Building Cradles to WEIGH THIS BOAT [EP 127]

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[@TheDuracellProject]

Just to clarify, we are weighing the hull with the modifications made only. No keel, and empty of rigging, mechanical or electrical equipment.

[@aytacercen944]

My estimate includes The Inspector. Let me know if she/he will not be in the weigh-in process. If not, I will submit a modified weight.

[@jimmymetcalfe9167]

​@@aytacercen944 damn I forgot to allow for that! 😂

[@dannyheaver2292]

Do I detect an Aussie accent with Paul ??

[@MegaBilly9000]

Kiwi?

[@Stolendesign]

great work. my estimate is 5634kg - also how are you going to counteract the for and aft racking when you lift on the cradles?

[@brokerhc]

It is interesting to note that RAN sailing is in the process of also constructing wood cradles but for the incredible task of rolling his under construction sailboat out of his barn and turning it over.

[@vlachyna]

Yes! These are two best sailboat building channels on YT

[@wallacegrommet9343]

The BBC nature documentary spot on! Observing creatures bustling about their lairs is always fascinating!

[@TheDuracellProject]

isn't it?

[@markthomas7442]

Yanni , Loved the BBC Quadruped piece !! Keep up the great works.

[@daviddelrosario828]

I am always super impressed with your skills and precision in building your boat. You and your wife are superb videographers.

[@thomassawyer9977]

Gotta love the BBC documentary! Building the cradles was well done--I am amazed at the detail you use! I know you have to, but it still is a great skill!

[@TheErmerm999]

La Pawz has found her spot on the back step of the boat

[@swabbi]

Next episode. Building another cradle.

[@phlodel]

I thought it was the anchor you weigh.

[@urieaaron]

lol

[@TvInspector]

12.500 lbs - amazing skill building the cradles. Hope all goes well with baby and congrats 🎉💚

[@teeanahera8949]

You used a decimal place instead of a comma so it looks like 12 point 5 pounds

[@TvInspector]

@@teeanahera8949 you never know 🤷‍♂️ 😁

[@davidbroman8391]

13,780 lbs., 6,250 kgs. Glad everything is going well and excited for your new adventures as parents!

[@Valerie_Dawn]

it's or kg's?😂I don't even have a guess.

[@davidbroman8391]

@@Valerie_Dawn thanks. I hate autocorrect.

[@alanmcinnes1111]

I take it that “futzing” is another one of those arcane boat building terms? 😂 Thanks for sharing your fascinating process with such a massive project. 👏

[@jbdoessound]

I was so pleased when I saw you use the jack to get the frame glued tight to the hull. I was looking at it and thinking "lifting that or kicking in wedges isn't going to work". Thank goodness you're ahead of me. Matt, your patience is admirable. All this work that, on the face of it, doesn't progress the build. But, you get on with it just the same. That, or Yanni's editing skills are great at getting rid of the frustrations. Keep going, I'm loving watching the channel. The best wishes for the birth.

[@TheDuracellProject]

While there are, of course, moments of frustration, most days working on Duracell are good days for Matt. If he does get frustrated, I usually capture it on camera. It's part of the project! -Janni

[@TunioMir]

I CACKLED when you screwed the screw into the ground!

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Last time I looked at Duracell I think she weighed 7865kg - 17339lbs. Maybe it has changed a little since😜🥳

[@ericbergdahl6971]

We are so happy for both of you and totally understand your feelings. When you hold the baby for the first time you will be worried about hurting them. But your heart will be changed for ever. We are guessing weight of 9023 lbs.

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Great episode! More progress! Keep rolling along! 👍👍

[@waynecummins9713]

Great video 🇬🇧

[@swabbi]

Proud of ya. Congrats parents! ❤

[@TheAl6244]

Loved the doco. New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@geoffhurwitch2131]

Good luck with the delivery!

[@benshore7357]

Looking good 🎉 nothing is more accurate than a plumb bob

[@Deutschtown]

The cockpit looks inspiring.

[@BillSegestam]

Good luck with the baby project.

[@CharleyGeorge]

huge congrats on the little man soon lol. You will have loads of fun. Just relax and take breaths all the time. Things work out they always do.

[@johnsisk5914]

Y'all are simply amazing! Great info from each episode and wonderful music, filming and editing...which I've never attempted. Your cooperation and symmetry comes across in the final post...to me anyway. I really enjoy watching your progress and your mutual enjoyment of the process of (re)building the boat.

[@joecioe8566]

15,000 lbs. Looking forward to weigh in time. Good luck with the baby.

[@domp51]

I think all of us following would appreciate Matt doing a hornpipe dance while singing a shanty. Its what proper sailors do of an evening....

[@belledetector]

Congrats on the baby coming in a few days. My guess is 3460 gr. Exiting times ahead..

[@president2]

Go on the boat and baby 🎉

[@jeffhudson4817]

Matt, the things u do at home working out of your garage often have me wondering, what could this cat do if he had a proper building with all of the tools that he needed at his fingertips. Awesome job as always. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to your next video. Stay safe guys…

[@kevinmartin3859]

Nice cradles

[@BillSegestam]

Tack!

[@TheDuracellProject]

tusen, tusen takk!! 😊

[@swabbi]

Thanks!

[@TheDuracellProject]

thank you so much!!

[@HIGGY360DroneOrbiter]

I have binge watch all Duracell project. must watch till the end, nice job on build and video production. I will subscribe

[@TheDuracellProject]

Welcome aboard!

[@TheSlowbat]

It would be interesting to me and possibly others to know about All the glues as you use them; types and thickeners, etc.

[@deuce454]

love your overkill approach .. I mean who vacuum-bags a cored composite boat cradle 😂 but in the words of Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith of the A-Team "overkill is under rated"

[@JamesAyton-qu8fo]

Hmmm 5,950kg . Interesting episode guys. A chance meeting which could make all the difference. Better to find out now!

[@marcoartini7480]

Considering that there is stuff still missing, I would go with 9850 lb. Congratulation guys! Good luck with the "new comer"! Very excited for all of you! Cheers!

[@kiwibadger7826]

Paul sounds like a fellow Kiwi(New Zealander)

[@TURSTY09]

I came here to comment the same thing. Cool to see a few kiwis kicking around watching!

[@moosenbeans903]

And here I thought building a outboard engine hoist was hard. But I get it your building your house

[@OurLadyDefiant]

It weighs just the right amount 😊

[@jabirucru6970]

23,395 lbs. great video as always.

[@bryanwatt9751]

I've just added "fudsing" to my vocabulary! 😊

[@scottsorby7966]

Janni you are a wonderful narrator, that voice over was too funny, poor Matt, but then again he just writes his own comedy at times. 🤣🤣 Great work both of you and an amazing interesting video too - stay safe mum, but dad get on with the work why don't you? 😉😂 Much respect from Scotland - be safe all

[@TheDuracellProject]

he really does😂 -Janni

[@Johnny-Too-Bad]

Channeling Attenborough!

[@marchuvfulz]

Neat project. My guess is about 12000 lbs. I kind of wondered whether it would not have been easier just to make the cradles out of sheets of OSB, cut to a hull shape template to fil the hull, and glued and screwed together to get the desired thickness and strength? The inside (where the hull rests) could be lined with foam or old carpet.

[@RobPattinson-ui2qh]

22,604 lbs.... minus the 10,000 lb keel... is 12,604 lbs. Loved Alan's comment about "futzing." That's a highly technical term for what you have to do to the boat before you can go "putzing" around the bay. Congratulations to both of you! You have very interesting timing for when you decide to build a "cradle."

[@ronaldsharp8808]

Did 7 years and 52k nautical miles. No one knew what our motor sailer design was. Maybe a modified S and S On the hoist it weighed 26 ton. With A 12 meter mast it was very tender.

[@pietrobarili4906]

I’m guessing around 4 tons! Pietro from Italy!

[@dennisash7221]

My guess would be that she weighs 16965 lbs 😁 All the best with the coming new addition to the family hope all will go off great looking forward to seeing the new crew member.

[@luciezabakova7266]

Shout out to Janni.. This was so funny :D (Do not fear your neerdy side🥴🥴🥴)

[@JohnOverhill]

Awesome idea Matt and very clever approach with cradles. I assume you will have a load cell under all four corners Not only will you be able to weigh it but also balance up when adding the heavy stuff. Not going to bet on weight but I bet RAN sailing and Artic seacamel will follow your lead.

[@Ambot51]

I'm going with the Price Is Right strategy.... 1 lb.

[@verbalmute4873]

Kiwis know everything.

[@teeanahera8949]

Do you reckon Paul is a Kiwi? More Aussie I thought.

[@verbalmute4873]

@@teeanahera8949 I got 5 on Kiwi

[@verbalmute4873]

Just listened again, you might be right.

[@bryanwatt9751]

Kiwi!?

[@verbalmute4873]

@@bryanwatt9751 Where ya from Bryan? Are asking what a Kiwi is?

[@vforcemadness]

My guess would be 32500lbs. Good luck to both of you with the new lil one almost here. :)

[@andrewmoylan6295]

Far out, Matt, that's a lot of work, mate, I'm sure it will be worth it.

[@MikeC19100]

Great job on building the base and cradles to get that beast weighed. I have nothing to base this guess on, but my best guess would be that the boat is around 18,00-20,00 pounds.

[@bryanwatt9751]

9.2 tons!

[@tombarton1]

18333 pounds. Tom Barton Charleston WV. Congrats on baby!!!

[@_r_ma_]

8 tons!

[@mckenziekeith7434]

Pretty hectic racing against the catalyzed polyester resin while trying to get the vacuum bag on overhead! But you guys pulled it off.

[@oscarw9889]

12800# is my guess... incl the "Inspector"..🤣🤣

[@theconfessionsof_a]

I’m not going to guess the weight, but I think Matt will be close. Much love The Senior confessor, England

[@sydneycarter9497]

22,000 ❤pounds

[@kevinscanlan9701]

Nice job as always, 37000 lbs

[@thomaswilhelmsen6219]

1380 lbs as is without keel, engine, and everything else. Great work and project

[@cals4200]

Keep up the good work, 16,500 lbs

[@VelcorHF]

Geez dude. You really can vacuum bag anything.

[@jareddavid65]

This is very interesting. I'm going to say 15,200lbs.

[@robertgold2643]

I’m betting it’s within 11% of what you think she weighs 😎. I’m a carpenter not a boat right but I’d be adding some lashings around the frames and also diagonal bracing fore/aft as well, if you haven’t already of course 😉. It’s to cool to se show it’s all coming together and thanks for sharing the journey with the world

[@topher60657]

Weighing Duracell sounds bonkers! Next you roll out a plan and build the cradles. Looking forward to next week. My guess 12,256 lbs.

[@matthewgrallert1603]

He's about to weigh his shelter😆

[@hedleyjackson5131]

Funny how this side of the pond we think of the BBC as ours yet it is part pf your natural vocabulary.

[@rocketappliantist4969]

Gotta love shrink tape. Has a lot more uses than shrinkwrap. When I coached high school sailing I would use it to quickly seal a blown out 420 auto bailer. Just capsize the boat, wipe the hull dry, and slap some tape over it. Also my guess is: 12,500 pounds

[@RCake]

Hi there, great video 😍 I say 16.925 lbs.

[@sailor5026]

Great. Nothing like an experienced hand. 30,000 lbs.

[@peterrahill9263]

1641st tag-along view... (eessh - lotta troll/bot comments on this episode already). 6:40 - or as Dad would say, "Organize - deputize - and supervise." Loose translation: "Don't just DO something, STAND there!"

[@ericrowet2465]

Hé papa ! Calme toi ! bébé est bientôt là ! Duracel attendra ! 😂😅😂😅😜

[@malcolmwillis6450]

Estimate of boat weight in it's current form is 8,500lbs

[@carlthor91]

13,200 lbs. I'm probably over, but Duracell, is a large boat.

[@endospores]

I'm very curious how the weighing is going to be done, and what the need for the cradles is. But at the same time i'm impressed at the quality of it it all, very nice. I'd wager the boat ways just about 5000kg as it is.

[@briangately8104]

My weight guess is within 50lbs of your personal estimate! Congratz on the baby!!

[@adriannicholson8819]

heavy

[@olivierromainlinon4929]

I'd say 10140lbs though your admirable work on this project weighs way more!

[@jossmaxwell00]

18,000 lbs As she is. Loved the Attenborough spin orf. Very amusing indeed.

[@FIL357]

Not the foggiest idea - 14 tons? 😱🤨😂 phil , Suffolk U.K.🇬🇧. Oh! Impressed by the cradle construction and the trouble you go to in progressing things. 👍

[@dancarter482]

_England!_

[@FIL357]

@@dancarter482 whatever😁

[@wallacegrommet9343]

OSB sheet orientation relative to frame affects strength differently in a diaphragm application. Your cradle is strong in shear but perhaps less in downward load

[@belledetector]

OSB sucks and Matt knows. The frame structure itself is enough to hold the boat. The OSB just keeps everything in alignment..

[@BunkerMentality]

There is no downward load on the OSB. In fact, the primary load applied to the OSB will be sideways as the weight of the boat, combined with the angled surface, will want to push the vertical supports outwards.

[@billyjid74]

32500 lbs keep up the great work ;-)

[@swabbi]

16.6tonnes!

[@t_bl8773]

Hi, I estimate the actual weight at 5800Kg , which is 12786.68Lbs in your part of the world !! 😉

[@ApacheHavoc25]

I would guess the yacht is currently at 34,000 lbs or around 15,400 kgs. I am wondering how you are going to weigh the boat by the way :) Looking forward to the next video!

[@MaShcode]

My guess? Whatever the baby weighs in metric tonne! 🐣

[@harrisonrabalais412]

I laughed so hard when they did the nature thing lmao

[@svlamancha9877]

Are you able to tie the cradles together with longitudinal members and diagonals. Looks like you are going to jack the boat up and weigh the boat at each of the four pads. The cradles are narrow and look real tippy just now👍

[@newzealandfromadjimini2cor452]

Apart from the mediums (fibreglass Duracell V Wood RAN) the two builders have the same high attention to detail ... I think Leo (Tally Ho) is the ultimate perfectionist.

[@philippegaspart3311]

as is, with no keel, rudder or any systems on bord , I d say around 5 tons (around 11000lbs) maybe less.

[@XXLaffinGravyXX]

Good guess..

[@philippegaspart3311]

@TheDuracellProject , were there any more precise educated guesses? Also, congrats again on the baby.

[@sharkmentality9717]

Total surface bearing, we take alginate impressions in prosthetics.

[@gabrielb1969]

I'm guessing she was always a featherweight and that she has lost a lot more weight with your magnificant work so I am putting her down at 8270 lbs. Keep up the good work and best of luck with your impending parenting journey - I hope everything goes smoothly for Mother and baby.

[@handleymachine4421]

It’s going to seem light with no ballast rigging or power system. I’m going to guess it’s current weight to be 13683lbs. And I’ll bet the balance is pretty darn good at this point.