. Otherwise how would he find such awful ones so consistently? Surely the law of averages means he’s be in at least one that was merely bad?
@@psibug565 i read his wiki page , he went bankrupt a few years back after wasting every penny he had and ended up owing the taxman a fuck load of money which put him in a position of never being able to refuse work that pays
@@yermanoh I don't care what his wiki page says. The man is suppose to be a super star. Not my fault he didn't pay the tax man. He knew what he was doing. Wesley snipes went to jail for the same shit so why didn't he? Anyways, it is what it is.
That new grinder would have made short work of the paint prep, instead of that pathetic sander. Getting worried, I'm ploughing through these episodes. If I run out I'm going to have to buy a boat and start filming myself grinding things off it to stay sane.
My favorite is watching someone walking along in a COVID mask, realize they need to sneeze, pull down the mask, cover their mouth with their hand and sneeze onto it, then put their mask back on.
Fitted the wight of a person into a small space. Idea: Ask the local mafia for people to put in small spaces Don't take me serious, I am here for the jokes.
@@insertphrasehere15 slightly radioactive and rather poisonous, while barely denser than tungsten. Might be cheap cause no one needs the available amounts, but still hard to get in the necessary quantities. I think tungsten isnt exactly healthy either, but uranium particles is (are) something you realy dont want inside you.
@@the_retag If by any chance your serious-sounding joke reply was, in fact, serious, he might just be able to use you as ballast, as this would make you the densest thing readily available. XD
I wonder if you shouldn't have considered another method for gaining (and losing) ballast with something like inflatable water bladders instead of steel. I guess time will tell.
Just hire fat crew and get them to sleep below! Advantages no extra cost! Saves money as need less cold weather gear and finally mobile so you can trim Alan easily or lighten ship by throwing them overboard! :)
ALEX WHY DO YOU NOT USE URANIM AS BALLAST? IT IS EXTREMELY HEAVY AMD MIGHT ONLY COST 25 MILLION IF ITS DEPLETED! PLEASE USE SAFTY WAIR ON THE RUDDER ASSEMBLY NUTS BOLTS GRAT VEDIO ! ALLAN IS LOOKING VERY SHARP YES I TOOK SPELLING KESSONS TONY STILL CANT FIND YOUR EMAIL I HAVE A BOX OF GOODIES FOR YOU
Osmium or Platinum seem like foolish ideas for Ballast. Depleted Uranium on the hand is more easily obtained - just run around any US Air Force weapons testing range, should be tons of it scattered about where the A-10's practice. Better yet would be Plutonium 234, it's up there in density, though tougher to find, it is being produced daily by several countries so a little digging on the web you should find enough. It would offer 2 additional benefits to the expedition-- #1- it generates heat constantly all by itself and #2 you can then just slap some TEG's on it and get free electricity!!! Lastly, a 3rd benefit would be no worrying about those complicated retirement plans -- WIN, WIN, WIN !!!
I will attempt to honer the long tradition of asking only football helmet short bus worthy questions from this point forward. is it warm enough in December to wear speedos at the north pole . will you be staying with the clause's when you go north heard Mrs clause in hot
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Man your subs are shooting up quick. Well deserved. Congrats.
Cheers. More modest than in March, but we motor onwards.
As redundancy i would make some ballist with spare engine parts & tools that you could need in an emergency? Spare building materials also
My thoughts exactly.
@@RandomNooby my thoughts too. Add a bunch of tubes of silicone, duct tape, boxes of screws and even canned food.
Why dont you use youtube comments for ballast? they are very dense
I resemble that remark!
Touche....
Well played, Sir....Well played....
LOL
This comment deserves to be included in the videos.
I really look forward to these videos! Plus, RUclips has finally quit playing games and is loading them into my subscriptions page. As a side note, I've put on quite a few pounds since COVID started, so I am available to be considered ballast.
RUclips not playing games can only be good news.
Best covid comment yet!
Here was your opportunity to fill the belly of the ship with swords. Oh well steel bars are just as good, I guess...
I'm glad Dick showed you how to cut flatbar properly. Enjoying your content.
I’ve had the same boat. Definitely change the steering mounting. It broke of on mine! Changed it for hydraulic steering, much better. Also, we put an extension on the exhaust so it would be in the water and there for act like a muffler. Worked great. Don’t know if it is of any use for you but the engine makes a lot of noice without any muffler. Good luck with the build!
Cheers. The Bukh was running nicely with good balance this weekend.
What kind of a lifeboat will you carry on your lifeboat? (BTW, I think that your choice of a boat name is outstanding! ( signed) Allen)
And will that lifeboat also have a lifeboat?
You called?
I am thoroughly enjoying the amount of forethought being taken for each stage of the project. Not just tacking on a part that works but taking into consideration how it may affect the other parts, how complicated will it be to move/ replace if needed, and any other ways the part may go wrong or cause a problem.
Thanks Bob. A mix-match of training and advice over the years has led to that mindset.
Love your sense of humour. It’s absolutely gold at times!
Your cheque's in the post
Great use of materials and very meticulous. Enjoyed your update.
Cheers
Haters will always hate. I think you are doing a great job.
Appreciated
Davits make great balance once removed, I am doing the same things as you and we started around the same time, it's great watching your videos, I was going to do a RUclips series on how to build such a machine, but given that you have that covered, I will probably just release, videos on how to make such a machine fully off grid, and how to install a negative/positive pressure genetic engineering and cellular microbiology lab in small telb, the arctic is a big place, so who knows we may bump into each other, although hopefully not literally. Good luck and keep inspiring and entertaining people.
I was wondering my subscription had been canceled, and then you said something about covid. Now it all makes sense
By cutting the galv. steel, you expose the base steel which can start to corrode and rust at the cross-section of the cut. Galv Steel is just a coating on the steel itself.
Yes
+100, you really understand what you set out to do. +700, You can deal with RUclips comments in the best way.
well done
Great work. Do you have a planned departure date that you are working towards.
Not at present
This videos are getting shorter again. You know we want more Alan!
The whole time I was watching this, I was literally shouting "FIN KEELS!". Puts the weight as far down as possible, and the fins slow down rolling. Plus you can beach her at high tide and she'll sit upright like a proper lady. Use half inch or greater sheet steel, calculating the weight you need there.
DO IT, DAMMIT!
P.S. I love this. Sort of thing I'd do if I was younger.
A fin keel would be ripped off amongst sea ice. Do you mean (still quite vulnerable) bilge keels?
@@AlexHibbertOriginals As I recall, Fin Keels and Bilge keels are much the same. Hadn't thought of ice. If you are splashing about in thick pack ice, that is NOT good at all. I'm an old north Atlantic Tin Can sailor, on sonar picket duty listening for Russian subs over the North Atlantic Deep. Came off duty with ice caked rain gear many a time. God help me, I loved it so! To me, the gray waters and grayer sky became beautiful. But it's been a long time. I'm not just rusty, I'm wheelchair bound.
God, I envy you!
Where will you be bound when the time comes?
Quite the CV!
As I understand it, a fin keel protrudes down far further, and is not recommended for icy seas. Bilge keels seem to attract more debate and I'm considering.
You make me smile.
Why do you cover the galv steel with plastic? It is allready corrosion resistant and to me seems like it will only trap more water inside the plastic if there is a hole in the cover or something.
There are cut ends and holes that have lost their coating. They were also a reasonably dusty galv finish, so this keeps the bilge clean. I could have just wrapped the ends, but it's more secure to run along the full length.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals Makes sense. Love your vids!
How long does the happiness effect last after finishing one of your books? I fear that the effect might have started to wear off. Is it time for book nr2?
It's always time for book number two Vince.
One idea, and I'm not a boat man so I do apologize if it is a bad idea: why not create some custom-fitted ballast out of tile grout poured in to molds? I know such a method is commonly used when constructing ersatz machine tools out of scrapyard parts.
Steel is much more dense, and can be removed.
Thats what he said. Tiles. Removable. I see a lot of airgaps inbetween the steel. Concrete mixed with steel punching scrap shaped in bricks placed on rubber.
Might want to paint the ends, where cut, to prevent rust?
might want to have a bigger better ice rated ship built to prevent rust
Yep, a new ice rated boat is definitely the answer!
Might be a silly idea but once you have placed the metal where its going could you not surround it with sand for extra ballast and stability. Would be easy enough to removed with a vscume cleaner if needed.
Easy to remove until it get wet
Sand can also be very abrasive.
He really is taking care that things cannot damage other parts of the boat, as he will be very far away from any rescue.
Another excellent video.
Cheers
Buy another boat? :)
In all honesty, that steering gear looks very complex, and, without a lot of data, I'm not sure I could offer any worthwhile thoughts, beyond the fact that the weld between the clamp-thing on the rudder shaft and the bar leading to the steering wheel looks pretty suspicious from what I can see.
Also, thank you for posting these. As someone stuck in a backwater part of the world who will likely never get to do any artic exploration, it's fun to live vicariously through you.
Thanks and no problem.
5:47 I know it's Hollywood but (here it comes) when there's a big wave or something like in Poseidon Adventure or Perfect Storm you don't want them to fall or be flung into a window or someone. Things to keep it or batteries in place?
Yep there's bolted in braces to be fitted.
Apologies if I am not clear on the ballast bar placement for the keel (I understood the securing logic and methodology of the larger cavity by the fuel cell). How are the bars in the keel cavity being secured in the event of extreme body roll? As for the solicited advise for the rudder rod reinforcement… coiled sleeving (think spring) comes to mind. It can be staggered around braces and won’t trap moisture.
The keel cavity area will also have a perpendicular bar over the top and secured. It'll also be blocked at either end.
What about making a mould of the part you want to place the ballast in and making lumps of concrete that will fit the contours and that can be lifted out if necessary
This would ensure no air gaps, but concrete is a lot less dense than steel, and I want to keep access and flexibility.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals ah yes I suppose you will have redistribute to get the balance correct on sea trials.
I remember some years ago a guy used an old steel lifeboat to go up to the ice. He had to reinforce the steel hull as he knew he risked getting stuck in ice over the winter.
If you lack the power to break ice (the case for most boats and ships) then it's all down to hull shape. I'd rather have a well-shaped wooden boat than a sharp, deep keel steel hull.
Alex, how do you hold the ballast so it doesn't move in rough sea conditions?.
Towards the end of the video you'll see cross braces that'll be bolted in.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals yes, but do you think those braces will be enough?.
Yes. Multiple M10 bolts mounted properly, and with no impact force in the event of inversion (the braces allow for no movement) will hold 200kg of steel in place.
Thanks 😉
There's been experiencing with "flopper stoppers", run out to port and starboard with a securing line forward. Rigged in much the same way as fishing trawlers do nets, except the little torpedoe looking gadgets have "wings" that pull down steady.
Trying to remember where I heard about those. But you'd need a mast and booms, so probably not workable.
Yes, Alan's not well proportioned for mast or rigging of any conventional type.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals Yes, tis true, tis true. But has a beauty of her own. I miss being around ship and boats. Sigh. But here is where I seem to have gone aground.
I can concur, my t-shirt makes me smile everytime I wear it 👍💪🇮🇲
Ballast made interesting, thats got to be a first. Another great video
Thank you. The paint drying ones were an act to follow.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals 😂😂😂
If you want a great ballast series check out SV Seeker. Doug built a 20foot tall lead smelter from scrap and has 30000 pounds cast in to bars. Seeker is a bit bigger than Alan at 76foot
Have you considered concreting the dead space?
Nope - I want access to the hull, the choice to alter configuration, and steel is more dense.
I being thinking with adding metal and electrical stuff. Wouldn't moist air become a big problem along the way? So stashing as much as possible of dehumidifier salt or similar stuff in every nook you can may safe you headaches later
All boats have to deal with sea air, and having metal and electrics. Using desiccant would be something of a losing battle.
LOL, do you mean that a custom designed and built ice ship would be cost prohibitive?
good stuff , its coming along well. looking forward to the sea tails!
Cheers
Awesome.
Please sir, may I have more?
For the steering, look up a heim joint, should be easy to install and they allow all the rotation you should need, they are usually used in custom off road suspension and steering so they are built for a beating, and are available in more sizes than women's garments 👍
Thanks Ryan.
I love how British cheeky your responses to peoples comments. Lol 😆
Yes a Yankee using a red coat's slang. Lol 😆 lol
I really like these videos man
Cheers
Isn't the lifeboat already weighted on the bottom to stay upright? Just curious.
Not really. It relied on lots of people onboard.
The air cylinders were 200kg and set low down. Otherwise, no obvious metalwork/concrete.
Maybe coat the bundles of ballast in tool handle dip? that would corrosion proof them to a large extent.
Only the ends need it, and in this bundle they can be repacked quickly.
See if you can find a parts boat to pull the steering bits from, some cleats and other bits could be salvaged at the same time. Free sailboats are a great source for stainless tube, lead, and expensive boat junk.
Got to ask, who is Dafydd?? Or did I miss an episode
Some bloke keeps coming aboard and graffitiing things.
Alex tell me what the trick is to getting a lifeboat into a boatyard hard standing? I have recently just purchased one and all the boatyards (working) boatyards come back saying “not our type of boat” I’ve looked long and hard from Gravesend to Pentonville hook!!
That's very strange. Are you just trying marinas? They might be snobby. Our yard near Benfleet takes all sorts.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals
No I am looking for boatyards as mine has been converted into a Liveaboard but I need to do cosmetic and general maintenance to bring it up to a standard I like. I purchased mine from CART, it was a seized boat no registration or BSS etc it’s on hardstanding in a holding facility in Chester I’m at struggling to find a yard atm seem to get the same response “don’t take GRP” or “ Unfortunately, on this occasion we will be unable to assist you with moorings and/or hard standing space. Your boat is not suited to this marina and doesn’t meet our required standards or criteria.”
No GRP seems very strange. Most boats in our yard are fibreglass.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals
A boatyard on the Medway just told me today it seems an odd shape and not sure how a crane can lift it lol lol all seems odd to me too! I have a yard near Tottenham on the Lee who is interested so will wait to hear from them.
Yards with sling boat lifts will be able to do it. Email directly via website.
Just out of curiosity, what speaks against using lead as ballast? Shouldn't that be even denser? Is it just corrosion issues again? Or is it just more expensive? Or because it is too soft?
It's a combination of cost, availability, impact in the event of an accident at sea, and how easy it is to cut and shape.
Question, how much fuel will be carried and could this be also used as ballast? (Obviously exchanging the fuel as it's used with seawater)?
Around 2000litres max capacity. The challenge is that this will be mostly in inflatable bladders, and most of the low down areas earmarked for ballast aren't the right shape for tanks or bladders. Plus, I don't want to have to muck about with water replacement (plus steel beats water hands down). This means the fuel will be stored higher up. A compromise.
Why didn't you just use gold as ballast? It's way heavier than steel
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Because someone would insist on osmium.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals ahh good thought didn't think of it. Why don't you just make a new boat :P
@@frogmorely well but it would be hard to move Alan from the yard so maybe its not the best idea
What I don't understand is that these lifeboats are supposed to be self-righting by design so they won't capsize or sink in rough seas. So I wonder if adding ballast is necessary or even advisable. Isn't ballast more effective for boats that are top-heavy or exceedingly tall? I'm not an engineer so I'm just curious why the engine, batteries, fuel & fresh water weight wouldn't be enough ballast for a boat that was designed without extra ballast? Adding weight causes you to use more fuel so I'd try to make Alan lighter instead of heavier & stow all of the heaviest items as far below the water line as possible.
Lifeboats of this type are designed with very specific aims in mind: to keep a large number of people alive and afloat for 24hrs.
Very secondary to the designers are the following: comfort, sea handling, multi-week use and performance whilst lightly laden.
The boat is rated to nearly 12,000kg, and currently weighs under 3,000kg. This means, along with the shallow keel, it'll sit high in the water like a cork, and therefore have very uncomfortable handling unless ballast is added. Others might add keels, but I have shallow waters and ice to consider.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals That makes sense. Thank you for the explanation. I neglected to take into account that those boats are designed to be fully loaded when deployed.
How many RPM is the diesel motor?
Many, many RPMs.
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@@AlexHibbertOriginals Thank you! Super helpful. Curious roughly how high you had the motor revving to get Alan up to 6 knots. I'd love to build one of these out with an electric motor and couple kilowatts of solar.
Alan tops out speed-wise at around 6knots at under 50% revs, but that's lightly laden and not against currents/tide.
For electric I think you'd need 15-20hp equiv. minimum and a high thrust prop, unless you're just talking lakes/canals etc.
Why don't you fill out the ballast areas with Epoxy? It's heavy too, prevents the Steel from moving and rusting....
I want access to the through-hull fittings, and ability to move and change ballast. Plus that quantity of epoxy would be expensive and not that heavy.
Then maybe some polyurethane foam to keep the bars from moving, to keep it cheap and rather easy to remove to access the fittings or add / remove some ballast?
That's one biiiiiiiig grinder.
Hire cars also have the same top speed in all gears, including reverse
They are the fastest on the road, with unlimited payload.
You should have used a 1/100th of a teaspoon of neutron star for ballast
If u need more ballast you could buy broken tungsten Machining tool bits. Cheep because it's broken, heavy because tungsten is very dense and the tools them self are small you can put the anywhere.
Unless they tessellate well, there would be a lot of empty space between the metal bits.
nicolas cage movie decision process
movie maker: hey nic you wanna be in my movie
nic: is there money in it for me
movie maker: yes
nic: yes
simple as that
He must read some of the script. Otherwise how would he find such awful ones so consistently? Surely the law of averages means he’s be in at least one that was merely bad?
@@psibug565 i read his wiki page , he went bankrupt a few years back after wasting every penny he had and ended up owing the taxman a fuck load of money which put him in a position of never being able to refuse work that pays
That seems to be the case with Bruce Willis, since the movies he has been in lately are dumb ass sh$t!!!
@@yermanoh I don't care what his wiki page says. The man is suppose to be a super star. Not my fault he didn't pay the tax man. He knew what he was doing. Wesley snipes went to jail for the same shit so why didn't he? Anyways, it is what it is.
@@outlawflyer7868 white mans privilege im guessing!
That new grinder would have made short work of the paint prep, instead of that pathetic sander. Getting worried, I'm ploughing through these episodes. If I run out I'm going to have to buy a boat and start filming myself grinding things off it to stay sane.
My favorite is watching someone walking along in a COVID mask, realize they need to sneeze, pull down the mask, cover their mouth with their hand and sneeze onto it, then put their mask back on.
Top gear references?
Fitted the wight of a person into a small space.
Idea: Ask the local mafia for people to put in small spaces
Don't take me serious, I am here for the jokes.
Try sad bags, or bags of concrete
Steel is 4x as dense as sand.
Or what about water?
Steel is 8x as dense as water. Is this a wind up?
@@AlexHibbertOriginals and feathers?
You already now a local chicken farmer so feathers should be cheap to get.
Sooo you to fix the rudder problem you could possibly
Get a different boat :)
I would suggest Bismuth. it's way heavier, not radioactive, and makes pretty crystals.
Osmium more than twice the density of bismuth.
@@AlexHibbertOriginals tungsten might have a better availability tho, and still quite dense
@@the_retag NA... Depleted Uranium is the best way to go.
@@insertphrasehere15 slightly radioactive and rather poisonous, while barely denser than tungsten. Might be cheap cause no one needs the available amounts, but still hard to get in the necessary quantities. I think tungsten isnt exactly healthy either, but uranium particles is (are) something you realy dont want inside you.
@@the_retag If by any chance your serious-sounding joke reply was, in fact, serious, he might just be able to use you as ballast, as this would make you the densest thing readily available. XD
Is this practise for moving bricks of cocaine in the future?
Betrayed Angler Grinder!
The IRS picks all of Nicholas Cage's roles for him these days
I wonder if you shouldn't have considered another method for gaining (and losing) ballast with something like inflatable water bladders instead of steel. I guess time will tell.
Steel is massively more dense than water. Water ballast in small boats is a fool's errand.
Or why we wear face coverings full stop...............
1) You're on your own for Brexit
2) I got nothin
3) Nicolas Cage simply does them all
Just hire fat crew and get them to sleep below! Advantages no extra cost! Saves money as need less cold weather gear and finally mobile so you can trim Alan easily or lighten ship by throwing them overboard! :)
You should replace it with gold, much heavier and not bad for the environment.
ALEX WHY DO YOU NOT USE URANIM AS BALLAST? IT IS EXTREMELY HEAVY AMD MIGHT ONLY COST 25 MILLION IF ITS DEPLETED!
PLEASE USE SAFTY WAIR ON THE RUDDER ASSEMBLY NUTS BOLTS GRAT VEDIO ! ALLAN IS LOOKING VERY SHARP YES I TOOK SPELLING KESSONS TONY
STILL CANT FIND YOUR EMAIL I HAVE A BOX OF GOODIES FOR YOU
Have you considered getting a small loan of a couple a hundred million dollars and picking up nuclear powered icebreaker?
Or depleted uranium. :)
A better ballast ?.... Cans of Beef Stew and beer....lol...
Osmium or Platinum seem like foolish ideas for Ballast. Depleted Uranium on the hand is more easily obtained - just run around any US Air Force weapons testing range, should be tons of it scattered about where the A-10's practice. Better yet would be Plutonium 234, it's up there in density, though tougher to find, it is being produced daily by several countries so a little digging on the web you should find enough. It would offer 2 additional benefits to the expedition-- #1- it generates heat constantly all by itself and #2 you can then just slap some TEG's on it and get free electricity!!! Lastly, a 3rd benefit would be no worrying about those complicated retirement plans -- WIN, WIN, WIN !!!
I will attempt to honer the long tradition of asking only football helmet short bus worthy questions from this point forward.
is it warm enough in December to wear speedos at the north pole .
will you be staying with the clause's when you go north heard Mrs clause in hot
Metal.
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