This is an absolute beauty, and how her paint glistens! I recently read about a chap who sailed a Mirror dinghy 3000 miles across Europe. Your vessel has a cabin to shelter from the rain. Only needs a cigar humidor and a whiskey cabinet, and you can cross vast distances. Best wishes, -Cheerio
How lovely to see such meticulous, precise craftsmanship and attention to detail! Your ingenuity and determination to construct this beautiful design without the benefit of having plans proves that you are not deterred by difficulties! It is unfortunate that the smaller craft from this highly innovative designer are not drafted into plans as I believe that there would be a consistent demand for them. If you have details, measurements, build photos, etc, I would be happy to buy a set from you. Thank you for sharing your beautiful build, you've certainly inspired people to seriously consider building this gorgeous, capable little craft.
Dave this is a great build. I just love Micro-cruising. I was the last (mass) builder of the West Wight Potter in the UK.(dare I say now too big for my kind of Micro-Cruising;-) I most def want to build an Enigma and am happy to work it all out from scratch if only I could find some lines? Can you help me there please? Can use CAD files. Thanks in anticipation. Larry
Great little mini!! Love the simplicity.. Only change I would have made personally, would be to use a mast aft rig. No mast in the middle of the cabin and the sail could be set from the cabin with remote leads.
That is a nice little boat just to build out of a garage that's pretty good I can sleep in something like that if you wanted something to sail around the shores and camp out
Your design and construction is beautiful. May I ask whether the chine runners were bolted or screwed on backing plates solidly to the hull besides being glued?
They are glued with epoxy. And wrapped in several layers of fiberglass. Now I have permanently fixed the ballast to the inside,they have screws too. A great remake would be to cast the China Runners in lead
@@daveandgoliath.7917 Thank you. Lead would add ballast definitely and I think in that sense is good but would require a bolt-on attachment to the hull though.
There is no vertical keel, chine runners instead. Look at the lower chines of the hull. Together with the boxy hull shape these generate the lateral force to prevent drift. So the boat can sail upwind in waters as shallow as 10-12 inches.
Fantastic! I'm building something in between the Enigma and Elusion size; it's about 3m. I'll watch your video a few more times to see what ideas I can pinch from you! Hope you don't mind. How do you rate her sailing performance and did you need much ballast? Do you sit on the bottom?
I ended up with 90 kg of ballast. Split 45 each side. it handles pretty good no but was very tender before with 50kg. 20 kg each side and 10 kg at the base of the mast. I find I have to induce a heel to limit leeway. I have a removable seat to sit on. I remove it to sleep or if the weather is poor I sit on the floor. I'm trying to get around to doing a walk through video. That might clear up a lot of people's questions
@@daveandgoliath.7917 Thanks for your reply. I started building in 2010 so it might be the slowest build in history! I used a 3D drawing of a boat which Matt Layden designed for an "Around in ten" event which never got off the ground. I'm guessing it has about the same displacement as the Enigma as the bottom is slightly wider towards the front and has slightly more rocker. The hull and rudder are pretty well finished, the decks are cut, but I'm currently trying to work out as many things as I can do with the boat open before fitting the decks. I'm especially interested to see how you fitted the cabin as that obviously needs to be light weight but strong enough to withstand me getting in and out. I think I've decided to make the chine runners out of laminations of glass. I've not decided what to use as a mast; possibly the bottom section of a Laser or a Topper. I'm envious of your range of tools and workshop! I look forward to seeing more videos from you. I'm surprised Matt's ideas haven't been used by more builders as I think they suit a lot of sailors who want to singlehand and be relatively safe and comfortable. I'm in Cornwall UK but lived in Australia during the 1980's and 1990's; mainly in Melbourne but with a few years in WA. I wondered if you were on the Gold Coast? I've only been there once (in 1982) but the environment looks as I remember the area. I don't know what Matt and the Bolduc's are up to lately. Best wishes anyway. Neil.
People here are telling that plans do not exist for Enigma 3.6 - and yet I see you building one! So I'm kindly asking: would it be possible to get access to plans through you?
I located some offset drawings that worked in conjunction with a free computer program called Freeship. This was enough to cut the ply and from there I scaled of photos and gleaned information from various websites
Yes the deck is faux. The deck is a sheet of 6 mm plywood. I stained it mahogany and then used a router to a depth of about 1mm. I used epoxy to glue it down and wrapped fibreglass 20mm over the gunnel onto the deck
@@daveandgoliath.7917 That is some great work. I wouldn't want to steal your idea for my own Paradox build, but I may use it on a classic Glen-L runabout in the future. Your idea makes so much more sense than using mahogony or teak strips and then filling in between with caulking.
Your vessel is an example of some top notch boatwright skills. Congratulations! By the way, where did you find the plans for the Enigma? I haven't been able to find any of Matt Layden's boat plans.
Nice work. I've just finished an Argie 15 here in Queensland (northside BNE). You look QLD based too? There are a few guys floating around youtube that are sailing Moreton Bay in little wooden boats.
that cood be a nice boat ,i looking for plans for building somthing like that , isi to bring from norway to usa ore aylen in caribien ,wher can i buy plans?
She performs not too bad. Being heavy and a displacement design it's no racehorse. It needs to heel over more than the average boat so the chine runners can work. In light winds, I have to force it over with my body wieght to prevent leeway. Im pretty happy so far. Just need to get out in it more
G'day Stuart. Goliath is two Metres between the bulkheads. My feet go between the mast and side of the boat. Most people sleep curled up a bit anyway . I sleep diagonally and at 186 cm I find it fine. You could always move the bulkheads a little further apart
Beautiful deck! Do you have a link to the page with the offsets? From what I gather Matt has yet to publish official plans although I know a similar build was completed for George Van Sickle (Fantasma, an Enigma 460) with a hard top. I've been crawling through pbworks but have yet to find anything useful!
Yes I have dimensions that are used to cut the ply for the hull. It is run through a free downloadable program called Freeship. I can email them to you if you wish
@@daveandgoliath.7917 that would be fantastic! Any other photos or information you have about the build would be awesome as well. my email is scottgg123@yahoo.com
@@daveandgoliath.7917 nice, I’m working on restoring my 1949 hereshoff ketch right now. The hull is solid but the teak needs some love.. we raked the masts since we had to update the rigging and managed to get her up to 21 knots on full canvas.
Best invention in this century: Epoxy as glue for fillets and a happy combination with fiberglass. Knowing that wings of an airplane nowadays are constructed with a 3 components epoxy and heated in ovens. Not a single nail needed. The recipe? They try to keep it secret. Fanny thing to realize that you can repair polyester with epoxy . Repairing epoxy with polyester gives trouble.
With all due respect this should not be taken as criticism but could you please explain why you used plywood as a core and eventually glassed it over ? Why not make 4 x8 foot sheets of fiberglass laminates and use that ? The advantage would be not to have to worry about moisture penetrating into the plywood.
The original designs were made using ply as core. Fiberglass is strong but heavy. I could have built a one off mould and built the boat out of fibreglass(I have built canoes and kayaks) but This project was about learning the skills involved in ply core boats. I have future plans to built a Tiki 30 or KD 860 catameran Both use ply cores due to they're strength to wieght ratio and ease of use.
Fiberglass is better for curved shapes. What you could do is build from sheets of closed cell foam covered in epoxy but to get the required strength/weight would be a fair bit more expensive than using ply.
The Matt Layden designed boats have done some respectable voyages without incident. If properly constructed the are capsize/sink proof. For their size I haven’t found a more seaworthy vessel.
@@davefahy491 thanks for the video 👍 I found 3 other channels in your comment section 😀 and me makes 4 . Quite a few trolls down here though 🤔 bottom feeders.
This is an absolute beauty, and how her paint glistens! I recently read about a chap who sailed a Mirror dinghy 3000 miles across Europe. Your vessel has a cabin to shelter from the rain. Only needs a cigar humidor and a whiskey cabinet, and you can cross vast distances. Best wishes, -Cheerio
Every detail makes sense, it looks pretty,
...and it will be a wonderful feeling to be inside, when you are out in rain first time :)
How lovely to see such meticulous, precise craftsmanship and attention to detail!
Your ingenuity and determination to construct this beautiful design without the benefit of having plans proves that you are not deterred by difficulties!
It is unfortunate that the smaller craft from this highly innovative designer are not drafted into plans as I believe that there would be a consistent demand for them.
If you have details, measurements, build photos, etc, I would be happy to buy a set from you.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful build, you've certainly inspired people to seriously consider building this gorgeous, capable little craft.
Congratulations on the launch. Great workmanship. Looking forward to seeing your sailing videos.
Dave this is a great build. I just love Micro-cruising. I was the last (mass) builder of the West Wight Potter in the UK.(dare I say now too big for my kind of Micro-Cruising;-) I most def want to build an Enigma and am happy to work it all out from scratch if only I could find some lines? Can you help me there please? Can use CAD files. Thanks in anticipation. Larry
Nicely done! I love Matt Layden’s designs, and your execution of the design looks great! ❤
Beautiful work. 👍
Congratulations on a very sharp boat, and nicely built! Love it! I hope that you will share something of how she sails!
Beautiful slide show..great job thanks
Almost ready for this year’s Sydney-Hobart!
That is awesome! Great job you did! Definitely a talented craftsman!
Amazing boat. Thanks for the vid.
Dude this boat is awesome great job congratulations
Congratulations, enjoy sailing her!
Beautiful construction. It's like a Go-Cart but it's in the form of a Boat..:)
Brilliant mate!
Really great job! Thx for sharing! :)
Wow! Great job!
Very beatiful work
Very cool, well done cobber
Very nice! Inspiring.
I’ve been wanting to do something like this to a 17foot canoe using lightweight plastics and an outrigger, good idea or bad idea?
Great little mini!! Love the simplicity..
Only change I would have made personally, would be to use a mast aft rig. No mast in the middle of the cabin and the sail could be set from the cabin with remote leads.
I would have loved to get the mast out of the cabin. Maybe should have made it a cat boat rig
Great build....
Dying to see her under sail!!!
Nice micro yacht. Please show us more. Thumbs up!
Thanks. I'm trying to get together a walk around of the boat.
Wow, very nice! I'd love to see it up in the Sandy Straits...
I'm hoping to get get there before November, before he whales depart. Sadly I am extremely busy at the moment so we will just have to wait and see
Great job👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I'm not at all sure I understand, but a very cool video and beautiful build!
Saludos desde argentina muy bueno tu trabajo
Magnifique petit voilier. J'espère que vous passerez d'agréables moments à son bord. Félicitation !
Merci
Nice man
That is a nice little boat just to build out of a garage that's pretty good I can sleep in something like that if you wanted something to sail around the shores and camp out
Yes yiu can 11 foot 8 inch tug biat cheap top
How many gallons (or liters) of resin you use in all that boat?
You do The Project this bout? It is very beautiful
I am sayler in rivers in Brazil
well done.
Very nice
Your design and construction is beautiful. May I ask whether the chine runners were bolted or screwed on backing plates solidly to the hull besides being glued?
They are glued with epoxy. And wrapped in several layers of fiberglass. Now I have permanently fixed the ballast to the inside,they have screws too. A great remake would be to cast the China Runners in lead
@@daveandgoliath.7917 Thank you. Lead would add ballast definitely and I think in that sense is good but would require a bolt-on attachment to the hull though.
The enigma is: Were is the Keel ? 😬
There is no vertical keel, chine runners instead.
Look at the lower chines of the hull.
Together with the boxy hull shape these generate the lateral force to prevent drift.
So the boat can sail upwind in waters as shallow as 10-12 inches.
@@kailue1499 Thanks for your explain.
@Kai Lue. Look Thats crazy people.
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I will also mention the Capsize ratio is < 2.0 very good! I saw a CG video showing these boats roll powerfully upright if rolled.
@@kailue1499 shalowest draft csbin cruser
Parabens!!! Big Made.
Fantastic! I'm building something in between the Enigma and Elusion size; it's about 3m.
I'll watch your video a few more times to see what ideas I can pinch from you!
Hope you don't mind.
How do you rate her sailing performance and did you need much ballast?
Do you sit on the bottom?
I ended up with 90 kg of ballast. Split 45 each side. it handles pretty good no but was very tender before with 50kg. 20 kg each side and 10 kg at the base of the mast. I find I have to induce a heel to limit leeway. I have a removable seat to sit on. I remove it to sleep or if the weather is poor I sit on the floor. I'm trying to get around to doing a walk through video. That might clear up a lot of people's questions
Oh. Thanks for the kind words on the build. Steal as many ideas as you can. I sure did :)
@@daveandgoliath.7917 Thanks for your reply. I started building in 2010 so it might be the slowest build in history! I used a 3D drawing of a boat which Matt Layden designed for an "Around in ten" event which never got off the ground. I'm guessing it has about the same displacement as the Enigma as the bottom is slightly wider towards the front and has slightly more rocker. The hull and rudder are pretty well finished, the decks are cut, but I'm currently trying to work out as many things as I can do with the boat open before fitting the decks. I'm especially interested to see how you fitted the cabin as that obviously needs to be light weight but strong enough to withstand me getting in and out. I think I've decided to make the chine runners out of laminations of glass. I've not decided what to use as a mast; possibly the bottom section of a Laser or a Topper. I'm envious of your range of tools and workshop!
I look forward to seeing more videos from you. I'm surprised Matt's ideas haven't been used by more builders as I think they suit a lot of sailors who want to singlehand and be relatively safe and comfortable.
I'm in Cornwall UK but lived in Australia during the 1980's and 1990's; mainly in Melbourne but with a few years in WA.
I wondered if you were on the Gold Coast? I've only been there once (in 1982) but the environment looks as I remember the area.
I don't know what Matt and the Bolduc's are up to lately.
Best wishes anyway.
Neil.
Nice wood work. Does it not need a dagger board. I guess you could have outer swing down if required. 👍
Thanks mate. It doesn't have a dagger board. It uses chine runners instead and ballast instead
People here are telling that plans do not exist for Enigma 3.6 - and yet I see you building one! So I'm kindly asking: would it be possible to get access to plans through you?
Where can I get plans for this boat?
Hi where can Iói download te plon for this boat?
Nicely done, what did you do for plans?
I located some offset drawings that worked in conjunction with a free computer program called Freeship. This was enough to cut the ply and from there I scaled of photos and gleaned information from various websites
@@daveandgoliath.7917 Thank you, you did a fantastic job of it.
Where did you get the plans?
Put it in the water 💪🏼
That teak inlay looks awesome! It really sets it apart from other microcruisers. How did you do it? Is it real or faux?
Yes the deck is faux. The deck is a sheet of 6 mm plywood. I stained it mahogany and then used a router to a depth of about 1mm. I used epoxy to glue it down and wrapped fibreglass 20mm over the gunnel onto the deck
@@daveandgoliath.7917 That is some great work. I wouldn't want to steal your idea for my own Paradox build, but I may use it on a classic Glen-L runabout in the future. Your idea makes so much more sense than using mahogony or teak strips and then filling in between with caulking.
Your vessel is an example of some top notch boatwright skills. Congratulations! By the way, where did you find the plans for the Enigma? I haven't been able to find any of Matt Layden's boat plans.
There are no plans for the Enigma. I believe you can still buy plans for the Paradox
@@daveandgoliath.7917 Thanks for the reply. Much appreciated!
I just got the plans and the building manual for Paradox earlier this week. Thanks!
werry bjutyfull Dave ,
Nice work. I've just finished an Argie 15 here in Queensland (northside BNE). You look QLD based too? There are a few guys floating around youtube that are sailing Moreton Bay in little wooden boats.
G'day Jason. Yes I am on the Gold Coast. Maybe I will bump into these guys on the bay. Have fun sailing your Argue 15
What are Those “side ridder thingies” Caledonië at 0:47 mins? I would love to know. Thanks
They are called Chine runners. They help reduce Leeway in the place of a keel or centre board. You can see them in the pictures of the finished boat
Great build!! 🤷 When can we expect an update, to see her in the water?!
Soon. I am editing now
that cood be a nice boat ,i looking for plans for building somthing like that , isi to bring from norway to usa ore aylen in caribien ,wher can i buy plans?
There are no Plans Trygve. I cut the ply from a set off offset measurements and scaled everything else from photos.
@@daveandgoliath.7917 where might I find those offset measurements?
very cool design! you might have a nitch market pocket cruiser
Niche
Awesome but wish there was a bit more of the finished result
Where are the canting foils? :-)
Was that a T4 at 2:34?
Are plans available?
is this for sale?
She looks great. I'm curious to see how she performs under sail. I can't see any keel nor center board.
She performs not too bad. Being heavy and a displacement design it's no racehorse. It needs to heel over more than the average boat so the chine runners can work. In light winds, I have to force it over with my body wieght to prevent leeway. Im pretty happy so far. Just need to get out in it more
@@daveandgoliath.7917 No ballast?
@@geoffreypiltz271 . It carries 90 kg of ballast. 45 kg each side
Just wondering if I could sleep in it! I'm 2 metres tall so what's the measurement from the mast to the rear bulkhead?
G'day Stuart. Goliath is two Metres between the bulkheads. My feet go between the mast and side of the boat. Most people sleep curled up a bit anyway . I sleep diagonally and at 186 cm I find it fine. You could always move the bulkheads a little further apart
Yes yiu can
Does she sail well? Looks lovely.
Goliath sails pretty well fir a small displacement boat. Anywhere from 2 to 4 knots. Its no racehorse but doesnt feel like your sailing a dingy either
Why build the Enigma rather than the Paradox?
Beautiful deck! Do you have a link to the page with the offsets? From what I gather Matt has yet to publish official plans although I know a similar build was completed for George Van Sickle (Fantasma, an Enigma 460) with a hard top. I've been crawling through pbworks but have yet to find anything useful!
Yes I have dimensions that are used to cut the ply for the hull. It is run through a free downloadable program called Freeship. I can email them to you if you wish
@@daveandgoliath.7917 that would be fantastic! Any other photos or information you have about the build would be awesome as well. my email is scottgg123@yahoo.com
@@daveandgoliath.7917 I would love if you emailed them to me as well. stephanpmarceau with gmail. Thanks!
How does she sail? What’s her hull speed? Sleeper?
10 knots of wind I will get 2-3 knots to windward and 4 knots on a broad reach. And yes I can sleep on Goliath
@@daveandgoliath.7917 nice, I’m working on restoring my 1949 hereshoff ketch right now. The hull is solid but the teak needs some love.. we raked the masts since we had to update the rigging and managed to get her up to 21 knots on full canvas.
Best invention in this century: Epoxy as glue for fillets and a happy combination with fiberglass. Knowing that wings of an airplane nowadays are constructed with a 3 components epoxy and heated in ovens. Not a single nail needed. The recipe?
They try to keep it secret. Fanny thing to realize that you can repair polyester with epoxy . Repairing epoxy with polyester gives trouble.
With all due respect this should not be taken as criticism but could you please explain why you used plywood as a core and eventually glassed it over ?
Why not make 4 x8 foot sheets of fiberglass laminates and use that ?
The advantage would be not to have to worry about moisture penetrating into the plywood.
The original designs were made using ply as core.
Fiberglass is strong but heavy. I could have built a one off mould and built the boat out of fibreglass(I have built canoes and kayaks) but This project was about learning the skills involved in ply core boats. I have future plans to built a Tiki 30 or KD 860 catameran
Both use ply cores due to they're strength to wieght ratio and ease of use.
@@daveandgoliath.7917
Alright, awesome.
Thanks for your reply.
Nice projects ahead of you.👍⛵
Fiberglass is better for curved shapes. What you could do is build from sheets of closed cell foam covered in epoxy but to get the required strength/weight would be a fair bit more expensive than using ply.
When I was researching the design I noticed someone had used foam.
I like your style! I am debating between a Paradox or Tiki 21 for my first build. I have plans for both. The Tiki of course is building TWO boats!!!
Where is the heavy keel to keep it up right.? It will just tip over...
It has 90 kg of ballast. 45 kg along each side
These designs have Capsize ratios < 2.0 which is very good. These boats will roll powerfully upright if capsized.
Another minute or so on the finished boat would have been good ! Sure beats the old stitch and glass mirror of days long gone !?
It looks like a pelican’s beak
How bizarre...no keel or centerboard to speak of. How does it go upwind?
No centre board?
No centre board
Good morning, I'm Rodrigö, I live in Brazil on the beach, would you be able to donate me the plans to build my house, my dream of freedom, thank you
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seems fun to build
the result is a. very nice looking, death trap
The Matt Layden designed boats have done some respectable voyages without incident. If properly constructed the are capsize/sink proof. For their size I haven’t found a more seaworthy vessel.
È brutta? 😀
Arrgh💩the music
Why not put your effort into restoring a more useful boat.
Useful as in how. It is just smaller. People have sailed from Florida to the Bahamas and back in the Enigma'3.6
Graham Burbage, your comment reveals your complete ignorance of the capabilities of this design.
@@davefahy491 thanks for the video 👍 I found 3 other channels in your comment section 😀 and me makes 4 . Quite a few trolls down here though 🤔 bottom feeders.
Are plans available?