How to Design a Pilothouse for Your Small Sailboat | Sailboat Restoration | Boat Building (Ep60)

How do you design a pilothouse for your small sailboat? Let me show you my steps for designing and building a pilothouse for a Skipper 20 trailerable small sailboat. This episode I discuss my sailboat pilothouse design principles, and how I plan to build a pilothouse for my Skipper 20 sailboat restoration. If I can build a small sailboat pilothouse, I'm sure you can too!
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[@marcosantoniostreit2918]

nice job

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👍😁

[@gnsmk357]

Go Motor City Boat Works. You were no doubt the hardest working man in the Navy, Great job. Great Video.

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😂

[@Mvpaladin]

lol…Marines are a Department of the Navy. The Men’s Department.

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😂

[@davidbauerdorf1324]

Great job! Love the design and fabrication but I’m in for the build!! Can’t wait thanks

[@motorcityboatwerks]

I hear you David! Many of the projects in the Boat Werks are applicable from power to sailboat and back again. Don’t seek yourself short by only focusing on the bit you like. The building skills and experience in the Boat Werks is what makes the channel special. Trust me 😎

[@patrickcwillis]

I like your focus on getting the proper lines of the pilot house to be in tune with the lines of the boat. I’ve seen lots of ugly add-ones to boats. Your approach is spot on. Keep up the good work!!!

[@motorcityboatwerks]

Thanks for the feedback Patrick 😁

[@russellmurphy8111]

Looks great and truly appreciate your efforts in design and execution!

[@motorcityboatwerks]

Thank you very much!

[@davetowz]

I like the look. Prefer hardtops to get out of the weather.

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Exactly 👍

[@vincentdsnt]

Hey MCB that will look great !

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😁😁👍

[@mazwt44]

well done.... thanks

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😎

[@terrywarburton6119]

I have an old Terrapin 24 that I was thinking of doing a pilothouse addition, so thanks for this video! I look forward to more!

[@motorcityboatwerks]

Excellent !

[@RiggingDoctor]

That’s a cool looking hard dodger!

[@motorcityboatwerks]

Thank you sir! I appreciate the feedback😁👍Always great to hear from you

[@bayRaiderBill]

Another great episode -- keep up the good work...

[@motorcityboatwerks]

Thanks, will do!

[@markgallagher1376]

Great episode. How will you step and unstep the mast? I’m assuming it was originally designed to raise and lower the mast from the stern.

[@motorcityboatwerks]

The mast can be stepped from the bow similar to a Compac 16

[@markgallagher1376]

@@motorcityboatwerks will you raise it when it’s still on the trailer hooked to the truck. I used to have a Hobie 16 and some people liked to put them on the trailer backwards so it was facing down hill on the beach to help raise the mast. I never did it that way because if you dropped the mast , which I have done a couple of times, it would land on your vehicle. Yikes!!

[@motorcityboatwerks]

I’ve don’t it both ways. 🤣

[@pdimarco65]

Great video and I just subscribed and look forward to viewing your prior vids. Question .. how and when does the height of the boom come into play when designing the pilothouse? While I'm a sailor (Catalina 30, Sunfish, and others), I've always been in love with the lines of a C-Dory 16 and thought of converting a suitable sailboat into a small powerboat (sans mast)

[@motorcityboatwerks]

I get this question a lot. Great question. I will be sure to explain in the second pilothouse design video

[@davetowz]

Oddly, I have the same CAD software.

[@motorcityboatwerks]

It works well doesn’t it 😉

[@tullyontherocks]

You devil! I was seriously eye balling her when she was for sale. Great snag.

[@motorcityboatwerks]

I’ve had several people tell me that 😉

[@luckytoastsebastian]

Ya where's the cute pet?

[@motorcityboatwerks]

That’s why we have an octopus 🐙

[@jonathansimmonds5784]

Are any of the comments below from naval architects or even artists who know a thing or two about aesthetics never mind the technical aspects of boat design?

[@motorcityboatwerks]

Yes all of the good comments🤣 I don’t need a naval architect or artist to tell me what looks good works well. 😂 Do you only listen to music approved by music majors or orchestra conductors?