I’m sitting in my sail dinghy under a boom tent on the pine shore of Baltic Sea in Latvia, watching your achievements. Respect brother 👍 Looks like outcome worth the journey 🥰
Congratulations Mark. You've stuck it out for a year and really have something nice to show for it. I hope you are feeling proud of your decisions and accomplishments. The boat looks beautiful and every week you improve it in some fashion. It won't be long and you'll be in open water again. Enjoy the fruits of your labor, stay safe and appreciate the great Mum and Dad you have.
Mark, I think the best way for you to accept support from vendors is what you just got on that AIS system. Quality product, applicable to what you are doing to try plus a discount for your followers. That is providing real value to your peeps. It's a great way to develop a consistent income to support yourself. You get support, your peeps save money on stuff they would buy anyway, and the vendor gets more business. Wins all the way around as I see it. Great videos!
Great sailing trials. You don't want to be dependent on crew. You need an anchor windlass and an autopilot. Even crew can sometimes not be up to the task. Thank you for sharing
Your channel and Igor Stropnik's videos when he's sailing small one-person cats in the med are my favorites right now. Others dream, you take the next step and make yours reality. Well done.
watching you is like watching a kid on Christmas open his presents. With Each step of progress your eyes brighten and I can feel the excitement of you creating your dream. Bright Blessings Mark!
You've stuck it out Mark through all your trials and tribulations - the measure of success is not so much the material existence but coming through the other side with a smile like a Cheshire cat - just as you showed us in this vid. Very well done indeed and I look forward to sticking with you on your adventures!
Well done , the prospect of sailing to new horizons , is just a tick away now ,,again congratulations to everyone that helped with the massive project .You sir are a star .(Watched all your videos out here from the kingdom of Siam ).
Never in doubt about your capabilities to turn a frog into a princess. When you’ve got the fantastic support of your mum & dad, anything is possible Mark.
This is sol cool. If you want to set anchor alone, you could install a long plastic pipe from the bow to the cockpit with a winch at the end. Then you can hoist/drop the anchor from there without getting a dirty deck
I can’t keep up, but looking forward to your many videos from your life of sailing& building. Team Parents seem like non other(the sea of calm)! Thank you for showing your sailing project& life to the world. Good Health& successes!
I thought you were totally crazy when you first bought this boat but I take it back. Through all of your hard work it's turning into a beauty! It looked so stable underway with a bit of breeze up ... I think it might be a really good blue water boat when you get everything sorted out.
@@alanbolton9217 I've not the slightest idea what you mean. I've had three mast brakes on my own yacht so I have no need to see a video to know what it's like ... just say'n
Congrats Mark, this was a real milestone for you and Mahi, tanking along singlehanded, so good to see. Lots more to come from Mahi as well by the look of it 👍
In 20 -30 years from now, look back at where you started and what you will have accomplished (in the future) - you have a bright future - never stand still!!!
Mark, you’ve come a long way brother! So proud of you and the growth of your channel! You’ve worked very hard and it’s paying off! Finally at sea! Over time she will come to full life and you’ll be able to sail across any ocean. I’m an OG and remember the tiny boat you started with. Can’t wait to see where life and your new boat takes you! Watching and supporting from Tennessee 🇺🇸 Fair winds and calm seas
What you need on the anchor roller is a chain pawl, it takes all the weight off you when you have hauled the chain in and have to get another grip. I’m sure you’ll be able to make or find one in the secondhand shops.
what a fantastic reward for you and your viewers. You'll be a proper viking soon. My favourite weekend coffee break is watching your latest, keep it up!
The Waddenzee is cool, & you have the perfect boat for drying out. If I was you I'd make a priority of getting a rollerfurler headsail and a boom with a downhaul to get her sailing properly & to make singlehanded sailing easier. Fair winds!
I never lost faith in you and I knew you could do this. You also have two other wonderful people on your support team and I honor your Mom and Dad for their faith and passion in what their son is doing, unwavering support, it’s the very best a parent can do and the love between you is very apparent. I’ll continue to support you and hope to run into you somewhere in the world. Go do it young man, your whole world has changed and now it’s a straight run to old age. It’s all the “fun stuff” now. Take all your success, and failures, in stride. As my kids always said about their school years, not showing off, not falling behind.
I really can’t speak from the experience of sailing your “house”…that makes the impact of risks a little greater but I wish I could converse with you about the likelihood of all the scenarios…such that you could be less affected by emotion and working more from the the great experience you have already sailing. It was really great to see you get past it every time and do the sailing as you did here.
Great video. Glad to see you put a lifejacket on. That boat will very happily sail very fast away from you if you slip. There is always, always work to do on a boat, but great to see a micro cruise too !
So amazing to see Mahi under sail, you’ve come so far in really not so much time (though I’m sure it feels like a longer journey on the far side of the UA-cam screen!). Somewhere in the PCA magazine archives (Sailorman / Sea People) there’s a hand-drawn diagram showing how another Wharram owner set up a Raymarine ST1000 tiller pilot with the Wharram tiller setup, might be worth asking the JWD office if they know what I’m rambling about. Mahi would demand a pretty beefy tiller pilot but that would be a quite simple and affordable approach for some automated crew. :) Super excited to see the next video.
The reason your boat is hard to tack maybe because your rudders are parallel..had the same problem on mine...if you think of a car turning..the inner wheel turns in a smaller circle than the outer.. this is called the Ackerman angle...look it up...but basically find the middle of your front beam and draw a line to the pivot point of each rudder and adjust you tiller arms in to meet this line...this will stop the rudders acting like a brake as they will each follow their own circumference of the turning circle...makes a huge difference. Wharram are hard to tack at the best of times due to both hulls acting like a long keel deep in the water...it's also why they track to straight..hope this helps Oh..and use round poly pipe/conduct for battens...light and cheap.....and they flex
@@johnferris The inner rudder ought to come furthur to the curve You want the boat to describe. I doubt that will be achievable with simple measures on a Wharram double Whammy to be honest.
@@manfredschmalbach9023 Yes, this is exactly the point of angling the arms. Say you want to turn to port, then tiller to starboard. As an *example*, say the inward angle of the tiller when the rudders are dead ahead are each 20 degrees inward. Say the tillers are 1 m long, then each tiller would be displaced inward about 34.2 cm. If you move the crossmember 20cm to strbd: the port *tiller* will have moved a total of 54.2cm from dead ahead and the total angle would be arcsin(.542)=32.8 deg so a change of 12.8 degrees on the port *rudder*; the strbd *tiller* will now be 34.2cm - 20cm=14.2cm from dead ahead or arcsin(0.142)=8.2 deg so a change of 11.8 deg. So the inner (port) rudder will move 1 degree more than the outboard (strbd) rudder. Obviously you can change the geometry to get more/less of an effect.
Your parents really are rockstars dude. And - your flipping boat works! It works dude!. Great job so far. I’ve been watching since the days of the Yunnan Cowgirl. I’m just a humble narrowboat guy with a little bit of sail boat envy 😊
brilliant mark for the first time on this new boat i see your happy and comfortable you have come along way well done living youre dream can’t wait to get out to the sea a big 🥇 medal for you ❤
I'm sure that you know adding a wishbone boom will help with your main sail shaping and will ease stress on your battens. Love the progress and thanks for having us all along for your adventure.
You could really use a windlass and a chain locker, especially if you’ll be singlehanding . I’m sure you’ll get around to it. Really beautiful boat. Your videos are fantastic!
A better way to moor to a ring on a mooring buoy, is to use 2 ropes. One from the port bow through the ring and back to the port bow. The second rope from the port starboard bow through the ring and back to the starboard bow. This gives more control of the bridal lenghts, and stops wear on the rope as it slides back and forth through the ring. Good luck with your first saltwater experience in your new boat.
Fantastic to see you sailing fella it looked exceptionally stable done a great job lad keep up the good work you are such an inspiration for the younger generation god bless
Mark I'd love to see a video of you just talking about the parts of the boat that you will change/add to. You could even put some pictures from other Wharrams. I think it would be so cool to understand what your plans are for Mahi. Cheers
Hey Mark, there is a vlogging girl Natasha from Russia with a popular utube channel. She has been stuck in Georgia for a while but now she got a visa and she is in the Netherlands. Natasha is a very important person. Not really girlfriend material but.. I would be so stoked if you could get her on the boat for a sail.
Wow! Did you know that you are an efffffffing badassssss!!!!!! I am so proud of you brother! Much love from Austin, Texas, USA!!!!!!!!! Man....I'm stoked for you dude!!!!!!!
You need crew! I have said this several times before, surely there must be a a lovely Dutch girl that shares your dream? Good on you for getting a Class B AIS. They are truely the best thing that ever happened for navigation besides GPS. What you should really invest in now: 1) An Autopilot 2) A proper spade anchor like Rocna 3) fiberglass sail battens (wood/glass epoxy will always keep breaking) 4) Fit a boom for your mainsail 5) start collecting spares when you see good deals.
Mark, this is just wonderful watching you sail again! I have been watching since before you had that little dog. I remember you saying when you bought his boat you lost some subscribers, and here you are now sailing the boat they thought was a lost cause. Bravo! You are turning her into a lovely boat. So much hard work, sweat and dogged determination. You are very inspiring and I truly look forward to your videos. I too love to fish and just moved near the coast to fish and get back into sailing. I haven’t sailed in many years and you are one of the people inspiring me to sail again. Thank you! ❤ PS your music is awesome!
Yoshi is doing well living here on Anglesey with me. He gets two 1.5 mile walks a day well fed and a very comfortable bed. I love him to bits, he's a great little dog.
@@joeswinny7686 oh what a lovely note. Thank you so much! I couldn’t remember his name. So glad he found his furever home and that he is so loved. Is there anyway to share a picture here? Blessings to you and Yoshi ❤
@@Chr.U.Cas1622 Thanks. Longer distance runs and especially Blue Water sailing, I would prioritise as I run the engine at the start and end of the day, so no power issues. The winds close to shore are fickle and it is great motoring head to wind to raise and lower the main.
@@jonathanwetherell3609 You're welcome, it's my pleasure. I really don't know much about sailing but to me a Wharram, although I definitely prefer catamarans/trimarans over mono hulls, is a kind of stone age boat. Not really enough space to live in, no shower, no pilot house etc.p.p.. As a fun boat for day or weekend trips okay. But sailing oceans with something like this is quite unimaginable, at least for me. I don't need much but at least a wet cell with a functional toilet and big enough shower is a must. But of course it's anyone's personal preference what one likes or not. These outboard motors wouldn't comfort me while motoring in heavy weather, it's simply risky. I clearly prefer inboard engines, even if an outboard motor with a long shaft is used in a kind of funnel. A repair while having heavy weather/rain simply cannot be done on outboard motors attached like the ones on Mahi. Unfortunately that's a fact. Sincerely yours.
@@Chr.U.Cas1622 Every design is a set of compromises, including boats. Before buying a boat you need to list all your requirements and then try to match them to a boat. You then compromise on those requirements until you find a boat that you can accept. For me it was budget, sailing performance and running costs that won out.
Without having to read so many conversations (well done buddy, you are 1 of only 2 reasons I go to UA-cam, a key shining light and influence) to see if this topic has been extensively covered. No BOOM! Put this to the top of your ‘to do list’. Driving a car with 4 punctures. The difference in every aspect is comparable. Unless I am completely missing something like a ‘loose footed’ Bermudan rig but I thought that was only with a gaff rig. Please can someone bring me up to speed! Thanks and love the channel.
Thanks for those great drone shots. The Mahi is shaping up nicely. Strangely, a circular saw is sometimes a good option for cutting long gentle curves. A grinding pad w 40 grit or a flap disk to refine them. Your persistence and humility are the stuff of true grit. Long may you sail.
For sail batterns use long grain wood like spruce NOT short grained wood. For towing dinghy use line attached at STERN of dinghy on the wooden engine mount... run line to stern of your catamaran... and have short line from front of dinghy to cat but NOT carrying load?... just keeping dinghy Bow in line with stern mounted line which takes all the load This stops you pulling off the handle on front of dinghy !! Very very well done Andrew
For the mast track I got recommended PTFE Dry Lube over silicon spray, as it works just as well but it doesn’t gunk up or leave as much unwanted residue
The guy motoring past, close enough to ask when your next video was out. Kinda cool, you've got groupies!
Mark responded: “Google het” 😂
@@MaShcode He said "Next Friday"
I’m sitting in my sail dinghy under a boom tent on the pine shore of Baltic Sea in Latvia, watching your achievements. Respect brother 👍
Looks like outcome worth the journey 🥰
I'm sitting on our Catamaran watching Mark's achievements as well.
Congratulations Mark. You've stuck it out for a year and really have something nice to show for it. I hope you are feeling proud of your decisions and accomplishments. The boat looks beautiful and every week you improve it in some fashion. It won't be long and you'll be in open water again. Enjoy the fruits of your labor, stay safe and appreciate the great Mum and Dad you have.
Great stuff man, you've stood up tall and took it all so to speak and you're sailing 😊
Your Dad and Mum are awesome! You're one lucky fella!
I greatly appreciate your modesty. It is what will keep you alive and safe at sea.
Excellent to see you sailing. Well done. (Miss your Mum !)
Mark, I think the best way for you to accept support from vendors is what you just got on that AIS system. Quality product, applicable to what you are doing to try plus a discount for your followers. That is providing real value to your peeps. It's a great way to develop a consistent income to support yourself. You get support, your peeps save money on stuff they would buy anyway, and the vendor gets more business. Wins all the way around as I see it. Great videos!
You're really living a great adventure, thanks for inspiring us mate
Great sailing trials. You don't want to be dependent on crew. You need an anchor windlass and an autopilot. Even crew can sometimes not be up to the task. Thank you for sharing
Awesome, mate! So happy for you. Finally cast off your mooring lines. Future’s gonna be awesome.😀😀👍
After all the efforts that you have made for the past year, enjoy you deserved it ! Thank you for sharing those moments with us !
You're doing a great job Mark. Some great skills you have and are learning. Looking forward to your forth coming adventures. Uncle Pete
Your channel and Igor Stropnik's videos when he's sailing small one-person cats in the med are my favorites right now. Others dream, you take the next step and make yours reality. Well done.
You really put effort in these parts. Hats off
watching you is like watching a kid on Christmas open his presents. With Each step of progress your eyes brighten and I can feel the excitement of you creating your dream. Bright Blessings Mark!
A very professional amateur video. You’ve done a great job bring another Wharram cat back to life. Congratulations on a job well done.
You've stuck it out Mark through all your trials and tribulations - the measure of success is not so much the material existence but coming through the other side with a smile like a Cheshire cat - just as you showed us in this vid. Very well done indeed and I look forward to sticking with you on your adventures!
Well done , the prospect of sailing to new horizons , is just a tick away now ,,again congratulations to everyone that helped with the massive project .You sir are a star .(Watched all your videos out here from the kingdom of Siam ).
great effort mark, single handed night sailing, your getting confident, I like it, every time is a lesson, loving you sailing
Never in doubt about your capabilities to turn a frog into a princess. When you’ve got the fantastic support of your mum & dad, anything is possible Mark.
Bro you are redefining the genre of jazz yachting. Amazing!
This is sol cool. If you want to set anchor alone, you could install a long plastic pipe from the bow to the cockpit with a winch at the end. Then you can hoist/drop the anchor from there without getting a dirty deck
I can’t keep up, but looking forward to your many videos from your life of sailing& building. Team Parents seem like non other(the sea of calm)! Thank you for showing your sailing project& life to the world. Good Health& successes!
Such loving and supportive parents.
So glad you are starting to enjoy the fruits of you hard work.
Mark, you're now tackling projects with confidence. It's great to see. Stay safe.
Mark, really enjoying seeing the boat sailing and the smile on your face.
I thought you were totally crazy when you first bought this boat but I take it back. Through all of your hard work it's turning into a beauty! It looked so stable underway with a bit of breeze up ... I think it might be a really good blue water boat when you get everything sorted out.
Totally agree, Mark surprised me too!
You need to watch a couple of the de masting videos and see how confident you feel then. Just saying.
Not crazy, just 🍀 lucky.
@@alanbolton9217 I've not the slightest idea what you mean. I've had three mast brakes on my own yacht so I have no need to see a video to know what it's like ... just say'n
@@alanbolton9217Is your sailing experience from UA-cam? Perhaps not the best foundation for strong opinions? Just saying…
Congrats Mark, this was a real milestone for you and Mahi, tanking along singlehanded, so good to see. Lots more to come from Mahi as well by the look of it 👍
I’m so happy for you!!! Now it’s on to distance shores and fulling your dreams, congratulations.
In 20 -30 years from now, look back at where you started and what you will have accomplished (in the future) - you have a bright future - never stand still!!!
It’s nice to see the sparkling in your eyes again. Loving the episodes !!
Sunny Days and big winds around enjoy it when you get to it!
Congratulations Mark. Mahi looks great and all the hard work is paying off! Great Video!
Fantastic progress this past year. You must be proud of what you’ve gotten accomplished. Wishing you all the best on your adventure.
Mark, you’ve come a long way brother! So proud of you and the growth of your channel! You’ve worked very hard and it’s paying off! Finally at sea! Over time she will come to full life and you’ll be able to sail across any ocean. I’m an OG and remember the tiny boat you started with. Can’t wait to see where life and your new boat takes you! Watching and supporting from Tennessee 🇺🇸 Fair winds and calm seas
Great when a fellow boater sails past asking for a new video
Way to go Mark! You and the boat have come a long way. Keep the dream alive and sails full of wind.
Fabulous job on the new tiller arms! Its a definite upgrade.
Thanks!
Outstanding seeing you sailing again Mark. You've made such progress since the initial buy. Great job!
It’s great to see this classic Wharram catamaran back sailing where it belongs, good job!
What you need on the anchor roller is a chain pawl, it takes all the weight off you when you have hauled the chain in and have to get another grip. I’m sure you’ll be able to make or find one in the secondhand shops.
Great video. I’m so glad to see you sailing her and gaining confidence to eventually take her to sea. Cheers!!
You are the master baiter LOL good to see you’re actually out on the water, not just talking about it. Finally, you can to go sailing
what a fantastic reward for you and your viewers. You'll be a proper viking soon. My favourite weekend coffee break is watching your latest, keep it up!
Love this channel, been here from virtually day one 🙏 and hope for many more years to come.
Seeing your smile while sailing has put a big smile on our faces. Supper happy for you
How exciting, Mark!
Have fun and stay safe.
Bri
Smile on my face the entire time on this one. Congrats on Such sucess.
Wow, congratulations Mark. Oh my gosh such a great boat. Yahoo!
The Waddenzee is cool, & you have the perfect boat for drying out. If I was you I'd make a priority of getting a rollerfurler headsail and a boom with a downhaul to get her sailing properly & to make singlehanded sailing easier. Fair winds!
I never lost faith in you and I knew you could do this. You also have two other wonderful people on your support team and I honor your Mom and Dad for their faith and passion in what their son is doing, unwavering support, it’s the very best a parent can do and the love between you is very apparent. I’ll continue to support you and hope to run into you somewhere in the world. Go do it young man, your whole world has changed and now it’s a straight run to old age. It’s all the “fun stuff” now. Take all your success, and failures, in stride. As my kids always said about their school years, not showing off, not falling behind.
This is lovely-thank you🤗⛵️🤗
You’re a stone cold badass dude. Love it.
You did it!!! It was your dream and made it a family project. Loved seeing
Mum and Dad helping. Wishing you only the best.
We live full time on a small 28 shipman, but there is something so magical about the wharrams. I want to get one and live on it.
I really can’t speak from the experience of sailing your “house”…that makes the impact of risks a little greater but I wish I could converse with you about the likelihood of all the scenarios…such that you could be less affected by emotion and working more from the the great experience you have already sailing.
It was really great to see you get past it every time and do the sailing as you did here.
Great video. Glad to see you put a lifejacket on. That boat will very happily sail very fast away from you if you slip. There is always, always work to do on a boat, but great to see a micro cruise too !
Congratulations from Christchurch New Zealand you have done the Mahi now you’re enjoying the Mahi !
A windlass perhaps. And chain locker? Kudos for what you've done so far. It ain't easy. Respect.
So amazing to see Mahi under sail, you’ve come so far in really not so much time (though I’m sure it feels like a longer journey on the far side of the UA-cam screen!). Somewhere in the PCA magazine archives (Sailorman / Sea People) there’s a hand-drawn diagram showing how another Wharram owner set up a Raymarine ST1000 tiller pilot with the Wharram tiller setup, might be worth asking the JWD office if they know what I’m rambling about. Mahi would demand a pretty beefy tiller pilot but that would be a quite simple and affordable approach for some automated crew. :) Super excited to see the next video.
The reason your boat is hard to tack maybe because your rudders are parallel..had the same problem on mine...if you think of a car turning..the inner wheel turns in a smaller circle than the outer.. this is called the Ackerman angle...look it up...but basically find the middle of your front beam and draw a line to the pivot point of each rudder and adjust you tiller arms in to meet this line...this will stop the rudders acting like a brake as they will each follow their own circumference of the turning circle...makes a huge difference.
Wharram are hard to tack at the best of times due to both hulls acting like a long keel deep in the water...it's also why they track to straight..hope this helps
Oh..and use round poly pipe/conduct for battens...light and cheap.....and they flex
The tiller arms themselves... not the rudders...the tiller arms should be at a slight inward angle to the rudder
@@johnferris The inner rudder ought to come furthur to the curve You want the boat to describe. I doubt that will be achievable with simple measures on a Wharram double Whammy to be honest.
@@manfredschmalbach9023 Yes, this is exactly the point of angling the arms. Say you want to turn to port, then tiller to starboard. As an *example*, say the inward angle of the tiller when the rudders are dead ahead are each 20 degrees inward. Say the tillers are 1 m long, then each tiller would be displaced inward about 34.2 cm. If you move the crossmember 20cm to strbd: the port *tiller* will have moved a total of 54.2cm from dead ahead and the total angle would be arcsin(.542)=32.8 deg so a change of 12.8 degrees on the port *rudder*; the strbd *tiller* will now be 34.2cm - 20cm=14.2cm from dead ahead or arcsin(0.142)=8.2 deg so a change of 11.8 deg. So the inner (port) rudder will move 1 degree more than the outboard (strbd) rudder. Obviously you can change the geometry to get more/less of an effect.
Your parents really are rockstars dude. And - your flipping boat works! It works dude!. Great job so far. I’ve been watching since the days of the Yunnan Cowgirl. I’m just a humble narrowboat guy with a little bit of sail boat envy 😊
brilliant mark for the first time on this new boat i see your happy and comfortable you have come along way well done living youre dream can’t wait to get out to the sea a big 🥇 medal for you ❤
Love your jazz music choices especially Brad Meldau is just so great with boating images...
Great Episode Mark, Finally enjoying the results of all your hard work 🍻🍻
I'm sure that you know adding a wishbone boom will help with your main sail shaping and will ease stress on your battens. Love the progress and thanks for having us all along for your adventure.
You could really use a windlass and a chain locker, especially if you’ll be singlehanding . I’m sure you’ll get around to it. Really beautiful boat. Your videos are fantastic!
Fantastic episode Mark, just the right combo of sailing, fishing and boat works 😊
A better way to moor to a ring on a mooring buoy, is to use 2 ropes.
One from the port bow through the ring and back to the port bow.
The second rope from the port starboard bow through the ring and back to the starboard bow.
This gives more control of the bridal lenghts, and stops wear on the rope as it slides back and forth through the ring.
Good luck with your first saltwater experience in your new boat.
YES!!! Finally! Your hard work has paid off big time. I'm looking forward to the next adventures.
sail battens:- use PVC water pipe. Durable, easily available and Cheap! You can heat the ends and squash them flat for the end fitting and,or pockets.
Good idea and heat the ends before you smash them flat.
Actually no, PVC water pipe is not a thing in the EU. We use copper here
@@RCake Sorry sunshine, you're wrong, there are many PVC pipe suppliers in the EU, Aquatherm and John Guest to name just two.
Not stiff enough over that length. Buy the proper stuff.
@@ipirrie6734 Maybe you could help him out by buying some "proper stuff" for him
So nice to see and know you sailing, finally - well done, man, congrats to your success following and realizing your dreams, love your content
You made me so happy when I saw you hammering in those end caps.
Fantastic to see you sailing fella it looked exceptionally stable done a great job lad keep up the good work you are such an inspiration for the younger generation god bless
Mark I'd love to see a video of you just talking about the parts of the boat that you will change/add to. You could even put some pictures from other Wharrams. I think it would be so cool to understand what your plans are for Mahi. Cheers
Great idea 👏⛵️👏
Lucky man , cat looks pretty nice
Congratulations on getting the cat sailing.
Hey Mark, there is a vlogging girl Natasha from Russia with a popular utube channel. She has been stuck in Georgia for a while but now she got a visa and she is in the Netherlands. Natasha is a very important person. Not really girlfriend material but..
I would be so stoked if you could get her on the boat for a sail.
Wow! Did you know that you are an efffffffing badassssss!!!!!! I am so proud of you brother! Much love from Austin, Texas, USA!!!!!!!!! Man....I'm stoked for you dude!!!!!!!
You need crew! I have said this several times before, surely there must be a a lovely Dutch girl that shares your dream? Good on you for getting a Class B AIS. They are truely the best thing that ever happened for navigation besides GPS. What you should really invest in now: 1) An Autopilot 2) A proper spade anchor like Rocna 3) fiberglass sail battens (wood/glass epoxy will always keep breaking) 4) Fit a boom for your mainsail 5) start collecting spares when you see good deals.
anchor winch
Mark, this is just wonderful watching you sail again! I have been watching since before you had that little dog. I remember you saying when you bought his boat you lost some subscribers, and here you are now sailing the boat they thought was a lost cause. Bravo! You are turning her into a lovely boat. So much hard work, sweat and dogged determination. You are very inspiring and I truly look forward to your videos. I too love to fish and just moved near the coast to fish and get back into sailing. I haven’t sailed in many years and you are one of the people inspiring me to sail again. Thank you! ❤ PS your music is awesome!
This is so lovely 🤗⛵️🤗
Yoshi is doing well living here on Anglesey with me. He gets two 1.5 mile walks a day well fed and a very comfortable bed. I love him to bits, he's a great little dog.
@joeswinny7686 ....Joe, this is so good to hear - We loved him too - so loyal x I'm so happy he's happy🤗⛵️🤗
@@joeswinny7686 oh what a lovely note. Thank you so much! I couldn’t remember his name. So glad he found his furever home and that he is so loved. Is there anyway to share a picture here? Blessings to you and Yoshi ❤
@@joeswinny7686 😃 awesome to hear. Thank you for caring for the little guy. Mark saved him from neglect & found him a great forever home.
I love that while Mahi is a work in progress , you can still sail her as you carry on with boat work 😃🍻
Awesome mark so good to see you sailing again 😊💪💪💪💪💪
As a single hander, the difference a tiller pilot brings is immense. Not just sail raising and lowering but to be able to take a break for a bit.
Dear jonathanw...
👍👌👏 Yeah, and with a wind vane as a kind of simple, reliable autopilot.
Best regards, luck and health in particular.
@@Chr.U.Cas1622 Thanks. Longer distance runs and especially Blue Water sailing, I would prioritise as I run the engine at the start and end of the day, so no power issues. The winds close to shore are fickle and it is great motoring head to wind to raise and lower the main.
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You're welcome, it's my pleasure. I really don't know much about sailing but to me a Wharram, although I definitely prefer catamarans/trimarans over mono hulls, is a kind of stone age boat. Not really enough space to live in, no shower, no pilot house etc.p.p.. As a fun boat for day or weekend trips okay. But sailing oceans with something like this is quite unimaginable, at least for me. I don't need much but at least a wet cell with a functional toilet and big enough shower is a must. But of course it's anyone's personal preference what one likes or not. These outboard motors wouldn't comfort me while motoring in heavy weather, it's simply risky. I clearly prefer inboard engines, even if an outboard motor with a long shaft is used in a kind of funnel. A repair while having heavy weather/rain simply cannot be done on outboard motors attached like the ones on Mahi. Unfortunately that's a fact.
Sincerely yours.
@@Chr.U.Cas1622 Every design is a set of compromises, including boats. Before buying a boat you need to list all your requirements and then try to match them to a boat. You then compromise on those requirements until you find a boat that you can accept.
For me it was budget, sailing performance and running costs that won out.
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It's almost the same with everything one buys. If it's a boat, a car, a tool or something else.
It's so nice to see your enthusiasm after all that work! Much love from Germany
Hey Mark your boat looks really good out there in the open nice job a lot of work but you're getting it looking good😊😊😊❤❤😊😊😊
Without having to read so many conversations (well done buddy, you are 1 of only 2 reasons I go to UA-cam, a key shining light and influence) to see if this topic has been extensively covered. No BOOM! Put this to the top of your ‘to do list’. Driving a car with 4 punctures. The difference in every aspect is comparable. Unless I am completely missing something like a ‘loose footed’ Bermudan rig but I thought that was only with a gaff rig. Please can someone bring me up to speed! Thanks and love the channel.
Great to see you sailing! ❤
Thanks for finally putting the caps in the square tuning ends.
Thanks for those great drone shots. The Mahi is shaping up nicely. Strangely, a circular saw is sometimes a good option for cutting long gentle curves. A grinding pad w 40 grit or a flap disk to refine them. Your persistence and humility are the stuff of true grit. Long may you sail.
Thanks
thank-you so much!
Keep killing it kid!
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy! Enjoy a bit of summer before it’s gone. Plenty of time for working later. ❤
I owned and sailed a Pahi 31. Fast and comfortable. Loved being able to dry out on a beach.
Thanks always a great video. You never let us down 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Well done Mark things are all coming together now. Can't wait until you get going on your sails around the world.
For sail batterns use long grain wood like spruce NOT short grained wood.
For towing dinghy use line attached at STERN of dinghy on the wooden engine mount... run line to stern of your catamaran... and have short line from front of dinghy to cat but NOT carrying load?... just keeping dinghy Bow in line with stern mounted line which takes all the load
This stops you pulling off the handle on front of dinghy !!
Very very well done
Andrew
For the mast track I got recommended PTFE Dry Lube over silicon spray, as it works just as well but it doesn’t gunk up or leave as much unwanted residue