This is rare. A really interesting video by consummate professionals. Quiet background music, no irritating subtitles, and a HUMAN VOICE!!! Fabulous! And what a beautiful boat… once again.
Looks great, Dan. I get why people hate the faux laid decking, but it looks sharp and doesn't hurt anything, so it's all good in my book. Looks way better than just varnished plywood.
I absolutely love seeing these older boats brought back to life. Especially when they are restored as well as this one. They have more flowing designs and character than modern boats.
Very thorough restoration, Dan. Obviously, the deck construction had to be reasonably consistent with the original production boat, so the ply and vinyl strip finish is spot on. I can't understand why some people expected the sort of deck you will put on Temptress - that's in a different league altogether.
This is the first time I have watched your films. I am very impressed with the quality of your work and the finish you have achieved. Well done. That's a fine-looking boat now.
Leave it to an incredibly knowledgeable and talented craftsman to take something that most folks would have simply trashed and turn it into an object of art and extreme envy. Beautiful work!
My father built a similar boat in his garage when I was 10. Took him 7 years. I was driving before it was launched. Couldn’t understand why it took so long, but, just like you, everything had to be perfect. If it wasn’t it was pulled out and replaced. I admire your shared skills of perfection. Before you ask it… 7 years was a) due to finances, b) not a single electric tool and c) included the building of the engine! He would have been 100 in March. He taught me to appreciate craftsmanship and professional skills….. just like the ones seen here. X
I don’t own a boat or plan on owning one, but I can appreciate someone who is passionate about what they do and does an incredible job at it. You gained a new subscriber!
Youve done an amazing job in bringing this little beauty back to BETTER than original. You are a skilled craftsman with great skills in the boat building craft. Just like your fellow Brit, Leo Goolden with the Tally Ho rebuild, your finished vessels depict superb craftsmanship and CORRECT methods along with added details to get this runabout into premium condition. BRAVO Dan
The Gougeon brothers would be proud of You! 😁 I did quite some daysailors and small coastal cruisers from the forties, fifties and sixties that way in my time - usually boats we were "asked to remove" - and owners or yard-owners having "firewood" in mind. I always had my apprentices working on these restorations/rebuilds to showcase first hand what kind of bodging and sloppy preparing was to avoid, and what kind of "repairs" made things worse than before - nothing more instructive than digging inch by inch into bodged recent "repairs"; 😆 only thing I would have done way different was the "decorated" deck - we used Sapeli- or Kaya decklayerd boatbuilding ply and routed the grooves in situ on sailboats (the curved shape and "fish"-kingplank sitting perfectly that way) or on the table saw for motorboat decks, which then were filled with epoxied acer (maple) strips. We also developed our own vacuume-bagged ply, additionally layerd with thick pine (both sides) for boats which never had teak or mahogany deckplanks, and built prefab onesided deckply with epoxied wooden strip-planking for other yards to use on their projects. I always found the painted or adhesive strips way too anorganic for my critical eye. Anyway, magnificent work, and given what original Riva, Boesch and ChrisCraft boats do cost these days, each and every one of these runabout boats deserves such a thorough restoration. Thanks for sharing!
nice job , as far as the deck and peoples opinions my opinion is this , it matters not , what is important is that the boat was saved from the trash dump and the boat turned out stunning
It looked very good in person. I was impressed with the qaulity of the job and the ammount time and effort that has gone into it. The finish of the laid lines on deck was very good. Really convincing, shipmate.
damn you guys do nice Work ! Ima Retired ProfessionalArchitectualWoodworker with over 35 years in the Field and more than 40 in Woodworking as a Hobby I’ve restored a 1964 Chris Craft Constellation built a fair amount of Furniture and I’ve done both Residential and Commercial Building , Boats in general have been One of my Passions and it’s nice to watch these videoes for my OwnEnjoyment and Education I’ve done a fair amount of Working with West Epoxy ,Fiberglass and GelCoat repairs as I grew up in Florida And I learned the Boat repairs as a Teenager
From the trash heap, to the little star of the show. Quite the head turner you have created there. Your vision and creativity are spot on. What a truly beautiful little boat that is. Very impressive!!
Wow! What a beauty. I can only imagine how much work went into this complete rebuild. A truly stunning piece of art. I bet the owner was more than satisfied with this high-class work.
The wonderful work you've done seems to have resulted in a better boat The clients should be mega happy. !!! Seriously I'm in awe of the amount of work you've put in.
Great video. Learned a lot from it. Artisans have always faked expensive looking things, and that's a skill too. Most wouldn't know the difference between an inlayed or stripped deck. Will be using some of your techniques for interior builds and speaker builds. Thanks very much. 👍
Amazing work! Currently working on refurbishing and electrifying my Polar 22 "double-ender", this motivates me to get it finish for the upcoming summer!
As I watched and saw you install the engine I was surprised to see an engine that looked like the one I used to have in my old Austin Healey Sprite. Then the boat’s name was applied and it all made sense. Thanks for awakening the memories!
Simply brilliant. You are a consummate craftsman . Love your work and your voice overs are spot on. As somebody else wrote - “ screw the haters “. 👍👍👍👍👍
Great work Dan, I have say, I am very envious of your beautiful Wadkin machinery - (the Rolls Royce of WW machinery!), and in your previous video, it was so lovely to hear when they are "digging their toes in" running boards down... Really enjoying your videos and your easily understood (many and varied) presentation(s), well done Dan.
Wow really. I have a Wadkin table saw. I got it for 20 bucks and restored it. I absolutely love it but never realized it was a rolls royce machine. Makes sense though.
@@johnsutcliffe3209 ..wow a bargain indeed John - well done ! Wadkin and Robinson wood working machines made in England were the go too for any serous joinery factory or timber molders. Where I served my apprenticeship we had a 10 head Robinson molder (simply known as a "4 Sider") and on the odd occasion when all 10 were fired (depending on the intricacy of the molding) up it was a sound to behold - so much so, the Council made us put a soundproof room around it, made all the remarkable when this was in the late 70's and Health and Safety wasn't even a "thing" then, and we were smack bang in the middle of a huge industrial area too! The Rolls Royce reference is a saying when something is in the top echelon. Happy (and safe) machining with your Wadkin saw-bench - machinery for life - in fact quite a few, such is the solid quality.
Wow, I just love to see craftsmen at work. As to the video itself, it just goes to show that with good editing and no music you can turn out something very watchable. Have subscribed.
Your Craftsmanship is amazing! I did some composite and metal work as an aircraft mechanic. You took something that was almost trash and saved it. Beautiful. Remember, just about anyone can swap parts, this is a whole different animal. Addendum. This is the coolest video that I have watched in quite awhile. Nice!!
Beautiful work as usual Dan! I'm on board with the vinyl deck stripes but a gold leaf name really does suit me it seems. Be that as it may that boat was brought back from the depths as it were! Again wonderful job.
I've been needing some new ship building content in my life and happened to stumble across this one. Just finished watching this series and really impressed with your work. Looking forward to seeing your other projects. Thanks for sharing!
TH-cam has opened a whole new world 🌍🌍. You are a part of TH-cam channel history so thank you for being here and showing us what a great craftsman you are. The Duracell project would be proud of you.
Screw the haters. I think it looks great.
Whoa ha-ha-ha! Those who hate anything about this work probably chop their own lines!
Totally agree. Those hating on others' work are usually the jealous and untalented ones. The boat looked absolutely amazing 👌
Yeah, grumpy idiots.
Who else Never gets tired of watching craftsmen ply their trade?
The owner must be more than pleased with this little beauty.
Well done, Sir.
This is rare. A really interesting video by consummate professionals. Quiet background music, no irritating subtitles, and a HUMAN VOICE!!!
Fabulous!
And what a beautiful boat… once again.
It is a privilege to watch a true craftsman work.
Thats not only a restoration!, it's a resurrection!! 👌👍
That is, essentially, a NEW BOAT! I love your professionalism. Well done.
Yes, the original might well have been a cardboard template for all the rebuilding work.
@@catsupchutney tally ho
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I'm amazed you were able to do everything by eye without any templates whatsoever.
Looks great, Dan. I get why people hate the faux laid decking, but it looks sharp and doesn't hurt anything, so it's all good in my book. Looks way better than just varnished plywood.
I absolutely love seeing these older boats brought back to life. Especially when they are restored as well as this one. They have more flowing designs and character than modern boats.
WOW!! Talk about a frame-up-restoration!!! You guys sure know your stuff....& I learned a lot!!....Thank YOU BOTH!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Very thorough restoration, Dan. Obviously, the deck construction had to be reasonably consistent with the original production boat, so the ply and vinyl strip finish is spot on. I can't understand why some people expected the sort of deck you will put on Temptress - that's in a different league altogether.
This is the first time I have watched your films. I am very impressed with the quality of your work and the finish you have achieved. Well done. That's a fine-looking boat now.
You sir are a master crafter. The boat looks outstanding and probably has a stronger hull vs when it was new.
Well done Dan 👌👌
You’re an inspiration to all 🙂🙂
Totally impressed by your scarf joints.
Leave it to an incredibly knowledgeable and talented craftsman to take something that most folks would have simply trashed and turn it into an object of art and extreme envy. Beautiful work!
Gorgeous . . . nothing more needs to be said, apart from bravo. Brought a ray of sunshine to a very grey day in Wales.
I was expecting a basic renovation.... this is a complete rebuild and done exceptionally well, beautiful job!
This has been fun and intetesting to experience. I wish ,now at age 70, to be an apprentice helper in a boatwright shop. SUBBED !!
Wow beautiful restoration. I have never seen a Marinised BMC B-Series engine before !
Beautiful, beautiful work. That little boat is now priceless...
I used to work for a boat refinishing in fort Lauderdale and I think you did a great job although it would have been nice to see teak and Holly
Master craftsman!! WOW! You could sink this boat again and come back in 2 years and the boat would be flawless!
Quite possibly, I think we'll try and avoid sinking it from now on though 😆
@@DanLeeBoatbuilding Good plan!! Your work is breathtaking!!
My father built a similar boat in his garage when I was 10. Took him 7 years. I was driving before it was launched. Couldn’t understand why it took so long, but, just like you, everything had to be perfect. If it wasn’t it was pulled out and replaced. I admire your shared skills of perfection.
Before you ask it… 7 years was a) due to finances, b) not a single electric tool and c) included the building of the engine! He would have been 100 in March. He taught me to appreciate craftsmanship and professional skills….. just like the ones seen here. X
I don’t own a boat or plan on owning one, but I can appreciate someone who is passionate about what they do and does an incredible job at it. You gained a new subscriber!
Thanks and welcome to the channel!
What beautiful work. You must have an amazing client with amazing deep pockets to spend so much on a tiny runabout.
That’s is first rate craftsmanship. Thank you for sharing your works!
This is one lucky boat, from were it was and now, your work is like a piece of art, keep up the great work, I would have named the boat twice in life.
Wow, I didn't knew the boat was in SUCH a bad shape. Amazing job.
Yeah it was pretty rough this one!
Youve done an amazing job in bringing this little beauty back to BETTER than original. You are a skilled craftsman with great skills in the boat building craft. Just like your fellow Brit, Leo Goolden with the Tally Ho rebuild, your finished vessels depict superb craftsmanship and CORRECT methods along with added details to get this runabout into premium condition. BRAVO Dan
Lucky owner that found you to do this excellent work!
Dan, you are a master of your craft, mate, well done
The Gougeon brothers would be proud of You! 😁
I did quite some daysailors and small coastal cruisers from the forties, fifties and sixties that way in my time - usually boats we were "asked to remove" - and owners or yard-owners having "firewood" in mind. I always had my apprentices working on these restorations/rebuilds to showcase first hand what kind of bodging and sloppy preparing was to avoid, and what kind of "repairs" made things worse than before - nothing more instructive than digging inch by inch into bodged recent "repairs"; 😆 only thing I would have done way different was the "decorated" deck - we used Sapeli- or Kaya decklayerd boatbuilding ply and routed the grooves in situ on sailboats (the curved shape and "fish"-kingplank sitting perfectly that way) or on the table saw for motorboat decks, which then were filled with epoxied acer (maple) strips.
We also developed our own vacuume-bagged ply, additionally layerd with thick pine (both sides) for boats which never had teak or mahogany deckplanks, and built prefab onesided deckply with epoxied wooden strip-planking for other yards to use on their projects.
I always found the painted or adhesive strips way too anorganic for my critical eye.
Anyway, magnificent work, and given what original Riva, Boesch and ChrisCraft boats do cost these days, each and every one of these runabout boats deserves such a thorough restoration. Thanks for sharing!
nice job , as far as the deck and peoples opinions my opinion is this , it matters not , what is important is that the boat was saved from the trash dump and the boat turned out stunning
Beautiful restoration. Amazing job straightening out the keel and hull.
Simply amazing rags to riches restoration! Sheer excellence by any measure.
Love the Healey boats and the Austin Healey cars, there's a great display of both at Healey's cider farm in Cornwall 😊
I'll have to check that out, we visit Cornwall at least once a year usually.
It looked very good in person. I was impressed with the qaulity of the job and the ammount time and effort that has gone into it. The finish of the laid lines on deck was very good. Really convincing, shipmate.
WOW, a lovely piece of work by yet another left-handed master of his craft (pun intended).
Being a left-hander, I noticed that as well!
This video is amazing i know almost nothing about boats put still loved watching it no clue you could rebuild a boat like that
damn you guys do nice Work ! Ima Retired ProfessionalArchitectualWoodworker with over 35 years in the Field and more than 40 in Woodworking as a Hobby I’ve restored a 1964 Chris Craft Constellation built a fair amount of Furniture and I’ve done both Residential and Commercial Building , Boats in general have been One of my Passions and it’s nice to watch these videoes for my OwnEnjoyment and Education I’ve done a fair amount of Working with West Epoxy ,Fiberglass and GelCoat repairs as I grew up in Florida And I learned the Boat repairs as a Teenager
From the trash heap, to the little star of the show. Quite the head turner you have created there. Your vision and creativity are spot on. What a truly beautiful little boat that is. Very impressive!!
This is really proper work by people who have knowledge and skills and know how to protect wood for water ingress.
Absolutely gorgeous! I just love seeing when people take pride in their work.
Excellent Job Lads. doing the same to an old Arrowcraft launch.
Wow! What a beauty. I can only imagine how much work went into this complete rebuild. A truly stunning piece of art. I bet the owner was more than satisfied with this high-class work.
Back from the dead. Lovely professional job. Cheers
That’s phenomenal a real work of art
The wonderful work you've done seems to have resulted in a better boat The clients should be mega happy. !!! Seriously I'm in awe of the amount of work you've put in.
Having worked on a few old boats, both wood and fiberglass, I have to say the FG hull with wooden topside is very appealing. Lovely work and results!
A true master of his craft...an artist
I am amazed by the skill of people, squirreling away to produce such wonderful pieces of art.
Such a credit to you Sir.
Great video. Learned a lot from it. Artisans have always faked expensive looking things, and that's a skill too. Most wouldn't know the difference between an inlayed or stripped deck. Will be using some of your techniques for interior builds and speaker builds. Thanks very much. 👍
such a beautiful boat
How wonderful it is to see someone work at such a high professional level, and finally see such a fantastic result
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Amazing work! Currently working on refurbishing and electrifying my Polar 22 "double-ender", this motivates me to get it finish for the upcoming summer!
Awesome and Incredible Craftmanship.......Learn bit to use it at my Projekts
Respect fore these fine pice of work....greets from Germany
As I watched and saw you install the engine I was surprised to see an engine that looked like the one I used to have in my old Austin Healey Sprite. Then the boat’s name was applied and it all made sense. Thanks for awakening the memories!
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
She is beautiful.I love the deck transfers on front and rear.They suit the lines. So much work put in but the results are stunning!
I think the finish is first class. The deck lines may be a transfer, but so what? I think they look great. Superb job. Well done mate.
Simply brilliant. You are a consummate craftsman . Love your work and your voice overs are spot on. As somebody else wrote - “ screw the haters “. 👍👍👍👍👍
Sure sign of a craftsman the finish superb well done
Great work Dan, I have say, I am very envious of your beautiful Wadkin machinery - (the Rolls Royce of WW machinery!), and in your previous video, it was so lovely to hear when they are "digging their toes in" running boards down... Really enjoying your videos and your easily understood (many and varied) presentation(s), well done Dan.
Wow really. I have a Wadkin table saw. I got it for 20 bucks and restored it. I absolutely love it but never realized it was a rolls royce machine. Makes sense though.
@@johnsutcliffe3209 ..wow a bargain indeed John - well done ! Wadkin and Robinson wood working machines made in England were the go too for any serous joinery factory or timber molders. Where I served my apprenticeship we had a 10 head Robinson molder (simply known as a "4 Sider") and on the odd occasion when all 10 were fired (depending on the intricacy of the molding) up it was a sound to behold - so much so, the Council made us put a soundproof room around it, made all the remarkable when this was in the late 70's and Health and Safety wasn't even a "thing" then, and we were smack bang in the middle of a huge industrial area too! The Rolls Royce reference is a saying when something is in the top echelon. Happy (and safe) machining with your Wadkin saw-bench - machinery for life - in fact quite a few, such is the solid quality.
Wow, I just love to see craftsmen at work. As to the video itself, it just goes to show that with good editing and no music you can turn out something very watchable. Have subscribed.
Your Craftsmanship is amazing! I did some composite and metal work as an aircraft mechanic. You took something that was almost trash and saved it. Beautiful. Remember, just about anyone can swap parts, this is a whole different animal. Addendum. This is the coolest video that I have watched in quite awhile. Nice!!
26:19 hello old spaniel.
Excellent job. And a lovely looking boat
Lovely boat.Excellent workmanship.
Looks fabulous you have a great eye for detail
Good job keep up the good work and regards Adam
Beautiful work as usual Dan! I'm on board with the vinyl deck stripes but a gold leaf name really does suit me it seems. Be that as it may that boat was brought back from the depths as it were! Again wonderful job.
Probably the finest video of masterwork I've ever seen, thank you.
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Great vid Dan! Excellent tempo with the pacing. Lots of information delivered at a captivating clip!
An amazing amount of skill and experience demonstrated.
The owner will be blown away with the quality of whats been done here.
Beautiful mirror finish on the deck 😍
You are truly a craftsman. Amazing job 😮.
What an outstanding repair/ transformation. Stunning, cheers, G
Wow 🎉🎉🎉awesome project I can only imagine the amount of hours put in to it. First class work indeed!!!
I've been needing some new ship building content in my life and happened to stumble across this one. Just finished watching this series and really impressed with your work. Looking forward to seeing your other projects. Thanks for sharing!
Great to have you on board! Make sure you take a look at my series on Building Temptress. It’s a new build that’s just getting started 👍
What a beautiful wee boat. You did an amazing job.
Beautiful job. There's love in this.
ABSOLUTLEY BEAUTIFUL!!!!
TH-cam has opened a whole new world 🌍🌍.
You are a part of TH-cam channel history so thank you for being here and showing us what a great craftsman you are.
The Duracell project would be proud of you.
Stunning workmanship.
This is true Craftsmanshio ! I wish everyone that restores boats, autos, aircraft, motorcycles, etc. Paid this much attention to detail
At what cost?
I imagine it may have been a wee bit costly, but from the looks, well worth every penny
Wow what a fantastic job true craftsmen at work..
Bloody stunning work, that.
Great Skills. Beautiful project. Much respect.
Beautiful restoration!. I'll have to go back through the videos to see more detail.
What a beautiful project. Hats off to you sir.
GORGEOUS job all around!!!
Unbelievable!!! Just amazing, 👍
high grade professionnal work.
Bravo! I Really like it, I wouldn't mind having one just like it. great work.
This is such a cool looking little boat. Excellent work.
Beautiful Restoration. 💯
Good job, excellent result!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing this…🇨🇦🌲
You did a fantastic professional job and I enjoyed your whole video . Looking forward to watching more .
Healey built fantastic cars and boats
Great explanations and great talent!