I wanted to test fit the saildrive to enable me to sort out the various connections to the engine, making sure everything is ready to go come the final, pre-launch fitting. Thankfully, it went in pretty much as expected! Also, the Trudesign through hull for the electric bilge pump is installed and the pipe work hooked up.

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Thank you :-)

Tony

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hi i'm tony this is svtepacha

we're down below in this

cruising sailboat that we're in the

process of building this is the the

video log of the build of this boat and

i'm trying to video

as much as possible with the boat build

uh it's december now

chilly down below i've just switched the

heater off for the purposes of recording

this so you don't get that droning

heater in the background

having said that there's a droning

aeroplane going over which you might

hear

it's also december started cold

blustery stormy in fact there's a storm

warning here today

not a time to be up on the coast that's

for sure be very stormy

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and of course that makes you worry a bit

about hazel's boat is up there she's

hauled out standing in the yard

right on the very coast um hopefully

that all goes well

it's out of our hands in many ways

doesn't it

but it's that time of year now to start

thinking about

things that can be done you know in

these cold conditions one of those is

clearly the upholstery

i still be ordering the cloth very very

soon for the upholstery

and we'll start

sewing something can be done indoors in

the warm

uh other things you know little bits and

pieces down below the engine room is a

is a major goal to get that

finished ready to go

um i intend to fit the sail drive just

to be able to hook everything up and be

able to you know make the parts i need

to make to to connect everything

but that'll just be a temporary

installation of the sail drive and i'll

take it out again

to transport the boat up to the yard

where we'll be fitting the kill

and the sail drive hang in the rudder

those would be down in a boat yard up up

you know very near the water

and hopefully the goal is to minimize

the time i need up there to do as much

as possible here

so we then just truck it up to the

boatyard and hopefully very quick before

we can launch

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good thank you

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like that yes

that goes down

and there's

sharp

here's the the bit that i cut out

just for those of you are interested

because remember that this is two layers

of plywood laminated together

um and

that's where i cut from both sides that

line there the joint is

a little bit this side of that line

and it's absolutely perfect there's no

hint of any

gap between the two layers of plywood so

again that's been the case with

everything i've taken out of it perfect

wow

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later

also in the engine room there's the

bilge pump being installed got the

pickup pipe going in got the c-cock

going in over there it's uh just waiting

for the sticker flex to harden up so i

can tighten up the nut

and then put the actual seacock on and

then we'll have a

looped pipe with a vented loop going up

following the course of this camera up

there somewhere

down that side to that connection there

and that'll be that electrical build

pump out

the wiring's still not done it's up

there

just got to be plugged into the

build pump wires that are through into

here so that's going on

and while i'm in here and you might see

cold over the back there's this engine

stop cable

so i've got that to run through

and the engine control cables and i

think i'm going to put the cell drive in

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temporarily

check everything fits well i've got this

rear engine

mount to check

check everything fits well and then

take it out again

transport the boat up to the to the

boat yard before launch and fit the cell

drive there

but i should do a temporary fit i think

make sure everything's ready and fitting

so in the boat yard things go together

very easily

let's try that

yeah that's perfect that's perfect

okay

now let's put some three scenes on that

okay

yeah that's beautiful

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notice

in the end i didn't

think it needed a vented loop i think

it's close enough to the middle of the

boat center line

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and high enough above the water line

that it doesn't need a vented loop

time will tell i suppose wouldn't be

difficult to change it if need be

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but that's in

as you see the pump's still not wide

that's not tricky

so there's the cell drive and it's time

to try it in place

see how it goes we're going to try and

get it in the boat through my lovely

shiny varnish

and uh see if we can get it in position

i don't want to drop it on anything

shiny

nothing's really

the crux of this one

okay

put it down there

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oh

very well actually

nice i think

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it's very very close now

here we go

this is looking hopeful

it's mainly in

mainly that's good i think

it's just this rubber that's snagged up

but i don't need to get it back

when it's in place we've got to get the

spline lined up and the shaft in

but it does go into that gap which is

very positive

i have to take the rear mounting off

there

next stage

i believe that is going in

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so it's in with three bolts now we've

just got to get that rear mounted on it

and then that will level the engine up

and we'll see how everything lines up

spacing block under there which i had to

make to adjust

this engine bed to fit

and the plan is to put a reinforcement

piece from that

stainless that's attached to the floor

there across to there

holds everything in position

and we're pleased it fits

as you see that's all in bolted down the

ring

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got the aft

mount on there still going to make up

that a plate that goes from the back of

the steel underneath the half mount

across to that

bracket on the floor

there um

now i can make up the the cable and the

shift mechanism for the for the gear

shift

so it's all ready to go looking great

happy with that

obviously the seal diaphragm there needs

renewing when i do it properly and that

metal ring will need a splash of paint

here and there

but generally

i'm pleased with that it went in

i can get it in

and out again

in position which is one thing i wanted

to know and now i can

hook everything up

so that i know that it fits it's easy to

hook up again

when i put the cell drive in

and get it all ready to go

please and that is it for this week i

think i'll be as i said at the start i

think i'll be ordering upholstery cloth

very very soon

um that'll be interesting to get on with

that i'm i'm not a big sower but i want

to try and do the upholstery myself

several people have asked if i'm going

to sow the sales myself but i'm

certainly not

i don't mind sewing cushions that's

that's one thing that sales they've got

to be done properly haven't they so i

should be

getting that i've already ordered

professional professionally made sales

for for tapatio

um

one thing i wanted to mention was um on

facebook you know i don't do much on

facebook and all truth but i did set up

a group um

s f to patch your friends it's called

and the idea of that group is that if

any of you out there anybody out there

is is got a little project they're

working on little or big project that

they're working on a boat build or some

other you know interesting handicraft

diy project boat builds primarily but

other things that are certainly

interesting and they'd like to post

pictures videos whatever

anything that that you know share it

with us

you're welcome to go over there

especially your friends post what you're

doing

i look forward to seeing something

see you next time bye

ah

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