Continuing the Keel Grid: Our Material and Design Decisions Explained - Ep. 413 RAN Sailing

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We are going to build 10 floor beams and start working on the next 3. We go through the material choices and why.
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[@schlurf6239]

I love when you explain your choices and your way of thinking, like last Time with the foam and now with the timber. Please continue doing this!

[@Masterofnone-70]

When I worked on repairing swimming pools we would sometimes use the non slip mats that go under area rugs. We used a 6'x10' so it had a lot of surface area. They looked like rubber mesh and though they won't get you put the vertical part of the hull, they will get you up to about 50 degrees. They are relatively inexpensive too.

[@jimb348]

Another excellent video. Skillful craftsmanship combined with patience, good humor and excellent explanations. Watching your videos is like a meditation, I always feel better after watching.

[@brrraaaapp8502]

Malin, to have a footrest when sanding the insides, hang two ropes over the side, 1-2 meters apart, tie a beam in between the two ropes and you can stand on that beam. By adjusting the length of the ropes, you can adjust how high up on the hull you will stand.

[@DD-xx8wh]

wonderful to see such amazing talent care and craftsmanship on all your projects!

[@ptewilks2634]

Unbelievable the build gets better and better love the presentation; love to all 3 of you xxx

[@thomashamilton4150]

The best sailing channel by miles

[@matswilliams1058]

Ännu en episod som förklara vad som händer varvat med lite av berättelsen om vardagen runt omkring! Tack för ännu en intressant och trevlig video!

[@michaelolabisiraheem4703]

African mohangany is durable and rugged. I have been following you for a while now, i can tell you Sapele mohagony is a good timber. I wish you the best of luck .

[@Mr6599]

What great content, you two are quite the hard workers! Looking forward to more videos.

[@cetterus]

Dude is the machine!

[@KillickGreenieRN]

Very interesting and the choice of music is superb, very relaxing!

[@boomerangfishact6754]

Great progress, it’s slowly coming together! Have a good weekend!

[@jerome01949]

Always such a noble plan !

[@paulbadger6336]

Well done to you both. Yes, reliable and consistent reference points are important in any project. Thanks for taking the time to share.

[@jannasmark]

Äntligen fredag! Äntligen en ny episod!! Tack och bock!

[@davidhenryandthemysterons3220]

Once the foundations of the Boat are in place things will fly along fast. Fantastic work

[@jetson328]

Great job with great explanations thanks! Over Build Everything now, then peace of mind later. Please make that keel grid so strong that you can hit a underwater shipping container etc at full hull speed and only scrape the paint on the keel. Just lovin your videos probably the best on the internet

[@bengt_axle]

In a few weeks when the keel work is done, you can add "off grid in the Swedish countryside" to the title and your channel will blow up, like every other YT channel. The space suits are impressive!

[@Sarasdad91]

I guess Ran lll is a 50ft, but it sure looks longer than that. You and Malin are doing a wonderful job. I know it's going to be a while before she's ready to be in the water, but it's sure great watching you build her.

[@nooneanybodyknows7912]

I love the 🌻🌻🌻🌻. They are such a happy flower. I love the mahogany species explanation and your reasoning. As always, thanks for sharing.

[@MC-re2ry]

Go RAN go!

[@juliedouglas2888]

Great job guys, well done.

[@hanstinekevangorcum9718]

It must be great to have the roof of your house finished. Some day your boat will be finished You work so hard. 😊

[@DVolvoguy777-x7o]

Great progress!

[@aspees]

Sapele is one of my favourite timbers. We use it for cabinets & exterior doors. The natural ribbon striping is beautiful. It machines really well compared to the other African mahoganies. It is definitely the best replacement for the South American mahogany. Almost as dimensionally stable as well, which makes it good for doors & keel grids.

[@benderr0driges]

you are awesome guys!

[@macmcdonald9347]

Your sailing boat will be ocean worthy because of you Mr. shipwright. Your efforts repeated day in and out with the best resources and tools not with compromise. Add a helpmate to the team - , she keeps the keel in the correct direction.

[@americanbornwalkaway9110]

Beautiful!!!

[@johnwishart7950]

again wonderful video I am sorry I cannot join your patrons but having little money is hard all the best you three

[@jrp616]

Great work on the floor beams & important progress in the overall build. Before you know it you'll be onto wiring & plumbing. Malin, you looked like a space astronaut in your dust proof sanding outfit.

[@2dscanner202]

Awesome. Put it higher. It will give better results. The ideal is at the center of the scanned area. In this case you can put it at 150-170 cm from the floor. Those 1-2 mm at the left and right small gaps that I can see are because of this.

[@RANSailing]

Thanks! Better not having too shallow angle I guess? I’ll test this for the rest. 👍😊 Cheers!

[@dannettepeters1507]

Happy Friday!!!

[@peterparsons7141]

The layout, wood selection , glue up is very interesting. I’m interested in all the details because i can use some of your techniques to different projects I have on the go. I find planning is the most critical part of any project I’ve taken on, and when I look back at past projects I’ve always found that carefully planning would have prevented problems and resulted in a superior finished project.

[@PAINFOOL13]

I love how meticulous you both are 😊 The roof looks great 🎉

[@williamyamm8803]

Great video as usual, thanks ! Be careful with your laser, it can damage your camera's sensor. Do not point the laser directly at your camera. You took some risk at 0:55 😊 Greetings from France

[@daversj]

Find a piece of mattress foam or foam from a seat cushion to stand on for grip. It’s what is used when working on a roof. It also protects the surface you’re working on.

[@RANSailing]

Thanks for the great tips! We’ll see if can find some old foam mattress. 😊Cheers!

[@Jolleseileren]

Godt jobba!

[@TheThreebucks]

10 seconds before he said he was going to replace that first joist I said to myself, “I’ll bet you he’s going to replace that first one now, so they all match.” 😂👏🤓

[@catwednesday]

I mean, seriously, how many people out of 100 would have done that? Not my lazy self! He's amazing.

[@johnnydfred]

For interior slippy sanding - a movable leveling platform might be very useful. 18mm ply with a step on inboard bottom to make a walkway. Rubber grip on the step bottom and edge of the ply protects the hull surface and locks it down with weight on it!

[@kurtantonius5268]

Everything looking terrific. Question, the limber holes seem a bit small? Any reason they can't be larger? Tiny liber holes can easily get clogged from my experience.

[@franktadley1810]

As the Old Salt said, "If you have never ran aground, you have never been anywhere!"

[@Jamaca22]

One thing about wood, it is robust. Foam sandwich and reefs to not mix.

[@danishhotdog]

Varje fredag är det avsatt tid med er, ett glas vin i datorstolen med lurarna på för att se hur långt ni kommit. Måste säga att jag beundrar ert uthållande tempo och mod att göra det andra drömmer om! Ta hand om er :) Kram från Alingsås

[@swannabe3764]

Maybe make Marlene a scaffold, using the wooden hooks you used for the rolls of cloth, she could reach higher

[@JohnMcdavies]

Impressive skills,sailing and boat building, where did you get your skills? What type of work did you do before Ran? Farm is beautiful.

[@koningbolo4700]

10:39 Try butyl tape under your shoes... that might help quite a bit longer then a few minutes... Also sanding from bottom to top may prevent small amounts of fiber glass/resin dust from making the surface more slippery...

[@chhindz]

The SOREL METRO WATERPROOF SNEAKER boots should have good traction on hull sides, have gum sole so not marking made to not slip on Ice.

[@rushd45]

Those roof steps on the house going up to the chimney are a great idea. Is that a standard in Sweden?

[@deuce454]

you guys really should get a Festool FEQ 150 or secondly Bosch GET 75-150.. I used it for my boatbuilder.. and the turbo function on the festool was an order of magnitude faster than regular DA sanders

[@_oven]

Love the keel grid, but the limber holes need to be way bigger. I’d glass in a short piece of fiber glass tube cut in half under the keel grid, so any water can run freely, and the wood is completely sealed.

[@craigmooney2630]

Could possibly use glass lifters to support your feet’ the suction cups wouldn’t hurt the boat

[@Rsama60]

I think you made the right choice. You are not building an Imoca for the Ocean Race built for weight reduction and at the limit of what is doable. You built a boat to cruise the world with the safety of you family as a top priority.

[@hans-wernermayer1312]

😊

[@johnpeterdean1653]

Will the keel grid be interlocked ( say with half lap joints) in the longitudinal and transverse pieces ????

[@Falney]

Timber prices. You can get some fairly cheap wood without going for fast/new growth pine but it's no where near as good as sapele or oak. For instance beech is almost half the price. I have a small amount of red heart timber I'd like to integrate into a boat I plan on starting next spring. I have no idea what to do with it. It would be a shame to hide that beautiful grain behind fibreglass, but I don't really have enough to use it for cabinatry and furnishings.

[@Coleen-Love]

New Subscriber -- QUESTION -- You guys are doing a great job! Regarding fibreglass, we always thought that sailboats were several inches of solid fibreglass, but notice that you (and most other builders) use only 1 or two layers. Is one layer as strong as many layers so there is no real advantage in going thick? What is going on, is it simply a cost issue or is there basically no real advantage of going thick? (not sure why I was unsubscribed but youtube cut off my subscription to your channel???)

[@cattaraugustonawanda4426]

Your cost on various species of wood seem very high so I am wondering if this is due to tariffs/taxes/shipping? I've been around boat building since the 1950s as a child when mahogany was pretty common. Species I am familiar with are "Honduras" , "Cuban", and "African". We rarely saw African Mahogany. Back in the day Cuban Mahogany was preferred but was scarce due to use in cigar boxes. After the revolution it became almost impossible to find when the sources for repair work were boats being cut up, furniture and occasional tree found in Florida. Using what you have in stock makes good sense and the more dense the better.

[@MaxMakerChannel]

Why not use plywood? Would it not be cheaper but stronger?

[@RANSailing]

Plywood have half of the grain in opposite direction of what we need in this case, so it would have been a lot heavier to get the same strength. And quality plywood is very expensive too… 😊 Cheers!

[@ElleKendra]

Such attention to the very fine details. This boat is going to rival Tally ho for craftsmanship.

[@lancewolf2451]

I understand the improved behavior of a laminated beam..but wondering if this was required in the plans versus just using a natural plank..its a lot of extra work to laminate..

[@RANSailing]

It’s not really needed, but it’s less waste this way and we wouldn’t have enough sapele otherwise. Cheers!

[@geraldbrace1419]

Why laminate pieces for the keel grid instead of using a single plank?

[@zihnigurdereli]

💖💖

[@jabberwockytdi8901]

It's really no biggie having slightly heavier timber in the keep grid at the bottom of the boat, quite aside from the strength question the weight is in the right place in the boat.

[@bucknaykid4236]

Did you consider using Live Oak from the USA due to its strength and flexibility and durability?

[@jonnenne]

If white oak is expensive and not worth it, I doubt live oak would be

[@thomasthornton5737]

😀😀👍👍👍❤❤❤

[@jimhunt5259]

glue some sand paper to shoes. Get a grip

[@sergueiothonucci1638]

😃😃😃

[@SourBogBubble]

[@SADIK19631963]

👍🧿

[@JonMadsen70]

:)

[@smokindauberdoo4208]

✌️❤️🙏🏻😇🫣

[@excavus1352]

Alt yazı için Türkçe lütfen

[@Arnaud58]

@13:25 👴👌

[@danpinsonsax]

It’s said there are two kinds of sailors - those that have or will go aground; the rest are liars.