Addressing The Biggest Disappointment On This Boat [62]

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Magic Carpet II is a Cape George 36, built in Port Townsend, WA in 1982. Her hull and ballast were built by Cape George Marine Works, and the rest was finished by the original owner.
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[@mattman237]

Did you all hear that a Cape George 36 won the Golden Globe Race?! Pretty cool!

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Sure did :) Kirsten is amazing

[@RudixSA]

@@SailingMagicCarpet As a "local" we are SO proud of her!!

[@mx360grader]

Kirsten 🎉🤗

[@TheEdenmist]

I don't think Kirsten spent two years rebuilding minnehaha😂😂😂

[@joeldumas5861]

Yes. It was a very slow arrival to a becalmed line. So she could take time to recieve congratulations from last winner VDH (2018), Catherine Chabot (Vendée Globe 1996 and 2000). Very moving. kzbin.infosj-HgGzhjXk?feature=share

[@sailingsomeday5975]

Great video - A big congratulations to the other famous Cape George 36 owner Kirsten, for her fantastic multi record setting win of the GGR! Not that you would sell her, after all the love your putting into Magic Carpet 2 - but your value on her just went up quite a bit I bet.....Cant wait to follow you two sailing around the world as slowly as possible -(The direct opposite of Kirsten's Trip!)

[@shirleyboy8859]

Ahhhh So this is why Aladino wanted to do the Painting...... Because it is the Paint that gives it such a good finish not the painter!!!!!!! lol..... Great work both of you..... :-)) xx

[@ericbergdahl6971]

Kirsten won the GGR race and was able to rescue Tapio after his boat sank. She set several records and is an amazing lady. Watching her drift across the finish with all the different people in different boats was so cool. She spent the night in her boat. Sounds like she is going to be selling Minnehaha. That is sad, she is going to be for the right person to get it. She speaks several different languages and is so humble. Couldn't ask for a better person to win. Between Azores and France she was hitting some high speeds in her cape George 36. Magic carpet 2 is a great boat based on what was just done. Your interview with her was great.

[@melee401]

Amazing performance by the finest Lady sailor of my lifetime.

[@joestevens3348]

So proud of Kirsten Neuschafer a fellow South African for winning the GGR especially with a Cape George 36 built in 1988. MCII will serve you wonderfully on your Global Journey. I Cant wait for next Friday's episode as every week.

[@darrencoile]

Have you told Duracell you have a race boat too?

[@schlingelmaru5034]

It is so restful when the loudness between speech and Music is on one level. Thanks so much Maya, i love that.

[@stevenclarke2592]

Had not heard of the Cape George boats before you acquired one and now one has helped Kirsten Neuschäfer win the Gollden Globe sailing race 2022.

[@banditbandit7705]

Love it - a Cape George 36 has just won the GGR ... I know that others have posted about this - but it's just amazing and I love the craftsmanship that you both do...

[@MikeHarrison3266]

I was told that wood is not scraps until the last usable piece has found its home, I like that.

[@philgray1023]

You've been looking in my garage haven't you.

[@MikeHarrison3266]

@@philgray1023 oh yes

[@LostYogi]

A huge congratulations to KIRSTEN NEUSCHÄFER and Cape George 36's !!!!

[@mogensostergaard5951]

You two are made of something special,- you are amazing. Every Friday I so much look forward to getting home from work and watch a new episode. Fair winds and all the best

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thanks Mogens. Most days it sure doesn't feel that way, but everything looks sunnier from the perspective of a short weekly video. This is all really hard and seemingly never ending work. We hope it will pay dividends in the future!

[@fionamccormick9268]

It is amazing a Cape George 36 won the Golden Globe. I want to say you and Aladino are doing an amazing job. Aladino has some amazing tool's and does such a great job of everything.

[@jan-erikeriksson1747]

I followed the Golden Globe Race the last few months and I am Impressed of both Kirsten Neuschäfer and Cape George 36.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Us too!!

[@davidnichols147]

Maya, your paint job was spectacular. Having used this 2 part product, the environment certainly plays a huge part in the finish product. Can't thank Ken enough for his time and effort with Aladino's corner posts. As you both must know, Kristen sailed her Cape George to an epic win in the GGR, which shows not only is the design seaworthy, yet a fast displacement full bodied craft. Aladino, your an unusually competent wood craftsman genius, everything you touch turns to gold, love the replacement of the balsa core in the galley and anticipate perfection as you redesign and build to suite Maya's taste. Thank you both, so beautiful a project to date and hope to be there for the launching of Magic Carpet 2 this spring.

[@jimbruck8250]

To watch and listen to Aladino commentary, he looks more relaxed and natural not seated in front of camera. I do indeed enjoy the commentary, and plans how to move forward. My father was a custom home builder. I gained a lot of knowledge from him,and understand the frustration of ripping into something only to discover how much more needs to happen before the forward momentum starts. But starting on a clean slate is so much better than trying to fit into existing perimeters. Love it good job.

[@MrJamesdCarter]

With every episode of this refit/rebuild I get more excited to see the episode of the finished boat. It's going to be beautiful thanks to your efforts. Great job Maya and Aladino!

[@monikastuckey8737]

Exciting to see the galley get built. Awesome you have help with the cabinets.

[@watchful1168]

I love you guys' craftmanship!! Excited to see her heeled over and sailing Blue Waters!!

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thank you! And yes, us too!

[@watchful1168]

@@SailingMagicCarpet 🙂

[@andrewmellon5072]

Thank you for another interesting and enjoyable video. My father and grandfather had well made teak skylights like yours. They could never stop leaks in any sea. They had to have canvas covers. I think your sailing tender is a lovelly job. They and I always had solid tenders, pre marina days, clinker and for last 33 years fiberglass. One must have a D raparound fender. Before the war they used the tender,in calm, to tow with oars. They had a tender on a long painter run down by a fishing boat at anchor, at night.

[@dianeallen3724]

I love the more active role Aladino is taking in your videos. He used to be so shy of the camera at the beginning, and he has really grown in film making skills. Meanwhile, Maya is doing her own growing in boatwork. I am sure MagicCarpet II will be beautiful upon completion.

[@TotalBoat]

Fantastic progress this week, she is looking great! 🙌🙌

[@thebuckeyegardener9591]

Looking Amazing can't wait to see it completed

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Same haha!

[@simonmoody2649]

After winning GGR . Kirsten in Cape George 38 said they are such an amazing boat, safe and fun , so good to know MC 2 design is held in such high regard, great choice.

[@mlh4284]

Maya great job on your video skills and the music choices are great! Love the format

[@neilstagner1961]

Did you all see that Kirsten Neuschäfer on her Cape George 36, "Minniehaha" won the Golden Globe race yesterday! The CG 36 looked like she sailed very well and very fast!

[@mikefetterman6782]

Another great episode. I am waiting for a windfall since I fell in love with the Nauticat 321 in Anacortez (I'm in Port Angeles. ) that doesn't really need much at all to take off round the world. Cross your fingers! Love following along and seeing local scenery from the Peninsula.

[@sail4life]

Ken is a champion! The woodwork in his boat is on another level! Beautiful inlays, turning and carving, with custom edging everywhere you look. What an amazing interior, they don't make them like that any more! Those drawers are definitely in the best of hands. Great to see you building up again, no more destruction!

[@outlaw565]

Yep, I agree, Im looking forward to going and checking out his boat build.

[@mikefox1332]

Refit? More like a "rebuild"!! Extraordinary 😚

[@RudixSA]

It is going to look great! I need to tackle a similar project, a complete galley rebuild so I am trying to build up courage, you are a great inspiration! Thanks for sharing!

[@sheerluckholmes5468]

You want courage? Check out Sailing Uma, their latest video has them doing a bit of a tidy up to their boat.

[@rainfinger]

Do not worry! Magic Carpet's sister ship just won the Golden Globe Race, going away.

[@saenole66]

Maya’s selection of background music is so great. Her “grate” double entendres joke was funny. My dad trained as a Navy bomber pilot at Whidbey Island in 1944. Goingbthere made me feel good.

[@jimmathieson9549]

The Balsa is there for stiffness in the Hull I believe,replacing with boat foam also adds stiffness .Great stuff you two.

[@tartansailor]

A Cape George 36 made history this week. Yours will make history too but for a completely different reason. Cheers, Richard

[@bevtrue6937]

Aladino is so technical "'smooshed". Haha. Love it. Your work is so beautiful. Ken's work is wonderful on the hummingbird, too.

[@bobsands3105]

Bob Sands As a timber and Glass Fiber professional Boatbuilder , It does my heart good to see the very rare sight of good tradesman like work being done. Especially on offshore Vessels, wrong materials and would be Boatbuilders are a curse not only at sea, but for any future owner of the Vessel. In my opinion you could not of chosen a better type of design for offshore. Well done !!

[@vadmal5210]

You say that Magic Carpet II is in progress. I think that you must not forget the two who is making the progress possible. Thank you both for a amazing ... job, video, story, and and and a never ending and?

[@michaelgillespie6526]

Great episode! Glad someone like Ken stepped in to help! It's always a morale boost when help arrives. Thanks for this!

[@richb313]

You guys are making difficult choices but those choices will pay off with not only a beautiful boat but a strong one as well.

[@dmwi1549]

Wow, that looks like some beautiful craftsmanship in Hummingbird. I’ll have to check out his channel!

[@roberthoman4789]

I also use a track saw inplace of a table saw, because it is more flexible, cheaper and requires less space. It takes more time and the accuracy is a bit less as with a good table saw especially with series. If you need a very high accuracy you can make your cuts a few millimeters wider and use a sanding machine.

[@podocrypto6072]

You two are genuinely such beautiful people, inside and out and the passion for your project is outstanding! What an inspiration to the sailing community, to the younger generation and the rest of the world. Please know your hard work does not go unnoticed to many people and the work and collaboration with others, is as beautiful as the music you play. Great job!

[@MonkPetite]

I learned something here. I need a shower / toilet floor. And you guys showed me some ideas 💡. Thanks for sharing

[@drgunsmith4099]

Love you guys, you literally help my anxiety attacks and panic attacks 🙏

[@bake162]

Ken’s boat is gorgeous, definitely a master of his craft

[@maximilianobesso7732]

What a piece of art!

[@Valerie_Dawn]

Great Grate! So punny! I'm excited to see what you produce for your galley furniture.

[@philgray1023]

Some see a grate, I just see a magnet for every single thing that I would drop on the floor. Our cockpit drains mock me. They seem to say, what are you going to feed us today.

[@Valerie_Dawn]

@@philgray1023 😂. I think their grate is going to be quite the crumb catcher. So many little mouths gaping open.

[@albertsilva8952]

Great to have highly skilled friends,,,, very good episode guys , anxiously awaiting the next one 😂

[@robertnixon3816]

Every time you post a video I get the feeling of being closer to splash day! Your progress is really gathering speed now. Really a first class job being done! Thank you for sharing all this!

[@michaelfunk5951]

Sure is nice finding professional cabinet help. You're well on your way now to getting that galley completed. I'm antsy waiting to see it finished.....lol

[@StoopsThereItIs]

Yes, I have to say it: I think you two are ‘Grate!’ Keep up the great work. ❤

[@northernmotion090]

So glad I’ve found your channel, it’s awesome, and you guys are great! Keep up the good work. Greetings from Sweden.

[@walterhunter4011]

I like your boat upgrade videos! Your doing a great job! and it looking beautiful!

[@davidwearswool]

Hooray for cabinets!

[@thinkcasting3182]

We decided to ditch the standard tub style fridge/freezer with the remote compressor and just get a residential style standup 12v. Conserv 24" Wide 10 Cubic Feet Top Freezer Refrigerator

[@gregg6282]

I am pleased to see that epifanes paints are available in Australia as well

[@bengtkorswing5279]

Thank you for very informative and instructional videos. I love them. Take care and God bless. Hope to hear your violin again soon.

[@hamarsdober]

I want to emphasis that this is not sarcasm. You are doing a great job and something that most of us is not able to do. At the same time you are doing many people a favour by showing what it takes to actually refit a boat. Many think that it is easy to buy a bargain boat and repair it. And if you're handy most of the steps might not be that hard to figure out. Everybody does not need the same perfect finish as Aledino. But in reality for the most of us who have not found a way to make a living out of repairing our own boat we need to calculate time (most of us forget this). You have sobered me many times when I have found a bargain on the net that I would never have time to finish. I will end my comment with a timesavers hint. Keep at it! The boat will get finished! But try the IKEA approach "what is good enough?". Every detail does not need to be perfectly beautiful but rather good enough for the job. You can buy the most beautiful and expensive sofa but it will be just as good for the job as the one that you get from IKEA for half the price. Try the same attitude on your project. The piece you are making should perform a task. Imagine what the piece would look like after a week of use. That is the target. A week old boat is considered new by spectators but the things you use already have some wear. ;-) Thank you for holding on and not taking a dayjob!

[@robertmstarr9028]

Love that you've turned a huge corner into building back your galley, and it is wonderful to have help from such a skilled cabinet builder. Both of you do beautiful work with the tools you have, but a cabinet builder with the right tools is in a class of his own. We happen to go to church with such a man, and he helped me so much in building our kitchen. And he has also been a sailor, so he offers helpful advice for the boat project I'm planning.

[@cliffordbecker3275]

You are so lucky to have a wife who is willing to sand fiberglass! That alone makes her a keeper, plus her musical talent! Please remember to laugh and take some time to have fun. You guys are young so make sure you act like it! Enjoy. Lovely work as always. Maybe the Duracell folks will let you borrow their inspector!

[@michaelvanwinkle7919]

Nice paint work on the undersides Maya.

[@jonind2290]

You two are amazing, love seeing your Cape George come together, it will be a testament to your attention to detail and hard work

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

I really enjoyed this episode.✋👨👍

[@garychristensen4115]

Keep up the spectacular work! It is very inspiring to watch this beautiful project come to fruition.

[@whitecaps775]

Amazed by your work, can't wait to see you sailing in warm weather. Cheers

[@ThomezG]

The amount of details in the boat work is amazing and you do an awesome job of editing 😉👍🏻 Again great work guys!

[@mikeloughran5196]

Maya you are a better builder than you give yourself credit for. Aladino you have an wonderful apprentice.

[@TheBuddyandlilly]

Absolutely loved the show tonight! You make my Fridays complete 😊 Thank you for sharing i cant wait till Fridays knowing im going to end my evening watching the show

[@chrismilne4511]

So glad to see that the winner of the Golden Globe Race was sailing a Cape George 36, YAY!

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

That is definitely good news. This refit isn't all for naught haha.

[@chrismilne4511]

@@SailingMagicCarpet Yes you did say that you intended to circumnavigate with this boat, so now you know that your choice of boat is worthy!

[@petes9524]

@@chrismilne4511 Aladino and Maya always make "worthy" choices, er, wait, brilliant choices...

[@danmcbride6258]

Very exciting video. Things are taking shape!

[@hrcsourcingltd7858]

Awesome work from you both,your commentary of work on progress is second to none. Thank you ..

[@garthcamac]

Another great episode, thanks

[@hughpickrel569]

I totally love the artistry of your work! The added introduction of other artists, like the incredible mastery of Captain Ken and his wonderful cabinetry and shipbuilding skills! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

[@Sailor_Greg]

Great episode again!

[@joshstamey4136]

Great work guys!

[@Clover12346]

Good that you are getting help.

[@erictakakjian6021]

Everything looks just great!!

[@johnscott8989]

I love what you're doing it is an amazing project you are doing thank you

[@brianelbers315]

An other awesome high quality video, great progress again can’t wait to see the next episode with the galley coming together willl be very interesting to see how you utilise the space , I know this wasn’t the intention to rebuild it but the biggest positive is that you can make adjustments to suit yourselves. Have an awesome week ahead hoping weather conditions are in your favour.

[@ChadReynoldsGarage]

Keep it up! I love the pace of the new work, and appreciate how hard it can be to speed up without feeling like you are sacrificing your standards. You most certainly are keeping those standards high. Great job!

[@SailingThruLife]

Looking forward to seeing the fridge build. There's a good chance I'll be doing that in the future.

[@Seafariireland]

Nice woodwork and crew!

[@jpdj2715]

You're doing great, really great.

[@anthonyelam2257]

This is a huge refit with so much to do ... but you two are so good at what you do and know what you want will get it done ... will be watching upcoming videos and hope all goes well ... 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@jmdibonaventuro]

Bit late for this one, but it was wonderful as usual! It’s so cool seeing the boat come back together after it was originally taken apart. I remember the episode where y’all had to rip up the galley and destroy the one still-intact area of the boat to fix it. Now, slowly, it’s all coming back together and closing up again. Great to see the boat getting back to it (and thanks to you surpassing) it’s original glory. Can’t wait for the next one! Fair winds, -J (P.S: The other commenters have informed me that Apparently a CG 36 won the GGR. And that it was the woman you interviewed a few months ago. So that’s pretty neat!)

[@chrisbailey6986]

Fun to see in your video the stretch of road we travel to get from central Washington to our much-cherished escape pod (Hunter 40) in Anacortes.

[@sailingsjofagel]

I love the careful cuts and preparations, and you are both involved in the precision work now - so good to see. Loved Ken's workshop - a Magic Cave to be sure..!! I keep replaing Aladino's explanation on the bronze cockpit drains in last week's episode where he described the purpose of the balls was 'if the boat is upside down, it stops water draining into the boat'. Maya commented 'hmm' without time to fully comprehend what he said. Oh, the subtlety and dry humour. Love it. I chuckle audbly each time I revisit the quip in my mind. Am really enjoying the refit-done-right. Superb effort..! Grant - South Australia.

[@chriswatkins8772]

Your boat is coming along nicely, look forward to seeing you splash her. Thanks for sharing Ken's project too, amazing! Perhaps we'll cross paths at the Wooden Boat Festival in September.

[@philgray1023]

What a great finish you have achieved on that paint work Maya. I was thinking that this boat will be better than it was when it left the yard when new. Amazing work on the video too. Thank you for all the work you put into that.

[@BeepBeepAndVanillaBean]

Wow it looks fantastic

[@paulbadger6336]

Well done 👍

[@marcoartini7480]

Awesome work guys! keep it up!💪

[@danielclint1033]

You guys will have such a wonderful boat when you are done.

[@adalbertomonteiro60]

MUITO BOM VER O BARCO RETOMANDO FORMA, PARABÉNS A VOCÊS...... SAUDAÇÕES DO BRASIL.

[@anniedecrescenzo2434]

Great work 🎉 keep going...it will be done before you know it 😊 like magic!

[@10lauset]

Cheers to you.

[@sallyb3]

Look fwd to your launch🎉

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Us too haha

[@kendonahve924]

Thanks!

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thank you, thank you, thank you Ken!

[@SailingMarieholmIF]

So much better than a 300k+ sailboat sailing channel. Thanks for sharing.

[@marandam6019]

Another great video

[@jonunya3128]

that track saw is a beautiful tool.. (3:13)