Building steel sailing yacht YouTube Videos
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Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.21 First bulkheads & “toggle=joggle” stick
WOOHOOO! I make a start on building the bulkheads for the for'ward V berth,.. I also introduce and explain a VERY ingenious boat building tool - the "toggle = joggle stick" ! There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,... However, the work has re-...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.20 Levelling & V berth support pt.1
In this episode I really need to get Mistress levelled in order to be able to properly build the fit-out by being able to use levels, plumb bob’s and the laser level to make the end result square and level. It, of course, was much more time consuming tha...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.19 Finishing the steel trim parts!
In this episode I attend to the interior steel trim parts - I get to work sanding, coving, undercoating, sanding (yes again), cleaning and PU top coat finishing all of the steel trim parts that will be seen after the fit-out is in place. I also have a bran...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.18 PU top coating FINISHED! (pt.2)
WOOHOO!! I FINISH the PU (polyurethane) top coating on the inside hull floors and plating! OMG have I been WAITING FOR SO LONG to get to this stage! : ) Mistress is starting to look nice on the inside, a clean plate for the soon to start timber fit-out! ...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.17 Coving FINISHED! (pt.3) & PU top coating (pt.1)
After the move from comfort to camping I get back to the boatwork! I get the coving FINISHED!! And I start the final phase of top coating the inside of Mistress' hull. There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,... However, the work has re-started,...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.16 NEW Intro, Sacrifice & the move!
A LOT is happening in this episode! Thanks to good friends commenting I have a NEW Intro! I cover the subject of how in order to achieve uncommon things in life, we MUST sacrifice many normal things in life and mention X4 other fantastic building and saili...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.15 Coving (part 2) & some BIG NEWS!
I get stuck in to the coving work and there is some BIG NEWS,..... What am I doing?!? : / 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 o...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.14 My wood ‘shed’ & the coving (part 1)
I lay some concrete, build some frames to keep the plywood off the ground and put up a marquee/gazebo to be used as my wood 'shed' to keep the marine plywood and timber dry and protected. And I start the lengthy coving work to protect all of the framing an...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.13 Custom made alright! (& insulation completed! part 4)
In this episode I get the insulation COMPLETED! I work on and fit the custom made diesel fuel tank and start doing the coving work to protect all of the steel framing, hull floors and hull plating from potential corrosion. And spot my Port from my Starboar...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.12 WILL she or WON’T she??
I FINALLY, after many years of waiting, waiting, waiting, get my great little NEW ISUZU engine running!! SO HAPPY!! YEAHH BABY! There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,... However, the work has re-started, thankfully, and I am on an exciting jo...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.11 Engine setup DONE! + insulation (part 3)
I do an all day drive from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane city and beyond to collect a range of things for Mistress' engine, I get to work on setting the engine up with everything to be run and I nearly get all of the spray-on insulation completed! I also...