Finishing the aft cabin and the nav station (Patreon)

Hi guys!

Happy holidays to all :D 

In this week's video, I finally FINALLY finished the aft cabin and patched the two holes at the nav station. A LOT of people have requested those holes be fixed for a long time. Well, all good comes to those who wait ;) 

Ava and I had a wonderful Christmas with her parents and siblings in Michigan. It's a lot of fun hanging out with everyone - especially our two-year-old niece. I got myself an early Christmas present this year in the shape of a very well-used Prusa Mini+ 3D printer. There is not a lot of room aboard Athena, and we need to fly it back to the boat, so I wanted something that could be partially disassembled to take up less room. What spawned this desire for a 3D printer? Well, mainly, I'm a little bit on the geeky side and have always wanted one, but there are a few projects that spring to mind: 

1) I want to make some forged carbon fiber parts (using 3D-printed molds) when we get to the US and have access to materials. 

2) We need some plastic plugs to cover up the screws in the hatches inside the shower

3) We need some trim around the stainless pole by the nav station to cover what's left of the hole (around the pole) 

4) We'd like a new cutlery holder doohickey that doesn't get all the cutlery mixed together when the boat heels over.

Also, I think having a 3D printer is something that's going to allow me to play more with CAD. I hope to be able to utilize CAD more for the next project boat along with one of those hyper cool shaper origin routers. If nothing else, I've already had a ton of fun printing a few toys for our niece ;) 

I hope you've all had a fantastic holiday and are enjoying the last weekend of 2030 :) Thank you so much for your support!