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Lovely work!

Orwell?

The sign writing was excellent and the bird was a nice touch. I'd be very happy with it.

Sign writing absolutely brilliant, really sets the boat off

Looks like Victor. . .

Nice one Sam, she's looking good. I enjoyed the Sign writer segment. Cheers.

She's looking AMAZING !! Well done....as for the sign writing...stunning ❤

Really interesting to see how this paint job has gone and she's looking good!! I had a signwriter in Woodbridge in 1988 when Greenwitch was launched at Robertsons. He was fairly elderly even then. Watching him work was fascinating and a real lesson in craftsmanship. Twentytwo years later I had the hull painted and the same guy came back and wrote her name again - still just as good even at his then considerable age!! Very much enjoying your vlogs.

Topsides look great and the hand-painted names are awesome! The molded line along the sheer is usually called the cove stripe. Be careful with those hasps for the cockpit locker. If you’re working down in there the lid could close shut and lock you in there.

Well done on getting your topsides painted. One question, in rolling it by hand with foam rollers, what is the finish like, ie. how glossy is it and did you get an orange peel or really smooth finish? I think at some stage you are going to need to get on with restoring all your timber brightwork, and when you do, have you figured out what finish product to use. There are so many options out there in the market place. Everything from the likes of Epiphanes to Silkens Cetol marine, let alone the likes of your more traditional spar marine varnishes.

Nice one Sam. Prepping our boat before Christmas, then painting before she goes in, in the spring. May I ask where you got the Jotun paint and supplies from? Also that line you were referring to is the cove line.

Hi Sam, any reason you have moved away from the Hebridean?

Fantastic job Sam well done!

She is looking fabulous! How lovely that you are bringing the old girl back to life. Well done and best wishes from Dartmouth. James

Great job! Especially that sign writer you don't find craftsmanship like that easily these days

nice work and good timing ..chilly nights a comin!!

Well done mate cracking on with it at a good pace ,excellent vid as always

Nice video sam every time I watch you get on with your boat I miss mine moore lol😂

Coming along a treat chap. Fingers crossed the winter weather play ball.

Looking good, sign writer did a cracking job. Used vinyl for mine which 5 years down the line is starting to look ropey. Was hoping to get a few bits done of mine this week too as off work but these low temps have put pay to that! Its come on so suddenly unfortunately. At least we are not covered in snow like the top half of the country.

Not being a local.. I managed to fall into the Grindle on my way home from the Sailing Club while the tide was very high last weekend!! The ground just disappeared from under me.. lol

Are you in the top field at King's Sam?

You've been lucky with the weather that's for sure, it's not been a great one but it seems to have lasted through autumn. She's looking good from ground level now, but that deck is giving me the chills, hope all the paints as lose as it looks. Keep em coming fella.

She is coming on well keep it up 👍👍👍

I remember being amazed by signwriters when I was an apprentice motor mechanic in Frinton, decades ago! What a great job you've made of the hull Sam, what a transformation, well done!

Hi Sam, that line in the hull below the toe rail/rubbing strake is called the cove line,the "modern" way of sign writing seems to be vinyl computer cut stick on system rather than proper sign writing ,if you compare the 2 options side by side the the hand painted system wins every time Walking back from the pub in 13deg in a t shirt and not feeling to cold!!?, I have been bitching and moaning all day because the temp dropped to 26deg and I wanted to wash my boat (south australia) Don't forget the tenths rule if it looks good at 10 paces in the boat yard it will look 10 times better in the water

Thanks for reminding me that I need to get a smaller boat when I go to buy. Bugger painting a 32 footer 😅

Great job 👌

We have been lucky on the east coast with the weather this year, well done Sam nice paint job😊

Looking good Sam. Any plans for next year???? Or even this winter???

Anto is re rigging my Midget 31 at the moment. My first boat and he is fantastic at passing on information about what he is doing. Will be keeping her at Woolverstone.

Thanks all for watching this episode, i see a number have expressed concerns over the supporting 'posts' as being unsafe. This is a traditional means of shoring a boat, many boatyards and marinas use posts some with supporting timbers some without. There is a small risk of the posts being accidentally knocked out of place and the boat falling however this is a very rare and unfortuante occurance. Again appreciate all concerns made. I am on the lookout for a cradle so if anyone has one they no longer need please feel free to contact me on samsails@yahoo.com 😊

Bloody hard work for sure, but in the long run the results will be worth it. Just one comment though re how your boat is supported. A bunch of essentially logs is hardly a safe method of support when on the hard. I honestly cannot say I have ever seen such an unsafe method of holding a boat up.

was a sterling effort 👍

Really epic

this was something else no commercial music at all its took me a few days to watch the series of your loop adventure ,you are so honest about it and your a damn good sailor ,id never heard of that hebridean steerin vane everydays a school d day the piano at the end was just heavenly and a great end to a joy of a watch , fair winds Sam ,im off to see what else is on the channel now . best regards

Hi not sure you'll see this now but as I don't know about 12v power, I'm wondering how you get the 12v in and out of the Yakker. Can you help please?

Lots of hard work there but will be worth in the end. Hopefully you'll get a shine like the green hull next to you.

Great video

Inspiring. I bought an Invicta 26 last year which is on the hard and costing me for the storage! Have so far so far to strip most things off (engine in my garage after a rebuild) and will spend this winter sanding the hull and top side to be ready for nice shiny paint in the Spring, then get launched so i can start taking baby steps.

Thanks. how much did panama cast? did you use an agent? would love to hear how it went tia

Great vid

Nice work Sam. Any mistakes are simply training. You are now fully trained in the ways of the low temperature additive! When I started woodworking my other half reckons I was making ornate firewood. Cheers.

clever how your hair gets shorter and longer during scenes 🤣

At some stage I am looking at repainting the topsides of my boat (1974 Swanson 30). I have been looking into the new paint by International, Toplac Plus. The manufacturers say you can roll it and don’t need to tip off and it should give a finish close to that of a spray finish. As an experiment , when I recently had the boat out on the hard for a scrub off, sand and antifoul, I masked up and re-instated the bootstrap line. So how did this come out. From 10 ft away it looks great, close up it appears very orange peel like. Bear in mind, I did paint over old antifoul which had been sanded back and I only applied one coat of primer and didn’t sand this back. I think I am going to have try the paint system out on a piece of smooth malamine to see if I can get a better finish result, as the alternative is to have the topsides sprayed but the cost naturally will be far higher than if I paint the boat myself. Hence, I will be interested to see how your boat comes out. So far, from my observations, asides Mads (Sail Life) who painted his boat, Athena using Perfection pro and then cut and polished it afterwards, most roll and tip paint jobs do seem to end up with an orange peel finish. Good luck Sam.

The ‘monkey hooks’ are to go in the heads on the little rails in there. For hanging towels and the like. Good work as always.

The ‘monkey hooks’ are to go in the heads on the little rails in there. For hanging towels and the like. Good work as always.

I would have definitely tried that paint on something to see what it was like ,and if it could be used elsewhere.

Nice find on the windvane Sam

Boats of this era can be cheap,, even free,, the guys with money want fast modern fin keelers