I found the harbour area quite charming!

Cheers

From my suppliers the cost is only slightly below epoxy, so I go with epoxy if in a spending mood.

I've thought about this a number of times. Most regularly overlay gravel and aggregate to cover old working areas, but yes the amount of plastic dust and chemicals on the ground must be awful. I presume the work for adding active drainage etc would make any boatyards unviable.

@@AlexHibbertOriginals One hopes at the very least they forbid stripping of hull antifouling without some type of containment. That stuff is highly toxic to marine life by design.

I've never actually turned them on. Perhaps I need to have a look. Are they not usually only on live streams or premieres? Will check.

@@AlexHibbertOriginals on videos they show up as "thanks" I think. But I've seen the option on channels much smaller than yours. Some creators turn it off due to the high cut KZbin takes.

Yes I've never switched them on for the reason you state - the option you and other subscribers use involves a mere 1.5% cut from Stripe.

@@AlexHibbertOriginals I suggest a trial run. Due to the convenience factor, the additional donations might outweigh the fees. Don't even mention it, just silently turn it on. Keep promotiong your current donation methods. But if I'm laying in bed watching a video on my phone, being able to donate in literally 5 seconds means I'll often throw someone a few dollars. However if I've got to get out of the youtube app, open a browser, find my wallet, type in my credit card number - well let's just say I've got to REALLY like the video to do that. Same thing with Patreon. I can add someone on Patreon in less than 30 seconds. Although apparently you have some bad blood with them? Anyway just a thought.

Oh you mean the 68 persons bit and the length/beam? I took stencils and plan to recreate them in contrasting paint. Time was pressing here to get the structure done first though.

@@AlexHibbertOriginals understood! Just glad it's going to live on!

I wish I knew! Crew diaries and the weather decide all.

I’m thinking more the trireme ram should be built out the front…. You’re right though, the spikes might deter pesky pirates and ne’er do wells.

Only on weekends, Andy.

If it weren't for the final sentence, I'd have thought this was constructive and I'd have engaged.

@@AlexHibbertOriginals No offence, but many youtubers ignore good advice and learned lessons, followed by "we,re fu*ked" video. Granted you might not read every comment, but even simple logic would say vertical boards mounted on the beam, will swing through a lesser arc than one mounted central, and so less efficient, though i do understand why you do not have a central board. Given your otherwise impressive prep work, why you went down this particular road is lost on me. But I wish you every success in your endeavours and voyage. To be fair, anything other than well spread "para-vanes" will not be effective on such a hull shape, there is no cheating the laws of Archimedes.

I've stated pretty clearly a number of times that I do read comments, and that sometimes commenters won't get their advice instantly adhered to, especially when other experienced people are just as certain of a counter-point. I showed a long article on anti-roll during the earlier design justifications for this plan, and it stated categorically that leeboard type installs will have a roll slowing effect, which can add a little comfort at the price of a little stability. The straight down boards are a first test. I'm asking a pro to do the calcs on having modular, curved boards made that can achieve a better angle, and with a certain degree of flex to reduce jerking motion. If all this means you get a kick out of a hypothetical later 'we're f**ked' video, that's not something I'm going to invest much time in.

@@AlexHibbertOriginals I avoid all videos with clickbait disaster titles, especially those channels that have received good advice, and gone on to ignore it. However, given your lifeboat has a high metacentric value, i fear this particular effort at roll reduction will not be as efficient as some other options. Apologies if my well intended advice has been mistakenly taken for mocking your efforts, or you are preparing your audience for a later "could have been avoided" calamity. Sadly youtube has become a Mecca for a new type of internet pan-handling to the point people throw themselves out of perfectly good airplanes which crashes, just for clicks. Im happy to see you are NOT that guy. You can always bolt or weld an endplate on the bottom edge of your boards to increase roll resistance, its the difference between diving into the water and a belly-flop.

I've been getting gradually better with PPE..... slowly does it! I do find the strong Scottish winds are effective at dust removal.

Would I be that cynically strategic...

@@AlexHibbertOriginals I hope so.

I'm not sure JRM was a member.

I am very good at this.

I use iSailor

In this case near-zero work actually. I just gently rounded the sharp ends, and the nuts span happily on.

Me too!

I was thinking some type of rubber mounting. I have had rubber mounting in the side for a while now and the other day they got hung up on the wharf at spring tide and they just ripped off.

Yes this is a risk on old jetties. I've invested in large ball fenders.

When you going to install

Shetland Islands or just Shetland. You'll get wronged for calling it ' the Shetlands' 😉

Great tip. I faced this exact issue recently and couldn't come up with a solution.

I spin the nuts on after the cut is made. Is there an advantage to using the nuts already on and spinning them off?

@@AlexHibbertOriginalsyes, it ensures the threads will cleanly allow nuts to be threaded on, as a die would

It appears I was just lucky this time then, as I carefully made the cuts and flapwheeled the ends.

@@AlexHibbertOriginalsif you have a nut on before you cut the rod then removing that nut after the cut and bur removal step will perfectly and effortlessly recut/reshape the end threads of the rod. Future nut engagement is then effortless.

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Chafe solution for what part? I'm getting chafe sleeves for Alan's mooring lines.

Mostly temporary firearms import forms.

Luckily I have a kitchen, bed, and shower at home in London. Yet, no wood panelling.

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