Matt your engineering skills are amazing and don't sell your self short, it didn't happen by luck or chance or even random coincidence it happened by shear hard work and attention to detail. TAKE THE WIN !! Stay Safe & Fair Winds !!
Thanks Bob. I think a jig would have been better than freehand, but since I have to bore the hole out to about three inches to pass the sterntube through, I wasn't too concerned with accuracy at this point.
Truly amazing work. I don't know why Matt was surprised that the alignment was perfect, with his track record, I'd expect no less!!! Y'all's prep work and attention to detail will likely result in a MUCH better than factory built boat! Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing!!!
Drill Bits are the #1 most advanced mechanical cutting tools ever invented. They are the only tool that cuts on three edges at the same time. Chisel tip, Lip and Margin. You can take your bit to any machine shop and some hardware stores and they can sharpen it. With a bit of practice you can also sharpen it yourself with some practice. I have sharpened drill bits by had and machine, including completely broken in half bits for 40 years and never had an issue. Give it a try. Get a brand new bit and use a bench grinder to try to copy the three angles. You have to grind all three angles at the same exact time by lifting the bit and pushing forward. Start by holding the bit with the lip horizontal to the grinding wheel and at the same point angle of the bit. Not all point angles are the same as plastic is different than drilling metal or wood. Just practice and you will succeed. I can now hand sharpen a drill bit in about 15 seconds. good skill to have during a voyage
It’s amazing the amount of prep to do the final prep to do the task there is with this project. What patience you guys have, not to mention attention to detail.
You two are just amazing! It’s just a huge task for two people but having watched your journey from the beginning I’m still in awe of how you just get it done.impressive. Fair winds ⛵️
Hahaha, thanks Matt, you just saved me another restless night. I'll be buggered if i could of the word ' template '. Try to imagine the massive grin on my face when you popped it out. The word that is mate.
The start of the episode with the words "lucky" and "blizzard" and Matt's smile when he said both set me up to be very interested! Every time you walk through the build, I'm impressed by how far you've already come. Phenomenal! I love that feeling when all your hard work and planning comes together precisely as you intended (because we all know how many go the other way). So it was fun to see how pleased Matt was with the alignment of his final hole! Job well done.
Your ability to come up with your jigs that are dead on absolutely amazes me! I was holding my breath when you went outside to check your "hole in the boat"! Congratulations!!
Wow Matt, getting the engine mount lined up like that and then drilling the hole and getting it spot on is awesome, job well done sir! Jessica, you get the tedious award for your work, not to mention the way you have to gain access to do it, job well done! Guys, it's looking good, keep up the good work!
Well seen for the drilling of the hole to put the propeller shaft, I thought you were going to use a light beam, but the string is good too. congratulations also for the template which will be very useful for preparing the mounting holes for the engine mounts. Thank you for this video, and congratulations for all the sanding arrangements that take a lot of time and dust... best wishes, Vincent from France (Bretagne -Sud !)
You nailed it right on the center, I think as long as you apply the same steps on the other side with that jig you should be able to nail it again. Good for you man. That's awesome.
The only thing i would say to you Matt is contact the boat builder yard and Ask what size metal Plate (Length of stainless steel to glass in to your hull because it your Anchor for your Motor ) as you talk about weight saving that's a area i would use the longer amount of steel for better bonding it also gives you leeway for you to drill if you ever change Engines. Great Vlog :)
Wow! Just the difference since mid-December is impressive. Not sure why you were so surprised Matt, you've got an extraordinary gift for this. Look forward to the coming videos, thanks for keeping us (relatively) up-to-date! Jess, I do not envy the "boat yoga" that must go into sanding and fairing out those storage areas!
Wonderful job Matt! That's a critical job and you nailed it. Jessica, your steady day in a day out pulling a heavy load. Hats off to you! Incredible work you too!
That was a major WIN getting the hole perfectly lined up using your homemade template. Nice Work and it's clear that your research and planning steps made it all the more accurate when you drilled the hole. It's looking more like a boat every day. The more little projects you complete, like the shelves and walls, the easier it is to see what the final layout will look like too.
Crazy amount of work but you two are the people to do it if anyone is. Great planning and execution of your engine/prop shaft placement. I am impressed by your ingenuity, and courage. You two are building what has to be an amazing sailboat. Keep the videos coming. Cheers
The amount of detail and craftsmanship is superb. You two are amazing. Matt did make me nervous when he is talking about the plates he is cutting and the band saw was running. Be safe guys!
I am sincearely impressed with your quality of work, craftsmanship, attention to detail, and the way your two work so well together. Having said that, when will you be able to start on my Cat? Be happy, be safe
Nice work on your template. You will end up with a very good install after all the fine layout you've done. When you glass in the engine beds consider putting a catch basin in under the engines. It will make cleaning up easier.
Hello, I fell in love with your project at first sight! This is an incredibly exciting story! I watched all the series in a row without stopping for sleep and food! I look forward to continuing and wish you good luck! I give advice, instead of a yellow thread, you can use a laser pointer, it's much easier.
Kudos to you Matt. That was not an easy task- then again when building a boat are there any easy tasks? I hope you guys had a nice Easter. I am hoping the weather gets better. Not sure Mother Nature got the memo about it being Spring. Jessica If the contortionist skills get really good maybe you can get a side gig with Cirque de Sole! 😜🤣
Keep going. Been enjoying your experiences. Having built a house , a large project can seem overwhelming. Take it one bit at time. Until the next video.
going with shaft drive is really really inteligent, not only now but in the future when times comes for a electric repower. saildrives are just a whole bunch of problems in the making.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but I just watched the episode from last month with lots of fairing. It seems to me that the process is very similar to finishing drywall - specifically drywall seams. Is it possible to use a (significantly) larger metal taping knife or trowel to apply the fairing compound? It seems it would significantly reduce your sanding and waste if you could get a "better" technique dialed in. There is a great TH-cam channel called Vancouver drywall(?) that has tons of vids on technique.
Good job on the drain hole. You guys roll around in to much " toxic " dust.. every ship yard does it. I would add and ask. Make a poor man's filter, Under the drain hole put a large funnel use cut screens to catch small fiber glass and crap, Then say with the failed , rudder , part, lay it flat screw in some side, put it out of the way. Pour the 5 gallon bucket of epoxy fiber glass glass. Let the sludge evaporate. In open air. When dry bag it up and toss it . Doing that will help make sure your shed run off wouldn't hurt the water way... thanks, need PROFF, read how little anttifrez can kill off, mega oyster beds.
Nicely done Matt. Do you have access to a boring bar that will use a smooth rod the same size as your pilot hole to guide it in the right direction and then a cutter plate farther back to drill the outside diameter of the stern tube. They are fairly easy to make to any size you need and really make the next step easy. I was interested to see you are going conventional shaft rather than saildrive. I am not a fan of the sterndrive system. Too many problems with the underwater aluminum for my taste.
@@MJSailing You will also have the added benifit of no aluminum below the water. A much smaller hole through the boat and a very reliable system that can be repaired anywhere in the world with parts locally available. Do your transmissions have the same gearing for right and left hand rotation? Many marine engines do and that would allow you to have counter rotating props which will make the boat far more maneuverable at low speeds and will help it to track nicer when motoring with both.
Are you going with digital switches? Something like a CZone? I understand it greatly reduces voltage drop, and no rats-nest at an electrical panel, as there isn’t an electrical panel.
It’s just hard work. I mean hard work before you can do the work. I commend you highly all that work just to find the prop shaft location. Suppose it’s some comfort knowing where that boat is going to take you and the quality of life it will provide. Still think you both maybe a little mad 🤣🤣🤣
Well done! It must be nice to work without the mask and Tyvek suit for a change. From the video it looks like each engine will extend through a bulkhead -- will that impede access to them? It appears it might require quite a contortionist to squeeze through the bulkhead where the engine sits. How will you contain stuff you place on the shelves in the forward guest area from bouncing out in a seaway? Will you have doors, or lips, or netting there?
From an outsiders point of view it seams like 8lbs is a small price to pay for the added weight distribution of the engines and alignment margin of error. Less than the weight of a dozen cans of beans in the bilge on a crossing.
I thought of the pen laser originally. But it seemed much more difficult to get the laser in the proper position and stable than just running a string.
Great job Matt, you said that you are glassing in the base plates. Did you take the thickness of the glass between the base and the mounts in consideration?
You mentioned the backing plates would be glassed in. How did you account for the thickness of the glass in your measurements? Also by cutting the backing plates is it not true that the loads of the engine assembly will not be spread across as large of an area as they would have been if left long? Was that accounted for?
have to ask, when did you find the time to go crabbing ? LoL just watched MPT 's episode from 2/1/22 and with our eyes we spied, guess who?....... stay safe, Tim and Cat
We tried to check out your website to learn more about this amazing couple - but your site us down. Can you tell us what happened to your sail boat? Thx
I'm from Australia, we use the metric system for measuring, Weight etc. Being American how do you find using the metric system? Which do you prefer metric or imperial? Just curious 😉
Great video as always, with the way the world is now and cost of gas/diesel are you concerned at all about using gas/diesel engines in your boat instead of going to electric power instead. I know you've had the engines for a while now but would this be a good time to swap before you get further into the build?
With a dual electric propulsion system costing us $40,000, versus the $7,000 we paid for our used diesels, we're still way ahead by keeping them. Plus, this boat performs well in light air, so we're hoping not to need to use the engines much. Maybe in 5 years we'll be able to go hybrid, but this suits us now. 🙂
One of my sayings is "No amount of planning replaces dumb luck". Great job in the amount of planning you put forward to accomplish your objective.
Matt’s skills, totally beyond comprehension!
Matt your engineering skills are amazing and don't sell your self short, it didn't happen by luck or chance or even random coincidence it happened by shear hard work and attention to detail. TAKE THE WIN !! Stay Safe & Fair Winds !!
Thanks Bob. I think a jig would have been better than freehand, but since I have to bore the hole out to about three inches to pass the sterntube through, I wasn't too concerned with accuracy at this point.
LOVE that you're doing shaft drives vs. saildrives!
Me too, really not a fan of shaft drives even though I understand why people choose them.
@@daveamies5031 Wait so you "love" that they're using shaft drives even tho you're "not a fan" of them? Color me confused.
@@JCrook1028 My mistake, I meant to say not a fan of sail drives, sorry for the confusion.
Truly amazing work. I don't know why Matt was surprised that the alignment was perfect, with his track record, I'd expect no less!!! Y'all's prep work and attention to detail will likely result in a MUCH better than factory built boat! Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing!!!
Don't often see someone so pleased with making a hole in their boat, below the waterline! Impressive, careful and tiring work, between the two of you.
Great job Matt-marvel at the work ethic, skill, and “teamwork” necessary to build a Cat from scratch…can’t wait to see more progress!
Thanks Mike. The fun of the project is working together to figure these things out.
Drill Bits are the #1 most advanced mechanical cutting tools ever invented. They are the only tool that cuts on three edges at the same time. Chisel tip, Lip and Margin. You can take your bit to any machine shop and some hardware stores and they can sharpen it. With a bit of practice you can also sharpen it yourself with some practice. I have sharpened drill bits by had and machine, including completely broken in half bits for 40 years and never had an issue. Give it a try. Get a brand new bit and use a bench grinder to try to copy the three angles. You have to grind all three angles at the same exact time by lifting the bit and pushing forward. Start by holding the bit with the lip horizontal to the grinding wheel and at the same point angle of the bit. Not all point angles are the same as plastic is different than drilling metal or wood. Just practice and you will succeed. I can now hand sharpen a drill bit in about 15 seconds. good skill to have during a voyage
Amazing at how meticulous and detailed your work is! Love watching this project come together! Very Nice!
It’s amazing the amount of prep to do the final prep to do the task there is with this project. What patience you guys have, not to mention attention to detail.
Most of our projects are 80% prep and 20% work, haha.
Yikes holes in boat!! 😂🤣Awesome more progress!! Keep rolling along MJ sailing!! 👍👍👌👌👏👏
Thank you!! Getting closer to getting those engines in and it will be so nice to have that part done!
@@MJSailing yep closer and closer! Very nice!
You two are just amazing! It’s just a huge task for two people but having watched your journey from the beginning I’m still in awe of how you just get it done.impressive.
Fair winds ⛵️
Thank you so much for the kind words! It's a process...but we're loving every day. 🥰
Hahaha, thanks Matt, you just saved me another restless night. I'll be buggered if i could of the word ' template '. Try to imagine the massive grin on my face when you popped it out. The word that is mate.
Glad to see you celebrate your own high quality craftsmanship - totally appropriate.
The start of the episode with the words "lucky" and "blizzard" and Matt's smile when he said both set me up to be very interested!
Every time you walk through the build, I'm impressed by how far you've already come. Phenomenal!
I love that feeling when all your hard work and planning comes together precisely as you intended (because we all know how many go the other way). So it was fun to see how pleased Matt was with the alignment of his final hole! Job well done.
Absolutely insane how your building this like it's not your first one.
Crazy like a fox guy's, fantastic.
Amazing at how meticulous and detailed your work is!
Your ability to come up with your jigs that are dead on absolutely amazes me! I was holding my breath when you went outside to check your "hole in the boat"! Congratulations!!
Wow Matt, getting the engine mount lined up like that and then drilling the hole and getting it spot on is awesome, job well done sir! Jessica, you get the tedious award for your work, not to mention the way you have to gain access to do it, job well done! Guys, it's looking good, keep up the good work!
Well seen for the drilling of the hole to put the propeller shaft, I thought you were going to use a light beam, but the string is good too. congratulations also for the template which will be very useful for preparing the mounting holes for the engine mounts. Thank you for this video, and congratulations for all the sanding arrangements that take a lot of time and dust... best wishes, Vincent from France (Bretagne -Sud !)
You nailed it right on the center, I think as long as you apply the same steps on the other side with that jig you should be able to nail it again. Good for you man. That's awesome.
Mr Precision. Love it.
The only thing i would say to you Matt is contact the boat builder yard and Ask what size metal Plate (Length of stainless steel to glass in to your hull because it your Anchor for your Motor ) as you talk about weight saving that's a area i would use the longer amount of steel for better bonding it also gives you leeway for you to drill if you ever change Engines. Great Vlog :)
Wow! Just the difference since mid-December is impressive. Not sure why you were so surprised Matt, you've got an extraordinary gift for this. Look forward to the coming videos, thanks for keeping us (relatively) up-to-date! Jess, I do not envy the "boat yoga" that must go into sanding and fairing out those storage areas!
The look of excitement, joy and pride on your face, Matt! Fantastic! Made me grin here at home. Onward!
Wonderful job Matt! That's a critical job and you nailed it. Jessica, your steady day in a day out pulling a heavy load. Hats off to you! Incredible work you too!
That was a major WIN getting the hole perfectly lined up using your homemade template. Nice Work and it's clear that your research and planning steps made it all the more accurate when you drilled the hole. It's looking more like a boat every day. The more little projects you complete, like the shelves and walls, the easier it is to see what the final layout will look like too.
The moment of truth. drilling holes in the hull. Good job Matt.
Crazy amount of work but you two are the people to do it if anyone is. Great planning and execution of your engine/prop shaft placement. I am impressed by your ingenuity, and courage. You two are building what has to be an amazing sailboat. Keep the videos coming. Cheers
Nice work! Enjoying the progress
The amount of detail and craftsmanship is superb. You two are amazing. Matt did make me nervous when he is talking about the plates he is cutting and the band saw was running. Be safe guys!
I am sincearely impressed with your quality of work, craftsmanship, attention to detail, and the way your two work so well together. Having said that, when will you be able to start on my Cat? Be happy, be safe
Nice work on your template. You will end up with a very good install after all the fine layout you've done. When you glass in the engine beds consider putting a catch basin in under the engines. It will make cleaning up easier.
Fantastic! What a team!
Good progress since I last watched!
Ya gotta love it when a plan comes together.
Good to see you are using sensible measurements MKsA, but good luck measuring 0.7 mm.
That’s a great win guys well done
Good job Matt. Keep it up my friend.
Placing the engine will be one of the most technical jobs for this build. Looking good 👍⛵️⛵️⛵️⚓️⚓️⚓️
Wowsers…what a victory on the engine centerline. Congrats!
Hello, I fell in love with your project at first sight! This is an incredibly exciting story! I watched all the series in a row without stopping for sleep and food! I look forward to continuing and wish you good luck! I give advice, instead of a yellow thread, you can use a laser pointer, it's much easier.
Wicked cool I purchased what would be considered as a write-off sea kayak, put in the considered work and Bob's your Auntie!
Kudos to you Matt. That was not an easy task- then again when building a boat are there any easy tasks? I hope you guys had a nice Easter. I am hoping the weather gets better. Not sure Mother Nature got the memo about it being Spring. Jessica If the contortionist skills get really good maybe you can get a side gig with Cirque de Sole! 😜🤣
Keep going. Been enjoying your experiences. Having built a house , a large project can seem overwhelming. Take it one bit at time. Until the next video.
So many little projects going at once, it's a great feeling when we can get any 'big' steps checked off. 😀
google Thompson coupling from Australia - very handy if the shaft is just a little off
So nice jessica giving Math the idea he knows hat he is talking about
going with shaft drive is really really inteligent, not only now but in the future when times comes for a electric repower. saildrives are just a whole bunch of problems in the making.
We may be able to go hybrid in 5 years or so...and we want to keep our options open for that. 😀
Well done Matt.
Said it before, but you still have the coolest outro of all the sailing channels!
Glad you like it!! 🥰
Don't forget to allow for the thickness of the wood base you are using when locating the prop shaft hole alignment and etc.
very cool thanks
Matt your not leaving any space for suggestions. Well done!
Props to your dead-nuts shaft-hole line-up!
Great Job, Oh boy do I hate metric measurements!
Nice work folks
Very good! Didn't think it would work out that well, this type of process is extremely hard to do with simple jigs, but good on ya!
Great work!
Matt drilled a hole in You're boat and jessica did some sanding but I have to add both doing a wonderful job
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but I just watched the episode from last month with lots of fairing. It seems to me that the process is very similar to finishing drywall - specifically drywall seams. Is it possible to use a (significantly) larger metal taping knife or trowel to apply the fairing compound? It seems it would significantly reduce your sanding and waste if you could get a "better" technique dialed in.
There is a great TH-cam channel called Vancouver drywall(?) that has tons of vids on technique.
Dambusters would be proud ...😂👍🏼😎
Don't ask me why, but seeing Jessica squatting under the hull with that long drill bit, makes me think of a gremlin about to tear in for lunch.
Never feed her after midnight, lol.
.. Cheers to you ..
🍻
Good job on the drain hole. You guys roll around in to much " toxic " dust.. every ship yard does it.
I would add and ask. Make a poor man's filter,
Under the drain hole put a large funnel use cut screens to catch small fiber glass and crap,
Then say with the failed , rudder , part, lay it flat screw in some side, put it out of the way. Pour the 5 gallon bucket of epoxy fiber glass glass. Let the sludge evaporate. In open air. When dry bag it up and toss it . Doing that will help make sure your shed run off wouldn't hurt the water way... thanks, need PROFF, read how little anttifrez can kill off, mega oyster beds.
Nicely done Matt. Do you have access to a boring bar that will use a smooth rod the same size as your pilot hole to guide it in the right direction and then a cutter plate farther back to drill the outside diameter of the stern tube. They are fairly easy to make to any size you need and really make the next step easy. I was interested to see you are going conventional shaft rather than saildrive. I am not a fan of the sterndrive system. Too many problems with the underwater aluminum for my taste.
We really wanted the engines forward for weight balance, so that dictated the shaft vs saildrive debate :)
@@MJSailing You will also have the added benifit of no aluminum below the water. A much smaller hole through the boat and a very reliable system that can be repaired anywhere in the world with parts locally available. Do your transmissions have the same gearing for right and left hand rotation? Many marine engines do and that would allow you to have counter rotating props which will make the boat far more maneuverable at low speeds and will help it to track nicer when motoring with both.
Very nice
What band is playing the sax when Matt is building the engine bed?
Are you going with digital switches? Something like a CZone? I understand it greatly reduces voltage drop, and no rats-nest at an electrical panel, as there isn’t an electrical panel.
It’s just hard work. I mean hard work before you can do the work. I commend you highly all that work just to find the prop shaft location. Suppose it’s some comfort knowing where that boat is going to take you and the quality of life it will provide. Still think you both maybe a little mad 🤣🤣🤣
I agree. I don't think everyone loves these types of projects like we do. We're just lucky we get the opportunity to do this together
Do you build a vessel “from the ground up”? Or “the keel up”?
Looking good! I was wondering if you thought about going with a sail drive system instead?
Well done! It must be nice to work without the mask and Tyvek suit for a change. From the video it looks like each engine will extend through a bulkhead -- will that impede access to them? It appears it might require quite a contortionist to squeeze through the bulkhead where the engine sits.
How will you contain stuff you place on the shelves in the forward guest area from bouncing out in a seaway? Will you have doors, or lips, or netting there?
From an outsiders point of view it seams like 8lbs is a small price to pay for the added weight distribution of the engines and alignment margin of error. Less than the weight of a dozen cans of beans in the bilge on a crossing.
Great idea for positioning drive. Might have been easier maybe to use small pen lazer rather than string.
I thought of the pen laser originally. But it seemed much more difficult to get the laser in the proper position and stable than just running a string.
I noticed that Both of you have nice voices for narration. I wound up listening to this episode without watching.
Great job Matt, you said that you are glassing in the base plates. Did you take the thickness of the glass between the base and the mounts in consideration?
Yup. There are 6mm shims under the backing plates to account for the fiberglass.
You mentioned the backing plates would be glassed in. How did you account for the thickness of the glass in your measurements? Also by cutting the backing plates is it not true that the loads of the engine assembly will not be spread across as large of an area as they would have been if left long? Was that accounted for?
The backing plates were cut to the spec of the designer. They get glass under them and over the top and this is what spreads the load to the beds.
@@MJSailing And the thickness issue of the fiberglass to be added taken into account how?
Yes, it's 6mm of glass.. same as the shims below the template
have to ask, when did you find the time to go crabbing ? LoL just watched MPT 's episode from 2/1/22 and with our eyes we spied, guess who?....... stay safe, Tim and Cat
We did that back in November. We actually have about 10 minutes in one of our episodes. 😀
We tried to check out your website to learn more about this amazing couple - but your site us down. Can you tell us what happened to your sail boat? Thx
They sold their last boat to pay for this one.
Hey Matt. Why the Bosch system instead of Festool?
For the track saw, it came down to price. I was able to pickup the Bosch refurbished for half price.... The only way I could justify the cost.
"ill save 8 pounds, well worth it". Me: laughs, then remembers all the weight saving ive done to cars......... keep up the good work MJ!
Near enough is not accurate, but accurate well that's near enough!
Re paint your engine mount metal parts the OEM paint always rusts
You had a laser level? Could shine that along your aiming hole??
Our laser level shoots a line not a dot. The line would just show if we're getting either horizontal or vertical, but not both.
I'm from Australia, we use the metric system for measuring, Weight etc. Being American how do you find using the metric system? Which do you prefer metric or imperial? Just curious 😉
Great video as always, with the way the world is now and cost of gas/diesel are you concerned at all about using gas/diesel engines in your boat instead of going to electric power instead. I know you've had the engines for a while now but would this be a good time to swap before you get further into the build?
With a dual electric propulsion system costing us $40,000, versus the $7,000 we paid for our used diesels, we're still way ahead by keeping them. Plus, this boat performs well in light air, so we're hoping not to need to use the engines much. Maybe in 5 years we'll be able to go hybrid, but this suits us now. 🙂
@@MJSailing Thank you for the update that is a hell of a difference in price!!!
The hole for the prop shaft is not on centerline?!? DO IT AGAIN! Just kidding, you two are doing great work.
Must of had the force with you. Nah, that was skill, and you filmed it. You two are moving right along.
max cruise marine is live ?
Bro! How do you work and avoid hitting your head? I think you have spider sense.
wow
Shouldn't you have the motor mounts in the center of their adjustment range?
Erring on making it too low rather than to high. Much easier to add a shim rather than needing to grind and reglass if too high.
👍shaft drive
Great Job!!! Thank You… :-)
First South Australia
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Why not use an z-drive transmission!
The idea is to get the engines further forward for balance, but the prop needs to aft to clear the hull. A z wouldn't work there.
@@MJSailing ah okey, but what kind of rudders, skegged rudder?
Nope. Transom hung kick-up rudders
Never mind
Found it 😂😂😂
How do you eat an elephant?........One bite at a time
Or on a good day - two! 😜
But why you didn't went for An saildrive That is so much easyer