Sharpie Design Build Sail Building the Deck Part 1

Welcome Back to my videos on the design, building and sailing of my 7m (23ft) trailer yacht, made of Paulownia timber.
In this video I start the construction of the deck and soon realize I'd better do some other work before the deck goes on, like the tabernacle structure and the prod mounting system.
So I've broken the deck building into 2 parts and before the second part I will show the construction and installing of the mast tabernacle and prod tube support.
I hope you enjoy the build!

[@Simonthewhite1]

Looks Great Karl, I'm learning stacks, hope to start a Monroe Egret style Sharpie myself next year. 👍

[@KarlFullerNZ]

Thanks for the compliment! Awesome you are going to build a Sharpie for yourself. What construction method are you going to use? I will check out that design.

[@dominictarrsailing]

I use the same bag technique, except I use freezer bags which are like $2 for 120 or so, and are quite strong. recommended in the Russel Brown epoxy techniques book. I like the faring glue also. The joins between the planks are structural to the same degree as the glue holding them to the bulkheads. Learning lots of make-life-easier techniques from watching your videos

[@KarlFullerNZ]

Appreciate the tip about the bags, they sound better. Yes, the tip my friend Paul gave about using the fairing filler for the planks has been extremely good for this type of construction. It's a pity it was just after I bought a huge bag of glue filler! I'm very happy to hear I've been able to pass on some ideas, just passing them on myself!

[@ezrabell742]

Looking amazing Karl! so proud to see someone from our little corner of the world doing such a great project on the world stage, impressive. 👍

[@KarlFullerNZ]

Thanks again Ezra! It's quite awhile ago I saw what you'd done with your yacht (before it was in the water) and was quite impressed. Loved that massive wheel! How's it working out?

[@ezrabell742]

going well thanks, not sailing as often as I would like though.

[@dominictarrsailing]

what a relief to be glassing the underside of the deck on the bench and not over your head while crawling inside the boat!!! I am also quite pleased you are gonna have a prod this boat is gonna be fast!!!

[@KarlFullerNZ]

For sure, any glassing I can do on the bench is a win! I should possibly be putting a light cloth over the double bias though, there's a lot of print through from the cloth and it's stitching, even when adding an extra coat of resin. Ha ha, yes I'd like to leave the option open for having a prod and a Code 0 maybe. My intention is not to make this yacht a racer but I'll never forget doing a Coastal Classic in my Elliott 780 trailer yacht and footing it with a 7m Elliott, until as often happens in that race, it became Code 0 country and he left us for dead, we didn't have one. So it's the only extra sail I would consider, can make hours of difference to a long coastal sail and what better conditions to be sailing in than when in light winds, you can still sail well! Plus the Zero would add some support to the mast.

[@dominictarrsailing]

@@KarlFullerNZ oh yes I love having good light air performance! I brought a sail on trademe "asymmetric spinnaker" spinnaker cloth, but it turned out to be a triangle, not a spinnaker actually. A Drifter. I can actually sail to windward with it. I've learnt that Code Zero have a 75% midgirth because they need to technically be a spinnaker not a genoa for rating perposes, so they are designed to NOT work to windward, which is bit silly on a cruising boat... I've also been day dreaming about a dipping lugsail from spinnaker cloth

[@Cptnbond]

For the algorithm. :-)

[@KarlFullerNZ]

Cheers for that. It puzzles me as to what works and what doesn't between my videos, but it's more curiosity as I'm not trying to monetize the channel, just reach out to the sailing community.

[@getahanddown]

@@KarlFullerNZ I work in data + marketing etc. Just do your own thing as a channel, it is genuine and easy to be consistent when you're just doing your thing. Don't change to do shorts or clickbait etc. You'll get extra views as a one off but not people binging your older videos and adding across the board interaction. Safe things to add that boost your channels chances of being recommended are polls, community interaction, comments (especially ones made during a video) and cross interaction with other channels. Awesome work, I spent my teen Summers on my uncle's hand build glass over wood 32' Atkinson and dream of putting together such a tidy yacht. Am stuck in project car land so don't need to start a boat right now :) Love from NW Auckland.

[@KarlFullerNZ]

Really appreciate those suggestions and good to hear about your sailing experience. Whats the car project you're working on? I'm curious because I have played with the design of some 'exoskeleton' cars, a few years ago. I liked the idea of being open to the elements in a strong frame. Partly because I've done a lot of motorbike riding over the years and enjoy being more connected to the environment and a car is safer..... It was also going to be electric. This design is one of my favorites race-car-replicas.com/electric-car-project

[@brianseager6388]

i see you are using a real sander they are simply the best where in nz are you exactly based impressed the way you done your windows / portholes very clever

[@KarlFullerNZ]

Yes, there certainly is a place for the Rupes sander! Glad you appreciate what went into the windows, so far it's been worth the effort and I got the idea watching a boat builder friend, Tony, in a yard I was working in, years ago. I'm in Whangarei, what part of the world are you in?

[@brianseager6388]

@@KarlFullerNZ we are down in the waikato just south of hamilton koromatua i have had my rupes sander since the mid eighties brought it from ray fink boatbuilders new for about $800 i think when i built my pelin coetez launch