Fitting out a sailing boat YouTube Videos
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Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.110 Battery shelf & saloon table frame
Not only did I solve a great spot for the Starting battery shelf to be in the Nav.station but it has come up a treat with beautiful Rosewood knee supports with nice profiled edges. I get the saloon table frame made up and make a start on the joining strut ...
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 r...
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 pane...
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 ...
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,...
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 t...
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...
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...
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 o...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.69 HOW TO LEVEL & FINISH cabin-sole panels (pt.5)
FINALLY! I get ALL of the cabin-sole panels for Mistress made up, levelled, edged and READY for the epoxy coating process! It HAS been a lengthy process, CUSTOM making with my own hands these significant parts, BUT one that I am very pleased with the outco...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.68 I COMPLETE making the main cabin-sole (pt.4)
YES! Surprise, surprise - there is A LOT of work involved in making this type of cabin-sole! BUT, I get there and it is looking FANTASTIC! Well, so I think! There are lots of explanations about how I progressed with putting this style of cabin-sole togeth...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.65 More good cabin sole!
In this episode I finally get back to making more good cabin sole! It had to be on hold to get some saloon and galley work done,.... and now I start to get back to it and I LOVE it! Withe the great help from Tim and his joinery I am well on the way! There...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.64 More cabinetry and water tanks work!
I continue with the good galley cabinetry work and get the Water Tanks in for good! 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 sa...
Building my steel sailing yacht Ep.63 Knees and cabinets
In this episode I TACKLE the rather gruelling task of getting all of the remaining frame knees fitted in place and secured = HOORAY!! I am SO GLAD that this is now behind me! I get the 2nd water tank dry fitted and also KEENLY return to the good galley cab...