The break down with the renderings was perfect!!! Then seeing the real side picture of #4 OMG!!! How awesome of a boat you guys choose!!! I knew I was going to love this build but now, with a good idea of how she will look, just fanstic!!! 👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎
It truly a beauty and love of labor. l was dreaming for a cat, but due to work/living in my younger years, fail to take on the dream. My beach front would be perfect to store a 40' cat and launch it to cruise local or world.
I appriciate your good humor about the pronunciation of flange :) Dubbing in the audio from a dictionary was awesome. -- A neighbor from Wisconsin who likes to give Michiganders a hard time.
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, understanding the layout better allows me to envision how your vessel will look when finished! Now that I have moved off my boat and into my new condo, I have a bunch of heaters off the boat that you are welcomed to use.
Maybe it would be great to have a birds eye view of the catamaran in the corner of the video with the room/area highlighted when you’re working there! Super exited about this series! :)
The nav desk window reminds me of an X-Wing! Cut the chatter, Red 2. Accelerate to attack speed. Lock S-foils in attack position. All wings report in. Red Leader, standing by.
One thing that will help with the dust once you start working inside the boat sanding fiberglass or just about anything that creates dust. Put a furnace filter over the intake side of a box fan. You can tape it in place . Just try to point the exhaust side towards a opening to the outside of the area your sanding in. You can take the filter and place it in a plastic garbage bag to shake the dust out and then reuse it. It works great in my woodworking shop to clean the air and not spread the dust everywhere. One good thing it's a really cheap way to keep the air a lot cleaner .
Loving that igloo heat pad warming box hack. I do arthropod research and have a similar box only it’s ugly polystyrene using an incandescent bulb on a dimmer. Always a thrill when someone opens it expecting a cold one. 😂
love the layout good choice in not having the deck island opens up a great deck space, i would put the sink on the same side as the hob freeing up a lovely big counter top plus all the plumbing for the sink and head is all on one side.
My direct thought is that I get that they turned the L-shaped sofa so that the island don't land in sight of wiew. But now when you have opted for no island. Wouldn't it be great to turn the L-shaped sofa around. The view would be significantly better and you would be able to talk to people in the kitchen. Plus maybe fit a bar/Navi/breakfast counter facing the 7feet counter. Like a kitchen iland... Youst a thought you do you. Sorry for my crappy English. And thanks for a amazing build.
I've been playing around with that exact idea. It would put the navigation desk right inline with the mast - so no visibility forward - but it still seems like it could be a good option. Matt
Perfect job of reminding and orienting us on the layout. I had kind of lost track so this was great for me. The snow's beautiful but certainly challenging in general and especially for temperature sensitive mixtures. Clever solutions for keeping things at the right temps.
Yeah, already kind of wishing for spring, haha. We can still work through the snow, but for me at least, it's not *quite* as enjoyable. I don't think the cold bothers Matt as much, though.
That’s getting very creative with keeping your materials and the work surfaces warm enough to get the job done. We have 3 of the oil heaters and love them for those areas that need a little warming without having exposed heat elements, which is much more pet-friendly too. Regarding the galley layout, some food for thought; If the cook surface is next to the settee then you will always hav the issue whereby you need to be careful with cooking foods that splatter. Imagine someone setting with their back to the galley and if you get a little water splashed on them, or on the settee itself then it’s usually not a big deal. However if you have some greasy food splatter, which it always seems to do, then hot grease, oil or even boiling water, getting splashed on someone can become a really big issue for many reasons. Additionally the typical food prep area always gets food around it which could impact the settee surfaces over time where the splashing of water from the sink won’t be as big of an impact.
I think we might need to run out and get ourselves one more oil heater, but that would be for the Viking, as we need a way to bring the heat up in there just a little bit. 😊. We are still strategizing about where items such as the sink and cooktop will go in the galley, and we are leaning toward having the cooktop on the outside counter just for that reason. There still will be a raised partition between the counter and the back of the settee, but we've wondered if there might be splash over from cooking.
Thanks so very much for this intro. You are right it does help make sense of what Y'All are building. Keep after it and enjoy the build. Steve in rhome tx
As usual, another interesting and informative episode. We loved seeing the renderings of the finished layout. It's been a little hard trying to envision the final results, so this helped us to understand how it will all come together. Very well done, you two!
@@MJSailing Been with you fore some time now 😊 Found you when you renovated the alu boat. And hoped that you will come to sweden but covid hit us and things change. But who knows a atlantic passing in a catamaran in the future. Hope 2022 will be a great year fore you two. From sweden
Thanks for the tour, it does help to understand where you guys are working. I like your resin warmer. A very clean setup. If your shore power cord is 30 amp. Be careful with resistant loads of over 25 amps. it can slow cook the cord, potentially causing a fire.
Now I can see what it will look like! I'm a little slow on the uptake, I guess. Then again, since you are working it every stinkin' day, you know it inside and out!
I think the sink makes more sense in the real photos than the render. That puts the cooktop so you are facing the main salon when cooking instead of having your back to any potential guests.
Great episode guys. Loved the layout tour and the lights and heating pad are good tips. Never thought about the mechanical thermostat I’ve got an old fridge set aside for my heat box so it will be safer and better now. 👍
It's amazing how fast the pieces can come together. We've been working a lot in the master head lately, and just a few shelves can totally change the look. 😊
You will be getting more snow tomorrow. I'm in Newport News where we will get rain tomorrow, which means that I'll have to pump out my $1 abandoned sailboat again. Funny thing is you will probably finish yours before I get mine in the water.
Just peaked my interest again with your careful and thorough explanation of the design. Now we can refresh our minds with something to get us through the winter of fiberglass work! Great progress folks! Happy New Year ‘22 from south Florida. 🌴
Outstanding work you two😃 I know it's a little ways off but something you think about whenever one buys anything, the dreaded "I" word Insurance. What obstacles if any do you have to address building a new boat compared to purchasing new or used and a Catamaran compared to a V-hull? Thanx & anxiously awaiting for more videos. Take care, be safe, and hopefully get to meet you one day. Until then Fair winds and following seas⛵
Love ya vids it's so strange here in New Zealand we don't get ads on hardly any UA-cam vids just so random one once every now and then chur chur from tauranga new Zealand
Sink at the window seems to make more sense to me. If you removed one of the steps on the guest hull you could fit a full shower in there. Not sure if that sort of change is possible at this late stage or not? It is going to be amazing, :D
The shower are in the guest hull is a pre-molded piece, so it would take A LOT of work to make any changes to it. But we're happy with the layout, so we'll be leaving it as Max Cruise has designed it. 🙂
Acrylic expands and contracts an incredible amount. Glass is harder, less likely to scratch and will not expand and contract so much. Acrylic will literally shear the seals due to its expansion and contraction on a daily basis. It is cheap, but will bring tears to your eyes…. Get a piece, measure it in the cool of the evening, and then measure it in full sun. Sorry to rain on the cheap option, but glass will definitely b the better, longer lasting solution.
It's all calculated and designed appropriately for expansion. We did it on the last boat wothout issue. Glass is great - and would be the preferred option - but the weight is horrible for the shear area we need covered, and wouldn't work for this build.
@@MJSailing Very good, and yes glass is definitely heavy. Really enjoy watching your series, thanks for sharing. You guys are doing a fantastic job of building that beautiful boat, not to mention the great videography work….. I have a very small channel building motorbikes etc, and I appreciate the work that goes into the editing. I have also been “involved” in two catamaran builds, so I have some serious respect for what you are doing. Keep it up team, I hope 2022 is an amazing year for you guys. Cheers Paul (Nuffys Builds)
Two questions: 1. Where are the emergency hatches in the hulls? 2. As a cat mom I want to know where Georgie’s litter box will be? I loved the solution in your last boat.
The emergency hatches will be places in the master shower and in the forward guest bunk. As far as Georgie's litter box - that's something we were just discussing the other day! The fact that we can now close off an entire hull makes us wonder if we want it near us (where she sleeps) or out of the way in the salon or guest hull. Still deciding that one....
Great video and exciting to see how it all comes together. Just a point on the stove placement, I personally never like a stove by stairs and think it would fit fine over on the 7' bench with the sink also in that same bench with maybe the fridge and freezer under the smaller 5' bench if weight allows?
The issue with the stove over on the longer counter is that it guarantees someone, at some point, is going to get grease splatters when seated. At least over by the second set of stairs forward we can control who comes up that way.
For shop heat you could try a diesel park heater. They are very efficient produce a lot of heat and because it ducts the exhaust out side no fumes. They are small for what they do about the size of a loaf of bread and safe. One 8k heater keeps my uninsulated 20'x20' shop about 18 degrees warmer in the winter then outside.
A generic diesel heat like we had in the last boat was the original plan, but so far the electric heat has been so easy, safe, and cheap. It's hard to justify a change at this point. - Matt
Bulckhead 5 seems very important. I do not think you have covered how that will be strengthen to support the mast. Most people have seen Parley’s work on his lagoon and wonder what your approach will be
Since in small living design use of space always needs to be given special attention I can't help but wonder if two vanities in the owner's quarters are a wise choice. Over many years of experience I have found that very little time has been spent with both of us in the bathroom at the same time. And since you brought it up maybe sometime you could talk a little about the situation of insurance while you are in the construction phase.
When we get further into episodes, you'll find out we did end up placing the toilet as soon as you walk into the master head, so that deletes the double vanity, bringing it down to one. ;)
Thanks for the layout tour and accompanying renderings - it's beginning to make sense! Are there static pix of the "hull of fame" so we can search for our name?
Congrats on the beautiful work. Just as a suggestion, have you already thought about transforming one of the guests rooms into a repair shop and laundry? Happy new year!
We've never planned to add a washing machine to our boat for laundry, since every place we've visited in the world has had easy access to laundry drop off. We'd rather save the weight and take our clothes out to get washed. 😉
You should incorporate these rendering’s into your weekly videos for visual effect as to what your working on. It would really help us know where you working.
Sorry I needed to quit Patreon for a month or so. I live on a fixed income so when unexpected expense come up, I will opt out, till things are dealt with. Love your channel
Don't be sorry at all!! Hopefully you're on the Patreon Facebook page, so you can still get access to the real time progress updates. If you need a link, just let me know. 🙂
Enjoyed the illustrative walk thru presentation. Additional information on boat interior lighting and local work area heating: ice box/heating pad, infra red, oil radiator. What about the tent/shop/shed enclosure?
There is a propane system which can heat the entire tent, but we think there's a leak because our tanks emptied so quickly last year. So we just layer up and otherwise work in the cold when we're not glassing. 😉
i'm worried that you are not putting any foam flotation below decks and are relying upon closed air pockets. If you hit a container at full speed, i would think many of those chambers would be cracked allowing water ingress and loss of buoyancy. does the manufacturer not put flotation in those closed areas??? does the foam volume in the fiberglass panels provide positive buoyancy even if all the chambers are breached??
Thank you so much for following along!! Here is a link to the lights we purchased: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NZCXZK6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Like so many others this was great to help understand all the construction videos so far by understanding the layout. You mention removing that center island in the open so then how do you change closing it off since the island only required a swing down window pane?
@@MJSailing To avoid impacting the table size could the center door be hinged part way down so it fold back on itself when stored up in the cockpit ceiling
The starboard (owner's) hull has a sliding door which shuts it off from the salon at the steps. On the guest hull (port) the only doors will be access to the head from each side.
Really appreciate your layout explanation.. Makes visualizing your boat much better. One thing I didn't see is the space for a washer/dryer. Will you be adding one?
After our 10 years now of nomadic living, we've found that no matter where you are in the world, it is always easy to come across a place to drop off your laundry to be washed. We'd rather not take up the space and weight on our boat of having a washer or a dryer. 🙂
Nice to see how you guys are solving the temperature problems. Looks like a good setup. How much (what percentage) of the work will be in these little spaces?
I think we'll be working 90% in these areas until March/April when things begin to warm up. But there's so much to be done in these spaces that we're not worried about running out of things do until spring rolls around.
@@MJSailing And will all that "fussy" work be completed when it warms up again, or will this complete the majority of the little jobs? So far, the boat is looking awesome!
To be honest, in all our travels, we haven't found the need for a personal washer or dryer. Everywhere we've traveled in the world has had easy access to laundry drop off. So it hasn't seemed sensible to us to take a hit to space and weight to have one aboard the boat. 😉
If you don't mind I'm going to borrow your idea for the epoxy warmer. My build is outside under a roof extension and when I need epoxy it's pretty cold to pump.
Perhaps you could delete the media center and use that space for something else. I think an awesome idea to replace the media center is to have a much larger TV that folds down from the ceiling that can swivel so you can watch tv (or UA-cam sailing videos) from either the inside living space or while relaxing in the outdoor space.
I don't do well at 'desk' spaces, so probably at the settee or in my bed. As we speak, I'm editing next week's video from the v-berth of the Viking!, lol
WOW looks fantastic. I can see how the render and real life hull 4 shots motivates you & Matt. Just a quick question tho - where are you storing Matts tools for the boat???
Hi Cameron. Tools are going to be our moveable ballast and their storage will be dictated by any trim adjustments we need to make when we launch. -Matt
A few thoughts: Instead of TV, a projector and roller screen for movie night on the starboard side, Telescoping doors, i.e. ua-cam.com/video/vmozg3YBQW0/v-deo.html, NeoPixel lights throughout the boat each uniquely addressable and color settable via central boat computer. Was also thinking that a M&J marine corp that makes and sells boating stuff might be a good idea. Something that some of the patrons could build to help support the cruising/testing platform. Would your followers put in sweat/cash equity in a share/partner model? Might be worth asking them... Is there something you want or see that would make a good product. I can see several just from watching you. One example -> Custom fit storage under the stairs, or other small spaces, each with easily removable custom fit containers.
The break down with the renderings was perfect!!! Then seeing the real side picture of #4 OMG!!! How awesome of a boat you guys choose!!! I knew I was going to love this build but now, with a good idea of how she will look, just fanstic!!! 👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎
It truly a beauty and love of labor. l was dreaming for a cat, but due to work/living in my younger years, fail to take on the dream. My beach front would be perfect to store a 40' cat and launch it to cruise local or world.
Matt & Jess, one of your best videos! She's going to be a beauty.
Thank you so much for following each week!
LOVELY VIDEO.
This thermo cooler setup is widely used for sourdough bread, in order to revive the bacteria and PUFF the dough, the best and economic setup ever 👏👍
Amazing work.
Been following you for all your builds. Looking forward to seeing Your new adventures!
My port aft guest cabin is perfect. You guys are the best. Thanks! 😂😂😂👍👍👍
Glad you're happy with it, lol
I appriciate your good humor about the pronunciation of flange :) Dubbing in the audio from a dictionary was awesome. -- A neighbor from Wisconsin who likes to give Michiganders a hard time.
Just as long as you don't make any jabs about me for lack of 't' pronunciation, lol.
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, understanding the layout better allows me to envision how your vessel will look when finished! Now that I have moved off my boat and into my new condo, I have a bunch of heaters off the boat that you are welcomed to use.
Maybe it would be great to have a birds eye view of the catamaran in the corner of the video with the room/area highlighted when you’re working there! Super exited about this series! :)
The nav desk window reminds me of an X-Wing!
Cut the chatter, Red 2.
Accelerate to attack speed.
Lock S-foils in attack position.
All wings report in.
Red Leader, standing by.
Thanks for the heads up on the lights. Just ordered a set for my garage.
Hope they work out just as well for you! 👍
That's a fine looking boat...
The best CAT I ever owned was a front loader...tough as nails & GREAT re-sale.👍
One thing that will help with the dust once you start working inside the boat sanding fiberglass or just about anything that creates dust. Put a furnace filter over the intake side of a box fan. You can tape it in place . Just try to point the exhaust side towards a opening to the outside of the area your sanding in. You can take the filter and place it in a plastic garbage bag to shake the dust out and then reuse it. It works great in my woodworking shop to clean the air and not spread the dust everywhere. One good thing it's a really cheap way to keep the air a lot cleaner .
Loving that igloo heat pad warming box hack. I do arthropod research and have a similar box only it’s ugly polystyrene using an incandescent bulb on a dimmer. Always a thrill when someone opens it expecting a cold one. 😂
Lucky we have it next to a clear door fridge. So little temptation to open the resin covered cooler :)
Those lights are no joke. I put ten 8 footers in my two car garage and you could do surgery in there the place is so bright.
They have been such a big help to us, I'm so lucky Matt came across them!
love the layout good choice in not having the deck island opens up a great deck space, i would put the sink on the same side as the hob freeing up a lovely big counter top plus all the plumbing for the sink and head is all on one side.
We're really looking forward to that wide open view from our salon when the time comes. 😃
Thanks for the virtual walk-through. That light really brought out your blue eyes!
Hasn't it? I don't know if it's a trick of the lighting or what. I didn't even really realize Jessica had blue eyes till now.
Cool episode explains so much
So that’s what she will look like! Love it😃
We can't wait until we're able to show more photos of hull #4 now that she's launched! 😀
Great update!
My direct thought is that I get that they turned the L-shaped sofa so that the island don't land in sight of wiew. But now when you have opted for no island. Wouldn't it be great to turn the L-shaped sofa around. The view would be significantly better and you would be able to talk to people in the kitchen. Plus maybe fit a bar/Navi/breakfast counter facing the 7feet counter. Like a kitchen iland...
Youst a thought you do you.
Sorry for my crappy English.
And thanks for a amazing build.
I've been playing around with that exact idea. It would put the navigation desk right inline with the mast - so no visibility forward - but it still seems like it could be a good option. Matt
Great video. That clears up the visualization of the boat. Thanks Jessica.
HI guys from Victoria Australia . stay warm and safe 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Wow! Just a big WOW! Happy New Year.
Perfect job of reminding and orienting us on the layout. I had kind of lost track so this was great for me.
The snow's beautiful but certainly challenging in general and especially for temperature sensitive mixtures. Clever solutions for keeping things at the right temps.
Yeah, already kind of wishing for spring, haha. We can still work through the snow, but for me at least, it's not *quite* as enjoyable. I don't think the cold bothers Matt as much, though.
That’s getting very creative with keeping your materials and the work surfaces warm enough to get the job done. We have 3 of the oil heaters and love them for those areas that need a little warming without having exposed heat elements, which is much more pet-friendly too. Regarding the galley layout, some food for thought; If the cook surface is next to the settee then you will always hav the issue whereby you need to be careful with cooking foods that splatter. Imagine someone setting with their back to the galley and if you get a little water splashed on them, or on the settee itself then it’s usually not a big deal. However if you have some greasy food splatter, which it always seems to do, then hot grease, oil or even boiling water, getting splashed on someone can become a really big issue for many reasons. Additionally the typical food prep area always gets food around it which could impact the settee surfaces over time where the splashing of water from the sink won’t be as big of an impact.
I think we might need to run out and get ourselves one more oil heater, but that would be for the Viking, as we need a way to bring the heat up in there just a little bit. 😊.
We are still strategizing about where items such as the sink and cooktop will go in the galley, and we are leaning toward having the cooktop on the outside counter just for that reason. There still will be a raised partition between the counter and the back of the settee, but we've wondered if there might be splash over from cooking.
good stuff
pretty boat.
Thanks so very much for this intro. You are right it does help make sense of what Y'All are building. Keep after it and enjoy the build. Steve in rhome tx
Just wait a few more weeks until I can give a tour of the finished version. We just got the photos in and it looks amazing!! 😃
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice work guys ‼️ She is coming along very nicely. Love the heater to cure in a couple of hours while at dinner. 👍🏻 ✨🌊💨⛵️🏝👙🌞✨
As usual, another interesting and informative episode. We loved seeing the renderings of the finished layout. It's been a little hard trying to envision the final results, so this helped us to understand how it will all come together. Very well done, you two!
I love to see ewerystep in your build.
And im sure it will be a great boat when its done.
With love to you both from sweden.
Thank you so much for following along!
@@MJSailing Been with you fore some time now 😊
Found you when you renovated the alu boat.
And hoped that you will come to sweden but covid hit us and things change.
But who knows a atlantic passing in a catamaran in the future.
Hope 2022 will be a great year fore you two.
From sweden
You two are doing great! I love to watch your progress
Thank you so much for following along with the build!
Thanks for the tour, it does help to understand where you guys are working.
I like your resin warmer. A very clean setup.
If your shore power cord is 30 amp. Be careful with resistant loads of over 25 amps. it can slow cook the cord, potentially causing a fire.
It is starting to get Happy New Year I'm sure you're freezing your tails of can't wait to see your progress
Excellent tutorial Jessica and Matt.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Now I can see what it will look like! I'm a little slow on the uptake, I guess. Then again, since you are working it every stinkin' day, you know it inside and out!
What a project! Amazing work. My wife and I built are home from scratch but this is on a much higher and complex level. Wonderful job!
Building a home is no small feat either, you should be very proud!😀
I think the sink makes more sense in the real photos than the render. That puts the cooktop so you are facing the main salon when cooking instead of having your back to any potential guests.
Although, the cooktop facing the guests also gives them a chance to get splattered by grease. Lots of things to think about! :)
@@MJSailing Yea I had that thought too. It's a tough call. Looking forward to seeing which way you go!
Great episode guys. Loved the layout tour and the lights and heating pad are good tips. Never thought about the mechanical thermostat I’ve got an old fridge set aside for my heat box so it will be safer and better now. 👍
Loved the neakypeek at the now 👍. And seeing 👀 the views of how it's going to look. Awesome 👌
There's so many exciting things that have been going on, I can't wait until the videos catch up with real time! 😃
Enjoying the build series, something to be proud of once your done. Have those same LED lights.
We're really impressed with the lights, they've gone a great job of illuminating the areas we're working in. 😃
its starting to look more like a boat!! thanks for sharing with us!!
It's amazing how fast the pieces can come together. We've been working a lot in the master head lately, and just a few shelves can totally change the look. 😊
You will be getting more snow tomorrow. I'm in Newport News where we will get rain tomorrow, which means that I'll have to pump out my $1 abandoned sailboat again. Funny thing is you will probably finish yours before I get mine in the water.
Excited for the build it’s coming along nicely 💝
Great video! Thanks!!
Going to be so Beautiful and nice
Just wait until you see the finished photos of hull #4 - coming soon! 😃
@@MJSailing can't wait...❤
Just peaked my interest again with your careful and thorough explanation of the design. Now we can refresh our minds with something to get us through the winter of fiberglass work! Great progress folks! Happy New Year ‘22 from south Florida. 🌴
And starting this winter - fairing!! 😃👍
Great explanation of what the layout is and of your winter setup.
Very informative 👍
Excellent video!
Great Job!!! Thank You…. :-)
such a nice-looking yacht!!
Well presented, time will fly in .
thanks
Outstanding work you two😃
I know it's a little ways off but something you think about whenever one buys anything, the dreaded "I" word Insurance. What obstacles if any do you have to address building a new boat compared to purchasing new or used and a Catamaran compared to a V-hull? Thanx & anxiously awaiting for more videos. Take care, be safe, and hopefully get to meet you one day. Until then Fair winds and following seas⛵
Love ya vids it's so strange here in New Zealand we don't get ads on hardly any UA-cam vids just so random one once every now and then chur chur from tauranga new Zealand
Terrific update. Really well designed boat and your changes are terrific. 2022 is going to be amazing.
Just wait a few more weeks until we can show photos of the finished boat. Just got them in today! 😃
Amazing progress ! Happy 2022 !
Sink at the window seems to make more sense to me. If you removed one of the steps on the guest hull you could fit a full shower in there. Not sure if that sort of change is possible at this late stage or not?
It is going to be amazing, :D
The shower are in the guest hull is a pre-molded piece, so it would take A LOT of work to make any changes to it. But we're happy with the layout, so we'll be leaving it as Max Cruise has designed it. 🙂
It is a wet bath, the whole room is the shower....
... Cheers...
Acrylic expands and contracts an incredible amount. Glass is harder, less likely to scratch and will not expand and contract so much.
Acrylic will literally shear the seals due to its expansion and contraction on a daily basis. It is cheap, but will bring tears to your eyes….
Get a piece, measure it in the cool of the evening, and then measure it in full sun.
Sorry to rain on the cheap option, but glass will definitely b the better, longer lasting solution.
It's all calculated and designed appropriately for expansion. We did it on the last boat wothout issue. Glass is great - and would be the preferred option - but the weight is horrible for the shear area we need covered, and wouldn't work for this build.
@@MJSailing Very good, and yes glass is definitely heavy.
Really enjoy watching your series, thanks for sharing. You guys are doing a fantastic job of building that beautiful boat, not to mention the great videography work….. I have a very small channel building motorbikes etc, and I appreciate the work that goes into the editing.
I have also been “involved” in two catamaran builds, so I have some serious respect for what you are doing.
Keep it up team, I hope 2022 is an amazing year for you guys.
Cheers
Paul
(Nuffys Builds)
Two questions:
1. Where are the emergency hatches in the hulls?
2. As a cat mom I want to know where Georgie’s litter box will be? I loved the solution in your last boat.
The emergency hatches will be places in the master shower and in the forward guest bunk. As far as Georgie's litter box - that's something we were just discussing the other day! The fact that we can now close off an entire hull makes us wonder if we want it near us (where she sleeps) or out of the way in the salon or guest hull. Still deciding that one....
I have been useing same lights for 2 + years in garage and in office as a wall light they are great and last.
Glad to hear you've already been enjoying your own set. They have been a lifesaver for us this winter as we work. 😃
26:37 Gotta save some things for the Patrons, right? 😂😂😂
For keeping your resin warm, It might be better to use an airtight metal box instead of a non airtight plastic box .
Great video and exciting to see how it all comes together. Just a point on the stove placement, I personally never like a stove by stairs and think it would fit fine over on the 7' bench with the sink also in that same bench with maybe the fridge and freezer under the smaller 5' bench if weight allows?
The issue with the stove over on the longer counter is that it guarantees someone, at some point, is going to get grease splatters when seated. At least over by the second set of stairs forward we can control who comes up that way.
@@MJSailing True, lots of things to think about, you guys must be buzzing 😁
Make sure to add a cover over the raised helm area, otherwise it will be miserable to steer from their in bad weather.
Awesome
For shop heat you could try a diesel park heater. They are very efficient produce a lot of heat and because it ducts the exhaust out side no fumes. They are small for what they do about the size of a loaf of bread and safe. One 8k heater keeps my uninsulated 20'x20' shop about 18 degrees warmer in the winter then outside.
A generic diesel heat like we had in the last boat was the original plan, but so far the electric heat has been so easy, safe, and cheap. It's hard to justify a change at this point. - Matt
Bulckhead 5 seems very important. I do not think you have covered how that will be strengthen to support the mast. Most people have seen Parley’s work on his lagoon and wonder what your approach will be
Since in small living design use of space always needs to be given special attention I can't help but wonder if two vanities in the owner's quarters are a wise choice. Over many years of experience I have found that very little time has been spent with both of us in the bathroom at the same time.
And since you brought it up maybe sometime you could talk a little about the situation of insurance while you are in the construction phase.
When we get further into episodes, you'll find out we did end up placing the toilet as soon as you walk into the master head, so that deletes the double vanity, bringing it down to one. ;)
Thanks for the layout tour and accompanying renderings - it's beginning to make sense! Are there static pix of the "hull of fame" so we can search for our name?
Not yet, but that is my goal for this week. I want to clean off the inboard side so all the names are easy to read again. 😊
WOW, the boat is looking great! Stay warm! Awesome progress on the build. How itchy have you been after all of the hard fiberglass work?
Not as itchy as we were in the summer wearing shorts and t-shirts! 😉
Rather than drilling / screwing through various surfaces, have you considered using a magnet to hold surfaces together? (electromagnet or normal)
Congrats on the beautiful work. Just as a suggestion, have you already thought about transforming one of the guests rooms into a repair shop and laundry? Happy new year!
We've never planned to add a washing machine to our boat for laundry, since every place we've visited in the world has had easy access to laundry drop off. We'd rather save the weight and take our clothes out to get washed. 😉
Is that an issue with safety with water waves coming through you?doors without having that additional Island as a support ?
You should incorporate these rendering’s into your weekly videos for visual effect as to what your working on. It would really help us know where you working.
I will try to do that more often as we begin to work within the hulls this winter. 🙂
Sorry I needed to quit Patreon for a month or so. I live on a fixed income so when unexpected expense come up, I will opt out, till things are dealt with. Love your channel
Don't be sorry at all!! Hopefully you're on the Patreon Facebook page, so you can still get access to the real time progress updates. If you need a link, just let me know. 🙂
it would be nice if MAX made their own video showing the assembly of their yachts. its free advertisement just like Balance Yachts does.
Enjoyed the illustrative walk thru presentation. Additional information on boat interior lighting and local work area heating: ice box/heating pad, infra red, oil radiator. What about the tent/shop/shed enclosure?
There is a propane system which can heat the entire tent, but we think there's a leak because our tanks emptied so quickly last year. So we just layer up and otherwise work in the cold when we're not glassing. 😉
i'm worried that you are not putting any foam flotation below decks and are relying upon closed air pockets. If you hit a container at full speed, i would think many of those chambers would be cracked allowing water ingress and loss of buoyancy. does the manufacturer not put flotation in those closed areas??? does the foam volume in the fiberglass panels provide positive buoyancy even if all the chambers are breached??
Awesome work. Tremendous dedication.
Those light look awesome have a link?
Thank you so much for following along!!
Here is a link to the lights we purchased:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NZCXZK6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
3rd 😉
Like so many others this was great to help understand all the construction videos so far by understanding the layout. You mention removing that center island in the open so then how do you change closing it off since the island only required a swing down window pane?
Make it a swing up center door :) should work well, but the arc does impact the cockpit table size. - Matt
@@MJSailing To avoid impacting the table size could the center door be hinged part way down so it fold back on itself when stored up in the cockpit ceiling
Just amazing to look at. i have just one question what do you have in the way of privacy for doors by the steps?
The starboard (owner's) hull has a sliding door which shuts it off from the salon at the steps. On the guest hull (port) the only doors will be access to the head from each side.
It looks like some possibilities for storage just under the steps behind some kind of hinged kickboard (14:19)
Maybe take a note from our last build and store the cat's litter box in there. 😻
Really appreciate your layout explanation.. Makes visualizing your boat much better. One thing I didn't see is the space for a washer/dryer. Will you be adding one?
After our 10 years now of nomadic living, we've found that no matter where you are in the world, it is always easy to come across a place to drop off your laundry to be washed. We'd rather not take up the space and weight on our boat of having a washer or a dryer. 🙂
If you wanted to add master cabin windows facing toward the back of the boat, could you?
Yes, that is part of our plan to do. 😀
The real question is how large of a window can we add :) We're still trying to figure that out.
Nice to see how you guys are solving the temperature problems. Looks like a good setup. How much (what percentage) of the work will be in these little spaces?
I think we'll be working 90% in these areas until March/April when things begin to warm up. But there's so much to be done in these spaces that we're not worried about running out of things do until spring rolls around.
@@MJSailing And will all that "fussy" work be completed when it warms up again, or will this complete the majority of the little jobs? So far, the boat is looking awesome!
Happy new year! Excellent work guys, you are legends! Are you planning to have to have washing machine/dryer? if so where would you have them?
To be honest, in all our travels, we haven't found the need for a personal washer or dryer. Everywhere we've traveled in the world has had easy access to laundry drop off. So it hasn't seemed sensible to us to take a hit to space and weight to have one aboard the boat. 😉
If you don't mind I'm going to borrow your idea for the epoxy warmer. My build is outside under a roof extension and when I need epoxy it's pretty cold to pump.
check out sail life he builds a nice warmer
Absolutely borrow that idea! Let us know if you'd like the Amazon link to the heating pad. 🙂
@@MJSailing That would be great! Thank you.
@@randyw6864 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016MKY7C8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
@@MJSailing Thanks so much! Your doing an awesome job.
Perhaps you could delete the media center and use that space for something else. I think an awesome idea to replace the media center is to have a much larger TV that folds down from the ceiling that can swivel so you can watch tv (or UA-cam sailing videos) from either the inside living space or while relaxing in the outdoor space.
The set up will most likely have a tv mounted on the wall above the media station, on a swivel. 😃
Great job of showing your cat layout. I did not see any comfortable place to edit videos. Are you planning to edit on the head?
I don't do well at 'desk' spaces, so probably at the settee or in my bed. As we speak, I'm editing next week's video from the v-berth of the Viking!, lol
WOW looks fantastic. I can see how the render and real life hull 4 shots motivates you & Matt. Just a quick question tho - where are you storing Matts tools for the boat???
Hi Cameron. Tools are going to be our moveable ballast and their storage will be dictated by any trim adjustments we need to make when we launch. -Matt
they call that daisy-chained so one switch for one run of lights.
A few thoughts: Instead of TV, a projector and roller screen for movie night on the starboard side, Telescoping doors, i.e. ua-cam.com/video/vmozg3YBQW0/v-deo.html, NeoPixel lights throughout the boat each uniquely addressable and color settable via central boat computer. Was also thinking that a M&J marine corp that makes and sells boating stuff might be a good idea. Something that some of the patrons could build to help support the cruising/testing platform. Would your followers put in sweat/cash equity in a share/partner model? Might be worth asking them... Is there something you want or see that would make a good product. I can see several just from watching you. One example -> Custom fit storage under the stairs, or other small spaces, each with easily removable custom fit containers.