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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, ...
I CRASHED/HIT THE PROVERBIAL WALL 🥵 Ep.170 Building my steel sailing yacht
I CRASHED/HIT THE PROVERBAIL WALL AND REALLY NEEDED A BREAK! I get the main panels for the V berth Port and Starboard cabinets epoxy coated and installed as well as make up some other panels by joining up smaller pieces of what's left of my marine plywood ...
ULTIMATE/LAST BATCH of Panels! 😍 Ep.169 Building my steel sailing yacht
THIS episode is a VERY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE! 💪 It is all about designing and making up the ULTIMATE/LAST batch of significant furniture fit-out panels, which are for the Port and Starb'd CABINETS in the V berth (Note-not 'lockers' anymore 😁) Mistre...
LOOK at THAT for fridge-freezer SPACE! 🧊😲 (pt.2) Ep 168 Building my steel sailing yacht
IT'S A WRAP! Running two Electrical cables; securing multi Anti-Chafe; installing more Insulation and the main panels for the Fridge-Freezer space, Fancy head cabinet Shelves as well as the final Navigation desk panels - meaning that the 'Penultimate batch...
EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS! (pt.1) Ep.167 Building my steel sailing yacht
I explain some 'Post-it notes' house-keeping and finalise some details work for the X4 install areas that make up this penultimate batch of fit-out work, including some more top-coat spray-painting, fitting a panel beam, installing shelf supports and then ...
Another SUCCESSFUL Top-coat job! 💪🤩 Ep.166 Building my steel sailing yacht
SO MUCH GOOD BOATWORK GOING ON! Installing - the head/bathroom sink and tap/faucet and the cabinet shelf supports/battens; fit a rubber strip on top of the painted steel engine bed to prevent engine box wear there; I chisel notch and epoxy coat for the ca...
PENULTIMATE batch! 💪 Ep 165 Building my steel sailing yacht
YES INDEED, the Penultimate batch! 🙂 Meaning that this batch of X10 panels, now complete in this episode, is the second last batch to make up from the list of 10 'Post it note' jobs, to get done before I wind up on the inside fit-out work of Mistress to...
HOW TO be a Boat Plumber & some,.. Ep.164 Building my steel sailing yacht
Yep, Plumbing, plumbing and more plumbing! Lot's of good plumbing and cabinetry work continuing in the Head/bathroom in this episode, particularly in the cabinet, but as well with making the Strong little Holding tank strut supports, last pieces for the Na...
“Jack of ALL trades!” 😁💪 Ep.163 Building my steel sailing yacht
Well as it turns out I am doing good boatwork on X7 different things in this episode and it has reminded me that quite a few trade skills really are required when building (or refitting) a sailing yacht/boat! Mistress is designed by one of the highly resp...