That galley is going to be a dream! So excited for you both to be on such a unique adventure of building your home. The first-hand experience at the factory must be giving you all sorts of extra confidence.
I actually thought of you two when going through that galley - I was like "Now I can cook some of the amazing things I see Nikki and Jason make!". Having the chance to go through the yard was amazing, and has been invaluable bringing that information back to our own build. Good luck on your new HH44, and we'll have to share an anchorage and drinks sometime. 🥰🌊
I lived and worked in VN from 2002-2012 and really enjoyed working with the Vietnamese there. Very smart, creative and hard working and loved how they balanced that with their personal family need. Even back then, I had heard "rumors" of boat making becoming a thing in Vietnam but I had not idea or interest in boats. I'm seeing recent developments in this sector and the Song Thu company in Da Nang and how it is a very well run operation, even by Holland standard. I guess this is a different company in HCMC and seems like their work quality is meeting your expectation. I hope you enjoyed your trip to VN and happy with what you're seeing with your catamaran. Thank you for taking the time to do these videos as I know it takes a lot of time and energy to film and edit. I hope you will arrange to do the South to North trip, via the Vietnam coast line. That should be an epic trip.
I was in Saigon (TSN Air Base) in 1971 - but did not make it to the Rex Hotel until my trip back in 2018 before China flu stuck the world. The officers and "journalists" enjoyed watching the Vietnam war from the bar at the top of the Rex Hotel.
12:08 if that's the final look of that wall behind the bed, that divide not being center with the window or vice versa would drive my ocd up the wall xD Great looking boat though, galley looks lovely. Did have the same idea about that drawer requiring you to clear the counter when you open it as someone else mentioned.
Looking good, you guys are going to have a ton of space. Funny, but I always think of Saigon in black and white. It must be from TV during the war. It's nice to see it so lively and vibrant.
Man, what a beauty! With all your hard work, you guys will probably beat the splashdown of La Vagabonde’s Tri. I have a suspicion that it will look even better than hull 4😉🤟🏻. I can only imagine the pride and jubilation of building your own custom cat and watching it hit the water for the first time😂😄🙏🏻. What an amazing accomplishment when you get there. What a great couple living your best lives🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
The very best thing though is that you don't have to worry about someone tossing a grenade into the dining area. In 1968 I had to guard the vehicle we drove to Saigon in while the Major I was with was having a steam bath. The VC had a habit of putting a grenade into your fuel tank with a rubber band wrapped around the spoon. At some time the rubber band would decay, the spoon would flip off and BOOM! Eventually most of our vehicles had a metal cross piece welded in to the fuel fill opening so that a grenade could not be placed into the tank. The openings of the fuel filler were not like today - they were much larger to fit military style nozzles.
Great tour of the boat to get a feel for the spacing and arrangement. Terrific opportunity to get expert tips on the construction techniques. The shots of Saigon from the bars was beautiful. Thank you.
I had to laugh at Mat trying to learn from the guy doing the gel coating... Spay coating anything is a skill that looks so simple but take thousands of hours to learn to do well. :) I particularly like how he measured. A scoop of stuff and a couple of dollops of catalyst until it looks and feels right.
For fit out of kitchen most intelligent thing I seen of late on separate channel was the use of two induction cooktops to provide redundancy in case of a single fail when there is more then one cook surface, might be something to think about for backups
The boat looks amazing , great to see a finished idea in the mind. I'm not sure I could resist getting up in the am and NOT going out on the balcony.....and yelling GOOOOOOD MOOORNING V E I T N A M ! ! I would of thought they would lay a strip of double bias along the overlap before truing , but now that I think of it , it is already overlapped and glued by 3-4 inches. CHEERS AND SAFE TRAVELS Steve h.
not sure how often you would use a TV, but there doesn't seem to be a good place for it that wouldn't block a view. If you are having one, I would have a hinged mount and have it fold up against the ceiling.
Great vlog kids! I have numerous friends in S.K., mostly engineers I worked with, and they keep asking me to come visit (we keep in touch). I've been hesitant but your vlog has me thinking I just might go. Can't wait to see more of your boat's progress.
What a great episode! It must be like looking into your future, I bet it did wonders to rekindle your enthusiasm for your boat. They make such cool boats in Vietnam these days, with Seawind cats and Rapido trimarans, smart people. Tam biet.
It really gave us such a great feel for the layout and the amount of space. And now while I'm in the v-berth in full tyvek and sweating out 5 pounds of water a day, I'm completely happy because I know it will all be worth it. 😃
@@MJSailing pls look into detoxing your body from all the building supply toxins. Paint for instance is highly toxic to the liver so is all the other products you guys are using. I see you guys are looking tired (not just this vid) and this is a sign that you have toxins built up in the body & liver. Lookup the following yt chan vids: Dr Mindy pelz = how to detox your liver & body Dr Berg (same) Eric Bakker naturopath = how to detox your liver and kidney. If you do detox your body then take a few days off because as you move toxicans out you dont aways feel so well. Interesting video. take care.
I do like the bamboo veneer, but overall a bit too much gelcoat surface inside for me. Personally I'd sacrifice a bit of performance for some different textures and colors.
Order a flexible sanding “board” which is really very flexible steel, they even come with vacuum connection to catch the dust. See Mas’ channel SailLife he used one when fairing the sides of his boat…
Boy, has Saigon changed since I was in Viet Nam 50 plus years ago!! Looks like it's a beautiful city and the crew building #4 sure know what they're doing. Fair winds! After thought!! Any idea what their planned course (s) are to get through the Canal??
For some reason I thought Saigon had been renamed. Hard to believe the change, which is great, but at what cost to all involved. It doesn't seem that long ago I would look at the photos coming through each night from AP and UPI in our newsroom of the day's events. If only we had more foresight. Still glad for the change. Finally most importantly the images of the sample boat look great and looking forward to the day yours makes its first splash. Take care.
I liked the large drop down table. Really good for passage making. We never slept in the hulls on passage, always on various places on the bridge deck.
Thank you so much to share your project with us. I have the project of building an aluminium sailboat in some years and I appreciate all the details you give us. Question for you: at the beginnings of your project, you shared the budget of the building. Can you tell us an update on this. Again thank you from Quebec, Canada!
With the four flat main windows in the front of the main cabin segmented by those smaller opening port surrounds I wonder about investing in completely one piece opening units like the HH44…..or even considerably larger opening hatches that nearly do the same job of providing more airflow when open and less interruption to visibility when shut.
It's difficult to pick a best spot on the cat, the kitchen, owners suite, living space all look excellent to me! Happy 4th of July, so looking forward to awesome adventures.
Really nice for us to see a finished design of what you're building toward... will you two be offering your learned lessons to other builders following in your footsteps ? Maybe be brand ambassadors for MC at various boatshows ?
What a fantastic trip, seeing hull 4 an added bonus. Nice to have a few tips from the professionals on how to apply gel coats etc etc. Its huge so much space you won’t know yourselves. Happy 4th July 🇺🇸 to you all over the pond from us this side 🏴
Lake Michigan can have short and square waves, and we did have a few uncomfortable passages on her. But our mist difficult was sailing from Gran Canaria to St. Martin in 2014. 3 weeks below deck because confused seas kept sending giant waves into the cockpit.
Looks like a great trip to HCMC. The bar you were at was the most expensive I have ever seen in Vietnam. $11 dollars for a cocktail is crazy expensive in Vietnam when you could have walked down the street and gotten it for $3-4 at the most. And the Soai Rap river is full of debris...on my way by ferry from HCMC to Vung Tao I saw floating barges of vegetation and huge trees floating down it!
We only had one drink at Rex's, and it was recommended by a friend for the atmosphere and views. The other sky bars we were at had beers for around $2, which was the typical price we were paying there. But it's always fun to splurge every once in awhile, when their higher end bar is still within budget. 🙂🍹
Like it- will the boat have a outside shower option. if you go swimming just to do a quick spray off the salt? Then also a outside hose connect for spraying down the decks. Is there some way you could get the tv to flip up against the ceiling?
Max cruise have designed a beautiful yacht. It's far better than I thought looking at diagrams. My only question is the engine access. Is it under the bed and how do you lift it for maintenance. But she does look beautiful.
Do you have a DA Sander? In other videos it looks like your using orbital and regular palm sanders. They pros are using DA sanders. It makes a big difference.
👍Is the Bow cone joined with only 4" wide joint of fiberglass enough. It seems like to short a span to give strength.I get you will go wider on the inside side but this really seems like a weak spot👍 .
The bows structurally are flanged, with an inner flange (Hull) 200mm wide and 4mm solid glass and the outer flange 200mm wide ( bow cone) 200mm long by 4mm slid glass MMA ( Methyl Methacrylate Adhesive) bonded and double taped on the inside, The out side tape is purely for fairing
We actually just sent a sample of the gelcoat from our boat out to get matched. Once we have that in we can begin more projects like the remainder of our flush deck hatches, and making molds for the master shower.
@@MJSailing Do a check to verify the match out in sunlight. Best of luck. Parlay got a good match for their swim platform extensions. When I watched the worker in this video not have concern. It's all because he can use the exact matching material.
I'm surprised they didn't offer to let you join the Delivery Crew to sail #4 to the U.S. would've been a time value decision, but quite an opportunity... Thanks for sharing...
We couldn't take the time away from our build to join, as much as we'd like. But since they're trying to get it directly to Annapolis for the fall show,we might hop on somewhere on the East Coast and bring it the rest of the way. 😃
It would have been so fun to jump on for a few legs of the journey, but we just can't take that kind of time away from our build. Once it gets to Norfolk though, we might have to get on to bring it up to Annapolis!!
How are you dealing with the differences in the safety precautions takin in VN as opposed to the safety precautions you are going to take back in MD? Do you think that the lack of 'precise' weight/volume measurements of the base materials and catalysts affect the quality of their build? Are you going to adapt their way of measuring the compounds?
I would not really call that a lack of precise measurements. It is much the same with expert chefs who do not need to use a measuring device as they know how much by simply doing it all the time. Plus you really should be adapting to current atmospheric conditions, so it is actually better to adjust accordingly. Not go off of one ideal precise measurement, as that does not allow for the precise atmospheric conditions at that moment. They are experts and know what consistency they need and how much per the current weather. I would question someone that uses a set so called precise volume measurement regardless of what the weather is like.
@@kevinfisher1345 Great! thanks for making my point in a more general way. It still doesn't answer my question of how they are going to measure and do PPE when they return to MD. Are they going to continue to measure everything to the gram/ml? Or are they going to eyeball everything like your 'expert chefs' example? Are they going to continue to wear their current respirators or switch to the disposable face masks the Vietnamese workers were wearing? Just a simple inquiry...
We reached out to them before we arrived - Terysa was in the UK, but we were going to meet up with Nick. Ended up running out of time though, but maybe on our next visit.
We actually decided to do the build ourselves not to save money, but because we love the process. Overall it will take us about three years to complete (we might take longer than others because we have the added component of filming and editing), but in the end out boat should be worth about 300k over what we've put into it.
I think the base price is around 600k. They're doing so well at having multiple builds going at the same time, that there are still openings for delivery in 2023!
We just left today from Indonesia and we heading to South Africa via Mauritius and then heading across to the states gonna be about 30 to South Africa than another month to the states but it’s a really fast light boat so we having lots of fun
A conservative estimation would place the Max cruise 44 in the region of $108k all in. Taking into consideration the quality of labour and fixtures and fittings.
The induction cooker has no guard rails to lock in pots during ocean crossings, unless you plan on eating sandwiches all the way across the Pacific Ocean.
Cats have a lot less motion, so it’s frequently possible to cook without guard rails. However, there are certainly times when rails or similar are absolutely necessary. Then there’s a much better solution: I thin mat of silicone rubber over the whole stove top. The induction energy easily can pass through the silicone rubber. Works super well.
Normally we were drinking Tiger Beer, anywhere between $1-4 per can. But The Rex is one of the highest end places you can visit in the city, so for one last night out, we decided to splurge. 😉. (We did really like our first location of Sky Zone! Beers were only $2 there.)
Is it a younger generation thing or is alcohol one of the requirements to be able to enjoy the sailing life. The more I watch different sailing channels I see a constant denominator and it seems it's the use of alcohol .
It's a sailing thing. I didn't drink before we started cruising - my vice is soda - but evey time we went for sundowners at someone's boat, they'd always look down on not enjoying beer/mixed drinks. So eventually I started drinking beer. -Matt
The finishing on hull 4 I'm not that impressed with. Just because it's not seen because inside doesn't mean don't finish it the same as what can be seen. Idk man I'm not worried about your build I know you will finish every surface all the same standard.
It's a weight consideration and may performance boats will not do full finishes for the interior of cabinets because of the extra and unnecessary weight it ads. Dazcats are a good example of this. Very expensive and high performance racers - and the interior walls and overhead have no fairing. Just paint over the fiberglass and tape.
Patching a seam: what was shown is not bad but there are different aspects for methods of progress. As to spraying thin coats. hehe thats awl-grip. gel-coat has a thing called an oxide layer. Wax stops the oxide layer but must be removed for additinal thickness build up. And same with un-waxed gel the oxide layer must be removed with acetone and sanded before more gel build up is added. Aligation is an other aspect to becareful. An ideal blend has a fiberglass job that requires a very shallow fairing (patch paste). Patch paste should always be as thin as possible, cabosil laced gel-coat (patch paste peanut butter thick) is more likely to have long turn naturally occuring spider cracks. An other option is to use a "pin coat", a pin coat uses much less cabosil your looking for a honey thick consistency (like brushable gel just a touch thicker). Brush it onto/into the patch seam and heavy. Then run a straight edge to scrape away the excess and level the surface. as soon as that task is done SPRAY gel-coat on top. NO TIME GAPS period or you risk aligation. Pincoats are really good on hand layups that have a lot of micro air bubbles exposed from sanding. Brush it in hard dont roll then straight edge to level. the biggest problem with gelcoat is that oxide layer. The oxide layer is thick very thick, and that is why its better to apply un-waxed filler and spray with a waxed gel back to back. If you do not have blue-die you can always take a black BLACK sharpy pull it apart with plyers. Pull out the inkwell inside slice it open with a blade and drop it into a pint of aceton NOT alcohol. You then have blue-dye. Always do finish sanding from low grit-3000 grit using blue-dye at each stage (grit level 120-220-400-1000-2000). As soon as the dye is gone STOP sanding. Its best to blue dye sand using the half step over method and left to right or bottom to top. YES BOTTOM TO TOP, if sanding top to bottom the escaping dust gets onto the work surface below that has not been sanded yet and deposits spent grit. When changing grits clean the surface real well. spent grit can leave scratches when moving to a higher sand paper grit if it gets under the sander.
An other GEL spraying trick, CURL masking tape at the outside edges of the spray job. This helps make a feathered edge rather then a hard tape line. And that makes its easier to sand out to finish.
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That galley is going to be a dream! So excited for you both to be on such a unique adventure of building your home. The first-hand experience at the factory must be giving you all sorts of extra confidence.
I actually thought of you two when going through that galley - I was like "Now I can cook some of the amazing things I see Nikki and Jason make!". Having the chance to go through the yard was amazing, and has been invaluable bringing that information back to our own build. Good luck on your new HH44, and we'll have to share an anchorage and drinks sometime. 🥰🌊
I lived and worked in VN from 2002-2012 and really enjoyed working with the Vietnamese there. Very smart, creative and hard working and loved how they balanced that with their personal family need. Even back then, I had heard "rumors" of boat making becoming a thing in Vietnam but I had not idea or interest in boats. I'm seeing recent developments in this sector and the Song Thu company in Da Nang and how it is a very well run operation, even by Holland standard. I guess this is a different company in HCMC and seems like their work quality is meeting your expectation. I hope you enjoyed your trip to VN and happy with what you're seeing with your catamaran. Thank you for taking the time to do these videos as I know it takes a lot of time and energy to film and edit. I hope you will arrange to do the South to North trip, via the Vietnam coast line. That should be an epic trip.
My favorite part is the shelf in the forward guest berth by the escape hatch. I can't believe Matt closed that area up. 😂
I was in Saigon (TSN Air Base) in 1971 - but did not make it to the Rex Hotel until my trip back in 2018 before China flu stuck the world. The officers and "journalists" enjoyed watching the Vietnam war from the bar at the top of the Rex Hotel.
Love the Rex. Visited there in 1993.
I think we'll have to go back again on our next visit. 😃👍
12:08 if that's the final look of that wall behind the bed, that divide not being center with the window or vice versa would drive my ocd up the wall xD
Great looking boat though, galley looks lovely. Did have the same idea about that drawer requiring you to clear the counter when you open it as someone else mentioned.
Looking good, you guys are going to have a ton of space.
Funny, but I always think of Saigon in black and white. It must be from TV during the war. It's nice to see it so lively and vibrant.
It was a great city when we saw it in 2007, and it has only expanded and become more modern. We really really enjoyed our visit there. 🥰
Man, what a beauty! With all your hard work, you guys will probably beat the splashdown of La Vagabonde’s Tri. I have a suspicion that it will look even better than hull 4😉🤟🏻. I can only imagine the pride and jubilation of building your own custom cat and watching it hit the water for the first time😂😄🙏🏻. What an amazing accomplishment when you get there. What a great couple living your best lives🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
The very best thing though is that you don't have to worry about someone tossing a grenade into the dining area. In 1968 I had to guard the vehicle we drove to Saigon in while the Major I was with was having a steam bath. The VC had a habit of putting a grenade into your fuel tank with a rubber band wrapped around the spoon. At some time the rubber band would decay, the spoon would flip off and BOOM! Eventually most of our vehicles had a metal cross piece welded in to the fuel fill opening so that a grenade could not be placed into the tank. The openings of the fuel filler were not like today - they were much larger to fit military style nozzles.
Master head is my favorite part of the boat!
Great tour of the boat to get a feel for the spacing and arrangement. Terrific opportunity to get expert tips on the construction techniques.
The shots of Saigon from the bars was beautiful. Thank you.
I’ve never seen anyone spray paint that way without runs. Great job. 👍👍👍
My thoughts exactly! I was horrified watching. Never lets off the trigger for the turn back.
Awesome build. One "opinion" I'd swap out galley top counter drawer for flip down door so you don't need to clear off counter to access
Viet Nam is such a beautiful country. Just stunning. And the boat is pretty cool also.
It really is a pretty country. One of these days the two of us will have to go back and visit the northern regions.
I had to laugh at Mat trying to learn from the guy doing the gel coating... Spay coating anything is a skill that looks so simple but take thousands of hours to learn to do well. :) I particularly like how he measured. A scoop of stuff and a couple of dollops of catalyst until it looks and feels right.
For fit out of kitchen most intelligent thing I seen of late on separate channel was the use of two induction cooktops to provide redundancy in case of a single fail when there is more then one cook surface, might be something to think about for backups
I just love the whole thing, in my ideal world I would happily sell up and buy one and sail off into the sunset.
Beautiful
Glad to hear you love it!
Very cool to see how the masters at the manufacturer get the job done. Priceless information. You guys can do it!!
I hadn't thought about using my longboard in a circular motion. Sanding has become SO much easier since we've been back!
The boat looks amazing , great to see a finished idea in the mind. I'm not sure I could resist getting up in the am and NOT going out on the balcony.....and yelling GOOOOOOD MOOORNING V E I T N A M ! ! I would of thought they would lay a strip of double bias along the overlap before truing , but now that I think of it , it is already overlapped and glued by 3-4 inches. CHEERS AND SAFE TRAVELS Steve h.
That was awesome to watch it answer some of my questions. That galley size is just amazing. Thanks for sharing.
not sure how often you would use a TV, but there doesn't seem to be a good place for it that wouldn't block a view. If you are having one, I would have a hinged mount and have it fold up against the ceiling.
So amazing for you guys!! I keep thinking how much more there is to do but will be so worth it in the long run. 😛
Great vlog kids! I have numerous friends in S.K., mostly engineers I worked with, and they keep asking me to come visit (we keep in touch). I've been hesitant but your vlog has me thinking I just might go. Can't wait to see more of your boat's progress.
What a great episode! It must be like looking into your future, I bet it did wonders to rekindle your enthusiasm for your boat. They make such cool boats in Vietnam these days, with Seawind cats and Rapido trimarans, smart people. Tam biet.
It really gave us such a great feel for the layout and the amount of space. And now while I'm in the v-berth in full tyvek and sweating out 5 pounds of water a day, I'm completely happy because I know it will all be worth it. 😃
@@MJSailing pls look into detoxing your body from all the building supply toxins. Paint for instance is highly toxic to the liver so is all the other products you guys are using. I see you guys are looking tired (not just this vid) and this is a sign that you have toxins built up in the body & liver.
Lookup the following yt chan vids:
Dr Mindy pelz = how to detox your liver & body
Dr Berg (same)
Eric Bakker naturopath = how to detox your liver and kidney.
If you do detox your body then take a few days off because as you move toxicans out you dont aways feel so well.
Interesting video. take care.
I do like the bamboo veneer, but overall a bit too much gelcoat surface inside for me. Personally I'd sacrifice a bit of performance for some different textures and colors.
Order a flexible sanding “board” which is really very flexible steel, they even come with vacuum connection to catch the dust. See Mas’ channel SailLife he used one when fairing the sides of his boat…
Boy, has Saigon changed since I was in Viet Nam 50 plus years ago!! Looks like it's a beautiful city and the crew building #4 sure know what they're doing. Fair winds! After thought!! Any idea what their planned course (s) are to get through the Canal??
For some reason I thought Saigon had been renamed. Hard to believe the change, which is great, but at what cost to all involved. It doesn't seem that long ago I would look at the photos coming through each night from AP and UPI in our newsroom of the day's events. If only we had more foresight. Still glad for the change. Finally most importantly the images of the sample boat look great and looking forward to the day yours makes its first splash. Take care.
So who had the worse hangover the next morning. Glad you got to see a production model and I am sure you are reenergized with questions answered.
We actually made a pretty early night of it, haha. When the sun sets at 6:00, it's easy to be in bed by 10.
I liked the large drop down table. Really good for passage making. We never slept in the hulls on passage, always on various places on the bridge deck.
Thank you so much to share your project with us. I have the project of building an aluminium sailboat in some years and I appreciate all the details you give us. Question for you: at the beginnings of your project, you shared the budget of the building. Can you tell us an update on this. Again thank you from Quebec, Canada!
With the four flat main windows in the front of the main cabin segmented by those smaller opening port surrounds I wonder about investing in completely one piece opening units like the HH44…..or even considerably larger opening hatches that nearly do the same job of providing more airflow when open and less interruption to visibility when shut.
It's difficult to pick a best spot on the cat, the kitchen, owners suite, living space all look excellent to me! Happy 4th of July, so looking forward to awesome adventures.
You're right, there's so many great areas, it's hard to choose just one! 🥰👍
all that intel gathered from the shipyard will come in handy
Really nice for us to see a finished design of what you're building toward... will you two be offering your learned lessons to other builders following in your footsteps ? Maybe be brand ambassadors for MC at various boatshows ?
Guys ROCK !
Great to see your adventures
Your catamaran is looking super
Sail on
Cheers 😀
I love the rotating helm positions with lines led aft. Feels safe and manageable for a couple (or more?) cruising.
Excellent video guys! Cheers from Solomons Island, MD
My favorite feature = the beer!
I like the boat!! It's like a basic canvas. Kind of like the Dix. Keep it simple. Lots of laminations for deco!
What a fantastic trip, seeing hull 4 an added bonus.
Nice to have a few tips from the professionals on how to apply gel coats etc etc.
Its huge so much space you won’t know yourselves.
Happy 4th July 🇺🇸 to you all over the pond from us this side 🏴
What was your hardest crossing? Where would you put Lake Michigan in a scale of one to ten ? Keep up the great work and God bless 🙌 🙏
Lake Michigan can have short and square waves, and we did have a few uncomfortable passages on her. But our mist difficult was sailing from Gran Canaria to St. Martin in 2014. 3 weeks below deck because confused seas kept sending giant waves into the cockpit.
@@MJSailing Thank you for your reply
looks awsome!
Looks like a great trip to HCMC. The bar you were at was the most expensive I have ever seen in Vietnam. $11 dollars for a cocktail is crazy expensive in Vietnam when you could have walked down the street and gotten it for $3-4 at the most. And the Soai Rap river is full of debris...on my way by ferry from HCMC to Vung Tao I saw floating barges of vegetation and huge trees floating down it!
We only had one drink at Rex's, and it was recommended by a friend for the atmosphere and views. The other sky bars we were at had beers for around $2, which was the typical price we were paying there. But it's always fun to splurge every once in awhile, when their higher end bar is still within budget. 🙂🍹
Like it- will the boat have a outside shower option. if you go swimming just to do a quick spray off the salt? Then also a outside hose connect for spraying down the decks. Is there some way you could get the tv to flip up against the ceiling?
yes, or fold down into the casement below.
Looks easy? Multiple thin coats of gelcoat is a pain in the ass. The finished boat looks fantastic.
Remember that if you need to you can wet sand and buff the jell coat so its not to bad. Just Don't run it because there hard to get flat.
Max cruise have designed a beautiful yacht. It's far better than I thought looking at diagrams.
My only question is the engine access. Is it under the bed and how do you lift it for maintenance.
But she does look beautiful.
Are you going to get an induction cooktop?
Do you have a DA Sander? In other videos it looks like your using orbital and regular palm sanders. They pros are using DA sanders. It makes a big difference.
We have random orbital 5" and a few orbitals, but no "official DA". We don't have the air compressor capacity for a neumatic one.
👍Is the Bow cone joined with only
4" wide joint of fiberglass enough.
It seems like to short a span to give strength.I get you will go wider on the inside side but this really seems like a weak spot👍 .
The bows structurally are flanged, with an inner flange (Hull) 200mm wide and 4mm solid glass and the outer flange 200mm wide ( bow cone) 200mm long by 4mm slid glass MMA ( Methyl Methacrylate Adhesive) bonded and double taped on the inside, The out side tape is purely for fairing
@@fairwinds9630 Thank you very much for the answer .👍👍 🙂.Now I understand
A BIG part of the blend will be having their actual gelcoat. For the color match of the white it'll be critical. Bring a couple gallons home.
We actually just sent a sample of the gelcoat from our boat out to get matched. Once we have that in we can begin more projects like the remainder of our flush deck hatches, and making molds for the master shower.
@@MJSailing Do a check to verify the match out in sunlight. Best of luck. Parlay got a good match for their swim platform extensions.
When I watched the worker in this video not have concern. It's all because he can use the exact matching material.
I'm surprised they didn't offer to let you join the Delivery Crew to sail #4 to the U.S. would've been a time value decision, but quite an opportunity... Thanks for sharing...
We couldn't take the time away from our build to join, as much as we'd like. But since they're trying to get it directly to Annapolis for the fall show,we might hop on somewhere on the East Coast and bring it the rest of the way. 😃
I might go with a clothes washer or find another way of keeping clothes clean while at sea.
From hull #6 forward, each boat has a washer located in the master head.
I would like to have a guess as to what your special announcement is going to be, are you giving up sailing and getting office jobs?
My guess is a kid's a'comin'
So you didn't consider being the delivery crew to bring her over?
It would have been so fun to jump on for a few legs of the journey, but we just can't take that kind of time away from our build. Once it gets to Norfolk though, we might have to get on to bring it up to Annapolis!!
How are you dealing with the differences in the safety precautions takin in VN as opposed to the safety precautions you are going to take back in MD?
Do you think that the lack of 'precise' weight/volume measurements of the base materials and catalysts affect the quality of their build? Are you going to adapt their way of measuring the compounds?
I would not really call that a lack of precise measurements. It is much the same with expert chefs who do not need to use a measuring device as they know how much by simply doing it all the time. Plus you really should be adapting to current atmospheric conditions, so it is actually better to adjust accordingly. Not go off of one ideal precise measurement, as that does not allow for the precise atmospheric conditions at that moment. They are experts and know what consistency they need and how much per the current weather. I would question someone that uses a set so called precise volume measurement regardless of what the weather is like.
@@kevinfisher1345 Great! thanks for making my point in a more general way. It still doesn't answer my question of how they are going to measure and do PPE when they return to MD. Are they going to continue to measure everything to the gram/ml? Or are they going to eyeball everything like your 'expert chefs' example? Are they going to continue to wear their current respirators or switch to the disposable face masks the Vietnamese workers were wearing? Just a simple inquiry...
@@rushd45 Have they been doing this for decades, day in and day out? That should likely answer your question, but we shall see I guess.
One picture is worth a thousand words but in person walk on is worth 4.2 million words. Stay safe.
I agree! An in person walk through changed our perspective of the boat so much!!
I'm curious,, sailing the first production boat to Florida from Vietnam?? North pac to the canal?? Or Indian ocean ,S.A. ans across the S Atlantic??
Indian ocean ,S.A. and across the S Atlantic
We sailing out of Indonesia today heading for South Africa via Mauritius then up to the states via st Helena
No oven in the galley?
.. Cheers to you. .. .. Cheers to you. ..
if they sorted out the shipping i would have bought one.
Wondered if you’d get to meet up with Ruby Rose? Great job
We reached out to them before we arrived - Terysa was in the UK, but we were going to meet up with Nick. Ended up running out of time though, but maybe on our next visit.
thanks for your videos... just wondering how the financial side looks like ... is it worth to build the boat by yourself?
We actually decided to do the build ourselves not to save money, but because we love the process. Overall it will take us about three years to complete (we might take longer than others because we have the added component of filming and editing), but in the end out boat should be worth about 300k over what we've put into it.
Mid shelf bottom in the future pantry needs some attention. Fyi.
9:18 That fridge vent is not very sleek.
I had to laugh because it’s hard to say cheer’s when you are looking into a camera! Isn’t that right Jess “cheese”.
I HAVE BEEN AWAY FOR AWILE , DO YOU HAVE ANY ESTIMATE WHEN YOURS WILL MAKE THE BIG SPLASH ???
Right now we're looking to splash in 2024.
I did not see an oven. Where is it located.
It has a convection oven which was not out at the time.
Do doors on showers also function as watertight bulkheads? (They got some rubber around It seems)
How much would a boat like this cost from the factory? Very nice.
I think the base price is around 600k. They're doing so well at having multiple builds going at the same time, that there are still openings for delivery in 2023!
What is the sailing route for hull #4 to Florida? How many days at sea?
We just left today from Indonesia and we heading to South Africa via Mauritius and then heading across to the states gonna be about 30 to South Africa than another month to the states but it’s a really fast light boat so we having lots of fun
I find it hard to watch you celebrating the VC without thinking about the brothers and sisters we lost there not long ago. MIA, POW, DOA...God Bless.
50 years ago. What years were you there?
Should have stayed at home minded your own business, instead of trying to police the world. Have a thought for the victims of agent yellow .
2 ring induction? 3 could have been more useful, you have plenty of room for it.
Do you have an estimate what a max cruise 44 cost? I know it depends on what’s thrown in it, but just a rough estimation?
A conservative estimation would place the Max cruise 44 in the region of $108k all in. Taking into consideration the quality of labour and fixtures and fittings.
The induction cooker has no guard rails to lock in pots during ocean crossings, unless you plan on eating sandwiches all the way across the Pacific Ocean.
MMMMMM sandwiches says Homer😎
Cats have a lot less motion, so it’s frequently possible to cook without guard rails. However, there are certainly times when rails or similar are absolutely necessary. Then there’s a much better solution: I thin mat of silicone rubber over the whole stove top. The induction energy easily can pass through the silicone rubber. Works super well.
if you look closely it has teh silicon mat on teh cook top
Snippy and wrong. Unfortunate.
I’m sailing this boat to the states right now luckily this is not a problem
looks like typical dry-wall seaming sealing technique.
$12 a drink is pricy for me hope they where epic. That’s a lot of dong. But I normally just drink beer. Looked like a great trip.
Normally we were drinking Tiger Beer, anywhere between $1-4 per can. But The Rex is one of the highest end places you can visit in the city, so for one last night out, we decided to splurge. 😉. (We did really like our first location of Sky Zone! Beers were only $2 there.)
@@MJSailing mmmmmmm Tiger. Royal Langkawi Yacht Club a large glass of Tiger is 5 Malaysian Ringgit.
what do you do for heat and ac????
Open a hatch close a hatch
Wow its expensive there?
The currency is Vietnamese Dong, and about 24,000 dong = 1 USD. 😉
@@MJSailing Yeah I looked it up 14 dollars for a cocktail wow anyway is probably 5 sitar.
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Mmmmmm, torture board!.
what is the price of the boat?
I believe they start around 600k, but it would be best to check with Max Cruise Marine for the most up to date figures.
Please use LUMP CHARCOAL
Who uses a tv these days?
I'm busy at night with my computer doing editing, I can't keep using it as my tv, lol.
I married plethora, only once, it was too much for me!
For all those that want to know, 279,000 Vietnamese Dong = $11.97 USD
Is it a younger generation thing or is alcohol one of the requirements to be able to enjoy the sailing life. The more I watch different sailing channels I see a constant denominator and it seems it's the use of alcohol .
It's a sailing thing. I didn't drink before we started cruising - my vice is soda - but evey time we went for sundowners at someone's boat, they'd always look down on not enjoying beer/mixed drinks. So eventually I started drinking beer. -Matt
The finishing on hull 4 I'm not that impressed with. Just because it's not seen because inside doesn't mean don't finish it the same as what can be seen. Idk man I'm not worried about your build I know you will finish every surface all the same standard.
It's a weight consideration and may performance boats will not do full finishes for the interior of cabinets because of the extra and unnecessary weight it ads. Dazcats are a good example of this. Very expensive and high performance racers - and the interior walls and overhead have no fairing. Just paint over the fiberglass and tape.
Ummm, the boat has the look and feel of a cheap budget motel.
Not everyone has a million dollars to buy a Cat! Besides they can say they built there own Cat
Patching a seam: what was shown is not bad but there are different aspects for methods of progress. As to spraying thin coats. hehe thats awl-grip. gel-coat has a thing called an oxide layer. Wax stops the oxide layer but must be removed for additinal thickness build up. And same with un-waxed gel the oxide layer must be removed with acetone and sanded before more gel build up is added. Aligation is an other aspect to becareful. An ideal blend has a fiberglass job that requires a very shallow fairing (patch paste). Patch paste should always be as thin as possible, cabosil laced gel-coat (patch paste peanut butter thick) is more likely to have long turn naturally occuring spider cracks. An other option is to use a "pin coat", a pin coat uses much less cabosil your looking for a honey thick consistency (like brushable gel just a touch thicker). Brush it onto/into the patch seam and heavy. Then run a straight edge to scrape away the excess and level the surface. as soon as that task is done SPRAY gel-coat on top. NO TIME GAPS period or you risk aligation. Pincoats are really good on hand layups that have a lot of micro air bubbles exposed from sanding. Brush it in hard dont roll then straight edge to level. the biggest problem with gelcoat is that oxide layer. The oxide layer is thick very thick, and that is why its better to apply un-waxed filler and spray with a waxed gel back to back. If you do not have blue-die you can always take a black BLACK sharpy pull it apart with plyers. Pull out the inkwell inside slice it open with a blade and drop it into a pint of aceton NOT alcohol. You then have blue-dye. Always do finish sanding from low grit-3000 grit using blue-dye at each stage (grit level 120-220-400-1000-2000). As soon as the dye is gone STOP sanding. Its best to blue dye sand using the half step over method and left to right or bottom to top. YES BOTTOM TO TOP, if sanding top to bottom the escaping dust gets onto the work surface below that has not been sanded yet and deposits spent grit. When changing grits clean the surface real well. spent grit can leave scratches when moving to a higher sand paper grit if it gets under the sander.
An other GEL spraying trick, CURL masking tape at the outside edges of the spray job. This helps make a feathered edge rather then a hard tape line. And that makes its easier to sand out to finish.