Hi Clint I'm doing the same thing as you I've been talking to David for about a year or longer. I came across your show after the first episode. But I'm about a year behind where you are so ill be watching with great interest. Keep up the good work
Hey Daniel - thanks for the comment and kind words. Epic to hear you are also chatting to David and also going this path. Stoked that you found the channel and the whole intention here is to document my journey so that others can benefit from my mistakes, assuming there will be many 🤦♂, and have a more streamlined build when they get to that part. Have you decided on which model you are going for yet... with a Fly Bridge... of course.... 😊
@sailing.destiny I've been waiting on the Nahoa as well to see it once it's finished. I have been looking at building it myself and Laser welding it. I just want to be able to fit a fishing boat on the back. I'd be interested in seeing the price on hot works if you are able to share
@@danielporter9193 I don't have any pricing yet but reach out to Geoff directly and I am sure he will share the pricing when he has it. As for the fishing boat on the back... I am also going to have a decent size tender so that I can get to surf/dive spots quickly but have David in my head/ear thinking about the weight of it and the impact on performance.
David told me the same thing about the added weight. I'm a Australian and I love the top end fishing. With the average adult male salt-water croc being 5.2m ill sacrifice a bit of proformance while I'm going around the tropics here.
Holy... I hear you about the crocs... they scare the shit about me. I keep telling David that I am a minimalist with clothing and most things... until it comes to all my ocean toys then I have a bit of a "habit" ... but due to the fact that I don't have a lot of "stuff" then all the ocean toys are permitted 🤣
Hey Clint, Rupert Verwey here also from South Africa 😅. Funny you mentioned the Mumby cats as I did buy the Mumby 48 DIY plans and will contact Jeff to get pricing to build my boat.
Howzit boet. Thanks for the comment and support. Geoff sent me some updated pictures of the Mumby he is building and it's moving along nicely.... his website should be in the description of this video but let me know if you need help connecting with him... and ... don't steal my build slot 🤣
@@wanabesailer9599 I'm sure you can get it done quicker than that... but follow along my journey so that I can make the mistakes for you so you don't have to make them 🤣 Thanks again for the comment and support. Dankie 🙏
You should also have a chat with Pete AKA plucky as his boats being built in Vietnam ..hes a wild Australian... Sailing into Freedom is his channel. Also look at Odd lifes monohull build in France.. for technical comparison. The other people and area to look at is Nautistyles and their contacts in Turkey... where they have a massive boat building and engineering base. Its also easy to get to and earning rates are competitive.
Hey Clive - thanks so much for the comment. I've been in touch with the Odisea team already just trying to get over my Vietnam curse 🤦♂️ I will check out Odd Life's channel and by memory David does have a contact in Turkey already so will pursue that as well. 🙏
So I had my pescott 11.7 built by a single builder in Noosa 17 years ago. What I learned from this was: You need to really need to trust your builder-- They are most of the time working on the boat without you being there. If you're paying on a time and materials basis, you really need to trust the builder. A sign of a good boatbuilder is clean and organised shed. Not necessarily tidy but organised. Are the tools looked after, are the resins and cloth (not relevant to you) organised etc. Ideally you want your boat builder to be completely anal! Ie attention to detail. Ross was fanatical and while he was not the fastest, he only did things once and they were well done. I was there when he was building the daggerboards, his attention to detail was amazing! I pretty much lost all of my arguments with him and only two of them do I sort of regret. I also traveled to Noosa to be a labourer on the boat-- learned shit loads and loved every minute of it. Finally, it will go over budget-- have lots of spare cash but again your builder should be warning you about this and as long as you trust him it should work out. btw, avoid teak decks, they're a total pain in the arse! Phil
Hey Phi - appreciate your sharing your experience in such great depth... sounds like you had an awesome build experience. Good news this side is that I think I have locked in a VIP "build angel" which will help me along the way to ensure that I maintain the quality I am looking for. As for the teak deck... agree 100 % and what I "meant" to say was a teak finish deck not real teak... will look at flexideck or something equivalent when I get there. The whole focus on the build will be to KISS both in construction and ongoing maintenance. Thanks again for the comment and support ! 🙏
@@sailing.destiny re decks, the issue is heat. Flexi teak is great as a teak alternative, but heat is the issue especially if one wants to go barefoot and/or lie on the decks. Even light grey decks get hot compared to white decks. I'm enjoying the videos and discussions
Thanks Phil - appreciate the compliment. Will go down the decking rabbit hole when I get closer to fit out but I hear you about the heat (says me who wants to vinyl wrap her in Black 🤦♂️). Cork has also been mentioned for both internal and eternal decking which sounds interesting.
Hi Clint I'm doing the same thing as you I've been talking to David for about a year or longer. I came across your show after the first episode. But I'm about a year behind where you are so ill be watching with great interest.
Keep up the good work
Hey Daniel - thanks for the comment and kind words. Epic to hear you are also chatting to David and also going this path. Stoked that you found the channel and the whole intention here is to document my journey so that others can benefit from my mistakes, assuming there will be many 🤦♂, and have a more streamlined build when they get to that part. Have you decided on which model you are going for yet... with a Fly Bridge... of course.... 😊
@sailing.destiny I've been waiting on the Nahoa as well to see it once it's finished. I have been looking at building it myself and Laser welding it. I just want to be able to fit a fishing boat on the back. I'd be interested in seeing the price on hot works if you are able to share
@@danielporter9193 I don't have any pricing yet but reach out to Geoff directly and I am sure he will share the pricing when he has it. As for the fishing boat on the back... I am also going to have a decent size tender so that I can get to surf/dive spots quickly but have David in my head/ear thinking about the weight of it and the impact on performance.
David told me the same thing about the added weight. I'm a Australian and I love the top end fishing. With the average adult male salt-water croc being 5.2m ill sacrifice a bit of proformance while I'm going around the tropics here.
Holy... I hear you about the crocs... they scare the shit about me. I keep telling David that I am a minimalist with clothing and most things... until it comes to all my ocean toys then I have a bit of a "habit" ... but due to the fact that I don't have a lot of "stuff" then all the ocean toys are permitted 🤣
Hey Clint, Rupert Verwey here also from South Africa 😅. Funny you mentioned the Mumby cats as I did buy the Mumby 48 DIY plans and will contact Jeff to get pricing to build my boat.
Howzit boet. Thanks for the comment and support. Geoff sent me some updated pictures of the Mumby he is building and it's moving along nicely.... his website should be in the description of this video but let me know if you need help connecting with him... and ... don't steal my build slot 🤣
@@sailing.destiny trust me, I still need to work another 10 years before I can have my boat built🥴, maybe end of next year if I get a loan 😅
@@wanabesailer9599 I'm sure you can get it done quicker than that... but follow along my journey so that I can make the mistakes for you so you don't have to make them 🤣 Thanks again for the comment and support. Dankie 🙏
You should also have a chat with Pete AKA plucky as his boats being built in
Vietnam ..hes a wild Australian... Sailing into Freedom is his channel.
Also look at Odd lifes monohull build in France.. for technical comparison.
The other people and area to look at is Nautistyles and their contacts in Turkey... where they have a massive boat building and engineering base. Its also easy to get to and earning rates are competitive.
Hey Clive - thanks so much for the comment. I've been in touch with the Odisea team already just trying to get over my Vietnam curse 🤦♂️
I will check out Odd Life's channel and by memory David does have a contact in Turkey already so will pursue that as well. 🙏
So I had my pescott 11.7 built by a single builder in Noosa 17 years ago. What I learned from this was: You need to really need to trust your builder-- They are most of the time working on the boat without you being there. If you're paying on a time and materials basis, you really need to trust the builder. A sign of a good boatbuilder is clean and organised shed. Not necessarily tidy but organised. Are the tools looked after, are the resins and cloth (not relevant to you) organised etc. Ideally you want your boat builder to be completely anal! Ie attention to detail. Ross was fanatical and while he was not the fastest, he only did things once and they were well done. I was there when he was building the daggerboards, his attention to detail was amazing! I pretty much lost all of my arguments with him and only two of them do I sort of regret. I also traveled to Noosa to be a labourer on the boat-- learned shit loads and loved every minute of it. Finally, it will go over budget-- have lots of spare cash but again your builder should be warning you about this and as long as you trust him it should work out. btw, avoid teak decks, they're a total pain in the arse! Phil
Hey Phi - appreciate your sharing your experience in such great depth... sounds like you had an awesome build experience. Good news this side is that I think I have locked in a VIP "build angel" which will help me along the way to ensure that I maintain the quality I am looking for.
As for the teak deck... agree 100 % and what I "meant" to say was a teak finish deck not real teak... will look at flexideck or something equivalent when I get there. The whole focus on the build will be to KISS both in construction and ongoing maintenance.
Thanks again for the comment and support ! 🙏
@@sailing.destiny re decks, the issue is heat. Flexi teak is great as a teak alternative, but heat is the issue especially if one wants to go barefoot and/or lie on the decks. Even light grey decks get hot compared to white decks. I'm enjoying the videos and discussions
Thanks Phil - appreciate the compliment. Will go down the decking rabbit hole when I get closer to fit out but I hear you about the heat (says me who wants to vinyl wrap her in Black 🤦♂️). Cork has also been mentioned for both internal and eternal decking which sounds interesting.
PS welds crack!