I'm 3/4 the way sailing around the world on my cat and I have never been asked for a "gray" water tank (I have been to Galapagos even), On my boat I have a small gray water tank 1.5 gallon that I use to flush with on my manual flush toilet. Using the fresh water helps cut down on the biologic small salt water heads both manual and electric normally have. For water rationing purposes, I have a three way valve so I can flush with salt if necessary. mostly water is helps keep the head stink down,,, Thanks for the great building videos!!!
Understood, but there are places that require them, Turkey, for example. Here is a quote from Noonsite: "Boats without gray water and black water tanks are being prohibited from entering and anchoring in some popular Turkish cruising areas."
No work too small! I like when you engage other people to participate the project. Amazing skill for the captain to have the crew effective! It makes fun in their life too! Hey Brian, you make me laugh re epoxy mixing where everyone relaxed on boat lol :-)
Don't forget that the return diesel fuel line will heat up your diesel tank, they can get quite warm if doing a 24-hour passage, so check the heat your batteries don't like.
Seeing the complete bridge deck , I cannot believe how thick and strong the structure appears. I am saying this because on another channel where they also build their own cat kit, their deck structure appears very thin in comparison and less robust..I cannot wait till next episode on how you will attach the bridge deck onto the rest of the structure..well done..
It's a beast all right! We start bonding it in next week, but that will continue for some time since all the cupboards, seats, and storage all bond to it and to bulkheads, so it just keeps getting stronger as it all connects together and gets tabbed in.
Hi I'm Leon from cape town south Africa I sent you a message some time ago You guys are doing a great job I wish I were there to give you guys a hand I love your determination and dedication with your project My hobby is building model rc sail boats I'm watching every video of SV Lynx i love you guys
In a way it’s good to separate the batteries and electric motor. Now it will be easier to keep the temp better controlled, batteries don’t like to go through temp changes. That’s why Leo separated his from his engine room on Tally ho.
I'm curious. If you are offsetting the weight of batteries on the port side with diesel on the starboard. What happens when you use up most if not all the diesel? Have you created a temporary weight imbalance until you fill the tanks again?
I know you are already done... but in the future you should cove out the sheet to allow the joint to sit flush. In other words: trim back the underside of the gride that is over the reinforcement to allow it to sit flat. I am sure in the future you will come across the same issue. Just time the sheet to so it sits flat, don't fill under the sheet with epoxy as I am sure its not as strong a tight fitting joint.
We did not notice the issue until after we had made the reinforced planks. At that point, to notch the boards would have cut into that reinforcement, and that would have been a bad idea. After talking to Schionning, they said it wasn't a problem to just put the sole over it, as planned, so we did.
@@SailingSVLynx I was stating this so maybe in the future you could fix the sheet before and I understand that cutting through the basalt would do more to compromise strength then add a few mm of epoxy under the cross braces. Anyway, the progress is truly amazing and you have come up with many unique solutions to get this done. keep up the great work and as always I look forward to your videos each week.
We considered all kinds of tanks, but in the end, decided we wanted to build them into the boat ourselves. It saves money, weight, and increases the fuel and water storage capacity.
There are places that require them, Turkey, for example. Here is a quote from Noonsite: "Boats without gray water and black water tanks are being prohibited from entering and anchoring in some popular Turkish cruising areas."
@@SailingSVLynx seems to me that plenty of boats without it are cruising there and it's not enforced. Otherwise wouldn't more boats have grey tanks? I've never seen one. If you really do put them, will you have a diverter valve to default to overboard? Grey tankage looks like a bunch of plumbing maintenance hell to me 😅
Actually, they are enforcing this the use of grey water tanks. Here is one of many articles on it. www.mby.com/news/turkish-authorities-crack-down-on-grey-water-dumping-41128
@@SailingSVLynxyou can work around that the one time you end up there, so that you don't spend the rest of your life aboard dealing with a nasty grey water system. Your choice! I would do without and jerry rig a sink and one shower diverted to a bucket if/when the need arises. Then 99% of the time my life wouldn't be encumbered by this. If you read up on grey water system, they're not exactly trouble free. Amel's method might be the least worse.
I'm 3/4 the way sailing around the world on my cat and I have never been asked for a "gray" water tank (I have been to Galapagos even), On my boat I have a small gray water tank 1.5 gallon that I use to flush with on my manual flush toilet. Using the fresh water helps cut down on the biologic small salt water heads both manual and electric normally have. For water rationing purposes, I have a three way valve so I can flush with salt if necessary. mostly water is helps keep the head stink down,,, Thanks for the great building videos!!!
Understood, but there are places that require them, Turkey, for example. Here is a quote from Noonsite: "Boats without gray water and black water tanks are being prohibited from entering and anchoring in some popular Turkish cruising areas."
@@SailingSVLynx99% of the boats in the Med including Turkey do not have grey water tanks.
@@normanboyes4983 And you are getting that data from....?
Monumental task completed. What a bunch of friends.
Yeah, good to have crew!
No work too small! I like when you engage other people to participate the project. Amazing skill for the captain to have the crew effective! It makes fun in their life too! Hey Brian, you make me laugh re epoxy mixing where everyone relaxed on boat lol :-)
We're glad you enjoyed the videos!
Don't forget that the return diesel fuel line will heat up your diesel tank, they can get quite warm if doing a 24-hour passage, so check the heat your batteries don't like.
Good point. Fortunately, we will be putting a double layer floor above the fuel tanks to stop heat transfer.
Seeing the complete bridge deck , I cannot believe how thick and strong the structure appears. I am saying this because on another channel where they also build their own cat kit, their deck structure appears very thin in comparison and less robust..I cannot wait till next episode on how you will attach the bridge deck onto the rest of the structure..well done..
It's a beast all right! We start bonding it in next week, but that will continue for some time since all the cupboards, seats, and storage all bond to it and to bulkheads, so it just keeps getting stronger as it all connects together and gets tabbed in.
Hi I'm Leon from cape town south Africa I sent you a message some time ago
You guys are doing a great job I wish I were there to give you guys a hand I love your determination and dedication with your project
My hobby is building model rc sail boats I'm watching every video of SV Lynx i love you guys
We appreciate you watching, Leon.
In a way it’s good to separate the batteries and electric motor. Now it will be easier to keep the temp better controlled, batteries don’t like to go through temp changes. That’s why Leo separated his from his engine room on Tally ho.
True, so that's a side benefit :)
I'm curious. If you are offsetting the weight of batteries on the port side with diesel on the starboard. What happens when you use up most if not all the diesel? Have you created a temporary weight imbalance until you fill the tanks again?
Yes, that can happen. Unfortunately, that will happen no matter what we do unless the diesel tanks and water tanks were dead center of the boat.
I know you are already done... but in the future you should cove out the sheet to allow the joint to sit flush. In other words: trim back the underside of the gride that is over the reinforcement to allow it to sit flat. I am sure in the future you will come across the same issue. Just time the sheet to so it sits flat, don't fill under the sheet with epoxy as I am sure its not as strong a tight fitting joint.
We did not notice the issue until after we had made the reinforced planks. At that point, to notch the boards would have cut into that reinforcement, and that would have been a bad idea. After talking to Schionning, they said it wasn't a problem to just put the sole over it, as planned, so we did.
@@SailingSVLynx I was stating this so maybe in the future you could fix the sheet before and I understand that cutting through the basalt would do more to compromise strength then add a few mm of epoxy under the cross braces. Anyway, the progress is truly amazing and you have come up with many unique solutions to get this done. keep up the great work and as always I look forward to your videos each week.
There is no future where I would this again... this is the one and only boat I will build. 🙂
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Спасибо!
look into self sealing fuel tanks
We considered all kinds of tanks, but in the end, decided we wanted to build them into the boat ourselves. It saves money, weight, and increases the fuel and water storage capacity.
Why do you need a grey water tank? Never had one and I don't understand why you'd want one. On an RV sure, but on a boat it just goes overboard.
There are places that require them, Turkey, for example. Here is a quote from Noonsite: "Boats without gray water and black water tanks are being prohibited from entering and anchoring in some popular Turkish cruising areas."
@@SailingSVLynx seems to me that plenty of boats without it are cruising there and it's not enforced. Otherwise wouldn't more boats have grey tanks? I've never seen one. If you really do put them, will you have a diverter valve to default to overboard? Grey tankage looks like a bunch of plumbing maintenance hell to me 😅
Actually, they are enforcing this the use of grey water tanks. Here is one of many articles on it. www.mby.com/news/turkish-authorities-crack-down-on-grey-water-dumping-41128
@@SailingSVLynxyou can work around that the one time you end up there, so that you don't spend the rest of your life aboard dealing with a nasty grey water system. Your choice! I would do without and jerry rig a sink and one shower diverted to a bucket if/when the need arises. Then 99% of the time my life wouldn't be encumbered by this. If you read up on grey water system, they're not exactly trouble free. Amel's method might be the least worse.