That little spider is of the family Salticidae, from the latin "Saltus" which means "jump", so it is a jumping spider. It is also a male, you can tell that because of the bulbous pedipalps (which are the smaller legs on the front) which host the mating structures, believe it or not. They are super, super cute!!!
I sailed by the Harbour last week, didn't want to disturb you, but that glossy coat is shining bright! Really nice seeing you progress in this great series!!
Those 1.41:1 scarfs (45° angle cut) you made are only 14% the strength of solid timber, so it was good that you overlapped your scarf joints with more laminations as that will make them strong enough. 12:1 (5° angle cut) is recommended when you don't laminate both sides of a short scarf joint. A router with angled guides to slide on can be used to make nice long scarf joints.
The trick with routers is to clamp another piece of wood to the workpiece to act as a fence - you push the router up against the fence and you get a straight line, without it they have a mind of their own :D
The important bit is to make sure the fence (or piece of wood) is limiting the router to the area you want to cut. Mark had it the other way around, where it could cut past the line if he didn't hold it extremely firmly.
Great video once again! The surface shape of that beam would certainly make using a router difficult. You’re making great use of all the clubs in your bag. Your boat is really coming together. Keep up the good work! Cheers!
Mark you are learning a lot about boat carpentry and you drive to get it right is much stronger that it was with minke..you know at some point in the future you will be the most knowledgeable guy in the boat yard and you will have to pay back all the help and advice, that is a big part of the comradery of the sailing community. Cheers, keep up the good work, you will get it all done
Some of that more solid but rotten wood didn’t need to be removed. You can use CPES (clear penetrating epoxy solution) to repair it. CPES is thin like diesel fuel. It penetrates the pores of the wood and pushes water out. You put it on and allow the wood to absorb it until it can absorb no more. It takes two days to cure but once it has, the wood is much stronger than new wood. I would advise you to put CPES on all the wood you replaced to prevent water penetration in the future. Its better than any paint. Good luck.
Nooooooo!!! CPES does NOT fix rot, and is NOT suitable for "fixing" structural components. He did absolutely the right thing cutting it that far back, both to spread the joints out and get back to reliable solid timber. This is a structural beam, push comes to shove, his life depends on it not failing - a storm doesn't give a monkey's bum that you were shy of a buck when you made that repair. Plus, rot spores (it's fungus) travel along the grain some distance from the obviously rotten mushy part.
congrats on 100k it makes me smile that you ended up in the netherlands with a baot to refit i cant think of a better country to do any sort of boat work in..
You are certainly learning a lot. What you have revealed is what i learned in my 40+ years in construction. Where wood meets wood and is not sealed first before assembly... you will most likely have wood rot in a matter of time. One thing I noticed is that the greatest areas of water intrusion is where the beams meet the hulls. This is where there is the greatest amount of twisting and stress... and yet there was NO fiberglass cloth. It looked like there was only maybe some epoxy coating which is not enough to keep it from cracking and water intrusion. I know you are pushing to get the boat back in the water soon but I feel it would pay to put two layers of fiberglass and epoxy on these beams before launching the boat. Even if you have to plane the sides of the beams down (1/8"- 3/8") where they meet the hulls before you glass the beams so they will fit back into the notches in the hulls, the 2 layers of fiberglass and epoxy would more than make up the strength of the loss of wood on the sides of the beams. It would be much easier to do it now... rather than on some hot tropical island where materials are more expensive and hard to get.
Hey Mark, the boat is looking great and I'm glad to see you getting (and taking) good advice. Since you brought it up, although it isn't a scarf until you get to at least a 4:1 slope length to thickness ratio a 45* is at least stronger than a plain 90* butt joint. Congrats on 100K!!
Congrats on the 100k, I'm sure folks wouldn't mind 1 mid-roll ad if that gave you more funds to continue, buy stuff for the boat or save towards a mast etc etc. Otherwise it's great to see your progress Mark - top work! Cheers
As a joiner of many years, I fully understand how forces on timber distribute themselves and I would say the advice you were given to extend that scarf joint was wrong.
Nice job! Great to see your skills improving every episode! Those wood blocks: distance from hole to edge should be at least 5* hole size. So maybe make them bit bigger and chamfered?
Love your vids. Probably the channel I most look forward to every week. It's great to see your confidence with the woodworking improving every episode. All the best with the launch 👍
Well done Mark you doing okay to honest i would be the same as you but you are willing to take advice which is good looking forward to next weeks video
Mark your a true insperation. I am currently doing a refit on a varne 28 and have really started to struggle with motivation to get stuck in, as the boat chucks problem after problem at me. Then i come and watch your videos and see how you just keep hammering at this soon to be beautiful boat and it feels me with the motivation to keep plugging on with mine. Well done to you for sticking with your guns and not only taking on such a large project but excelling with it. And thank you for the motivation you have given me to keep fighting mine ;)
I especially enjoy the fact that you often admit that you do not know how to do something......but you persevere and figure out how to do it........and it turns out well. I really like your low-tech low budget approach to this project. cheers! from Tom in Stayton Oregon USA
It is never wasted time if you learn from it. That is a quality lesson that you will never forget and you will build on it and be a good boat carpenter when your done. Keep up the good work.
I'm so happy for you that your dreams come true: you found the boat that you wanted, you make good progress with the refit, and your YT channel is doing great. I enjoy watching every minute of every episode of your journey! Will your parents be there for the splash?
looks like you're going to get there, just take the necessary precautions with your safety and health. Music is on the mark:) And congratulations on reaching 100K, you deserve it.
So good the no Commercials thing. It could end up being a very popular thing that stands you above the rest. Your working hard and look what hard work accomplishes
Great to see you so positive and excited as the project rolls on, having positive people helping you is helping I’m sure and you aren’t scared to get stuck into cutting out rot and so on. Boat is looking great and I’m sure Haneke will give her seal of approval. Keep on going Mark and congratulations on the 100k. Andy UK
congratulations on reaching 100k subscribers, Mark. The ocean teal will be invisible at sea, you realise. Beautiful and distinctive but at a distance relying on hues say in shipping lanes may prove to be a challenge.
Good to see you tackle a big job on those connecting beams ... so crucial on the strength of holding together the sailboat ... maybe some reinforcing stainless steel plates over the repaired areas or along each side of each beam to make it really strong ... this should help avoid any structural failure in a bad sea storm ... I am impressed with you finding wood rot ... a job worth doing is worth doing well ... especially when your life depends upon it ... ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊
Hi Mark. It's Great to see you being so Positive bro. And Congratulations on Finally reaching the 100K. 🎉🎉. Great Work. Anyway thanks for your hard work and Chat later. 😅😅
For the love of God, buy a moisture meter they are worth it when you think of safety, a few nights off the beer will pay for it, an ice pick or some other pointy thing is what most of us use once the meter pings. Colour looks great
Congrats on your 100k! There has got to be a good reason that people keep banging on about using decent scarf joins. I understand that when joining boards end to end using epoxy, it is the increased glued contact area that a scarf creates, that gives the join it's strength. These beam flanges will be subject to alternating between both tensile and compressive loads as well as torsional forces. It just makes simple sense to give these joins the best chance of surviving that one can. It will be interesting to hear what Hanneke has to say, the designers' approval with be worth gold. Great to see your confidence with handling your tools growing, keep up the good work and thank you for sharing Mark.
Your skill level keeps going up and up with project boats you've worked on. So glad to see the invaluable help you so much need, this is no small project. Good Job Mark.
In order for screws to exert clamping force, you want to slightly over-bore the top piece of wood so the threads only bite in the lower piece of wood. I couldn't tell if you did that. So in other words, you make like a 5 mm hole in the top piece and a 3 mm hole in the lower piece, then use a 4 mm screw. Something like that.
Mark, for the first few seasons of your UA-cam sailing adventures, you seemed timid and unsure of yourself when it came to boat projects and sailing alike. Now you're working your tail off and showing off your skills, and it's impressive. I knew you enjoyed sailing, but I had no idea how hard you were willing to work to continue your dream. The boat looks great!! Stay safe.
mate this is an amazing project. It's quite the undertaking but looks like its coming together nicely. Wharrams are such cool boats and I can't wait to see what comes of it.
In my opinion, I think the internal scarf at 45 (not even a scarf, really) is okay, because nearly all the tension is in the outer layer and the internal layers are mostly compression. Often you see beams that have holes cut in them to save weight (but don't do that because it would be too hard to paint the inside!)
When aircraft were made of wood the rule for a 100% strength scarf was 12 to 1 and still is practiced by wooden aircraft builders today. If the boat is only going to be a fair-weather bay cruiser anything would work. Why go to the expense and effort and not do it right.
I'm guessing modern glues are much better than what they had back then. I went 8:1 on the stringers for a boat I built - the lower bilge stringer twisted through about 80 degrees and showed no signs of distress. 12:1 wastes a lot of material too.
I am of the belief that (I agree the scarf was insufficent) that needs some aluminum 1/2 inch cut to shape of beam for 3 feet over this repair with some #8 through bolts
@@johnyoung3103 Are these scarf joints in aeroplanes on single timbers? The beam is a laminated construction, not a single timber. In the last video you could see some of the original joints, which were also butt joints. The key is that the butts are offset, giving a longitudinal glue joint to the adjacent laminations. Do the individual laminations in plyboard have 12:1 scarfs?
Been trying to have a word with the almighty to somehow influence the marina owners to let you stay on over the winter and into next year to get the job done. Good luck and good job getting ready to splash in a few short days.
I am sorry to disappoint you, but repairing the beam in this way is a noner, as this construction gets its strength out of a single stretch of wood over the entire length. Any interruption, changing a piece here and there, only makes the bending power of the beam less. It seems a pretty strong piece of wood, after the repair with epoxy and new pieces of wood, but in truth it has now some serious weak spots through the inserted pieces. I hope you will not encounter very high waves with these repaired beams! Nice footage though. Wish you all the best.
Your rots in the areas where the waters got trapped between the beam troughs and the beams. Resin rich softwoods tend to be more rot resistant naturally. Touch and smell your wood … grasshopper 😂 Saturate the new pieces in epoxy if you can.. and figure out if you can add a thin tray or spacers in The troughs to allow rain and spray to drain freely rather than hold the water. Routers are very useful but you need to use a guide if you want to cut straight accurately. Always use eye protection one other thing like a plane they will often cut better with the grain rather than against it. You’ll soon see. 👍🏻🇬🇧🧙♂️🤞🏼
Hi Mark, You’re so well doing in restoring Mahi and to make her seaworthy again. WIlleke and I admire your skills with this job and wish you lots of success in accomplishing the catamaran. We therefore look forward to your next vlog and send you love
Congratulations on the 100 thousand subscribers, been with you from virtually day one, it’s been emotional and happy and everything in between, great stuff Mark 🙏
Since the boat was so cheap... wouldn't it be worthwhile to rebuild the cross beams? they seem like a vital part with a considerable amount of rot? (i know you want to get it in the water soon but won't these be an ongoing issue?)
I am also leaning this direction. If they have this much problems, there is probably other things you have not seen... and I'd rather have a hole in the hull than a failing crossbeam
I heard a man say that his router got away from him and chewed up his arm pretty bad and he is very intelligent for sure even tho they are great machines I am cautious of them and weary. It's hard to believe how far you have come on such a huge task but wow you have much patients and your videos remind me of that thank you and God Bless.
When using a router build a fence perimeter, where you want to remove the rotten wood. That will enable you to have a straight lines and then you can also route out what needs to be replaced only. Congrats on the 100 k, Subs. Good for you Mark.
It’s coming along…… it’s your persistence and perseverance…….along with asking others and figuring things out…….to the water soon and sail away my boy sail away…… the “Captain” of your “Own Vessel”…….👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Your are doing a huge fixing to this boat, therefore I believe its worthy to build a central Pilot house on the bridge to render the navigation with this catamaran more comfortable especially in bad weather
For someone that doesn’t know what they’re doing, your smashing it up and making it look like a proper restoration. PS: Nice T-shirt man! And the music is exquisite
We were talking about your channel in a random anchorage the other day. Keep going mate, the cruising community is enjoying watching you learn and grow 😁
Hopefully, your repair is on top of the beam. This is because it is the top that is under bending compression. If your repair is on the bottom, you may be in trouble. This is because the bottom is under bending tension. Your 45-degree cut is a 1:1 scarf. This is nowhere near the 8:1 that is considered minimum.
Always love the videos, thanks so much for sharing! Also, thanks so much for having us along. I so long for living the dream someday when I can, but in the meantime, I can always count on coming here to these videos to keep that dream alive! Wish I was there to help lend a hand! BTW: I had to smile and laugh seeing you two at the commercial wood yard, then come out with great quality wood on two bicycles, and then jump into using a Festool miter saw that I could never afford. What a financial whirlwind 😂
Hey Mark, amazing job so far. She has really come a long way since the haul out, keep it up. I'm curious to know what your plan is with the rigging since you will be back in the water soon? Have you had time to inspect the rig, what kind of condition is it in? Cheers
🎉for the 101K, couldn't happen to a nicer bloke, hope your parents take a little credit too, they deserve it 👍Mahi is coming a long nicely, seems you have some great support there.
@@artbymaryf7283 Your welcome Mary, Mark is a credit your parenting and parents that do a good job raising kids to be well balanced, inspirational adults don't always get the credit they deserve 👍
Wow mark from you’re first boat you have become a mechanic a carpenter a painter an electrician and now I’d say a boat builder my hat off to you brilliant mate nothing can stop you 2 things I’d like to know first where’s the mrs 2nd where the hell do the sails go great adventure love it ❤
That little spider is of the family Salticidae, from the latin "Saltus" which means "jump", so it is a jumping spider. It is also a male, you can tell that because of the bulbous pedipalps (which are the smaller legs on the front) which host the mating structures, believe it or not. They are super, super cute!!!
And pretty intelligent as Spiders go… not quite like Portia but a Plus they don’t leave massive webs everywhere and are highly entertaining hunter’s 😁
🍊
Spidey senses tingling
On the lookout for Portia???
Lol...
I sailed by the Harbour last week, didn't want to disturb you, but that glossy coat is shining bright! Really nice seeing you progress in this great series!!
Those 1.41:1 scarfs (45° angle cut) you made are only 14% the strength of solid timber, so it was good that you overlapped your scarf joints with more laminations as that will make them strong enough.
12:1 (5° angle cut) is recommended when you don't laminate both sides of a short scarf joint. A router with angled guides to slide on can be used to make nice long scarf joints.
The trick with routers is to clamp another piece of wood to the workpiece to act as a fence - you push the router up against the fence and you get a straight line, without it they have a mind of their own :D
The trick with routers is understanding them better, in this case it needs to run on a flat surface, better still would be all new beams!!!
The important bit is to make sure the fence (or piece of wood) is limiting the router to the area you want to cut. Mark had it the other way around, where it could cut past the line if he didn't hold it extremely firmly.
As a novice van builder I also love and hate routers.
Great video once again! The surface shape of that beam would certainly make using a router difficult. You’re making great use of all the clubs in your bag. Your boat is really coming together. Keep up the good work! Cheers!
Mark you are learning a lot about boat carpentry and you drive to get it right is much stronger that it was with minke..you know at some point in the future you will be the most knowledgeable guy in the boat yard and you will have to pay back all the help and advice, that is a big part of the comradery of the sailing community. Cheers, keep up the good work, you will get it all done
What you lack in skill and knowledge is made up for with fortitude and perseverance. Just keep learning and plugging along and you'll get it done.
Some of that more solid but rotten wood didn’t need to be removed. You can use CPES (clear penetrating epoxy solution) to repair it. CPES is thin like diesel fuel. It penetrates the pores of the wood and pushes water out. You put it on and allow the wood to absorb it until it can absorb no more. It takes two days to cure but once it has, the wood is much stronger than new wood. I would advise you to put CPES on all the wood you replaced to prevent water penetration in the future. Its better than any paint. Good luck.
But I would say it needs to dry out before using it !!!
Yes, thats a great idea. This is usually called stabilizing and can also be done acrylics. For maximum penetration vacuum can be used.
Nooooooo!!! CPES does NOT fix rot, and is NOT suitable for "fixing" structural components.
He did absolutely the right thing cutting it that far back, both to spread the joints out and get back to reliable solid timber. This is a structural beam, push comes to shove, his life depends on it not failing - a storm doesn't give a monkey's bum that you were shy of a buck when you made that repair.
Plus, rot spores (it's fungus) travel along the grain some distance from the obviously rotten mushy part.
Rot is rot
Didnt know that so thanks for posting. every day is a schoolday if youre lucky. top stuff
congrats on 100k it makes me smile that you ended up in the netherlands with a baot to refit i cant think of a better country to do any sort of boat work in..
Congratulations on over 100 k , looking forward to see final outcome
You are certainly learning a lot. What you have revealed is what i learned in my 40+ years in construction. Where wood meets wood and is not sealed first before assembly... you will most likely have wood rot in a matter of time. One thing I noticed is that the greatest areas of water intrusion is where the beams meet the hulls. This is where there is the greatest amount of twisting and stress... and yet there was NO fiberglass cloth. It looked like there was only maybe some epoxy coating which is not enough to keep it from cracking and water intrusion. I know you are pushing to get the boat back in the water soon but I feel it would pay to put two layers of fiberglass and epoxy on these beams before launching the boat. Even if you have to plane the sides of the beams down (1/8"- 3/8") where they meet the hulls before you glass the beams so they will fit back into the notches in the hulls, the 2 layers of fiberglass and epoxy would more than make up the strength of the loss of wood on the sides of the beams. It would be much easier to do it now... rather than on some hot tropical island where materials are more expensive and hard to get.
Hey Mark, the boat is looking great and I'm glad to see you getting (and taking) good advice. Since you brought it up, although it isn't a scarf until you get to at least a 4:1 slope length to thickness ratio a 45* is at least stronger than a plain 90* butt joint. Congrats on 100K!!
I was going to say simular only I use 5 times the thickness of timber for the scarf length , A steeper angle for gravings .
Congrats on the 100k, I'm sure folks wouldn't mind 1 mid-roll ad if that gave you more funds to continue, buy stuff for the boat or save towards a mast etc etc. Otherwise it's great to see your progress Mark - top work! Cheers
As a joiner of many years, I fully understand how forces on timber distribute themselves and I would say the advice you were given to extend that scarf joint was wrong.
Accoya was the timber you were sold, it will not rot above ground for 50 years. Sands to a nice surface and takes paint well.
Well done 👏 Fantastic Progress n Looking Good ..
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Nice job! Great to see your skills improving every episode! Those wood blocks: distance from hole to edge should be at least 5* hole size. So maybe make them bit bigger and chamfered?
Love your vids. Probably the channel I most look forward to every week. It's great to see your confidence with the woodworking improving every episode. All the best with the launch 👍
It is oh so sensible, but the mallet wearing a rubber glove just cracked me up. Keep going, you'll get there, look at how much you are learning.
Well done Mark you doing okay to honest i would be the same as you but you are willing to take advice which is good looking forward to next weeks video
Mark your a true insperation. I am currently doing a refit on a varne 28 and have really started to struggle with motivation to get stuck in, as the boat chucks problem after problem at me. Then i come and watch your videos and see how you just keep hammering at this soon to be beautiful boat and it feels me with the motivation to keep plugging on with mine. Well done to you for sticking with your guns and not only taking on such a large project but excelling with it. And thank you for the motivation you have given me to keep fighting mine ;)
I especially enjoy the fact that you often admit that you do not know how to do something......but you persevere and figure out how to do it........and it turns out well. I really like your low-tech low budget approach to this project.
cheers! from Tom in Stayton Oregon USA
It is never wasted time if you learn from it. That is a quality lesson that you will never forget and you will build on it and be a good boat carpenter when your done. Keep up the good work.
And you teach us along the way! 😊
I'm so happy for you that your dreams come true: you found the boat that you wanted, you make good progress with the refit, and your YT channel is doing great.
I enjoy watching every minute of every episode of your journey! Will your parents be there for the splash?
looks like you're going to get there, just take the necessary precautions with your safety and health. Music is on the mark:) And congratulations on reaching 100K, you deserve it.
Looks like you’re getting good using new tools. Keep up the awesome work. Can’t wait for the launch.
So good the no Commercials thing. It could end up being a very popular thing that stands you above the rest. Your working hard and look what hard work accomplishes
Great to see you so positive and excited as the project rolls on, having positive people helping you is helping I’m sure and you aren’t scared to get stuck into cutting out rot and so on. Boat is looking great and I’m sure Haneke will give her seal of approval. Keep on going Mark and congratulations on the 100k. Andy UK
Thumb Up for the way you protected the mallet from epoxy
Way to go Mark, progress, even though I think you crazy taking this on. All the same good luck, and chin up Bro.
I really enjoy watching your videos, they remind me of my younger days & boating in S. Florida.
congratulations on reaching 100k subscribers, Mark.
The ocean teal will be invisible at sea, you realise. Beautiful and distinctive but at a distance relying on hues say in shipping lanes may prove to be a challenge.
Congrats Mark with the 100K,! It's awsome to see the progress and all the help you get. You choose an amazing spot to work on your boat.
Good to see you tackle a big job on those connecting beams ... so crucial on the strength of holding together the sailboat ... maybe some reinforcing stainless steel plates over the repaired areas or along each side of each beam to make it really strong ... this should help avoid any structural failure in a bad sea storm ... I am impressed with you finding wood rot ... a job worth doing is worth doing well ... especially when your life depends upon it ... ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊
Definitely reinforce those repairs!
Watching 2 dudes carrying a bunch of wood on bikes. Has to be the most Dutch thing I've seen in awhile.
Hi Mark. It's Great to see you being so Positive bro. And Congratulations on Finally reaching the 100K. 🎉🎉. Great Work. Anyway thanks for your hard work and Chat later. 😅😅
For the love of God, buy a moisture meter they are worth it when you think of safety, a few nights off the beer will pay for it, an ice pick or some other pointy thing is what most of us use once the meter pings.
Colour looks great
Congrats on the 100k Mark, well deserved,
Fantastic paint job.
Congrats on your 100k! There has got to be a good reason that people keep banging on about using decent scarf joins. I understand that when joining boards end to end using epoxy, it is the increased glued contact area that a scarf creates, that gives the join it's strength. These beam flanges will be subject to alternating between both tensile and compressive loads as well as torsional forces. It just makes simple sense to give these joins the best chance of surviving that one can. It will be interesting to hear what Hanneke has to say, the designers' approval with be worth gold. Great to see your confidence with handling your tools growing, keep up the good work and thank you for sharing Mark.
Your skill level keeps going up and up with project boats you've worked on. So glad to see the invaluable help you so much need, this is no small project. Good Job Mark.
In order for screws to exert clamping force, you want to slightly over-bore the top piece of wood so the threads only bite in the lower piece of wood. I couldn't tell if you did that. So in other words, you make like a 5 mm hole in the top piece and a 3 mm hole in the lower piece, then use a 4 mm screw. Something like that.
Mark, for the first few seasons of your UA-cam sailing adventures, you seemed timid and unsure of yourself when it came to boat projects and sailing alike. Now you're working your tail off and showing off your skills, and it's impressive. I knew you enjoyed sailing, but I had no idea how hard you were willing to work to continue your dream. The boat looks great!! Stay safe.
its crazy, i've been watching since the start of this project and i remember you having around 70k and now you already have 100k! congrats!
mate this is an amazing project. It's quite the undertaking but looks like its coming together nicely. Wharrams are such cool boats and I can't wait to see what comes of it.
In my opinion, I think the internal scarf at 45 (not even a scarf, really) is okay, because nearly all the tension is in the outer layer and the internal layers are mostly compression. Often you see beams that have holes cut in them to save weight (but don't do that because it would be too hard to paint the inside!)
When aircraft were made of wood the rule for a 100% strength scarf was 12 to 1 and still is practiced by wooden aircraft builders today. If the boat is only going to be a fair-weather bay cruiser anything would work. Why go to the expense and effort and not do it right.
@@johnyoung3103 yeah the outer scarf better be 12:1!
I'm guessing modern glues are much better than what they had back then. I went 8:1 on the stringers for a boat I built - the lower bilge stringer twisted through about 80 degrees and showed no signs of distress.
12:1 wastes a lot of material too.
I am of the belief that (I agree the scarf was insufficent) that needs some aluminum 1/2 inch cut to shape of beam for 3 feet over this repair with some #8 through bolts
@@johnyoung3103 Are these scarf joints in aeroplanes on single timbers? The beam is a laminated construction, not a single timber. In the last video you could see some of the original joints, which were also butt joints. The key is that the butts are offset, giving a longitudinal glue joint to the adjacent laminations. Do the individual laminations in plyboard have 12:1 scarfs?
Congraats on the 100k 🎉🎉🎉
Been trying to have a word with the almighty to somehow influence the marina owners to let you stay on over the winter and into next year to get the job done. Good luck and good job getting ready to splash in a few short days.
I am sorry to disappoint you, but repairing the beam in this way is a noner, as this construction gets its strength out of a single stretch of wood over the entire length. Any interruption, changing a piece here and there, only makes the bending power of the beam less. It seems a pretty strong piece of wood, after the repair with epoxy and new pieces of wood, but in truth it has now some serious weak spots through the inserted pieces. I hope you will not encounter very high waves with these repaired beams! Nice footage though. Wish you all the best.
The beam repairs are accidents waiting to happen
Your rots in the areas where the waters got trapped between the beam troughs and the beams. Resin rich softwoods tend to be more rot resistant naturally. Touch and smell your wood … grasshopper 😂
Saturate the new pieces in epoxy if you can.. and figure out if you can add a thin tray or spacers in
The troughs to allow rain and spray to drain freely rather than hold the water.
Routers are very useful but you need to use a guide if you want to cut straight accurately. Always use eye protection one other thing like a plane they will often cut better with the grain rather than against it. You’ll soon see. 👍🏻🇬🇧🧙♂️🤞🏼
Mark you are working so hard to get your boat back on the water!!! I’m rooting for you!!!
Thanks
My favorite bit was the bicycle wood retrieval!
Always look forward to your vids. Keep it up .
You're becoming a craftsman, before you know it you'll be an artisan. Good work.
Congratulations on reaching your 100K!
Good work Mark and your team of helpers. Looks like you might do this, are you excited 😊
Hi Mark,
You’re so well doing in restoring Mahi and to make her seaworthy again. WIlleke and I admire your skills with this job and wish you lots of success in accomplishing the catamaran. We therefore look forward to your next vlog and send you love
I can’t describe how cool it is you’re doing it from the Netherlands!
Great video. Always a pleasant surprise to see you pop up in my Friday feed. Always routing for you. Can't wait to see you get her back in the water.
I’m not a boater in anyway shape or form as get so sea sick but I’m fascinated by this build the work and making me want to learn lol keep it up
sweet man!! coming right along, it's amazing how many people you have arond you helping!!
Congratulations on the 100 thousand subscribers, been with you from virtually day one, it’s been emotional and happy and everything in between, great stuff Mark 🙏
That painting looks awesome. Well done.
Since the boat was so cheap... wouldn't it be worthwhile to rebuild the cross beams? they seem like a vital part with a considerable amount of rot? (i know you want to get it in the water soon but won't these be an ongoing issue?)
I am also leaning this direction. If they have this much problems, there is probably other things you have not seen... and I'd rather have a hole in the hull than a failing crossbeam
when I see this beams I just worry for Marks safety, high seas on these glued sticks.. 🤔
I heard a man say that his router got away from him and chewed up his arm pretty bad and he is very intelligent for sure even tho they are great machines I am cautious of them and weary. It's hard to believe how far you have come on such a huge task but wow you have much patients and your videos remind me of that thank you and God Bless.
When using a router build a fence perimeter, where you want to remove the rotten wood. That will enable you to have a straight lines and then you can also route out what needs to be replaced only. Congrats on the 100 k, Subs. Good for you Mark.
Love the glove on the rubber mallet. Clever thinking!
Good video. Like the paint color and finish.
It’s coming along…… it’s your persistence and perseverance…….along with asking others and figuring things out…….to the water soon and sail away my boy sail away…… the “Captain” of your “Own Vessel”…….👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Hey! When you finish, you will be a fair carpenter, my friend. God job.
Congratulations on the 100K.
Well done on reaching a hundred K. We look forward to the new episode every week! A weekly dose if 'can do' attitude!!!
Your skills have definitely improved Mark im impressed with your improvements keep up the amazing work you and your crew rock
Perfect! There's no better way to learn than from ones own mistakes. You've got this!
100k of ups and downs, of setbacks and victories. Well done Mark.
Super progress and its all a learning process for us all watching you. Keep the faith, getting close now!
Your are doing a huge fixing to this boat, therefore I believe its worthy to build a central Pilot house on the bridge to render the navigation with this catamaran more comfortable especially in bad weather
Love it man! Mahi looks incredible. The paint job and color are gorgeous. It looks like a jewel. Really great work.
The paint is gorgeous!
Doo wapp doddle-ding dong day? Really Mark? Any more of that and I shall have to call the Police. You have been warned. 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Dude. Love what you're doing. Respect.
Thanks! I’m enjoying this Bild immensely
For someone that doesn’t know what they’re doing, your smashing it up and making it look like a proper restoration.
PS: Nice T-shirt man!
And the music is exquisite
I really wanted to comment about the chisel but figured you had enough advice. 😂
We were talking about your channel in a random anchorage the other day. Keep going mate, the cruising community is enjoying watching you learn and grow 😁
congratulations on 100k! 😁💪👏
Wow, you have taken on board a huge task and your on a steep, rewarding learning curve, well done.
Sounds Super Expensive - coming from CT ZA.. 20 Euros for a Wood... whoa*
Hopefully, your repair is on top of the beam. This is because it is the top that is under bending compression. If your repair is on the bottom, you may be in trouble. This is because the bottom is under bending tension. Your 45-degree cut is a 1:1 scarf. This is nowhere near the 8:1 that is considered minimum.
Much like your british cars you were driving the router on the wrong side
Always love the videos, thanks so much for sharing! Also, thanks so much for having us along. I so long for living the dream someday when I can, but in the meantime, I can always count on coming here to these videos to keep that dream alive! Wish I was there to help lend a hand! BTW: I had to smile and laugh seeing you two at the commercial wood yard, then come out with great quality wood on two bicycles, and then jump into using a Festool miter saw that I could never afford. What a financial whirlwind 😂
Hey Mark, amazing job so far. She has really come a long way since the haul out, keep it up. I'm curious to know what your plan is with the rigging since you will be back in the water soon? Have you had time to inspect the rig, what kind of condition is it in? Cheers
Amazing job and top engineering, cracking job Mark👍
🎉for the 101K, couldn't happen to a nicer bloke, hope your parents take a little credit too, they deserve it 👍Mahi is coming a long nicely, seems you have some great support there.
Ahhh thanks so much Dave🤗
@@artbymaryf7283 Your welcome Mary, Mark is a credit your parenting and parents that do a good job raising kids to be well balanced, inspirational adults don't always get the credit they deserve 👍
Have to say using woodworking tools was part of the school curriculum! Excellent woodwork and metalwork classrooms!
Your boat is looking awesome Mark.
Wow mark from you’re first boat you have become a mechanic a carpenter a painter an electrician and now I’d say a boat builder my hat off to you brilliant mate nothing can stop you 2 things I’d like to know first where’s the mrs 2nd where the hell do the sails go great adventure love it ❤
We got him to 100k, now lets smash that like button so he gets to 200k! :D
There is nothing so pressing as dire necessity….
Love that blue gloved mallet for safer bashing! Bash to fit, goo to fill, paint to match!