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EyeInHand

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Water Music ~ James River

Water Music ~ James River

Winter Harbor 2023

Winter Harbor 2023

Melonseeds Off Urbanna

Melonseeds Off Urbanna

Ducks Geese & Peepers

Ducks Geese & Peepers

Gliding Downhill

Gliding Downhill

Creek Paddling After Rain

Creek Paddling After Rain

Mobjack Marsh Cat Sailing

Mobjack Marsh Cat Sailing

December Rain Paddle

December Rain Paddle

Chuckanut 12s - First Splash

Chuckanut 12s - First Splash

Making Hay ~ Last Cut

Making Hay ~ Last Cut

Birth of a Rainbow

Birth of a Rainbow

Old Rag Rager 2017

Old Rag Rager 2017

Pro Re Nata Drone Racing

Pro Re Nata Drone Racing

GoFish - Draft Model

GoFish - Draft Model

eTrike -  Road Test #2

eTrike - Road Test #2

Autumn Canoeing with T

Autumn Canoeing with T

St  Michaels ~ MASCF 2018

St Michaels ~ MASCF 2018

Spartina at Gwynns Island

Spartina at Gwynns Island

Kanawha Canal Aqueduct

Kanawha Canal Aqueduct

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  • @retrac3180
    @retrac3180Күн бұрын

    This video is incredible.

  • @johnmartlew5897
    @johnmartlew589711 күн бұрын

    That is a very fine boat!

  • @brendandonahue3415
    @brendandonahue341512 күн бұрын

    All I want in life is to Sail, Ive denied my self too long of this most high art, I will pursue this until the Sun is old and Red and Dying and a New sun is just right around the corner

  • @dfish1
    @dfish116 күн бұрын

    Great job

  • @shanemcbrien5529
    @shanemcbrien552917 күн бұрын

    Amazing finish

  • @christophernoto
    @christophernoto20 күн бұрын

    Looks nice, and I'm guessing the water temperature is pretty pleasant.

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand20 күн бұрын

    Very!

  • @fredskinner1233
    @fredskinner1233Ай бұрын

    I like your hat, but you should get an old man floppy hat. Some day you’ll be glad you did. Pretty boat. Simple but clean.

  • @n.j.dougherty4872
    @n.j.dougherty4872Ай бұрын

    Agree I am now being cut because my hat did not cover my face. 26 years in the navy with 13 years at sea.

  • @NanciesArt11
    @NanciesArt11Ай бұрын

    That looked so peaceful. Thanks for sharing 😊🌟

  • @sonofliam8601
    @sonofliam8601Ай бұрын

    I have an old Volvo 240 that I plan to paint in this color using topside paint and this roller and tipping method.

  • @jasonlancaster9715
    @jasonlancaster9715Ай бұрын

    Easy on a small area,I’m a boat painter,Try to paint a 15 meter x 4 meter with the same technique on a 8000 yacht ,not so easy 😮😅😊

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhandАй бұрын

    Surely. I've seen two people working in tandem on bigger boats - one works the roller, the other follows right behind with the tipping brush. Even they worked inside a big shop, though. Would be really difficult to do outside where you couldn't control wind and sun. More hands wouldn't help. .

  • @user-xp5sm3of8x
    @user-xp5sm3of8xАй бұрын

    beautiful ❤

  • @56flatfish
    @56flatfishАй бұрын

    Just beautiful. I sail both boats ,a Marsh Cat & an Artic Tern . North East Florida

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhandАй бұрын

    Thanks, you're a lucky guy on all three counts!

  • @papillon6122
    @papillon61222 ай бұрын

    Would have been so much better without the music!

  • @sleethmitchell
    @sleethmitchell2 ай бұрын

    a human, a dog, a boat. enjoying a calm loving sail. nothing better.

  • @jdcapps21
    @jdcapps212 ай бұрын

    “Just the tip, just for a second… just to see how it feels.”

  • @markkubiak8296
    @markkubiak82962 ай бұрын

    These are great sailors and beautiful too!

  • @mnmgreen
    @mnmgreen2 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing. I owned a Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff built by Marvin. Loved it and wished I still had it. Marvin is such an amazing craftsman! Truly a delightful little boat to row or sail.

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand2 ай бұрын

    Agreed! Loved working with Marvin. And do love his boats.

  • @The314moses
    @The314moses2 ай бұрын

    Wow, that is an absolutely gorgeous boat.

  • @TidsEpok
    @TidsEpok3 ай бұрын

    Great job! I'm just wondering. Don't you get dizzy not using a mask when painting? Aren't the paint fumes bad to inhale?

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand3 ай бұрын

    I had good ventilation, so didn't notice it. But if I were doing it today, I would wear a good mask anyway, for sure. I now have several.

  • @TidsEpok
    @TidsEpok3 ай бұрын

    @@eyeinhand thanks for the reply :)

  • @breezydubay9147
    @breezydubay91473 ай бұрын

    Interesting technique with the roller and brush! Love the finish it gives! I'm going to try this on my next boat painting job!

  • @MaryVandeLogt-mk6lk
    @MaryVandeLogt-mk6lk3 ай бұрын

    Great video, beautiful scenery!

  • @vincent12303
    @vincent123033 ай бұрын

    Vraiment magnifique !! Merci pour ce partage !!

  • @1970swimmer
    @1970swimmer3 ай бұрын

    You have provided me with enough false confidence to go through with this :) I contacted a local body shop and he convinced me to prepare the sailboat hull with Epoxy resin, so now it’s showtime

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand3 ай бұрын

    You can't win if you don't play! ;-)

  • @1970swimmer
    @1970swimmer3 ай бұрын

    @@eyeinhandso,far it’s working well and indeed I’m playing :) fast questions, before my second coat, should I dry sand with a 340 grit? Or wet sand with a 340 grit? Thanks once the second coat is on, I’m was going to let it cure about 2 weeks before I wet sand with a 600 grit. Does this make sense? And again thank you for your videos

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand3 ай бұрын

    @@1970swimmer No need to sand between coats, or after. You just need to scuff it between coats to put a tooth in it for the next layer of wet paint to grab. I used those green scouring pads to buff off the shine to a dull mat. Easy, dust free, and leaves all the paint on the surface where you want it. If you use good gloss paint, the final coat will already be shiny, so wet sanding that with any grit will only take some off the gloss off.

  • @1970swimmer
    @1970swimmer3 ай бұрын

    Great video, here is a question if I may. What type of paint are you using? And brand? I’m currently sanding an old fibreglass sailboat and once down to the fibreglass do I need to prime it first? Or can this product be painted directly into fibreglass? Thanh you and yes I subscribed and liked the video. Great demo

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand3 ай бұрын

    In the description, you'll find a link to my build blog. There's far more detail there than I can put into a reply here, including the answers you need.

  • @jackw467
    @jackw4673 ай бұрын

    Beauutiful 🥺 🥲 🌺 🌕 Thank you . Keep doing this please

  • @TM-tw1py
    @TM-tw1py4 ай бұрын

    To beautiful for words! Thank you.

  • @mindebrolis9582
    @mindebrolis95824 ай бұрын

    10 year old video better than most 30min “how to” today in 2024 🎉🎉🎉

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand4 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @tdwz1652
    @tdwz16528 күн бұрын

    and he didnt have to say a word !

  • @kevincurrie2052
    @kevincurrie20525 ай бұрын

    Nice boats. Greetings from New Zealand.

  • @glennhall678
    @glennhall6785 ай бұрын

    Looking for small boat cruisers in VA. How do you get in touch?

  • @catmalogen23
    @catmalogen235 ай бұрын

    Gloucester and southwestern English, Irish, Scots-Irish….

  • @cedley1969
    @cedley19695 ай бұрын

    Wish me luck, my turn next on my camper van.... 🤞

  • @chrismm5536
    @chrismm55365 ай бұрын

    Excellent video, thanks! Timeless, even.... If you still are here, what do you use to scuff between coats? Thx

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand5 ай бұрын

    Glad you like it. I used those green Scotch pads or equivalent. Don't want to remove any paint, just enough to scratch it evenly and put a tooth in it.

  • @galenmurphy3016
    @galenmurphy30166 ай бұрын

    Would you sell a full size copy of your mold stations and spacing

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand6 ай бұрын

    Heck, if you had contacted me two years ago I would have sold you my actual molds for the cost of shipping. I held onto them for ten years, but no one seemed interested, so I tossed them out. Unfortunately, I no longer have a way to print the patterns out myself, or found a place to do that at reasonable cost.

  • @tomwaite4594
    @tomwaite45946 ай бұрын

    Great video! Where was the bulkheaded area at the end of this wonderful trip

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand6 ай бұрын

    That's the canal near Crisfield, MD, between Janes Island State Park and the outer island.

  • @tomwaite4594
    @tomwaite45946 ай бұрын

    Thank you...again great clip

  • @DJ-du1mf
    @DJ-du1mf6 ай бұрын

    What paint ratio mix did You use and what type of paint brush?

  • @aaronsellers1372
    @aaronsellers13726 ай бұрын

    I hope you see this, just wondering if that is the mast you made in 2016? Am going to follow your method for the mast glue up if it's held up well

  • @cadmdh5282
    @cadmdh52826 ай бұрын

    I have never been attracted by big sailing boats. Too much costs and problems. To me, nothing beats the pleasure of dinghy sailing. I learned as a kid, then again on a lake under snow 🙂. I am waiting for summer now. Until then, such a pure joy to watch your video ! Thanks !

  • @Pocketfarmer1
    @Pocketfarmer15 ай бұрын

    My friend Al has a theory : the boat length to fun is an inverse relationship. The smaller the boat the more fun you have. Bigger boats mean more worries.

  • @Dave51262
    @Dave512626 ай бұрын

    Boat looks great. It looks like it is the Chuckanut 12 standard design and not the 12s? I thought the 12s was a hybrid. From Dave Gentry's site, "The Chuckanut 12"s" is a hybrid version of the C10 and C12. She shares the same frames and narrower beam as the C10, but is 12' long. This boat will be more stable than the C10, and the easiest boat of the three to build. The Chuckanut 12s also shares the longer cockpit of the standard C12. It looks like the tan color skin kayak that you have paddled in videos is the 12s as the cockpit in that boat is longer than standard. I only mention because I am thinking of building the Chuckanut but not sure which way to go, standard or the 12s. Thanks for your great videos. No one does it better for small boats in nature videos. Love them.

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand6 ай бұрын

    The blue one is indeed a 12s. I built it first for my wife, and got to try it out myself before starting the next one. It's perfect for her, and good for some of my friends, but was a bit tight for my almost six foot frame. Mine is the 15, and that's perfect for me and the kind of paddling I do. Not as nimble as the 12s, but tracks well in lakes and swamps, with plenty of room for a cooler and gear, and very stable. Both boats are easy and fun to build, and a real pleasure to use. We've put many miles on them already. This year I glued a strip of tire tube to the bottom edge of bow and stern. I had a lazy habit of gliding right up onto concrete ramps and the frequent abrasion worse through the skin there. And added a coat of paint to the blue one. Otherwise, that's all the maintenance in two years, and the stay outside in the weather all year.

  • @Dave51262
    @Dave512626 ай бұрын

    @@eyeinhand Ok. Thanks for the detailed response.

  • @chrisschultz9929
    @chrisschultz99296 ай бұрын

    What design are the kayaks, they seem custom built.

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand6 ай бұрын

    They are custom built. Two sizes of Chuckanuts designed by a friend, Dave Gentry. His plans, many different designs,, can be found on the Duckworks boat supply site.

  • @cmosheh
    @cmosheh6 ай бұрын

    Simply sublime beauty!!! ...and the shots of the submerged tracks and then the Clapper Rail itself were a particular delight to this birder. Thank you for taking me along into this peaceful realm of contemplation.

  • @alias1719
    @alias17196 ай бұрын

    Nice 👍

  • @robkunzig5795
    @robkunzig57956 ай бұрын

    I took this immediately to my big screen and sellected five channel surround for the audio - the mrs has another gift this morning, to go with her first cup - thanks so much!

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand6 ай бұрын

    Ha! Thanks, Rob. Hope you guys are doing well.

  • @n4837z
    @n4837z6 ай бұрын

    Thank You...I needed that.

  • @NanciesArt11
    @NanciesArt116 ай бұрын

    Happy New Year! Thank You for this Magnificent Peaceful adventure.. I've forgotten the names of East Coast Birds, I've lived on the West Coast for over 20+ years now. The Walk on the way to your kayak as you pass the surrounding marsh grass that hugs the boardwalk, and the slow leisure paddling as you and friends enjoy the peaceful quiet of nature. Snow like the release of seeds via the wind; crunching on dropped pine needles in the woods with glints of sun playing with the camera. A Flag at half mast, a lone bird swimming leaving a draft in its forward motion, osprey nests scattered throughout, the sounds of the waves marching towards the islets of marsh grass, sandpipers dancing, driftwood galore scattered here and there like broken toys, and cotton candy like wisps of fog interwoven amongst the trees and over the fields. Just Awesome. Of course there's more... The Birds calling each other , and the lone walker with a bag to pick up trash? with the sun glinting on the waves. The Sunset .... Magnificent. Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed myself. ☺🌟

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand6 ай бұрын

    Well done, Nancy! 🙂

  • @davidshapley3469
    @davidshapley34697 ай бұрын

    How many coats?

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand7 ай бұрын

    Just two. Other than touching up scratches from oyster bars, I've never had to add another.

  • @WavingNotDrowning
    @WavingNotDrowning7 ай бұрын

    Lovely. Your videos helped persuade me to buy a small wooden daysailer. A Paul Gartside at kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZYyCybyrn86ZlrQ.html

  • @Stormy_W0rmy_
    @Stormy_W0rmy_7 ай бұрын

    Childern's cartoons

  • @guitariste47
    @guitariste477 ай бұрын

    Soothing and instructive

  • @WoodBrothersNDS
    @WoodBrothersNDS7 ай бұрын

    Ciao, ho visto e rivisto molte volte questo video. Molto ben fatto, soprattutto un ottimo risultato per le due barche che avete costruito. Sto cercando i piani di costruzione per costruirne una a mia figlia. Avete voi i piani da vendermi? grazie per la risposta

  • @eyeinhand
    @eyeinhand7 ай бұрын

    Ah thanks. The boats are a lot of fun. The best source for plans is WoodenBoat. I used those in combination with a couple of older versions to get the designs I made, but these are the most comprehensive plans. www.woodenboatstore.com/search?type=product&options%5Bprefix%5D=last&options%5Bunavailable_products%5D=last&q=melonseed www.woodenboatstore.com/products/134-melonseed-skiff?_pos=2&_sid=12587e91e&_ss=r

  • @robertalker652
    @robertalker6528 ай бұрын

    The combination of nature and your choice of the backing track must have both been made in heaven.