The break down with the renderings was perfect!!! Then seeing the real side picture of #4 OMG!!! How awesome of a boat you guys choose!!! I knew I was going to love this build but now, with a good idea of how she will look, just fanstic!!! 👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎

It truly a beauty and love of labor. l was dreaming for a cat, but due to work/living in my younger years, fail to take on the dream. My beach front would be perfect to store a 40' cat and launch it to cruise local or world.

This thermo cooler setup is widely used for sourdough bread, in order to revive the bacteria and PUFF the dough, the best and economic setup ever 👏👍

Maybe it would be great to have a birds eye view of the catamaran in the corner of the video with the room/area highlighted when you’re working there! Super exited about this series! :)

Matt & Jess, one of your best videos! She's going to be a beauty.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for following each week!

I appriciate your good humor about the pronunciation of flange :) Dubbing in the audio from a dictionary was awesome. -- A neighbor from Wisconsin who likes to give Michiganders a hard time.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Just as long as you don't make any jabs about me for lack of 't' pronunciation, lol.

The nav desk window reminds me of an X-Wing! Cut the chatter, Red 2. Accelerate to attack speed. Lock S-foils in attack position. All wings report in. Red Leader, standing by.

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, understanding the layout better allows me to envision how your vessel will look when finished! Now that I have moved off my boat and into my new condo, I have a bunch of heaters off the boat that you are welcomed to use.

One thing that will help with the dust once you start working inside the boat sanding fiberglass or just about anything that creates dust. Put a furnace filter over the intake side of a box fan. You can tape it in place . Just try to point the exhaust side towards a opening to the outside of the area your sanding in. You can take the filter and place it in a plastic garbage bag to shake the dust out and then reuse it. It works great in my woodworking shop to clean the air and not spread the dust everywhere. One good thing it's a really cheap way to keep the air a lot cleaner .

Those lights are no joke. I put ten 8 footers in my two car garage and you could do surgery in there the place is so bright.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

They have been such a big help to us, I'm so lucky Matt came across them!

The best CAT I ever owned was a front loader...tough as nails & GREAT re-sale.👍

My port aft guest cabin is perfect. You guys are the best. Thanks! 😂😂😂👍👍👍

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you're happy with it, lol

Been following you for all your builds. Looking forward to seeing Your new adventures!

love the layout good choice in not having the deck island opens up a great deck space, i would put the sink on the same side as the hob freeing up a lovely big counter top plus all the plumbing for the sink and head is all on one side.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

We're really looking forward to that wide open view from our salon when the time comes. 😃

Loving that igloo heat pad warming box hack. I do arthropod research and have a similar box only it’s ugly polystyrene using an incandescent bulb on a dimmer. Always a thrill when someone opens it expecting a cold one. 😂

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky we have it next to a clear door fridge. So little temptation to open the resin covered cooler :)

My direct thought is that I get that they turned the L-shaped sofa so that the island don't land in sight of wiew. But now when you have opted for no island. Wouldn't it be great to turn the L-shaped sofa around. The view would be significantly better and you would be able to talk to people in the kitchen. Plus maybe fit a bar/Navi/breakfast counter facing the 7feet counter. Like a kitchen iland... Youst a thought you do you. Sorry for my crappy English. And thanks for a amazing build.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

I've been playing around with that exact idea. It would put the navigation desk right inline with the mast - so no visibility forward - but it still seems like it could be a good option. Matt

Thanks for the virtual walk-through. That light really brought out your blue eyes!

@patraic5241

2 жыл бұрын

Hasn't it? I don't know if it's a trick of the lighting or what. I didn't even really realize Jessica had blue eyes till now.

LOVELY VIDEO.

Amazing work.

Thanks for the heads up on the lights. Just ordered a set for my garage.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Hope they work out just as well for you! 👍

That’s getting very creative with keeping your materials and the work surfaces warm enough to get the job done. We have 3 of the oil heaters and love them for those areas that need a little warming without having exposed heat elements, which is much more pet-friendly too. Regarding the galley layout, some food for thought; If the cook surface is next to the settee then you will always hav the issue whereby you need to be careful with cooking foods that splatter. Imagine someone setting with their back to the galley and if you get a little water splashed on them, or on the settee itself then it’s usually not a big deal. However if you have some greasy food splatter, which it always seems to do, then hot grease, oil or even boiling water, getting splashed on someone can become a really big issue for many reasons. Additionally the typical food prep area always gets food around it which could impact the settee surfaces over time where the splashing of water from the sink won’t be as big of an impact.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

I think we might need to run out and get ourselves one more oil heater, but that would be for the Viking, as we need a way to bring the heat up in there just a little bit. 😊. We are still strategizing about where items such as the sink and cooktop will go in the galley, and we are leaning toward having the cooktop on the outside counter just for that reason. There still will be a raised partition between the counter and the back of the settee, but we've wondered if there might be splash over from cooking.

So that’s what she will look like! Love it😃

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

We can't wait until we're able to show more photos of hull #4 now that she's launched! 😀

That's a fine looking boat...

Perfect job of reminding and orienting us on the layout. I had kind of lost track so this was great for me. The snow's beautiful but certainly challenging in general and especially for temperature sensitive mixtures. Clever solutions for keeping things at the right temps.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, already kind of wishing for spring, haha. We can still work through the snow, but for me at least, it's not *quite* as enjoyable. I don't think the cold bothers Matt as much, though.

Excited for the build it’s coming along nicely 💝

Great video! Thanks!!

Now I can see what it will look like! I'm a little slow on the uptake, I guess. Then again, since you are working it every stinkin' day, you know it inside and out!

HI guys from Victoria Australia . stay warm and safe 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

As usual, another interesting and informative episode. We loved seeing the renderings of the finished layout. It's been a little hard trying to envision the final results, so this helped us to understand how it will all come together. Very well done, you two!

What a project! Amazing work. My wife and I built are home from scratch but this is on a much higher and complex level. Wonderful job!

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Building a home is no small feat either, you should be very proud!😀

Great update!

such a nice-looking yacht!!

Excellent video!

Great video. That clears up the visualization of the boat. Thanks Jessica.

Amazing progress ! Happy 2022 !

Very informative 👍

Thanks for the tour, it does help to understand where you guys are working. I like your resin warmer. A very clean setup. If your shore power cord is 30 amp. Be careful with resistant loads of over 25 amps. it can slow cook the cord, potentially causing a fire.

Well presented, time will fly in .

Wow! Just a big WOW! Happy New Year.

Cool episode explains so much

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice work guys ‼️ She is coming along very nicely. Love the heater to cure in a couple of hours while at dinner. 👍🏻 ✨🌊💨⛵️🏝👙🌞✨

Great episode guys. Loved the layout tour and the lights and heating pad are good tips. Never thought about the mechanical thermostat I’ve got an old fridge set aside for my heat box so it will be safer and better now. 👍

I love to see ewerystep in your build. And im sure it will be a great boat when its done. With love to you both from sweden.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for following along!

@HerrOveSweden

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJSailing Been with you fore some time now 😊 Found you when you renovated the alu boat. And hoped that you will come to sweden but covid hit us and things change. But who knows a atlantic passing in a catamaran in the future. Hope 2022 will be a great year fore you two. From sweden

Thanks so very much for this intro. You are right it does help make sense of what Y'All are building. Keep after it and enjoy the build. Steve in rhome tx

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Just wait a few more weeks until I can give a tour of the finished version. We just got the photos in and it looks amazing!! 😃

good stuff

I think the sink makes more sense in the real photos than the render. That puts the cooktop so you are facing the main salon when cooking instead of having your back to any potential guests.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Although, the cooktop facing the guests also gives them a chance to get splattered by grease. Lots of things to think about! :)

@JCrook1028

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJSailing Yea I had that thought too. It's a tough call. Looking forward to seeing which way you go!

pretty boat.

its starting to look more like a boat!! thanks for sharing with us!!

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how fast the pieces can come together. We've been working a lot in the master head lately, and just a few shelves can totally change the look. 😊

You two are doing great! I love to watch your progress

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for following along with the build!

Terrific update. Really well designed boat and your changes are terrific. 2022 is going to be amazing.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Just wait a few more weeks until we can show photos of the finished boat. Just got them in today! 😃

Loved the neakypeek at the now 👍. And seeing 👀 the views of how it's going to look. Awesome 👌

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

There's so many exciting things that have been going on, I can't wait until the videos catch up with real time! 😃

Awesome

Excellent tutorial Jessica and Matt.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Just peaked my interest again with your careful and thorough explanation of the design. Now we can refresh our minds with something to get us through the winter of fiberglass work! Great progress folks! Happy New Year ‘22 from south Florida. 🌴

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

And starting this winter - fairing!! 😃👍

Great Job!!! Thank You…. :-)

Enjoying the build series, something to be proud of once your done. Have those same LED lights.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

We're really impressed with the lights, they've gone a great job of illuminating the areas we're working in. 😃

It is starting to get Happy New Year I'm sure you're freezing your tails of can't wait to see your progress

You will be getting more snow tomorrow. I'm in Newport News where we will get rain tomorrow, which means that I'll have to pump out my $1 abandoned sailboat again. Funny thing is you will probably finish yours before I get mine in the water.

I have been useing same lights for 2 + years in garage and in office as a wall light they are great and last.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you've already been enjoying your own set. They have been a lifesaver for us this winter as we work. 😃

thanks

Outstanding work you two😃 I know it's a little ways off but something you think about whenever one buys anything, the dreaded "I" word Insurance. What obstacles if any do you have to address building a new boat compared to purchasing new or used and a Catamaran compared to a V-hull? Thanx & anxiously awaiting for more videos. Take care, be safe, and hopefully get to meet you one day. Until then Fair winds and following seas⛵

Going to be so Beautiful and nice

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Just wait until you see the finished photos of hull #4 - coming soon! 😃

@aprilbevis6109

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJSailing can't wait...❤

Sink at the window seems to make more sense to me. If you removed one of the steps on the guest hull you could fit a full shower in there. Not sure if that sort of change is possible at this late stage or not? It is going to be amazing, :D

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

The shower are in the guest hull is a pre-molded piece, so it would take A LOT of work to make any changes to it. But we're happy with the layout, so we'll be leaving it as Max Cruise has designed it. 🙂

@alanthirtle6969

2 жыл бұрын

It is a wet bath, the whole room is the shower....

Acrylic expands and contracts an incredible amount. Glass is harder, less likely to scratch and will not expand and contract so much. Acrylic will literally shear the seals due to its expansion and contraction on a daily basis. It is cheap, but will bring tears to your eyes…. Get a piece, measure it in the cool of the evening, and then measure it in full sun. Sorry to rain on the cheap option, but glass will definitely b the better, longer lasting solution.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

It's all calculated and designed appropriately for expansion. We did it on the last boat wothout issue. Glass is great - and would be the preferred option - but the weight is horrible for the shear area we need covered, and wouldn't work for this build.

@nuffysbuilds3750

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJSailing Very good, and yes glass is definitely heavy. Really enjoy watching your series, thanks for sharing. You guys are doing a fantastic job of building that beautiful boat, not to mention the great videography work….. I have a very small channel building motorbikes etc, and I appreciate the work that goes into the editing. I have also been “involved” in two catamaran builds, so I have some serious respect for what you are doing. Keep it up team, I hope 2022 is an amazing year for you guys. Cheers Paul (Nuffys Builds)

Two questions: 1. Where are the emergency hatches in the hulls? 2. As a cat mom I want to know where Georgie’s litter box will be? I loved the solution in your last boat.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

The emergency hatches will be places in the master shower and in the forward guest bunk. As far as Georgie's litter box - that's something we were just discussing the other day! The fact that we can now close off an entire hull makes us wonder if we want it near us (where she sleeps) or out of the way in the salon or guest hull. Still deciding that one....

Love ya vids it's so strange here in New Zealand we don't get ads on hardly any KZread vids just so random one once every now and then chur chur from tauranga new Zealand

Congrats on the beautiful work. Just as a suggestion, have you already thought about transforming one of the guests rooms into a repair shop and laundry? Happy new year!

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

We've never planned to add a washing machine to our boat for laundry, since every place we've visited in the world has had easy access to laundry drop off. We'd rather save the weight and take our clothes out to get washed. 😉

Thanks for the layout tour and accompanying renderings - it's beginning to make sense! Are there static pix of the "hull of fame" so we can search for our name?

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Not yet, but that is my goal for this week. I want to clean off the inboard side so all the names are easy to read again. 😊

Enjoyed the illustrative walk thru presentation. Additional information on boat interior lighting and local work area heating: ice box/heating pad, infra red, oil radiator. What about the tent/shop/shed enclosure?

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

There is a propane system which can heat the entire tent, but we think there's a leak because our tanks emptied so quickly last year. So we just layer up and otherwise work in the cold when we're not glassing. 😉

WOW, the boat is looking great! Stay warm! Awesome progress on the build. How itchy have you been after all of the hard fiberglass work?

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Not as itchy as we were in the summer wearing shorts and t-shirts! 😉

For shop heat you could try a diesel park heater. They are very efficient produce a lot of heat and because it ducts the exhaust out side no fumes. They are small for what they do about the size of a loaf of bread and safe. One 8k heater keeps my uninsulated 20'x20' shop about 18 degrees warmer in the winter then outside.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

A generic diesel heat like we had in the last boat was the original plan, but so far the electric heat has been so easy, safe, and cheap. It's hard to justify a change at this point. - Matt

For keeping your resin warm, It might be better to use an airtight metal box instead of a non airtight plastic box .

26:37 Gotta save some things for the Patrons, right? 😂😂😂

Really appreciate your layout explanation.. Makes visualizing your boat much better. One thing I didn't see is the space for a washer/dryer. Will you be adding one?

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

After our 10 years now of nomadic living, we've found that no matter where you are in the world, it is always easy to come across a place to drop off your laundry to be washed. We'd rather not take up the space and weight on our boat of having a washer or a dryer. 🙂

Make sure to add a cover over the raised helm area, otherwise it will be miserable to steer from their in bad weather.

Great video and exciting to see how it all comes together. Just a point on the stove placement, I personally never like a stove by stairs and think it would fit fine over on the 7' bench with the sink also in that same bench with maybe the fridge and freezer under the smaller 5' bench if weight allows?

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

The issue with the stove over on the longer counter is that it guarantees someone, at some point, is going to get grease splatters when seated. At least over by the second set of stairs forward we can control who comes up that way.

@bryangoldthorpe8906

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJSailing True, lots of things to think about, you guys must be buzzing 😁

... Cheers...

Great explanation of what the layout is and of your winter setup.

it would be nice if MAX made their own video showing the assembly of their yachts. its free advertisement just like Balance Yachts does.

Since in small living design use of space always needs to be given special attention I can't help but wonder if two vanities in the owner's quarters are a wise choice. Over many years of experience I have found that very little time has been spent with both of us in the bathroom at the same time. And since you brought it up maybe sometime you could talk a little about the situation of insurance while you are in the construction phase.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

When we get further into episodes, you'll find out we did end up placing the toilet as soon as you walk into the master head, so that deletes the double vanity, bringing it down to one. ;)

Awesome work. Tremendous dedication. Those light look awesome have a link?

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for following along!! Here is a link to the lights we purchased: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NZCXZK6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Happy new year! Excellent work guys, you are legends! Are you planning to have to have washing machine/dryer? if so where would you have them?

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, in all our travels, we haven't found the need for a personal washer or dryer. Everywhere we've traveled in the world has had easy access to laundry drop off. So it hasn't seemed sensible to us to take a hit to space and weight to have one aboard the boat. 😉

Like so many others this was great to help understand all the construction videos so far by understanding the layout. You mention removing that center island in the open so then how do you change closing it off since the island only required a swing down window pane?

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Make it a swing up center door :) should work well, but the arc does impact the cockpit table size. - Matt

@mikebrown6774

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJSailing To avoid impacting the table size could the center door be hinged part way down so it fold back on itself when stored up in the cockpit ceiling

Just amazing to look at. i have just one question what do you have in the way of privacy for doors by the steps?

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

The starboard (owner's) hull has a sliding door which shuts it off from the salon at the steps. On the guest hull (port) the only doors will be access to the head from each side.

It looks like some possibilities for storage just under the steps behind some kind of hinged kickboard (14:19)

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe take a note from our last build and store the cat's litter box in there. 😻

Sorry I needed to quit Patreon for a month or so. I live on a fixed income so when unexpected expense come up, I will opt out, till things are dealt with. Love your channel

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Don't be sorry at all!! Hopefully you're on the Patreon Facebook page, so you can still get access to the real time progress updates. If you need a link, just let me know. 🙂

Bulckhead 5 seems very important. I do not think you have covered how that will be strengthen to support the mast. Most people have seen Parley’s work on his lagoon and wonder what your approach will be

Nice to see how you guys are solving the temperature problems. Looks like a good setup. How much (what percentage) of the work will be in these little spaces?

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

I think we'll be working 90% in these areas until March/April when things begin to warm up. But there's so much to be done in these spaces that we're not worried about running out of things do until spring rolls around.

@rickemmet1104

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJSailing And will all that "fussy" work be completed when it warms up again, or will this complete the majority of the little jobs? So far, the boat is looking awesome!

Rather than drilling / screwing through various surfaces, have you considered using a magnet to hold surfaces together? (electromagnet or normal)

WOW looks fantastic. I can see how the render and real life hull 4 shots motivates you & Matt. Just a quick question tho - where are you storing Matts tools for the boat???

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Cameron. Tools are going to be our moveable ballast and their storage will be dictated by any trim adjustments we need to make when we launch. -Matt

Is that an issue with safety with water waves coming through you?doors without having that additional Island as a support ?

3rd 😉

🥶💯👍

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Feeling about ready to ditch the cold and visit family in Arizona, haha

A few thoughts: Instead of TV, a projector and roller screen for movie night on the starboard side, Telescoping doors, i.e. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKGj3MlsiaW3h5M.html, NeoPixel lights throughout the boat each uniquely addressable and color settable via central boat computer. Was also thinking that a M&J marine corp that makes and sells boating stuff might be a good idea. Something that some of the patrons could build to help support the cruising/testing platform. Would your followers put in sweat/cash equity in a share/partner model? Might be worth asking them... Is there something you want or see that would make a good product. I can see several just from watching you. One example -> Custom fit storage under the stairs, or other small spaces, each with easily removable custom fit containers.

You should incorporate these rendering’s into your weekly videos for visual effect as to what your working on. It would really help us know where you working.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

I will try to do that more often as we begin to work within the hulls this winter. 🙂

they call that daisy-chained so one switch for one run of lights.

Perhaps you could delete the media center and use that space for something else. I think an awesome idea to replace the media center is to have a much larger TV that folds down from the ceiling that can swivel so you can watch tv (or KZread sailing videos) from either the inside living space or while relaxing in the outdoor space.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

The set up will most likely have a tv mounted on the wall above the media station, on a swivel. 😃

If you don't mind I'm going to borrow your idea for the epoxy warmer. My build is outside under a roof extension and when I need epoxy it's pretty cold to pump.

@313barrygmail

2 жыл бұрын

check out sail life he builds a nice warmer

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely borrow that idea! Let us know if you'd like the Amazon link to the heating pad. 🙂

@randyw6864

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJSailing That would be great! Thank you.

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

@@randyw6864 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016MKY7C8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

@randyw6864

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJSailing Thanks so much! Your doing an awesome job.

Great job of showing your cat layout. I did not see any comfortable place to edit videos. Are you planning to edit on the head?

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

I don't do well at 'desk' spaces, so probably at the settee or in my bed. As we speak, I'm editing next week's video from the v-berth of the Viking!, lol

If you wanted to add master cabin windows facing toward the back of the boat, could you?

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is part of our plan to do. 😀

@MJSailing

2 жыл бұрын

The real question is how large of a window can we add :) We're still trying to figure that out.