Thanks to all for the video and interview! Very impressive builder. Very intelligent, careful, thoughtful, resourceful. He even built his own computer controlled routing table to cut the parts. Modelled the boat twice before starting the actual build. His build is very nicely done, and the results look very good. That planning and preparation seems to have relatively sped up his process too.
@@jamesfrankland4436 For its size, it's actually pretty light. I would imagine a larger boat could take more load, but of course it's sensible to keep the load down for better performance.
On the RU-vid channel "Sailing Wave Rover" he is in the process of building a plywood sailboat (twin keels, cat-rigged junk). He's finishing up the hull now (ready for fiberglass weave & epoxy). It's so nice to see a build like this in-progress.
Really great video. I was really motivated by the last statement as has been commented by other viewers. I would love to see a full boat tour. What a magnificent Catamaran. Echt Zooper!
I had a sort of plywood boat 25 years ago in Italy. Sort of because it was built on a plug by epoxying 1mm thick by 4 or 5 inch wide strips of wood over in a criss cross pattern. The end result was a type of plywood but in the compound curved shape of a fin keel fiberglass boat. Little to no internal frames as well.
@@RiggingDoctor Yes. It was the only one I'd ever seen and it had no data plate or manufacturer's mark. Great boat but it seemed like a whole lot of work make the plug just to to make one in someone's back yard.
Impressive. Six years to build, a lifetime to acquire the skills though. For those of us less gifted, French manufacturer RM has built and sold hundreds of very good and fairly fast plywood boats.
Its a huge Wood cat. A lot of power boats used ply ...and pressure moulded the sheets. Its very tough built correctly... Its a renewable resource and repairable...so thats good it also lends itself to one off or batch production...even mass production .. Im thinking in particular of James Wharram's designs it allows experimentation. With modern robot cutting methods and CAD it can be used to produce precisely cut interlocking parts. I can think of two other highly successful uses of plywood ..The mosquito fighter bombers of ww2 which only suffered in the tropics because they lacked Epoxy resins and the 1984 Africar project that used a resin impregnated plywood monocoque body tub ..for a host of reasons and to improve function in Environments from the polar circle to the Equator. At no point did the vehicles body work fail or suffer any damage despite the extreme terrains. They actually showed that you could hit it with a lump hammer and it wouldn't break or significantly dent. It also insulates and has no significant resonate frequency.
@@RiggingDoctor The biggest Wharrams are 55-65ft theres one channel ive seen the guy is living in and sailing the sea of japan. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YYBTzYtkqv0.html They all share the same idependent hulls and independent articulation beam mounted deck ... a bit like a 4wheel drive with long travel suspension and rigid Axel articulation.😁😉😂. I've a question for you if you dont mind why dont more modern boats use hulls with turned up...raised bows like many early sea going sailing vessels .. and rising displacement chines on the hulls ? Theres a cat being adapted to two electric sail drives ... I think it might be ply or ply with glass hulls? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lq6EqAVS4uE.html What is interesting is structural layout its like an evolution of the Wharram's. Theres also a Hybrid diesel electric monohull with some outstanding fuel saving performance figures at the end .
Great video, I will go with wood although thinking of plastic. Yes I did say plastic because it can be free and I know how to work it. But wood is an awesome choice.
@@RiggingDoctor really? Damn Herb I was giving thought of making my own plastic planks for my build when the time comes. Building it like most wooden boat's are built but with plastic which I can pick up just about anywhere, then sell off my equipment and hit the water for life or as long as I can. This will be my forever boat, yup the last one I'll build. Just need to find out what I could use for UV protection on plastic.
Concrete, plywood next is recycled tails of extinct mammal eastern hare wallaby tails.... hahah sry... really enjoy this series pls keep it up, just did not expect these materials.
Good to know... I'm looking at a catamaran in St. Lucia, it's listed for $44,000... down from 60k. Should I offer 30k? Since I need to fly down there, sail it back (don't know if I can do so solo). Plus I need to get it through the Canal since I'm on the west coast of Canada... or maybe sail it across the Atlantic the long way home...
So you make playwood first, then give it a lay of steel, then a lay ferocement, top whit glassfiber and close it all of whit aluminium,, and you have the best of all materials.
Hello no way just like a desk, WHAT IS THE ANGLO SAXON WORLD THIS GUY MENTIONED. Saludos Merry Christmas Iberians, people who are from the IBERIAN PENINSULA A GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE
@@RiggingDoctor Thanks for taking the time to respond to the comments. You have a great channel with a lot of information. All the best for you and your birds.
Do you even speak and understand english? This german guy speaks english very well, much better than the guy from the ferrocement boat. You should check your ears, maybe they are plugged.
@@RiggingDoctor I am an old fart and Russian english doesn't compute in these old ears, nor does heavy german accent. Sorry, next time I won't click on to your channel.
