Kit E118: Lots of Steps Completed

[@davidantill6949]

Thank you for being kind enough to answer my question about your childhood experiences of Europe. I too was a border, but at a school in my own country. I look forward to you relating some more details of your time in Europe in future episodes. Keep up your good progress. The Coconut palms are beckoning the three of you 🏝

[@SailingSVLynx]

You are quite welcome. Maybe we can meet somewhere when we sail through near where you live and I can share some of the more colorful (very colorful) adventures I had at those schools :)

[@davidantill6949]

@SailingSVLynx that would be delightful as I live not too far from London. I can then check the quality of your work in person 👍🏻 As a teenager, I did a lot of sailing with my parents on their boat in Northern France, Belgium and Holland in the '70s and have great memories of doing that. We also have Dutch family in Arnhem so I am very fond of that part of the world

[@rhyslightning3379]

Great progress, guys! See you in the new year - happy holidays!

[@SailingSVLynx]

Thanks, happy holidays to you too!

[@barriegilchrist8950]

well done on the title of this weeks video, made me smile

[@SailingSVLynx]

:)

[@majik-k8j]

Education may explain how you can roll with the punches and be resilient. Tough guy not afraid of the journey . Best wishes for 2025

[@SailingSVLynx]

Yep, I had a lot of crazy adventures as a child, maybe I'll share a few as time goes on.

[@andypandy955]

Merry Christmas and a Happy building New Year.🎄

[@SailingSVLynx]

Thanks! Happy Holidays to you as well.

[@PAINFOOL13]

Looking good.👍🏻👍🏻 Happy Holiday's Progress..

[@SailingSVLynx]

Happy Holidays to you too!

[@JosephTabone-j4p]

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR😍😍😍😍🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

[@SailingSVLynx]

And to you as well!

[@heinvosloo45]

I just love seeing how you make progress every week. I find this construction method quite fascinating and very clever. Do you know of any other boat using this same method? Best wishes to you all for 2025.

[@SailingSVLynx]

Yes, lots of boats :) There have been over 400 Schionning Kit Catamarans built in the past 35 years. Right now, there are several being built around the world. Another 1520 is being built in Australia by a professional builder, it should be done soon. They have a larger team working on it.

[@JohnMcCarthy100]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! One suggestion - I dont recall who posted the YT video but they put in a remote video security system - it did require some wiring access to cameras etc - something to keep in mind. It sounded like a great system that would alert them to motion or doors etc with video even when away from the boat. You may have already planned for this but just in case! Keep up the great work & stay healthy!

[@SailingSVLynx]

Thanks for the suggestion, and yes, we have been looking into security systems. You can see a little of that on our website, in the Gear on the Boat section. Here is a link: www.svlynx.com/gear_electronics.html

[@cals4200]

Since your thinking about future potential problems, it might be a good idea to put in place lines in potential areas where you might want to add wires in the future. Better to have them in place rather than not. Just an idea, Happy New Year !

[@SailingSVLynx]

Thanks for the tip! We will keep that in mind.

[@michaelhamilton1290]

Glad you're putting hatches in where your plumbing joints are. Been a plumber for over 25 years, and you will probably need access at some point. Hopefully not. Great progress again.

[@SailingSVLynx]

Yep, it's better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them.

[@haydenwatson7987]

looks like you made good progress this week and the stairs into both hulls will be very helpful. I am curious why you will have a gray water tank instead of just direct discharge to the ocean? The only time I have seen gray tanks employed was in bigger monohull where the sink levels were below waterline so that they could not just have a simply open thru hull.

[@SailingSVLynx]

Certain countries require them, for example, Turkey. Here is a quote, "Turkey requires all cruising boats to have both gray and black water holding tanks. Boats without the appropriate tanks may be prohibited from entering or anchoring in some popular cruising areas. They may also face fines or have their vessel impounded."

[@vernonboley1035]

If the boat is upside down will the shelfs fall out naturally and with what is inside?

[@SailingSVLynx]

They would likely fall out, and we will keep things like clothes or linens on those shelves.

[@robw2379]

Lots of great progress. Well done. What are your plans for surface fairing? I can imagine spending a couple weeks making all the tabbing and joists look "good enough for paint", or I can imagine spending months and months making all the surfaces look "near perfect". So how fastidious are you going to be with your fairing? I wish you good health and continued progress in the New Year. 🥳

[@SailingSVLynx]

Somewhere in between. :) We'll fair the most exposed areas much more than the less exposed, but we expect it all to take about 3 months (or more).

[@peterhoffman-v4i]

merry xmass and happy healthy new year to all !!! im supprised you arnt either hinging stair treads ofr putting hatches in risers usfull storage space for smaller things

[@SailingSVLynx]

There isn't enough room below the stairs to make storage feasible.

[@flutetubamorg]

A question and an unsolicited opinion: Why do some of the stairs not have risers to support the treads? AND I believe Pex A to be superior in most applications than Pex B.

[@SailingSVLynx]

We used Pex A :) The bottom step doesn't have a riser because it projects over the sole and we need the space to step near it. The one above doesn't have a riser because we didn't have enough room for a full 9.5" step, we we used the chamfer panel behind the step to let your toe go beyond the step.

[@patrickabas1112]

can you remember the name of the school? I went though the same process only at the age of 5, yes Five!

[@SailingSVLynx]

Which one? The English school in Germany was Prince Rupert, in Wilhelmshaven.

[@charlesc.6767]

Something that concerns me is how you have done the grey water drains , being that i live in a travel trailer, I have had to clean the drain pipes every couple years as they get coated with soap tooth paste hair food and most of all oil from washing dishes turns into basicly blocks of soap that eventually completely block the pipe . I think you have used water 90s on your drains , My travel trailer has minimum 1 1/4 drains with long run abs 90s for snaking and i still have problems . I know you have closed up some areas but this will be a problem . There are 2 types of abs fittings , regular and long run , long run are the only ones a drain snake will pass.

[@SailingSVLynx]

They are 2" pipe, so I'm not too concerned. I can also access all of the run from the sink to the tank, so I can always fix it later, if needed.

[@KhuongTranViet-zb9tv]

What is type of wood you use made the board ? Can I use wood industry?

[@SailingSVLynx]

They are PVC foam with vacuum bagged fiberglass on the outside. There are pillars of epoxy that go through as well for added compression strength.

[@KhuongTranViet-zb9tv]

@@SailingSVLynx Thank you so much.

[@davidnonya7359]

holland?lived there for 15 years! 6 years is enought om een beetje nederlands te kunnen praten?

[@SailingSVLynx]

Ik heb daar maar een jaar gewoond en de hele tijd op een Engelssprekende school gezeten. Ik heb wel Duits geleerd, omdat ik daar vijf jaar heb gewoond nadat ik Nederland had verlaten.

[@Once-I-had-a-dream]

​@@SailingSVLynx Jouw Nederlands is best wel goed na al die jaren .... Beste kerstgroeten

[@ЄвгенОлещук]

I don't fully understand, but it turns out that the electrical conductors will be near the water pipes, this should be avoided because under the influence of voltage you will have a mega-powerful osmosis effect, electrolysis will increase it many times and no insulating material can withstand this, especially epoxy resin, I have encountered such a phenomenon many times, in such cases even air humidity is enough to cause trouble, so be careful, by profession I am a radio engineer with many years of experience...

[@SailingSVLynx]

Brian is an electrician of 40 years experience, he sees no issues with how we ran the PEX and conduits, but thanks for your input.

[@ЄвгенОлещук]

@@SailingSVLynx Like Brian, I have experience from 16 years to today, 40 years of experience in the development of radio equipment and have studied the insulating properties of various materials from which radio components are made, hence my comment. I have cases when an electromagnetic coil filled with epoxy resin corrodes due to high humidity in the room only through the air. Electrolysis destroys any valence bonds and enhances the effect of osmosis at minimal currents only in the presence of voltage. All materials have the ability to absorb micro doses of water, both ceramics and polyethylene, polypropylene, etc. When there is a constant voltage, this effect is amplified. In the case of alternating voltage, current can pass through parasitic capacitance, for example, two wires, a wire, a generator housing, a wire and water, etc. Not everything we see is an electrical circuit, this is what we are talking about, so please be as careful as possible. Pay attention to the case with the 44 and the hybrid engine ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6SafWioe7NnhqM ), as a result, the stainless anchor chain and rigging fasteners began to corrode in them, etc....good luck