As a sailor for 30 years, I'd highly recommend rounded corners and fiddles for hand holds. I wouldn't fancy falling on the sharp corner of a production boat. As a woodworker for 20 years, I'd recommend picking one (or two) radius corners so you can production line out woodwork fiddles. Thanks for a great Video!!!
I used to work for Boston Whaler I learned so much. Doe to Boston harbor clean-up I poke around old ship building an found lots of small hulls 16 to 18 ft. all was going to be destroyed in the clean-up. Took 4 home setup in garage and brought em to life, new rig, trailers , teak trim, sails and sold them out front. Lots of work, kids helped. I'm telling you this because all the work your doing is will be worth every hour, tears ,cuts and bumps.. Kudos to Jessica and the better man ~~ Carry-on
Matt, you constantly amaze me with your ability to visualize compound cuts, etc. kind of designing on the move, and seeing what the finished product will look like, function like, and in general what the whole boat interior will be when you finally finish this beauty. And I'd be remiss not to say how impressed I am with your beautiful helpmate, Jessica. When you two found each other, it was pure karma. Love both of you.
I binges watched the first bunch of episodes of your build five months ago and I though ro myself that is a huge undertaking they are going to bebusy for three years or more... I came back today and binged the last five months and I was thinking that you two have made impossible seem quick and very possible. Maybe six more months until splash.. Congratulations on the seemingly impossible progress.
Very nice. For this type of planning out what you want it to look like 3d CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) is very helpful. That way, you can fully mockup the space with carboard that can be cut on the spot with scissors.
I was thinking the same thing. Jessca gives Mat enough confidence to keep going but not so much he bites off more than he an chew without doing some research.
Not sure if these would be in the way or work in the space you have but the builders laser levels that put a simple horizontal and vertical line measured from a square bulkhead could save some measuring, put the line where it needs to go use a marker (or chalk) to draw it then you just line the joinery to the line and final measure. This was how the plumber did the bathroom furniture and builder installed the kitchen cabinets (builder used pencil, plumber used chalk). I know you have a horizontal laser you used in the salon area. Same for the toilet both sit on the bucket in differing directions and use the laser to find the "space gap" you are trying to visualize to the cabinet then you can draw a line put up some board or whatever to fill out the space based on the lines and confirm it still works for you both. One idea I saw on a yacht in a small space is they had the toilet square to the wall but the bench space went straight over it to the wall. When the toilet was to be used the bench hinged up and latched vertically giving you access to the toilet and when latched down bench space for clothes, towels, toiletries etc for getting ready to go out or whatever. Just another idea as your bench space looked minimal as you need a sink and tap so more and a straight line may be nice, it gives you less below bench cabinet but more bench space.
Regarding your cupboards I would suggest thinking about what you want to store in them as a way of determining their design. With the toilet is there any way that the base of the toilet can be molded into the inner hull. In other words can you cut out a small section of the inner hull to allow for better positioning of the toilet, it would make little difference to the hull form but make a huge improvement to your bathroom.
A plan is a good thing. I think it is worth the time and effort to jump ahead make sure your infrastructure works with your final design. No fun having a toilet in the middle of the kitchen because a major structural bulkhead is in the way of putting where you wanted it. Stay healthy and we'll see you next week.
Shaping the edge's of such complex areas are very time consuming as we just watched Matt preform perfectly. The final fit is guess work. My past builds I used this tool. If you have scrap sheet metal glue a piece of 40 grit longboard paper to it, make a stick handle and insert it under bulkheads. Pull it out and move over a bit, do again. Makes life easier too.
Matt, your work is beautiful and I'm always amazed with your skills. I never noticed this until today ,but when your wife was talking at the start of the video I realized what beautiful eyes she has . You are a very lucky man to have such a great pardner and she's absolutely beautiful with those stunning eyes. God bless you both with his grace ,stay safe, love unconditionally and may happiness always be in your lives togeather.
For the interior surfaces think about laminates as coverings, the Italians make some great real wood prefinished selections for flat surfaces and the best part is you glue it down with water based inflammable contact cement, trim it with a router and it's done, for the counters go with a solid like Corian which you can do yourself and because it's boat and you don't need huge pieces you can usually get great deals from distributors that have remnants for more than half off but you have to visit the warehouse, also look at paper backed wood veneers which are easy on non-compound round surfaces, for finishing use a big peanut sponge for stain and a painting pad for the urethane, painting pads are great for catalyzed acrylic boat paints, much better finish than a brush or roller on large flat surfaces.
Wow, this video really helped make it clearer what the interior will look like when the extra interior parts get installed. The work you did near the shower was another example of how your ability to see things in your mind, cut the pieces with the tools you have available, and then put them into place. Great job on explaining what you did and why you did it in the order that you did them. It helps us non-boaters understand how one action impacts one or more things down the road.
Excellent work, as usual, indeed the cutouts for the partitions are not a small matter to put in place... Super congratulations for the cutouts which go very well in the right places without too much daylight...!! Congratulations and thank you for this very interesting video...!!
My mother in law is a Lady bought through established titles, I do have a good Mother-in-law so no jokes needed. This Cat is looking fantastic, plenty of space for the galley. She’s wide Great video as usual guy’s. Oh yes been to Falmouth yesterday just for the day, yes I did say hello from both of you!
It sure is cool to see how easy it is to set up layout in your salon I guess that is the beauty of building your own boat from the ground up you’re able to get the exact layout that you want!
Take you time and draw things out and get a clear picture of what you want before you decide or you will wish you did that to begin with, it will be worth the effort in the long run. I wish I would've done some of those things when we built our house.
Wow, that was absolutely super over the top of the epic. Suck to be right to your world. You guys are doing an amazing job on this. I cannot wait to see the end product. But before then, I can’t wait to see the next video because I want to go through this step-by-step with you. I am absolutely stoked. 🤙🏼💯🍻😎🎯
Thanks Keith!! Hopefully in a few weeks I'll be able to do an episode about the first finished production version and then everyone can see what she'll look like when we're finished!! 😃
Great episode! I was asking about this last week. Thanks for the information. Matt, did I hear you say you were working with a CADD program to design the rooms and work on the routing for the wiring and plumbing? I am impressed. I used to use CADd when I was building edit suites. I can only imagine how far it’s come in the 20 years since I’ve used it. I hope you guys didn’t have to do much shoveling after the storm last week. Not sure how bad it was for you down in Maryland, but wher I live we got over two feet of snow and hit with winds of 30-45 and gusts of 60. I bet right about now you guys were wishing you were in the Bahamas- I know I am!!
Just started watching for Australia love it all always look faward to new videos and the prosses of building a new boat from the ground up its truly amazing
Round off the counter part that goes into shower area …. Corners hurt when you bump into them and it would be a great place to put shampoo and washing things … hope this makes sense . Great job guys 👍🏻
@@gavinferguson In the Max Cruise production version they have placed a washing machine in the inboard area just above where we show the toilet here. For ourselves though, we don't plan to have one as it's been incredibly easy finding places to wash our clothing over our last 10 years of travel. 🙂
You guys are awesome with the details and thinking as you go along. The spatial imagining is mind boggling and trying to anticipate every use consideration is like multidimensional chess. Talking it out like you do is the key. Your cutaway to your anniversary night and the "awww" was hilarious! So much fun. Happy belated anniversary and many more. Great music choices, as usual.
Well it seems to work. And from my own experience, having someone that helps "with kinda have an idea" helps validate and occasionally catch the "not sure that's gonna work"...cuz there's plenty of those. And all this just reiterates a big part of what I enjoy about you two, you're a great team. You both have your strengths and acknowledge that in each other. This is hard stuff and you continue to succeed at doing it. I envy you guys and enjoy following you to see it!
Make certain you have enough space below the vanity top for the sink. It looks a bit tight. You two tall folks could also raise the vanity top an inch or two to 37 or 38 inches.
You might end up with water collecting and flowing out of the shower as the boat pitches down if that shelf is continuous. Maybe I'm not envisioning what it will look like but it seems like it could be an issue.
Great work guys. Looking better every video. I still don't like the entertainment section on the saloon deck beside the stairs on the starboard side. Looks bulky, maybe when you come to that you will redesign 😉 Oh and cutting back bulkhead 5 I to shower I would so do that!
Change the stairways, keep it narrow just up beyond the knee level, them go outward and save useable space for other options.Plenty of room to pass through with shoulders and upper body. Just a suggestion! Bear 🐻 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
Matt: how do you intend to finish the interior of your cabinets [ paint , gel coat, Veneers ( wood ?) Obviously the molded exposed surface is crude even if 'PEELPLY SURFACE' anything but finished especially when you figure the the fillers & frp tape! The head especially does not prefer a wood maintenance regime.
Great video; although progress does appear very slow here; would be good to show how you are you doing compared to the project plan timing. "Cool" here means pretentious btw; Dr. Suess teaches one heck of a common-sense lesson in the Sneeches. Mind you I had a buddy years ago that pinned Lord to his credit card; Chinese girls went nuts for it. These strengthing additions make me wonder about the flex that has to be designed into your catamaran, and won't this impact finished cabinetry that will arrive at some point? Finish work is the hardest part - and arguably the more important for enjoyment and resale; you're are only halfway done when the hull is done - usually.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE SURFACE ABOVE YOUR HEAD, that will be subject to high concentration of shower spray/ splash and condensation! Feel like sharing your thoughts? As Advanced Material & Marine Construction I am willing to offer up a few suggestions if you want.
When my parents built their house, they changed the plans 14 times in a simple single-floor ranch-style house. I can only imagine what it would be like in a boat that hasn't been built before. Are you keeping count of the number of changes? Good luck folks.
So far there's only been a few major changes (you'll soon see that in the production version, they also moved the toilet to where we have ours positioned) including lowering our cockpit seats, and cutting back bulkhead 4 in the master vanity. Some others are just ideas, and we'll have to see how they pan out down the road. 🙂
Does the head have to be in its current location? Can it be relocated e.g., steal some space from shower? I’ve seen great setups in wet heads with a flip down bench over the head when not in use.
Hey guys! recently found u. Like your vids, and all build my own boat stuff ! amazing idea. Question: maybe u already covered it (saw only few videos yet), I imagine you bought a boat design blueprints to build it, but it seems, by this video, that u have to figure out interior stuff yourselves? wasn't all this in blueprints? P.S. as an architect myself, I would suggests to do a project with dimensions and 3D renders, would be cheaper than redo stuff multiple times :) paper is much cheaper than building materials :)
Yes, you do get blueprints and a nice instruction manual when you purchase this kit. But because we're building ourselves and not buying a production version, we have the ability to make changes - which is one of the things we love about doing this project. We can customize it to be exactly what we want. One of the things we're thinking of doing, which prompted the layout of salon furniture, is to remove a floor to ceiling cabinet by the entrance to the master berth. We're willing to sacrifice that storage space in order to gain more light (instead of having that window covered) and give more of an open feel to that section of the hull. 🙂
IMHO your initial design depth of cabinetry in bathroom/shower/head is way too big/deep....I would want as much room as possible, start by facing the inside of the hull standing as close to wall/hull with your toes an inch from the hull - this should be your starting reference. From there work out the sink area, bench surface, for my mind the bathroom cabinet doesn’t need to be deep. Same goes with the continued shelf/bench in the shower. I totally agree with increasing the doorway dimensions and toilet position. Hope you find the right balance that works for you, cheers
The marina manager has a flatbed hydraulic trailer, and he'll be able to get that under the bridge deck of the catamaran to move her to the outside work yard when she is ready. 😀
Please be clear.They are not recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland (who is responsible for Heraldry, tracking legitimate Scottish titles (and some other stuff.
It is also technically illegal to have a "Title" as an American Citizen. All presidents that are granted a Knighthood by the queen are only "Honorary Titles"; they don't mean a thing in the United States.
Bought one of those template tools on Amazon after the last video. One of the best $12, including next-day delivery, I've spent while reconfiguring icebox space which requires hull profiling.
We were very lucky and only had about 2" stick to the ground. But, because one of the bubblers in the marina wasn't working, the water around the Viking froze last night! They were able to break it up a bit this morning, and we'll be having some much warmer days later this week.
Matt & Jess - where you have the toilet in the video is different from the drawings you showed. In the drawings, the toilet is next to the shower. What caused you to change the location?
We had to change it as well as Max Cruise, because once things began being placed, we found out there is not enough room in the forward portion for the toilet due to the molded shower pan. If it were to stay there, a person would be left with no arm room for, uh, wiping.
Max Cruise did the same on the production version. The original toilet location worked in theory, but once put in place, they found the dimensions seemed to tight for space around the toilet and the shower. I think we would have still put it there if we didn't have the molded shower pan supplied by Max Cruise. With it, the shower's aft edge was defined and we would have had to straddle that beam to use the toilet. -Matt
@@MJSailing gotcha. I think this was a wise decision. This is going to be an awesome build. Now to see who launches first… MJ Sailing or Rossco from Life on the Hulls! Love the channel.
A company called Whitaker Oil. You have to have a business license and setup an account with them to order. But the pricing is well worth the effort. -Matt
@@MJSailing Well that doesn't help a lot. I've looked for a retailer but found no joy. It appears that it's only sold to distributors who only sell to businesses. I guess I'll have to mix up some thickened epoxy with lots of chopped strand in it as a second rate substitute.
Plexus is available all over at the retail level. But it's easily triple the price to buy it in the tube vs 5 gallon buckets. It's worth it to get a LLC for the business discounts everywhere... We save on everything gor the boat with it.
There's going to be a hydraulic trailer that will back into the tent and the bridge deck portion of the catamaran will rest on it as it is hauled into the work yard to be blocked before launch. 🙂
Decision #1; Let's build a boat: Decision #2; A catamaran it will be: . . . . . . Decision #839553945678109937203780470207400770376; We're ready to go. But where? Gee, glad to see you are better at making decisions than I am.
There are agencies who reach out to channels, and based on companies they are working with, there might be a few who are trying to push specific sales at certain times of the year, which is why you'd see them come up across multiple channels.
@@MJSailing thanks for that explanation. Love the content BTW. if you ever get down to the Adam’s creek area on the ICW , would love to visit with you guys. S/V High Pressure
I'm not sure. We had a lot of set backs and delays in the beginning, but things are moving quicker now. We'll reevaluate when we hit the anniversary day in a month. -Matt
Does CAD give you a good feel for how space works or do you change your thoughts after you imagine how it would work in the real space? Is CAD good for small, compact spaces like a boat head?
@@MJSailing Awesome thanks! I restored a vintage camper about a decade ago, wish I would have watched this series first, would have saved me a lot of time :)
Matt, I love your building project!! Are the green panels pre-made, and if so, where do you purchase them? They look great to work with.. Great job, you guys.
PVC H-80 foam core with a layer of 400g (12 oz) double bias on each side. They came with the boat, so not commercially available with the fiberglass already applied.
I guess that Scottish company hit all the sailing channels. I was sorry to see you guys go so commercial…it must take a boat load of money to do what you’re doing.
Monthly income from the channel was always the plan to pay for this build - and with RUclips ad revenue constantly decreasing, paid integrations make sure we can continue to build the catamaran and put out weekly videos. 😉
As a sailor for 30 years, I'd highly recommend rounded corners and fiddles for hand holds. I wouldn't fancy falling on the sharp corner of a production boat.
As a woodworker for 20 years, I'd recommend picking one (or two) radius corners so you can production line out woodwork fiddles. Thanks for a great Video!!!
I used to work for Boston Whaler I learned so much. Doe to Boston harbor clean-up I poke around old ship building an found lots of small hulls 16 to 18 ft. all was going to be destroyed in the clean-up. Took 4 home setup in garage and brought em to life, new rig, trailers , teak trim, sails and sold them out front. Lots of work, kids helped. I'm telling you this because all the work your doing is will be worth every hour, tears ,cuts and bumps.. Kudos to Jessica and the better man ~~ Carry-on
Wow!!!
Matt, you constantly amaze me with your ability to visualize compound cuts, etc. kind of designing on the move, and seeing what the finished product will look like, function like, and in general what the whole boat interior will be when you finally finish this beauty. And I'd be remiss not to say how impressed I am with your beautiful helpmate, Jessica. When you two found each other, it was pure karma. Love both of you.
I binges watched the first bunch of episodes of your build five months ago and I though ro myself that is a huge undertaking they are going to bebusy for three years or more... I came back today and binged the last five months and I was thinking that you two have made impossible seem quick and very possible. Maybe six more months until splash.. Congratulations on the seemingly impossible progress.
Very nice. For this type of planning out what you want it to look like 3d CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) is very helpful. That way, you can fully mockup the space with carboard that can be cut on the spot with scissors.
I love how Jessica gives Matt the impression he knows what he's doing.
Ps all the best from the Netherlands
I was thinking the same thing. Jessca gives Mat enough confidence to keep going but not so much he bites off more than he an chew without doing some research.
Not sure if these would be in the way or work in the space you have but the builders laser levels that put a simple horizontal and vertical line measured from a square bulkhead could save some measuring, put the line where it needs to go use a marker (or chalk) to draw it then you just line the joinery to the line and final measure. This was how the plumber did the bathroom furniture and builder installed the kitchen cabinets (builder used pencil, plumber used chalk). I know you have a horizontal laser you used in the salon area.
Same for the toilet both sit on the bucket in differing directions and use the laser to find the "space gap" you are trying to visualize to the cabinet then you can draw a line put up some board or whatever to fill out the space based on the lines and confirm it still works for you both.
One idea I saw on a yacht in a small space is they had the toilet square to the wall but the bench space went straight over it to the wall. When the toilet was to be used the bench hinged up and latched vertically giving you access to the toilet and when latched down bench space for clothes, towels, toiletries etc for getting ready to go out or whatever. Just another idea as your bench space looked minimal as you need a sink and tap so more and a straight line may be nice, it gives you less below bench cabinet but more bench space.
Regarding your cupboards I would suggest thinking about what you want to store in them as a way of determining their design.
With the toilet is there any way that the base of the toilet can be molded into the inner hull. In other words can you cut out a small section of the inner hull to allow for better positioning of the toilet, it would make little difference to the hull form but make a huge improvement to your bathroom.
Congratulations on your anniversary, the boat looking better every episode.
Thank you so much for the anniversary wishes!!! Crazy looking back at photos of when we were just a couple of kids. 😍
A plan is a good thing. I think it is worth the time and effort to jump ahead make sure your infrastructure works with your final design. No fun having a toilet in the middle of the kitchen because a major structural bulkhead is in the way of putting where you wanted it. Stay healthy and we'll see you next week.
Shaping the edge's of such complex areas are very time consuming as we just watched Matt preform perfectly. The final fit is guess work. My past builds I used this tool. If you have scrap sheet metal glue a piece of 40 grit longboard paper to it, make a stick handle and insert it under bulkheads. Pull it out and move over a bit, do again. Makes life easier too.
Matt, your work is beautiful and I'm always amazed with your skills. I never noticed this until today ,but when your wife was talking at the start of the video I realized what beautiful eyes she has . You are a very lucky man to have such a great pardner and she's absolutely beautiful with those stunning eyes. God bless you both with his grace ,stay safe, love unconditionally and may happiness always be in your lives togeather.
I can't believe how far you've come with this build - well done, the pair of you!
Thank you!!! There's still a long way to go, but it's such a lift to the spirits to begin laying out furniture and imagining her as a home. 😊
For the interior surfaces think about laminates as coverings, the Italians make some great real wood prefinished selections for flat surfaces and the best part is you glue it down with water based inflammable contact cement, trim it with a router and it's done, for the counters go with a solid like Corian which you can do yourself and because it's boat and you don't need huge pieces you can usually get great deals from distributors that have remnants for more than half off but you have to visit the warehouse, also look at paper backed wood veneers which are easy on non-compound round surfaces, for finishing use a big peanut sponge for stain and a painting pad for the urethane, painting pads are great for catalyzed acrylic boat paints, much better finish than a brush or roller on large flat surfaces.
I like the mock-up. Question: please tell me you are using standard sizes from a dimension standpoint for all major appliances.
Even a mock-up of the layout must be very exciting for you. You have made amazing progress.
It was great to walk around the area and really get a feel for the space. I'm going to have so much galley counter space!! 😀
Wow, this video really helped make it clearer what the interior will look like when the extra interior parts get installed. The work you did near the shower was another example of how your ability to see things in your mind, cut the pieces with the tools you have available, and then put them into place. Great job on explaining what you did and why you did it in the order that you did them. It helps us non-boaters understand how one action impacts one or more things down the road.
Truly amazing work, Matt! And yeah, I plan to be here next year to see how the shower area turns out!!! ;-D
You have an ideal opportunity to fill any and all voids with insulation.
Excellent work, as usual, indeed the cutouts for the partitions are not a small matter to put in place... Super congratulations for the cutouts which go very well in the right places without too much daylight...!! Congratulations and thank you for this very interesting video...!!
My mother in law is a Lady bought through established titles, I do have a good Mother-in-law so no jokes needed.
This Cat is looking fantastic, plenty of space for the galley. She’s wide
Great video as usual guy’s. Oh yes been to Falmouth yesterday just for the day, yes I did say hello from both of you!
Thank you for another entertaining video.
Loved seeing you progress though this build. Keeps me motivated on my woodworking projects.
Rockin' it Matt!
It sure is cool to see how easy it is to set up layout in your salon I guess that is the beauty of building your own boat from the ground up you’re able to get the exact layout that you want!
Take you time and draw things out and get a clear picture of what you want before you decide or you will wish you did that to begin with, it will be worth the effort in the long run. I wish I would've done some of those things when we built our house.
Wow, that was absolutely super over the top of the epic. Suck to be right to your world. You guys are doing an amazing job on this. I cannot wait to see the end product. But before then, I can’t wait to see the next video because I want to go through this step-by-step with you. I am absolutely stoked. 🤙🏼💯🍻😎🎯
As you put things in place and walk around in there you can really start to see just how big its going to be.
Looking good yall 👌
Thanks Keith!! Hopefully in a few weeks I'll be able to do an episode about the first finished production version and then everyone can see what she'll look like when we're finished!! 😃
Great episode! I was asking about this last week. Thanks for the information. Matt, did I hear you say you were working with a CADD program to design the rooms and work on the routing for the wiring and plumbing? I am impressed. I used to use CADd when I was building edit suites. I can only imagine how far it’s come in the 20 years since I’ve used it. I hope you guys didn’t have to do much shoveling after the storm last week. Not sure how bad it was for you down in Maryland, but wher I live we got over two feet of snow and hit with winds of 30-45 and gusts of 60. I bet right about now you guys were wishing you were in the Bahamas- I know I am!!
Great video. Less is more. When we build our home from drawings, we took out several walls from the plans and love the results.
Just started watching for Australia love it all always look faward to new videos and the prosses of building a new boat from the ground up its truly amazing
Those template rulers are awesome! I got one for doing wood floors and it saved me so much material!
Such a time saver too!! We do not miss the plywood and glue method, lol.
Round off the counter part that goes into shower area …. Corners hurt when you bump into them and it would be a great place to put shampoo and washing things … hope this makes sense .
Great job guys 👍🏻
agree inboard space next to toilet would be perfect for washing machine and keeps weight better placed
@@gavinferguson In the Max Cruise production version they have placed a washing machine in the inboard area just above where we show the toilet here. For ourselves though, we don't plan to have one as it's been incredibly easy finding places to wash our clothing over our last 10 years of travel. 🙂
You guys are awesome with the details and thinking as you go along. The spatial imagining is mind boggling and trying to anticipate every use consideration is like multidimensional chess. Talking it out like you do is the key. Your cutaway to your anniversary night and the "awww" was hilarious! So much fun. Happy belated anniversary and many more. Great music choices, as usual.
So happy you enjoyed the episode!! Yes, Matt is very good at the spatial imagining, whereas I 'kinda' have an idea and mostly just trust him, lol.
Well it seems to work. And from my own experience, having someone that helps "with kinda have an idea" helps validate and occasionally catch the "not sure that's gonna work"...cuz there's plenty of those. And all this just reiterates a big part of what I enjoy about you two, you're a great team. You both have your strengths and acknowledge that in each other. This is hard stuff and you continue to succeed at doing it. I envy you guys and enjoy following you to see it!
Make certain you have enough space below the vanity top for the sink. It looks a bit tight. You two tall folks could also raise the vanity top an inch or two to 37 or 38 inches.
We're going with a vessel sink, so no issue of space below the cabinet. But we're still laying it out now.
Said it before, I’ll say it again. “ still the coolest outro “.
The reason you have a plan is so you can deviate from the plan lol, awesome build, well done.
Just wait until the next episode where we have to go 'off-plan' for the beds, lol.
You might end up with water collecting and flowing out of the shower as the boat pitches down if that shelf is continuous. Maybe I'm not envisioning what it will look like but it seems like it could be an issue.
You're right Chris. I angled it 2.5 degrees fwd and down to help elevate that issue, but some other midpoint trim piece may work better.
I would be going crazy doing this.
Great Video !
I Live in Australia but you should invite James from sailing zingaro and will give you the best layout and he very helpful .
We met James at the Annapolis Boat Show - fun guy!
As always, great episode
More progress! Looks great MJ crew! Keep moving along!! 💪💪👊👊👍👍🛠🛠⛵⛵
Great work guys. Looking better every video. I still don't like the entertainment section on the saloon deck beside the stairs on the starboard side. Looks bulky, maybe when you come to that you will redesign 😉
Oh and cutting back bulkhead 5 I to shower I would so do that!
Devil is in the details, isn't it?. That metal template tool is really neat.
Change the stairways, keep it narrow just up beyond the knee level, them go outward and save useable space for other options.Plenty of room to pass through with shoulders and upper body. Just a suggestion! Bear 🐻 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
Amazing guys. I can really begin to see the layout. It’s gonna be sooo cool!
Have you thought about trying the toilet at the nav station?.......LOL (kidding)
Along with a privacy curtain? (I hope?) 😂
And the beast goes on..............✨🌊💨⛵️🏝👙🌞✨
Great job. Keep on digging.
Great great video really enjoyed it,, but how many attempts til you got right ,,, that little gadget worked well.
Matt: how do you intend to finish the interior of your cabinets [ paint , gel coat,
Veneers ( wood ?) Obviously the molded exposed surface is crude even if 'PEELPLY SURFACE' anything but finished especially when you figure the the fillers & frp tape!
The head especially does not prefer a wood maintenance regime.
Fair and paint for interior cabinet surfaces. Wood fiddles on the exposed shelf edge.
Great video; although progress does appear very slow here; would be good to show how you are you doing compared to the project plan timing. "Cool" here means pretentious btw; Dr. Suess teaches one heck of a common-sense lesson in the Sneeches. Mind you I had a buddy years ago that pinned Lord to his credit card; Chinese girls went nuts for it. These strengthing additions make me wonder about the flex that has to be designed into your catamaran, and won't this impact finished cabinetry that will arrive at some point? Finish work is the hardest part - and arguably the more important for enjoyment and resale; you're are only halfway done when the hull is done - usually.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE SURFACE ABOVE YOUR HEAD, that will be subject to high concentration of shower spray/ splash and condensation! Feel like sharing your thoughts? As Advanced Material & Marine Construction I am willing to offer up a few suggestions if you want.
Shortly after I adopted my cat I had him titled. Lord Floofington LéMeow 😅
I so want to get Georgie titled!!! Her full name is actually Georgiana, after a Lady (character) from Pride and Prejudice, lol. 😻
When my parents built their house, they changed the plans 14 times in a simple single-floor ranch-style house. I can only imagine what it would be like in a boat that hasn't been built before. Are you keeping count of the number of changes? Good luck folks.
So far there's only been a few major changes (you'll soon see that in the production version, they also moved the toilet to where we have ours positioned) including lowering our cockpit seats, and cutting back bulkhead 4 in the master vanity. Some others are just ideas, and we'll have to see how they pan out down the road. 🙂
This woman has such a sweet voice she should doing commercial voice overs
welcome after
Dumb question: What is the fiberglass skinned foam core sheet product you are using?
Does the head have to be in its current location? Can it be relocated e.g., steal some space from shower? I’ve seen great setups in wet heads with a flip down bench over the head when not in use.
Another great video!
Hey guys! recently found u. Like your vids, and all build my own boat stuff ! amazing idea.
Question: maybe u already covered it (saw only few videos yet), I imagine you bought a boat design blueprints to build it, but it seems, by this video, that u have to figure out interior stuff yourselves? wasn't all this in blueprints?
P.S. as an architect myself, I would suggests to do a project with dimensions and 3D renders, would be cheaper than redo stuff multiple times :) paper is much cheaper than building materials :)
Yes, you do get blueprints and a nice instruction manual when you purchase this kit. But because we're building ourselves and not buying a production version, we have the ability to make changes - which is one of the things we love about doing this project. We can customize it to be exactly what we want. One of the things we're thinking of doing, which prompted the layout of salon furniture, is to remove a floor to ceiling cabinet by the entrance to the master berth. We're willing to sacrifice that storage space in order to gain more light (instead of having that window covered) and give more of an open feel to that section of the hull. 🙂
have you tried using those small laser levels for vertical and horizontal lines - googley them - home depot or similar
Is the color balance off or did your hair change color, Lady Jessica?
It's been looking very red in some lights - time to color it dark brown.
IMHO your initial design depth of cabinetry in bathroom/shower/head is way too big/deep....I would want as much room as possible, start by facing the inside of the hull standing as close to wall/hull with your toes an inch from the hull - this should be your starting reference. From there work out the sink area, bench surface, for my mind the bathroom cabinet doesn’t need to be deep. Same goes with the continued shelf/bench in the shower. I totally agree with increasing the doorway dimensions and toilet position.
Hope you find the right balance that works for you, cheers
Great effort team! How do you plan to mobilise the catamaran once it is ready to be moved?
The marina manager has a flatbed hydraulic trailer, and he'll be able to get that under the bridge deck of the catamaran to move her to the outside work yard when she is ready. 😀
any point in making those areas(heads) into water tight compartments?
... Cheers...
Please be clear.They are not recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland (who is responsible for Heraldry, tracking legitimate Scottish titles (and some other stuff.
It is also technically illegal to have a "Title" as an American Citizen. All presidents that are granted a Knighthood by the queen are only "Honorary Titles"; they don't mean a thing in the United States.
Could you fill all your watertight compartments with plastic water bottles just in case?
Nice work. I have to ask, where did you buy that templating tool?
amzn.to/3KxTxIh This one has more segments and would work better than the exact one I have. -Matt
Bought one of those template tools on Amazon after the last video. One of the best $12, including next-day delivery, I've spent while reconfiguring icebox space which requires hull profiling.
Is all that making of the shower opening bigger going to weaken the bulkhead?
If we left it alone, yes. But because we're cutting it back, we'll be strengthening the area with unidirectional fiberglass.
How much snow did you get at the marina with the storm along the coast ???
We were very lucky and only had about 2" stick to the ground. But, because one of the bubblers in the marina wasn't working, the water around the Viking froze last night! They were able to break it up a bit this morning, and we'll be having some much warmer days later this week.
Matt & Jess - where you have the toilet in the video is different from the drawings you showed. In the drawings, the toilet is next to the shower. What caused you to change the location?
We had to change it as well as Max Cruise, because once things began being placed, we found out there is not enough room in the forward portion for the toilet due to the molded shower pan. If it were to stay there, a person would be left with no arm room for, uh, wiping.
How strong are the green foam plates too marine plywood and what brand are they. I'm gan but a body of mine is not confinced
Before this episode I don’t I’ve seen Jessica without epoxy and dust all over her!
You'd have to go back quite a bit until we had our last boat, lol
Is that why her hair looked a different color? No dust?
Begging Lady Jessica's pardon for making Matt late for his anniversary dinner.
Great Job!!! Thank You… :-)
What made you change the layout from Max to move the loo aft? Larger shower space?
Max Cruise did the same on the production version. The original toilet location worked in theory, but once put in place, they found the dimensions seemed to tight for space around the toilet and the shower. I think we would have still put it there if we didn't have the molded shower pan supplied by Max Cruise. With it, the shower's aft edge was defined and we would have had to straddle that beam to use the toilet. -Matt
@@MJSailing gotcha. I think this was a wise decision. This is going to be an awesome build. Now to see who launches first… MJ Sailing or Rossco from Life on the Hulls! Love the channel.
lady jessica..... nice ring to it, lady georgie who was from roytaily and matt is a commoner still?
For the moment he is, hahahaha
Where do you purchase your methacrylic? I'm thinking that I'll be wanting to use some on my sailboat refit project.
A company called Whitaker Oil. You have to have a business license and setup an account with them to order. But the pricing is well worth the effort. -Matt
@@MJSailing Well that doesn't help a lot. I've looked for a retailer but found no joy. It appears that it's only sold to distributors who only sell to businesses. I guess I'll have to mix up some thickened epoxy with lots of chopped strand in it as a second rate substitute.
Plexus is available all over at the retail level. But it's easily triple the price to buy it in the tube vs 5 gallon buckets. It's worth it to get a LLC for the business discounts everywhere... We save on everything gor the boat with it.
The HAIR! Highlight of the Video.
will the lift fit into the tent to remove the boat or will you have to take down the tent?
There's going to be a hydraulic trailer that will back into the tent and the bridge deck portion of the catamaran will rest on it as it is hauled into the work yard to be blocked before launch. 🙂
@@MJSailing cool, will be interesting to see
Decision #1; Let's build a boat: Decision #2; A catamaran it will be: . . . . . . Decision #839553945678109937203780470207400770376; We're ready to go. But where?
Gee, glad to see you are better at making decisions than I am.
Oh that last decision has already been made, lol! After a shakedown in the Caribbean, we're headed to the Med! 😍
Put round corners on everything
Do all RUclips channels do the same ads at the same time? Seems like there must be a syndicate for advertisers
There are agencies who reach out to channels, and based on companies they are working with, there might be a few who are trying to push specific sales at certain times of the year, which is why you'd see them come up across multiple channels.
@@MJSailing thanks for that explanation. Love the content BTW. if you ever get down to the Adam’s creek area on the ICW , would love to visit with you guys. S/V High Pressure
👍👏 excelente!
How do you feel about the overall schedule? Are you where you want to be?
I'm not sure. We had a lot of set backs and delays in the beginning, but things are moving quicker now. We'll reevaluate when we hit the anniversary day in a month. -Matt
Does CAD give you a good feel for how space works or do you change your thoughts after you imagine how it would work in the real space? Is CAD good for small, compact spaces like a boat head?
Lady Jess , you can call me Lord Peter bwahahaha
Is this your boat or are you building for someone else?
This is our boat that we'll be sailing the world on when it is completed. 😊
another great video. Can't wait to watch the next episode. Thank you.
Anyone have a link for those clamps???
amzn.to/3KxTxIh This one has more segments and would work better than the exact one I have. -Matt
@@MJSailing Awesome thanks! I restored a vintage camper about a decade ago, wish I would have watched this series first, would have saved me a lot of time :)
Matt, I love your building project!! Are the green panels pre-made, and if so, where do you purchase them? They look great to work with.. Great job, you guys.
PVC H-80 foam core with a layer of 400g (12 oz) double bias on each side. They came with the boat, so not commercially available with the fiberglass already applied.
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My Lady Jessica are you planing to fly the SCOTTISH Flag on thy vessel as well?....😊🛅
As a courtesy flag, absolutely!!, lol. Can't not wait to sail those beautiful waters again.
algorithm hug!
I guess that Scottish company hit all the sailing channels. I was sorry to see you guys go so commercial…it must take a boat load of money to do what you’re doing.
Monthly income from the channel was always the plan to pay for this build - and with RUclips ad revenue constantly decreasing, paid integrations make sure we can continue to build the catamaran and put out weekly videos. 😉
use cardboard to mock up....?
So now begins the hard grind of lots of small jobs, so suck in your guts, square your shoulders, eyes on the prize.