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CUSTOM BOAT PLUMBING INSTALL Ep.179 Building my steel sailing yacht
There is A LOT that has to go in to installing Liveaboard boat/yacht plumbing for the head=bathroom services! On a boat the size and purpose of Mistress this is not easy to fore-see all of the things that need to be made up and also items that need to be p...
Mistress’ FIRST SURVEY!😲 Ep.178 Building my steel sailing yacht
MAN was I stopped in my tracks! NOTE - Simon's walk around inspection, both outside on the ground, on the decks and from anchor locker to lazarette and all in between were not filmed as I didn't want to get in his way and he moved quite efficiently in the ...
PROTECTING the ANCHOR LOCKER Ep.177 Building my steel sailing yacht
In this episode I line the anchor locker with REALLY TOUGH rubber to protect the steel - hull, locker floor, bulkhead - especially over the long term; I finish adding ventillation screens and latch handles to the V berth locker doors and get them fitted; a...
INCREDIBLE 🏆 Mistress’ NEW RIG 💪 Ep 176 Building my steel sailing yacht
This is the trip to see and talk with Cookie of S&H Spars on the Gold Coast who, along with Peter, designed, fabricated and put all of the myriad of components together for Mistress' masthead, cutter designed sailing Rig - mast, boom, spinnaker pole, s...
FINISHING the DODGER build 💪 (pt.3) Ep.175 Building my steel sailing yacht
Yes indeed, part 3 on finishing the hard dodger build for Mistress! Lots of welding, lots of fairing and coving and getting some good, high build epoxy primer-undercoat on it all to seriously protect all of this steel from corrosion ahead! Mistress is de...
HOW TO build a STEEL HARD DODGER (pt.2) Ep.174 Building my steel sailing yacht
Part 2 of building Mistress' hard dodger and YES, as with everything with boats, getting things to this stage took more hard work than anticipated and a lot of sweat, particularly in the very HOT summer had on the Sunny Coast last-this year! At this stage ...
WHAT HAPPENED TO BUILDING SY MISTRESS? 😲 Ep.173 Building my steel sailing yacht
About time that I online surfaced and came back to explain a few things! MUCH GOING ON! Ohh, and for those who had wondered and those who'd asked - No, I do not quit! 😁 ⛵ And for those who are not aware - times have changed A LOT, plus small channels...
HNY 2024 🎉🍾 from Building SY Mistress!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024 EVERYBODY! This IS the year that Mistress is finally launched and actually is planned for this first month of this year! Wishing all of you a happy and great New Year! Mistress is designed by one of the highly respected Dutch naval ar...
LOTS GOING ON! Building my steel sailing yacht
UPDATE from the 15th December. Mistress is designed by one of the highly respected Dutch naval architects E.G. Van de Stadt, a Caribbean design, length 40ft/12m, beam 13ft/3.9m, draft 5ft/1.5m. Her hull and decks are built in mild steel and I have built h...
TRIGGER HAS BEEN PULLED! 😲 Ep.172 Building my steel sailing yacht
Well people, FINALLY, it arrived! The MOVE OUT of Mistress' boat yard date AND THE LAUNCH DATE!! THIS IS MASSIVE NEWS!! I have been wondering for YEARS, just WHEN that "POINTY END" time was going to come, which would be the signal and trigger for things to...
MISTRESS HAS AN OUTSIDE! 🤩 Ep.171 Building my steel sailing yacht
I FINALLY SHOW YOU THE OUTSIDE OF MISTRESS, as she is now! Also - I fit the door stops for the main lower V berth cabinets; I get ANOTHER/THE FINAL X10 small panels made up, which are also for the V berth cabinets and are now ALL THAT I WILL BE MAKING UP, ...