I've watched this a week ago, but had to watch it again when it went public. This is so great you two! EVEN BETTER the 2nd time around, Especially after listening to your down-to-earth podcast on Patreon with the backstories. Rock on! can't wait for the next one
Another beautifully executed and practical enhancement to your boat. You guys always manage to invest the right amount of time, detail and planning into these projects and the results speak for themselves. I am tiring of many other sailing / project channels who continually fail to thoroughly plan and / or take shortcuts, then proceed to bleat, whinge and cry when inevitably everything turns to s**t. Clearly you guys are the “benchmark” for renovation and improvements for live aboard yachting. Bravo !!!
I was so put off when I read the title. I thought Uma was gone. To me Uma is the third crew member and a big reason I watch your videos. I don't look forward to the actual sailing videos as much as I do to seeing your DIY on Uma. I am in awe of the work you two have done together and love seeing your mistakes because they make your successes seem even so much sweeter. You two should collaborate with some company and have your own line of sailing vessels. What you have done to Uma has transformed her into so much more than she was. She now has a much more practical layout and at the same time so much more beautiful. To me Uma is your baby and I kind of dread the day you have fixed up everything you can possibly fix up. Than like a child that has grown up and no longer needs their parents, she goes off on other adventures. If you are to continue making videos like your current videos, that seems inevitable.
Uma is now a carbon fiber 40 footer.... Love the build videos. Both of your humility and willingness to do the hard work keeps bringing these wonderful people to help you along the way. Big respect..One love Dan and Kika!!
I recently finished watching EVERYTHING and now I'm going through all of them making sure I clicked like on them all. You really deserve a bigger platform and this channel will definitely blow up to over a million
Honestly, I check twice a day for your updates. You guys are building a body of knowledge that serves you well now, but will also be invaluable if and when you decide to start a business designing sailboats or other craft. It's great to watch as you move along your chosen path.
An ‘old timer’ who worked in the early fiberglass days in the 50’s told me about how the early resins were so thick and sticky there was no hand-lay up. Everything was done by pressure molding of various methods . They were making an early small boat hull using a large rubber bladder, after they blew the mold apart and scared a lot of people they switched to wetlayup vacuum bagging as the materials improved too. But apparently what comes around goes around and back to bladder pressure forming! We also used to make Mack truck air intakes in alum molds and pressure bladders ! There’s nothing new under the sun! Cheers Warren
STEVEN HOLTON Hi steve ,small world! I made the tooling for Mack truck hoods and other parts . We also took over the east coast manufacture of the big square front 'California hood' like this images.app.goo.gl/gSNHcPARn9agEGZQ9 At the height of production in the 80's we made over 450 various models of hood a week! Crazy times! In the Mack truck headquarters lobby in the Leigh valley they had part of the front of the square front model coming out of the wall with a painted scene of it driving across the Death Valley! Some of the slammer models like the CL 700 were built by compression molding in huge metal molds. But later converted to ha lay up / spray up by us and others! Cheers Warren
Oh you guys are loads of fun today on a dark and rainy afternoon so happy I get your notices! Back in time, no special effects! lololol Always amazed and you two never disappoint!
YOU guys are the best skilled sailors creative people knowledgeable for a variety of skills. I have been watching you guys for about 5 months. take it from this old Vietnam Vet YOU are the Greatest!!
RUclips kept recommending your channel for quite some time. But I thought just another boring couple celebrating themselves spending their parents money. After having watched three episodes now. I must confess: I could not have been more wrong. Great channel great couple!! Love what you are doing. Keep on doing it! Amazing how you transformed this old vessel into a custom made home. We recently purchased a 42 yr old trailer sailor and I am renovating it, but of course will never reach your level of perfection. But still you are very inspiring to me. Thanks a lot! Cheers from Germany and all the best to you in all the endeavors to come.
That has got to be fun and so rewarding to make things yourself. We have a love hate relationship with all projects. You guys are great. Thank you for sharing your life and time with us. ~ Chris & Jolene
I made it! 239 of your video's in 7 days!!! Total binge watch from the very beginning and you guys have inspired me to plan my first steps towards the waters, thank you so much and i can't wait for more.
Pretty fantastic addition to Uma. That carbon fiber bow spirit is pretty sweet. One thing to be careful about is carbon fiber laminate are pretty sensitive to impact damage. Please be sure to take care in that area especially with the anchor so close. I know you talked about a new bow roller for the anchor and you have most likely done the research but need to be careful. It is very light and strong but not indestructible. Another great video. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
Hey guys. I just wanted you to know that I bought a 27 foot helms yesterday. I’ve been dreaming of living in a sailboat since u was 14. I am now 18 years old living on my own boat and it’s all thanks to your channel
yes, but at times like this with people locked home because of the pandemia, the "don't buy a couch" slogan may be offensive so some, because it is sitting on our "couches" quarentened at home that we see all the beautiful couples sailing in the su
I started with your earliest vids, and jumped to the e-motor ones, I thought you got a new boat, it looks so much different (much improved). Well done, folks. Thanks for sharing. Making me think about my options (retirement is looming). Inspiring.
CF is awesome, when weight matters. This is an old heavy fiberglass tub. Weight doesn't matter. I would have went with a nice hunk of spruce or oak or whatever.
No you most definitely don't need any special effects! You two are already special! After watching todays video we are probably going to call you the two special people from Sailing Uma...:) Loved todays video, you are proper buzzing!
This video was over far too soon. Best Uma video so far. I love your DIY videos- even when there is a shop involved. Dan is looking like an old salt now. Loved this video, looking forward to your next one!
My father and I have been rebuilding our boats and you guys make me wish i filmed it all lol. We put in two floors (ribs,runner even bulkhead and transem on one) hope you are doing well 🤗 take care Uma crew!
7kg of high pressure moulded carbon fiber tubing... I'll guess that that Seldén front piece or the anchor guide would come flying off before any significant strain or bend is notable on that sprit. Awesome as always, Uma is such a contemporary vessel as they come!
Love these videos. Great boat and a great couple using and improving it. I really like how well you guys make your improvements and the fact that you carefully research things before starting a project. What really attracts me, however, is that you are a lovely couple, you make the people part of your videos very attractive. I see I have more to watch so I'll be catching up on all your videos. Lots of luck from an old 80 year old, ex-sailor.
Watching this in Western Australia reminds me that I am not missing British winters! Very interesting to see the tubular carbon fibre construction I was expecting it to be wrapped around a mandril as they do with fishing rods, nice work by the guys at the Multihull Centre,
Go top down. If you get a loose furl the slack is lower/even. Slack above tries to set when the wind gets up (when you can't unfurl to correct). I don't know about differences in dropping the halyard. Looking forward to your sheets and lines solution that doesn't need another winch (and hopefully gets around Uma's high helm position).
What you guys could do, add a wider metal plate inside the boat and under the mount. Let your bolts through, then tight it with washers + nuts. That would distribute the pressure better than 5 bolts with washers going straight to the surface of the fiberglass. I don't know how much stress suppose to be on that extension but if some there, you probably could upgrade it (5 min job) for safety purposes. Similar trick being used in custom cars.
Uma gets better and better. Nice job guys. You will have a hard time parting with this masterpiece of a boat one day. One day you will pop out a kid and daz cat will flick you a big fast cat and uma will be a heart breaker. She will be worth more than a new boat. She is better than new. Love your production.
Hi Dan and Kika...always enjoy your episodes. You've done so many upgrades and renovations on Uma, I would love to a current boat tour in one episode to bring us up to date. If you have before and after footage that would make it even better to understand the considerable effort you've gone to, to make this yatcht 'your' home. Safe sailing... cheers Gaz 🇦🇺
You two Are the special effects. Light air sailing... Have you considerd redesigning tradewinds twin downwind cruising sail(s) with an added smaller forward, centered, narrow sail in front of and between the twins spilling a breath of air out across the lead surfaces of the twins? Thus, what if your boat , theoretically, can go faster than the wind downwind?
Hey guys, someone has probably already said it, but no need to drill and tap the fitting on deck. Install with Sikaflex or 3M4200 and it will never accidentally come out, but you will be able to break it free if you wish.
⛵Wow! Quite involved. But doing it right the first time saves much aggravation later. I have noticed when you do work or an upgrade you put a lot of thought into it. Good job stay well and happy.
I start watching you guys channel about 6 months ago. I admire what you bring to your channel, the adventure, your positive attitude, and bravery to go into the world and live your life. What keeps me interested is Kika has the likeness of my older daughter. I have sent links of your channel to family members to watch without mentioning nothing about the likeness between my daughter and Kika. Everyone who seen your RUclips video is stunned at how much they look alike. If you guys are ever interested in seeing ampic of my daughter, I would be willing to send a photo. Kika could easily to mistaken as her little sister.
Haha! Love that you're getting uesed to the Cornish weather:-)! Such nice people at the multihull centre! They did such a good job with the bowsprit, honestly didn't know that carbon fibre was so similar to fibreglass (but I suppose it makes sense!). So fun watching your videos!
I thought you were getting a new boat. You guys are awesome with doing all your own work. I have a 70ft power cat and do some of my own work and thanks to videos like yours I m doing more
👍👍⭐️Absolutely amazing! I don’t know anything about any of this and it’s definitely not something I would ever attempt but my good senses tell me that this is FANTASTIC!! ⭐️🤗💞🤗
The boat we live on doesn't have a prod but the one we race on has a retractable one. The biggst issue we've had with it is the pin that you lock it in place with once you've let the tack out - we've had to hammer the pin straight when its bent and replaced it twice. They get some heeelllla load on them
Wow - just listening to you two, I'm learning how much there is to learn about sailing!!! Learning about a subject like sailing takes just one step ... To Start :-) Thanks for sharing.
You are going to need a tough material in the socket to prevent the carbon from fretting. The bobstays and cable to the mast will hold it in place. You need to design the bow look into your new anchor roller. Two tons of force for a big spinnaker is a 3 knot breeze. And it's going to not just be pulling forward. It has to be strong enough to lift your hull out of the water by the bow fastenings. You need a big load spreader plate below deck for the socket if you dont decide to create a beam across to spread the load . Think downward and upward force on the socket along with angular. How thick is the deck where the socket installed.
Fascinating, guys, like everything you do, using your brain cells. No need for any sort of chinstrap for the bowsprit?. Rain again? Welcome to England! I would love to visit and experience all this technology on your boat.
Your stainless socket would need a steel plait 5mm thick on the underside of your bow sprit so that force are spread over a wider area. Use nylon locknuts to secure, this would take up any vibration and max the loading force it was designed for. Great video, hve been watching every video you have made and hope to get out on the water for the first time here in Indonesia.
@9:04 1 bar is exactly 14.7 psi which is 1 atmosphere pressure, so 2 bar is 2 atmospheres and that = exactly 29.4 psi for easy maths where tolerance is not hugely critical most round the 14.7 psi to 15 psi oh and car tyres are normally inflated to 30-35psi
I love seeing the two of you working together. I'm surprised there isn't a steel backing plate to distribute the load over a wider area than just washers. I would think that over time all that up/down force would crack the fiberglass.
Even a thick ply backing plate and large penny washers would do the trick. But remember, the load is usually downwards. Unless they poke it under a dock handrail by accident.
there is an alternative - get yourselves a 40-footer instead, 40 seems to be right at the apex of the comfort/cost ratio, 50 being indulgent, 60 extravagant and 35 almost just enough but not quite. but if you desperately want a bowsprit, a net and/or footrope is an inexpensive precaution because for sure you will be one day having to go to the end of the bowsprit when you least want to because the uphaul has seized in the middle of a storm in the middle of the night with crosswaves against swell.
Nice job - I want to do that to my Tartan. I suggest a backing plate instead of washers on the underside of the socket. It will distribute load better.
The load is in compression, so a backing plate would be useless. We do have plans to reinforce the under side of the deck with fiberglass when we get around to the other projects we have up there like the new bow roller etc. But for now, it's plenty strong enough.
A thing I've noticed on our carbon fiber outriggers is they don't do well in Tropical heat. The outer laminate has basically pealed exposing the inner fibers. Make sure you use some good UV protecting wax on that beautiful new piece.
Sunlight resistance is more a function of the resin used than the carbon fiber itself, being black it will adsorb more infrared (heat) which in extreme cases could cause de-lamination, in which case paint it white. Varnish, unless a UV blocking additive is added is not naturally UV resistant (most varnish sold at marine stores does have a UV blocking additive added).
Very stout bow sprit! Great idea for that new Code D sail. Well done Uma Crew!😁💥✌️ I hope to hear more test data from your new electric motor particularly the regen stats.
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I've watched this a week ago, but had to watch it again when it went public. This is so great you two! EVEN BETTER the 2nd time around, Especially after listening to your down-to-earth podcast on Patreon with the backstories. Rock on! can't wait for the next one
Glad you enjoyed it... twice 😊excited to share the next story!
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The guys from Multihull are absolutely fantastic.
Except the name on the door said, Multi Marine.
Another beautifully executed and practical enhancement to your boat. You guys always manage to invest the right amount of time, detail and planning into these projects and the results speak for themselves. I am tiring of many other sailing / project channels who continually fail to thoroughly plan and / or take shortcuts, then proceed to bleat, whinge and cry when inevitably everything turns to s**t. Clearly you guys are the “benchmark” for renovation and improvements for live aboard yachting. Bravo !!!
Happily, AGREE!
I was so put off when I read the title. I thought Uma was gone. To me Uma is the third crew member and a big reason I watch your videos. I don't look forward to the actual sailing videos as much as I do to seeing your DIY on Uma. I am in awe of the work you two have done together and love seeing your mistakes because they make your successes seem even so much sweeter. You two should collaborate with some company and have your own line of sailing vessels. What you have done to Uma has transformed her into so much more than she was. She now has a much more practical layout and at the same time so much more beautiful.
To me Uma is your baby and I kind of dread the day you have fixed up everything you can possibly fix up. Than like a child that has grown up and no longer needs their parents, she goes off on other adventures. If you are to continue making videos like your current videos, that seems inevitable.
Uma is now a carbon fiber 40 footer.... Love the build videos. Both of your humility and willingness to do the hard work keeps bringing these wonderful people to help you along the way.
Big respect..One love Dan and Kika!!
You guys just keep blowing my mind. Uma's progress is remarkable, and genius. My hat is off to you both. Thank you for sharing.
I recently finished watching EVERYTHING and now I'm going through all of them making sure I clicked like on them all. You really deserve a bigger platform and this channel will definitely blow up to over a million
Carbon fiber has an abrupt failure mode...snap...... metal bends before failure...bowsprit is very vulnerable... Love Sailing Uma
Honestly, I check twice a day for your updates. You guys are building a body of knowledge that serves you well now, but will also be invaluable if and when you decide to start a business designing sailboats or other craft. It's great to watch as you move along your chosen path.
An ‘old timer’ who worked in the early fiberglass days in the 50’s told me about how the early resins were so thick and sticky there was no hand-lay up. Everything was done by pressure molding of various methods . They were making an early small boat hull using a large rubber bladder, after they blew the mold apart and scared a lot of people they switched to wetlayup vacuum bagging as the materials improved too. But apparently what comes around goes around and back to bladder pressure forming! We also used to make Mack truck air intakes in alum molds and pressure bladders !
There’s nothing new under the sun!
Cheers Warren
warp21drive I used to handlay Mack truck hoods in Calif! ha
STEVEN HOLTON Hi steve ,small world! I made the tooling for Mack truck hoods and other parts . We also took over the east coast manufacture of the big square front 'California hood' like this images.app.goo.gl/gSNHcPARn9agEGZQ9
At the height of production in the 80's we made over 450 various models of hood a week! Crazy times!
In the Mack truck headquarters lobby in the Leigh valley they had part of the front of the square front model coming out of the wall with a painted scene of it driving across the Death Valley!
Some of the slammer models like the CL 700 were built by compression molding in huge metal molds. But later converted to ha lay up / spray up by us and others! Cheers Warren
Oh you guys are loads of fun today on a dark and rainy afternoon so happy I get your notices! Back in time, no special effects! lololol Always amazed and you two never disappoint!
You guys are amazing. Just enough detail to help us understand. Our favorite channel. Thanks. Jan and Ron
YOU guys are the best skilled sailors creative people knowledgeable for a variety of skills. I have been watching you guys for about 5 months. take it from this old Vietnam Vet YOU are the Greatest!!
RUclips kept recommending your channel for quite some time. But I thought just another boring couple celebrating themselves spending their parents money. After having watched three episodes now. I must confess: I could not have been more wrong. Great channel great couple!!
Love what you are doing. Keep on doing it!
Amazing how you transformed this old vessel into a custom made home. We recently purchased a 42 yr old trailer sailor and I am renovating it, but of course will never reach your level of perfection. But still you are very inspiring to me. Thanks a lot!
Cheers from Germany and all the best to you in all the endeavors to come.
Such attention to detail and tolerances. Beyond craftmanship. AND that statement also applies to your film making. You two are a great team.
My wife and I really enjoy you episodes.
That has got to be fun and so rewarding to make things yourself. We have a love hate relationship with all projects. You guys are great. Thank you for sharing your life and time with us. ~ Chris & Jolene
I made it! 239 of your video's in 7 days!!! Total binge watch from the very beginning and you guys have inspired me to plan my first steps towards the waters, thank you so much and i can't wait for more.
....we need to see the full length of kika's "do you want to build a bowsprit"
Kudos to Multihull for helping out. Their help would have been invaluable to your project. It's great to have friends like them.
Pretty fantastic addition to Uma. That carbon fiber bow spirit is pretty sweet. One thing to be careful about is carbon fiber laminate are pretty sensitive to impact damage. Please be sure to take care in that area especially with the anchor so close. I know you talked about a new bow roller for the anchor and you have most likely done the research but need to be careful. It is very light and strong but not indestructible. Another great video. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
Hey guys. I just wanted you to know that I bought a 27 foot helms yesterday. I’ve been dreaming of living in a sailboat since u was 14. I am now 18 years old living on my own boat and it’s all thanks to your channel
Awesome for you! 👍⛵😎
Go, Gareth. You are at the perfect age to make dreams real! May you always have a following wind!
Awesome men I'm 35 just moved on to a Hughes 29.. Fair winds
Bravo Gareth! Living the dream at such a young age! The world is your oyster now! :)
perfect time before life grabs hold and ties you down
Man, laying up carbon looks so fun. Great video!
I love the "Don't buy a couch" on the end of it! :)
yes, but at times like this with people locked home because of the pandemia, the "don't buy a couch" slogan may be offensive so some, because it is sitting on our "couches" quarentened at home that we see all the beautiful couples sailing in the su
Luv Dan's Engineering Mindset 💕 🏁 💕
Lord! You guys ROCK!
Other sailors: “Let’s sail and see things!
You; “Let’s make our boat an ever more awesome sailing machine!”
I started with your earliest vids, and jumped to the e-motor ones, I thought you got a new boat, it looks so much different (much improved). Well done, folks. Thanks for sharing. Making me think about my options (retirement is looming). Inspiring.
Just fabulous, Uma is becoming a sleek goddess.
CF is awesome, when weight matters. This is an old heavy fiberglass tub. Weight doesn't matter. I would have went with a nice hunk of spruce or oak or whatever.
No you most definitely don't need any special effects! You two are already special! After watching todays video we are probably going to call you the two special people from Sailing Uma...:)
Loved todays video, you are proper buzzing!
You are very creative and unstoppable.
I just found your channel.
You two are the funniest, cutest pair.
Best of luck in your adventures. Thank you for sharing them.
This video was over far too soon. Best Uma video so far. I love your DIY videos- even when there is a shop involved. Dan is looking like an old salt now. Loved this video, looking forward to your next one!
That bow sprit is great. Nicely conceived and executed.
You two are very special, love your show a great teacher you are.
This and ALL your other videos is why your numbers are so good... Keep up the good work !!
Impressive molding technique. Who would have thought an internal bladder! Your design work is as always outstanding.
My father and I have been rebuilding our boats and you guys make me wish i filmed it all lol. We put in two floors (ribs,runner even bulkhead and transem on one) hope you are doing well 🤗 take care Uma crew!
Nice addition to Uma! Hope that you guys are staying safe.
Simon and the boys did a hulluva job!! The sprit looks great on Uma.
You folk are awesome!
Love the new Bowsprit. Worried about pirates? Just yell "Ramming Speed !!!" and they'll give you a wide berth.
😂
Awesome , helpful folk at Multimarine. Great company.
That Sprit looks fantastic!
I like the sticker as well. :)
7kg of high pressure moulded carbon fiber tubing... I'll guess that that Seldén front piece or the anchor guide would come flying off before any significant strain or bend is notable on that sprit. Awesome as always, Uma is such a contemporary vessel as they come!
Love these videos. Great boat and a great couple using and improving it. I really like how well you guys make your improvements and the fact that you carefully research things before starting a project. What really attracts me, however, is that you are a lovely couple, you make the people part of your videos very attractive. I see I have more to watch so I'll be catching up on all your videos. Lots of luck from an old 80 year old, ex-sailor.
Watching this in Western Australia reminds me that I am not missing British winters! Very interesting to see the tubular carbon fibre construction I was expecting it to be wrapped around a mandril as they do with fishing rods, nice work by the guys at the Multihull Centre,
You guys are so cool.. thanks for sharing even reapairing, experimenting, travelling, and everything you experienced. More productive guys..
Go top down.
If you get a loose furl the slack is lower/even. Slack above tries to set when the wind gets up (when you can't unfurl to correct). I don't know about differences in dropping the halyard.
Looking forward to your sheets and lines solution that doesn't need another winch (and hopefully gets around Uma's high helm position).
What you guys could do, add a wider metal plate inside the boat and under the mount. Let your bolts through, then tight it with washers + nuts.
That would distribute the pressure better than 5 bolts with washers going straight to the surface of the fiberglass. I don't know how much stress suppose to be on that extension but if some there, you probably could upgrade it (5 min job) for safety purposes. Similar trick being used in custom cars.
You are teaching me so much about the structure of a yacht. Fascinating episode.
Great project, simple and elegant.
Multihull did a beautiful job on your bow spirit, ...a perfect addition to your future plans. Thank you for sharing. Safe travels.
Uma gets better and better. Nice job guys. You will have a hard time parting with this masterpiece of a boat one day. One day you will pop out a kid and daz cat will flick you a big fast cat and uma will be a heart breaker. She will be worth more than a new boat. She is better than new. Love your production.
Hi Dan and Kika...always enjoy your episodes. You've done so many upgrades and renovations on Uma, I would love to a current boat tour in one episode to bring us up to date. If you have before and after footage that would make it even better to understand the considerable effort you've gone to, to make this yatcht 'your' home. Safe sailing... cheers Gaz 🇦🇺
I love how upset Dan was that they were not allowing him to lay up that carbon. LOL so hands on...awesome.
You two Are the
special effects. Light air sailing... Have you considerd redesigning tradewinds twin downwind cruising sail(s) with an added smaller forward, centered, narrow sail in front of and between the twins spilling a breath of air out across the lead surfaces of the twins? Thus, what if your boat , theoretically, can go faster than the wind downwind?
Hey guys, someone has probably already said it, but no need to drill and tap the fitting on deck. Install with Sikaflex or 3M4200 and it will never accidentally come out, but you will be able to break it free if you wish.
⛵Wow! Quite involved. But doing it right the first time saves much aggravation later. I have noticed when you do work or an upgrade you put a lot of thought into it. Good job stay well and happy.
Good to get to visit with you all again...take care!
I start watching you guys channel about 6 months ago. I admire what you bring to your channel, the adventure, your positive attitude, and bravery to go into the world and live your life. What keeps me interested is Kika has the likeness of my older daughter. I have sent links of your channel to family members to watch without mentioning nothing about the likeness between my daughter and Kika. Everyone who seen your RUclips video is stunned at how much they look alike. If you guys are ever interested in seeing ampic of my daughter, I would be willing to send a photo. Kika could easily to mistaken as her little sister.
Haha thats 😄 . Yea send it over :) our email is sailinguma (at) gmail
Haha! Love that you're getting uesed to the Cornish weather:-)! Such nice people at the multihull centre! They did such a good job with the bowsprit, honestly didn't know that carbon fibre was so similar to fibreglass (but I suppose it makes sense!). So fun watching your videos!
I thought you were getting a new boat. You guys are awesome with doing all your own work. I have a 70ft power cat and do some of my own work and thanks to videos like yours I m doing more
👍👍⭐️Absolutely amazing! I don’t know anything about any of this and it’s definitely not something I would ever attempt but my good senses tell me that this is FANTASTIC!! ⭐️🤗💞🤗
Halyard never stops banging and bow sprit takes all the loads. I'm just gonna leave it at that.
Guys love the new bow sprit...especially coz its made in England lol... can't wait to see the rest of the bow mods...
The boat we live on doesn't have a prod but the one we race on has a retractable one. The biggst issue we've had with it is the pin that you lock it in place with once you've let the tack out - we've had to hammer the pin straight when its bent and replaced it twice. They get some heeelllla load on them
I've been binging and forgot to sub because you guys are all over from watching so much
You guys are legend !
So very interesting to see the laying out of the mold and the process of making it.
epic episode again Kika&Dan! really enjoyed it and looking forward to see it in use ! fair winds !
Richard Cremer same here!
Wow - just listening to you two, I'm learning how much there is to learn about sailing!!! Learning about a subject like sailing takes just one step ... To Start :-) Thanks for sharing.
You are going to need a tough material in the socket to prevent the carbon from fretting.
The bobstays and cable to the mast will hold it in place. You need to design the bow look into your new anchor roller.
Two tons of force for a big spinnaker is a 3 knot breeze. And it's going to not just be pulling forward. It has to be strong enough to lift your hull out of the water by the bow fastenings. You need a big load spreader plate below deck for the socket if you dont decide to create a beam across to spread the load . Think downward and upward force on the socket along with angular. How thick is the deck where the socket installed.
Fascinating, guys, like everything you do, using your brain cells. No need for any sort of chinstrap for the bowsprit?. Rain again? Welcome to England! I would love to visit and experience all this technology on your boat.
watching the videos because your voices are undoubtly calming!!
I love ur rendition of “Do u wanna build a snowman.” 🥰😂
You’re filming and editing skills are top notch now.
Your stainless socket would need a steel plait 5mm thick on the underside of your bow sprit so that force are spread over a wider area. Use nylon locknuts to secure, this would take up any vibration and max the loading force it was designed for. Great video, hve been watching every video you have made and hope to get out on the water for the first time here in Indonesia.
Best time of the day, notification for another Sailing Uma Video to watch. Thanks guys. stay safe.
CarbonFIBER 40fter sounds awesome
....so multihulls ... yes think the get and old racing trimaran and convert would be a insane cool future project....
Love you guys! I do really enjoy watching your videos, with tons of information. 👍👍
I came to this right after finding your first boat tour... HOLY COW YAY
@9:04 1 bar is exactly 14.7 psi which is 1 atmosphere pressure, so 2 bar is 2 atmospheres and that = exactly 29.4 psi
for easy maths where tolerance is not hugely critical most round the 14.7 psi to 15 psi
oh and car tyres are normally inflated to 30-35psi
That’s just bad ass. Y’all have outdone yourselves, again . 💚💙💪😎✅🤙
I love seeing the two of you working together.
I'm surprised there isn't a steel backing plate to distribute the load over a wider area than just washers.
I would think that over time all that up/down force would crack the fiberglass.
Even a thick ply backing plate and large penny washers would do the trick. But remember, the load is usually downwards. Unless they poke it under a dock handrail by accident.
there is an alternative - get yourselves a 40-footer instead, 40 seems to be right at the apex of the comfort/cost ratio, 50 being indulgent, 60 extravagant and 35 almost just enough but not quite. but if you desperately want a bowsprit, a net and/or footrope is an inexpensive precaution because for sure you will be one day having to go to the end of the bowsprit when you least want to because the uphaul has seized in the middle of a storm in the middle of the night with crosswaves against swell.
Always good to watch y'all.
love you guys!
Very cool. Can't wait to see you use it for the first time!
Another super interesting episode! We need one of those on our Pearson!
The MultiHull Centre, they're good people! I hope they get lots of marketing via your video! Thanks for the video upload! 👍
Nice job - I want to do that to my Tartan. I suggest a backing plate instead of washers on the underside of the socket. It will distribute load better.
The load is in compression, so a backing plate would be useless. We do have plans to reinforce the under side of the deck with fiberglass when we get around to the other projects we have up there like the new bow roller etc. But for now, it's plenty strong enough.
A thing I've noticed on our carbon fiber outriggers is they don't do well in Tropical heat. The outer laminate has basically pealed exposing the inner fibers. Make sure you use some good UV protecting wax on that beautiful new piece.
Yes, you have to keep them well varnished just like wood.
Sunlight resistance is more a function of the resin used than the carbon fiber itself, being black it will adsorb more infrared (heat) which in extreme cases could cause de-lamination, in which case paint it white. Varnish, unless a UV blocking additive is added is not naturally UV resistant (most varnish sold at marine stores does have a UV blocking additive added).
You can now run your anchor snubber from the bottom of your bobstay, if you want.
Very stout bow sprit! Great idea for that new Code D sail. Well done Uma Crew!😁💥✌️ I hope to hear more test data from your new electric motor particularly the regen stats.
Nice job!
You sneaky bastards! What else have you been hiding from us? You rock (which is a given on a boat)!
Excellent narration of a very informative video. You both are awesome.
Loved the episode Guys! - Its good that you are getting used to our British weather now 😉