From my days of drywalling, we avoided seams adjacent to windows and doors to reduce the risk of cracking. That doesn't look like an issue for you since there's another lip behind the seam. So my vote, like everyone else, is to put it where you want it. It's looking great! 👍
I think that since it's your boat, soon to be your home, that however or whatever you decide to change, adjust modify, etc. is up to you two based on your years of boat building and cruising experiences. God bless you. Love you guys and your videos.
I think the hatch location makes a ton of sense. A little higher for good ventilation, a little bit more privacy (not that that will make much difference) and also giving you a little more space above the bed for the same function as a headboard. Seems perfect to me. Unfortunately, I have zero interest in Established Titles so I can't help your revenue stream there. BUT I do think your ads for them are hilarious, so thanks for that! It's also fun to get a little peak into the relationship you guys have built with Tucker over the past year +.
Yes I've found your channel again I lost my old UA-cam account and something just clicked in my head and I remembered can't wait to catch up on all ur videos all the best u guys
After helping to delivery a foam core all-carbon catamaran from Newport to the Bahamas this past November, I recommend giving at least some thought to how interior condensation on the hatches, ports, and any metal backing blocks is managed. That is with a vertical hatch/port adjacent to the berth consider having a fiddled shelf that can catch the condensation as it runs down the hatch keeping the bedding dry. We all would love to only sail when the weather is sunny and warm but in reality most of us end up in cool/cold conditions sometimes.
Looking good. I bet you guys get excited every time you tackle another one of these big things. Then reality comes back and hits you reminding you that you have so much more to go. Assuming those hatches are you emergency exit point as well. With the step under them on the outside, that would probably give you something to grab and pull yourselves through if you ever needed to.
I like what your thinking for the hatch. What I wierding out about is opening the back door to the shop... There's a BOAT there!!! 👍🏻👍🏻 Progress is just awesone guys!!! 😎😎😎
Show me a sail boat where there were no compromises made 🤣 When you finish faring and fitting out the boat those windows will look like they were meant to be there 👍🏼
My "vote" is to put the damned hatch exactly where you want it! 😃 It'll give you great airflow in the tropics and might just save yuor lives if the worst happens ...
It's your boat and monies. You do what you want. And don't let the keyboard pirates tell you different. You two are busting your humps on your dream why have someone that doesn't know their butts from a hole in the ground. Tell you what to do. 👍🏽 Great channel and I simply can't wait to see your next post. God bless and stay safe 🙏
The only channel that I can hit the like button before watching the episode. Now for me that is damn good as I am unfortunately a big critic of click bait videos.
If you are putting dry deck, duragrid, or something like the Froli system under your mattress to get some airflow underneath (to prevent mold), your mattress will be even higher than the 8". Your shoulders/head may still reach the hatch latch levers, but that's what pillows are for. :) Love all the progress you are making! Thanks again for sharing the journey!
"Not centered" is completely your call, my question is Load Bearing. On a "house window" the Header needs to be very thick/reinforced to take the weight of the roof. Your hatch window is very close to the deck above it, what did you do, if you even needed to, to reinforce the Hatch "Header"? To insure the weight from above, from people stepping, isn't transferred onto the hatch frame / glass. If Mat covered this during his explanation, my apologies. I often skip portions of the explanations when the both of you have done a similar job somewhere else.
Yes, that’s what occurred to me also. Easily remedied at this point with a shallow “beam” (just a strip of core laminated in with mono or biax, perhaps 1 or 2cm deep, doesn’t have to be especially wide) on the underside of the deckhead above the aperture. That would effectively eliminate any likelihood of flex affecting the hatch sealing. But….. I reckon Matt’s already way ahead of us on all that stuff. Personally I like the higher hatch position, doesn’t look weird at all.
Not sure if you plan to install and have available a series drogue (for bad weather) obviously now is the time to strengthen the area that the deck fittings for the drogue will go. I think the flush fitting hatch is in the best position. I like the flush fitting aspect as it will have less for a breaking stern wave to grab and remove. (a big problem for some cat designs that have their engine access hatch right aft. However, that hatch is an area of vulnerability for a breaking wave, so would recommend that you look at provision and fittings of a storm shield to cover it. Doesn't have to be wood, I would probably choose acrylic, but twice as thick as the hatch
We have three cats. One is several years older, and two litter mates. All three are well adjusted, and still there are cat fights. After deciding witch one is at fault, short separations are needed. It’s not a huge problem.
Good luck with Georgie. My sister and I have two cats who were litter mates. After my husband died, we both sold our houses and purchased a new house together. After 7 years, the sister cats still barely tolerate each other. Thankfully, it is not a full fledged battle between them.
As long as the port rear cabin hatch is symmetrical for height from deck, and approximate same laterally, no one will be likely to notice but the factory workers !
The hatches location looks good, and most importantly, you've been able to make that decision yourselves. I like the step arrangement too. Perhaps both cats need to get used to each other in both homes.
I was in Lowes this week and I saw the PVC downspout and thought of your wire duct issue it's lightweight but it's square that might help in your wireway hunt if you need something bigger than the 2" vacuum tube.
I remember when I first met you two. I move back to Georgia I just caught a glimpse of your videos, you guys came a long way from building a boat when I seen it from the beginning, good work. and God bless you two.
Annapolis is a great place for you to have such easy access to while you're building. I used to be there when I visited my former employer's site in Annapolis, Northrop Grumman. I really enjoyed when we got into town because of all the great people. Can't remember all the places where we ate (a decade ago) but we were never disappointed. It's challenging to make decisions like that hatch and visualize all the circumstances that might affect the best placement. I trust your vision and I know when she's fully built and in the water, we'll find that you made an excellent decision.
Interesting video. Any plans in the near future to give us an update on the overall boat building plan? Major systems and components and their respective timelines. Be interesting because it’s hard to follow when you are focusing on one small detail or another. As always thanks for sharing
You need to get a different tip for that Multi-Tool. You can get tips that are a full half circle. So you cut the foam core out without having to rotate it constantly.
Centering things makes things look balanced and precise, offsetting will look a bit unusual, however accenting the space can return it to a balanced look. Put something under the hatch, or paint something in the space under and or around the hatch to compensate... Personally I'm more about functionality than aesthetics, so if it works, it works... I'm more thinking about a big wave from behind and how well it will hold up. I would make it easy to put an additional storm protection mechanism over it, or emergency replacement if it breaks while underway, i.e. a fiber glass piece cut to fit that is used elsewhere for some other purpose... Oh, pour a can of tuna juice over one of the cats - he he
Great location for a hatch ... building your own boat means you can have lots of these quirky ideas and with you and Matt engineering these ideas, why not!! Stay Safe & Fair Winds!!
I see 2 reasons for hatches, let the light in and ventilation. The hatch is perfectly placed to give good cross ventilation over the bunk, oh so important in the tropics!
Like it. Looks fine from inside. Will the second step be wide enough - would be easy enough to exit from for emergency. Could even see shifting it more towards the left for a bigger second step? Will you have some form of a window screen? At what distance from land do bugs stop visiting?
When it is all done it will make sense with the steps and the mattress. If you ever want a thicker mattress, it will be nice to have that hatch higher up too. I have an 8-inch mattress and it hurts my back horribly as there isn't enough give for my shoulders and hips.
I think that all of your reason for moving the hatch up are good, valid reasons and you will be happy with the choice. But there is another benefit, apart from privacy, to a higher hatch. All of the hot, stale air in the space is going to be at the top. Having a higher hatch will give a way for that air to be vented even when you can't open a top hatch for the weather or other considerations.
I have just a quick question. Why drill the holes in the middle of an edge instead of a corner? When ever I have seen a project where you are removing the middle and keeping the edge and not using something that can do a plunge-cut they drill a hole in each corner.
Not likely to be cuddle buddies - maybe, you can hope, but not likely. With the humans mixing after petting the other cat - will go a long way in allowing them to tolerate each other. Cats release "scent" and if it is rubbed off, and smelled by the other cat - hey will become familiar. I have two cats - that moved into the house at different times - and they are not buddies, there is an occasional back off buddy growl, hiss, swipe- but there are no blood feuds.
I feel bad: I really loved Lady Jessica's sponsorship promotion! Her fight with Serf Tucker (he's fantastic!) and resulting disarray of Her Ladyship's hair was genuinely funny! She should be given a mini-series by some national TV channel. (this is how The Simpsons started on the Tracey Ullman Show: I see parallels) And then I really loved your tour around the drinking dens and eating places of Annapolis! What is wrong with me? I am supposed to be here for the sailing ...
I have a prediction about your window, however I must warn you that I work with computers all day and so I expect anything and everything to go wrong in any situation. My prediction is that one day you will have the window open and it'll be overlapping the step, at the same time someone will walk down the steps and put their foot through the glass. Is there anyway of extending the deck about 6 inches, so that you have a big overhang above the window, and you can move those steps further out. That way no one will put their foot through the glass as they walk down the steps.
@@MJSailing Our opinion might be interesting to you, but comfort and usability for you is job 1. You two are doing SUCH an awesome job. A year from now you can look back and go "Holy crap, we lived thru that!".
All of our cats become very happy when we pick up the harnesses. It's much easier to start walking them early, hopefully with an older cat as an example
You need to stress they don't make guys wear skirts after you buy a plot of land in your commercials. Guys with accents are annoying when they fly in for major Poker tournaments. You atomically know they are first-string and in for a nightmare. There is a reason why you have neighborhood dog parks and zero cat parks. Dogs are much easier to acclimate to other living creatures. A past girlfriend did have a cat that loved ridding one particular horse. Not centering hatches only matters to OCD anal retentives' like me.
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From my days of drywalling, we avoided seams adjacent to windows and doors to reduce the risk of cracking. That doesn't look like an issue for you since there's another lip behind the seam. So my vote, like everyone else, is to put it where you want it. It's looking great! 👍
I think that since it's your boat, soon to be your home, that however or whatever you decide to change, adjust modify, etc. is up to you two based on your years of boat building and cruising experiences. God bless you. Love you guys and your videos.
I think the hatch location makes a ton of sense. A little higher for good ventilation, a little bit more privacy (not that that will make much difference) and also giving you a little more space above the bed for the same function as a headboard. Seems perfect to me.
Unfortunately, I have zero interest in Established Titles so I can't help your revenue stream there. BUT I do think your ads for them are hilarious, so thanks for that! It's also fun to get a little peak into the relationship you guys have built with Tucker over the past year +.
I love Matts attention to detail. Reminds me so much of my husband when he was in Project mode. Happy memories❣
Yes I've found your channel again I lost my old UA-cam account and something just clicked in my head and I remembered can't wait to catch up on all ur videos all the best u guys
After helping to delivery a foam core all-carbon catamaran from Newport to the Bahamas this past November, I recommend giving at least some thought to how interior condensation on the hatches, ports, and any metal backing blocks is managed. That is with a vertical hatch/port adjacent to the berth consider having a fiddled shelf that can catch the condensation as it runs down the hatch keeping the bedding dry. We all would love to only sail when the weather is sunny and warm but in reality most of us end up in cool/cold conditions sometimes.
Looking good. I bet you guys get excited every time you tackle another one of these big things. Then reality comes back and hits you reminding you that you have so much more to go. Assuming those hatches are you emergency exit point as well. With the step under them on the outside, that would probably give you something to grab and pull yourselves through if you ever needed to.
Love this episode !!! 20 Minutes for cutting another hole into the boat. So much progress !
I like what your thinking for the hatch. What I wierding out about is opening the back door to the shop... There's a BOAT there!!! 👍🏻👍🏻 Progress is just awesone guys!!! 😎😎😎
Show me a sail boat where there were no compromises made 🤣 When you finish faring and fitting out the boat those windows will look like they were meant to be there 👍🏼
Awww, thanks!!
Thanks again. These videos never get old. But I am a "How It's Made" and a "DIY" show nut.
My "vote" is to put the damned hatch exactly where you want it! 😃 It'll give you great airflow in the tropics and might just save yuor lives if the worst happens ...
It's your boat and monies. You do what you want. And don't let the keyboard pirates tell you different. You two are busting your humps on your dream why have someone that doesn't know their butts from a hole in the ground. Tell you what to do. 👍🏽 Great channel and I simply can't wait to see your next post. God bless and stay safe 🙏
The ad was a hoot, like the one before it.
Love the hatch layout, it will fit right in with the steps and views.
something about form follows function...since MJ'ers totally consider it all, whatever you decide is best !!
Thank you!!
All the work is impressive... but the quantity of thinking that happens before the work is MIND BOGGLING!!! You guys rock.
I am so impressed with Matt and the thought and foresight which he puts into this build. 😍
The only channel that I can hit the like button before watching the episode. Now for me that is damn good as I am unfortunately a big critic of click bait videos.
If the goal is to live with it, make it fit your lifestyle. I applaud the nontraditional approach if it works better for you.
If you are putting dry deck, duragrid, or something like the Froli system under your mattress to get some airflow underneath (to prevent mold), your mattress will be even higher than the 8". Your shoulders/head may still reach the hatch latch levers, but that's what pillows are for. :) Love all the progress you are making! Thanks again for sharing the journey!
Looking good 🎉the hatch is also an escape hatch to get out of the cabin quickly if need be.
I hadn't really thought of it that way before, but you're right!
Hatch looks great and is functional. Thanks for sharing.
"Not centered" is completely your call, my question is Load Bearing. On a "house window" the Header needs to be very thick/reinforced to take the weight of the roof. Your hatch window is very close to the deck above it, what did you do, if you even needed to, to reinforce the Hatch "Header"? To insure the weight from above, from people stepping, isn't transferred onto the hatch frame / glass.
If Mat covered this during his explanation, my apologies. I often skip portions of the explanations when the both of you have done a similar job somewhere else.
It's an area that isn't taking boat/sailing loads. The only concern is human weight here.
Yes, that’s what occurred to me also.
Easily remedied at this point with a shallow “beam” (just a strip of core laminated in with mono or biax, perhaps 1 or 2cm deep, doesn’t have to be especially wide) on the underside of the deckhead above the aperture.
That would effectively eliminate any likelihood of flex affecting the hatch sealing.
But….. I reckon Matt’s already way ahead of us on all that stuff.
Personally I like the higher hatch position, doesn’t look weird at all.
Not sure if you plan to install and have available a series drogue (for bad weather) obviously now is the time to strengthen the area that the deck fittings for the drogue will go. I think the flush fitting hatch is in the best position. I like the flush fitting aspect as it will have less for a breaking stern wave to grab and remove. (a big problem for some cat designs that have their engine access hatch right aft. However, that hatch is an area of vulnerability for a breaking wave, so would recommend that you look at provision and fittings of a storm shield to cover it. Doesn't have to be wood, I would probably choose acrylic, but twice as thick as the hatch
Dry 85 is the bees knees, love it there!
I like the position of the hatch. Any particular reason for not drilling the corners before using the saw to cut the opening?
We have three cats. One is several years older, and two litter mates. All three are well adjusted, and still there are cat fights. After deciding witch one is at fault, short separations are needed. It’s not a huge problem.
Dry 85, gotta check out that. walked by a 100 times, never went in. I always end up at Café Normandie or McGravey's.
We actually ended up at McGarvey's later that night, lol. But Dry 85 is definitely one of our favorites.
WOOF! You guys are livin' on the edge there.....carryin' around those fluffy razor blades.... 😬
Good luck with Georgie. My sister and I have two cats who were litter mates. After my husband died, we both sold our houses and purchased a new house together. After 7 years, the sister cats still barely tolerate each other. Thankfully, it is not a full fledged battle between them.
As long as the port rear cabin hatch is symmetrical for height from deck, and approximate same laterally, no one will be likely to notice but the factory workers !
The hatches location looks good, and most importantly, you've been able to make that decision yourselves. I like the step arrangement too. Perhaps both cats need to get used to each other in both homes.
I was in Lowes this week and I saw the PVC downspout and thought of your wire duct issue it's lightweight but it's square that might help in your wireway hunt if you need something bigger than the 2" vacuum tube.
Thanks Tom for the idea. We did get home vacuum pipe that works great
Honestly think whatever works best for you is how it should go. It's your boat and you're going to be sailing on it for some time. :)
But we're also slightly vain and want it to look good. 😂👍
As meticulous as you all are it can't look any other way.
I remember when I first met you two. I move back to Georgia I just caught a glimpse of your videos, you guys came a long way from building a boat when I seen it from the beginning, good work. and God bless you two.
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I say put the hatches where you want as long as it doesn't cause foreseeable issues. cheers.
Annapolis is a great place for you to have such easy access to while you're building. I used to be there when I visited my former employer's site in Annapolis, Northrop Grumman. I really enjoyed when we got into town because of all the great people. Can't remember all the places where we ate (a decade ago) but we were never disappointed.
It's challenging to make decisions like that hatch and visualize all the circumstances that might affect the best placement. I trust your vision and I know when she's fully built and in the water, we'll find that you made an excellent decision.
Interesting video. Any plans in the near future to give us an update on the overall boat building plan? Major systems and components and their respective timelines. Be interesting because it’s hard to follow when you are focusing on one small detail or another. As always thanks for sharing
You need to get a different tip for that Multi-Tool. You can get tips that are a full half circle. So you cut the foam core out without having to rotate it constantly.
Only worry about the structural and stress fracture, the rest will not matter later on.
This arrangement is fine. The beauty of having such large opening hatches is all the airflow, which will sourly be needed in the tropics!
Good idea with the hatch.
You know how we like things aesthetically correct, center those hatches🤓🤣🤣🤣
These videos keep getting better & better! Keep up the great work girl👍🏻
Honestly, looks do play a part for us, lol. 😂
Centering things makes things look balanced and precise, offsetting will look a bit unusual, however accenting the space can return it to a balanced look. Put something under the hatch, or paint something in the space under and or around the hatch to compensate... Personally I'm more about functionality than aesthetics, so if it works, it works... I'm more thinking about a big wave from behind and how well it will hold up. I would make it easy to put an additional storm protection mechanism over it, or emergency replacement if it breaks while underway, i.e. a fiber glass piece cut to fit that is used elsewhere for some other purpose... Oh, pour a can of tuna juice over one of the cats - he he
Great location for a hatch ... building your own boat means you can have lots of these quirky ideas and with you and Matt engineering these ideas, why not!! Stay Safe & Fair Winds!!
I see 2 reasons for hatches, let the light in and ventilation. The hatch is perfectly placed to give good cross ventilation over the bunk, oh so important in the tropics!
I don't think Matt would even be able to sleep in the aft bunk unless it had good ventilation, lol.
Have to say, Your boat, your decision, it must be correct.
Like it. Looks fine from inside. Will the second step be wide enough - would be easy enough to exit from for emergency. Could even see shifting it more towards the left for a bigger second step? Will you have some form of a window screen? At what distance from land do bugs stop visiting?
great job looking good
When it is all done it will make sense with the steps and the mattress. If you ever want a thicker mattress, it will be nice to have that hatch higher up too. I have an 8-inch mattress and it hurts my back horribly as there isn't enough give for my shoulders and hips.
I think that all of your reason for moving the hatch up are good, valid reasons and you will be happy with the choice. But there is another benefit, apart from privacy, to a higher hatch. All of the hot, stale air in the space is going to be at the top. Having a higher hatch will give a way for that air to be vented even when you can't open a top hatch for the weather or other considerations.
Best video yet on pet acclimation. So informative!
Its your boat ...put them where ever you please. Being happy is always the best reason to do just about everything !👍
Can't ever have too many clamps
We still find ourselves running out sometimes. 😂
Those are YOUR hatches and you should place them wherever pleases you the most. It's all I have to say about this. 😃😃
It's your boat, as long as it's structurally sound that's all that really matters.
Great Job!!! Thank You… :-)
Good stuff, Those kitties are so cute. I always get a kick out of cats on leashes, I get why but still funny.
They'll never respond quite like dogs on a leash, lol.
Never seen a cat on a leash before. You know the best thing about cats? When you call , they don’t come ! Haha!
I have just a quick question. Why drill the holes in the middle of an edge instead of a corner? When ever I have seen a project where you are removing the middle and keeping the edge and not using something that can do a plunge-cut they drill a hole in each corner.
Not likely to be cuddle buddies - maybe, you can hope, but not likely. With the humans mixing after petting the other cat - will go a long way in allowing them to tolerate each other. Cats release "scent" and if it is rubbed off, and smelled by the other cat - hey will become familiar. I have two cats - that moved into the house at different times - and they are not buddies, there is an occasional back off buddy growl, hiss, swipe- but there are no blood feuds.
Drilling and sawing through a new fiberglass boat would make me nervous as hell
How heavy is the green boards? everything is looking amazing.
"Bedroom, 360 Video Surveillance" could be a good thing...
One more week closer to S.P.L.A.S.H.
Only 72 left to go!!
Your boat build it to fit your needs or wants you sure don't need my advice. Love the inclusion of departure of friends and the cats.
I feel bad: I really loved Lady Jessica's sponsorship promotion! Her fight with Serf Tucker (he's fantastic!) and resulting disarray of Her Ladyship's hair was genuinely funny! She should be given a mini-series by some national TV channel. (this is how The Simpsons started on the Tracey Ullman Show: I see parallels)
And then I really loved your tour around the drinking dens and eating places of Annapolis! What is wrong with me? I am supposed to be here for the sailing ...
Lady Jessica fan club member, the forest echos with laughter ;-)
@@georgemacdonald8899 Are you Laird MacDonald of MacDonald, Laird of plot 34B in Glen Affric?
@@Neilhuny Nope, Lord MacDonald of Glencoe Wood.
Will it be awkward climbing those steps when the hatch is open?
Jessica are you practicing for your roll on bobo fet. Star Wars with the mask?
I have a prediction about your window, however I must warn you that I work with computers all day and so I expect anything and everything to go wrong in any situation.
My prediction is that one day you will have the window open and it'll be overlapping the step, at the same time someone will walk down the steps and put their foot through the glass.
Is there anyway of extending the deck about 6 inches, so that you have a big overhang above the window, and you can move those steps further out. That way no one will put their foot through the glass as they walk down the steps.
That Lord and lady thing is in Scotland only titels not in uk
We actually have other friends who got titles with property in the Lake District of England. (You'll see them in a future promo. 😉)
Your placement for the hatch makes a lot of sense from your comments. There is no need to center it -- it looks fine where it is.
Will you be able to use the step wonder the hatch when it's open?
Not in the same capacity, but yes, you'd still be able to use it approaching from the stern vs the duck walk.
how long left to splash do yo think 🙂?
Off-centered hatch allows use of one side whereas centered results in two useless border strips. Imo
Who said it has to be centered it's location should be entirely up to you guys and how it works best for you
We don't want it to look awkward in the space...but we definitely think the practicality of it like that will work best for us. 😃
@@MJSailing Our opinion might be interesting to you, but comfort and usability for you is job 1. You two are doing SUCH an awesome job. A year from now you can look back and go "Holy crap, we lived thru that!".
If you own one to 10 ft.² in Scotland does that means that you can get dual citizenship?
I wish!!! That would solve so many of our travel restrictions, lil.
first time I see a cat on a leash
Since she was 6 months old we've been leash training her. 😃
All of our cats become very happy when we pick up the harnesses.
It's much easier to start walking them early, hopefully with an older cat as an example
Matt looks sunburned?
Huh...might be the lighting? We haven't spent much time outside recently.
If the cat is your pet, I don't understand why you would want to leave it
Can't really fly her to Vietnam and stick her in our hotel room when we make our visits there. 😉
It's all about strength
Believing a cat will do anything other than what the cat wants is a sign of insanity 🙂
You need to stress they don't make guys wear skirts after you buy a plot of land in your commercials. Guys with accents are annoying when they fly in for major Poker tournaments. You atomically know they are first-string and in for a nightmare. There is a reason why you have neighborhood dog parks and zero cat parks. Dogs are much easier to acclimate to other living creatures. A past girlfriend did have a cat that loved ridding one particular horse. Not centering hatches only matters to OCD anal retentives' like me.
I wonder who will finish their cat first Ross from Life on the Hulls or MJ Sailing?