When it comes to living life, you are doing it right my friend! Beautiful story of your build and the joy it brought your family. You have inspired me to build another boat! Great work my friend!
Watched the whole series on this, all I can say is Thank You! Great execution on the boat and video(s) and I thought that from 11:45 on in this video, that you really captured "it".
Agreed! That's why I loved surfing so much. But hey, even though I don't have waves, at least I can get out on the water and feel the power of the wind.
@@LostWax2 In that case wait till you surf a sail boat down a large wave in the ocean, now there's a thrill you'll never forget. Wind's pushing the boat + gravity accelerating the boat down the wave it's a real rush.
So great! I have to admit I had a moment of apprehension when I saw you head out and thought "what if they have trouble getting back?" All the extensive UA-cam sailing lessons notwithstanding. 😆 I guess I already knew you'd all be fine.
Great video! I think this is the first time I see a capsize test on a PD Racer. Here is some advise for next time..... Instead of stretching your hand to the high side of the boat and pulling it down and over - causing much more water to enter the boat - through the main sheet over the side and pull on that while pushing your foot against the boat. This will not place so much weight on the boat and it will scoop much less water. Please keep the videos coming!
Yes, when I watched the video I saw how much I pushed the boat down into the water by climbing up on the side. Good idea to use the main sheet as a line to pull it over, thanks!
Another great video, thanks Chris and family. I built the Storer Eureka Canoe quite a few years ago. That was a lot of fun too. I always wanted to build a puddle duck but I moved to the mountains and don't really have anywhere to sail. And now that you're a yacht owner you have to start using the correct nautical terms. Your daughter can't sit in the front but she can sit in the bow. 😁
I absolutely love this. I have one of these little oz racers which I bought but never got started with. I love your approach here. Calm, one step at a time and safety first.
When you wrapping a rope on a cleat, if you give the rope a half turn when you loop it over the end, it will lock itself off. I could show you easier than explaining it. There's probably a UA-cam video on it somewhere. Not criticizing, just trying to help.
This is probably the best racer I've seen and the best videos about building this boat! ... I also built a similar boat and plan to build another one for my son ... tell me what kind of glue you used to glue the bottom?
Great series. I would think a rope ladder or stirrup on any side without the leeboard would aid in reentering the boat if you were cold or fatigued. And extra tail on the end of the ladder could also be used for righting the boat from either side.
How well did the boat hold up over the last year or so? Thinking about starting a similar project... did the paint do a good enough job at sealing the exterior? Has it remained pretty rot resistant and structurally sound? Anything you would have done differently? Love the videos and appreciate you sharing them!
I've sailed it 2 seasons now- probably 6 or 7 times a season. Only on small lakes so far. Stored in my garage over winter. I'm really impressed with how the poor mans fibreglass has held up around the edges, and the paint has been great too. Just one little spot on the bottom where there was a knot in the wood that the paint has cracked a little. The fit between the mast and the hole it goes in is a little tight, makes it hard when trying to slot it in properly. The leeboard which was made from gluing plywood together started to separate a bit where it didn't have full glue coverage, so I filled those gaps with epoxy- I should have been more generous with the pl premium when I glued it up. I have since added oarlocks and oars as it's pretty hard for one person to paddle (will be adding that video this spring) Other than that, probably the only other thing I'd like to change is figure out a way to drop the sail if I need to. On the positives, I love the handles- makes it so much easier to carry. It's fairly light and easy to move around for two people. The system for the rudder and leeboard work great. and so far the 1/4" bottom has been strong enough. Haven't had anyone really heavy in there though.....
@@LostWax2 For dropping the sail you might try hoisting the sail with a halyard while using a spiral lacing instead of the square knot rope grommet style rings. The spiral lacing uses the same brass sail grommets and just winds its way from the bottom grommet to the top grommet in a continuous spiral climb. The lacing attaches at the lower grommet and the upper one but is left free to slide through the intermediate ones and needs to have its length adjusted so that at full hoist the sail is drawn appropriately close to the mast. It's also important to use a small diameter line so it can easily slide through the intermediate grommets as it distributes itself evenly along the mast. You still need to use a downhaul line to tension the luff. Remember that you're tensioning the luff and not the lacing with the downhaul. The lacing must always have a small amount of slack in it. Using a simple two part halyard (the two parts being the sail luff tensioned down to the deck through the downhaul and the halyard line tensioned down to the halyard cleat on the mast or deck) doubles the downward load in the mast coming from the mast head but this sail is so small you're unlikely to see a problem (ie..excessive bending). You'll also have to cleanup that rats nest you're using to attach the snotter to the mast. You don't want the lacing to snag on it as the sail comes down. I have a short video (3 sec) of how I've worked this out on a small sharpie (14ft). I'll see if I can post it somewhere convenient and get back with a link to it. Great job on the project overall! Very important to do the capsize, bailing and re-boarding test.
@@ChrisTietjen_00 Funny, I just re-worked the lacing on the mast the other day. I did it a little different than the method you mentioned. I started with the bend of the line going through the top grommet, and then lacing it to the mast a bit like you'd tie a shoe, except instead of crossing over itself on the opposite side of the mast, I zip tied the two lines together. I saw that method somewhere when I was first making the boat, but couldn't find it again when I looked recently. Going to try it out at the lake this week. I'd love to see what you did, especially a good way to clean up the snotter attachment point on the mast. Thanks for sharing your experience!!
Not really, I think maybe around $300? I got the wood for a really good deal, had a jug of titebond2 left over from my surfboard build, and I think I used 5 or 6 tubes of PL premium...
Yeah, it just keeps the most space possible inside the boat this way, and keeps things simple. It won't be quite as efficient as a centreboard, but I'm O.K. with that.
Bonjour Monsieur je viens de regarder votre vidéo qui m’a beaucoup plus avez vous des plan de fabrication de votre petite barque je vie en Nouvelle Calédonie et j’aimerais en fabriquer une comme la vôtre merci et bon vent
Dang, I can't really remember now. I got the ply for a good deal, I think it was $30/sheet, Then about 7 tubes of PL premium, a big jug of TBII glue, and a board. I'm just guessing, but probably around $300
So far the poor man's fibreglass is as solid as it was on day one. There is only one little spot on the centre bottom of the hull on the outside where I think there was a knot or weakness in the plywood, so there is a tiny crack in the paint that I'll need to fill, for now I just put a small piece of duct tape over it:)
I just started to build mine today. I am using high end sanded 1/4 inch oak ply. It’s about the same weight as the pine. But I think it will look much nicer less knots. I am placing the glued dowel s ever 4 inches. I’m planning on putting port and starboard mast stays and a nice sprite with a mast stay off the front. I am planning on building one for me and one for my son as we are avid campers and want to travel the lakes in the addirandacks in up state ny. I think this little boat would be fairly easy for us to portage and should haul out back packs and camping gear just fine. Here is to future adventures. I’d love to share my pics with you some time I’m Chris by the way nice to meet you on here Chris lol
If I ever have a little boat I would call her "Black Pearl" cuz me pirate-y ways :p but yours I think feels more like "Lake Swan" because swan lake is already taken :p
I say climbing in the front would be the better option in an actual struggle its hard to get in the boat but it looked far easier to pull yourself up to the point you could stay on it in a stable way without large amounts of work
Hey ear wax 2 i watched your videos of building the sail boat its pretty neat must say im impressed but i have few questions How long is the boat? how wide is the boat and deep is it also is there any angle on the sides of it im gonna be doing a boat build on my channel as well wont be soon though but surely hope you come by and check the channel out im sure ive got something youll like
@@LostWax2 hey thanks man ill watch the video again to see last night i was feeling motivated so i actually set down and drew my ideas out on graph paper and its coming along nicely what im building im thinking is gonna be a 12 ft boat though
I don't have a lot to compare it to, as it's the first and only boat I have sailed since I was a small boy sailing with my dad, however it seems to sail quite well upwind- as in, we can always get to where we want to go- might have to tack a few times, but we get there.....
How about "This Way Up!.... This was a fabulous video - I just keep thinking what absolutely wonderful memories your kids will have in the future.
Nice!
When it comes to living life, you are doing it right my friend! Beautiful story of your build and the joy it brought your family. You have inspired me to build another boat! Great work my friend!
Watched the whole series on this, all I can say is Thank You! Great execution on the boat and video(s) and I thought that from 11:45 on in this video, that you really captured "it".
You're so welcome!! I just honestly have had so much fun in that little boat already, I wish I had made one a long time ago:)
Your first time sailing, be careful with that, it gets addictive 🤣that feeling of moving through the water in silence, there is nothing else like it.
Agreed! That's why I loved surfing so much. But hey, even though I don't have waves, at least I can get out on the water and feel the power of the wind.
@@LostWax2 In that case wait till you surf a sail boat down a large wave in the ocean, now there's a thrill you'll never forget. Wind's pushing the boat + gravity accelerating the boat down the wave it's a real rush.
So great! I have to admit I had a moment of apprehension when I saw you head out and thought "what if they have trouble getting back?" All the extensive UA-cam sailing lessons notwithstanding. 😆 I guess I already knew you'd all be fine.
That’s why we had the paddles😉 I too didn’t know if we’d make it back under wind power!
Great video! I think this is the first time I see a capsize test on a PD Racer. Here is some advise for next time..... Instead of stretching your hand to the high side of the boat and pulling it down and over - causing much more water to enter the boat - through the main sheet over the side and pull on that while pushing your foot against the boat. This will not place so much weight on the boat and it will scoop much less water. Please keep the videos coming!
Yes, when I watched the video I saw how much I pushed the boat down into the water by climbing up on the side. Good idea to use the main sheet as a line to pull it over, thanks!
It's very buoyant and moves with very little wind. Well done.
For sure! I was sailing past some stand up paddle boarders on a really light wind day, and they were trying to figure out where the motor was:)
Just goes to show you-you can learn almost anything from a 12-minute UA-cam video! Happy sailing!!
So true!!
Another great video, thanks Chris and family. I built the Storer Eureka Canoe quite a few years ago. That was a lot of fun too. I always wanted to build a puddle duck but I moved to the mountains and don't really have anywhere to sail. And now that you're a yacht owner you have to start using the correct nautical terms. Your daughter can't sit in the front but she can sit in the bow. 😁
Glad you enjoyed it! I was debating with my family the other day, whether I could call my boat a yacht, and you've just confirmed that I can 😁
The little PD racer, while maybe not a racer, sails surprisingly well. Glad you are enjoying your boat.
Yep, it really is a good little boat. Way more fun than I expected!
That was awesome! Beautiful scenery, a fabulous time with family and tonnes of fun using a boat you made yourself. You lead a great life!
Glad you enjoyed it! I must say we are really blessed to be able to do these sorts of things!
I absolutely love this. I have one of these little oz racers which I bought but never got started with. I love your approach here. Calm, one step at a time and safety first.
Awesome! Thank you!
agreed with Tripswitch... So, good video, handsome son. wife with great voice and laugh! How could you go wrong? Thank you.
Thank you so much, I'll pass on the compliments to my wife and son!!
I loved it, looks like a great time with your family, as our days should be spent!
Yes, those kinds of days become precious memories!
Man, just love it. So well done, gotta be proud of that. Don't even know you but for some reason proud of you, for you. Thanks for taking the time.
That's so nice 😊 I appreciate it.
I think you did an amazing job building and demonstrating this PDR. Love the video. Thanks
Thank you so much!
Это гениально! Ты Молодец!
nice music, nice video, nice people !! Very pleasant video, thanks . Greetings from Russia !
This was so wonderful. Thanks for sharing and great job, guys! Scott
Glad you enjoyed it!
Happy Father’s Day Chris! You’re rocking it.
Thanks so much!!
I would like to know the song at the end of the video. It was so fitting. Great build!
Thanks Chris... lovely series, wish I'd done this with my sons 😉👍
The paddles! You need the paddles! 😱😆
😂
Great job!
Your videos always inform and make me happy! Thank you.
I'm so glad they make you happy!! Thanks for watching them:)
Congratulations. Seems ideal.
Thank you, we had a lot of fun with it!
Great video thanks for posting
What a great little boat!
It is!! Way better than I expected.
Looks like it’ll be an brilliant tender for your next boat 😝
Hehe.......Just need a bigger garage!
When you wrapping a rope on a cleat, if you give the rope a half turn when you loop it over the end, it will lock itself off. I could show you easier than explaining it. There's probably a UA-cam video on it somewhere. Not criticizing, just trying to help.
Nice, thanks!!
This is probably the best racer I've seen and the best videos about building this boat! ... I also built a similar boat and plan to build another one for my son ... tell me what kind of glue you used to glue the bottom?
Thanks so much!! I used PL Premium construction adhesive for almost all the gluing. So far, two seasons in, it's holding up great!
Great series. I would think a rope ladder or stirrup on any side without the leeboard would aid in reentering the boat if you were cold or fatigued. And extra tail on the end of the ladder could also be used for righting the boat from either side.
Yes, I'd like to try a few things to figure out the best way to right the boat easily. Good idea for the ladder.
great work on the boat
Thank you! Cheers!
How well did the boat hold up over the last year or so? Thinking about starting a similar project... did the paint do a good enough job at sealing the exterior? Has it remained pretty rot resistant and structurally sound? Anything you would have done differently? Love the videos and appreciate you sharing them!
I've sailed it 2 seasons now- probably 6 or 7 times a season. Only on small lakes so far. Stored in my garage over winter. I'm really impressed with how the poor mans fibreglass has held up around the edges, and the paint has been great too. Just one little spot on the bottom where there was a knot in the wood that the paint has cracked a little. The fit between the mast and the hole it goes in is a little tight, makes it hard when trying to slot it in properly. The leeboard which was made from gluing plywood together started to separate a bit where it didn't have full glue coverage, so I filled those gaps with epoxy- I should have been more generous with the pl premium when I glued it up. I have since added oarlocks and oars as it's pretty hard for one person to paddle (will be adding that video this spring) Other than that, probably the only other thing I'd like to change is figure out a way to drop the sail if I need to. On the positives, I love the handles- makes it so much easier to carry. It's fairly light and easy to move around for two people. The system for the rudder and leeboard work great. and so far the 1/4" bottom has been strong enough. Haven't had anyone really heavy in there though.....
@@LostWax2 For dropping the sail you might try hoisting the sail with a halyard while using a spiral lacing instead of the square knot rope grommet style rings. The spiral lacing uses the same brass sail grommets and just winds its way from the bottom grommet to the top grommet in a continuous spiral climb. The lacing attaches at the lower grommet and the upper one but is left free to slide through the intermediate ones and needs to have its length adjusted so that at full hoist the sail is drawn appropriately close to the mast. It's also important to use a small diameter line so it can easily slide through the intermediate grommets as it distributes itself evenly along the mast. You still need to use a downhaul line to tension the luff. Remember that you're tensioning the luff and not the lacing with the downhaul. The lacing must always have a small amount of slack in it. Using a simple two part halyard (the two parts being the sail luff tensioned down to the deck through the downhaul and the halyard line tensioned down to the halyard cleat on the mast or deck) doubles the downward load in the mast coming from the mast head but this sail is so small you're unlikely to see a problem (ie..excessive bending). You'll also have to cleanup that rats nest you're using to attach the snotter to the mast. You don't want the lacing to snag on it as the sail comes down. I have a short video (3 sec) of how I've worked this out on a small sharpie (14ft). I'll see if I can post it somewhere convenient and get back with a link to it.
Great job on the project overall! Very important to do the capsize, bailing and re-boarding test.
@@ChrisTietjen_00 Funny, I just re-worked the lacing on the mast the other day. I did it a little different than the method you mentioned. I started with the bend of the line going through the top grommet, and then lacing it to the mast a bit like you'd tie a shoe, except instead of crossing over itself on the opposite side of the mast, I zip tied the two lines together. I saw that method somewhere when I was first making the boat, but couldn't find it again when I looked recently. Going to try it out at the lake this week. I'd love to see what you did, especially a good way to clean up the snotter attachment point on the mast. Thanks for sharing your experience!!
Capsize - Hey, that was all right - giggle. Just what people want to see on UA-cam. lol
lots of awkwardness :)
Fantastic !
Do you have a final cost tally? Nice job. Check out the Texas 200 Duck run.
Not really, I think maybe around $300? I got the wood for a really good deal, had a jug of titebond2 left over from my surfboard build, and I think I used 5 or 6 tubes of PL premium...
your dagger board is on the side? Generally it's in the middle for stability.... if you center it and add weight it will help you in windy days.
Yeah, it just keeps the most space possible inside the boat this way, and keeps things simple. It won't be quite as efficient as a centreboard, but I'm O.K. with that.
I have some questions first how much did the hull cost you and also did you ude regular or marine grade plywood
All good lads👍👍👍.
Bonjour Monsieur je viens de regarder votre vidéo qui m’a beaucoup plus avez vous des plan de fabrication de votre petite barque je vie en Nouvelle Calédonie et j’aimerais en fabriquer une comme la vôtre merci et bon vent
You guys did good.👍👍😃😃
Thank you!
If i may ask, how much did the entire build cost?
Dang, I can't really remember now. I got the ply for a good deal, I think it was $30/sheet, Then about 7 tubes of PL premium, a big jug of TBII glue, and a board. I'm just guessing, but probably around $300
Great video! Who is the artist and the song title at the end of the video. Beautiful song ☺️
Here's the link: audiio.com/major-toms/take-it/nothing-comes-close
Great little boat how did the poor man’s fiber glass and paint hold up over time
So far the poor man's fibreglass is as solid as it was on day one. There is only one little spot on the centre bottom of the hull on the outside where I think there was a knot or weakness in the plywood, so there is a tiny crack in the paint that I'll need to fill, for now I just put a small piece of duct tape over it:)
I just started to build mine today. I am using high end sanded 1/4 inch oak ply. It’s about the same weight as the pine. But I think it will look much nicer less knots. I am placing the glued dowel s ever 4 inches. I’m planning on putting port and starboard mast stays and a nice sprite with a mast stay off the front. I am planning on building one for me and one for my son as we are avid campers and want to travel the lakes in the addirandacks in up state ny. I think this little boat would be fairly easy for us to portage and should haul out back packs and camping gear just fine. Here is to future adventures. I’d love to share my pics with you some time
I’m Chris by the way nice to meet you on here Chris lol
Will there be foam shields hanging from the gunwales any time soon, and a foam moose figurehead?
In the works😂
Awesome video! So what are you going to name her?
Now that's the question! Many names have been suggested, but we haven't hit one yet that feels right........
@@LostWax2 The Salty Wax
@@Z0MB13Redfield 😁
If I ever have a little boat I would call her "Black Pearl" cuz me pirate-y ways :p but yours I think feels more like "Lake Swan" because swan lake is already taken :p
I like Black Pearl, but I agree, she doesn’t feel real piratey.
I say climbing in the front would be the better option in an actual struggle its hard to get in the boat but it looked far easier to pull yourself up to the point you could stay on it in a stable way without large amounts of work
Yes, it's not too hard to get halfway out of the water, it's that final bit that's the hardest.
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Hey ear wax 2 i watched your videos of building the sail boat its pretty neat must say im impressed
but i have few questions
How long is the boat?
how wide is the boat
and deep is it also is there any angle on the sides of it
im gonna be doing a boat build on my channel as well wont be soon though
but surely hope you come by and check the channel out im sure ive got something youll like
The boat is 4 x 8 ft, with straight sides. I can't remember the depth, but I think I show it in the first video.
@@LostWax2 hey thanks man ill watch the video again to see
last night i was feeling motivated so i actually set down and drew my ideas out on graph paper and its coming along nicely what im building im thinking is gonna be a 12 ft boat though
How well does it sail upwind?
I don't have a lot to compare it to, as it's the first and only boat I have sailed since I was a small boy sailing with my dad, however it seems to sail quite well upwind- as in, we can always get to where we want to go- might have to tack a few times, but we get there.....
How long is this sailboat??
8 ft.
She’s right. You need the paddles.
По классике там борт как понтон, а тут просто фанерка.
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hate the music,, hope you dident aay anything because the sound was off
Nah, I didn't say much:)