You need to urgently get your priorities straight. Ditch Mahi and get off to Germany for the Final asap. In fact, hope you popped over for the Netherlands v England.

dyneema doesnt stretch. it creeps over time. what you did was to remove what we call "building stretch", which is basically cinching the whole of the stay to eliminate the bulging created by passing the fid thru the 12 strands ie, you force the strands to move one over the other till they reach their final position, which in your case was an additional 100 mm

We have been watching your videos since the beginning, way before we started our channel. (So we have subscribed twice 😉) Loved your french canals videoes, in few weeks, we will going through the canals too. All the best Mark, keep going! 💪

Son, what’s going on ?. When you started out, recovering from break up with your gf who went back to China. I watched as you went sail boat shopping and it’s no coincidence you picked a catamaran. I thought it’s your money and if you wanted to sink your money into a money pit of a boat- well it’s probably good therapy. But, when you started asking people for things you traded in your moral compass for repairs on the boat. This boat project is a hobby, nothing more. Your not a deep sea fisherman who’s lively hood and feeding your family depends on getting your boat fixed. This has really turned dysfunctional. I’m not trying to be mean, you’ve just gotten off course. Get a full time job and spend your weekends fixing it up. In a few years it will be done. 👍🏻

Son, what’s going on ?. When you started out, recovering from break up with your gf who went back to China. I watched as you went sail boat shopping and it’s no coincidence you picked a catamaran. I thought it’s your money and if you wanted to sink your money into a money pit of a boat- well it’s probably good therapy. But, when you started asking people for things you traded in your moral compass for repairs on the boat. This boat project is a hobby, nothing more. Your not a deep sea fisherman who’s lively hood and feeding your family depends on getting your boat fixed. This has really turned dysfunctional. I’m not trying to be mean, you’ve just gotten off course. Get a full time job and spend your weekends fixing it up. In a few years it will be done. 👍🏻

Thanks!

Keep up the good work you are nearly there

youu should be ablle ttoo easilly resplice it uf its too long

Appreciating a dangerous individual.....SHIT!

I love your argument for the weight savings of dyneema, while sitting next to a cast iron bbq. Those should balance eachtoher out 😅

Wearing your favourite slippers with...uhhh...no steel toe. Good job or poor toes. Or was samba dancing the trix to keep it all together unhurt😅🎉❤

Always look forward to seeing the progress, the boat has come a long way!

Merci !

Next time instead of McDonald's get some kibbeling maybe?

Mark , maybe there ought to be a S.Steel Plate under the mast bolt heads on the wood Washer Wedge . Massive forces and vibrations ocean sailing will compress and split the THIN wood wedges ?

Peut être des idées à prendre pour continuer le travail ?! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n96ep8Wax5OxqnU.htmlsi=v03JbLvoyw5K5cLf

"Becoming one with the Dynema!"😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂

Nice goin Mark, your doin a rippa job m8! keep up the good work, stay vertical Eh!

Good luck! ❤

I like the samba. I admire that you courageously drill holes without worrying about using a drill guide

Wow reminds me of marine bazar Plymouth

It's really obvious that you have indeed become one with the dyneema

Luvin the latin vibe❤

Been looking forward to you going out for a moor cruise so next video will be great. I used to splice dyneema for winch cables, it was a very interesting learning curve, way below what you are doing though Was away over the weekend so just catching up on my Wildling fix 🙂

Wonderful, more progress! :3 So excited! No long now laddie! <3 Cheers! - Cora <3

Very good progress!

Mount the spare anchor on the rear aft starboard cabin or the port, on the outside and use as a counter weight as well as an emergency stern anchor.

that old anchor way better than cqr. cqr is garbage, worst anchor ever

You are managing some decent fabrication there despite the lack of a proper workshop. I'd have lost all my tools overboard by now...

Brilliant mark, look how far you’ve come since you left north wales & sailed through the French canals! Well done! 👏🏻

Bimini?????

Keen to see this rigging done! - I've contemplated making a dyneema rig for my own yacht. Just got no idea how to. Few ways of doing it by the looks of it

Rigging works seems like impossible for me but I’m glad to see it’s coming to work out for you. Great job!

Loved the "becoming one with the dyneme", and so agree with many commentators, your music choices are great!

Here's what I learned making the replacement chain plates, for my Narai MK I, out of 316 stainless bar stock. When you drill the stainless you must use the correct drilling speed and plenty of cutting fluid. If you don't, the bit will dull, the stainless steel will heat up and harden, and you'll destroy the bit. My rigger mentioned to me, that any place the stainless is heated, whether by drilling or welding, needed to be finished and polished to a high shine. He didn't know why, but a little research on my part, revealed that the heat drives the chromium from the surface of the stainless steel. The chromium is what makes the steel "stainless", and by polishing it, you bring it back to the surface. This is why you'll see a lot of stainless fittings rusting at the welds. Additionally, if you drill your holes to the exact dimension you want, your bolts or shackles may not fit or be too tight. Once drilled, you should apply a reamer, of the correct size, to make the hole just a little bit bigger.

Can't wait to see ya get the mast and sails,gonna be so awesome brother.

The drill hole did not look very level

Do you know anyone that know rigging that cold check yours before going on

your doing just fine👍 being out of your comfort zone is a common frequent feeling for sailors…it makes the adventure even more exciting and memorable and builds character ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Damn 12.50 for those shackles. I would’ve bought all of them for my tayana 55 . Using them on the toe rail for holding my booms in place using extra lines and fiddles in high winds. I found two big ones in an old drag anchor for slowing or steering the boat. 8 of them would’ve been nice .

I would just caution that you should have the material in the opposing stays. Ie if you plan to have a roller furling foresail that must have a stainless steel forestay to revolve around, a dyneena forestay would chafe and break in no time with a roller furler. So therefore you will need a Stainless steel back stay of the same gauge as the forestay. The same material item is vital as dyneema expands when is is cold, while SS contracts, so the result could be an inverted bend and (and broken) mast. Also have you planned how to protect the dyneema as it runs over/ through the spreader ends? (if you have them.) as if you need to go through a frictionless ring for example you need to to that before you splice both ends. I have bought all the gear for the dyneema shrouds and stays, but have been cautious and only fitted the baby stay and check stays (which actually take the highest loading in a knockdown) and am learning gradually how to tension them when needed without too much trouble. I use a winch drum at the bow on top of the windlass to counterbalance the pull from the cockpit winches. Anyway. Have fun.

Mark! Serial here, if you need my work benches in the shop, you're welcome in Bussum!!

Well Mark i have been silent as long as you've had your show... I have to say that I didn't think you were going to get tihs far in this amount of time but you have and I am amazed. Also you have grown in your knowledge base and humbly go about doing extremely complicated things that you make look simple. Bravo!

"becoming one with dyneema" while having dyneema hair was a crack up

Perché non chiudi la parte della guida,, sagomando con il legno e poi rifinirla con la resina

nice safety slippers.. :D you can move the chain locker a bit backward, and only the anchor and the first few metres of chain would be at the front. easier to operate it too. but there is no such thing like too much chain...

Tidy work on the control reversal mod!

Your chain is the best insurance

Use as much chain as u can handle. I had120 mt. And only needed it all a few times ,but was glad i had 120 mt,s

LOloloolll the dyneema dreads!