"Jack of ALL trades!" 😁💪 Ep.163 Building my steel sailing yacht

[@nick.caffrey]

As usual, clear and simple information. Mistress moves from project to sailing vessel. Comparable to Sail Life and Ran Sailing. I know it's hard, mate. Keep going.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey thanks very much for your good and encouraging comments Nick, appreciated and re. yt exposure - yes indeed, it is so difficult to work out,.... I am trying to do the best that I can 🙂👍🏻

[@tonygoulding3804]

Bruce I’ve said it before, your attention to detail and eye for the practical will be your reward. Good on you.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey thanks very much for your good comments Tony, appreciated and you actually nail what my motivations are 🙂🎯👍🏻

[@nessuno1948]

Many, many, many ocean miles ahead.......

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hopefully and thanks very much for your good comments , appreciated 🙂👍🏻⛵

[@janbaert2891]

I still don’t get it that you don’t have more subscribers. This is a must go channel for every wannabe boat builder. Precision, patience, explaining, attention to detail, you cover it all. Well done, I’ll keep watching as I have done from the start.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Neither do I Jan! Thanks very much for your good and very supportive comments, much appreciated! Like many others, I do think that there are much wider/surveillance forces playing a part 🙂👍🏻

[@andrewmoylan6295]

It's amazing to think you started with nothing but air. How Mistress has progressed Bruce . So stoked for you mate..Coming along beautifully. Spash down around the corner..yeeew

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey thanks very much for your good comments Andrew, definitely appreciated mate and yes, it seems that you too can see what's around the corner 🙂👍🏻

[@user-rs2ue3rs7y]

you sneaky fella with the knees. for a hot second i thought i saw one of your very few mistakes.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

😁Hahaa, but I DO make mistakes, thanks for your good comments , appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@MVSheKon]

I'm constantly amazed at how well the fit out of the interior of Mistress is going Bruce. You're a master of the rosewood. :-) I'm going to have to go back over all your videos and make notes. *Grin* Well done mate. Cheers! Rick

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey thanks very much for your good comments Rick, appreciated boat bro 🙂👍🏻

[@oversitesurveys6939]

Great work Bruce! Wont be long now! Quick plumbing tip for you. When using plumbers sealing PTFE tape always wrap it onto the thread in a clockwise direction (the same as the thread) so that as you tighten the fitting it is pulled tighter into the thread. If you wrap it anti-clockwise the thread is trying to unwrap it as you tighten the fitting.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much for your good comments, appreciated, well spotted and of course you are correct re. tape, as I replied to somebody else who also spotted this - I did actually remove the piece applied incorrectly and replaced it, which can be seen beside me at minute 12:47 🙂👍🏻

[@johncollier608]

Has a boat ever had so much love and attention, to even the smallest part, lavished on it? Great work, Bruce and thanks for sharing.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hahaa, thanks for your good comments John, appreciated and I would say that many boats over history have had as much or more love and attention, but not many at all by just ONE man 🙂👍🏻⛵

[@davidpieta2839]

Love the show, we watch it every episode and thank you

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much for your good comments and for watching David, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@NateGoesOutside]

Am I the only one who was listening too the music and in my head singing: “I love you, always forever, near and far, closer together. Everywhere, I will be with you, anything, I will do for you….” Lol

[@BuildingSYMistress]

😆I think that you may be on your own with this one 🎵🎵thanks for your good comment 🙂👍🏻

[@NateGoesOutside]

@@BuildingSYMistress 😂 I guess you’re right!

[@whitneylake2107]

Details coming together nicely !

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much Whitney, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@PropanePete]

As always, great attention to detail and accuracy. I don’t know how long John Guest fittings have been around but they have certainly simplified plumbing in caravans, motorhomes and boats.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey thanks very much for your good comments and experiences re. JG products Pete, appreciated mate 🙂👍🏻

[@PhilsHobbyRoom]

I've watched 👀 you from the start and the one thing that I love about your workmanship is the amount of pride 😊 you take in every little detail. I'd love to sail ⛵️ on mistress one day one thing I wish you could do and I know it's hard but I wish you could put out more videos every month. Thanks for another great video 📹 👍

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey thanks very much for your good comments and feedback re. videos/month Phillip, appreciated sir and fyi I do hope to return to weekly videos once Mistress is in the water and yes, I also look forward to having many people to experience sailing on Mistress 🙂👍🏻⛵

[@marktanska6331]

As a boat builder, (52F ketch) I must tell you need to be proud of your work. Your patience is great. Never be ashamed to say "I made that"

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much for your good and encouraging comments Mark, they are appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@manfred4766]

I can only repeat myself: perfectionist !

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much Manfred, definitely appreciated,... but to add that I think nothing is perfect and that is fine 🙂👍🏻

[@chefmichaelt]

Looking good! ❤❤❤

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much Michael, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@SoBoring136]

One of the things I really admire about your work is no how small or insignificant the part may be it gets the same attention as a more critical part. Well done you are going to be the owner of a exceptional vessel.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey thanks very much for your good and encouraging comments, appreciated and yes you are correct, I am trying to do the best that I can with everything 🙂👍🏻

[@geoffworthington9425]

Great work Bruce

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much Geoff, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@nick.caffrey]

Video quality is improving each episode. Also much easier to see the progress in Mistress. Looking forward to splash!

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey thanks very much for your good comments and feedback Nick, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@DarianCabot]

Meticulous work as always. Love to see it! 👍👍

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Good on you Darian, always appreciate your good comments and support Patron 🙂👍🏻

[@pmiller7886]

honestly, quality second to none Bruce, no corners cut here !

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey thanks very much for your good comments, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@pmiller7886]

@@BuildingSYMistress cheers Bruce!

[@mikeskelly2356]

Voice of experience here Bruce. I don't know your future plans, but you'll need a lot of cushions to make the 90 degree seating area comfortable, or, you can make up a foam 'wedge' to go behind the upright sections. The added support for your lower back will be welcome for any long stints on the settee. It can be removed for dining and replaced for just lounging, so, no permanent changes to your well laid out design!... I'm a bit nervous about those 'bearers' only being 'glued' to the top layer of the ply. A long SS screw down through the top into the liner will add a mechanical support to what may become a heavy tank when full...

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much for your good comments Mike, appreciated, re. the saloon seating, I made the angle for these 105° off vertical, which is the industry standard for lounge seating and I explained this in Ep.89 which you could watch - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHXGi5mXbdZ7epY but yes, cushions will also be a part of lounging in Mistress to increase individual comfort; re. tank knee supports, jfyi the Company reported shear strength of the epoxy used on wood is 1800 psi = 12,410 kPa = 1,265,468 kgf/m2, = 0.0045m2 = 5.694 tonnes of shear strength per one knee, there are two and which does not take into account the same m2 area of the two bearers with Fix15 adhesive applied and as mentioned in this video there will be struts supporting the outer ends, not to mention cabinetry also 🙂👍🏻

[@jerrybarrett6376]

Always enjoy your videos. Great work Captain Bruce. Get that beauty splashed. You have a world to see in your new home. God bless! The Bear 🐻 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much for your good comments Jerry, appreciated as always sir 🙂👍🏻

[@johnmead1337]

Another amazing job.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much John, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@Wargunsfan]

High quality work as usual Bruce. You are able to make your components sturdy and attractive as well. I know that gives you a lot of satisfaction as you look back on all the work you have completed. I look forward to each new video. Cheers to you mate!

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey thanks very much for your good and encouraging comments mate, appreciated and I can say that I really do look forward to when Mistress is in the water, where I will reflect on the whole project result,.... 🙂👍🏻⛵

[@sodoffxx]

As usual your attention to detail is captivating. Also great editing to with the fast/slow. It's not boring and the end result is a quality production - great pacing and explanations.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey thanks very much for your good comments and feedback, appreciated and pleased that you enjoyed 🙂👍🏻

[@4englishlies875]

Bruce as always paying attention to the small and big things. Pretty soon it will be time to put her in water and watch some sunsets, because sunrise is to early after staying up all night...lol😊

[@BuildingSYMistress]

You got it Jeff, I try to do the best with everything, thanks very much for your good comments sir, appreciated, but I am wondering, how did you know that I was up all night?? 😁👍🏻

[@kevinmartin3859]

Great job Bruce as always perfection rules the waves

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Good on you Kevin, thanks for your good comments, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@president2]

Love it keep it up as always 💘

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@gregbaskin7795]

Great work Bruce. One thing I'm curious about. Why the angle of the toilet

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much Greg, appreciated and re. toilet angle, this is to free up more leg room space 🙂👍🏻

[@gregbaskin7795]

@@BuildingSYMistress thanks. I kinda thought so but I guess I missed when you explained that. I'm so impressed with your attention to every detail

[@davidstewart1153]

Last week I went to see Arabella launch, and I have a tip: ten or so people helping you out would make things go a lot faster. :)

[@nick.caffrey]

Yeah, but Bruce shows you what can be done by one person (with a bit of help, but minimal)!

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks for your good comments David, appreciated and that must have been a fantastic experience seeing Arabella launched, along with the crowd and whole scene, good on you sir! re.your tip - there is much I could say to respond, for eg. my dream and plan was always to 1)build an ocean going yacht with my own hands and 2)then sail her around the World, also Steve put together a very financially profitable enterprise whereby he has the funds to employ multiple people, I have not had that success, but am always hopeful that more people will join to help support 🙂👍🏻

[@BuildingSYMistress]

@@nick.caffrey Thanks very much Nick, appreciated and exactly 🙂👍🏻

[@jennbroc4660]

Great job it's going to look amazing.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much Jenn, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@larrygawne3529]

As always great workmanship. One thing, have you thought about a grommet around PECK tubing to prevent chaff when it passes thru a steel component? Continue the great work, get it in the water !!!

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much for your good comments Larry, appreciated, also well spotted and this gave me a chuckle re. grommet, because I had filmed me putting a grommet into that hole, however as it turned out it was a bit too big and so I did replace it, which be shown ahead 🙂👍🏻

[@Philjamon]

🙂👍

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much Phil, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@michaelmogensen728]

Hej det ser godt ud😊😊👍👍Hilsen fra Danmark og Michael

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hej og tak Michael, always appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@SpiralDiving]

I think the knees supporting the tank beams are too small. Imagine the tank being full and you are dropping off waves... That glue may be good but I would not trust it cantilevered like that. Why not fill in the triangle under the beam with ply?

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks for your good comments, appreciated and fyi there will be struts supporting the outside ends of these bearers, as explained in this video 🙂👍🏻

[@rolandtb3]

Lots of attention to detail and finish.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much Roland, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@bdphourde]

There may or may not be a right way to apply teflon tape to threaded fittings, but there is a better way. If you wrap the tape in the same direction the mated fitting will be going on, (~12:30) it will not bunch up the tape as the mated fitting twists against the loose end of the tape. The mated end should go with the direction of the tape wrap, thus tending to tighten it. Yours did not appear to bunch up, but it can. Since there are no screws holding the tank brackets, only the epoxy, I think I might have filled that tank with water to see if those brackets will actually support the weight of a full tank of liquid. Water will be nicer to have to clean up than what is going into it later. In fact, I think I would add supports from the overhead that augment the wall/hull brackets. It would be peace of mind in a pounding seaway.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much for your good comments Brian, much appreciated and regarding application direction of Teflon tape - yes, of course you are correct sir! A little confession about what was shown in this video, I did actually remove the piece applied incorrectly and replaced it, which can be seen beside me at minute 12:47 and I have the clip of it being reapplied correctly, but forgot to replace what was included, so once again - thank you for your detailed eye on things and keeping me on my toes sir! Regarding the holding tank supports - jfyi the Company reported shear strength of the epoxy used on wood is 1800 psi = 12,410 kPa = 1,265,468 kgf/m2, surface area is 0.0045m2 = 5.694 tonnes of shear strength per one knee, there are two and which does not take into account the m2 area of the two bearers with Fix15 adhesive applied and as mentioned in this video there will be struts supporting the outer ends, not to mention cabinetry from overhead deck beams also. So, strong enough for this 70kg when full tank ? I would say overkill 🙂👍🏻

[@lassesarnhult9283]

I am so curious about what you will use to cover the foam insulation on the hull

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks for your good question, appreciated and do you mean what did I cover the spray-on insulation with on the hull? Or what will this be covered with on the decks, which has not yet been covered with lining? 🙂👍🏻

[@drjasper100]

I wouldn’t have thought that blue water supply line to your toilet is big enough? 🥴 TMC upgraded their supply from 19 mm to 25mm. Yours looks like ? 10mm?

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks for your good question, appreciated, the supply pipe size is 12mm and because this toilet is electric flush I am hoping that this size will be fine, however use time will tell,... 🙂👍🏻

[@jimlofts5433]

too late now but that john guest pipe should be cut with a proper cutter so as to not crimp the pipe and lead to cracking later - experience from my caravan when I used cutters rather than a stanley knife or the correct cutter

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks for your good comments Jim, appreciated and understood and I did trial using a box cutter blade and the sharp large wire cutter tool that I have seems to give a clean edge and doesn't squash the end much and which returns to round shape quickly after, the blade method gave inconsistent edge results and was more laborious. I do admit though that not having used the specified JG cutter tool is on my mind and will remain there until the whole system is tested and over time 🙂👍🏻

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Interesting! We were just drawing out our plumbing diagram.. we didn’t catch how many litres your holding tank is? We’ve been debating a while on size and obviously constrained by room.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks, appreciated and re. tank size, it is 65 litres 🙂👍🏻

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

@@BuildingSYMistress nice! That’s about what size we are aiming for too.

[@SoBoring136]

One question the plastic fittings for the toilet are they going to be strong enough. I’m thinking a rolling boat in ruff sees and feet don’t always go where you you want them to

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks very much for your good question, well spotted and yes you are correct! The plan is to have guards over any vulnerable plumbing, for sure 🙂👍🏻

[@mikecurley2072]

Was that a plunge cut with the jig saw? Or was the thickness on the back side of the piece thin enough for the blade to poke through?

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks for your question Mike, appreciated, no plunge cutting possible with jigsaws, I use longer blades which cut the thicknesses 🙂👍🏻

[@colby6603]

'promosm' 💯

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Thanks, but I don't know what this means? 🙂

[@stevenr8606]

🙄 'Jack of All Trades' Only in your own mind!!!

[@jaygee5693]

In many peoples' minds. And, on your channel, no content.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey thanks very much for the compliment Steven, appreciated but I don't think that I am a, "master of all trades", which is the opposite of this saying, 'Jack of all' sits better with me 🙂

[@BuildingSYMistress]

@@jaygee5693 Hey thanks very much for your good comments here Jaygee, much appreciated 🙂👍🏻 As I replied to Steven, thanks very much for the compliment Steven, appreciated but I don't think that I am a, "master of all trades", which is the opposite of this saying, 'Jack of all' sits better with me 😁

[@andrewmoylan6295]

In Bruce's own mind.!!!!.. he's constructed a wicked sailboat I'd call him a genius

[@BuildingSYMistress]

@@andrewmoylan6295 🤟Thanks very much mate, appreciated 🙂👍🏻

[@NewZealandPakeha]

Grow a beard

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Not sure what you mean, but I'm not a beard man 🙂

[@NewZealandPakeha]

@@BuildingSYMistress you need a beard.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

@@NewZealandPakeha 😁🤟