Matt made pretty quick work of that

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

On camera, haha. Was about 5 days in real life. (Among working on sanding and fairing too of course. 😉)

I don’t know how you can see so far ahead in this build, what a monumental task.

I'm glad you guys are keeping the window by the helm. That way when I come to visit, I can make sure you're steering the boat correctly while I'm sitting comfortably inside. 😉

Hey Matt and Jess, I admire your tenacity and determination. Do you ever just get tired of all the problem solving?

God even watching Matt chop that chunk out of the roof stressed out! 😂 I couldn't imagine having to do it! Well done Matt, well done. 👏 👏

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

🤣 The good thing is we're so used to fiberglassing now that we're like "Even if qe mess up, we can fix it!" 😃

@dancarter482

6 ай бұрын

@@MJSailing _Familiarity breeds contempt!_

@quarlow1215

6 ай бұрын

Holy smoke Matt. In modeling they call that "kitbashing". You are definitely a "boatkitbasher". Hats off to you mate. Merry Christmas to you and Jessica. 🎅 🤶

Matt’s ingenuity and creativity and energy always amaze me to no end! I am a very faithful follower and looking forward to the finished product and watching the years of cruising you have ahead!

What a puzzle with all those compound angles! Looking good.👌I hold my breathe every time you walk up and down from the helm....waiting for you to gouge your head on that sharp corner.

Merry Christmas. All the best for a fabulous New Year full of love, joy, good health, wealth, and a finished boat splash

You have certainly become masters of glassing and aligning. Well done - yet again!

Matt - you are amazing. Fun to watch a master at work.

I absolutely love what you've done here. It's clear to see the confidence you've developed through the course of this project. I'm sure there was *some* trepidation, but you just went right in there and started cutting and splicing to make it work. Well done!!!

If anyone can make that work and look good and be functional it's you Matt! No Pressure!!!!!! Great job!

What an awesome project! The extra time now will be so worth it in the end, have it your way 😊

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!! 🤩 We really think so too.

MJ Sailing hi from Alberta, Canada. Been watching since the first truckload of major components arrived. After enjoying all of those episodes I continue to be amazed by your level as boat builders. What a special day it will be when she goes for that first test sail. Want to make sure I paid notice to all the camera and editing work well done Jessica. Hope you take some time to enjoy Xmas with family and friends.

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. And Merry Christmas to you too

Talk about diving in! Your level of confidence has gone way up. I like the way you fit it in. Harkin makes an electric winch with the motor mostly in the drum. It might be worth a look.

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Karl. Take a look at Selden's new winches, they seem like the smallest motor/ gearbox option on the market.

Merry Christmas and happy New Year. Thank you for all the years of enjoyment you have given me. Except for all the fairing. 😁 Stay safe. ❤🙏

Loved the way you made sure all surfaces were going to finish flush when butted up. So simple yet so effective. Love your vlogs by the way.

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

It's the little details like that which is why we're coming up on year 3 of this build, lol. 🤣😭

@karitane

6 ай бұрын

@@MJSailing I am a retired engineer and it is a joy to do things in my own time without pressure. I can slow and do things absolutely to my standards rather than being "good enough" Don't change anything😀

WOW... Beautiful work. URock.

Getting closer week by week. hope to see you guys out here soon!

After that multiple 3D puzzle of a helm station Matt, you'll be ready for a break. It looks very neat. Wishing you both a Happy Christmas.

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

We're going to be doing a boat delivery from FL to Bahamas just after the new year, so it will be a break from boat building at least, haha.

What a difference and convenience the modified helm station is going to make. Boat show ideas.

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Hahaha, that's why we love going to them so much!

Well done Matt. A great puzzle to solve. This is what attracts me to your blog apart from the quality of your workmanship.

Merry Christmas to you two, wishing you a special 2024, hopefully you hit the water.

interesting application , hope u have great christmas

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you too!

Good job guys ….. all the best for the Holidays 🎄

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Happy Holidays to you too! 🎄

Doubt you subscribe to the Duracell project but Matt just used Onshape cell phone app to scan his boats internal area that imported to CAD to design an area on his boat. Might be helpful as you start layout changes to the Max Cruze plans . As always I Enjoy watching your project nice work you two.

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

I've always wanted to the 3d scanner, but you need to have a phone with Lidar - and I'm too cheap to buy one of those fancy I-things

Merry Christmas to you and good luck in all your future projects, health and happiness and whatever else you wish for

Still making progress take advantage of the extra time Merry Christmas.

Fabulous episode. I love your project in general, but the fact that you're modifying your boat from the factory specs just makes me fucking happy every time I see you do stuff like this. You guys rule, and I'm drinking to your health. Edit: Oh, and happy holidays!

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Awww, thank you so much! This is my favorite comment today. 🥰

@Stupha_Kinpendous

6 ай бұрын

This is my favorite reply this month. @@MJSailing

Wow, what an exciting project! Building a custom helm for your catamaran must be incredibly rewarding. The extra time and effort you put into it now will definitely pay off in the end. You're doing an amazing job, Matt, your skills are impressive to watch! Wishing you both a Happy Christmas and all the best for the holidays. Keep up the great work, guys! 👏🎄

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to you as well. Hopefully you guys can make it back for an Annapolis Boat Show sometime and see it in person :)

That's what I call high pucker factor work.

Masters at work, nice job! Best wishes over the holidays!

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Happy Holidays to you too! 🎄

Great looking helm. Happy holidays from Montana !

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, happy holidays to you too!!

Merry Christmas. Thank you for all the entertainment this year. I will go onto patrion and drop a thank you there.

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to you too.

Happy Christmas guys. This video has been Wow, just WOW!!! Ye are a huge inspiration to me. Stay Safe & Fair Winds!! ☘

Hindsight tells me that you could have cut the piece at the apex, it may have allowed the angled fall to align. Just a thought. Anyway, all good and great initiative and work done.

Looks great! A lot of thinking went into that! Good job!

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! Yes, Matt did A LOT of planning and work to get it to look like it originally belonged there. I'm very proud of him. 🥰

Man that looks clean❤

Nice video and performance 👍👍👍 Have a great day and new week 😉 Happy New Year 🥂 Greetings Adam 😎

Nice work

Brilliant video as always, great job both of you Happy Holidays & a Great New Year. All the Very Best to You Both.

Looks Great, Merry Christmas & a great New Year 🎄🎄🎄🇦🇺

It was a Matt show today!

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Yup!! I think people are tired of seeing my dusty face, haha.

Merry Christmas. Always fun and educational watching your progress. Thanks for sharing.

Great job your getting there ..I love how you explain everything your doing .Your hard work is paying off .Keep up the great video's ...Merry Christmas best wishes to the both of you

Happy Holidays!

lookin good guys

Merry Xmas, hope Santa is good to you this year! Nice job fitting that helm station together, way better than duct tape and gorilla glue method ;-)

Merry Christmas!

Great video

I'm sure you've already considered this, but if you cut the highest step back into the helm floor, you can make the steps much less steep, or add one more step. Steep, high steps can be difficult in big seas.

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Ha! I've been thinking about thay for weeks too. It was also allow us to keep the boom a little further down and increase sail area. Y only fear is how will it be to work a winch that's higher than waist level. I know a lot of boats do that, but it doesn't seem real ergonomic.

@dansegelov305

6 ай бұрын

@@MJSailing . You could keep the whole helm floor the same, but just recess the highest step (below the helm floor) into it by 6-7 inches. It would just shallow the steps angle a little bit. So your first step down from the helm is cut into the inboard side of the helm floor, then the next step down is the first of your new steps. I hope that makes sense.

Hello there hope you both had a great Christmas and happy new year

Thanks!

Merry Christmas you guys!

Very nice work, Matt…aren’t you glad now that you took that Geometry class in high school?

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Jessica and Matt🎄🥂🇨🇦🇺🇸

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well!

Look at you go! Damm

Hack, cut, fit, glue, repeat. It will be interesting to see what it turns out to be.

Mads from Saillife found an electric winch where the motor is contained within the winch. So no motor to enclose below the winch.

I’ve watched you guys for years now but the one thought I’ve had in my mind over the past year or so watching you build your own boat is “would I want to be in the middle of the Atlantic during a storm on a boat I built myself” my answer is no.

@jeremyduncan3654

6 ай бұрын

Matt and Jessica got this and they know what the deal is. Binge watch from the beginning of their channel. You will see. These two rock better than a quarry!

@davidhenderson4042

6 ай бұрын

@@jeremyduncan3654 I have watched them from the beginning and appreciate the rebuilds of the past, but this is a whole different animal. Temperature differentials, material and bonding requirements. Tolerances and modifications. Maybe fine for normal sailing conditions, just wouldn’t trust it in extreme conditions.

@jeremyduncan3654

6 ай бұрын

@@davidhenderson4042 no worries, they got a fantastic network and get excellent advise. I’d sail with them anywhere.

Merry Christmas from OZ take a break

I used a hydraulic system. It also connected to the Autopilot. All problems solved. Only thing to remember was that when the autopilot is engaged, the helm is disconnected, and to regain the helm one must first switch off the autopilot. That is why the switch must be large, obvious, and adjacent to the helm station with a notice explaining that the helm is disconnected hydraulically when the hydraulic autopilot is in use. Were this not the case, the helm would spin when the autopilot attempts to correct the course. The autopilot uses a 12 volts electric hydraulic pump, the manual option uses the pump attached to the helm itself. never had a problem with the system all the time we used it.

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Good Video, thanks for sharing. All the background noise in the first 1/2 of the Video... Was that the tent flapping in the wind or was Jessica doing something of camera?

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Lots of tent noise! We keep earbuds in at all times to combat the constant noise.

if you left the helm proud you could have used it to attach a dodger unless you have other plains. is rain water going to drain on to the stairs

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Leaving it proud for a water dam was my first idea too, but the winch line feed wants a lower lead and unless I then elevate the clutches too, there would be overrun issues with the lines.

🎄🎅

Merry Christmas and Happy new year! You’re going to have a cover over the helm station correct?

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too! Still undecided on having a cover over the helm.

@jeremyduncan3654

6 ай бұрын

@@MJSailing it will look awesome with a helm cover and in the weather I don’t think you will regret it!

I would not hAve the patience at all....lol

Is there a rough completion date for this project ?

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Rough completion, summer 2025.

Is there going to be any type of roof over the helm to protect you from the elements?

I know you guys have probably gotten this question a million times but may I ask the name of the song at the end of your video??? Ever make it to Dominical Costa Rica stop by will buy you guys a beer...

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Glad you like the song! It's called Pandemonium (Tribute Version) by The Mondays.

Isn’t great to have a clear vision?

Yea, that would suck if you blocked off that window. You’d only be left with the other 19.

Looking good guys, I would go with 2 electric winches, but then I am lazy.

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

And we're poor. 🤣. Those things do NOT come cheap!

So where will you keep your paper charts? lol

how much will this catamaran cost? Greetings from Iceland

Where are all the electronics going to go in that helm station? Are they just going to be on the top of the roof?

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

The chartplotter will be on the cabintop. The engine and hybrid garage will be in the helm pedestal. I'd have loved to integrate the chartplotter, but only so much space.

Each episode goes too fast….Lots of work on your end, though.

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Hopefully we can get to a point again where there's so much happening, we'll have 25 minute episodes!

This doesn’t work?

I think your steps are too tall, not big enough for feet and I heard no mention of a handrail. Safe dimensions, etc. for steps has long been established in dwellings and businesses and I'm sure they are appropriate for water-craft. I hesitate to mention this because everything else you've done is amazingly impressive both in design and amount of labor. I don't want to criticize you at all.

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

We've measured every available catamaran at boat shows, and none follow the recommended 7 to 10 ratio of a home. Same as a companionway in a monohull, we need to treat it more like a ladder than a staircase.

Merry Xmas

@MJSailing

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, you too!