BOAT BUILD: Gluing our boat together!
Last week we toured the interior... this week, it's all hands on deck as we glue La Vagabonde III together! Join Riles, myself and the Rapido team, as we stick each ama to her centre hull.
We're also going to unpack our new sailing dingy, oversee the building of our daggerboard and sort out a number of mast related issues... yet another jam packed week of work here at Rapido HQ!
As always, a huge thank you for your support! We hope you enjoy this early preview of our next episode.
PS: Do let us know how you think she's shaping up - we love reading through your comments!
Love,
Elay, Riles, Lenny & Darwin
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Comments (39)
The OC tenders are fantastic. We’ve had ours since 2018 and it has been awesome
Are you still going to have the feature in the galley counter where you open a cover and put food scraps in to fall to the ocean?
Darwin has NO FEAR. You're gonna have to put a bell around his neck so you can keep track of him :)
Interested in seeing anything you want to share about the boat build but for me, the installation of the finishes is the most exciting phase. Fun to see everything come together at the end of the build. I would also love to know an approximate finish date. Apologies if you’ve already shared that. Thank you. Jacquie from NH, USA
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Interested in everything !
Love the video, guys. If possible, we’d love to see the kitchen and mast installed. Wishing you all the best!
With Riley’s enthusiastic vocabulary on this episode, I thought I would finally hear something about not being there to f’ck spiders, but alas, no joy.
This is going, undoubtedly, to be the queen of the 7 seven seas! I wonder how many "objects" need to be assembled together . . . I'm guessing 20,000! Great idea to have a sailing dinghy as tender . . . the boys are going to love it, in a couple of years. Can't wait to see her afloat. Have you decided on the hull's paint color? If I may offer some advice: I know you are eager to participate in the construction, a very good thing, but try not to exhaust yourself - keep in shape - - - moving in and fine-tuning is going to be a major task!
Love how this la vagabond 3 project is moving forward. I am a passionate sailor and would love to see how the services and manoeuvres you are planning! Also what is that you are highlighting as something that you did not have in the outramer or you’ve seen in other boats are you are saying “I want this!!!!!!” 😁 this is a question for both as I assume both are technically demanding but maybe also in terms of conform you are saying “I want this!!!” Love you both Fede from Italy !!
Very cool. Really looking forward to seeing her complete and under sail. BTW I can’t remember the last time I poured milk into a glass. Thank you for the cradle comment. I was freaking out there for a minute. And please tell me you have a motor for the dingy.
guys do a live q and a again.. missing those!
yes!! Maybe once you're less busy in Bali but I miss these so much
Bold decision with the tender. We and most tris I've seen stash tenders on the nets, what was the reason placing it astern? Generally we try to avoid weight astern as well. I'm Interested in seeing the rigging and sail sail selection. Maxi Genoa? Screecher? Elec furling? Synthetic? Gonna be epic
A rotating mast is a mystery to me, knowing how masts are held up, balanced and supported!! Love the funny bit about the cardboard anchor! Very cute! It is so great that you are this involved, it will help with safety and troubleshooting. You guys are just the cutest and the boys are getting cuter all the time! Such adventurers!! Love you guys!❤️
I’m interested in everything about the boat build. I appreciate learning new things like about the epoxy and how the amas fit in. I’m also interested in seeing the interior take shape but I also like to see Vietnam and Bali. Always love to see the boys too.
Have you considered a wing foil for the rotating mast?
Can we talk about the tender having a mast? I was so confused - why not electric? Would you not sometimes have conditions without wind hence the need for an engine to get to shore? Love to see the building process !!! These breathing holes for the gluing of the 2 amas is amazing. What a beautifully engineered boat! PS: what other anchor materials would you be able to use? Finding something that won't scratch your carbon fiber hull is quite a challenge I imagine! Love the process - good luck!
I’m really enjoying everything you are choosing to highlight re the boat build. Looking forward to more.
Rotating mast, ye gods! How will the copper not turn green, or is the purpose to turn green? I think that would look awesome.
I was also wondering about the copper changing color—green or black.
This is the first I've really been aware of the rotating mast. Fascinating concept to me. I imagine you will go into that in more detail in the future? It strikes me as more complex machinery to maintain, but I'm sure Rapido has that all worked out.
Riles, I wonder if, when you get back to the plant, you could demonstrate the difference in strength between carbon fiber and standard fiberglass.
More ... More ... More. I am interested in everything and that 20 minutes went by so quick. Will the dingy have an electric motor on it? Good thinking about making the dingy cradle more generic for other dingy in the future. During longer crossings, where does the dingy get stowed?
I still want to know if you can use the pontoons for storage!
They're still called hulls or floats. Tri people like myself get weirdly offended by the word pontoon. I'm sure they'll be used for storage but when it comes to carbon go-fast boats you pretty much want to keep excess weight to a minimum. I'm sure dive gear etc will go out in the floats but highly doubt they'll be building out storage/cabinetry etc in then. Will be minimalist if i had to guess
Very well produced video. I liked how you humanized the process of boat building with appreciation for the workers, your input, family time, and tech talk. All of it is fascinating but a carbon rotating mast is way cool. Would like to hear more about that - how it works, pros an cons.
I’m super interested to see how interested Riley is about what I’m interested in seeing more of! Haha that being said bring on the interior! I’m still holding out hope that Elay will be getting that washing machine. I mean after all y’all cut back so much weight with other things there surely will be enough to spare for the washing machine 😂😂😅
I don’t really understand cutting out the space for the tender. Was there no other solution? Would love to see how that turned out. Doesn’t that impact the overall engineering of the boat?
That was cracking me up. Check out the glue process! But the copper bits just arrived! But what about the glue!!!
Wow you guys are going to literally know this boat inside and out. Super cool😊⛵
Love that you guys are getting hands on, give you a perspective like no other. Troubleshooting down the road will be much easier I bet. Curious about the launch process and how that bad boy actually gets into the water? Also curious about what instruments the boat will how and how they work.
I think it's great that you're getting to know every cm of your boat, that will come in handy down the road. great video
Not knowing anything about boats I’m most interested in the new interior … those copper sinks look schmick !! Struck fear into my heart to hear Riley say you’re going to sail in the sSuthern Ocean … I have every confidence in you … but scares the hoozitwhatsits out of me just thinking about the size of those waves 🇦🇺❤️
Love it all, and I am very interested in the building of the helm instrumentation.
can you talk about the hydrodynamics of the boat and if the cut out and position of the dingy effects that at all?
Very interesting episode! I can’t believe I have to wait another week to see the next one. 😵💫🤪 I’m finding it all very very interesting…. I’ve no clue about boats. I’m interested to know how glue holds elements of the boat together… and how long will it last etc.. ? Also, the interior design will be interesting to see.
First off, she is beautiful. I’ve been waiting to be able to watch her take shape and this series is the best. No problem with milk from the carton. EVERYTHING with the boat build is of interest. Also intrigued by the things where Mark is having to re-engineer or adapt systems and structure to meet your family’s needs.
Hey Riles, can you show the parts of the boat that are the hardest to get to in order to repair them if needed once the boat is finished and also the weakest points of the boat, both, in fair and extreme weather you would need to pay extra attention to?