CATAMARAN BUILD – The Dry Fit – Moving 38 ft (12m) Panels by Ourselves (MJ Sailing – Ep 180)

Now all the pieces are with us, it’s time to give the boat a dry fit before we can think about glassing in bulkheads, or bonding the components together.

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One of the biggest issues is the side hull, which is resting with its flange underneath the hull. Once we can get that up and over, we can bolt the two together. But working with pieces over our heads which weigh 300 pounds? (150kg) We have to come up with lots of interesting ways to manage doing that with just the two of us.

We also go through the effort to make sure the hulls are properly aligned, which means moving the port side hull forward *just a touch*. Once have made the measurements (in metric) that everything is where it is supposed to be, we use a water level to make sure both hulls are level with each other.

We hope you enjoy!

Much love from Annapolis!
Jessica, Matt & Georgie

CATAMARAN BUILD – 48 Hours In & We’re THIS Far! (MJ Sailing – Ep 179)

We’re only 48 hours into having the first set of components for our catamaran, and she’s already starting to come together and look like a boat!

Follow along as we work tirelessly to get all the components unloaded from the container – and fail miserably at our time allowance. But honestly, that part soon matters less and less to us because we have a great group of people working their butts off to make sure every piece is taken off carefully and doesn’t receive any damage.

36 hours later, we gather a few of them back to put the main pieces of the hull together while we still have access to the telehandler. And once we snap those few pieces together – Voilà she’s already looking like a boat!!

We hope you enjoy!

Much love from Annapolis!
Jessica, Matt & Georgie

CATAMARAN BUILD – It’s Finally Here!!! (MJ Sailing – Ep 178)

After one year of planning and six months back in the US, we finally have the components of our catamaran arriving to us, which means the build can commence!

Start your clocks – the two year process starts now!!

With the few days before the container arrives, we prepare the tent by marking out where the forms will be placed. This is the base the catamaran will sit on, so we need each spot measured perfectly for the forms to sit on. We place and level bricks in these spots, and because of the slope inside our tent, also level the height of the pads from fore to aft, and port to starboard.

Then, the morning we’ve been waiting for! Our container arrives bright and early on a bitterly cold day in Maryland – and us and our rag tag group of Patrons have only two hours to get all of the pieces out! Make sure to stay tuned next week for the conclusion of unloading.

We hope you enjoy!

Much love from Annapolis!
Jessica, Matt & Georgie