Our Boat is Born! Distant Shores III comes out of the mould
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2017
- Our new Southerly 480 sailboat came out of the mould at the Discovery Yachts Shipyard in the UK last week and we were there to document it! In this latest update we show you the laying-up process for the hull of Distant Shores III, show the hull coming out of the mould, check out the unique swing keel and take a look at the “plug” for the new pilothouse cabin top. (A plug is a mock-up from which the final mould will be made.) We’ve been working with the design team on this new model of Southerly Yacht, the first one to be built by Discovery Yachts Group. We’re excited to show you the build process of this new boat! It is the third Southerly Yacht we’ve owned. We’re definitely fans!
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I am a relatively new comer to your channel. You do a very good job filming and discussing your travels. Impressive. I love your new boat. Can't wait until it is finished and you can trying your new toy. Best of luck.
looks great
That is a neat process
This is a fantastic video. I'm excited for you guys!
Hi there I am a new member ! Been watch some of your videos ; but I had to join after I saw your Southerly boat build ! Cheers !
Welcome aboard Moe! Are you a fan of Southerly?
All very exciting. Looking forward to seeing the new boat on the water
congrats, awesome to see you on this new boat
Wow, congratulations. Very cool to see your new boat getting built. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thats an impressive keel
One of the most interesting videos yet. Great job
Being able to watch the construction process, how exciting......
Awesome guys I'm excited for you, can't wait to see the finished boat, she will be gorgeous :)
Congrats guys !
Thanks ZT!
Educational!
YAY your new sail boat is looking great :)
very exciting! She looks beautiful guys. Cheers from PEI, Bryan.
No doubt it’s very exciting to see your future home start to come together. Looking forward to watching video of the shake down cruise.
Another outstanding video. When I was a power boat salesman, I went to 3 different factories to watch them being built at different stages. It was really cool to watch it.
Mahalo on the new boat.... Fallowing seas and all that...Impressive yacht, living vicariously through Distant Shores adventures, and the advantage of design as you go is gold.... Now I want a Southerly Yacht...
That Keel is Beast mode lol wow that is some solid construction and design! thank you for sharing
Glad you like it Blue Steel!
Wow. Cool to see how it's put together. Hope you can share more videos of the production.
Yes we're going to make more on the build hopefully as we plan a visit in November...
Very exciting times for you guys coming. Looking forward to see the finished product. On side note it was great meeting and talking to you both this past summer at the LCYC BBQ.....Happy Sailing
Great videos! You rock !
Glad you like them Fredrik!
Fantastic video guys, this is so important for new buyers & people interested in yachts. Your video is far more intuitive than professional yachting publications, it is great to see your passion in the build, she will appreciate that as she is hand crafted & a beauty in the making.
One of my favorite videos that you've done. As someone with zero sailing experience, but an attraction to it for the future, it really helps to visualize how some of these things go together. That keel! Wowsers!
Thanks Rex, glad you're enjoying the show! Maybe we'll see you out there!
Exciting!
Nice shine new boat..congrats
Thanks Safet! We're very excited!!
Great video! Man that hull seemed huge as it was being laid out. Very excited for you guys. Also excited to hear that it will be a pilot house, can't wait to see it finished.
Thanks Bill!
I always say boats look huge when you're waxing them, but small in the middle of the ocean! :-)
That is some very impressive glass work. I really like the absence of wood in the structure.
Beautiful looking boat! It was great seeing you at the Annapolis Sailboat Show today! This account is my brand new vlogg! - Tim Vandeman
Thanks Tim... its been fun at the show!
thank you for sharing this video on the youtube, we are all excited, as fans to sea the new distant shores.
I hope you receive your sail boat better than you imagined, and I hope you sail to places that you never sailed neither by the first distant shores nor the second.
Congratulation in advance.
Regards,
Ammar
Thanks Ammar! We appreciate your kind wishes!
Canadian Navel News....very good!!, way to think fast on your feet. Cheers and fair winds
Cool video, I've never seen a boat being built. Keep us updated. :)
She is a beauty
Bring me back to when i was building yachts nothing this small but it basically the same thing .
reginald, i have also been involved in building a few boats, only we can understand. plenty work.
Great video! My wife and I wish we could find your show on TV here in Southern Maryland, we loved watching it when it was being aired. Can’t wait to see your new boat!!
Tim Castle
Tim Castle always watched the show online on UA-cam anywhere in the world. At home we plug the laptop into our big TV with an HDMI lead.
very cool video with lots of info and what a magnificent vessel you will have to sail on. I'm sitting he with green stuff on my face cuz I'm green with envy! PEACE OUT
Glad you enjoyed it onthebeaches! Peace!
Always very interesting to see factory details. Thank you. :)
You're welcome SeaCamel... more details to follow!
Excellent! I just started a project of my own from which I think you may have someting to tell/advice. Check my channel if you like :)
Wow you can certainly see where your money goes, what a great production 👌🏼
And a lovely video, thanks for sharing.
Yes its quite a labour intensive job to build a quality sailboat! And editing television is too :-) Thanks SV Compromise!
I enjoyed your new camera angles and you walking with the camera, more personal I feel.
Thanks Jesse! Glad you liked it :-)
amazing.. ive bought many boats but never seen a new one built..i cant afford new boat ahahaha..
love yall...
blessings
doc
Great video. The deck plug they were building was a modification of an existing deck hence the " let's add a pilot house " design work going on.
Good way to do it. It's interesting to see that the construction of the hull is the same way I was molding hulls in 1978 in the U.K. Even down to the clear gelcoat for below the waterline, supposedly to have better resistance to osmosis but a better choice of material will make a lot more difference. I suspect they are using a higher grade of gelcoat anyway but the clear is not needed any more. Most of it goes back to Lloyds 100A specification , hence the solid hull below the waterline ( good!)and the foam ribs a modification of the old wood scantlings. But defiantly quality work if a little old fashioned. But hey why mess with success......it's just expensive and labor intensive .
Cheers Warren ( USA now)
Exciting, even it isn't my boat!
Cool video! I think I am going to like this channel like I do Delos. I love your new boat already:)
I'm ecstatic that #3 will be a pilothouse version!! I do not enjoy standing at a helm that's outside in crappy weather. My dream ship would be a Discovery 57 or 58 (my home) with a swing keel, mast furling main and the helm inside the protection of a pilothouse, similar to the Amel 55 helm (I love that Discovery raised saloon with its great location for the chart table/nav station). I prefer not to go outside the pilothouse for the entire Northwest Passage ;). Thank you Paul for this exciting video!
Addition: I really like that Discovery uses foam coring and not water absorbing balsa wood.
Ed...I too have always wondered why someone would want to stand outside in foul weather gear taking on all the elements. Is that the definition of a salty sailor. Ü I've been in search of a center cockpit so can avoid this. Nice to see someone finally speak about this part of sailing Oh yeah, a wheelhouse would be perfect too! PEACE OUT!
I approve your dream boat!
Thanks Ed!
That trademark "Discovery chart nav table" will be on this Southerly 480!!! Yes!
Really......well outstanding!!
Yachts do have a Dodger. A canopy that fits around the front of the cockpit area. Not a strong as a solid pilot house in bad weather though.
Nice to see a British made yacht. Specially one that’s perfect for shallow water / seas / reefs etc.
If money was no object. I would have the Southerly 540
My favourite is the Columbia65 but better with the swing keel version.
Super! Just wonder why there were no aluminium boats with lifting keels on your shopping list. Seem to remember you even went to "distant shores" of Poland to test Delphia, but still no Alubats or Allures. Thank you guys for your inspiring videos!
Looking forward to see you sail her. Are you going to do more videos of her being built and fitted out.? Like to see inside when she’s finished. 👍👍👍
Yes we're going to visit in a few more weeks as we're flying to the canary Islands and will film her then. And of course a full tour when she's at Dusseldorf Boat show in January :-)
Distant Shores TV 👌 Many thanks
wow! awesome video! i saw the same with our hull. the waterline is already there....why is that?
Hi Paul & Sheryl, Great to see the video of DSIII being started, maybe not as good as actually being there (!!) but great all the same. Do you have more foresight on when you will do the transatlantic in the cat?
Thanks for another good video. QUESTION: Since your Southerly is produced by the Discovery Yachts, why not go with a Discovery 55 or 58 instead? Could you also explain your choice for a retractable keel and comment on your experience with it (maintenance/cleaning/etc.)?
Good Afternoon, I love the southerly's. I was wondering, you sailed your first boat you built yourself, for something like 30 years, then you bought a southerly and sailed it like 4 years and now you bought another one. Is this because southerly is sponsoring you?
Congratulations, and thanks for sharing the birth of your new boat! Great initial tour. She looks good.
The pivot pin on the swing keel looks relatively small, maybe 25 or 30mm diameter; perhaps that's by design as a deliberate failure point in case of a catastrophic strike.
I'd wager the French are ahead on building techniques, due to government support for their boating industry (which I'm not necessarily advocating) and experience curve effects. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_curve_effects For example, some of the recreational boat builders may be able to do a virtual walkthrough in their computer design, adjust the design in the computer, etc., like builders of big commercial ships.
BTW compare French government support of their boating industry (via tax incentives for boat buyers) versus the U.S. government essentially destroying its boating industry via the so-called "luxury tax".
Super👍⚓
How does it feel to see your new home come to life before your eyes?
Congratulations not much longer brother
Very cool to be able to see your boat in these construction stages. How long does it take to get a finished one from the time you hand over the money?
Thanks Harley. Its about a 6-8 month build for this 48 footer (longer for the bigger boats) Payments are made in stages 10% - 25% etc as hull layup starts - deck on etc. However there is currently a waiting list or 4 other boats in build first - they can be started every 9 weeks due to being in the mold. We will shoot more when we visit again in November.
Great to see the shiny new boat looks great pilot house is always good for colder climates. Are they called beams? Have been told stringers and ribs are there different terms for wooden and fiberglass boats??
Thanks Al!
You're right the longitudinal beams are called stringers and the ribs run across the boat. I was basically referring to the concept that fibreglass could be formed into a beam structure by laying it up over the foam shapes. Good call!!
Distant Shores TV thanks so many terms never sure what is right
when the water level started to drop, your boat runs aground and you lift the keel, at this moment your boat leans on the base of the boat and on two rudders. Do the rudders standing on the ground survive? or they are specifically designed to withstand such loads?
So it looks like the interior will have that sort of half-upper-deck like the Discovery 50+'s that lets you have a nav station/command console with a nearly 270-degree view? I always thought that was brilliant modern yacht design, wish I could afford one.
Yes Jeremy thats the plan so she should have views most of the way ahead and abeam as you say.
Canadian Naval News :-)
Bet this goes a lot faster than building your own.
haha definitely!!
Paul - been thinking a LOT about your Southerly's I noticed you have stuck to virtually same size all the way through. im going to make the assumption that you could buy a 55 if you wanted it.
Im asking because Im getting my snot together to pick up a new boat and sail for a good while. at first I was thinking great lets get a 50-60 feet boat, for all the reasons one would get 60 feet of boat. but im slowly starting to think the smarter play is a boat that goes a lot more places, tons of little places in scandinavia just don't do 60feet boat with their draft. im sure same thing virtually all over the world.
Would love to see 45 minutes with the two of you laying the cards on the table - what boats did you look at, how big and how small, name them. and lets hear the pro's and con's that led you to pick yet another awesome Southerly. (Frankly Im loving the 480 and also the 57 they check sooooo many check boxes)
And the second topic.. you have bought NEW each time it seems. you COULD probably pick up a VERY nice slightly used for maybe half the money, toss 100-200k into a refit. and still be ahead on money. Why grab a new boat each time.?
Happy Thanksgiving from Canada. Question - at 47 seconds the sides of the screen are fogged-out. I see this on new casts as well. What is the reason for doing this?
Happy Turkey Day Don! Yes some of that video was shot by the Discovery factory people. They were using their iPhone in vertical mode, so did the foggy effect instead of black bars to put in the vertical footage... Cheers!
Canaries to St. Lucia in November..... meaning ARC Rally? If so, can you guys share a detailed vlog of what it's really like (the entire event not just the transat journey)? I'm curious/interested. Have been unsuccessfully searching for informative video content on the event. Just stumbled upon your videos and really glad I did. Some really interesting content...Just had to subscribe.
thanks for subscribing Rashida. We are not in the ARC this time but are working on a video of the event from 2105 that I somehow haven't posted yet :-) too busy sailing!
Lol... That's a great thing to be busy with...... I look forward to seeing it when it's posted
Is there a way for water to drain out if it gets be twine the ribs?
Yes there are "limber holes" gassed in at the lowest point of each rib to allow drainage... you can see them here ua-cam.com/video/OPTNVXfNycI/v-deo.html
How long has the process been from deciding to get a new boat to when it will be completed?
Plan a year I think ToastandJam52 ... the build process is about 6-7 months for that type of boat/builder but there is often a waiting list. Then we're planning a couple of months "shakedown"
how much it will cost ? please reply
I would be interested in the build qualilty in comparison with a discovery
Its the same people building our boat who build the Discovery... hopefully build quality will be the same ...
Might be even be better. First boat in a future line, same consummate professional builders. QA/QC will be relentless. I always like the disco 55 but adding a swing keel would add a new dimension. My best luck on your future.
So, will your plug be used for a Distant Shores line of yachts of is this strictly a one-of?
Hi Ed, It was going to be a Distant Shores 480 but now Discovery have decided it should be a Southerly 480 so as not to confuse people :-)
no mate they can build as many as they like from that kind of plug , and it is nothing new to add to a plug making it into a 39 or a 40 depends and so on
Very exiting to see this pilot house come to life. Also I really look forward to your experience with her. You two really inspire me on my slow path to living and sailing the seas.
Ft? And cost?
48?
Yes she's 48 ft long...
Here is our page on her distantshores.ca/about-us/the-boats/distant-shores-3/
she's well equipped for £635K in the UK where we will pick her up
G i wish i had a few million to piss away
Lol yeah just a few million nothing too serious
Building the boat now to get the heck out of Canada before it all goes to shit. Can’t say that l blame yaa
So essentially your new boat is a Discovery 48 with a Southerly 47 swing keel?
Will this become a standard offering by the Discovery/Southerly yard? I owned a Bristol with a centerboard and loved the practicality of being able to configure ones boat for different sailing and destination conditions. I am sure it will be a stellar performer!
Cnn lol
Canadian Nautical News... aka DistantShoresTV.
Experimenting with foam and a saw? Good grief a good 3d modeling app will only set you back around a grand.