I have a friend who spent 24 hours in the water 300 miles off Bermuda with a bundle of fenders tied together. He was on a Leopard cat that sunk due to a dismasting. It too was unsinkable, like the titanic. He was unable to pull his heavy life raft up through the locker in rough seas while trying to hold on to the boat with one hand and lift the raft with the other. I would encourage you to try lifting your raft one handed while simulating it being inside a locker. Odds are you can't. Find a way to mount it so it falls into the ocean when released.
I was just about to tell a similar story. Appropriate life rafts are very heavy, unless you’re Hafþór Björnsson or Eddie Hall, pulling them up out of a locker will be very difficult. This is why they are places where they can be pulled laterally on other cats like in the aft of the bridge deck. My second thought was, aren’t these emergency life rafts supposed to auto inflate if in contact with water? I honestly don’t know first hand, just what I’ve heard, so it’s a honest question I have. But if so, storing on the front of the boat where water will often spray, my fear would be an accidental expansion of a life raft due to this spray. I am like you in a lot of ways, I feel many things can be improved from how they always been, be it design, engineering or construction of the aforementioned item. So I appreciate when you use your foresight to try to solve a future problem. But just as you have defended Schionning’s design during this build when others have pointed out faults or their foresight due to the choices you’ve made, maybe there’s a reason life rafts are at the aft of a boat, typically in a rack that all you have to do is unlatch it and pull laterally to release it into the water.
First off... if their boat sank, it was not designed properly. Ours is. If you don't believe that, then find me an example of a Schionning Catamaran that has sank. As for placement and testing, we do plan to practice lifting the raft and will move it to a different location if necessary should that prove difficult.
As I mentioned to Andersonautomotive, we will test the place where we install the life raft, multiple times. As for auto inflating, the place we plan to put it will not be taking spray from the bow, or anywhere.
Yes, so far we are happy with how things are fitting! We'll see how the bow portion of the chamfer panels fit tomorrow. Those are one of the trickiest parts of the boat to fit.
@@wimmasschelein1026 Sorry you don't like the videos, but we do the best we can. We don't have a film crew and building the boat comes before making videos, so we shoot when it doesn't get in the way of getting the boat built. Maybe you can build a boat and show us how it's done?
I went to La Rochelle yesterday to the annual boat show it was Cat heaven everywhere you looked another. There were some really good ideas too. Great video once again keep up the great work well done.
looks like about 6 cubic feet(18W-24H-24L inches) of space will be needed for anchor chain if 3/8ths is used. Myself stainless is worth the extra. I see so many brand new boats use there new chains and 1 month later rust is starting and it dirties up the boat fast. If you think about it 5-10 (closer to 5) years for non stainless steel and 30 plus years for stainless steel. so buying chain 4 times is not cost affective and your boat stays so much cleaner since no rust is dragged across your bow sprit etc..
Another great video, thanks for sharing. Apologies if it has been mentioned, I may have missed it. When does the weather become too cold for the polyester to cure outdoors?
I'm not sure. We don't use ployester on S/V Lynx, for resin we use all epoxy. Epoxy can be applied at temperatures between 50 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit (10 - 29.44 c).
I always think you’re say “Bath Salt” when you say ‘basalt’. You’re pronouncing it like ‘a’ in Apple vs ‘a’ in able. Should be pronounced more like Bay vs Bath. Bay-sawlt** ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1nDnATI2s-M.html
Sorry, I went to a British school, so... www.google.com/search?q=how+to+pronouce+basalt+british&sca_esv=b93a5106f2a6b794&rlz=1C1AVFC_enUS1028US1028&sxsrf=ADLYWIKmQf4mKIxWSJm021Vss5N1fC4gNQ%3A1728140986021&ei=ulYBZ9CFAeP6kPIPzKsv&ved=0ahUKEwjQyt_swveIAxVjPUQIHczVCwAQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=how+to+pronouce+basalt+british&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiHmhvdyB0byBwcm9ub3VjZSBiYXNhbHQgYnJpdGlzaDIGEAAYFhgeMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYgAQYogRI-BZQ9QVYphNwAXgBkAEAmAF1oAHRBaoBAzcuMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCCaAC_wXCAgoQABiwAxjWBBhHwgINEAAYgAQYsAMYQxiKBcICBxAAGIAEGA3CAgcQIRigARgKwgIHECEYChirApgDAOIDBRIBMSBAiAYBkAYKkgcDOC4xoAfSRA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:c5464739,vid:qWRTlhDtiAI,st:18
If you went to an British school I hope you pronounce Herbs properly with an H that can be heard and that you can pronouce Aluminium properly. Also Basil not bayzel. Don't tell me you go so far as saying lavatory or loo instead of bathroom???. 😊
