Episode 12: New Pilot House, New Look

[@williambremner9022]

That doghouse shape is the schiznitz! The dog's bollocks...the bee's knees. Gives the boat such a purposeful appearance and dramatically changes the primary functionality from single-hander to family, offshore passage-maker. No one is ever going to look at that boat and wonder what it's for. You're going to love cruising in it. Love it!

[@seattleboatguy]

That night shot of your bow in the snow was amazing.

[@joeldumas5861]

1:13 The cat disapproves the concept of dog house

[@49otterhound]

Going to be a pretty cool looking dog house and will add a lot of usable space below. Nice job!

[@dwtrksvc]

I am loving the heart and soul you are putting into this beautiful boat. Can I make a couple of suggestions? I might make your videos a bit longer (other channels seem to run about 15-20 minutes not including ads). Also have you thought to reach out to Duracell to see if they want to be involved with the boat again? Your story is just as great and I'm sure you could negotiate a deal that would cost them a lot less that it did before. Just some ideas. Love the work and LaPaz! 👏👍

[@TheDuracellProject]

Thanks for your kind words, Dean! We are working on making longer episodes. The challenge is that I a doing all the work on Duracell during evenings and weekends after my day job as a shipwright. Our hope is that this channel will grow and afford me to work more on Duracell...and allow us to do more work and make longer episodes. We would love for Duracell, the company, to sponsor us, and have some ideas for what we could offer in exchange, but it's really difficult to get past customer service with that company. We need a contact who could be step in the door.

[@jimyabsley9682]

Hi Matt, Jim owner of Taxi Dancer, Rick will give you a call regarding my discussion with Alan. Great project and our mast is a very stout carbon rig. I think it would work great on Duracell! Cheers!

[@TheDuracellProject]

Thanks so much Jim!! Both Rick and Allan gave me a call today and were very helpful. Thanks for getting us in touch. I think the rig will be perfect for us. Stay in touch!!

[@marcryvon]

I love your musical choices !

[@lindaperkins4571]

Matt I am very impressed. Your talent and adventure never ceases to amaze me.

[@TheDuracellProject]

Thank you Linda!!

[@tanksouth]

Lovely.

[@adamkimball9796]

Your channel is probably the 2nd or 3rd build channel that I fallow. There is one i really like the other is so so and then there is the one that's not good. I really like your channel now and get happy when i see a new post. please don't give up posting. Thanks! and see you next week.

[@TheDuracellProject]

We're enjoying documenting the process, hopefully it will help afford the project. Thanks for watching.

[@TheDuracellProject]

I didn't say it in the episode, so I'll say it here: Please like this video, subscribe AND please consider sharing our channel with your networks. We hope this channel will help us afford this project eventually. Those three things help us out A LOT. Thanks, friends :)

[@anmeno]

Are you member of the Facebook group youtube sailing channels? If you are not you should join and post link to your videos there.

[@jannekepetersen6591]

@@anmeno Yep, I'm a member and post our videos there. Thanks for the tip, though! Keep em' coming :)

[@maryvisher9271]

Talk about a cliff hanger! Loved the episode, and the drama at the end.

[@spindlespringsranch3108]

Loved your choice of music for this episode.

[@frankschursky6585]

Looks awesome! Still keeps the sleek lines of the boat.

[@TheDuracellProject]

Thanks 👍

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

Great to find your channel. Love these old race boats. She will be awesome. Andy UK

[@TheDuracellProject]

We think so too, thanks so much for watching.

[@friktionrc]

A dog house being inspected by a cat 😂

[@carenclemmons5002]

Yea cats won’t cut them dogs much slack cuz they’re not incorporated like kitty bosses are.

[@theislandpackrat]

Thats a great shape, love it except I'm one thats not for big windows! If in a storm something knocks one out thats room for a lot of water to get in. What I'd do is build in threaded nuts in the hull where you can screw on some 3/4" plywood covers from the outside! Had a friend from top of the island that lost there big steel fish boat and crew except for one guy when a window broke out!

[@TheDuracellProject]

Packrat your point is important and one I’ve though a lot about. We don’t plan to use the boat in higher risk areas, but stiff weather happens everywhere. I’ll definitely have weather boards at the ready. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

@@TheDuracellProject Take a look at the Nautistyles tour of the exploration yatch Beowulf.. look at its Cabin and dog house. And yes its good to have hurricane covers .. if a line breaks and a block or cleat is pulled loose and thrashing around it can smash standard polycarb windows or glass. There is ballistic grade polycarb .. Fully protected helms inside and/or out are the mark of a prepared vessel .. Laminated glass is strong and scratch resistant and doesnt fog, its long lasting but heavy.. A commercial glass cutter can cut it to size and shape. Luxury cars and RVs have even taken to using double glazed windows and hatches to minimise noise , heat loss and condensation. A combination of laminated glass forward facing and Plastic/ polycarbonate for less watch critical windows should give you a good performance balance. You could put polycarb Inside behind the glass so as to stop any ingress. The old fashioned deck prism also shows a way of getting light into below deck areas. Where windows or hatches would be vunerable. Ive recently seen a gentlemans yatch with dolphin windows set into the V birth close to the waterlines ..on Capt Q.s channel... thick Bullitproof glass they dip below the water in part when the vessels heeling so you can see dolphins riding the bow wave from your bed.🤷🏻‍♂️ The other issue is the number of strikes by vessels on lost shipping containers, flood and tsunami swept trees and free floating rubbish, whales and alarmingly drone submersibles.

[@jimedson3853]

Very interesting. Thanks for the video 👍😁😁

[@TheDuracellProject]

We can always count on you Jim!

[@janstroyer]

Cool project👍 I like your design of the new doghouse.

[@TheDuracellProject]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Youcan2Adventures]

Love it! I am in the process of doing this with my little sailboat (catalina 22) also as the house and deck are so rotten it can never be a safe sailboat again. I am awaiting on decent weather to cut off old cabin. Nice work!

[@TheDuracellProject]

Good luck! Send us a pic sometime, we love to see projects.

[@RachaelSA]

I love this boat

[@jannekepetersen6591]

Thanks, Rachael! Do you have a personal connection to its storied past or do you just like the look of it? :)

[@RachaelSA]

@@jannekepetersen6591 No, I do not have any personal connection to her, I never knew she existed until about a month ago, but your video's make me feel like I do. And its not just the look, I do very much love the shape and size of her hull, but its far more than that, I love her back story of how she was hand built for racing and that she was almost lost at sea but someone loved her enough to limp her back home, where battered and bruised she patiently sat waiting for 25 years. And I love that someone cherished her for so long, yet they believed in Matt's vision and trusted him enough to give her to him so that he could save her. And I love that even though to some people it seems illogical, and impossible, she is getting converted into an ocean cruiser, and I really love the fact that she will always have the heart and soul of a thoroughbred racer. And I love that even though shes almost 40 years old, dirty and damaged, she still looks prettier than most modern boats, and I love that the two of you can see that in her, and most of all, I love that after all shes been through, against all odds, she will still make it back to _her_ ocean one day. I'm not a "good with words" person, but that's what I mean when I say "I love this boat

[@jannekepetersen6591]

@@RachaelSA we couldn't agree more. Thanks for seeing what a special boat Duracell is and following along on our journey with her :)

[@nickbannon5483]

Awesome work! I love how the new look is coming together. That’s going to be a great space

[@TheDuracellProject]

Thanks Nick. We're pretty excited about it.

[@jackjfjfjf]

🙌

[@oldwillie313]

Why not extend shed over the entire length of the boat? As is seems inadequate?

[@uncledeadlythefirst]

Great series, could you balance the sound more, had to turn down the volume when ever the music took over, because it seemed to be about 50% louder than when you were talking.

[@TheDuracellProject]

Thank you for the tip, we will try to work on that more. Glad you are enjoying the show.

[@AndreaNorzi]

Why couldn’t you just prolong the old doghouse? You would end up with a cool part of history of the boat, plus a nice glass roof for the bow part of it…

[@lanesteele240]

5:18. That’s what she said

[@2dogsnight]

Did you draw it on computer first?? Looks very good!

[@TheDuracellProject]

I'm not much for autocad, so I do my best drawing by hand. It's gone through many iterations. Thank you.

[@westie4ageturbo.749]

Im really liking this project But Sorry there is a but The elevator muzac is driving me up the bloody wall!! Silence would be soo much better!!

[@TheDuracellProject]

Ah, thank you for the feedback. Video editing is still new to us, we promise that we're working to improve it.

[@SV_SheDevil]

Looks more like a cat house than a dog house

[@TheDuracellProject]

Haha, TOTALLY!

[@carenclemmons5002]

Yes buddy you better stay in tune with that sweet editor wife on board. Snow turns some people into utter idiots in their vehicles. Yes she’s extremely capable but aren’t we all susceptible to idiots? Just saying. Plug in while she’s away.