I think Mads is fantastic, it takes a lot to get out there every week and do this in his spare time. HOWEVER, I do agree with you that he has a tendency to find a part of the boat that isn't a problem, spend months over-thinking it, massively over-engineer a "solution" to his non-existent problems and then spend weeks implementing it. Meanwhile the real problems on the boat (the lack of a bulwark, the missing final coat of paint going into winter, the boats short 38ft size which is going to be very limiting) all go unaddressed.

Thicker without increasing number of bolts and/or surface area is pointless. Wider would have made some sense structurally.

@@KarelvanBrederode no, not at all. He still gets a higher margin of safety on the chainplate itself since the cross-sectional area is increased by 20%, so the chainplate can take 20% higher loads, or get damaged 20% more. I can't remember seeing many chainplates fail due to pulling the knees or bulkheads they were mounted to out of the hull, atleast not on reasonably made knees and bulkheads. They usually fail around bolt/pin holes, in welds or due to corrosion, often were they pass through the deck. Sure, it was likely not necessary to upsize the chainplates a bit, but it doesn't hurt. A wider chainplate would possibly have been better, but may have other downsides, it would have provided a stronger connection to the the bulkhead due to a larger contact area, but that is most likely not the weak point anyway. Bolted connections like th doesn't really rely on loading the bolts in shear, but rather on the friction between the components, but how well that actually works between fiberglass and stainless may be hard to quantify. Probably a good idea to have a smooth contact surface on the composite. If the bolts transfered all the loads, we would see a lot more oval holes around chainplates :) Bolted connections often use slightly oversized holes to not load the bolts in shear. If there is one component on a boat were a bit of overdimensioning is more than okey, it's the chainplates :) I've seen rules of thumb that state they should be about 5 times stronger than the wire they support, and that you should be able to lift the boat in the capshroud chainplates, seems reasonable to me. The only dismastings I've directly experienced so far have be due to broken chainplates. In one the capshroud chainplate failed in a weld on a 28 foot yacht while going upwind in moderate breeze, the mast came down in 2 pieces very quickly :/

@@Robinlarsson83 Hi Robin, there are many possible points of failure: chainplate, bolts (in shear), bulkhead. Just increasing the thickness of the chainplate is easy but not very efficient. It's about the weakest link.

justsomeguy, like the bow railing on the foredeck 😉

My external Z-drive has nylon washers wherever stainless steel meets stainless steel. I wonder if you could use those?

My thought exactly...definitely a weak spot...too late to weld together?

The things you can do with neopreen.....

I had the exact same thought. If there is a way for water to enter a boat, it always finds it. That butt joint between the double plates is going to be an easy path for water to follow.

That caught my eye also. Making those water proof might be a challenge. Interesting design too, I wonder why they did not put a one peace there from the beginning. It would also have been stronger.

I agree - probably capillary action down like a fountain pen

Yes this will leak, how couldn’t it, there’s nothing between the two pieces right? Or am I missing something, maybe not rain, but waves are much heavier no?

You might be able to weld the two plates together to seal the gap. Since the plates are installed you can tack weld supports on them to hold them in position while you weld the gap shut in the shop. You only need to weld far enough down to get a good four sided seal with the butal tape. Just my 2 cents.

David Hill I don’t think you’d weld, they might move independently no? Not much I agree, it just seems if you can weld them, why isn’t it made that way as a single unit?

Butyl tape between them

I would watch two 1-hour episodes each week. Mads should really go to a twice-weekly publication schedule once he is done at his day job.

How can you tell what time it was published?

I love watching him

My Sunday afternoons are set aside for these videos. I love the craftsmanship

@@peteralund When it shows up in my queue, it says "3 minutes ago" or "6 hours ago" or "8 years ago" underneath the thumbnail. Hope that helps! ;-)

I was thinking the same.

Wouldn't it be simpler to make the doubled up chainplates into one double size chainplate with two connections? Then you wouldn't have to worry about water getting in between the plates. It would be all one plate.

Agreed.

Not silicone. Anything but silicone....chewing gum. Anything...

I have a solid double on my boat. Two singles together is a recipe for continued leaks.

I don't know - he's asserting she is both capable and interested in the project - which I think a lot of women would find a delightful change of pace from the general assumption that women are shit with tools. A woman always looking to be flattered and pampered isn't going to enjoy cruising much. Ava seems to be a sturdy sort of woman, the kind who would enjoy an epic adventure and holding a wrench or two along the way.

"She Who Must Be Obeyed"...

+Großer Maik: Not only his _patience_ , but also just _him_ ! Don't he be _lookin'_ like a mostly *_happy Buddah-man?_* All he have to do, be to fold _him arms_ ! And now, we got- _Shades of SV Delos_ ... 🤔

Funny.. almost everyone seems to have no problems with it. Maybe you didn't apply it correctly?

@@Garryck-1 Yea, perhaps 🤔. Never had problems with SikaFlex.