Building a sailboat arch for solar panels, dinghy davits, fenders and workout - Sail Mermaid S1 E21

Building a sailboat arch for solar panels, dinghy davits, fenders and workout The best way to mount solar panels on a sailboat is to make a sailboat solar arch on the back. This arch also works as dinghy davits and is very practical. As many has pointed out in past videos the way I was tugging my dinghy was not optimal to say the least. Hoisting it up on deck is a bitch everytime you sail and I also needed more room to put solar panels and toys like my electric scooters. The building of an arch became more and more obvious, but it was very expensive. A simple arch to my boat was offered made for 3500 Euros, but then the constructor could not promise a given date for delivery. I would not be able to make changes to the design either, so I decided to build it myself with the help of some friends. I really could not have done this project without them. I needed help with the welding, measuring and planing. To this date there is no drawings for this DIY solar arch. It was made as we progressed and built on site. For me welding a solar arch in stainless steel was a challenge, and a friend helped me weld it together. The total cost of building sailboat davits and arch in stainless steel arch for this project was about 1000 Euros. I also bought equipment specially for this project at a cost og 600 Euros and another 600 Euros for a new drill and grinder that I would have bought anyways. All in all the arch did not get expensive at all, but there is a lot of hours spent, and still to be spent! Please note; this is not a DIY video intended for knowledge on building arch for sailboat. Please do give the video a thumbs up if you like it, comments are always welcome and don't forget to subscribe if you are new to my channel. If you would like to support my productions you may want to head over to my Patreon page and see what extras I offer https://www.patreon.com/Sailmermaid http://www.sailmermaid.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/symermaid/ Minds: https://www.minds.com/SailMermaid Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sailmermaid/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sail_mermaid Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/SailMermaid Soundtracks: "Sail Mermaid" Written and performed by Jemma Louise All others delivered by www.epidemicsound.com #dinghydavits #solararch #sailboatdavits