Sailboat Refit: GIANT vacuum bag project E39

In this episode, I tie the stern modification together with some major laminations and we take the Honey for a rip.
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[@alangurman3961]

Watch you all the time. 20 years in the Navy and I used to own a 36ft Boro Tempress. Bad back stopped me sailing.

[@TheDuracellProject]

Hi Alan, thanks for following along.

[@TheDuracellProject]

Hi Alan, thanks for following along.

[@hondacota4rt]

I don't have a boat, nor have I ever been on a sailboat. But I really like your videos. And as I picked up fishing this spring, a boat one day would be nice.

[@Jb001jb]

Same here, it all started with Tally Ho for me, now already a couple of years ago. Love watching the woodworking. But i really like this fiberglass work too. Video’s are excellent. Looking forward to a new video every week.

[@robertmillen2967]

Regardless of difference, it’s going to be interesting to see your NEW water line

[@dwtrksvc]

I will never get tired of the natural honesty with this channel. If Honey took that long to paint, I can only imagine how long Duracell is going to take...👍

[@vforcemadness]

I’m an asphalt sailor (tractor trailer driver) lol. I love watching these updates. I look forward to every video you do. Unlike most of your followers, I know nothing about boating. I love the looks of them but I’ve never experienced riding in a boat other than a small ski boat on a lake. But for some reason, I’m glued to watching this life size model come to life. Maybe it’s because I have a passion to build things and love the feeling of gratification once a project is complete. From what I’ve seen so far, as far, I’m guessing you’ve lessened the weight around 558 lbs.

[@victorhooker2439]

You have increased the weight by 23 kg great videos

[@RandomStuff-zt6qf]

11:20 biscuits and gravy sounds soooooooo good right now haha

[@domdenis78]

Can’t be a captain if you never run aground!😎😂

[@robertmillen2967]

Two kinds of sailors, those that have run a ground and those that lie

[@andypayne998]

I grew up in Jamestown Rhode island and I remember meeting Mike plant and Duracell when she was fresh out of the yard. I also remember Mike plant and his next boat coyote. It's so inspiring to see the love and work you are doing on Duracell

[@ponyrang]

My best friend, Thank you for your hard work in making the video. I enjoyed the good video. Have a happy day.

[@SteelDoesMyWill]

I've done several foam core panels to make new or replace bulkheads in my small racing cat. By recording the weights of all my raw material prior to vac bagging I was able to calculate that my finished resin to fiber was 38%, and that's just doing wet lay-up with the breather cloth and peel ply as the only way to absorb excess resin. Infusion is great and the America's Cup Pro's are shooting for 35%, but the extra cost of consumables and time to set up, plus the risk of a failed infusion are just not worth it to me. For cruising boats I think a careful wet lay-up and the vac-bag are perfect and yields great results with lower risk. I love watching the progress and attention to detail on this project, keep it up!

[@toolrestoration]

Wow , found you today and watched every episode from doghouse til now . !! 100 lbs difference

[@TheDuracellProject]

welcome aboard, Jim!

[@MailBox-pz6ry]

Cool project! 0 diff in weight

[@steveraleigh100]

I can't get over how well the vacuum system works. It makes your job so much easier. Honey is gorgeous. You did an amazing job on her.

[@TheDuracellProject]

thanks! now that it's warming up, we are going to get the honey out sailing soon

[@catchulater7483]

We got knocked down in that 52ft Erwin I told ya about in/near the grand bahama island half way to bimini. There was a water spout and the wind from it knocked the boat alll the way over. Top of the mast was in the water! Well as you may know the keel on an Erwin is heavy! It brought us back upright. We were only flat for less than a minute but we still had to change our shorts afterwards. Then all of a sudden the wind just quit, dead silence and all the water that got sucked up by the funnel dumped on us! There was about an inch of water on the deck for a second or two before it ran off. I tell ya this because we both are good sailers and sometimes we still get surprised. I’m just glad that when we saw the sky’s getting a lil dark we didn’t take any chances and closed all the portholes to be safe. That is prolly the only reason we didn’t get water logged. Your boat is coming along great. Keep makin the videos. (I wouldnt want to be on the internet either😏)

[@TheDuracellProject]

yikes! Glad you made it safely home.

[@jimedson3853]

Great to see Honey out of the shed and into the water. Very beautiful boat and looks like a very fun boat to sail. I saw grins on everybody's faces. Great progress on the stern too.

[@Brian-os9qj]

I can only guess on weight and that would be beyond guessing so………80lbs. Nice work and enjoy the process and many friends/family assisting speaks highly of your integrity. Keep glassing and rolling.

[@danielcrowell5749]

Love watching the project! +44lbs

[@tentmaran]

A very nice episode, loved to hear some of your history. 😊 Great litle boat you build looks fun. 😊 And I agree you a vacume bag junky😉 doing a great Job and fun to watch. 👍

[@DFMurray]

Whoa never seen anyone vac bag a complex shape like that. Didn't know that was possible. Learn something new everyday.

[@darrylmcleman6456]

I was ropped into looking after 2 cats across the street while owner went on holiday to Morocco for a month. One of them runs and hides when I show up and the other tolerates me barely.I have never had cats because I am allergic to them. I will be glad when owner returns! CHEERS from Southwest Van.Isle!

[@Deutschtown]

Nice work with the 1708.

[@davidantill6949]

Thank you for such great videos. Matt and Somerset look so happy sitting there. Everyone needs a friendship like that. I am most impressed with Matt's calm but very capable nature. The videos are shot really well, too. Congratulations, it is a very watchable combination. Best wishes from the UK 👍🏻👊🏻

[@TheDuracellProject]

Thank you, David!

[@Acrowat40]

Glad to see the channel getting some deserved traction on subcribers!

[@BradMelmon]

I'm seeing this too late to take a guess at delta weight... Thanks for the shout out. Great to see the old pics of Honey in process and to see her out on the water again, (next time hopefully you'll fly the chute - matches the paint so well ;-) ) Still honored to work on graphics when you're ready. Need to come up to check out your progress, meet Janni, and hear any thoughts on name, style, color(s), aux pwr source plans, etc. Carry on you three (incl. lapawz of course): you're rocking it by all measures!!! 💖✨

[@TheDuracellProject]

come out any time, Brad!

[@TotalBoat]

Such a rewarding and satisfying part of this transformation!!

[@benpowitzky4820]

600lbs.... I have been following you guys and I am really impressed with your skills. I can't wait to see you finish the boat. I have learned a whole lot about fiberglass work by watching you work. I really appreciate it that. I can't wait for the next video.

[@TheDuracellProject]

thanks, Ben!

[@alangurman3961]

Guys hello from Australia.

[@clooneyclown]

I estimate that the boat has now become 150 kg (330 LBS) heavier. It is a pleasure to watch this great metamorphosis. You are a very skilled specialist. Greetings from the Netherlands, cheers....

[@michaelkante490]

Great project. and we will never forget, that you must have a lot of technical education and experience of sailing. The VIdeos show us, how to bring this project forward, and sometimes it looks like, that it`s very easy. BUT WITHOUT DOUBT; you must have a lot of qualified Characteristics, to do that project very well. I wish you all the power and sucess, you need, to get a perfect solution. THANK YOU FOR ALL

[@wolfgangwieser7996]

Great project! Love to watch your amazing content!

[@antipope1975]

Love seeing your transformation of Duracell, my wife and I sail an Rs Aero 7 but plan to move to bigger boats when the knees and body won’t cope with dinghy racing anymore. Keep up the amazing work. T

[@MaShcode]

9:56 shows the steppes of the transom build? Honey really zips along. Makes a bee line.

[@stevewenban2300]

Just keep ticking off that to do list Matt you are kicking butt Champion 👍👍

[@robinhodgkinson]

Well that sucks! Nice work Matt.

[@TheDuracellProject]

🤣

[@VAdu56]

120 kg more! Superb Video, we can see that you correctly master the vacuuming of the glass cloth and the resin... it's superbly well done, as well as the professionals where I live... Multiplast in Vannes (France ) !!

[@petermar8683]

I wish you all the best! Very interesting project!

[@lilliecrane2106]

Like the honey looks so pretty sailing.

[@chrisb2499]

Ohh man if the musical montages were set to Ween this channel would be complete! Might have to start dubbing that in for myself

[@GlennJohnson1]

Best episode yet.

[@jeffw.6821]

You are doing beautiful work on the stern.

[@amunderdog]

I am starting to look forward to your updates. The project and your approach is very interesting. 135#

[@TAT660X]

The Honey looks cool 😎 Love watching your videos

[@ThoughtfulWander]

nice progress! Keep rolling! Nice boat that Honey! Looks like a lot of fun! Be safe all! 👍👍👊👊

[@MCKNHM-Architects]

Love your channel!Since you are so smart and meticulous in updating this boat, I‘d say you calculated all the changes so tightly that there is no net weight difference to the original boat yet (in fact the windows of the old doghouse might tip the scale into minus but I say no difference for the sake of having a firm number).

[@mememe5231]

Great video. Plus 150lbs. You did pull out the ballast tanks..so maybe plus 25lbs. I’m torn😅

[@sergeviviand6486]

Hi, exactly 35 years ago we start to talk with mike how to built the hull plug!! Long time 🙄🙄cheers serge

[@TheDuracellProject]

awesome.

[@Arnaud58]

Great structural progress! Looks fine.👌 @12:37 The stitch and glue style! That brings me back to the mid 80's when I built a Wharram cat. Great. Made the water go thin with it for years.🤗 @17:53 Well, that vacuuming addiction turns out to be quite useful.😉

[@michaelvandermolen4120]

Hi, enjoying following along with your amazing project, I'm guessing + 45 kg. Cheers, Michael from Tasmania, Australia.

[@jackswonson3772]

Just amazed at your skill and craft! I think you’ve added about 125lbs to date.

[@PCStuart1]

I am guessing about 250 pounds less so far. Before you put on the cockpit inner panels, you could remove the original sloped top-deck of the original transom, that would allow you to make some nicely shaped and usable lockers. But I guess you have already considered that. love the project, I am refitting a 1984 Admirals Cup type IOR 1 Tonner, a lot of fun too. Cheers

[@lincolngrove2808]

Another great episode. So much more than a boat refit channel. You are really good at putting in all the background stuff and how you arrived at Duracell. It's shot and edited at a beautifully relaxing pace. And as it's my birthday today, I thank you for an unwitting birthday present.

[@TheDuracellProject]

Nice, thanks for your kind words! Happy belated bday!

[@billhuseby1178]

74.8 pounds added Good job, good videos

[@endrenico1278]

Added 101kg. 🌞 🌞 I'm a dreamer myself. One day i will have my own sailer again! Love every episode! 🇧🇻

[@dcallan812]

Great update 2x👍 It must be nice to be on the water. We had 2 lie boats pulled up on the beach, I culdnt see what for but I dont htink it was anything too bad.

[@drewboyone]

-85kg. Negative 85 kilograms is my vote. Great stuff guys love your vids ✅

[@bhcreasy]

Man, you don’t mess around. I think you’re using less resin with vacuum bagging, and lighter materials, so I’m voting that you are lighter by 99 pound now.

[@Sluf7]

Nice work team jeez they must be pumping out those Fibre glass trees for all this work. Honey has nice lines a d just looks right as she cuts through the water beautifully made. Be well carry on. Cheers Nick (NZ)

[@peterc.anderson1840]

I loved the video! Happy to see the progress for sure. Pretty talented guy for sure. Loved the boat "honey" wow! I got good chuckles about the cat video competition and of course, the comments just prior to that. I laughed and laughed 😅...thank you! Keep up the great work!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤜🤛✌️

[@TheDuracellProject]

Cheers, Peter!

[@stashtrey1]

I LOVE WEEN!!! A++

[@PN_48]

Awesome vid mate - have been buried recently dodging tropical showers while we finish the repairs to the tri and repaint (all of my clothing now has specks of seafoam green) and finally getting some downtime to binge watch a couple this eve. Good progress as ever - looking forward to seeing what you work on next!

[@TheDuracellProject]

thanks, Nathan, and thanks for your support😊

[@mattn7415]

Really enjoying the videos. This one especially with a bit more of a history of how you got here. My guess is zero when it comes to fibreglass but not sure about those windows. See you next week 🇦🇺😁

[@jnsfrahm]

I’ve been thinking about building an I550 as well. I’m currently building a Cobra kit car and I think the boat will be my next project. I learned a little bit about sailing on a Hobie Cat in Greece while on vacation and I've wanted to do more of it ever since.

[@dunkie976]

+87 lb Love your channel and it's great to see the support growing.

[@mngbennett]

We are sitting in Winter Cove again watching you and I am going to guess you have lightened the boat by about my body weight 230 pounds.

[@cayesuomi]

Great job! Another super interesting episode! The difference will be +75kg

[@noisefromtherifts8509]

Guessing you added about 150 kgs. Great project, looking forward to what will happen in the interior, and rigging as compared to the racing beast that this once was.

[@jamesmyers7066]

I say you are 237kg net loss at this point! Keep it up I love the project and enjoy all your content.

[@the382house]

Net zero. I don’t see the transom mod adding much additional buoyancy but whatever weight you did add wants to be offset by same. The vacuum bagging is key. Don’t know how you could achieve consistent lamination work without it. Plus you make it look easy.

[@marcoartini7480]

650lb Great work guys! Keep it up!

[@MicBruise]

I'd guess the net weight difference so far is close to zero. You removed the water ballast tanks, pod, original doghouse with windows, and cockpit. You basically relocated the aft bulkhead for (probably) net zero. You added the new doghouse and stern extension. The new doghouse is much bigger than the old, but there are no windows installed and the old doghouse looks like it was built to be bulletproof, so I imagine it is quite heavy. Love your channel, your attitudes, and your approach to the whole project.

[@jpdj2715]

To quote a few of the words you use: I guess you are probably right

[@uncannyvalleywoods7248]

Biscuits and gravy ain't no joke.

[@ericsander3837]

I guess around 125 lb loss of weight. Love your episodes and passion. Greetings from Germany.

[@claytonthompson5885]

I am going for 25 kg as you have reused a bit of it . loving the show and the way you telling us all the steps

[@teeanahera8949]

You need to say positive or negative 20 kg.

[@matthewbrady2001]

+95lbs. Love the videos!

[@kleincamper]

I suggest 137kg more. I have no idea what this is in old fashioned. ;-) Btw, the videos are getting better and better, this was really nice to watch! I'm already looking forward to your travel vlogs! :-D

[@camsmeltzer9388]

Love to see this coming together and not sitting! My guess is - 450lbs.

[@keithproctor6380]

The difference I think is 1250lbs. Awesome job... can't wait to see it where it belongs

[@oldshad65]

Seeing Honey is a great preview to how stunning XXXXXXXX will look like on launch day! I don’t know from kgs, but say you’re -150 lbs.

[@Jason442200]

I'm going to say you're up 525lbs. On a side note, I'm loving the kitty cameos, he's seems like a real ham

[@richardmclaren8549]

As always Mat love your work and really liked The Honey. I am guessing that the nett weight difference is 200 kg but not sure if that is lighter or heavier. Probably the new improvements are lighter because of the vacume bag technology and you can use less resin. 🐟

[@Bruin4Life]

As I have never built a boat so don’t have intimate knowledge of the weight of the materials being used, but watching the thoroughness of the work you have done, I would guess that the boat is about 400 lbs heavier because of the addition of the larger doghouse and using the old windows. I would also assume that the additional weight would give you a smoother ride during heavier than normal winds.

[@martinmicheal4595]

I hear y’all on the weed and cat vids bros

[@forgetn]

Hey BTW mat your 550 looks like the Australian dingies you have in Sydney, harbor,. Also two spreaders on such a small boat....it must fly when you've got the spinnaker

[@tanksouth]

Lovely.

[@bashamstaysbusy4193]

The new cab is way bigger but no glass and you've reused alot of structure from the old cutouts for the rear I've got to say +701lbs

[@Stefan_the_sailor]

-650 lbs ! Great episode!

[@gregoryfletcher6198]

Haha live near lake pegasus and sail our firebug dingy and sunburst there.

[@triasc8469]

Amazing work…I’m guessing with the extended transom but without windows or pilot station you are approx minus 800 lbs…taking into account structure and amount of material from the old dog house…I’m restoring a 1986 Chris craft cabin cruiser….but your project is next level insane amount of work…thank you for sharing ❤

[@altustratus]

Guess at the moment you have stripped of 65.5 kg. Great work, nice to get small glimps of your past life and what has been leading you up to this.

[@VRzichtbaar]

Great improvements that will increase comfort lot. You removed quite some weight. The foam board is not heavy but the glass is. So my guess is the you did add some weight even without the glass in the pilothouse. I am guessing plus 55kg

[@fredsevert1937]

I'm Fred from Wisconsin and the Great Lakes. Guessing you have taken out 15500 pounds. Love your project and the progress you have made

[@fredsevert1937]

1500 pounds

[@symphonyfarm2009]

I am going with the Price is Right one dollar bet, as I think Matt is going to be crazy town maticulous about maintaining equal weight...... 25lbs.

[@phil2707]

Great job so far 👍 - I guess the difference in weight is 165kg. Greetings from Germany - cheers Phil

[@flossey100]

My guess is approximately equal weight😂 Beautiful art work and process.

[@edw.b856]

Well done, sir! According to my precision "angle of the dangle" calculation, she's up by 0 lbs.

[@dorkis44]

I would guess you have added a net +237 lbs to the weight of boat. You have used significantly more layers of fiberglass than the original it seems and I'm guessing that will add quite a bit of weight over every square foot

[@leonbrouwer6105]

Awesome work again brother. You don't mess about with you super strong fiberglass so my guess is you added some net weight but not too much, maybe 40Kg's so far?

[@billhellmers2739]

330 lbs…. Awesome project!!!

[@bartfeenstra5706]

Great

[@Its_me--Boo_Radley]

22 pounds. Another extremely interesting video! Thank you!

[@bobcaverly]

Guessing the bulkhead change is a relative net 0. The new dog house is probably a bit heavier than the old one just because of size. Cockpit removal is likely about the same as the extension, so net 0 there too. But the tanks you took out were pretty big - so Im guessing a small overall decrease so far - say 100lbs less overall?.