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The way that Mike said "Big McLargeHuge" always gets me.

Here's a new one: 😆 Bash Bicep 💪

Happy 95th Birthday, Sandy Frank!

MST3k is both nostalgic for me and also keeps it's humor so well. So it's like a laugh and a little feels too. I AM Sir McFeel Laugh

Tear inducing 😂

Great video and really nice boat. I saw that you were using a triangular D-ring for your forestay. I know some people have had the oval D-rings come apart when used with standing rigging.

Thankyou.

Low key but very informative episode. Thanks for the update

You built a beautiful boat!!!

Excellent launch day and friends and familly day .. When the wind moves across hills and cliffs ..you will get dirty unstable air.. Even at sea a long way off islands and headlands have a noticible effect. Get some of the round portable solar powered lights ..to light up your interior at night and deck for moving arround. They are usually just push to switch on. The other addition is no seeum mesh On opening hatches and vents .. its the only way to avoid getting bitten and ending up with something like dengui fever etc.. as they are spreading N fast.

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So happy for you seeing this floating out on the water. That's so great!

Thats a great way to start your day...bird song sounds good and water looks like a mirror.. Time for a coffee ☕🧙🏻‍♂️😎.

Beautiful boat. Enjoy the journey ahead. 🤗

Stoked! Glad to see her finished Scott, you did a nice job, like the trailer setup. Cheers!

Is it weird that I just instinctively knew that was in Idaho? 🤣

Congratulations mate!

Well that's exciting! It floats so smooth looking off the trailer. Crispy sails. The boat is happy. Cool.

Well done, nice job on the build, and good that the maiden was without incident..sure she is going to give you many adventures..

That's awesome man congratulations.

Congratulations on launching, and on your first "sea" trial! She looks magnificent.

Wish you safe journeys and adventures with your family. We really hope to get busy on our Tiki 21 yet this summer. Have been working on ours nearly as long.

Well done on the biggest test, you got mosquito net on your first trip. Genius Move.

Maiden voyage with family and friend, I'd say it was perfect!

Very beautiful

Great idea with the main sheet to raise the mast. Looking forward to the first sail! Maybe I could fly out to SD and see it in person. I would love to catch a ride on it!

You're subjecting the carabiner at the bottom of the forestay to lateral forces it's simply not designed for. and it will be dramatically weaker than you need. A plain stainless ring would give much better distribution of the loads.

Beautiful! This is exciting seeing your Tiki ready to splash. Thanks for sharing your journey. 🤗⛵💖🐬🤗

Looking good.. 😎🧙🏻‍♂️ Last time i think I mixed up the term pulpit with Tabernacle... The laters what i meant... It gives you a slightly raised fixed pivot that you can raise the mast against .

i am so jealous

"Well, anyway, got that out of my system" always kills me

Built one in 1970s, great fun but a devil to tack, had to always back the jib with a snatch block, such a pain

Congrats on the build! Get that thing in the water and get sailing!!!

She's looking great! Probably the most beautiful Tiki 21 I've seen! Can't wait to see it sailing! You probably know it, but epoxy doesn't stands well in the sun, so I would put a couple layers of PU varnish over any wooden finish pieces that are coated with epoxy. ✌

She looks so ready to go. A beauty.

Thank you.

She's looking trim and ship-shape, and I'm hoping to see her getting wet very soon! Your trailer looks a bit "flimsy" to me. 06:34 Is each hull supported only by the 2 extendable box sections? It may be camera fore-shortening effect, but those box-section beams seem to be flexed under the weight, even with the trailer stationary. I hope road bumps, or even pot-holes, don't start the boat springing up and down, or bending those beams.

You're slowly getting the idea. Glad you figured out my sidestay suggestion. The next thing I'll stress is the ginpole is not an Extra. It's ALSO either a Boom, or a spinnaker/ jib Pole, and only needs to be a 6ft , 1 " aluminium pole with a cleat at each end. It will also remove the need for such strong pulley gear, as the extra leverage provided by the pole solves the problem Unless you never plan on sailing down wind, you are going to find the pole super handy, especially if you make it sturdy enough to use as a boat hook for picking up stuff from the water, and pushing off from wharves and rocks. I forget if you said anything about an anchor. Theoretically they are mandatory for most boats. Ideally the anchor rope should run through the centre of the Bow Bridle to avoid off centre drag. The Anchor is your Brakes, and together with a suitable Tow Rope for Rescue boats, should be on your Checklist of essential gear for every trip. I wouldn't promote these things unless I had learned them all by years of experience. All the best on your maiden voyage.

helllll yessss im so juiced after watching this

In the top of the sail, where the zipper starts, those two eyes are for tying a rope around, so it takes any tension that would open the zipper backwards, otherwise. There might be another two eyes in the bottom as well.

"Bob Johnson ... Oh, wait."

I never knew about the sail zipper. After transporting my catamaran and several other homemade multi hull arrangements, I learned that making an "X" with the straps in the front, then another one in back to keep the load centered and pulled down. Not sure if it applies to your setup. My cat wanted to "shimmy'" but it has a flat bottom. You will find out how it wants to wiggle loose if it wants to. Less than 2 hours setup is quick. Mine was 3, but I'll be quicker as I get it down better. Sails look awesome!

Looking sweet

Really appreciate what you are going through. Thank you.

It looks beautiful! I wouldn't bother repairing the old sail, wait and see if you will even use it, and if you do, get a new one. I would, however, change the location of the plug for the trailer tail lights. If you put the plug near the wench (and add a longer wire to the lights) the plug won't be submerged when you splash the boat.

Things are really getting interesting. . .

Awesome 👍🏻✌🏻🇨🇦

Looks great!

Excellent progress, and good choices on the design improvements, especially the trampoline. Heavy rope netting is very hard on bare skin, so don't be too keen on removing finer meshes. I see you still haven't mastered the gin pole with forestay pulley for mast up/down. 🙂 Well worth the practice prior to confined launch areas, where ladders may be in short supply :-) Edit. PS - how did you get on for insurance for the whole setup ? Also, just make a little T piece from 2x4 wood, say 3 ft x 1 ft , cover it in old carpet, and then you can drop the short arm of the T into the gap between the hulls for anti-rubbing and it will sit securely behind those deck fittings. PPS - In any trip, a checklist is a great idea. Like a plane flight prep. Worst case you arrive at the launch place with missing ropes, or end up in the ocean with only 1 flipper and no face mask, towels, change of dry clothes etc. Also, a first aid kit, safety gear like in date flares, flotation vest, spares for things that you might drop in the water or break, waterproof cover for your charged mobile phone, even an old spare mobile phone before you get your marine radio. Tow rope, don't forget a tow rope.

When raising or lowering mast, make temporary stays use two of the main halliards tied down to the cleats at the ends of the main crossbeam. Stops the risk of the mast falling sideways till main stays are tight