My one regret in buying a bigger boat is not being able to bring her home. The joy of working on your boat at home having all your tools and being able to work when you have the time is joy,
That’s the beauty of trailerable boats like Farrier/Corsair/Dragonfly! You have all your tools nearby, you can work on small things when you have only a few minutes, and some jobs like composite repair that have many small steps are so much easier!
I would love to see your winter/spring list of things to do with the new boat. Renaming it probably as well. Gonna be fun knocking the items off and prioritizing. I remember boat projects I thought would take four hours usually took 8! LOL. Have a good winter tho we will see the videos in summer on here. Love that bright daughter of yours.
I know your videos are not in real time, but if you haven't solved this problem, and want to design a new daggerboard, I'd be happy to cut marine plywood on my CNC to make one with more foil and a tighter fit. I'll be doing a similar exercise for the 28 ft trimaran we are starting to build anyway. We're in western PA not so terribly far away. -Larry
Our boat? San Diego!! You guys have come full circle... well, just about. Looking forward to the next video.. hopefully with some explanations for that teaser-clip. Cheers.
It did sound like “our” boat didn’t it?! I did a double take when listening to it the first time. But to clear up any confusion it’s not our boat. It was just “a” boat. 😆
Can't wait to hear about what you were up to in San Diego! I was just out there looking at a Tartan 37 in March and thinking about moving back to the city.
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These videos remind me of fond memories of our families 24 foot Seaward, the "Susie Q"Stepping and unstepping the mast over and over. We sailed mostly on Lake Roosevelt which was east of Phoenix. At precisely 3:00 pm the land surrounding the lake would heat up enough and the wind would violently pick up. Oh what fun that was! Getting the boat back on the trailer was always a challenge as there were never any docks, just the ramp. So, if the wind was still blowing someone(s) would have to wade out as far as they could to pull pull on the stern line. This is when you learn how a boat with no sails up wanted to blow away!
One step at a time, taken every day, leads to a fulfilled journey. Keep in mind, it's never the destination that counts, it's the journey. I love your videos and your journey. ❤
It sure feels good knowing you guys are adventuring just a couple hours north, in the very beautiful adventure grounds/waters of my youth, the NW edge of the mitten! { It's made even more beautiful knowing it continues with you, as it does with me, to be shared with the following generation(s). }
Hey, Kirk! You mentioned in the vid that a new daggarboard would be US$5000....???? Is that from Corsair, or some other builder..?? Reason I ask is that it should be easy enough to build one yourself, using foam core and e-glass and some matt with epoxy resin. Ideally, vacuum bag it, but it could be done just wet on wet, rolled and squeegied. Do one side, then the other, then the edges for stiffness. Carving the foam accurately is also 'do-able' for a DIY-er. Probably only cost you a few hundred bucks. Ask on the Corsair-Farrier page and forum. Someone will have a NACA profile to suit your boat. And will have done the whole carving thing out of foam. Personally, I'd do a solid cedar wood central rib, and a couple of intermediate 90 deg ribs, infill with foam and carve to suit. Use a Surform 'plane' and blocks of wood wrapped with sandpaper. Then glass, fair, sand, paint, refit. Do some searching. It's not that big a job, and no way should cost you $5K...!!
Nice boat! Farrier F9? You should get a copy of the original Farrier building book and reconstruct a decent daggerboard which will fit the case perfectly. Good luck.
It would be fairly easy to reshape your dagger board with foam and fiberglass. You sand off the paint, glue on foam slabs. Sand to the desired shape. Wrap with fiberglass, vacuum bag. Then fair with long board sander and fairing glass. Then gelcoat. You can look up Naca foil shapes online and make a template. Install fill strips in the end of your box to prevent wiggling when under way.
@@SailingSoulianis Alluring Arctic had a similar centerboard problem with his Garcia while cruising and in one day inserted rubber, I think, between the casing and the centerboard - temporary but got them back in the water.
Hey guys from the time I saw the your episodes went back from where started I have that no matter what situation comes your way (like the dagger boar) you guys don’t get frustrated but re plan for a solution. You guys are awesome, Continue with that attitude and during winter months the plans become a reality😅 and next sailing season you guys will be sailing happy as ever.
@@SailingSoulianis yeah, that lack of chord depth & curve will really hurt the boat’s ability to point. Agreeing with the previous comment, this can be a diy retrofit fix, but only if you know how that board was built. If they didn’t use per-plans or an engineered alternative, this could be a big waste of resources put into a nice new fit & shape that can still break. I’d be happy to do a phone call talking thru low cost and/or fast & accurate board build options. There’s a Ravenswing video about five years back showing how I reshaped mine that was also too flat. It HOWLED over 14 kts ;)
That daggerboard is a mess - I can’t believe the claim that it was purchased from Corsair (or any professional builder for that matter)! Lots of boats including Farrier designs use NACA 0012 profiles for underwater foils (e.g. rudders, daggerboards) so you could make a template of that to guide your shaping.
I like the stern mast support. I have a similar structure -- I can drop the mast onto the roller, then roll it forward onto the bow pulpit. And if you have not done it yet, you might consider clamping / temporarily bolting weight to the bottom of the centerboard, aiming for neutral buoyancy, to make it easier to reinsert. Your videos are inspirational!
@@SailingSoulianis I started to calculate how many cubic inches of iron you would need to attach to the bottom of the centerboard -- then thought that it would be simpler / cheaper to drill a hole near the bottom, insert a bolt through it, and hand a part of your anchor chain to that -- add or subtract links until you had *just* the right buoyancy to expedite insertion. My first run at it looks like about 12 pounds.
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I like how your new land / boat life is taking shape. Perhaps the centre board whatever it's shape in the casing, could do with some delrin sliders, or other resilient guide material. I have a boat with twin aerofoil shaped hollow boards, they are a close-ish fit but still wiggle a bit when at anchor. I keep the boat in my own large garage/shed as you are planning to do. It saves so much degradation and I don't need to think about the boat when I'm away. The mast is the trickiest item, if I get round to reconfiguring things, I would switch to a carbon mast, synthetic rigging and carbon chainplates (well the latter may be a step too far), and hang it off a pull out rail system.
I did the electrical on my boat running cables through the mast. My cables are making a lot of noise. If you are able to find suitable lights that use solar power and can be controlled wirelessly, that may be a better idea. I'm saying this as if it wasn't already done! Haha.
Love your vids. Do you have a set of raising wires that attach 6 feet up the mast to triangles on the hull? We need to attach them before releasing shrouds. Did you check Phil’s Foils for a new c’board? I think you’ll need to remove the mast step to get the board back in. We slide the mast over a foot or so on the pulpit to get the clearance.
Great looking sailboat. I was born in Michigan City,Indiana and my father sailed on Lake Michigan when I was very young. We lived right on Lake Michigan on Lake Shore Drive before we moved to Clearwater,Florida. I’d love to live on lLake Michigan again.
I think whats missing is the plastic slides from the centreboard trunk, usually this is made out of a a wear resistant plastic like the stuff that plastic bread boards are made of and it's usually shaped to the shape of the centreboard, that's why the trunk is much wider than the centreboard you don't want the glassed board covered in barnacles rubbing directly against the foam sandwich centreboard trunk.
I had a forty-two foot trimaran--and the previous owner had reduced the length of the mast by ten feet and adjusted the rig to suit, because he got fed up with sailing with one reef in the sail so he could have a little more canvas set in those very light gentle breezes where no one with any sense is not motoring anyway. I got fourteen knots out of her as she was--and I sailed her at 100% of what rig she had. That was the BEST I ever got, with a cruising load of fuel, water and stores aboard. Her usual speed was seven to ten knots on a good day. What I am saying, is if you are having trouble raising and lowering your mast, shorten the thing and alter the sails to a flat-topped main, and you will lose only a couple of knots at most on a light wind day. On a heavy day or moderate day, you will have no discernible difference, since you will not be reefing as early or as often--and lets face it, cruising is supposed to be relaxing. Another thought is to get rid of the dagger board altogether, and instead fit lee boards either side of the main hull. One uses the board so that the lateral pressure holds it snug against a lateral runner just above the waterline, and the top is secured by a linear brace across the main hull, and a tackle affixed to either end of this brace. There is a heap of stuff on lee-boards on line. They are quickly demounted and stowed, and they solve a great many problems for a cruising multihull. My trimaran had a long keel, so I did not need lee boards. Sometimes it was a pain trying to turn through the wind, but the disadvantage was made up in other ways, like having a beach-able shallow draft without a centreboard.
You may consider removing that mast step , only 6 screws/nuts inside and some force wedging (Sika?) and up the db goes, i did mine that way. saved a dive or digging a mine shaft in grass.....mast elect wires go through a pvc conduit tube to be glued (silicone eg) inside mast front cavity .so no rattling and easy push through insert of wires
Did you happen to receive a copy of the plans for the boat? If I remember right the opening in the hull should match the foil shape. There should be a lot of support on the farrier groups.
Great work as always! I've had some bad experiences trailering boats with the mast track facing down. I know you weren't going far but I'd certainly like to have that track facing up if at all possible.
@Art Smith bump in the road or tied down too tight and you crush the track that your mainsail needs to go up and down. It squeezes the two sides together and bends the aluminum at the thinnest part of the mast. If you get a bend in the track at the right angle you can even rip your mainsail if you hoist it with a winch. The entire weight of the mast is resting on two points of the track. Thousands of bumps in the road later and you've got a problem. The rear wooden rest looks like it might be built for this configuration, but the bow support does not appear to be. We always unstep the mast, lay it down, then just rotate 180 degrees before trailering
@@DialedN_07 Something to keep in mind. Due to support method, doesn't look like my 21' or 26' are vulnerable. I've never heard of this happening. I like to position fenders near the mast base/deck step to help support while trailering.
Any thought about reducing the center board trunk at the bottom? It appears that there is plenty of room to install a backer for a couple of parts to fill the void on either side. Either of Starboard or maybe glassed plywood. This would help to keep the board in the center and reduce the water rolling in the trunk. It would also prevent some of the torque on the top if you choose to widen just the top of the board. Typically there should be a fair amount of side load on that board.
Ian's plans call for the board being rectangular to match the trunk for the length of the board in the trunk when the board is down. Foam and glass to match the trunk on the board is the proper way to bring the board up to design specs.
I might of thought up an inexpensive mod for your dagger board that could work for a season or two. They make pool noodles in all different diameters. What about finding one that when split in half long ways and positioned on each side of the dagger board well are just enough to close the gaps between the walls and the dagger board to hold it in place. Use some type of glue or something that could be easily removed when you're ready to spend the money for a more permanent fix. Use four pieces in total cut to fit the length of the hole and put to of them down right at the waterline or a little lower if you can manage it and two near the top. That should be enough to stop the constant banging and hold the dagger board in place or at least much closer to where it should ride. When the noodles start to not have as much spring or they begin to deform/flatten out simply replace them as they're very cheap. I think you could easily do what I'm talking about in an afternoon and it would be no where near 5k as a matter of a fact I can't see it even costing $100 depending on what you use to adhere them to the sides of the well. If they move when raising or lowering the board it would be extremely easy to reposition them with a boat hook or something of the like you already have on board. You could even try using Dinema line that wouldn't need to be to heavy tied at the ends of both sets of runners to be able to easily reposition them should you need to. Anyway just an idea to try and help you kids out and help you stretch that boat repair budget for a season or three. Fair winds, following seas, safe travels and God Bless...
I was thinking similarly. Even HomeDepot sells glass and resin. I got gellcoat from a big online marine supplier. Not perfect, but better with practice.
If it was mine . I would use the existing one . Glue 11/2 closed cell foam and glass or carbon over. From my eyeball that should take the space and save time .
If you can find the original scantlings, or find a naval architect who can design one, Foss Foam, near Gainesville, Florida, make excellent and really tough rudders and centerboards. The foam is actually very tough and structural. On my Morgan Nelson/Marek 36, the previous owner had a new centerboard designed by another naval architect, and the upper area, that stayed inside the keel, was wider so that, even in the down position, the centerboard didn't bang back and forth. Good luck and Happy Winter Work.
It's your Mini-you checking in :-) I think we have the same electric chainsaw. I cut about 2.5 cords/yr. Good to see Chip in action at full potential. How about roof racks for kayaks and boards?
Oh if I had a dollar for every time my dreams and reality collided, I'd be a rich man. Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Langston Hughes -
If the builder had followed the plans you could not remove the dagger board from below. The plans call for a exactly fitting cover of the dagger board slot that follows the shape of the foil. Then the wobbling of the dagger board is drastically reduced. To remove the dagger board then you have to remove the mast foot and lift the board out at the top. Get the plans book by Ian Farrier... Matthias F9RX one off Freyia 2 At the moment preparing the boat for the new season in Samos Greece..
I have a 9.9 Honda Outboard. Bought a while back for a 7.7M San Juan. Replacing an older 10 Honda outboard. It is a bit heavy (100#).I'm wondering about your 9.9. Short shaft? Pull start? I bought the long shaft, electric start and lift w/remote steering and controls. My wife couldn't pull the 10 hp 'string' start, or lift it. BUT! The San Juan sold & I kept the 9.9, still have it :30 Min run time and has been setting for a while. WANT TO TRADE? Just a thought. Shipping is a bit expensive, I'm in Louisiana. I have a fishing boat now, not sailing. 😪 Don't have the need for a deep draft motor in the muddy waters here. 🙂 If interested let me know.
..... Bet Kurt is going to laminate a block that just about takes up the whole sheath and where it exits the hull will shape to modern shape and then glass the whole thing ... I am guessing this is what has happened and you are prepping to launch if that has not already happened also .... thx for the share .. as always .. never stop dreaming, ust dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans ....
Winter coming. I didn't realize the videos were this far back. Looking forward to seeing what all you two were able to do on the boat. I know it can be tough when you have an acreage that requires constant work, not to mention raising a little one.
The mold in your laminate sails is there for the duration... don't attempt to bleach them clean....just soap and water.....afterwards, if you want to make them asthetically look better, you could simply paint them with a latex based paint....not a perfect solution but it will buy you some time until you replace them.
I think Farrier 32, build kit. F-32A is 8.5ft on the trailer and considered max width for trailering. It might be that one. Go back a few episodes when they introduced it, I think all of the details are there. Maybe Farrier 33.
@@SailingSoulianis Thanks! Just found it mentioned in episode 120 when you tried to raise the mast. I sailed the aft-cabin version in Italy 2 years ago. Nice boat!
@@artsmith103 Early October at that because you can't yet see our boat in its winter storage position in the background. Two weeks later we would have been in the video. 😊
In short, no we can’t always stay current. We can’t edit videos fast enough nor are we always doing something exciting enough to warrant sharing. So during those slow periods when we have less to share we catch up on the editing. Next video jumps ahead to March. Going forward we will be closer to real time for a spell.
I sincerely dislike land life, unfortunately, we sometimes have no choice to either stay in a marina or spend some time on land. If it was u to me, I'd never leave the boat for other things than a hike or a swim. I feel sorry for all sailors that are land bound against their will
Gotta tell ya guys but that boat seems terribly sketchy with the whole mast being up and folding the outriggers in the dagger board situation. I hope it all works out for you and it turns into the boat you dreamed of but I’m skeptical.
The scale of the issues is quite small. You'll see. I can't wait to see the extent they travel and cruise with it. Chesapeake Bay will almost feel small for them. Then someday, come the Bahamas :-)
Nope the land has never called to me, even though I have spent a majority of my life on land. I will admit when at sea for 2 - 3 months it is nice to see land, and even nice to go on land. But even after that amount of time land never called to me. I could happily live out at sea my entire life. With just brief day trips on land to smell to trees, dirt, plants, etc.
Just loved your Tartan and all of your adventures there in. However from my perspective the Tri is way over engineered and complex. Hopefully it all works out well.
Because it gives them flxibility on when they release videos. This standard of video production like other notable sailing UA-camrs, takes at least a person week of work to edit, often more, some channels like Delos, outsource at least some of it to former crew members. A few years ago, there was an even longer delay in releasing videos. I greatly appreciate the videos so carefully made by lovely people, It's great that they have control of the process and timing. We humans should do more of this, it;s how we lived, for millennia at least. working growing when the season's were good. Our forced work routines for x hours a day, x days per week have their draw backs too!
For sure, we’ll always need to be AT LEAST a month behind to have the time to put together a thoughtful video, ideally a couple months would be perfect. We will actually be jumping ahead to this spring in our next episode, and quickly coming up to real time (because not much happened for us this winter!), and as the editor this is a bit uncomfortable ha! but at the same time it’s quite exciting, because through all the years we were delayed a half year or more, we missed out on having real time conversations with you guys about what we’re working on. We’re looking forward to be able to take your advice & suggestions, and have you see how it plays out!
Greetings from SoCal. Wow, the Northern Michigan open spaces, trees and colors are awesome. Pops lived in Charlevoix before retiring to Florida. Mom born in Munising before settling in Ann Arbor. 👍. Bone-up on YT and the how to fiberglass videos to reshape your dagger board? Take it to a surf board shaper dude? 😂 I want to build a barn for my stuff! Kind of hard to do in Redondo Beach attached to my Condo … ☹️🥴🤓🏌️
My one regret in buying a bigger boat is not being able to bring her home. The joy of working on your boat at home having all your tools and being able to work when you have the time is joy,
That’s the beauty of trailerable boats like Farrier/Corsair/Dragonfly! You have all your tools nearby, you can work on small things when you have only a few minutes, and some jobs like composite repair that have many small steps are so much easier!
“But there can be a simplicity to landlife too.” Yes and sadly, I’m landbound now but not unhappily. The bonfire was touching. Best to y’all.
I dont think i have seen anyone compliment your story telling but you have a smooth delivery. Congrats on the land roots. Cheers!
It's nice to have friends with big empty barns!!!
Cheers from Alaska
It sure is!
I'm late to this episode.....which was beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
I would love to see your winter/spring list of things to do with the new boat. Renaming it probably as well. Gonna be fun knocking the items off and prioritizing. I remember boat projects I thought would take four hours usually took 8! LOL. Have a good winter tho we will see the videos in summer on here. Love that bright daughter of yours.
Very interesting how it all folds in. Time delay in videos is not a problem, I appreciate that we have them.
Love the poetic outro! You've got a real knack for arranging words like Ol' Bill Shakespeare.
A summer’s evening warmed by a cosy bonfire, what’s not to like!
I know your videos are not in real time, but if you haven't solved this problem, and want to design a new daggerboard, I'd be happy to cut marine plywood on my CNC to make one with more foil and a tighter fit. I'll be doing a similar exercise for the 28 ft trimaran we are starting to build anyway. We're in western PA not so terribly far away. -Larry
Paying the yard to help step/unstep the mast is really, really smart. Cheap compared to the stress involved in doing it on your own.
They had some bad equipment the 1st time. I predict they step themselves this Spring. Difficult with one, manageable with 2 or more.
Exquisite production from you two, always a pleasure to see another addition to Sailing Soulianis.
Our boat? San Diego!! You guys have come full circle... well, just about. Looking forward to the next video.. hopefully with some explanations for that teaser-clip. Cheers.
It did sound like “our” boat didn’t it?! I did a double take when listening to it the first time. But to clear up any confusion it’s not our boat. It was just “a” boat. 😆
@@SailingSoulianis Gotcha. I even turned on Closed Captioning... it thought you said 'our' too. =P
Can't wait to hear about what you were up to in San Diego! I was just out there looking at a Tartan 37 in March and thinking about moving back to the city.
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These videos remind me of fond memories of our families 24 foot Seaward, the "Susie Q"Stepping and unstepping the mast over and over. We sailed mostly on Lake Roosevelt which was east of Phoenix. At precisely 3:00 pm the land surrounding the lake would heat up enough and the wind would violently pick up. Oh what fun that was! Getting the boat back on the trailer was always a challenge as there were never any docks, just the ramp. So, if the wind was still blowing someone(s) would have to wade out as far as they could to pull pull on the stern line. This is when you learn how a boat with no sails up wanted to blow away!
Especially the Seaward :-(
One step at a time, taken every day, leads to a fulfilled journey. Keep in mind, it's never the destination that counts, it's the journey. I love your videos and your journey. ❤
Thank you for the great video. Looking forward to the videos showing the work being done to the new boat.
Love following you all. Youre building a best of two worlds.
Hugs to you all.
OMG Café Santé! I love that place.
Such a beautiful and serene episode, you guys are true adventurer's.
Amazing videos! Thank you for sharing your challenges along your journey to freedom on the water.
Great haul out. Waiting on the next adventure of WHAT HAPPENES NEXT??????
i wud love to see the barn build
Thank you
I put a tow hitch on the front of my truck this makes putting a boat in tight places easier.
It sure feels good knowing you guys are adventuring just a couple hours north, in the very beautiful adventure grounds/waters of my youth, the NW edge of the mitten! { It's made even more beautiful knowing it continues with you, as it does with me, to be shared with the following generation(s). }
Loved the episode, always sad to put them away for the winter...
Again outstanding music
Thank you ☺️
The quote at the end of the video is so absolutely beautifully said. Always love watching your guys videos! Aloha from Hawaii ❤
Hey, Kirk! You mentioned in the vid that a new daggarboard would be US$5000....???? Is that from Corsair, or some other builder..?? Reason I ask is that it should be easy enough to build one yourself, using foam core and e-glass and some matt with epoxy resin. Ideally, vacuum bag it, but it could be done just wet on wet, rolled and squeegied. Do one side, then the other, then the edges for stiffness.
Carving the foam accurately is also 'do-able' for a DIY-er.
Probably only cost you a few hundred bucks.
Ask on the Corsair-Farrier page and forum. Someone will have a NACA profile to suit your boat. And will have done the whole carving thing out of foam.
Personally, I'd do a solid cedar wood central rib, and a couple of intermediate 90 deg ribs, infill with foam and carve to suit. Use a Surform 'plane' and blocks of wood wrapped with sandpaper.
Then glass, fair, sand, paint, refit.
Do some searching. It's not that big a job, and no way should cost you $5K...!!
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Thanks for the video!
Nice boat! Farrier F9? You should get a copy of the original Farrier building book and reconstruct a decent daggerboard which will fit the case perfectly. Good luck.
It would be fairly easy to reshape your dagger board with foam and fiberglass. You sand off the paint, glue on foam slabs. Sand to the desired shape. Wrap with fiberglass, vacuum bag. Then fair with long board sander and fairing glass. Then gelcoat. You can look up Naca foil shapes online and make a template. Install fill strips in the end of your box to prevent wiggling when under way.
This is the path we’re most likely to take. Eventually we may make an entirely new board. But for now we’re looking to retrofit what we have.
@@SailingSoulianis Alluring Arctic had a similar centerboard problem with his Garcia while cruising and in one day inserted rubber, I think, between the casing and the centerboard - temporary but got them back in the water.
Hey guys from the time I saw the your episodes went back from where started I have that no matter what situation comes your way (like the dagger boar) you guys don’t get frustrated but re plan for a solution. You guys are awesome, Continue with that attitude and during winter months the plans become a reality😅 and next sailing season you guys will be sailing happy as ever.
@@SailingSoulianis yeah, that lack of chord depth & curve will really hurt the boat’s ability to point. Agreeing with the previous comment, this can be a diy retrofit fix, but only if you know how that board was built. If they didn’t use per-plans or an engineered alternative, this could be a big waste of resources put into a nice new fit & shape that can still break. I’d be happy to do a phone call talking thru low cost and/or fast & accurate board build options. There’s a Ravenswing video about five years back showing how I reshaped mine that was also too flat. It HOWLED over 14 kts ;)
That daggerboard is a mess - I can’t believe the claim that it was purchased from Corsair (or any professional builder for that matter)! Lots of boats including Farrier designs use NACA 0012 profiles for underwater foils (e.g. rudders, daggerboards) so you could make a template of that to guide your shaping.
I like the stern mast support. I have a similar structure -- I can drop the mast onto the roller, then roll it forward onto the bow pulpit. And if you have not done it yet, you might consider clamping / temporarily bolting weight to the bottom of the centerboard, aiming for neutral buoyancy, to make it easier to reinsert. Your videos are inspirational!
Yea that’s a good idea. I was thinking/hoping it was going to have less buoyancy than it did. 😂
@@SailingSoulianis I started to calculate how many cubic inches of iron you would need to attach to the bottom of the centerboard -- then thought that it would be simpler / cheaper to drill a hole near the bottom, insert a bolt through it, and hand a part of your anchor chain to that -- add or subtract links until you had *just* the right buoyancy to expedite insertion. My first run at it looks like about 12 pounds.
Wonderful, thank you guys xx🤗🤗
Beautiful life. You truly have everything you should wish for.
We sure do feel lucky!
Very sweet Land you have to build your Dreams and making them come True. Enjoy Life to the Fullest because you can’t go back when the Days are Done. Trust me and my Wife. Peace be With You plus one. ⛵
Real good music this time!
I like how your new land / boat life is taking shape. Perhaps the centre board whatever it's shape in the casing, could do with some delrin sliders, or other resilient guide material. I have a boat with twin aerofoil shaped hollow boards, they are a close-ish fit but still wiggle a bit when at anchor. I keep the boat in my own large garage/shed as you are planning to do. It saves so much degradation and I don't need to think about the boat when I'm away. The mast is the trickiest item, if I get round to reconfiguring things, I would switch to a carbon mast, synthetic rigging and carbon chainplates (well the latter may be a step too far), and hang it off a pull out rail system.
We have a lot of the same ideas. :)
Love the vlog :)
I did the electrical on my boat running cables through the mast. My cables are making a lot of noise. If you are able to find suitable lights that use solar power and can be controlled wirelessly, that may be a better idea. I'm saying this as if it wasn't already done! Haha.
Thanks again you two for another great episode! Btw: it’s Mission Bay and San Diego Harbor 🤣
Dang, you guys have a gorgeous piece of land up there! :)
Love your vids. Do you have a set of raising wires that attach 6 feet up the mast to triangles on the hull? We need to attach them before releasing shrouds. Did you check Phil’s Foils for a new c’board? I think you’ll need to remove the mast step to get the board back in. We slide the mast over a foot or so on the pulpit to get the clearance.
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Great looking sailboat. I was born in Michigan City,Indiana and my father sailed on Lake Michigan when I was very young. We lived right on Lake Michigan on Lake Shore Drive before we moved to Clearwater,Florida. I’d love to live on lLake Michigan again.
I think whats missing is the plastic slides from the centreboard trunk, usually this is made out of a a wear resistant plastic like the stuff that plastic bread boards are made of and it's usually shaped to the shape of the centreboard, that's why the trunk is much wider than the centreboard you don't want the glassed board covered in barnacles rubbing directly against the foam sandwich centreboard trunk.
Damn it,you two!❤
I had a forty-two foot trimaran--and the previous owner had reduced the length of the mast by ten feet and adjusted the rig to suit, because he got fed up with sailing with one reef in the sail so he could have a little more canvas set in those very light gentle breezes where no one with any sense is not motoring anyway.
I got fourteen knots out of her as she was--and I sailed her at 100% of what rig she had. That was the BEST I ever got, with a cruising load of fuel, water and stores aboard. Her usual speed was seven to ten knots on a good day.
What I am saying, is if you are having trouble raising and lowering your mast, shorten the thing and alter the sails to a flat-topped main, and you will lose only a couple of knots at most on a light wind day. On a heavy day or moderate day, you will have no discernible difference, since you will not be reefing as early or as often--and lets face it, cruising is supposed to be relaxing.
Another thought is to get rid of the dagger board altogether, and instead fit lee boards either side of the main hull. One uses the board so that the lateral pressure holds it snug against a lateral runner just above the waterline, and the top is secured by a linear brace across the main hull, and a tackle affixed to either end of this brace. There is a heap of stuff on lee-boards on line. They are quickly demounted and stowed, and they solve a great many problems for a cruising multihull.
My trimaran had a long keel, so I did not need lee boards. Sometimes it was a pain trying to turn through the wind, but the disadvantage was made up in other ways, like having a beach-able shallow draft without a centreboard.
Very well said Lauren! ❤️⛵️😘
Living the Dream 😎
Let me know if you need some help with that barn Kirk!
We might have to do a good ole fashioned barn raising!
@@SailingSoulianis Sounds like a good time. Also can’t beat those Michigan summers. Maybe I’ll tie on a sailing charter out in Bayfield WI.
You may consider removing that mast step , only 6 screws/nuts inside and some force wedging (Sika?) and up the db goes, i did mine that way. saved a dive or digging a mine shaft in grass.....mast elect wires go through a pvc conduit tube to be glued (silicone eg) inside mast front cavity .so no rattling and easy push through insert of wires
Did you happen to receive a copy of the plans for the boat? If I remember right the opening in the hull should match the foil shape.
There should be a lot of support on the farrier groups.
Great work as always!
I've had some bad experiences trailering boats with the mast track facing down. I know you weren't going far but I'd certainly like to have that track facing up if at all possible.
Can you explain the difficulties? Seems it's typically tilted back, then carried forward, track down.
@Art Smith bump in the road or tied down too tight and you crush the track that your mainsail needs to go up and down. It squeezes the two sides together and bends the aluminum at the thinnest part of the mast. If you get a bend in the track at the right angle you can even rip your mainsail if you hoist it with a winch.
The entire weight of the mast is resting on two points of the track. Thousands of bumps in the road later and you've got a problem.
The rear wooden rest looks like it might be built for this configuration, but the bow support does not appear to be.
We always unstep the mast, lay it down, then just rotate 180 degrees before trailering
@@DialedN_07 Something to keep in mind. Due to support method, doesn't look like my 21' or 26' are vulnerable. I've never heard of this happening. I like to position fenders near the mast base/deck step to help support while trailering.
@@DialedN_07 A lot of main sail feed points are higher than where the mast sits during trailering.
Dented the hull with his head omg something that I would do lol
Yall make me want to visit Michigan. Other than Alaska is the only state I've never visited
Any thought about reducing the center board trunk at the bottom? It appears that there is plenty of room to install a backer for a couple of parts to fill the void on either side. Either of Starboard or maybe glassed plywood. This would help to keep the board in the center and reduce the water rolling in the trunk. It would also prevent some of the torque on the top if you choose to widen just the top of the board. Typically there should be a fair amount of side load on that board.
Ian's plans call for the board being rectangular to match the trunk for the length of the board in the trunk when the board is down. Foam and glass to match the trunk on the board is the proper way to bring the board up to design specs.
I wanna see more of your house and the area you’re from
Looks like a fun project. Just a suggestion but next time use the tractor with the ball on the front it will be so much easier to get into tight spots
If that van is to be your regular tow vehicle, consider adding a hitch receiver to the front.
I like the Hobie hat
I might of thought up an inexpensive mod for your dagger board that could work for a season or two. They make pool noodles in all different diameters. What about finding one that when split in half long ways and positioned on each side of the dagger board well are just enough to close the gaps between the walls and the dagger board to hold it in place. Use some type of glue or something that could be easily removed when you're ready to spend the money for a more permanent fix. Use four pieces in total cut to fit the length of the hole and put to of them down right at the waterline or a little lower if you can manage it and two near the top. That should be enough to stop the constant banging and hold the dagger board in place or at least much closer to where it should ride. When the noodles start to not have as much spring or they begin to deform/flatten out simply replace them as they're very cheap. I think you could easily do what I'm talking about in an afternoon and it would be no where near 5k as a matter of a fact I can't see it even costing $100 depending on what you use to adhere them to the sides of the well. If they move when raising or lowering the board it would be extremely easy to reposition them with a boat hook or something of the like you already have on board. You could even try using Dinema line that wouldn't need to be to heavy tied at the ends of both sets of runners to be able to easily reposition them should you need to. Anyway just an idea to try and help you kids out and help you stretch that boat repair budget for a season or three.
Fair winds, following seas, safe travels and God Bless...
Why not make one out of foam and carbon fiber? I'm building bulkheads out of it and it's not that expensive.
I was thinking similarly. Even HomeDepot sells glass and resin. I got gellcoat from a big online marine supplier. Not perfect, but better with practice.
If it was mine . I would use the existing one . Glue 11/2 closed cell foam and glass or carbon over. From my eyeball that should take the space and save time .
Months later, what has happened to Soulianis, the Tartan 37 after the hurricane damage to the new owner?
Lauren hitting the crack pipe in the background at the 6:00 min mark had me laughing.
If you can find the original scantlings, or find a naval architect who can design one, Foss Foam, near Gainesville, Florida, make excellent and really tough rudders and centerboards. The foam is actually very tough and structural. On my Morgan Nelson/Marek 36, the previous owner had a new centerboard designed by another naval architect, and the upper area, that stayed inside the keel, was wider so that, even in the down position, the centerboard didn't bang back and forth.
Good luck and Happy Winter Work.
It's your Mini-you checking in :-) I think we have the same electric chainsaw. I cut about 2.5 cords/yr. Good to see Chip in action at full potential. How about roof racks for kayaks and boards?
Nice..
Do it right the first time!
sad we have to put it away for this year. When do we get to bring her back out>
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I would build that centreboard out of Carbon, easy enough to do and would give much better performance !
Oh if I had a dollar for every time my dreams and reality collided, I'd be a rich man.
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
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If the builder had followed the plans you could not remove the dagger board from below.
The plans call for a exactly fitting cover of the dagger board slot that follows the shape of the foil.
Then the wobbling of the dagger board is drastically reduced. To remove the dagger board then you have to remove the mast foot and lift the board out at the top.
Get the plans book by Ian Farrier...
Matthias F9RX one off Freyia 2
At the moment preparing the boat for the new season in Samos Greece..
Thanks Mathias, we were thankful we could pop it out the bottom fairly easily for the rebuild!
I have a 9.9 Honda Outboard. Bought a while back for a 7.7M San Juan. Replacing an older 10 Honda outboard. It is a bit heavy (100#).I'm wondering about your 9.9. Short shaft? Pull start? I bought the long shaft, electric start and lift w/remote steering and controls. My wife couldn't pull the 10 hp 'string' start, or lift it. BUT! The San Juan sold & I kept the 9.9, still have it :30 Min run time and has been setting for a while. WANT TO TRADE? Just a thought. Shipping is a bit expensive, I'm in Louisiana. I have a fishing boat now, not sailing. 😪 Don't have the need for a deep draft motor in the muddy waters here. 🙂 If interested let me know.
..... Bet Kurt is going to laminate a block that just about takes up the whole sheath and where it exits the hull will shape to modern shape and then glass the whole thing ... I am guessing this is what has happened and you are prepping to launch if that has not already happened also .... thx for the share .. as always .. never stop dreaming, ust dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans ....
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Winter coming. I didn't realize the videos were this far back. Looking forward to seeing what all you two were able to do on the boat. I know it can be tough when you have an acreage that requires constant work, not to mention raising a little one.
mast - swivel tabernacle ? - fix mast raise lower routine - save on crane
The mold in your laminate sails is there for the duration... don't attempt to bleach them clean....just soap and water.....afterwards, if you want to make them asthetically look better, you could simply paint them with a latex based paint....not a perfect solution but it will buy you some time until you replace them.
Extra weight on sails should always be avoided.
@@artsmith103 yea....clearly a half gallon of latex paint is gonna matter on sails that are already headed for the dumpster.....
@@ThomasPriest-s7y People pay premium for lines and blocks to reduce just a couple pounds aloft.
@@artsmith103 ....they also buy new sails when they can....this family is cruising (not racing) ....chill out, pal.
@@ThomasPriest-s7y Start your sail painting business and let us know how it goes.
Might be easier to make the case more narrow.
Who makes Nemo ??
How much do you think your mast weighs?
I still haven't figured out what type of boat your tri is. Why don't you put it in the description?
I think Farrier 32, build kit. F-32A is 8.5ft on the trailer and considered max width for trailering. It might be that one. Go back a few episodes when they introduced it, I think all of the details are there. Maybe Farrier 33.
Farrier F9 (31’). Built from plans, but some of the parts were purchased complete, including the beams, daggerboard & rudder.
@@artsmith103 Thanks! I actually tried and watched a few past episodes but couldn't find it. Cheers
@@SailingSoulianis Thanks! Just found it mentioned in episode 120 when you tried to raise the mast. I sailed the aft-cabin version in Italy 2 years ago. Nice boat!
Nothing worse than a deadly dagger board!
Is it possible to say current day. It’s May on Monday. Because your like a yr behind almost.
Almost always listed in Description. October 2022.
@@artsmith103 Early October at that because you can't yet see our boat in its winter storage position in the background. Two weeks later we would have been in the video. 😊
In short, no we can’t always stay current. We can’t edit videos fast enough nor are we always doing something exciting enough to warrant sharing. So during those slow periods when we have less to share we catch up on the editing.
Next video jumps ahead to March. Going forward we will be closer to real time for a spell.
Do you also expect films and tv shows to be recored the same day you are watching them?
@@SailingSoulianis you both do such an amazing job. It’s been a lot of fun watching for the start.
I sincerely dislike land life, unfortunately, we sometimes have no choice to either stay in a marina or spend some time on land. If it was u to me, I'd never leave the boat for other things than a hike or a swim. I feel sorry for all sailors that are land bound against their will
Gotta tell ya guys but that boat seems terribly sketchy with the whole mast being up and folding the outriggers in the dagger board situation. I hope it all works out for you and it turns into the boat you dreamed of but I’m skeptical.
The scale of the issues is quite small. You'll see. I can't wait to see the extent they travel and cruise with it. Chesapeake Bay will almost feel small for them. Then someday, come the Bahamas :-)
Nope the land has never called to me, even though I have spent a majority of my life on land. I will admit when at sea for 2 - 3 months it is nice to see land, and even nice to go on land. But even after that amount of time land never called to me. I could happily live out at sea my entire life. With just brief day trips on land to smell to trees, dirt, plants, etc.
I'm sure the work is finished by now.
Are you going to catch up on you videos? Seems your about a year behind
Do you also expect movies and tv shows to be recored the same day you are watching them?
Just loved your Tartan and all of your adventures there in. However from my perspective the Tri is way over engineered and complex. Hopefully it all works out well.
The mechanics of it are just a necessary evil. They wanted the biggest trailerable platform and this is it.
Why is the video that came out today from 6 months ago? Still enjoy your adventures.
Because April is always 6 months after October.
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Because it gives them flxibility on when they release videos. This standard of video production like other notable sailing UA-camrs, takes at least a person week of work to edit, often more, some channels like Delos, outsource at least some of it to former crew members. A few years ago, there was an even longer delay in releasing videos. I greatly appreciate the videos so carefully made by lovely people, It's great that they have control of the process and timing. We humans should do more of this, it;s how we lived, for millennia at least. working growing when the season's were good. Our forced work routines for x hours a day, x days per week have their draw backs too!
Do you also expect movies and tv shows to be recorded the same day you are watching them?
For sure, we’ll always need to be AT LEAST a month behind to have the time to put together a thoughtful video, ideally a couple months would be perfect. We will actually be jumping ahead to this spring in our next episode, and quickly coming up to real time (because not much happened for us this winter!), and as the editor this is a bit uncomfortable ha! but at the same time it’s quite exciting, because through all the years we were delayed a half year or more, we missed out on having real time conversations with you guys about what we’re working on. We’re looking forward to be able to take your advice & suggestions, and have you see how it plays out!
Greetings from SoCal. Wow, the Northern Michigan open spaces, trees and colors are awesome. Pops lived in Charlevoix before retiring to Florida. Mom born in Munising before settling in Ann Arbor. 👍. Bone-up on YT and the how to fiberglass videos to reshape your dagger board? Take it to a surf board shaper dude? 😂 I want to build a barn for my stuff! Kind of hard to do in Redondo Beach attached to my Condo … ☹️🥴🤓🏌️