This is the story of the building of a Jay Benford designed, 31.8ft, junk schooner-rigged cruising sailboat. The videos are a week-by-week record of the build as it progresses and aim to show as much detail as possible of the various aspects of the build.

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hi all happy new year 2021.

well it's been a couple of weeks since i

put a video out and spent a few days

in those in those two weeks so having a

good tidy up in here

sorting out the tools the storage

shelves behind me

been through most of the shed and sorted

through and it's a lot more

spacious now a lot more organized which

is good shot some junk out

but the other thing obviously been busy

on the boat

and uh we'll go through and go through

next door and have a look

now at the stage of the build now where

i've finished the wiring or when i

finish

for now and now and uh my thoughts now

are on

mast steps about it's two masks it's a

schooner rig

the forward mast is a bit shorter than

the earth mast

um but i need to get in the steps

for each of those two masks the mask

passed through the deck

says as is normal with junk rig boats

pass through the deck and they step down

on the keel or they're about something

solid down below in here

um and i it's most important that those

mast steps are in the right

place the forward mast for example has a

two degree

forward rake on it which is which is

something that you get on jumps after

the forward rake on the forward mast and

they look

they're pretty funky i'm rather rather

fond of that look and while back i cut

these holes in the deck

where the mask passed through cut pretty

generous holes i'm planning to make a

stainless fitting around there that the

mask passes through and will be wedged

in place there but obviously we have a

step down below

that the foot of the mast sits in and

that stent has to be in exactly the

right place to give us that

rake the main mast is upright the

forward mast has a say a two degree

forward

right so i wanted to make up

a dummy mast it didn't need to be

perfect but need to be

basically give me a good approximation

approximation of the size of the last

uh look at the taper and be able to

position the mast

steps accurately so i made up this dummy

mast

it's a jaunty angle because it's wedged

on the forward birth

side down below but there it is in place

there

and uh i

had a bit of an issue i made it up two

meters long which is what it needs to be

for the main mast

and i put it in position and looked at

it and it was quite happy with that

unfortunately i didn't film it when i

come forwards and put it in the to put

it into the forward mask

hole i couldn't get it in with the with

the roof being so low here so

um i had to chop the end off make it a

bit shorter

to get it in but it's in now and down

below

i've started making some good progress

on the on the forward master

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17.9 gig

unfortunately

it doesn't fit i haven't got enough

heart in the shed

hey you know guys we've got this patreon

thing going on

and you'll hear this sort of comment on

some of the bigger

sailing and boat building channels but

for as little as

a dollar a month you can support this

project the video making

and the work that goes into it and let's

face it that's

that's less than the price of a cup of

coffee at some of those

more salubrious coffee venues that

you'll find around about and over on the

patreon site there if you get over there

there are some other sort of behind the

scenes videos that are

they're free access but but get over

there and have a look

um

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trying to do

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all right get it in there

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well

that's ready

good we're out

so here's me laying down trying to get

in the picture and the master in the

picture at the same time

there we are the forward mast must

step the base of it basically just the

base

it's layered up of multiple layers of

plywood

a couple of blocks of solid dove fur

underneath

to fill up that and listen to that that

is

massively solid really pleasure the way

that's come out

i'll say just the base what comes now

this will be glassed over

last into the hull some thick webbing up

each side

and blast that to seal it and then

there'll be

six or seven layers of ply on top of

this

with with the hole cut out for the

master located there's our dummy mask

over on the side

yeah in terms of the outlook you know i

say 2021 now

where are we going this year um

very pleasing progress as you've just

seen i've started up in the

in the four peak there with that master

and the goal

now is to finish the four peak mast step

the clad in between the frames the

lining

hook up the water tanks i need to change

the layout of the bed boards the boards

are

sort of better you have better access

down below the bit

um but then that will be the fourth week

done and then to move

back in here i say done but obviously

the cushions will come last

move backwards move afterwards finishing

things

i've also ordered the metal to make the

the

mast partners fittings so i should be

getting that in

moving off finishing things we're pretty

much done

here in this region getting into the

galley

fitting the stove um

and then you finishing other finishing

needing there's not going to make a sort

of protecting

rail by the stove as well uh into the

heads

there's a door the sink needs fitting

properly

and then we're back into the engine room

from there

obviously the partner's fittings for the

main mast and the main mast step

moving afterwards engine room and a

little bit in the lazarette to go

and that's well we see it gets much of

that done this winter as possible

and then deck fittings a little bit of

finishing to do out in the cockpit area

um and as soon as possible this summer

hopefully pulling her out of the shed

and then would be time to start on the

keel

masts and well

it's very hard to estimate time needed

but i hope by

by summer late summer mars tequila

are underway and then we'll be getting

close

and there we go guys thanks for watching

that's it for this week

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over on the on the sv tapacha website

and see you next time bye

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