How to build a boat Ep #1 - Catamaran you can live on 

I was absolutely glued (no pun intended) to this series for the best part of this morning!! Some of the classic aussie humour had me in stitches!! "... then I remembered that the guy who layed the gravel left his tractor behind" .. goes and gets the tractor to help his dads tractor pull the semitrailer with the cat loaded onto out of the shed! Another bewdy, " ... geez mate how log before you get your tinny in the water?" ... and another ".. amazing what you can do with a basket of wood glued together!" Thanks so much for such an awesome series!!!

That rig seems perfect to retrofit with the new high-efficiency solar panels, a good battery bank and electric engines. Thanks for this video Mr. Weston.

Tim Weston thank you for taking us on this amazing inspirational journey with you. Bottom line is I feel alive just having watched your vlog journey. It brought me back to 2016 when I was in the whitsunday Islands and had the time of my life

Tim, thank you for uploading this. You truly inspire me. Remarkable work.

I'm just warming up to the idea of multi-hulls. This one is fantastic. Shallow draft means a lot to me.

Amazing achievement dude

It only took you 3 years? Incredible! It would take me a lifetime.

dream come true for all boat builders out there

Well done , your motivated and attention to details are very admirable , what a reward for effort , i put such an effort into a woman over 15 yrs and now have nothing , you have the boat , good on you

Good ol' dad! This boat looks like it was made in a shop with smooth fibreglass molds. Well done. Subbed and onto the next video.

this boat looks like a factory manufactured boat this guy did a excellent job on building this boat .

I would love to see the inside of the finished boat in a future video. Nice work!

Thanks Mr. Weston for such a great series of inspirational video's. For years I have been pining over wooden boats for want of one myself, with lots of dreams and little money, so it wasn't long before I came to the conclusion that I would have to build her for myself if I was going to afford to have one of my liking. I too had decided on a monohull and for years presumed that that was that (I became a huge fan of the Bristol Channel Pilot cutters). However I have started to shift my idea of what I want from a cruising platform so of course I have drifted on back to a childhood dream inspired by a book I read once called "sailing the farm" who's author claimed that if he had to do it over again would do it in a multihull!. Long story short I have been researching multies for I while now and stumbled across your fantastic video's!. Thanks for your calm conversational style and your inspirational example. Cheers!

Hey Tim love the digger ethos. I have no issue building the hulls. After all been sailing since I was 5 and working on boats, both sailing and repairing for over 25. Not going to strip plank going to go the ply route. I know all the arguments but have no money so buying sheets weekly. The only issue I really have is the joints between the hull and the beams, and the beams themselves. As theres so many diffrent styles. Ive made my plans by mixing 3 diffrent designs I have full pans for to make it what I want. Its only going to be approx 30-32foot and for Australian waters. I also love you dagger board idea. Never understood why people dont go for a central board or as you did a large on for better tracking. Anyway love the boat and look forward ro having my hulls done by November. And if Woods can make a boat out of crap pine and not glass it, and it still be sailing t 30 years later Im sure I can build one thats glassed above water line that'll do me. Hope all well and would love to hear of any other adventures in building or sailing youve had.

Tim, this is such an inspirational documentary of a boat build project. My favourite part was the transportation to the coast...so much ruckus caused by one man's relentless dream to sail the seas 😂 Thank you for taking the time to share this story! Have there been any other significant ventures since this time?

i love these boats! and the fact that you were able to chase your dream, by building your own! very inspirational! thank you for sharing!

Wow, this is great, Cant thank you enough Terry

I love this! you are a talented man

BIG RESPEKT DUDE

Soy de Montevideo Uruguay no es para nada barato pero de apoco ce que lo voy a construir ...gracias por los videos ...

Hello Tim. Just learned about your journey with Tokyo Express, etc. Been watching the videos, and plan to purchase the books. Interested in following your path.

Very nice build you have. Chris White I have followed for years.

How far apart did you space your forms? A couple of feet? Would like to hear more about how you went about centering them to one another, too. Also, as you rounded the curves with flat planks/boards, did you have to pre-bevel the edges to meet the other boards, or was that not a problem? Thanks so much for putting this series up on RU-vid!

Wow thanks for the amazing and educational video! You just got another sub and like :)

I'm debating on building a catamaran myself, or maybe a monohull haven't decided yet. I want to sail around the world, but also to the Caribbean.

Mr Weston , sailing a catamaran has been my dream since I was 16 , I had been looking for opportunities to work so I can save up to one , but watching your videos had inspired me and my brother to follow in your footsteps , I am asking for advice and guidance to where is the best place to start , you had also talked about running in to a book that had made your dream true , May god bless you , and always be an inspiration to others Akef Elkasir

Well done !

great story, beautiful boat!! happy for you mate, you made it happend :D

what an amazing achievement. love the old falcon to xc ?

Gracias ..... cuando me fabrique el catamaran subo video

Hi Mr. Tim, I was inspired in making one someday because of this video. It's really my father's dream to own a boat and maybe i can ask your help for the dimensions or maybe a blue print if ever. I would really apreciate it. Thanks!

Brand new that looks like a million dollars

Hello Tim, hope you are well. I'm pretty sure I just saw the TE listed for sale on the Sunny Coast. New name Celestial I think? Cheap too for what it is. Wish I had the coin.

Wow what an awesome project, absolutely incredible work. Just out of curiosity what was your level of boat building experience before you started this project?

Excellent video series! Can you tell me the overall width of your boat? Thanks

Love the cat you build and was a model I liked to build and sail, I like the junk sails. I have searched the site but can't seem to find the plans for that model. what a shame. Great job you did sir.

Tim ven a Panamá hagamos Catamaran acá .

can you please list the materials and their quantities you used for build the catamaran.

dear friend, can you share the plans I want to build a catamaran for the family ... or can you tell me where I can get it please ... I will be eternally grateful

Awesome

Have you the Building plans?

Hey Tim Did you upload the other videos on building your cat? Very cool videos. I'm watching with great interest. And great stuff that epoxy. cheers Col

Hola en el primer vídeo los subtítulos bien en español los demás nooooo que pena pero excelente que muestras todos los pasos es mi sueño un catamaran

How much money did this save you brother? Looks great

Could you build a catamaran like this using the stitch and glue method? (cut out panels and stitch them together using wire, pulling them into shape, then gluing and reinforcing them permanently). Anyone know of any plans for a stitch and glue motor powered multihull ship?

Youre a legend!

Nice video :)

is this boat still floating and if it is, is it still at noosa

Hi Tim, thanks for sharing your project. I'm interested in building a catamaran some day but a little concerned about the resale value. Were you able to sell your boat at a reasonable price without taking a loss? I'm concerned about potential buyers reluctance to buy a $150000 boat that was built at home by an amateur builder. Of course I'm not building a boat to turn around and sell it, but sometimes unforeseen things do happen. Thanks.

👌

Tim, may we ask how much it cost you all together to build this? Thanks!

Where did you get the plans for this build?

what were those books you spoke of called. So i can look into them.

is the boat single or twin engine

Dump the music! What you have accomplished it what's interesting. The music is distracting.