Building an Aluminum Sailboat Pt 3 - Raising the Hull to Weld Frames & Bulkheads | EP 221
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- This is our third video in the series on building our new Enksail Orion 49 aluminum expedition sailboat! We look into how plates are positioned and welded into the perfect shape according to the drawings and plans.
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Finally! Someone documenting this very interesting and important aluminum building process. Been waiting for something like this for years. Thank you!
Me too, brilliant!
me too
Thx for promoting Dutch workmanship AND the Netherlands as a fantastic country to sail, bike and spent time. I’ll follow this build as a proud Dutchman!
I love those enthusiastic young engineers working with welders- what an exciting process to watch at high speed! To see it become a yacht- priceless! I've tried to mansplain to my wife how unstable sailboats are out of the water and nothing shows it as well as the boat being welded upsidedown with the keel mating surface going into place! Thank you so much for bringing us all along with you- awesome project to see!
In another life or in the afterlife maybe I will be able to have such a wonderful experience and sailboat.. in this life I will have to continue to work hoping that my back isn't destroyed resulting in me not being able to buy a 50 year old classic sailboat.. these are really great videos
Thank you for the videos! We can't own a boat like this, but we can informally adopt yours and enjoy watching the process on "our" boat. We are getting excited along with you.
WoW, the hull is a construction masterpiece that must give fantastic stiffness and longevity to the new boat. Very impressed with KD’s work here. Thank you for sharing on TH-cam and shoutout to KD for allowing us to have a peek into aluminum boat building design. Can’t wait to see the interior designs that will make it all come to life!
If there is one thing we can do in the European low lands it's building boats. The old Netherland states (Netherlands and flanders) have been been building ocean going boats for centuries. Up to the 90's there was a big shipyard in my hometown, where they have build boats like (car)ferries (some still in use) and even small tankers aswell as riverboats and barges. Sadly it's completely gone now.
A job well prepared is a job 50% done !
The best puzzle on TH-cam 👍
Distant Shores hi from Calgary. Thanks to both you and KM for providing such in depth detail of the boats build love it. The more I see the more I begin to believe aluminum is a superior boat building material choice. From the material to design and assembly methods it is very impressive. Not to mention the KM assembly hall that was obviously purpose built, extremely organized and a highly skilled assembly team. Every minute you have invested in researching this choice will pay off hugely. Can't get enough of the design and build process. Going to be another amazing Distant Shores vessel. Thanks for including us.
i dont thinks it KM?
Thank you for the great detail!
Crazy they put together the hull skeleton in 2 weeks! Wow!! She’s shaping up to be a fine lady!
watching them all ! Great vids!
Glad you like them!
Hi guys,
WOW thats not just boat building its precision engineering.
Looking forward to the hullplate assembly and the rest of the build and fit out.
Superb video guys, thanks you so much.
Fantastic and very exciting, what a journey 👌
Glad you enjoyed the video!
I have been enjoying the build of RR2 and now enjoying learning about how aluminum boats are designed and built. These videos gives me a greater appreciation to the modern boat construction. Keep up the good work.
Daisy as the music for the bike segment was hilarious. Well done.
not only the construction of your new boat is beautiful to follow.
But also the way you love to experience our small country with its diverse landscapes and possibilities, bicycle, boat, car, etc.
proud of being Dutch
Thanks so much for your video on the build and the progress made it really is fascinating. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers
These timelaps are exciting! The shipyard staff is doing a great job.
I'm eager to see what you'll do with engine and systems.
Great great great job guys!!!!
Looking forward to future videos. Thank you for taking the time for all of us to watch. Victoria BC
WOW! Great show today. The build is coming along much faster than I had anticipated. It looks marvelous. Will the black soot from the welding be cleaned off and or does it matter? I don't know if it is the same as not cleaning off the flux when brazing as flux is acidic. Just curious. Thank you so much for mounting the cameras in the fab shop so we can see the build. Awesome idea 🙂
Again, great show.
Cheers,
Jay & Linda
Love you guys! Keep it up!
Thanks Seth😊
Very nice that we can see the work steps
Loving this. I have watched many videos on GRP boat construction, but this is the most in-depth I have seen on aluminum.
Great progress on the boat. Thanks for sharing
Very cool!!
Fasinating! THANKS!
Fascinating to watch 👍
This is so interesting. Great job!
I really love this series.
As a shop owner that does fab work also, those beams in the floor for leveling are brilliant. I am sure it helped to level the concrete also.
All the little details that the majority of us, and possibly some boat builders, do not consider... We see how important leveling is for a vessel of a decent size. Thanks for sharing.
super interesting!
I have two older Meta aluminum boats and we love them but there is always a dream to do it “our way” with more modern design and technologies most importantly alternate energy. We saw an amazing boat in Isafjordur early this Summer, NanuQ by the KM/Dykstra team and we have seen Qilak another by the same group in Tromso several years ago. We are really enjoying following along on your progress although we realize these videos are not in “real” time. Enjoy the process!
👍 love it.
Well done, there will be a beautiful yacht, I can't wait for the end. good luck
Exciting, very interesting, Awesome video👌👌. And what lovely bunch of happy people doing wonderful work 👍👏 can't wait for the next video 🙏🤞 The 🌟 is formed ⛵ will follow it through it's Birth and beyond 🙏🤞🙏🥰 Thank you so much for sharing with us 🙏
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Greetings from the UK! Great episode - fascinating process eloquently described, very much looking forward to seeing progress.
Love watching this build….. I always wanted to see and know how an aluminium boat was put together. I appreciate your great work in making such interesting videos. All the best from Brisbane Australia 😀👍
Thanks for the kind words Evan. It’s been great for us to get to see it also!
I just spent a half a day in that boat yard, looking at the Noordkaper 43. Very impressive series of shops and the attention to detail is over the top. I hope to have on ready in late 2024.
Exceptional
Great episode again and really nice to meet you last week in Stavoren.
Thanks Marijn yes it was great meeting up and getting to see Stavoren! 😊
Lovely first world stuff
Wow! DS4 seems to be coming together rather quickly!
Great video, reminds me of how planes were constructed.
Even with the lasers and CNC technologies, a quality boat still is based on the craftsmen's eyes and their plumb bobs.
So true. The team at @KBAlubouw have that craftsman eye. 👍
Your so right, you canot have one without the other
I work in a shop building custom lake yachts, some over 100' long. This statement couldn't be more accurate.
Thankyou 👍
Now that's what I call a time lapse! WOW Oddly enough now I'm thinking, . . What does it look like to see a similar sized fiberglass sailboat made - time lapse version! Hahaha
I’m happy you enjoyed the Timelapse. They are a fair bit of work so I’m glad it worked 😅
Wow!
The boat build is beautiful, but I'm definitely looking forward to the engine, battery and solar systems you're going to be installing. I should just say the entire electrical and propulsion systems 😁
Yes that will be fun to film …. Coming up 😅
@@DistantShoresTV are you going hybrid elec propulsion like the new beta system?
Супер Boot!)
Good day!
Thanks for your video.
Two minutes of accelerated construction of your yacht is quite impressive!
Please tell us which aluminum alloy is used for your yacht.
It will be very interesting to find out what kind of coverage the yacht will have.
How you will protect an aluminum yacht from marine corrosion?
We will be glad to get your answers.
Thanks again for the video!
Thank you for giving us an insight into aluminum boat building with this video. It's very interesting. I would be interested to know what the boat builders are doing to get the hull really tight. For example, are the welds x-rayed as it is done in steel shipbuilding? That would be my question.
Kioa Ora, Thank you very much for this very interesting video. Your next boat will be 3D printed also in Aluminium. ;-) Wish you all the luck of this world cheers Siegmar
Immaculate work space with everything planned out for the next step. You skipped over the large center structure that was welded in-what purpose does it serve (structurally)? The reconstruction engineering, planning and tweaking really shows. Excellent video. Appreciate your efforts.
I think you’re referring to the engine room and mounts for the engine. It’s upside down and hard to understand without drawings. Some assemblies like that are pretty big when installed 😀
Thanks! I am loving seeing the build and Aluminum construction techniques, particularly since it's much less common than plastic composites. It's a real treat to get to see this so thanks very much for sharing it with us.
This is not intended to be negative, but it's clear that this method of building, and most cruising boat building in general, is HIGHLY labor intensive, even with computerized cutting of parts, and that drives the cost up and keeps cruising away from more people due to the high cost.
The same is true of plastic composite construction. Even with production molds, it's highly labor intensive.
It would be useful to know the labor cost component of the builds, including plastic composites.
This is an area that could be improved with automation, or better, different/novel/smarter construction methods.
The boat framing is looking great and I am assuming that it will be fulling insulated against the cold and heat as well as the noise of the water against the hull while sailing and at rest. What kinds of systems will you use to control condensation once the boat is completed?
if i ever built one like this at my house i would use TIG instead of MIG - takes 3 times longer but the welds are so much prettier...
What a great progress! And so fast.
I cut today parts for the first frame of my boat. And it will be months to see them coming together... 😅
Exciting!! What kind of boat are you building?
@@DistantShoresTV It’s a 15 meter ultimate cruising boat made with wood epoxy method. 😊
Raised saloon and two unstayed rotating wing masts. 😅
@@ArcticSeaCamel The wing masts sound very cool. Looks like you are documenting things on your channel. Subscribed!
@@LoanwordEggcorn Thanks! 😊
🤔 Paul & Sheryl,
This is a fantastic series (although agonizingly slow , we wish the updates were weekly 🤣)! We would love it if you would do tabletop discussions of your design consideration thought process. Of special interest is the hybrid propulsion system, battery management, regeneration, shaft drive vs sail drive, rig choices, and ultimate stability due to the swing keel.
I observe that since the transom has a fold down gate, a wind vane is not possible unless some twin system is employed outboard of the gate. …… It looks like the rectangular cutouts in the outboard hull aft might be for Oceanvolt type hybrid sail drives or perhaps daggerboard trunks, but I also observe also the provision for a centered shaft log.
There are so many interesting decisions to be made and the details between cruising/racing sailors of your stature and the engineering and fabrication expertise of the builder will be instructive to anyone considering a similar endeavor. 👏 👍.
How do you keep condensation in check in the high lats. I have been a liveaboard sailer for 45 years in New England in balciacore boats with added insulation. They still sweat. Stringers will draw the cold in, along with aluminum bulkheads. You do have the answer, don't you? I wouldn't think of building a refig or freezer that way.
Is the hull plating fully formed, or are there developed shapes as well?
What type NDE (Non Destructive Examination) do they perform on the welds? Particularly interested in any full penetration butt welds. Do they use Phased Array Ultrasonics? Or x-ray? Lots of welds…..100% tested or just a percentage?
What is the QA/QC process for the welds? Visual inspection only, or are other tests performed, e.g., radiography, ultrasonic, current, liquid penetrant, etc.? Cannot wait for the next episode to see how the hull plates are shaped, fitted and welded into place! This is a fantastic video series and it is amazing to see how open the designer and builder have been to share all this online.
Очень интересный ролик!
А какая будет стоять силовая установка ( Дизель, Гибрид или Электро)
Will there be a video on how they built the twin rudders strong enough that you are confident with them!! Mahalo
PS: I have been watching you since you started on TH-cam, keep up the good work
Sorry, I don't use telegram. Not sure if it is even you!!!!@TEXT ME ON TELEGRAM 👉 Distant_Shores_TV
What grade of Aluminum is being used?
Will you have a special plaque pointing out your first weld?
Hi Fred 😊 that’s a good idea 👍 hugs to you and Marlen
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Curious to know if it were possible, or exists, to build a trimaran in aluminium?
Yes we’ve met a couple of cats in alu- no tris though 😀
Me and my mate Jonny biscuits would have that frame and hull knocked up in a week
Please spend plenty of time on the hull plate forming. That is where the real magic happens.
Will do, Capt. Mike. Thanks for the feedback.
Looking forward to the Drive system. Hybrid is the way. Hope it will do ReGen when under sail, and the batteries can be extended. I expect the general availability of diesel to last less then 10 years, at least in the west.
looking good, aluminium is the way to go.
are these guys the same yard as alu boot?
Thanks Simon😊 no Alubat is a French company. Our hull is being built by KB and finished by Enkhuizen Brothers
@@DistantShoresTV no Alu boot is in holland. i just spoke with them about a koopmans 60 that they built in 1993 that is now for sale and im interested. i imagine it means aluminium boat in french and dutch. an aluminium cat would be the ultimate and there a fantastic design here in nz.
Thanks for the info Simon. Koopmans are great designs
@@DistantShoresTV ive got an option on it while i get survey done. now i need to take that hell flight from nz to holland to check it over. its with devalk hindeloopen. might see you up there.
What is the cost of building a boat for 2 ?
full electric, regen solar wind and a huge LiFe battery bank never deal with engine noise or oil
You are having a boarding platform ?
Yes 👍 it’s a simple drop down affair with no complicated hydraulics just pulls up
guys do you have 560 ah @ 24V lithium. is it enough?
We’re planning around 20kW bank because of the hybrid drive so that’s 400ah at 48V.
@@DistantShoresTV sorry i was meaning on your last boat.
Hmm…Is it reasonable to think yer Boat could be done by Year End? Continue to Stay Safe and Enjoy 😎
Which year ? 😂 it is meant to launch in July 2023
What are the thicknesses of aluminium part, Frames, Hull etc. Best regards have Good trips with the yacht.
thanks for your question. Many parts are 6mm and 8mm thick.
@@DistantShoresTV whats the distance between frames?
verre kusten vier
Distant Shores Four
Aluminium got so expensiv in the last months, it´s horrendous.
If the deck is not leveled completely before the first weld there will be a lot of stress in the boat. The deck needs to be built in a mold first even before the stringers below deck are attached. There will be misalignements somewhere otherwise as the stresses will try to equalize. I'd strongly suggest to have a owner's representative looking at the boat at least once a week for non experienced guys like you. There are too many things to go wrong. If you build a house there's also an INDEPENDENT architect watching the construction. Don't do different when building a boat.
Distant shores. First congratulations for sharing this process, great video.
2nd as a builder, its tears on the eyes for such thing... for the worst reasons.
Let me explain, this is a very expensive built for the customer and trying to save a few $$$ and compromising all boat its almost like a crime. Building on the floor is very unprofessional , it means lack of equipment like side monted crains on roof and work with forklifts. Then ALL , but ALL projects of this nature need a proper chassis , car, boats, airplanes everything ... using a concret laser to measure this ... is this serious??? this is not acurate, just the laser line as more than 2mm , building in sections at the end ...wooooo.
SO, why they do this: Fisrt lack of conditions, no proper tables , stands (welding on the foor scraching everything, min 7:20 already twisted), no capable side mounted roof crains, for a boat like this it is a must. then the lack of under proper chassis to build it, saves around 5k $ on the building and its disposal material after. with a chassis you need proper crains to build and rotate. you win time on the build also because aluminium is easy to bend, so at the end if it doesnt fit you fill with weld, or cut it to fit. After assembled it will be twisted for sure , but because it will not be in a road like a car, but in ocean, you cant measure how well it goes in straight line. Then by twisting , bending and pushing because of the lack of chassis , the aluminium resistance will be lower, but again a "normal" person cant measure it. It may look at first hand thats is not a problem, but special on a boat this size the forces that act on it are exponetial , this details at the end may dictate if the boat can resist a storm force 10 or an 11 for example, because the failur starts on the weak point of the structure (from min 7:40 to 8:05 thats a crime). Inside the isolation after have to compensate to level fornitures. then building on the floor and bending and pushing will create a lot of scratches and to remove then they have to fill with weld (lowering structure resistance) or sand it and make it thiner. Honestly I expected way more, from the building process, this is very amateur. It is understandable that you dont know exactly what is the proper way to build, but they... came on, this is expensive . With the pieces already cnc cutted its just fit and weld. by constructing this way, to make a work like this every metal shop could do it... For people that dont have the notion, this is the base of the boat, when you dont start correctly it will afect everything after, many many details will be afected afterwards. just an example, in a smaller sailboat, just the fact that welds were reinforced it reduced the vibrations of the motor, by reducing vibrations the problems with a cranckshaft disapear, no problems with rubber mount engine suports anymore, and in long passage there is a big diference in confort. If you want more "things that almost no one says" please make a video of the welds inside the boat and measure their lengh and the lengh between them and also tell the thickness of the alumium plate on that. I cant have sure, but the way you film them work, I am almost sure that many things are not in proper way.
I received a reply from TEXT ME to a comment I made on this video. It is a spam site. I reported it to YT. I deleted the notification. In doing so, my comment was removed also. I'm passing this info along to you so that you can report to YT also. Thanks. I hope this gets rid of the culprits. 🤦♂
Thanks very much for letting me know. I have deleted a bunch of them also. I’m sorry your comment was deleted. I recognize that you regularly comment on our videos 😊 and thank you for helping out with the spam problems 👍❤️
@@DistantShoresTV You're welcome.
I use to love watching your videos, however, the commercials have become relentless and I just don't watch as much as I use to for this very reason. I mean commercials every 5-7 minutes is just too much to bare any more. I'm sorry to say, but the commercials have made me give up on you guys when I really didn't want to.
That being said, I wish you guys all the best with the new aluminum distant shores yacht.
I will check in from time to time but I can no longer even watch a full video, I'm so sorry!
Bon voyage!
Dear TrewNews. Thanks for your comment! I agree with you about the extra commercials. I never meant to turn on commercials in the middle of the show and have turned them off again.
Thanks for the heads up and I apologize for the annoyance 😅
Cheers
Paul