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@@i-love-comountains3850 🤣🤣 exactly!

Thanks! Yeah, the mock up does help organize things. 😂 Even though I basically just winged it when I put it together.

That is a good question, Michael. Thank you. I asked myself if a normal, off the shelf hatch, would be simpler. And I think it would. However I haven't found any examples that are similar to my idea, so I feel like it falls into an unproven concept area. It may very well not survive the KISS idea, however I think I have to test it to see if it does or doesn't. If my build can prove that it does in fact work, then I think it would be an idea that others could benefit from. That is the fun part of building your own boat. You can try different things that haven't been tried yet. And a benefit of making your own equipment, is that it's usually easier to repair yourself. Where manufactured parts usually require buying a replacement part. I should be able to build it this summer, so we'll find out. Good luck on your next design! I'd love to see what you come up with, so if you ever put up a blog or post a video on it, definitely let me know.

@@PixieSV oh 100% I completely agree! There is so much fun in doing it yourself. I think that’s what I like a lot about your build so far, it reminds me of building in the past and wanting to build again. Likewise for Sven’s and Perry’s builds. I’m thinking for hatches I’ll be trying to keep things simple, I’ve had hatches break while sailing offshore in a Fisher30 and being frustrated by the lack of simplicity in its construction.

I've thought of doing what Cpt Yrvind did, but that would mean moving the rudder's pivot point closer to the main mast. Which I feel would reduce its leverage overall. On top of that, it would mean that I would have a shallower rudder area, since the rudder can't protrude down further than my bilge keels. By keeping it on the stern, I can have a deeper rudder area, more leverage, as well as the ability to pivot it up when beaching the boat, and if seaweed catches on it, I can simply lift it to clear it off. Plus the ability that if I hit something the rudder will pop up, instead of taking the full, unmoving impact. I think these benefits are worth trying to keep the rudder on the stern. I have come up with a better design on the details of how I would do this and I'm working on getting another video out talking about them.

I think you can still have the rudder post in the same position and have the tiller on the inside. Big wooden vessels often have an sterncastle as an overhang above the rudder with the tiller on the inside. You would have an tiny aftercastle, the stern would be hugging the rudder post as is now. But that's only an suggestion for the sake of having an option hehe Edit : and also, I think the blueprints look really nice!

@@robinj6997 I hadn't considered that. That would be simple too. Hmmm I'll have to draw out a few ideas with that in mind. Thanks for pointing that out! 🤣 I do tend over think things and miss some obvious details. Glad you like them! I'm not the best sketcher, but I've been trying to make them as clear as possible for the videos.

Thank you! I'm happy to be sharing this adventure and it will be fun to see where it goes. (lol I'm working on the camera skills. I know it's abysmal right now😂)

that's okej, horizontal filming would be nice hehe it's well curated though. Did you design the boat yourself by the way?

😅 kinda? Lol I took an already designed small boat that had a hull shape that fit what I had in mind and then added the shell that would make it a fully enclosed boat. I was tempted to literally use Cpt Yrvind's videos and build an exact copy of his boat, but he's building for a very specific type of wind direction. Plus it's fun doing my own project.

Whatever floats your boat ;) But that's good. It's an interesting project to follow

Thank you! You are right about how many boat building channels there are. My plan is to build as fast as I can and get the building part out of the way. I'm more interested in being a sailing channel than a building channel 😁. I want to show people amazing places, not just me rambling on about leveling frames.

Don’t be shy, what channels would you recommend?

Thanks! I'm looking forward to the challenge.