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Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.109 ALL sorts going on, AGAIN! (install pt.3)
As the title says people - Nav. install (pt.3) Good Starting Battery location discussion - FINALLY figured out! Galley tops completed and sinks sealing Saloon table securing sorted Machining and more machining And yes, more epoxying,.. 😁👨🔧 There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,... Ho...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.107 Latest batch INSTALL (pt.1) 👨🔧😁
BEAUTIFUL Rosewood laminated tops - galley and saloon GREAT epoxy coated battens, panels, bearers, struts, etc. Another GOOD boatwork INSTALLATION session (part 1) ahead people! 😁👨🔧👌 There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,... However, the work has re-started, thankfully, and I am on an...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.105 MORE beautiful Rosewood laminating!
I 'break the ice' in explaining the first moves in making a start with the planned coachroof and side decks LINING and WAIT until you SEE what I will be using, it is BEAUTIFUL! BUT, you have to wait,.... And the 'main show' in this episode is making more Beautiful Rosewood lamin...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.104 Good Boat Parts & Pieces APLENTY!
It is ALWAYS a lengthy time getting boat plywood and timber parts and pieces finished and fully epoxy coated,... BUT it is ALWAYS WORTH the effort and time to get things made and protected properly. I get a HUGE amount of pieces all completed in this episode AND,... it seems that a friendly little r...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.102 MOVING ALONG 💪👨🔧
Things are MOVING ALONG and I get a number of good panels sorted including the Galley tops bases and almost all of the remainder cabin 2 pieces. The momentum has been good lately and I am LOVING the good Boatwork! 😁👨🔧 There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,... However, the work has r...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.101 The story of 2 little struts!
Making these little struts was QUITE the lengthy time, ffeewww! 😲 They will be mostly fairly inconspicuous, BUT, for me it was (and will be ahead) worth spending the time getting these Rosewood technical woodwork pieces made up 😁 There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,... However, the...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.100 WHO’D HAVE THOUGHT?! 😲🎉🙏
EPISODE 💯! As the title says, WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT! This is a recap of the journey of Building SY Mistress from the very START to Ep.50. I did want to make this all the way up to Ep.99, however at 30 minutes I was only halfway and so drew the finish line there. There may be a part 2 to cover from...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.99 The LAST Rosewood-Beech sole panel 🌳👨🔧
Second time around with experience under my belt is SO different and really enjoyable! I REALLY enjoyed making this last laminated cabin-sole panel as well as pushing forward with some quality pieces for the Navigation area! I also get the LAST galley panel dry fitted 😁 There were many reasons why...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.98 Insulation & panels install, sink drain hose and NAV. quarters
There are all sorts happening in this episode people, as the title says! 😁👨🔧 It was definitely rewarding to be getting some good panel installation to the navigation quarters! There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,... However, the work has re-started, thankfully, and I am on an excit...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.97 “A little bit CHEEKY with my list” 😆
WOOH! The great boatwork PROGRESS continues everybody! 🤩 I get a VERY NICE result with the navigation end panel; put the latest batch of galley and navigation area panels and Rosewood through the epoxy coating process AND do a CHEEKY jump start on both the galley benchtop and saloon table! There we...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.95 My FIRST “Bulkhead LIST” 😆 + (pt.2)
The GOOD boatwork momentum continues in this episode people! Several things (AGAIN) going on, with THE START into the Navigation area; I have a window of opportunity to get the HARD DODGER ROOF re-sandblasted and prime coated and the Port quarter cabin 2 and fridge-freezer bulkheads get installed! Y...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.94 OK, let’s get that Cabin 2 Berth FITTED! (pt.1)
NOW I get back to FITTING the Cabin 2 berth frame and panels, of course there is PLENTY of pre-work to be done,... BUT, Ooowww Yes, the HARD and CAREFUL WORK making these DEFINITELY pays off! 😁 I also get the Cabin 3 berth supports fitted and add some missed insertion rubber to the diesel tank brac...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.93 But FIRST, the DIESEL tank! 😁⛽
There has been GREAT cabin 2 berth etc. momentum over the past few weeks, HOWEVER something else NEEDS to be sorted before I can continue any further,..... The DIESEL tank! and it wasn't that much "trouble" to get all sorted and in fact there were some laughs along the way 😆 There ...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.91 The WEATHER dictates, BUT = Progress! 👌👨🔧
Although I/we NEED to work in with the weather, whilst expending more of the good PATIENCE, I had a PRODUCTIVE 2 weeks of good boatwork! Yes, we had another "instalment of special weather" here, DUST storms and a run of quite cool weather which did affect getting the X7 large panels epoxy ...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.81 ALL sorts going on,.. 😀👨🔧⛵
Several good fit out boatwork things going on in this episode everybody - cushion and mattress material choice, water tank filler fittings and measuring up for the saloon seat bearers and cabin 3 single berth frame as well as fitting the lazarette bulkhead - Yooohh! 😀👨🔧 There were many reasons w...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.77 Saloon tops 🤠 DONE! 👌
The good boatwork momentum CONTINUES! In this episode I get both of the saloon tops made up and completed, ready for their epoxy coating! There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,... However, the work has re-started, thankfully, and I am on an exciting journey to finish Mistress and then ...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.76 These tanks are going NOWHERE! And 👍 THANKS! 👨🔧😀
WOO-HOOO!! ANOTHER important job DONE! I get the water tank brackets fully made up and installed and those tanks are going NOWHERE! Well, they will be travelling the World, BUT, they won't be moving inside Mistress! 😀 I also thank lots of people - my Patreon Patrons, paypal.me donators, those ...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.75 Cabin-sole panels are 🎉 IN! 🤩
Well, well,....... the cabin-sole panels are IN! I get the insertion rubber laid on to the hull floors for the sole panels to sit on and fit a bracket for 1 of the panels. Do they look FANTASTIC or WHAT?! There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,... However, the work has re-started, thank...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.74 THIS looks 🤩 INSANE! 🤑 (pt.9)
YES! Everybody, the cabin-sole panels are FINALLY, FINISHED! 🤩 They have come up EXACTLY as I wanted! WOOOHOOO! There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,... However, the work has re-started, thankfully, and I am on an exciting journey to finish Mistress and then go on my sailing adventure...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.73 Getting 🎉OUT🎵 of a 2 month slump 🤩 (pt.8)
February and March were a couple of tough months for me,... with heavy weather here, some personal concerns, needing a break (and I did get a short Adelaide trip in to see some family) plus the LENGTHY problems associated with the Aquacote PU top-coating that I tried to get to work,..... BUT, I am o...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.72 Showing the BAD 😫 AND the GOOD 👨🔧
Well everybody, this episode shows the low point where my cabin-sole panels were spoiled and stopped at the last stage by something that went wrong with the PU top-coating that I had put on. But hey - you can't expect to have everything smooth, right?! And so I just do more work and figure out ...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.71 PU Top Coating & more Water Tanks work!
The FINAL stage of finishing the cabin-sole with the Polyurethane Top coating,...... Woohoo,.... or is it?? I give some explanations about the unique water based PU coating; explain some points regarding getting the water-tanks bedded and fitted as well as some other practical information about the ...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.70 EXCITING & GOOD BOATWORK AHEAD!
Well, well,.... after 2 weeks of HEAVY weather interruptions,..... I do get back to some great and good boatwork! FINALLY the cabin-sole gets not 1 epoxy coat,... not 2,.... BUT THREE and = BLING, BLING epoxy coating! SOOOOOO NICE! AND, I FINALLY get the opening portholes fitted PLUS bedding the Por...