1st Year of building a DIY Catamaran

Its now 1 year since we started building a Dix 470 catamaran. We'll give you an view of the progress so far.
Enjoy!

[@dan9600]

Watching with admiration from sunny Florida. Cheers!

[@saltlightdix4704]

Hi Dan, thanks for watching! Kev

[@DiscusRussell]

Wow 1 year. I enjoy watching this build, Thank you for sharing

[@saltlightdix4704]

Thanks Russell, Im happy you are enjoying the build.

[@davecreech8940]

Very inspired by your build. I retire in 5yrs and intending on building a DH550. I’m impressed by what you’ve got done in the time frame

[@saltlightdix4704]

Hi Dave thanks for watching. Where are you located? Are you planning on getting a kit from Exocetus? I can highly recommend it, it will cut years off your build time. The 550 is a big boat, but if you have the space go for it!

[@katsududeman4233]

Hi Kevin san You are definitely deeply moved. Please keep having fun!

[@saltlightdix4704]

Hi Katsu, always having fun !

[@gregarnold5782]

Keep the good work up can’t wait to start my dix 43 cheers greg

[@saltlightdix4704]

Thanks Greg, looking forward to starting the bridge deck. Kev

[@TimMoxeyMusic]

It's great to see how far it's come.

[@saltlightdix4704]

Thanks Tim, hopefully the next stage will go just as well

[@NoBody-me5me]

SUPER impressed at the construction and time so far. Just wish there were more vids. I know they take time, just wishful. Thanks for the journey so far mate, Love it.

[@saltlightdix4704]

Thanks for watching, yeah I know, I have lots of hrs of video footage, I keep getting distracted by ……. Building a boat :) I am working on a way to get more videos out. Kev

[@NoBody-me5me]

@@saltlightdix4704 Fully hanging though.

[@waynemillis4418]

That's a big project and doing it in Japan has me impressed. I live in Osaka.

[@saltlightdix4704]

Hi Wayne, thanks for watching. If you're ever in Toyama look us up

[@jellytonixgaming6043]

Ur in the recommended well done :)

[@saltlightdix4704]

Wow, I hadn’t realised Thanks for watching Kev

[@Bloom.roblox]

Hii I’m the girl who asked you “why did you start making a boat?” It was fun visiting!

[@saltlightdix4704]

Im glad you enjoyed your time today. Kevin

[@laurentcoquilleau3402]

Congratulations for the progress! Do you know how many hours of work you have actually spent on the boat for the past year?

[@saltlightdix4704]

Hi Laurent, thanks for watching. I started to document my hours at the beginning, that lasted about 3 days :) Basically been working 9-10 hrs a day 5 days a week. From March this year I started working 6 days and 10-12hrs a day with the occasional 15hr day. I had most of Jan off when we went back to Australia and Feb was not able to use the resin as the temperature was -2 to 2 C for most of the month. Sorry I couldn’t give you a did definitive answer Kev

[@petrpodobsky7005]

Wow. Nice. Do you know how many hours you spent the first year?

[@saltlightdix4704]

Hi, i started to keep track of my hours ......that lasted about 2 weeks :) I think i would be averaging about 2000ish hrs a year. Kev

[@petrpodobsky7005]

@@saltlightdix4704 That is full time job :)

[@peppesmr]

How is the project going?

[@saltlightdix4704]

Hi, we are moving along nicely, winter always slows me down a bit but we are now moving into spring weather. Looking at getting most of the shells of the cabinet work done before we put the decks on. Kev