Episode 9: Building the BEST Spot for a Coffee
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- Join us on our journey converting a lifeboat into a liveaboard!
In this episode we work on our front deck, start building our steering station, and test out our future wool insulation.
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Great stuff!
Best idea EVER!! Everyone should design their boat around an excellent place to read and enjoy a cup of coffee!
Almost 5,000 subs, already.
Awesome.
Digging the build.
bravo cool
6 ml vapour barrier is also excellent for templates if available, but cardboard is usually free. Thanks for the update. Cheers.
Yes we have used a lot of vapour barrier as templates. I used the cardboard in this application because I wanted some structure as it was a compound curve that was suspended with no structure behind it. It got us close enough so I could trim the wood into the curve I wanted. :)
next time you are doing the fairing compound. Quick tip: use a plastic bag, stuff it full of the compund then cut a corner off and squeeze it out of the corner into the gap like a baker icing a cake. Then use the tongue depresser (or better purposely cut fillet stick) to set the curve. You will save time and material.
Thanks for the advice! I have started using piping bags and they work great!
Fisherman have been wearing wool for centuries for a reason lol. As a knitter, I approve of this insulation.
Skein Game Podcast - As a knitter, I do too. : )
My wife and I were just on Vancouver Island and I forgot that we could maybe have looked you up
Maybe next time!
@@LivingOnALifeboat maybe just I live in Ontario lol
I hope that "freck" really is super strong... The front of the boat takes a LOT of force in rough weather... Even if you don't plan to be in rough weather. Chances are you will be at some point... A wave hits you hard enough and that whole thing could collapse in...
It is very strong. The roof area used to flex under one person’s weight as it was just 1/4” fibreglass. It can now support two people with no flexing at all. Not shown in this video is support studs that transfer all the weight to the floor/hull :)
@@LivingOnALifeboat that's awesome. So basically y'all made it better. Lol.
That insulation looks to be a terrible idea. In the winter you will have your boat sealed up and condensation will form on the walls, soak into the wool and begin to mold. You should be going with a closed cell foam sheet that adheres to the wall directly with no airgap to allow condensation. Or even better a spray-on expanding closed-cell insulation. I've lived on boats in the winter. condensation is a HUGE problem.
condensation happens below the water line more than anywhere else. Insulate above the waterline but never below.
@@Blink-Ensu Sorry to contradict. But condensation will happen any and everywhere there is a sufficient temperature differential and humidity. I used to live on a boat, we would get condensation on the portlights quite easily, and inbetween the headliner and the top deck. It will happen.
If anything condensation is LESS likely to happen below the waterline as the water temperature is usually higher and slower to change than the air temperature.
Will you reuse the hatch you removed from the front?? 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
No we will donate it to a local charity boat thrift store. While it’s still in mostly working condition it needs a lot of work to get it in perfect working order and with how much we are doing I don’t want to install a hatch that doesn’t fit our needs just because we had it laying around. :)