BOAT TOUR: Going from Nothing to Something | Step 401

Hatch size. Make a template, put on your heaviest gear with lifewest harnesses etc and try climbing through. The main function of the v-berth hatch is an emergency exit.

I can't believe how emotionally invested I am in see this refit completed. lol

A small recommendation is to install a compact dehumidifier in the wet clothes closet. And the clothes will dry faster and the overall humidity will be lower

Kinda fun watching a couple of architects become naval architects. 😝

This is arguably your most powerful post yet. It confirms to me that, when it comes to DESIGN, George Bernard Shaw’s classic quote holds true: 'The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.’ Thank you for being unreasonable - your design genius is so inspiring.

I will never stop drinking my morning coffee, LOL.

Consider placing one battery, perhaps a standard heavy-duty battery aft, high on aft bulkhead where it can be dedicated to your radio. Having your batteries in the bilge may be a problem if the containers in which the batteries are placed take on water. No more power, lights, radio, bilge pump. Need a battery high for emergency radio to call rescue. (Did this on fishing boats to protect crew in emergency) You are carrying a considerable amount of weight to starboard: head, dinette, galley and equipment plus two to four people at dinette. At rest in port you may have a slight starboard list. Consider making the aft bulkhead portlight large enough to act as a pass-through in stormy conditions. Why open companionway in storm when coffee can be passed through. Consider making the aft port berth sleeping a secondary option and perhaps place a fold-up table for computer on forward bulkhead in that area so can sit and do videos, plot courses and other things as prmary options. Not sure a berth is a good primary use.

Something to think about about the companion stairs: Maybe have a smaller door/opening you can reset and check the breakers and you don't have to open the whole staircase up. Otherwise it really comes along but I can't wait for the last 20% - because they are the most interesting for me.

You two are quite the clever problem solvers. UMA is being re-born and will be a quiet beauty.

22:15 please make sure that the forward hatch is big enough for both of you to escape through for the worst case of scenarios, a fire in aft. There was a horrbible incident in California where scores of divers died at night due to a fire in the galley, and the older boat didn't have big hatches in sleeping quarters...

quarter berth!! That's what we call ours after turning 1/2 of it into a garage

Regarding batteries, If one places weight higher than just above the keel, the boat will be more comfortable, and not be jerky while the boat goes towards zero heeling. That jerky motion (caused by fast acceleration and deacceleration) makes one seasick. If you insist on placing batteries just above the keel consider installing a small (20 Ah?) LiFePO4 battery for emergency use. It's going to be the backup power supply for VHF, and LED lights. You might want to have a switch board in order to control how much electricity is used. Why? If things are going South, it t really sucks not to be able to communicate with someone, and also not to be able to see anything.

I try to instill in young people to have a conversation before you dive in, you prove me correct every week, conversation is the best starting point. The result of your conversation is amazing. Boat builders should follow your channel to learn the better way. Thank you for having the fore thought to bring us along it has and will be the best.

So much thought has gone into everything! Really interested what you all figure out for the hard to access former Hefty Susan dead space. You will love your location for the hanging locker, really perfect. Will it have some of its own ventilation? So glad you are draining the chain locker overboard, is there are one way valve or something else to prevent water from coming in? Living with a 65 yo wooden boat that won't be changed, seeing you all completely rethink the interior is just fabulous.

Yes, we have a question from Black Mold “Hey, where’s my space??? I used to have 20SQM of area conveniently located next to everything and completely private/inaccesible. Now I have nothing but maybe a temporary spot in the bilge!"

Has anyone else noticed a change in Dan’s speech over the past several videos? I noticed it months ago, like he has some sort of lisp. There’s something different about his S sounds that I don’t think was there back when they were sailing before they hauled out for the refit. It seemed more pronounced in this video. Hope all is well with him! Really enjoying watching the biggest boat project yet - it’s at the fun part now where we see it slowly come together.

You two are amazing and Uma 2.0 is going to be unstoppable. ❤❤🤗💯👍🤩

A project like this falls under what I call the 90 90 rule. The first 90 percent of the project takes the first 90 percent of the time and the last 10 percent takes the other 90 percent of the time. I’m looking forward to seeing it all come together.

I can't imagine how loud the original pilot berth must have been when the factory-installed diesel was running.

I find it very interesting how you rebuild a boat. I also follow other YouTube channels of people owning their own boat and living on it. It seems like this is the year for most of the full time boaters to upgrade their boats 🚢⛵ by fixing them up like you to are, building and buying a new one, just doing a deal cleaning, or finding a salvage boat from a hurricane storm an fixing it up.