We Built an Aluminium Boat, from Nothing to Sea Trials in 11 Minutes

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2 жыл бұрын

We built a 12ft Aluminium boat because we couldn't get to our big boat in the lockdowns. Of course we recorded the whole thing and here's the first video.
It's going to be the tender/dinghy for the big boat. The design is by Rick Welin of (www.metalboatkits.com)
We'll be making other videos about this one soon, so if you have questions about it put them in the comments. We'll also be posting an update video soon too.
Hope you are all keeping well, thanks for being so patient.
A few extra details if you are interested: (Video with more details to follow soon)
The design is by Rick Welin from
Rick was very helpful during the build, would definitely recommend!
We used 4mm Aluminium 5083 which is a marine specific grade. The tube etc was 6063 and 6061.
We Tig welded the whole thing as that's what we had to use, not ideal but got the job done.
Filler for marine aluminium welding is 5356.

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@verynearlyaboutsailing8114 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Good to see you two back. Hopefully you'll be able to work on the big boat soon.

@marciamaciasgarcia7550 2 жыл бұрын

good to see you back,an impressive bit of boat building.

@mattevans-koch9353 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of you two last week hoping you would come back on the YT. So good to see you managed to stay busy during this COVID mess. Beautiful work on the dinghy. Perfect for those needed breaks when you finally get the big boat going again. Looking forward to any upcoming videos. Take care, stay well and don't catch more fish than the limit.

@mikoschannel6413 10 ай бұрын

Super cool! Your wife’s face on the boat, she looks so happy, excited and proud of the build. That is such an awesome boat!

@Shady-Shane 3 ай бұрын

C'mon guys, we're missing you.

@jameshodo7134 2 жыл бұрын

Good to see you back. Hope all is well.

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

good to be back! :)

@markdraper4087 2 жыл бұрын

I was losing hope of seeing you guys again. Glad you're back. Nice work on the aluminum boat.

@ciberbri59 2 жыл бұрын

Loved it. Epic build. That bow rail is gorgeous.

@peterattfield4342 2 жыл бұрын

Way hay the wonders return glad to see you all safe and well

@gregmonaghan 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see you back.

@mikehortin9964 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see you back. 😁😁👍

@billsimpson2392 Жыл бұрын

Fully TIG welder... WOW, A work of art. Great job my friend! 😊😊👍👍🦘🦘

@samuelalejandrosalazarcabr5309 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Job and The best music for it!!!!👍👍👍👍

@AZ-kr6ff 5 ай бұрын

This is the perfect video. Absolutely fantastic in every way.

@user-zz6ov3nj6l 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome back guys. You are great. Greetings from Vladivostok, Russia.

@mikecurley2072 2 жыл бұрын

Who doesn’t love the William Tell Overture! Nice work and a great video.

@fredericrike5974 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you back! Both of you! Covid hasn't been much fun on our side of the Pond either. Very happy to see and hear you and SO well and prospering. Oh, BTW, Happy New Year! FR

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) Happy New Year to you too!!

@atowning 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome back! Great build!!!

@LifewithJames Жыл бұрын

I dig the choice of music. Relaxing and goes with the smooth work being done. Nice change from normal background music choices

@james-5560 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing build and looks fantastic

@HuldraX. Жыл бұрын

Diggin this boat you guys!! Looks quick!

@AquaMarine1000 Жыл бұрын

Most small aluminium boats of this type are constructed with keel, chine and gunwale extruded sections. These extrusion facilitate the sheet metal fitment for welding, thus making for a stronger build. In the past sixty years or so the mass production of hundreds of thousands of recreational boats have been constructed with this proven method. Quintrex, Stacer, Stessel, Clark are just some aluminium boat brand found in Australia. Cheers

@jacobseymour7743 2 жыл бұрын

awesome video. thank you, i really appreciate you putting this together. The music change was the best part though.haha

@geoffwright7110 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome back guys, have missed your fabrication skills and nice to see a new aluminium build. Best sea trials ever, bring a fishing rod....hope you caught a few fish.

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Geoff! Good to be back. We did catch a few fish (nothing big enough to eat!), we were too in the zone to film!

@SassyTHC 2 жыл бұрын

beautiful boat and welding skills!

@kevinmac5701 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this video very cathartic soothing and beautiful , thanks from Kevin in Sydney

@tuomasholo Жыл бұрын

Great video and build!

@notanymore9471 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant!

@alularussell778 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant..... the skill !!!!!!!

@MAYDAYDEEJAY 2 жыл бұрын

Long time no see. Happy New Year

@csoanes01 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome back!

@AW-Services Жыл бұрын

Incredible build and beautiful boat. Listening to the music was like an AvE video if he could weld

@PhG1961 Жыл бұрын

Awesome !

@oussemashaiek5047 Жыл бұрын

Great job 👍👍👍👍

@tomthompson7400 11 ай бұрын

well done ,,, looks fine and seems to go well.

@spotchris2506 Жыл бұрын

Just amazing...

@jonnyjohn2321 Жыл бұрын

Great video description

@Z-Bart 11 ай бұрын

Good job!

@Majoofi 2 жыл бұрын

That seemed to go a lot more smoothly than the big boat.

@sailingseriously2035 2 жыл бұрын

About bloody time. 🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻. How is the Robert’s coming along ? Very much enjoyed your work.

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

we know, we knooow😂😂🙈 it's coming slowly but we'll get there! hope is to move it to Wales this year as it's miles away in Kent at the mo. Looks like we can make the latest radius plates work so fingers crossed!

@brucej.snider9139 Жыл бұрын

awesome!

@jaymacho06 2 жыл бұрын

Damn this was really impressive!

@dennisclapp7527 2 жыл бұрын

I'm envious

@aserta Жыл бұрын

Neat. Thanks to YT i missed this one, but better late than never. 2:33 a great mod for these to weight (or bolt them down) and then put a wheel instead of the handle. You can then just sit "upwind" and pull.

@Finn-McCool 2 жыл бұрын

How fitting, Willy Tell's intro. 😉

@peterplouf2836 2 жыл бұрын

Nice re-launch to the channel.

@ericrose5039 Жыл бұрын

Cool project, nothing like getting out on the water

@davidblake1663 2 ай бұрын

Proper job.

@jarcineymilhomemcaldas1954 Жыл бұрын

Excelente baco e com qualidade parabéns.

@raybignell 2 жыл бұрын

Great job. You are both great fabricators and welders. Just hope you get this radios plates to fit after such a struggle with the company supplying the kit.

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Ray! Us too, looks promising with these latest radius plates so fingers crossed!

@C3BFA 2 жыл бұрын

Love that amazing craftsmanship well done. Just subscribed didn't realize you had a channel. Maybe see you on the water one day

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers for letting us post on the group Dave! Cheers for the SUB!

@C3BFA 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailingHunkofJunk no worries at all

@donjobi9400 6 ай бұрын

awesome

@neilfairless4589 2 жыл бұрын

Where you been guy's? Hows the main boat coming on??

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

We've been in Wales, the big boat is still in Kent! Not done any work on the hunk since the last update video but are hoping to get it moved to Wales this year! Fingers crossed

@neilfairless4589 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailingHunkofJunk Excellent, glad to here it. Looking forward to the next video.

@Gamstercam Жыл бұрын

12 minutes technically.

@dj-aj6882 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see a completed project👌 I would love to see a review video about the result with recommandations from your experiences.

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

We've got a video just like that planned, but thought we'd release an entertaining one first and see what questions people ask before making it.

@dj-aj6882 2 жыл бұрын

Nice move@@SailingHunkofJunk . - If you'd start completely new with the Yacht build, could you imagine to do it with aluminium?

@doug1030 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome back.

@davehalst 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see you doing boaty stuff once again. (I’d ditch that background ‘music’ though 😂)

@hswing11 5 ай бұрын

GREAT JOB WELL DONE

@badgoy8439 6 күн бұрын

bare aluminum boats look so good

@seniordebana4718 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you again as dynamic as before.. i was wondering sailboat lately.. did you flnish that project

@TreasureDivers 2 жыл бұрын

Great Build guys. I'm also building a Rick Welin kit . Can you tell me where you got your ally and cutting done, many thanks David

@frederickacker5379 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful Boat Build in 15 minutes???Wowwww!

@natzalaq6742 Жыл бұрын

nice to see on calm water....lets see on rough waves

@morychok11 2 жыл бұрын

Good project!!! And what is the progress in the construction of a large sailing boat? Good luck

@sancak099 2 жыл бұрын

perfect job my friend,have an question pls,did you use just argon or argon helium mix?

@SqueeblesMcklooflin 2 жыл бұрын

I currently build boats using the same alloys, although I use MIG with argon. I would love to build other things someday.

@fordaiffa6022 Жыл бұрын

very nice and impressed. what aluminum grade did u use? is it legal to transport your boat if u can on the roof of back of your flat bed and launch it anywhere if u can design a mechanism to do so ?

@user-dy3nl9pl1r 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video. How was thickness of the AL plate?

@me_my_business_and_I Жыл бұрын

Nice job! how many hours did it take you to weld?

@dviolinman 2 жыл бұрын

Nice boat build. Put a longer handle on that tubing bender! Are you going to finish that steel hull boat? Please! You can do it.

@unknownuser8885 2 жыл бұрын

I built the same boat. One thing I actually ended up doing is filling in the transom notch. The transom height if I recall was 17" or so as designed and it was an odd height kind of in between for long shaft vs short shaft. Filling in the notch made it work really well with my 20" shaft motor. The boats still sensitive to forward weighting, but it seems to perform better now.

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

We found the transom is just maybe a little high, but we've only been out a couple of times so am playing with the trim of the outboard before I make any adjustments. (More sea trials needed!) That being said i like the idea of a taller transom for seaworthiness.

@unknownuser8885 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailingHunkofJunk We found before we filled in the transom, there was a pretty high chance of water coming over the stern as we ran around. It was exacerbated when it was one person driving alone. In those times we are now stacking a sand bag on the front seats.

@jimdavey871 2 жыл бұрын

I’m going to take the option of adding a splash-well before boating season kicks off this year, I’ve had a few waves come over the notch and didn’t like it much.

@unknownuser8885 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimdavey871 Yeah, i think its a good add. It worked out really close, but I just stacked 3 lengths of 1.5" square tube on top of the existing transom cut out, then ran some doubler plates on the front and back, and then filled in the gap areas with 1/8" plate. The extra height helped a lot, but does require a long shaft. In retrospect, I'd have not added the notch ever wouldn't have had to do the filler pieces i did.

@2z52 Жыл бұрын

amaze

@Tim_griswold 5 күн бұрын

Any update would be appreciated 🇨🇦👍

@andrewbannister3012 9 ай бұрын

Great vid. How many hours did it take to complete the project?

@GeorgiGeorgievx Жыл бұрын

Great job! How many working hours are fitted in this twelve minute video?

@yogeshsharma-te5tr Ай бұрын

One of the best video. Bro what is cost to make this one

@mikechoppin3006 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you back ,are you back to work on your yacht yet ?

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

not since the update video last year, we will be this year though when the weather improves! Would be really good to get her moved to Wales this year!

@lozzfish Жыл бұрын

Wow amazing skill and craftsmanship! If you don't mind me asking how much did it cost to make? Many thanks lozzfish 😁

@micro963 Жыл бұрын

Nice project thank you for sharing👍👍👍the boat looks great!! Where did you get your plans from?

@SailingHunkofJunk 11 ай бұрын

www.metalboatkits.com is the place to go

@simonr6793 2 жыл бұрын

Hi guy's hope you had a good Christmas and Newyear 2020 and 2021. We are now another year on and another year older firstly what happened with the video's on the bigger boats deck house etc? I kept looking but no video appeared also now you've settled in Wales what's the plan and situation with your big boat?. Is there any plans for seeing you completing the hull etc and will you be returning to your channel on KZfaq?. I'm aware that I'm asking alot of questions but honestly I think I won't be the only one that is interested and wanting to know what is happening with the boat build 🤔. As always guy's great to see you having another video out and as always 💯% 👍.

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Simon, Happy New Year :) Yes we will be returning with the big boat, it's currently in Kent and because we now live in Wales and are working we haven't managed to get her moved to Wales yet, that's the plan this year though! fingers crossed!

@itsverygreen532 2 жыл бұрын

nice little fab shop yuo have there. Can't beat a good old Promecam! I let mine go and ended up buying a Guifil ... not as good for general work at all, shoudl have kept the promecam! Nice to see you knock that one out, the gunwhales look like they saved you a few trips to the gym! Not easy rolling tube that thick on a manual roll is it? Looking forward to seeing some progress on the "big boat" too, maybe one day we'll see you up in the Menai Straits?

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

That's where I (Duncan) work, my boss very kindly let me use it on weekends. We actually recently sold the Promecam to upgrade to a much bigger CNC press, (Morgan Rushworth) which is an awesome bit of kit. Ring rolling was sweaty work on a hot day. Hopefully post an update soon on the big boat, but not much to say this year sadly. We're only down in Aberystwyth and actually met on Anglesey! So a trip to the Menai Strait will definitely be on the cards. Still visit friends up there regularly. Might even make a trip up there with the little boat for some fishing/spearfishing this summer.

@user-ln4yl6tt4m 3 ай бұрын

I really like your design of your open tiller boat, is this your own design or purchased from a designer. I would like to build one- could you share they design patterns? Willing to purchase. Please let me know. nice job, i really like the fitment.

@allornothing7957 2 жыл бұрын

His site is down at the moment, how much did you guys pay for the plans and sheet? Looks brilliant and deceivingly bigger that it looked on the floor when you where testing it!

@HydroluisDrainage Жыл бұрын

the thickness is 4mm is good for boat ? and you are using 5083 what is best wire for welding brand and type serial or code of wire of welding that you used on it ?

@scootherring9314 21 күн бұрын

Awesome job Would love to have myself a bigger aluminum boat I’m riding a duracraft 1542 flat bottom in fresh water rivers wish my sides an seats were higher for my legs to be straight down from my knees lol

@MisterSunday 9 ай бұрын

I didn't see you do any preheat on any of the aluminum welds. Can you explain your process please?

@janetbeans4224 7 ай бұрын

Looks just right for Suzuki 30hp

@dariogalli6604 2 жыл бұрын

good evening I saw from the video that at a certain point, with the gun you gave a paint on the bottom of the boat, I think it is non-slip, it is possible to know what type of product it is, do you have a brand to suggest to me? Thank you regards dario

@ahmetpnar6354 3 ай бұрын

You did it very well. I liked it very much. Can you give me the cutting projects of aluminum parts? I want to do it myself too.

@user-po5mk2hi8t 2 жыл бұрын

It's a good boat. How wide is it?

@jimp9884 Жыл бұрын

How about a status report, can't wait to see you start again.

@krisschwennsen4206 3 ай бұрын

Talk about some epic cartoon music!

@arbihamdi1051 5 ай бұрын

Hello, it is a wonderful achievement. I admire you and I want to make such a boat. Please give me the measurements and plans for this boat.

@nickarcher8617 8 ай бұрын

Nice build. I'm knee deep in the exact same build (in my garage) i LOVE your finished look. Im curious do you have any tips on how you fit the strakes? Or any i fo on the other bitd you put in. Like a bilch and electrical?

@SailingHunkofJunk 7 ай бұрын

Hi, only just seen your comment, I cut a taper on the strakes first, and then spent a while measuring and marking the location. I did the outer two first. I used short sections of 2" alu pipe tacked to the hull plates and a strong hand tools half clamp to "lift" any low spots up to meet the strakes. I added in a manual bilge pump after the sea trials, and am currently in the process of lowering the transom notch to lower the engine mounting height as well. Aside from that I've added in a little bracket for rod holders and am going to put hand rails and cleats on the boat. Oh and a mount for a seat, and am thinking of turning the middle seat into some watertight storage. Hopefully we'll make a vid about it all at some point soon.

@nickarcher8617 7 ай бұрын

@SailingHunkofJunk great thank you. I guess im on the right track because i had the same plan. Did you not put expanding foam in the seats? The build guide suggested to do so. I'm looking forward to dropping mine in the water. It's an awesome little boat.

@elvisnyendi4600 Жыл бұрын

Great Boat...asking, how can one make room for 200l fuel to cover 3hrs drive into the deep sea?

@BeetleBuns Жыл бұрын

I tried following this speedrun tutorial but can't seem to get my time below 6 months, how did you get that movement speed and teleportation glitch working?

@RegasRegas003 5 ай бұрын

Racing alumunium boat , good beach or good river

@R.E.HILL_ 2 жыл бұрын

All that work and no fish? 🙂😉

@SailingHunkofJunk 2 жыл бұрын

😂🙈 we did actually catch some fish but nothing big enough to eat!

@alexnet8943 Жыл бұрын

Хорошо сделали лодку❗👍🇺🇦

@kuromimeblackforest8492 Жыл бұрын

Build a small fishing vessel in 1 hour bro.. thats a legend

@DafraUK Жыл бұрын

Great boat build, looks like it was nice and comfortable with three people onboard. I'd like to stitch and glue a boat like this with hard chines in ply. Please can you let me know where the kit came from, perhaps I can buy some lofting plans.....

@SailingHunkofJunk 11 ай бұрын

this was from www.metalboatkits.com, would definitely recommend them!