CATAMARAN BUILD – It May Look Seamless, But That’s Not The Case (MJ Sailing – Ep 201)

Last week you watched us bond the starboard hull side on – and the procedure looked seamless – but a lot went into it beforehand.

*Dry fit of hull sides – filmed on July 06
*Bonding port hull side – filmed on July 25

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Much love from Annapolis!
Jessica, Matt & Georgie

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CATAMARAN BUILD – We Bond the Hull Sides!! (MJ Sailing – Ep 200)Wow, can you believe we are hitting episode 200??!! It seems like just a few weeks ago that I started shyly picking up a camera as we were in the middle of the aluminum boat refit – not sure what I would say or if anyone would find it worth watching. But, nearly 5 years later, here we are!! Matt and I open the tent doors and fit on the nose cones to make sure everything is still aligned when we do the dry fits of the hull sides. Once it is determined that the way we’d set it up to bond still allows us to seamlessly put the cones on – it’s time to get to work. Our friends Brian and Summer make their way over to Kent Island just after sunrise on one cool morning, and with one test run and a lot of team work, we manage to get the starboard outer hull side on just within the 40-60 minute window we have to work with our methacrylate bonding agent. One side down and one to go!! *Fitting on the nose cones – filmed on July 15 *Bonding starboard hull side – filmed on July 18 We hope you enjoy!! Much love from Annapolis! Jessica, Matt & Georgie

Wow, can you believe we are hitting episode 200??!! It seems like just a few weeks ago that I started shyly picking up a camera as we were in the middle of the aluminum boat refit – not sure what I would say or if anyone would find it worth watching. But, nearly 5 years later, here we are!!

Matt and I open the tent doors and fit on the nose cones to make sure everything is still aligned when we do the dry fits of the hull sides. Once it is determined that the way we’d set it up to bond still allows us to seamlessly put the cones on – it’s time to get to work.

Our friends Brian and Summer make their way over to Kent Island just after sunrise on one cool morning, and with one test run and a lot of team work, we manage to get the starboard outer hull side on just within the 40-60 minute window we have to work with our methacrylate bonding agent.

One side down and one to go!!

*Fitting on the nose cones – filmed on July 15
*Bonding starboard hull side – filmed on July 18

We hope you enjoy!!

Much love from Annapolis!
Jessica, Matt & Georgie

CATAMARAN BUILD – We’re Running Out of Supplies!! (MJ Sailing – Ep 199)

We’re building our boat with vinyl ester resin – and they’re OUT nationwide!!

This week’s video is a smattering of a few different things, trying to catch up from when we were preparing the Pacemaker to launch (late June) to starting work on the floors of the catamaran (early July).

We also give away the Viking, which was a sad day, but we show you the transformation of when we first stepped foot on her last fall, to what she looks like when we hand her over.

Plus, we run into the issue that we can not get our hands on vinyl ester resin, so we need to find other projects to keep us busy, which do not involve it. Luckily, we can do the floors in a polyester resin instead. This will be a long process that *should* keep us busy for a few weeks, and Matt explains the technical side of how all floors will be water tight spaces.

(*Painting Pacemaker – filmed on June 14
*Matt leveling floors – filmed on June 22
*Pacemaker splash date – June 27
*Handover of Viking – July 02
*Arrival of 2nd container – July 13)

We hope you enjoy!!

Much love from Annapolis!
Jessica, Matt & Georgie

Catamaran Build – OUR SECOND CONTAINER HAS ARRIVED!! (MJ Sailing – Ep 198)

The clock is running, and we have 2 hours to unload all the remaining components for our boat!! Plus, we get to do it on one of the hottest days of the year, which is quite a change from the windchills we experienced during the first container unload.

Luckily we have a few sets of extra hands with us: Patron Greg Guthman, new friend Tom Cason, and also @Taylor’stravels, who happened to be in town for a few days.

It’s so exciting to see all the moulded components for the exterior of our boat coming out, but the question is – where are we going to put it all!?

Filmed on July 13, 2021

We hope you enjoy!

Much love from Annapolis!
Jessica, Matt & Georgie