You are very lucky to have so many nice people to help. I say that because I have built a boat and it can be very overwhelming when you are on your own. Great work can't wait to see the bulkheads in place good luck.
I do feel lucky! We wouldn't even attempt this without a lot of help! Last week alone, our extra crew (beyond the Admiral, Brian and myself) put in 55 hours.
We all knew the starboard canoes would go faster than the port one, but wow! It seems like ten times faster with all the sanding and fairing on the port side.
Sometimes the videos can make something seem shorter, depending on how much we shot and how it was edited. So though one may seem like it was faster, and may have been, the video might make it seem even faster.
Probably too late now but you can eliminate a sand by filling the plank ridges and voids in the glue lines by filing and glassing wet on wet the glass will lay better for you.cheers,also you can do you extra bulkhead drops at the same time.
Thanks, we did fill with compound as much as possible ahead fo time. As for doing that stuff at the same time, it just isn't possible with the team we have. Even with four people, and not fairing at that time, or trying to put in bulkheads, we worked 12 hours that day.
Y'all sure have accomplished a lot of hard work this week, it will be amazing to see those bulk heads go in. Sure wish I had your work ethic and determination. A project this large would just overwhelm me! it will be awesome when you are sailing around the world!!
They said in Australia we were going to have a dry hot summer, it's rained non-stop scince Christmas. They are pretty accurate up to 3 days after that it's guessing
I watched sailing UMA and they had too acetone after peel ply to remove wax from peel ply then light grind before next fiberglass layer otherwise it could cause delamination issues down the road. I am not sure if you are doing that or not but heads up. Also do not leave your acetone rags in boat when done store them so if they catch fire it won't burn anything. Seen boats burn down from leaving those rags in a hull then poof.
Well, we don't use acetone, so that's not an issue. The peel ply they used must have been different, ours does not contain wax. Still, we sand with 80 grit before applying fiberglass over the peel ply created surface anyway.
@@mckenziekeith7434 I watch all I can to learn as much as I can. I built my whole house solar system by learning how to do it right and safely. Never know when these skills will pay off.
You are lucky with the alternating 80f and rainy days. Ive got alternating 35f and snowy days still. Burning lots if diesel to keep it warm enough for composite work in the evenings and weekends. Loving our espar hydronic heaters though.
Love the organization and the project! My suggestion is, make time lapse videos whenever you can. Not too long. In addition to your weekly video. You may add some viewers.
Is there a big difference between thermal reaction with the west system and the sikamen epoxy?? I hope you understand what I,m asking. The west kicks off a lot faster so heat from the chemical reaction so does the Sikamen produce less heat during the long cure? That could reduce the problems with things like lifting and pin holes in the finishing steps.
Yes, there is a hotter thermal reaction with the West System. If we leave that in the cup too long, it smokes and gets too hot to hold. We haven't had the same issue with the Sicomin, though it still has a pot life, it just takes longer.
Yeah, hope Brian's burritos were tasteful at least :-D Well anyway laying down light biaxial +-45 or double bias doesn't mike sense far structural and stiffness. Hope you will lay down more reinforcements thereafter. Also more internal reinforcements usually recommended to the bow area inside the hull.
Schionning boats are known for their strength and stiffness, it's one of the reasons we went with their kit. So, we stick to their plans, and this is what is called for on the canoe interiors.
Well, not in this case. According to Schionning, the three hardest parts of this build are the two canoes and forebeam. which are all done. The reason for this is that almost everything else is precut flat panel construction, only those three items have to be cut and custom strip planked. Not that I don't think there is a lot of work still to go, but it's easier stuff, for the most part. Just lots of it.
@@SailingSVLynx That's good. But having been involved in a couple of buildings myself, and interior finishing, cabling, motor and control installation, rigging, sail gear, on and on ....
. Genesis 7 :2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by 👉sevens,👈 the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
By the time you completely finish this build, your sailing season in life will be over....literally! Besides, a super light weight performance cat like that is very demanding to single-hand or even 2 crew sailing and it will beat you into submission (and I mean, it will not be pleasant). Your time is running out, which is you most precious commodity. Instead, just buy an older budget mono or even older cat that is in good shape, make the few basic improvements you need to cruise and just slow cruise, relax and enjoy your golden years until you are not able to do so. Then sell it and move back to a simple land based home. Pick your battles, but I think in the end, this battle will win and you will lose out. So hurry, the sun is beginning to set in the near future. Get going and get gone, even if it's around the harbor or just slow sailing down the coast, before it's too late! You get what I'm saying??
Our time is ours to spend, however we choose. But if you want to know why we are building our boat, we talked about all that in video, here is a link for you. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rYYcbAvo4t0.html
As for this being a pure performance boat, the Solitaire 1520 is a performance/cruiser. She is never going to sail at wind speed, and from the numbers of the first hull in the water, from about a month ago, we can achieve about 2/3 of wind speed (at the best points of sail, slower on others). And, we don't intend to sail her over 10 knots much (unless the conditions are perfect, which doesn't happen often). So, we will not be 'beat into submission', lol. When needed, we just reef down to hold our speed at 10 knots or slower.
This is what they chose together as a family and to work beside each other building there dream boat. To some people there is more satisfaction in building your own boat so you will understand what you are sailing on. Some people just don't have the drive to do the work and build there own boat but some do, I'm also building a sailboat but only about half the size. I find great pleasure in the work.
@@SailingSVLynx Your life is your choice. And I admire your energy and video production. But after a year you are still in less than 5 % of the complete build. That is the hard reality ...
