Building MAINTENANCE FREE Stanchion Bases [EP132]

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[@tj7870]

how great to have your mom working beside you!

[@kevinburns4853]

If you're even half as patient and caring at parenting as you are in shipwright and video production, both of you will be amazing parents.

[@noahbego]

When Janni Reads this, I hope she understands how incredibly well she edited this video ending. There is an incredible feeling while watching, the style is so incredible. Please continue to do works of art like this as you edit videos! I hope it was so much fun for you!

[@TheDuracellProject]

thank you, I do enjoy it :) -Janni

[@Backnine907]

Have to admit, the "coolest" part of this video was the sunglasses you were wearing at the beginning.

[@m1ste2tea]

Im sure it's been mentioned before in some way, but... How blessed are you to be able to have your mother help you realize your dream, despite her age, still able to keep up with you two.

[@WillFastie]

Don't you guys have some sort of high award, like the "Duracell Gold Star?" Give it to Mom.

[@jimedson3853]

Intriguing stanchion solution. I like your continued adherence to the philosophy of doing as much as you can without drilling holes. I was surprised at how fast your dinghy slices through the water. Nice to see the whole family on an outing. Thanks for the video.😁😁👍👍

[@svlamancha9877]

Perhaps get your stanchions slightly under engineered. You don’t want really strong carbon stanchions which would break the posts, ideally you want the stanchions to fail before the posts fail as stanchions are easy to replace 👍

[@markthomasson5077]

Or better, stainless, which might bend first?

[@turnpointdesign]

Wow great video of you sailing the Scout 14. You were really scoooting right along!

[@rpforsyth]

I’ve watched every episode since you trucked Duracell into your yard. I’m fascinated by the process and your solutions. I grew up on Puget Sound (now I live in the desert) and my father and I built a Luger 16’ fiberglass sailboat from a kit in our basement. Your videos bring back many good memories! Thank you!!

[@MrFloatmaster]

Sailing off the beach, in your own boat, in glass.. was epic!

[@robertzalnis3162]

the Scout looks fantastic. It appears to be really slick and fast in that light wind.

[@Scarf66.]

Bring the little fellow out in a sling - the simplest and best way to get him to participate in life! He‘ll be a sailor in no time and love it!

[@Tedroy]

Nice high speed mod... The Hair! And that's a very trick move with the railing mounts. Nice jazz accompanies the sailing scenes. Well done! Pat that lil' sailor.

[@BillGornicki-qj9mk]

Hi mom! Great to see you working again. 😎 You sure had a nice idea for the stanchions. I’m sure Matt appreciates it. 🤣😂🤣

[@TW-AZ]

Oh man, carbon Stanchions would be amazing!!! BLING!!!

[@4437RR]

I see black carbon stanchions! Beautiful ❤

[@markthomasson5077]

Love your Mum!

[@MrAidan1967]

Love the Dinghy in particular the sail plan, in the UK we encourage any one going on the water to wear a buoyancy aid, you must have a different culture in the US.❤

[@Twelvestonestacking]

Outstanding! I WILL be using the stanchion idea! thkU! Goodonyas!

[@tycro]

Love this channel. I know nothing about boats but I love watching people build things. Can’t wait to see Duracell on the water. Please paint it to look like a battery.

[@dezmo7]

I don't think you would want your boat to look like a battery...

[@jmkikkawa]

You killed it! Awesome idea. Some topside paint will keep the UV off the G10 resin.

[@MaryK4242]

Brilliant idea!! Your Mom is still a Rock Star! 🤩🤩 Sweet freaking dingy.. Looks like so much fun! I got a sail for my Kayak and its a blast. Needs a dagger bord though... likes to slide sideways. lol...

[@Degenhardt450]

The sailing dinghy scoots along quite well.

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Nice dingy build! Bet she can fly across the water with the right wind and tack! 👍👍

[@MicBruise]

Great stanchion solution. And that Scout really glides through the water. What a sweet tender.

[@ArcticSeaCamel]

What a great solution to this. I think I’m gonna copy this in a way or another. 😎

[@TheDuracellProject]

hope your build is going well!!

[@pmacgowan]

I love your new "little" sail boat 🙂

[@neilrush659]

Hello from the tropics, another master class from Matt, but the highlight was seeing your new dingy in the water, wow what a stunning little vessel, she looks absolutely beautiful and I love the sail design so Kool. I'm sure you're very proud of her seen as you built her yourself, such a wonderful thing. Great to see the little guy as well. Sending you three the best of positive energy....Neil ☘☘😊😊

[@TheDuracellProject]

thanks, Neil! :)

[@fuzzyjax]

First off. Beautiful family. It brings joy to my heart for you guys to see you together with the baby and your mom. Secondly you should consider the name Ever Ready for the dinghy! Lol. Great vid.

[@theconfessionsof_a]

We love the Scout, much love from England, The Senior Confessor.

[@graemeoliver744]

gorgeous little sailing dinghy.

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi Matt, I must say your mum is fantastic lady and mother she’s always helping you guys out and I don’t even know a name just calling Mum anyway keep up the good work always enjoy the videos , Cliff from Logan City, Queensland, Australia

[@TheDuracellProject]

judy

[@anthonyrondolino8148]

Great little sailing dingy!

[@petermercer5968]

Hay Matt you look like a rock star with those Sun glasses 🤓🤓

[@TotalBoat]

We love to see your mom getting so involved in this as well!

[@JeremyVeleber]

Fort Worden... I've camped there many times and moored on a ball there twice (both at night). I judge that it is a PWN gem. Looks like you had a fun time on the 4th.

[@robbinbaker5497]

Nice idea for the stanchions. Thanks for the vid.

[@adamshawtmr]

Such a cool design!

[@shaneriehl223]

That dingy is so cool! I love the no-boom setup. Just one less spar to store, and the shape of the sail is still entirely acceptable for what you're doing with it.

[@Deutschtown]

Fun project. Great idea. So happy to see you celebrate Independence day on your new skiff. Beautiful out there.

[@erictakakjian6021]

Love the stanchion base set up, you solved a universal age old problem with that! The dingy looks awesome

[@1519Spring]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="305">5:05</a> Love how Judy stands on a box to reach the drill press. She is fun size...and the best!

[@ApexWoodworks]

Good idea about the stancion leaking solution! And, Dad, it was terrific watching you holding your little man.

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Great episode! More progress! Keep rolling Duracell team! 👍👍

[@benshore7357]

Looking good 🎉 like the stanchions. They will never leak🎉🎉

[@wayphun72]

The birth of a sailing family, our beloved Duracell is like a caterpillar. Under it's shed, tucked away in it's cocoon Matt is creating this masterpiece that will once again take to the wind.

[@kencraig6526]

nice, it sails very nice.

[@olivierorban787]

Hello Very clever idea, I have done the same sort of but instead of fiber glass I use a stainless steel tube and I filled them with epoxy As you said, no leaking inside 😊

[@gjspeaks]

Great idea for the stanchion basese.

[@joecioe8566]

Looks like a great little sailboat. The video of the sailing was top notch, great job Janni.

[@ekaa.3189]

For those stanchion bases, make a smaller ring that is heavily rounded off and very smooth. Use it as a very easily replaced wear part as the bottoms of the stanchion tubes will wear the top of the rings you placed around the bases. Something like High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) would be ideal. It could be shaped to be kind for bare feet. HDPE could also have ears machined into it to provide holes for tying nets down. When it breaks, the edges are also not sharp. I've seen HDPE last well over 2 decades on a farm when always in the sunlight. Obviously use a UV resistant variety.

[@sailor5026]

Nice. Happy sailing.

[@andrewmoylan6295]

The Dinghy looks sick Matt, bet you're stoked to get some wind in those sails, sleek little weapon, great summer vibes, crew.

[@marcoartini7480]

Awesome to see the dinghy out in the water!

[@JamesAyton-qu8fo]

The years you spent fixing those annoying leaks relly pays off in motivating you to come up with the elimination of as many throughdeck holes as possible. Great idea on the stanchions Matt and utilizing the underdeack structure already present. That dinghy looks the business. I sailed a lot in toppers one summer in france, great fun. This looks as simple but far more efficient and beautiful to boot. Excellent choice for a tender. Once again a good video, thankyou and Godbless you all❤

[@archsailor]

Wow! That is almost a lee board ish. Interesting arrangement.

[@Rubinho1977]

You are the MacGyver of the boat building 😂

[@tomk4199]

What a great tender! Looks like an excellent sailer!

[@jackojacko7358]

Right time, right place. Let’s enjoy this vid 😎

[@robearch]

Dang, now I want to build something AND go sail. Dinghy looks so cool!

[@kevinmartin3859]

i think you should reward your mum and wife with flowers and choclates loved the idea with the stantions a perfect end to the video a family day out on the 4th July sailing the new tender it sailed well was it a junk rig sail

[@michaelsleep8762]

it would be interesting to know what the breaking strength of the fiberglass insert are

[@robinvoice-ln4rh]

Suggest that you retain the stanchions with a split pin near the top of the grp stub. Much simpler than grub screws. I think they are called cotter pins in American? Robin

[@dennisg8164]

Very nice solution to the stantion bases. Brilliant. Have you decided on stantion height? I redid all the stainless surround on my FIRST42S before heading south. The big changes were height, tube diameter and length dimensions. I increased the height to 30" from the standard 24". Huge difference however, 34" would have been better for support going forward in a seaway. The tubing is all 1.5" outside diameter. I extended both the pulpit and push it further forward and aft respectively. I virtually built a cage for the helm area. In an attempt to find more real estate for solar panels I added a solid top rail from my gate stantion forward to the next stantion. I never used it for solar but the improvement in security going forward was huge. Very glad I did it for that reason alone.

[@TheDuracellProject]

i like taller stanchions and the old stanchions were 30 inches

[@garyregan4871]

What a clever solution to leaky stsntions, absolutely cunning

[@richhudnut5110]

Hard racing on SF bay, every year we bent stainless stanchion's, was easy to deal with as we had the deck plate...

[@pekkausva6783]

Very good idea and design - well done Matt!

[@ellsbells9943]

Oh she's BEAUTIFUL!!!! Have you named her yet? She's going to take such good care of your family... and look at lovely Ft. Worden. It's my favorite place to hang out in PT and it looks like you got glorious weather, too. Launch day for Duracell can't come a day too soon...

[@philatkinson8275]

We have the same composite stanchion posts,no problems after 13 years.

[@TheDuracellProject]

great!

[@markthomasson5077]

As the studs are tight, perhaps a small vertical groove, to allow excess glue to escape?

[@waxore1142]

i stopped counting after 30 Stanchion Bases. Thanks for the great content!

[@captainsensible298]

Very handsome young man you guys built, you are blessed. Great dingy too, with all that deck space should be zero problems. I had the SS stanchion bases on my last boat, never again.

[@daveclemmer4536]

Nice! Look forward to seeing you soon!

[@michaelbakker5314]

You said it right, tjalk. A tjalk is a traditional Dutch sailing cargo ship

[@bzassist8251]

great channel and video - excellent teamwork in everything you do

[@sailingheretic]

Wow, awesome idea for stanchion bases! I love your dinghy, but I hope that transom can handle the load of a small motor; I think you’re gonna eventually decide you need one.

[@williambremner9022]

Maybe add hiking straps to the tender? Increased safety and great to double as tie-down points for cargo in choppy anchorages in future. Can't believe how quickly that dinghy accelerates! Fathead mainsail too. Sweet! Before long your infant will be soloing that dinghy...time flies by fast. Cheers from SY Miss Foxy in Singapore.

[@26N80W]

Just love that dingy.

[@williammuseler5542]

A friend did the exact same change to his Andrews 30 for the lifelines, they are clean and work very well.

[@d.j.vanderschoot3717]

I like the stanchion pins, but had a think about that set screw perhaps causing cracks in the pin. What about a cotter pin in longitudinal direction so as not to affect the transverse section modulus too much. Cotter pin maybe 25% diameter of the stanchion pin, so one should be enough. Then a (short) sleeve around the stanchion to lock the cotter pin, and a bit of Sika at the top of the sleeve to lock that in.

[@ryannorris6128]

Love the stanchion concept! I’m honestly surprised I haven’t seen something like it before… I like that it makes it easy to remove and re-attach the stanchions for maintenance, if they are in the way. I suggest fabricating your stanchions so they can clamp onto your posts like a shaft collar vs. using a set screw. Set screws would probably be fine, but the post will tolerate a lot more clamping force when you “squeeze” equally around the entire post vs. the point load you get with set screws. Could mar your lovely posts or loosen up over time…

[@deanron13]

Duracell was on the street I grew up on. Always wondered about this boat for years.

[@TheDuracellProject]

cool!

[@williamhamill813]

You are doing a lot if the fixes we do on older composite boats. We strip them and do everything composite. G 10 sheet decks with angle frames. I wish manufacturers would build things better.

[@gregwilliams7227]

A very elegant solution

[@dcallan812]

the second mounting point looked nasty. Clever idea using the posts inside the old holes is clever. great video 2x👍

[@robertgold2643]

Brilliant design on those stantions 😉

[@Philjamon]

Happy 4th of July, that little boat sails effortlessly it seems.

[@bryanwatt9751]

Nice vid... but, I can't believe you *painted* that beautiful dinghy!

[@Kq4hcuDan]

Great project and it is looking great Matt

[@davepuranen4734]

love what you do. You're parents now. Life Jackets please.

[@rrrseajay]

The carbon stanchions over rods seem like a great solution. Also allows non traditional stanchion shapes. They could bow out. Could have some feature making them more toddler safe. Could have a lifeline rail. Aerodynamic. 😎. Any number of options

[@peterrahill9263]

1,444th looky-loo, 230th LIKE posted. Seems it would be stronger and take less deck space to mount those to the SIDE of the hull. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="768">12:48</a> - cool to see you've got a square-top sail on this dinghy/tender.

[@paulhanse1651]

Hi another great video, love the dinghy, looks like it sails really well. Why aren’t you using the same bases for your pulpit and pushpit? My production Hanse uses stainless steel lugs for all, works a treat and as you say maintenance free with no leaks! Keep up the great work

[@TheDuracellProject]

as long as the studs are vertical, if there's angles to them it becomes a lot more complicated. I haven't decided to NOT use studs for the pulpits, but I'm just thinking harder about them.

[@rollinrock6696]

Excellent!

[@president2]

Love it 😍

[@dezmo7]

nice sailing footage...

[@philiphardman9576]

both yr mums r amazeballs..

[@matthewlang8320]

I would have said that the addition of the G10 collar is to offer up a one inch warning strip to the event of stubbing your toes on the stanchion. I always believed life line stanchions may save your life but eventually kill you by a thousand toe stubbing.😊

[@markthomasson5077]

Surely the stanchions will have a closed top? Then bed them with sealant / glue to give a more even load transfer

[@MH55YT]

The dinghy looks like a fun little boat when your son gets to 10 years old. When you sail to the South Pacific, I assume you'll replace it with a nice rubber dinghy and 15 hp motor.

[@TheDuracellProject]

we can't wait to teach him to sail on it

[@mikemurel1917]

Having just completed refitting 2 stanchions on my 1975 Chris Craft 35 DC, I can say I love this idea. I'm concerned about strength, but for leak stoppage it seems perfect. How are they going to hold up when an average human goes hurdling across the deck in a heavy sea and needs the stanchions to save him? We shrink wrap our boat for the winter and the stress of the wrap and snow load does the most damage to the stanchions. In 1975 Chris Craft didn't back their stanchions or cleats under the deck. Just bolted through a 1/4 inch of fiberglass 😢. I suppose they didn't care or think the boat would last 50 years. We'll it did and it's more functional than most new boats. But it does leak at several stanchions.

[@TheDuracellProject]

the stanchions will be just as strong as a stainless one.

[@jonnenne]

If the old stanchions were enough, these new ones are more than enough since they are a lot stronger