SO we are coming up on a YEAR for this build out...... WHAT ARE WE DOING?????

Where have you gone? We are in limbo……

You have a great project but you need to question the boom sail traveler control connection that could be a forces are tremendous !!

Water filter hopefully not the turbo

The lateral stress is going to a real serious problem. Fusion 360 has tools for this. I would cut my loss. Go with stainless steel tubing.

I love this technical side , well done Brett!

Hey, guys. Love your videos! I need to apologize, as I have had a suggestion for months (since you started vacuum sealing your layups) to solve your problems with losing vacuum on your layups. Obviously you can't leave the air compressor on all the time, but you could purchase an inexpensive programmable outlet from Amazon that you can set up to power on for a minute or two every 15-20 minutes (or whatever time period makes sense) to re-establish vacuum pressure while you are away and waiting for the layup to set. There are a great many different devices of similar size and shape and they are generally pretty inexpensive, so I'm not going to suggest a specific one (especially since you have different outlet arrangement there than we have here in the USA, so you might need adapters). Some are Bluetooth, but most seem to require WiFi to program them, so if you go this route, be careful one you get, or you might need to program it while on your boat, and then take it to the shop to plug in... I meant to post this months ago when you first started your layups, but kept forgetting. Oops!

Have a backup plan for when it fails

Windage, windage, windage... Both in survival situations offshore, but more commonly maneuvering under power, near a dock, with a cross breeze.

inspirational. said it before will say it again. you two are an amazing team. stay safe

Time is a funny thing, it seems like you two have been at this project forever. However, compare this to making a movie, which often takes 3-4 years with hundreds of employees. Considering there's just the two of you (4 leggers aside) it's coming along nicely.

The sound was lousy, or were you speaking in gibberish?

Jade - you are an absolute bom! Love your beautiful, creative and interesting mind!!!!

Wow I am well impressed!

For your gloves you could buy cheap cotton glove liners in bulk, and wear them under you more expensive rubber gloves. They will absorb sweat as you work, and allow you to change rubber gloves as needed, without the need to change the cotton glove liners underneath. I do this all the time as an aircraft mechanic. My Employer buys the cotton liners in bulk from someone in Pakistan.

Project coming together very well, the boom brake is a great addition

Amazing doucheFace thumbnail! Congrats you look like every unimaginative, lazy creator on YT. Clearly intelligent people choose stupid face thumbnails because looking like an idiot is a huge indicator that your content must be amazing! 😂

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Just so you know, power boaters are real boaters. If sailing is so cool, why do you have a motor? Douches.

Is this considered German sheeting?

A lot of work, but it’ll be worth it in the long run.

You guys are simply amazing! It looks so good, I can't wait to see the finished product, especially painted with your amazing custom color. 😊

i would have asked to use the marina workshop , they will have a lot of tools .

Great work Brett!

I love your passerelle.

Ah man. I was hoping you were going to say that you just got done climbing with Chris Sharma. Ha! You guys are rock stars. Another great video.

Work all the corners in your bag and make sure no bridging in you layup and bag. You don't want voids or delamination

I have been watching all the episodes you need to stagger the "light lines" or weave orientation from 45 degrees and 90 degrees for structural stability and other things I have noticed you should do different so you don't have dry plies. I have 25 years experience with composite work in the aerospace industry. How can I help answer questions you might have?

I love my boom brake. Well worth the investment for safety and peace of mind.

you guys still work on that thing? you started what? 6 months ago and it's still not on? I enjoyed your channel back in the day, but this is like watching paint dry.

I’d love to see those load calculations and the layup is engineered to handle those loads. I get that it’s probably a SWAG, but a cute animation would help make the point.

It's looking good guys.

I just want to alert you to the forces that the main sheet can exert on the traveller, whether track and car or multiple sheaves, for a 60 foot mainsail luff with a 20 foot boom in 40 knots of wind you can see up to 3 tons (imperial) of shock load. It's unlikely you'd have a full main up in that much breeze but storms and squalls do happen when you least expect them. Moving the main sheeting points off the deck means the moment applied to the deck bonding points have to be seriously beefy and strong, the 3 tons multiplied by the distance from the deck. Seriously, please consult a naval architect on this part of your build.

Keep baby powder on hand. It's a huge help getting gloves on especially when sweaty.

I’m enjoying your build very much, looking forward to the next installment. Thank you.

Thank you so much for the content. The two of you are stellar! What you were attempting to do accomplish clearly probably hasn’t been done. Bravo for attempting something new and different. I hope it serves you well into the future! Bravo!!

you can see the progress on google maps, good work

Nice work. I've worked with carbon fiber and had to make my mold too. It's not as easy as one might think. You're doing a great job and I can hardly wait to see the finished Bimini. Love n hugs to you both. Be safe and i'll see you next week. Regards, Myk ❤🤗

I found your boat on google earth street view and I think you were filming this episode when the camera car drove by.

I am curious about how long you leave the vaccum pump running? Most of the time I see vacuum bagging, the vac pump is left on at least until the resin is fully set and often until the next day. Those pumps are not damaged by pulling a deep vacuum as long as there are not large air leaks. The like to pull against a resistance but are not made to move lots of air.

Hi guys! Nice to see you back in the shop! I'm going to go on record and say that I'm very nervous about moving the main sheet from the deck to your arch. I'm not an engineer and I've never sailed anything larger than a Hobie 16, but I have a lot of respect for the forces on the main sheet. And that's just in normal sailing. Imagine what those forces are in a knockdown or in an inadvertent jibe. You mentioned a boom brake. Good idea, but are you comfortable with your entire dodger/bimini project depending on it? If the forces on the sheet exceed the strength of your current setup, you've got a hole in the deck, which you can fix. But if the forces exceed the strength of your arch, its possible that you might lose the whole dodger/bimini. There are other ways the setup could fail, too. Blocks can pull out. The arch can crack. Anchors to the deck can pull out. Or what if the backstay fails? Then you've got the whole load of the foresail plus mainsail on your arch. Lots of possible points of failure. Failure in any one of them would likely result in loss of control of your boom. That's manageable in light air. But if something breaks it won't be in light air. It will be in a blow or sudden squall, maybe at night. Whatever lines or hardware are still attached to the boom are going to be flying back and forth across the deck at terrifying speed and I worry about the two of you getting it under control without getting hurt. I've looked at boats with main sheets on arches and to my eyes they always look like accidents waiting to happen. I understand why designers want to keep the cockpit clear but I just don't see how you achieve the necessary strength and rigidity way up in the air like that, with shear forces pulling in every direction. I'm sure the engineers have run the numbers but my eyes will never believe them. As I said, I'm not an engineer. And maybe I've been drinking too much of Dick Beaumont's Kool Aid. But I do have some experience with things breaking. And it would be a real setback for you guys if this thing doesn't work. 🙂

This project looks crazy, Very interested to see the final product.

Are you guys going to make it flat or leave the end farthest to the back up by a couple of inches

You've been watching to much of those two F tards on UMA and sound rediculous trying to match their stupid speach cadence when explaining stuff.. you sound like a fool

Curious what you've spent on carbon fibre cloth. I am currently mid way through a similar Bimini built for our 47' Jeanneau. I've gone with a SS frame with 2 500 watt rigid solar panels set down into it. The non solar areas are fibreglass / epoxy over honeycomb core board . I have added a lip around the perimeter for water collection like you as well. I very much like your design but it wasn't an option on a center cockpit like ours. Looking forward to seeing your finished product. Looking very good. Fredb SV Tico

@14:23 The brushes can be thoroughly cleaned with vinegar. While still wet, clean again with soapy water, rinse thoroughly with water and let dry completely. This is also a perfect method for epoxy on skin or in hair because vinegar neutralizes the epoxy.👴🤓 I have developed a severe epoxy allergy, believe me, this is the only thing that works.👴🤷‍♂ ("washing" with acetone doesn't work because it only works as a thinner. When it's evaporated, the epoxy just cures)

thanks guys for mentioning me - now I am famous, too. One thing one my bucket list ticked off. :-) Hope to climb more often with you. Big hugs !

The traveler bowed up because the boat is not a true blue water boat .

Looking good ... your hard top has come a long way in the past 6 months.