A RACE to the FINISH [E88]

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[@gmoose777]

Amazing the difference a coat of primer makes. she is starting to show her full potential and is a credit to your attention to detail and perseverance

[@MikeC19100]

Wow, that stick-it-to-me coating really transformed the cockpit look. It was nice to see you all enjoying it for a snack or meal, whatever it was. It was cool to watch the fiberglass get installed around and over the hinges. Hopefully that will make it easier for the water to flow towards the drain holes much easier than it was before adding the transitional layers.

[@livingforsail]

So satisfying to see the paint go on (or primer…) great job it’s coming together nicely. Also, Happy Birthday Janni! 🎉

[@theconfessionsof_a]

Happy birthday Janni! Great work as always 👌

[@jameskiehm546]

Happy Birthday Janni! Boat looks great!

[@benyouell5412]

Wow! You guys definitely checked a few boxes off the list this week. Little bites big project getting it done as usual. Great video and music as always. Your film and editing team (ha!) do an amazing job! Happy Birthday!

[@palminakosor817]

It’s midnight (thursday) here in croatia and i’ve been looking forward all day to watch another episode of yours. You both such an inspiration that keeps me going with my boat refit. Truly amazing. And happy birthday to Janni🎉

[@TheDuracellProject]

thank you and keep up the good work on your own project.

[@bigedsbeachsidegarage3968]

A very Happy Birthday to you Janni ! Always an awesome job. It looks great.

[@JH-qv3xv]

Great to see you celebrating the all the milestones along the way.

[@normanboyes4983]

I think a lot of people probably underestimate the keenest eye for detail in the design you have exercised. The attention to detail in designing the gutters - sized perfectly for the paint roller was just genius.😉

[@plschwartzx]

Thank you for supporting Tony. He has worked only with some family help. His wife passed just before he was finishing. Having little funds he had to build more parts of his boat then most. A gentle soul.

[@FlyNineVictor]

Hi, old painters trick. Tuck a paper towel into the grove of the paint can to keep the grove clean when you're pouring paint out of the can. Pull it out when you're ready to put the lid back on the can

[@RachaelSA]

I been watching Tony for years, hes an awesome guy.

[@davidbroman8391]

Wow! What a difference a coat of primer/paint makes. I bet it is starting to feel like your getting somewhere. Happy birthday Janneke!🎉

[@BaltazarAlonso]

love your passion Matt!!! Great job and keep on!!!

[@markgreen7701]

Wow! That cockpit looks really good! Good job setting a deadline and crushing it!!

[@120Livi]

Nothing like a deadline to focus the mind and get some big progress made! Looks great!

[@tomcraddock244]

Great to see the progress!! Well done ! Thanks for the shout out to Tony !! He built a great boat !! Fair winds ⛵️

[@devon4246]

It’s looking amazing, it’s awesome when you can paint on because it shows more the progress. I love and look forward to the videos every week. Happy birthday Janni.

[@jeremyforino2933]

I'm not sure how to describe this. Before, your eyes were drawn to spots all over the area. Now, with one single color, it looks huge. I'm amazed at the transformation.

[@stevegame3000]

Very therapeutic watching you progress with the build. Thanks for sharing 😀

[@kevinmartin3859]

Duracell is looking great the paint work has given it a really classic look A happy birthday to your wife

[@martinjarvis2771]

Bloody nice work guys 👌 super happy for ya’s!

[@Alberto-bu7gt]

Once painted the cockpit looks great! And the hinges have been very well flush. Well done bravo!!!

[@kscipkkkk]

Nice job Matt, Happy Birthday Girl! Congrats Tony !

[@MrFatalZero]

Happy birthday Janni!! Amazing progress Matt!

[@nikolatesla5553]

Looking good! Love watching the transformation. You're going to love sailing on that boat.

[@mwmentor]

Congratulations on finishing the cockpit primer and all the supporting bits and pieces Matt - cool job... And a huge Happy Birthday Janni - I hope that you had an awesome day... Thanks for all the great videos - I am really enjoying your journey! Have a great week 🎉🙂👍

[@jonharris3476]

Paint makes it look so real! Great job.

[@yexacom]

Thank you for sharing your project with us. It has been and still is most interesting to follow this project. And yes. We all are wating to see your yacht under full sails starting something new.

[@Galactic-Jack1978]

For me it's like magic the second the painting starts - all the prep work pays off when you look back on a job well done. For me this is the most satisfying part apart from actually using the built item. That cockpit is looking so good! Love your work Matt. Happy birthday to Mrs video editor. Hugs from Cape Town South Africa.

[@comeandtravel1]

Happy birthday, Yanni! I hope you have a great year! And Matt, the primer looks awesome and indicates solid progress on getting it done. Cheers!

[@CartoonCorner45]

Impressive work as always! Hope to see you sail soon.

[@Seafariireland]

Looking better and better every viewing, keep the faith!

[@edwardh2444]

Happy Birthday Janni!! Paint looks great for a first coat, I'm sure there are plenty to come. 🙂

[@HoustonRoad]

Looks fantastic. Keep it up!!

[@Autopilot_Austin]

Looks excellent! Nice work!

[@Deutschtown]

Beautiful " Fiberglass Matt" your design pops in the cockpit! I spent 10 years rebuilding an 1884 inner city brick row house. Every hour you put in is so valuable. Each week I see you doing the same. Very impressive. Happy Birthday Janni!!!!!!Go for it!

[@TotalBoat]

Making such amazing progress!! Thixo pro is a game changer - nicely done!

[@jimedson3853]

Looking great. I suspect that the little things take up as much time as the big ones sometimes. Thanks for the video 😁😁👍👍

[@ThoughtfulWander]

More progress! Looks amazing! Keep rolling Duracell crew! 👍👍

[@ArcticSeaCamel]

Tony's project is such a amazing achievement. And he's been doing videos almost weekly for many years! And he's such a nice guy! Hoping to see him some day with his boat on Baltic sea! And congrats Janni! 🎈

[@williamsmith1197]

What patience you have. Love watching your progress.

[@Brian-os9qj]

All going swimmingly. Paint is an amazing component.. it acts as a leap forward in cohesive look of your craft. Well done

[@SocialStylesAust]

I find the thump of the epoxy pump strangely hypnotic! 😀 Also love the videos, my brother and I have had to do a few little repairs on our boat - leaking stanchions, installing grab handles, tabbing in auto pilot mounts etc and we have learned much regarding how to do it with your glassing and laminating prowess!!

[@arabellamtb]

Mate as an apprentice boat builder this is absolutely amazing quality work just wow! You don’t see stuff like this on KZbin much!!

[@bobflores]

Happy belated birthday, Yanica. I hope you had a nice day. Duracell's cockpit looks great with a coat of primer. She's going to look amazing with the final coats of paint.

[@erikjalefors9377]

So interesting to follow your project ! man , you put a LOT of work into that thing =) used to work with that kind of stuff professionally , and its insane the amount of work you got into that also you came up with a lot of interesting solutions to "problems" . It will be amazing when you get it finished . good job !

[@ECL..]

True professionals, excellent craftsmanship and videography

[@ED3]

❤ the video. We'll done. Learned a lot from your videos.

[@cesarmuttio506]

Great work as always

[@basilbrushbooshieboosh5302]

Happy birthday Yanika ! You two live worthy lives, and to that I can no higher praise.

[@lincolngrove2808]

Many happy returns Janneke, what a great spot for a birthday celebration. There will be some changes in the view in years to come....

[@stephenprouty8728]

... what a difference that primer made ... she's gonna be a looker when finished ... also, loved the choices of background music this week ... and a big Happy Birthday to your bride ...

[@whitneylake2107]

Happy Birthday, Janni ! Best wishes from Montana !

[@phalslyconvicted]

Been watching ya for a bit. Nice job. I restored a 1963 mark twain inboard. 97th spray mould boat ever made, transom, deck, tanks, seats, trim tabs iron duke, outdrive, glass and gel coat, and a Bimini top I had to sell it for 750 bucks,

[@owenkuntz9108]

Looking good! Happy birthday Janni!

[@gl2856]

Wow looking great isn’t it , great video once again and a very happy Birthday Janni, 🎉🎉, Graham L

[@sailingsibongile]

Now... THAT's exciting.!!! Always feels awesome when the pain is on ! Great job, Matt !! & Happy B'day Janni. 🙂

[@bobperry1269]

Happy Birthday Janni. The project is progressing well.

[@TeoMarevic]

Happy brithday Janni! :) Great job both of you!

[@advancedusvsystems6255]

When we painted the deck on the Donovan 30, we made the storage shed a big paint booth and set a plank for the spray painter above it, athwartship, and slowly pulled the boat forward on its trailer so the primed areas weren't contaminated. Worked great. We used Awlgrip matterhorn white with te Awlgrip grit, 50% fine 50% medium, but at twice the recommended per quart. That gives a very grippy surface that is also gentle on your knees, knucles, and clothes. I recommend doing a test surface to determine how much to use.

[@thormidthagahast8914]

She will be glorious.

[@JahsRulz]

Your video editing is really coming on. Best episode yet for production quality.

[@Plamukaroy]

Gratulerer med dagen Janneke 🎂🎂🎂

[@markbuskens6070]

Man I love this,you’re so brilliant!!this is going to be the bestest cruising sailboat ever built by someone who’s never sailed 🤩🤩

[@TheDuracellProject]

matt has a lot of nautical miles under his belt :) -Janni

[@ikerstges]

that patching-spree 🙂 made a big push, it's a great transformation! That is a nice birthday gesture, happy birthday!

[@chicobicalho5621]

Amazing how a coat of paint can make a piece quilt look like one unified thing, and what beautiful thing it has become! I cannot imagine the thrill of seeing this cockpit painted, also because you guys will spend so many amazing hours, days, months, years enjoying the world from that very spot. Again, I wish you guys incommensurable happiness sailing this incredible boat. Meanwhile keep fibergglassing and carbon-fibering the fuck out of Duracell! : ⁰ ) and don't forget to have fun while you are at it.

[@TheDuracellProject]

Haha, will do! And thanks.

[@chicobicalho5621]

No way out of that... ; ⁰ )

[@nikh4003]

Painting the hinges is a land lord special. Must have felt awesome.

[@Tomm9y]

I'm more in awe at the undertaking this week, after putting it into perspective by doing my own pre-launch list. Even sourcing some replacements and upgrades to hardware. Good to see some paint going on.

[@Nena84734]

Janni, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, or, how we say it ABBER BIRD DAY!! Absolutely amazing what a coat of paint will do, that cockpit is friggin huge!!! Thanks so much for the shout out to Tony and Tapatya, I’ve been watching from the beginning, what a great guy, he’s been through a lot and come out on top!

[@isickofit]

International Paints did well pairing with you guys. Great to see the products correctly applied and how well they cover.

[@scottschowiak713]

Now I am not a boat person and i have only been on a boat on a lake for a day... after watching your videos for almost a year now I'm very impressed I hope one day I can travel out there when its in the water just to see it with my own eyes If i had enough funds to build a boat I would hire you for tech support you have made watching your videos cool to watch and I have not missed one yet Thank You for sharing your boat with us and me

[@nytrocircus]

Nice little jam session. Steady as she goes is the way to win a war but battles are won by going full-send. No other way to win a Stanley Cup. Or launch a boat. Go Bills!

[@UnPetitPique]

Nice work!!

[@Who.is.Clinton]

Shew-weeet looking great folks, looking great! That white coat makes it pop.

[@PeterKNoone]

Looks great!

[@chrispomfret8592]

Feels like some big progress this episode. Really exciting!

[@gerrymilidantri6457]

Your boat is going to be Beautiful!

[@phensriwood8081]

Trying to fiberglass here too. Only 7 degree atm.

[@davidnichols147]

Great job Matt, Happy Birthday Janni!

[@Jonas-wr8ou]

Gratulerer med dagen Janneke 🤗 for me is birthday every week you launch a episode 🤩 amazing work

[@TheDuracellProject]

tusen takk!

[@iamarobotninja]

This is going to be such a badass boat

[@svZia-Switch51]

Coming along nicely

[@michaelmerrithew578]

You mentioned the instrument panel. If I might make a suggestion. I've been sailing for 60 years, and like most people, I have mounted the autopilot head somewhere 'convenient' in the cockpit. The problem is that wherever it is mounted, it's not always convenient. Sitting in the shade, the head is always somewhere else, ie, in the sun, in the rain or whatever. For the last 10 years or so I have mounted a head in a small cedar box with silicone buttons on the bottom, and used the enclosed wire to make a 'poor man's remote'. You can park it out of the sun, which they hate, take it to the stern quarter, or forward in the shade of the main. I tie a knot in the wire inside the box as a stress relief against pulling on it, glue it watertight, paint it, et voila', a portable remote. very convenient. Yes there's a wire, but so much more convenient

[@chuckh9383]

Happy Birthday Janni !!!

[@Edivision]

Happy Birthday Janneke! 🥳

[@joecioe8566]

Happy Birthday Janni. Even primmer makes a big visual difference. Great job .

[@jasfirenz1]

Looks amazing!

[@damonzucchiatti1838]

That was a very satisfying episode....

[@thomascallaghan5988]

Great video

[@Arnaud58]

Happy Birthday Janneke 🎉, many happy (sailing) returns!👴🤗 There is almost nothing more satisfying than (not anymore)seeing all the hard work disappearing under the first primer coat. Nice!👴😎 @13:38 No sanding needed for 6 month! Great! Does this apply to fairing, or anything else, too?👴😳

[@ianrusso8790]

it's looking good!!

[@allanmontile8210]

Well done.

[@KandMe1]

Hi early Wednesday here in Western Australia; all the best for the year ahead to Yanika (and also Matt of course hope I didn't get the spelling of the names wrong). Your work is very inspiring attention to detail and all. Thanks for the post. That attention to detail is inspiring for me although my focus is learning the piano keyboard transfering my music knowledge to a different instrument now my retirement came through. It requires careful attention to detail and careful focus especially on things like ear training and periferal focus not looking down at the keyboard from an early stage of using the piano keys but also some things in music I neglected or had to sacrifice to make a living. I get a lot of insperation from your channel and also very interested in sailing. All the best for the whole year ahead for both of you, God bless you.

[@SVTapatya]

Thank you for the shout out. Very much appreciated :) And great work, by the way!

[@TheDuracellProject]

Congrats, Tony!

[@MountainTroll1]

Happy Birthday Janni!

[@daveclemmer4536]

You did it! Gratulerer!

[@TheDuracellProject]

Takk, Dave! Haper du har det bra!

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Happy birthday! 👍🎂👍🎂

[@M.Mae.M]

Not a sailor, but I love project, boat and your dream and the Pacific Northwest.