Rigging My 12 Meter Ocean Boat With Dyneema (& No Experience)

like my old dad used to say, nobody's born an expert, it only comes with experience

“Drilling holes in important things is no fun” 😂

You don’t need shackles. Use your triangular plates, drill them for 10mm Clevis pin and attach shroud directly to the top plate with clevis pin through eye thimble. You don’t need a shackle on lower end either, just a shackle on chain plate and lash through shackle and eye thimble. Shackles in standing rigging introduce additional points of wear, strain and failure without providing any advantage.

⛵️⛵️⛵️Wow - SO technical!!!....So impressed with all the care you're taking with everything Mark!...Granny is amazed & so proud of you,,,as our we!!!!....Watching & listening again with my ear phones - Yes, your Dad is driving!!!....30 more sleeps 💤 & can't blinking wait...Love, as always....🌿🌈Mum!🌈🌿 PS...You're way past the "Ugly Ducking" stage now....Mahi the Swan here we come - yeh⛵️🙏⛵️👌⛵️PS2...Don't worry about the mess....I LOOOVE mess😂😂😂😂

Man, all of YouTube is behind this cat. I counted over a hundred patreon, and over twenty Kofi contributors. Hell yeah, Mark. Hell, yeah. I say it every week. Best series on the Tube.

Tere comes a time in every restoration/renovation, when you realise that your most half arsed efforts are a 100% improvement on your predecessor.. Enjoy it.

Two suggestions for all the drilling you have ahead of you. First, when drilling with part on the horizontal,make a little sausage out of butyl or putty and place it as a ring or dam around the punch park for you hole. Fill the circle with cutting oil before drilling. This provides really good lubrication for the drill bit and even a bit of heat dissipation. Really extends drill life and makes the initial hole easier so you can start with a 3 or 4 mm bit. Second, to enlarge the pilot hole, try getting a couple of cobalt step drills and use them very slowly with lubrication. Much faster than twist drills. You will save time and money, but also, its so much easier that the drilling become much more of a pleasure than a dreaded chore.

I’ve been watching since episode 1 and am amazed with ur progress in becoming an proper repairman and taking real pride in what ur achieving weldone and we can see the light at the end of the tunnel .

Go Mark, Your starting to look like a chip off the ol block. Your Dad must be proud

i watch many things being built on YouTube, Ferrari's, Maclaren's, planes, etc.. and this project would have to be my fave!

20 years in the Navy. Never saw the Dyreema back then. 3 strand sisal or similar. You are a man that does lots with little.

60 years of experience in the hands of a 20 something young man, he’s an old soul

All looking good, don't be too hard on your self, remember that the man who never made a mistake never made fuck all

Don't let your lack of boat building experience slow you down! The first person who got tired of getting soaked when he rode a log across the river and decided to hollow it out and make a 'boat', had no experience either. And here we are with wooden Cats and aluminum masts. You have the advantage of centuries of other boat builders experience being available on the Web... ✌🧔🏻‍♀⛵

" Steady as she goes ". You are learning so much. Of course, it's trial and error if you haven''t done something before... but you are increasing your skill set. Good luck... and "steady as she goes".

I love the cheesy music (presumably copyright-free stuff?) . It creates an atmosphere that you probably wouldn't have got if you could have used your favourite tracks - I like the randomness of the outcome.

Go with the single 8mm piece. Saves time and it will be just as strong.

Your tenacity in pursuit of this complex set of goals and objectives is amazing. Good on you!

There's a simple trick that works magic when drilling large holes in thin plate. After drilling the pilot hole, cut a small square piece of cloth, fold in half twice (4 layers thick) and put it between the pilot hole and the tip of the big drill bit and drill the larger hole through the cloth. Let the cloth spin with the bit. This will result in amazing round holes in thin materials!

You’re getting close Mark keep hanging in there. You got this. I can’t wait until we start sailing.