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A brand-new catamaran builder is challenging the status quo with a design that looks more like a spaceship than a sailing yacht.
In this video, we travel to a factory near Cape Town in South Africa to see the very first hull of the radical new Onyx 10.5 catamaran. Built by a team determined to reth...
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We move aboard our new Enksail Orion 49 aluminum sailboat and take the boat out for her first sail! Join us for a boat tour as we see the transformation from a build site to a beautiful sailing vessel flying across sparkling seas.
00:00 Intro
00:32 Moving Aboard
01:30 Orion 49 Tour
02:47 Tour Saloo...
This time on Distant Shores we take our new Enksail Orion 49 aluminum sailboat on her first sea trial to test out the engine and systems, the 3 rudder configuration and swing keel.
00:00 Opening
01:04 Electronic Engine Start
01:46 Leaving the Dock
02:31 Handling with 3 Rudders
04:18 Learning t...
Just as we're about to start sea trials, a few more items need troubleshooting on our new Enksail Orion 49 sailboat, all part of the commissioning process of a newly-built custom aluminum cruising boat. We also participate in a nationwide ceremony honouring those who died in World War II libera...
We are on a mission to build a 40 foot Catamaran and a complete Catamaran Fit out pretty much on our own and the enjoy the benefits of sailing and living on a cruising Catamaran. Our Catamaran is being built to Australian Maritime Safety Survey Standards This series is all about the blood sweat swea...
A decision to build a 40 foot Catamaran should not be taken lightly. Join Ross Boardman in a series of videos that shows the ups and downs, logistics and blood sweat, swearing and tears involved in the building of a fibreglass composite catamaran.
This week the bulkhead templating continues as I det...
A decision to build a 40 foot Catamaran should not be taken lightly. Join Ross Boardman in a series of videos that shows the ups and downs, logistics and blood sweat, swearing and tears involved in the building of a fibreglass composite catamaran.
You thought last episode tested the limits of my pat...
This issue gets working on our boat boat lift although it's a bit of long one, I take a group sea kayaking in the wilds of Western Australia and experience whale sharks, dolphins,world class snorkeling, and an encounter with a beautiful hammerhead shark, make sure you watch to the very end as i...
A decision to build a 40 foot Catamaran should not be taken lightly. Join Ross Boardman in a series of videos that shows the ups and downs, logistics and blood sweat, swearing and tears involved in the building of a fibreglass composite catamaran.
This issue concentrates on tidying upper flanges of...
A decision to build a 40 foot Catamaran should not be taken lightly. Join Ross Boardman in a series of videos that shows the ups and downs, logistics and blood sweat, swearing and tears involved in the building of a fibreglass composite catamaran.
This episode I buy a trailer sailer and realise that...
This Episode concentrates on the reinforcements used in the build with a detailed explanation of the substrate qualities including Foam Core and Stitched Fabrics.
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A decision to build a 40 foot Catamaran should not be taken lightly. Join Ross Boardman in a series of videos that shows the ups and downs, logistics and blood sweat, swearing and tears involved in the building of a fibreglass composite catamaran.
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Episode 12 sees us getting sticky with the first layer going down on the Hull of our 40 Foot Catamaran Mold. A full day of laminating Vinyl Ester Resin and a layer of Fibreglass Cloth form the Skin Coat or Tie Layer that bonds the outside Gel Coat to the hull Structure. Considered to be the most im...
A decision to build a 40 foot Catamaran should not be taken lightly. Join Ross Boardman in a series of videos that shows the ups and downs, logistics and blood sweat, swearing and tears involved in the building of a fibreglass composite catamaran.
Episode 10 marks the real start to the build with e...
In this episode I have restored the starboard staircase and laminate and demould it with some unexpected grief. The jigsaw puzzle this project is begins to take shape.
A decision to build a 40 foot Catamaran should not be taken lightly. Join Ross Boardman in a series of videos that shows the ups an...
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