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(string music)
So today our boat build continues
with about the easiest project you could have
while working on a boat.
So in February of 2020,
we bought this 1976 Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus 35.
The sailboat is in great condition,
but to make it more comfortable for working remotely
and long-term cruising, we're making a couple of changes.
In last week's video, we converted the old nav station
into a home office space with six new drawers
to store camera gear, and a monitor arm for video editing.
This week we're tackling this storage locker,
also called a standing wet locker, a closet, a wet closet,
a wet locker, and a couple other names
depending on who you ask.
So this is the closet right here.
And we've got this big metal bar,
which is actually really nice and strong,
so you could hang some heavy stuff here.
But all of this space doesn't have shelving.
So here's a digital rendering David made
of the closet on the boat.
It's a pretty large volume of space,
but I'm guessing it was mainly used to hang
wet weather gear to dry.
We'd like to keep that option open,
while exploring new ways of using the space.
First, we'll add in 10 thin support beams along both walls.
Then, we'll Velcro four rows of slats into place,
and one bottom panel.
Using industrial-strength Velcro to attach the slats
means we can adjust the layout of the closet
as we get used to living on the boat.
The extra storage should help keep our clothing
organized and accessible.
But for passages, we could remove the slats
and use the space to hang foul weather gear to dry,
and then put it back together for day-to-day living.
(air swishing)
Here you go.
- Looks good.
(pencil marking wood)
(sawing)
(wood stacking)
(sanding)
(upbeat music)
- All right, so it's day two working on the closet
for my clothing.
We spent one whole day painting everything
because we wanted to get all of the slats painted
before we put them in because I feel like it's gonna be
a lot harder once they're all installed to paint them,
so it's all just gonna mount with Velcro and this way,
if we wanna disassemble it and put bigger things in there,
it's really easy to take it all apart because we
don't exactly know what kind of storage we need yet,
but I feel like putting in shelving is just gonna help
moving onto the boat because there's gonna be
a lot more room to put stuff and then later
we can switch it out if we need to.
- Okay, done.
(drill powering)
Very nice.
- Very nice.
(drilling)
Look at that.
(laughing)
First support is in.
- [Dana] Good job, babe.
- It's hard working in boats
in all these tiny little spaces.
(laughing)
(drilling)
- [Dana] The light is so handy.
- [Lou] It's a great little feature, isn't it?
I don't know, can you see the level?
- [Dana] Yeah, it's good.
- [Lou] Yeah?
- [Dana] Mm-hmm.
It's a little bit like to the right a teeny bit.
- [Lou] Okay, it's easy to fix that
with the second screw once you get this first screw in.
- [Dana] So go for it?
- [Lou] Mm-hmm.
Team work makes the dream work.
(drilling)
Nice.
- [Dana] Good?
- [Lou] We're still level?
- Yeah, look at this.
We've got all the stringers in.
And so now we just need to put Velcro down
and attach Velcro to all of the slats,
and then a closet will be made.
- [Lou] Yeah, all six of them are in.
- Yeah.
- [Lou] They look nice.
- They're level.
- [Lou] They seem pretty strong, they're levelish.
- Level, the best you can get, and even,
the best you can get and I think it's gonna work
really well for all your clothes, Lou.
- [Lou] I know, there's gonna be so much storage in here.
- Yeah.
Wait, we finally can put other things
just other than your clothes.
- [Lou] Yeah, I don't have that many clothes.
- No.
(laughing)
(acoustic guitar music)
- The project continues, it's going on and on.
As with all things on this boat,
it's taken three times longer than expected.
(laughing)
- [Dana] How quickly does it dry?
- [Lou] I would pick up the pace a little bit.
- [Dana] Yeah?
- [Lou] Yeah, are you ready to Super Glue it in?
- [Dana] Let's do it.
- [Lou] You only get one shot.
Done?
- [Dana] Yeah, just needs to set.
- [Lou] Yeah, we shouldn't use it yet.
The boat looks a little chaotic right now.
- I know, after this let's do a little bit of a clean.
Going in.
Hey.
It fits.
It's all set.
It's got the Velcro, it's got the two stabilizers,
and then I would say that's pretty secure,
but it's not so secure you can't get it up.
(gentle piano music)
- [Lou] This is exciting.
- [Dana] Yeah.
- [Lou] Our clothing cabinet is coming together, Dana.
- Your clothing cabinet.
- [Lou] The Velcro works out well.
- Yeah, it's so nice.
It's like just strong enough.
It's so nice and I feel like it's really helpful
to have them on Velcro so that we can take them out
if we ever, a, wanted to switch it to a hanging closet
or, b, I don't know, if everything got wet or something,
and you need to remove everything or you have to stow
something huge in here, I wanted it to be flexible,
so I feel like the Velcro's perfect.
(acoustic guitar music)
- [Lou] Ta-da, finished storage locker.
Look at that.
All removable, so much extra space.
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