I watch a lot of sailing content here on KZfaq. I feel like this channel is really able to convey their appreciation of all the support they receive in a meaningful and believable manner. I think it says a lot about the kind of people they are. See y’all next time….

19:16 - Q: "How did you win the race?" A: "We got there before everyone else!" HUGE CONGRATS, that's quite an accomplishment.

Hi. If you don’t mind, I will ramble a bit. I like belt and suspenders construction. At North Sails in 1986/87 we were making mainsails for two Volvo racing boats, “UBS, or Merit” and “UBF”. We would sit at our “stumps”, yes, massive tree stumps and hand stitch heavy Kevlar straps to the headboards of these boats. We called them, “Rainbows”. Carbon fiber had yet to be invented. Securing the aluminum headboards to the head of the sail took time. First they were machine sewn. Then, we hand sewed these straps at right angles, hence the “ Rainbow”. The awl that we pounded in with our mallets to make holes for needle and thread was hot to the touch after just one row. I loved it. I thought, “Boy, these guys will be safe down in the Southern Ocean”. At least one boat tore the headboard right out of the sail. I like the belt and suspenders approach.

16:02 - Q: "Where have you bean?" A: "Getting a tattoo!" Q: "Whatever for, Love?!" A: "Because they were on 'On Sale'!!" (with apologies to Monty Python).

I don't know who is picking the music for these recent episodes, but you are doing a bang up job who ever you are.

8:30 Great thinking! When you are immersed in fiberglass layers, exhausted and overworked, think about arriving in Fatu Hiva, eating sashimi and drinking pisco sours on that very cockpit, with the afternoon sun gently warming the air, and nothing to do but enjoying life, for I am absolutely certain the payoff will be magnificent. So, meanwhile fiberglass the fuck out of that boat my friend!

What an amazing event the R2AK is. And watching Matt work his wonders with fibreglass and resins is pure art.

That cockpit is really coming together nicely. They way you guys sat so comfortably while chatting safely ensconced in that secure coaming-cocoon speaks volumes to your pure design instinct. It will be great to see how this transfers to actual on-water utility. It just looks right too! Cheers, from SY Miss Foxy in Singapore .

Your coaming design and installation has been fascinating. I'm watching these episodes twice.

Wow! My hat is off to those that went off on a paddle board or canoe or kayaks. I can't even begin to wrap my head around their preparation to even start and make it through that whole thing.

For over a year I've been watching a man, a woman, a mom, a cat and some guests fix up this amazing boat and every week I'm enthralled. Thanks for another great great video. Wishing you well and sending good energy ....Neil

"Why the Star? Great question....Great answer!" DD

I have said it before, but you Sir are by far the supreme fibre glass designer and fabricator. You have FINE design and construction talent. When you two take off for adventures you will have made Duracell stronger than before. God bless you. If only I could hire you to extend the pilot house on my Ranger tug, 21. But at 77 I am probably not going to make it😫SO love your videos. Thank You.

R2Ak memories, stories, haroing near fictions are always incredible.

every episode is just a treat. thanks

awesome!! ty for showing even the smallest details. i really enjoy the progress and story.

Combings look great and very strong. I also follow the R2AK race. I love that it restricts boats to no motors as it reminds me of more old school sailing which fascinates me. Thanks for the video 👍👍

I liked the interviews you made. Great change of pace and really interesting

Love that they were giving free tattoos, AND, you got one!

Thank you for this episode. The work on Duracell is enjoyable to watch. The coverage of the R2AK was a nice bonus!

7:53 is the best look ever. It's like babe you know I got this.

Thanks for covering the drainage question!

Beautiful sharing moment of Matt and Al about their R2AK!

Love what y’all do and can’t wait to see Duracell out in the water in the near future ❤

Thanks for showing off Graywolf. I work at Lyman Morse and spent a lot of time taking care of her in the late 90's/early 2000's. One of my all time favorite boats.

so much forbidden frosting.... also 11:18 needs to be a oil painting

Great episode!

Coamings look great. Thanks for sharing info and stories from the race to Alaska.

The race looks like its going to be hard work. Hope everyone crossing the start line get to the finish line. Great update 2x👍

Looks like a top event the R2AK, lots of cool crew having a blast, The combing turned out brilliant too , thanks again Matt and Jahni

I love every major visual step forward you make and how happy you all are to make it. Somehow finishing feels like it might be an anticlimax, I suppose only to the start of your onward journey though.

31st subscriber LIKE clicked; 106th desktop studio view... starts right now. :0) OH BOY!! Another episode of Sticky Goop!! 8:49 - "AHHHH!!"

I was worried about that from the start! Love that others with more experience noticed it too

Watching you for quite a while, first comment though... It is great to see footage from PT! We went there on our trip to the US in 2013, loved the town, the restaurants, the scenery and everthing. It was definitely a highlight of our trip. Wish you all the best with Duracell and take care.

"And this is fun?"...love your sense of humour, Janni 😂

Came for the pilot house design since thinking of doing something in that direction on a smaller boat (some day). …stayed for the craftmanship and atmosphere. 😊 …and now R2AK, exciting contraptions, rowercruiser and good looking Louise. My feelgood-o-meter broke down completely. Guess I have to emigrate to Port Townsend, seems as if most things can be fixed by someone in the surroundings over there! Keep up the good work! 👍

I remember seeing Grey Wold in Wooden Boat, when it was built. Beautiful boat!

Awesome episode! Fair seas for all in the race! More progress on Duracell! Keep rolling along Duracell team! 👍👍 maybe soon we see Duracell in that race? 👍👍

Cool episode, thanks for sharing

I never knew you did the R2AK, that is a bucket list item of mine. And to think you won it, that is incredible. Wow. I want to put a paddle wheel on a 20 footer and get a team up. That is one incredible race.

I so want my captain license, for sailing. I only have a rigged up canoe I sailed but definitely it's on my bucketlist to get. I like the process your making on your sailing cruiser Matt

This is the wholesome content we crave. You guys are so great.

Great work guys, I have nearly finished my spice rack and the DP just keeps getting better. I will have to visit PT one day, looks like a top spot

What a great episode guys. I watch each episode with great interest and fascination at your skills in video editing and boat building. Matt your attention to detail and logical way of approaching each new challenge is inspiring. This inspiration carries over to all the jobs I take on in the yard, building sheds, restoring the caravan and adding to the mountains of veggie beds I build with corrugated iron (86cm high x 3.2m long), living so close to the Coral Sea there is only sand underfoot.

Weight for weight ... this is going to be one of the strongest boats in the world ... if not THE strongest boat in the world.

Throughout the whole build of my 46 foot cat I never thought of just putting a star for starboard....respect

I love how your coamings are coming together. The R2AK sounds amazing, but I couldn't imagine anything more back breaking than doing it on a paddleboard. That would be some kind of hell.

Completely enjoyable.

Hey Matt! Am I the only guy that noticed you had a red star on the coaming cover and when asked you said cause it’s the starboard side. Red is port. Green is starboard. Lol. Maybe it was a trick to see who was paying attention ? I did. My trick is always using the number of letters in port are less then starboard and red has fewer letters then green. Less letters go together. 😉🤓 cheers. Doug

Very cool the whole thing the boat the race all of it. I hope I can learn enough before I'm too old

Thorough!

Cool boat

That cockpit looks sooo comfortable! Much better than thrashing your way to AK on power bars 🙂

Bravo pour votre assiduité. L'épisode était vraiment très intéressant cette semaine. ❤

👀 THE STANELY CUP BRACKET

Amazed how you remember to do so many details like the drain plug… how are you ensuring the winches stay in place? Perhaps you will show in future episodes… I hope you have just as many great memories actually sailing this.

"So how did you win the race?" "We got there first"

You are producing amazing work and have great attention to detail. I little tip on the 'rabbit' hole for the drainage - you can screw the smaller holesaw inside the larger one and drill and prefectly align both at the same time.

R2AK sounds like fun to me! Some local sailors here from North Idaho entered this year on a tri, I believe that they had some structural issues and had to drop out though. Thanks for the coverage! Cheers

“Where to Ever”

Lovely community of boat enthusiasts…..💖💖💖🇦🇺

You are the fiberglass king!

Question: do you ever worry or regret taking on a project of such great magnitude? I’m impressed by your perseverance.

Seeing a more complete combing, I agree they look nice. Anyone doing that race on anything other than a real sailboat is nucking futz!

R2AK is sheer enjoyment Punctuated by sheer terror…

Looking good 🎉red right returning 🎉

Or New Zealand. We would love to see you down here!!!!!

Thanks for the race update

I just watched an old youtube vid of you finishing the race in first place! 👌🏻team ellsie piddock

She’s going to be a beautiful boat !! Fair winds ⛵️

No inspector or mom this week, but progress nonetheless. Congrats on your win of the R2AK. That's quite the accomplishment and very very cool.

21 days of kayaking should build some back muscles.

Everything mankind has ever created first started as a day dream. Keep it up!

The race to Alaska seems pretty mad, I wonder how many of the small craft made it past Seymour Narrows. Even with the tide under you, you still need speed to navigate keep to the better parts of the channel, avoid the eddies. There was even an ILCA (Laser)!

It's been like 4 episodes.... Dude, you're killing me. Chainplates. Chop Chop.

Keep up the good work! I suggest the port and starboard bulkhead windows parallel the roof angle. I think there are too many angles and the contradict each other. Regardless your effort is inspiring!

I think you should put Duracell in the race. Shoot for 2025. Just don’t forget the boat inspector!

👍😁🪃🇦🇺thanks for sharing your experience and taking us along on the Project.

I miss watching your mom be the fiberglass. She is a expert with getting no bubbles or air pockets.

Sometimes I think your a genius... sometimes I don't know what heck your thinking. Regardless it get's done. Good on you man. Even if I think your a crazy man.

It's great to watch the process of DESIGN being employed to achieve a known result instead of someone cobbling bits together and hoping it's going to be strong ENOUGH! 😊

The loads on those winches will be immense. How do you calculate the loads and required construction/reinforcement?

When you explained the reason for the star, I got to think about where the word starboard originated from. It came from the old Viking ships. They had like a steering oar attached to one side of the stern. This is called “styrebord” in Norwegian, directly translated, this means steering board. That’s way they called this “styrbord” in Norwegian, and this has become starboard in English. To protect the steering board, the usually docked with the other side so it wouldn’t be damaged in contact with the dock. That is why the other side got the name Portside, it was the side facing the port.

I thought a resin roller would have been a more appropriate tattoo.

I enjoyed the interview with Dan.

is that a Farrier tri you used to make the R2AK?you guys had now boom?How did you manage to trim the main?

Team Buckeye!!!!

What did you just do Matt? Is that your first tattoo don’t recall seeing any more on you anywhere. I love the star you put on “Starboard side,” now I can tell the difference!

That star being red, has me irrationally annoyed 😂😂

Grey Wolf

good afternoon. please could you confirm , best place to to buy fibreglass and resins , Great project .. phil

sweet

What if you put a small radius at the top and bottom of the back of the cabin like a lobster boat but much smaller, just a thought

Gday, have been watching your channel since you acquired ‘Duracell’, I’ve enjoyed your progress, with your winch supports in regard to water ingress, just a suggestion do you think some sort of gasket or ‘o’ ring rebated into the space between the winch and support would stop water from entering as its an enclosed space ? Just a thought.

Great job. Looking forward to the painting. New Zealand 🇳🇿.

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Your level of skill always amazes me Matt. I can’t wait to see this finally hit the water. I’m sure it’s going to be an amazing boat.

ok, I want to know what the heck happened to that yellow tape!

I think I saw you on Antiques road show

He that would go to sea for pleasure would go to hell for a pastime- especially racing!