My first memories are being brought to the boatshed watching my father building his first clinker 15’ rowing boat and clinching the copper nails/rivets. I have been obsessed with all things boats since! Watching your progress is such a pleasure I want to be there with you using my hands to shape, cut, plane, sand, drill and paint creating beauty from gorgeous wood. And then, there will be an inviting sea to sail her on! SkipRay, Kerry, Ireland.
I love watching you do this work. As a 25 year wooden boat owner here in Southern California of a 1968 52 ft offshore cruiser, I have had to do a lot of this work. I really applaud what you are doing and will be following every episode! I am, however, amazed that you have not been harassed by the harbour or marina masters for getting saw dust and all sorts of other detritus in the water. I was constantly monitored even when I was doing some light sanding and re-varnishing on teak cap rails. One time I was doing a little sanding near the water line and the harbour patrol snuck up on me and gave me a ticket for a few specks of white hull paint that missed my vacuum. I even got a warning ticket for leaving "hazardous materials on the dock" as I had been varnishing one morning and, while I took a 30 minute break ashore for lunch, left my brush in some thinner to keep it wet until i started back up. I am also very interested in the products you use for different jobs, so please keep mentioning them.
As a dutchman i appreciate your skills saving the old lady. Your youtube just came up. I have an old nicholson 32 from 1965. Plastic but i love these old wooden boats.
Bravo! What a beautiful classic craft! You two appear to be becoming quite accomplished shipwrights with experts training you age old crafts! Just started watching your channel and enjoying it immensely!
Hats off to you guys showing the young ones of today nothing is impossible. As an old (69) timer myself I find your restoration admirable to say the least but even at my age can still show the young ones a thing or ten. Just love the quality of your work and I can already see the end result wich will certainly make you proud. Greetings from South African Boer.
I only found you a couple of weeks ago. I watch a lot of boat building and restoration channels and I must say I'm very impressed by the quality of the work that you - an amateur and beginner - are producing.Congratulations. Even though you did not seek to do it I hope you are getting satisfaction from your achievements. I'll follow you on through the restoration and hope you find it goes smoothly and as fast as you wish. All the best
Hi Bertie, we are very pleased you are enjoying our series of videos and thank you for taking the time to tell us. Smooth and fast it isn’t but yes, in the brief moments between work and sleep, we do enjoy our progress!
This is an excellent boat restoring channel that deserves more attention. As an DIY'er myself i do really appreciate and deeply respect the fact that you are doing everything by yourself with such a high degree of craftmanship and detail, and if not learn the skills if needed. You show people that you are actually never to old to learn, and basically your limitations are only the current condition of your back and knees 😁. Furthermore i would especially mention the excellent quality of these videos, the editing is very good and the additional computer drawings help people to understand what you are doing and why. Hats off to you and best wishes for 2022, stay safe and healthy.
Thank you so much, that’s very nice to hear. Knowing that the videography and graphics are appreciated makes it so much easier to put the effort in next time, they take a lot of time. We are really pleased you are enjoying the channel and grateful for you comments.
A gargantuan job, no doubt about but if I may say, you have approached it in the right frame of mind. Patience, going from job to job in a controlled manner and enlisting the help of brilliant Craftsmen. I think the deck looks outstanding but more important, will be watertight. Once again , brilliant video, I can't wait for more!
I enjoyed every moment of this video and I'm so impressed with your competence and knowledge, and how quickly you learn and apply new skills. You appear to know so much about wooden boat construction its difficult to understand how you missed so many visual clues of how bad a condition the boat was in when you first viewed her. I haven't managed to find any information as to what consequences the surveyor suffered as a result of his incompetence. Congratulations on your work and I can't wait to see how this restoration continues. Thanks so much for making these videos, I love your review and progress style of presentation.
Words can't describe how impressive it is to see your patience and hard work on this - what can only be so much more rewarding than buying a ready to sail ship as your terrible surveyor portrayed. I've been watching the Sampson Boat building / restoration of Tally Ho as well. What an incredible job you are both doing!!
Hi Fon, I know your comments were a long time ago but I can’t understand how we missed them, I am just replying to comments on our latest video and a number of much older ones popped up that it would appear we never answered. So sorry, We have read them now! Many thanks for taking the time to write to us and for sharing your experience.
I've watch Yaba and The narrowest that Makes built, but I'm fascinated by the work you are doing In The Water!!! I've sailed and worked on wood and glass boats for 60 years and am impressed with your expertise. Well done, will continue to follow.
I'm so impressed with the shipright skills you have learned. It must be be very satisfying. Also the video quality and clever editing tells this great story so well. I'm loving it. Hats off to you both. Cheers.
I started watching yesterday and I'm amazed:-) Congratulations!! It's wonderful to watch. Previously I spent hours watching Thai (I think!) shipwrights and its wonderful to see similar skills used the other side of the world. PS: I have to quietly say; the precision of your working (caulking and blue taping) is of the highest quality. Just love it:-)
Welcome Martin, we hope you continue to enjoy our videos and keep with us as we stop building and start sailing. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and for your encouragement.
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Outstanding restoration! Glad to see things being done in a period way! Hope that the New Year brings you only wonderful things! Take good care! Cheers from Guam! 🇬🇺
You guys are turning the ketch into a work of art. You have more energy than I can imagine, and I am 62. I don't think a Sunday off is enough to ease the aches and pains, but seeing that ship must help reinvigorate your souls, if not your bodies. Thanks for sharing the journey.
Whilst not a fan of music all over videos on TH-cam, I think the deck would have leaked without Pachabel's Cannon. I must say you have done some graft from on board and on the not very spacious pontoons, especially being an old git like myself, no offence and all that. That deck deserved a much looooooonnnnnggggger lingering shot on camera, it looks absolutely wonderful! As a fully paid up member of the Tupperware club I'd say you guys, and girls, are doing a fantastic job. Well done. Best wishes for the new year, David, in Scotland
Absolutely stunning work. How fantastic and the quality of the work is breath taking. I’ve only just found this restoration and absolutely 😍 it. Please, being selfish, don’t stop the videos.
Thank you Paul, given the interest so far, we are going to make a series of videos telling the story from the beginning and we hope to start that soon, so stay tuned.
Thanks James, we agree, we also find that whilst there are some interesting modern materials available nowadays, that the originally used materials tend to be much more maintenance friendly. We deliberately chose pitch and putty over sikaflex for our seams, for that reason.
As I watch in utmost fascination I could hear a symphony of love, determination, patience and courage beneath the surface of resourcefulness and creativity that goes into such a daunting task of rebuilding this beautiful vessel. I salute you both. To the discerning viewers it is the art of living that you have truly inspired. Thank you.
Brilliant idea to provide that reference line on your plugs. No need to look closely at each plug to determine the grain direction when lining it up with the plank. I have installed thousands of plugs and never thought to do this. Thank you.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Great to see this restoration and refit. How fortunate you were able to find the used hydraulic steering system nearby.
Thank you Ross. It isn't cheap but there are a number of ways of minimising it and we hope to share our experience doing just that. we hope you will continue to follow us, thanks for your support.
Amazing ! I always wondered how this was done. Beautiful workmanship! I've seen sailboats that needed teak replacement. No wonder it's so expensive. Labor of love.
Outstanding commitment! Thank you for sharing your efforts. Such superb quality and craftsmanship! I'm sure there have been days when you wake up and wonder how can we motivate ourselves to continue ? Well, from my view, I think the reward is in the obvious progress towards the light at the end of the tunnel. I hope you both reach your vision next year and enjoy the satisfaction of completion. To me, restoration is a much harder path to follow than building new. Well done!
My father told me of pitching the deck seams on my grandfather's Alden schooner as a teenager in the 60s, really helpful to me to understand the process involved, fantastic video and fantastic rebuild.
Thank you Patrick. These are as you say, very old traditions, thousands of years in fact. Our use of masking tape to get nice clean seams is a relatively new idea though. When Josefine was first built, as a fishing boat, they almost certainly just poured the pitch into the seams and left it all splattered over the deck to be kicked off over time and washed away by the sea. They were working boats, building and maintenance had to be practical rather than aesthetically pleasing . Even today it is common to pour as neatly as possible (without masking tape) then scrape the excess away while washing constantly with cold water (keeps the pitch hard and brittle). We had that option but chose the cleaner route! :)
Totally enjoyable channel. The care taken to edit and show interesting footage clearly shows as indeed does your dedication, patience and craftmanship. I can't wai untilyou post future installments particularly any further commentary onjust how your surveyor could get it so wrong!
@@SailingWood Seems to me given the scope and extent of the hull, decking, masts, etc that your use of the adjective "terrible" is totally inadequate when describing your surveyor. Hopefully, the surveyor in question was a registered member of an Authorised Recognised Organisation (ROs) for the survey and inspection of UK ships as well as the Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors, and presumably, you have since completed a full summary of the actual condition of the vessel and have submitted that to the appropriate governing authority?
Josephine is a real winner! She is going to be a beautiful boat and she is also going to make a great home for you both! Do you know of the yt channel 'Sailing Emerald Steel'? It is about a couple of about your age who built their own steel yacht with no money but with a lot of determination. I'm sure that you'll be bound to meet them in some remote marina somewhere in your travels! In the meantime I look forward to your next video!
Thank you David, yes we know of and have enjoyed watching some of Emerald Steel’s adventures, we may well cross paths one day, which would be nice. I am trying to get a new chapter out this weekend, I hope you enjoy it
I am so impressed with the quality you as a couple put into this project (with the support of the pros). It is super (fun) to see the progress you've made, and I can understand the terrifying feeling you experience, but looking at the result you should be really proud of what you have accomplished. I want to congratulate you on the effort of 2021 and wish you all the best for 2022! Cheers! :-)
Congratulations on a great job of restoration and the manner in which you present it. Even the music is great. I follow another boat resto (many in fact) but one in particular that i recommend is Sailng Yaba. This boat is being more rebuilt than restored by a young couple in Brazil with a bunch of traditional wooden boat builders. This was the first boat where I have seen the use of spikes or nails instead of screws and apparently nails are stronger than screws in this application. So I was please to see you using spikes. Goos job.
Just discovered this wonderful channel. It’s like Tally Ho meets Acorn to Arabella but here in good old Blighty! All the best with this project and next time we’re visiting Gloucester docks we’ll hopefully be able to see the results of your hard work and say hello. 😀😎
I have only just found your channel and you have another subscriber. I am a 73 year old wooden boat fixer but now in the warmer climes of The Med. Excellent content and I look forward to catching up in 2022.
Josefine reminds me so much of a boat we used to live on named Goldilocks, even down to the yellow and black paint scheme. After we left she wasn’t as fortunate as Josefine in finding a caring new owner, and last I heard she was decaying away up a creek in Essex 😢. Great to see you putting in the effort to get Josefine spick and span again 👏
Awesome work the past year. I am a new subscriber and just happen to come across your channel. Can't wait to see how you do over the next 12 months, Congratulations and Happy New Year
Absolutely daunting the amount of effort required to save these old wooden vessels. I congratulate you on your dedication to the restoration of this fine old lady. Blessings in the new year.
WOW! Just blitzed my way through your restoration of Josefine and am so impressed with y'alls workmanship and dedication. The inspiration and ideas provided have given me the impetus to extend/continue my comparatively meager efforts on my 1965 jarrah Herreshoff 28 - many, many thanks.
I'm new to your channel I had dreams of doing this but Three strokes and a Hart a tack left me some what not Abel to do I would like to thank you for showing me your story.
Sorry to hear that Tony, you clearly have bigger challenges than restoring a boat, we wish you well and thanks for watching, we hope you follow us further.
Another fantastic video, your skill and determination to succeed are inspirational. We have so much to learn as new custodians of a classic boat and your channel really helps give context to the books. Looking forward to meeting you both one day, Toby and Sam, BPC Carlotta.
Just found you, liked and subscribed. The immensity of the task is remarkable and your courage commendable. Makes finishing my little GRP trailer sailer refit seem like a doddle. The perspective gives me confidence , thank you and all the best for 2022 for all of you.
It’s always heart warming to see people taking the time and putting in the effort to restore these beautiful old gals. I’m sure you’ve peeked in on Leo and the Tally Ho project. Happy new year and looking forward to seeing more. Cheers from Texas.
So, You do all that while living aboard (I reckon You went by bike and trailer You pulled outta Josefine to the site where Your new preloved hydraulic steering came from for a reason), or do You live someplace else? It is, even without living aboard, a somewhat major task You tackled beautifully so far. I particularly loved the notion "we save her so that she can save us". That's what they really are, those old troughs: the place we save ourselves to. Even more so in mad times like the present ones. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Manfred yes we live on Josefine and the bikes and our tender Lily are our only mode of transport. When we started the work at Nielsen s ship yard it was right in the middle of the Pandemic and to protect anyone else working on the boat, we were not allowed to live onboard for a while. We thought that was perfectly reasonable and although Randie wanted to stay on the boat, we rented a small apartment for 6 months, we hated it and it seriously dented our budget. We were deligthed to get back on Josefine at the beginning of last year, it was interesting lying in bed without a deck over us, we have got quite familiar with parts of Josefine we wouldn’t otherwise have! :) We have actually decided to make a couple of video's digging into our past, to help explain how we got into difficulty with Josefine, why we thought we could rescue the situation and how we went about it, so if you stay tuned we will bring you that in the next couple of months.
Great video have you watched sailing Yaba being rebuilt in brazil,, I live in Vung Tau Vietnam and to watch the boats being Built here amazing .Jotun paint from Sandefjord Norway i sailed on ships belonging to A/S Thordahl and was familiar with their product, great to see the restoration of these vessels ,have a most successful 2022 and safe sailing Regard's jack m
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My first memories are being brought to the boatshed watching my father building his first clinker 15’ rowing boat and clinching the copper nails/rivets. I have been obsessed with all things boats since! Watching your progress is such a pleasure I want to be there with you using my hands to shape, cut, plane, sand, drill and paint creating beauty from gorgeous wood. And then, there will be an inviting sea to sail her on! SkipRay, Kerry, Ireland.
I love watching you do this work. As a 25 year wooden boat owner here in Southern California of a 1968 52 ft offshore cruiser, I have had to do a lot of this work. I really applaud what you are doing and will be following every episode! I am, however, amazed that you have not been harassed by the harbour or marina masters for getting saw dust and all sorts of other detritus in the water. I was constantly monitored even when I was doing some light sanding and re-varnishing on teak cap rails. One time I was doing a little sanding near the water line and the harbour patrol snuck up on me and gave me a ticket for a few specks of white hull paint that missed my vacuum. I even got a warning ticket for leaving "hazardous materials on the dock" as I had been varnishing one morning and, while I took a 30 minute break ashore for lunch, left my brush in some thinner to keep it wet until i started back up. I am also very interested in the products you use for different jobs, so please keep mentioning them.
As a dutchman i appreciate your skills saving the old lady. Your youtube just came up. I have an old nicholson 32 from 1965. Plastic but i love these old wooden boats.
Thank you Johan.
You are both so stoic. I still feel embittered that you were taken down by a corrupt inspector. You are jus a joy to watch.
Bravo! What a beautiful classic craft! You two appear to be becoming quite accomplished shipwrights with experts training you age old crafts! Just started watching your channel and enjoying it immensely!
Thank you Robert, thank you for joining us and for taking the time to share your thoughts and support.
Hats off to you guys showing the young ones of today nothing is impossible.
As an old (69) timer myself I find your restoration admirable to say the least but even at my age can still show the young ones a thing or ten. Just love the quality of your work and I can already see the end result wich will certainly make you proud.
Greetings from South African Boer.
Sometimes the boundaries between science, artisan craft and high art are very blurred! That deck is achingly beautiful.
Thank you Robin, that is nice.
Well done! "We rescue Josephine so that she can rescue us". That's touching.
Thanks for watching Ryan.
Stumbled on this and... It's so satisfying to watch and listen background radio and noises of the dock and music. Cool, nice, stunning work!
Thank you.
I only found you a couple of weeks ago. I watch a lot of boat building and restoration channels and I must say I'm very impressed by the quality of the work that you - an amateur and beginner - are producing.Congratulations. Even though you did not seek to do it I hope you are getting satisfaction from your achievements.
I'll follow you on through the restoration and hope you find it goes smoothly and as fast as you wish.
All the best
Hi Bertie, we are very pleased you are enjoying our series of videos and thank you for taking the time to tell us. Smooth and fast it isn’t but yes, in the brief moments between work and sleep, we do enjoy our progress!
This is an excellent boat restoring channel that deserves more attention. As an DIY'er myself i do really appreciate and deeply respect the fact that you are doing everything by yourself with such a high degree of craftmanship and detail, and if not learn the skills if needed. You show people that you are actually never to old to learn, and basically your limitations are only the current condition of your back and knees 😁. Furthermore i would especially mention the excellent quality of these videos, the editing is very good and the additional computer drawings help people to understand what you are doing and why. Hats off to you and best wishes for 2022, stay safe and healthy.
Thank you so much, that’s very nice to hear. Knowing that the videography and graphics are appreciated makes it so much easier to put the effort in next time, they take a lot of time. We are really pleased you are enjoying the channel and grateful for you comments.
A gargantuan job, no doubt about but if I may say, you have approached it in the right frame of mind. Patience, going from job to job in a controlled manner and enlisting the help of brilliant Craftsmen. I think the deck looks outstanding but more important, will be watertight. Once again , brilliant video, I can't wait for more!
Thank you Peter, more is coming!
Great job Capt. Love your videos. You and your wife both impress and inspire me .
So much commitment and hard work.
I enjoyed every moment of this video and I'm so impressed with your competence and knowledge, and how quickly you learn and apply new skills. You appear to know so much about wooden boat construction its difficult to understand how you missed so many visual clues of how bad a condition the boat was in when you first viewed her. I haven't managed to find any information as to what consequences the surveyor suffered as a result of his incompetence. Congratulations on your work and I can't wait to see how this restoration continues. Thanks so much for making these videos, I love your review and progress style of presentation.
Magnificent restoration on deck...greetings from the Chesapeake Bay
Thank you Tom.
Words can't describe how impressive it is to see your patience and hard work on this - what can only be so much more rewarding than buying a ready to sail ship as your terrible surveyor portrayed. I've been watching the Sampson Boat building / restoration of Tally Ho as well. What an incredible job you are both doing!!
Thank you so much for the encouragement. Cheers
I like your quote " We rescued Josefine so she could rescue us." That's sums it up so well doesn't it?
Hi Fon, I know your comments were a long time ago but I can’t understand how we missed them, I am just replying to comments on our latest video and a number of much older ones popped up that it would appear we never answered. So sorry, We have read them now! Many thanks for taking the time to write to us and for sharing your experience.
Very nice job on the new deck. Outstanding all around in the restoration.
Thank you.
I've watch Yaba and The narrowest that Makes built, but I'm fascinated by the work you are doing In The Water!!! I've sailed and worked on wood and glass boats for 60 years and am impressed with your expertise. Well done, will continue to follow.
Thank you Thom, it’s not our expertise it’s our shipwrights, we just have to try and keep up!
I'm so impressed with the shipright skills you have learned. It must be be very satisfying. Also the video quality and clever editing tells this great story so well. I'm loving it.
Hats off to you both.
Cheers.
Thank you Richard.
I started watching yesterday and I'm amazed:-) Congratulations!! It's wonderful to watch.
Previously I spent hours watching Thai (I think!) shipwrights and its wonderful to see similar skills used the other side of the world.
PS: I have to quietly say; the precision of your working (caulking and blue taping) is of the highest quality. Just love it:-)
Welcome Martin, we hope you continue to enjoy our videos and keep with us as we stop building and start sailing. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and for your encouragement.
Astonishing project…highest degree of craftsmanship…perseverance and patience. Well done…stay safe…
Thanks for joining us Norman.
great people, great boat great videography, thanks a lot for the video, happy new year.
Thank you for the encouragement, so pleased you enjoyed the video.
Just found your channel and I’m very impressed with the work you’ve put in. Keep up the good work! Can’t wait for the next video
Many thanks for your support.
Your doing a Grand Job , well done. Merry Christmas.
Thank you. Happy New Year.
Brilliant, hats off to you for your skill, labour, tenacity, just brilliant.
Thank you so much and welcome to SailingWood.
Inspiring. You are putting in Josefine's renewed strength and integrity. It is a joy to witness. Thank you.
You can feel Josephine relaxing and starting to breathe again. Great boat. Your work is starting to pay f
Many thanks Dan.
A very sad start to this project but hopefully a happy ending, this is great to watch, good luck.
Thank you Brian.
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Outstanding restoration! Glad to see things being done in a period way!
Hope that the New Year brings you only wonderful things!
Take good care! Cheers from Guam! 🇬🇺
Thank you for the encouragement, whatever happens in 22, we will let you know.
You guys are turning the ketch into a work of art. You have more energy than I can imagine, and I am 62. I don't think a Sunday off is enough to ease the aches and pains, but seeing that ship must help reinvigorate your souls, if not your bodies. Thanks for sharing the journey.
I really love your work thank u for showing this
Thank you for watching.
Whilst not a fan of music all over videos on TH-cam, I think the deck would have leaked without Pachabel's Cannon. I must say you have done some graft from on board and on the not very spacious pontoons, especially being an old git like myself, no offence and all that. That deck deserved a much looooooonnnnnggggger lingering shot on camera, it looks absolutely wonderful! As a fully paid up member of the Tupperware club I'd say you guys, and girls, are doing a fantastic job. Well done. Best wishes for the new year, David, in Scotland
Thank you David, we will be publishing the whole story shortly and will do full credit to the deck then so stay tuned.
Absolutely stunning work. How fantastic and the quality of the work is breath taking. I’ve only just found this restoration and absolutely 😍 it. Please, being selfish, don’t stop the videos.
Thank you Paul, given the interest so far, we are going to make a series of videos telling the story from the beginning and we hope to start that soon, so stay tuned.
Very good job ! The old ways are time tested and works the best !!
Thanks James, we agree, we also find that whilst there are some interesting modern materials available nowadays, that the originally used materials tend to be much more maintenance friendly. We deliberately chose pitch and putty over sikaflex for our seams, for that reason.
What a fantastic restoration of this boat, I’ve loved every second, quality and craftsmanship are obvious and she’s absolutely gorgeous
Thank you Nena, very pleased you enjoyed the video.
As I watch in utmost fascination I could hear a symphony of love, determination, patience and courage beneath the surface of resourcefulness and creativity that goes into such a daunting task of rebuilding this beautiful vessel. I salute you both. To the discerning viewers it is the art of living that you have truly inspired. Thank you.
Goodness Joseph, that’s very inspiring, we are pleased you enjoyed watching, thank you.
Brilliant idea to provide that reference line on your plugs. No need to look closely at each plug to determine the grain direction when lining it up with the plank. I have installed thousands of plugs and never thought to do this. Thank you.
Many thanks for watching and liking, it is of course the brilliant idea of our brilliant shipwrights! The simplest things are often the most elegant.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Great to see this restoration and refit. How fortunate you were able to find the used hydraulic steering system nearby.
Many thanks, yes, you have to get lucky sometimes!
I just love listening to English boat people.
That makes a change, our marvellous shipwrights keep telling me to stop waffling! 🙂
Good job. Nice channel.
Many thanks.
Nice job, well done. My eyes are watering at the likely cost just of the materials !
Thank you Ross. It isn't cheap but there are a number of ways of minimising it and we hope to share our experience doing just that. we hope you will continue to follow us, thanks for your support.
Amazing ! I always wondered how this was done. Beautiful workmanship! I've seen sailboats that needed teak replacement. No wonder it's so expensive. Labor of love.
Thank you Ray, we are pleased you enjoyed the video.
Outstanding commitment! Thank you for sharing your efforts. Such superb quality and craftsmanship! I'm sure there have been days when you wake up and wonder how can we motivate ourselves to continue ? Well, from my view, I think the reward is in the obvious progress towards the light at the end of the tunnel. I hope you both reach your vision next year and enjoy the satisfaction of completion. To me, restoration is a much harder path to follow than building new. Well done!
Thank you Peter.
My father told me of pitching the deck seams on my grandfather's Alden schooner as a teenager in the 60s, really helpful to me to understand the process involved, fantastic video and fantastic rebuild.
Thank you Patrick. These are as you say, very old traditions, thousands of years in fact. Our use of masking tape to get nice clean seams is a relatively new idea though. When Josefine was first built, as a fishing boat, they almost certainly just poured the pitch into the seams and left it all splattered over the deck to be kicked off over time and washed away by the sea. They were working boats, building and maintenance had to be practical rather than aesthetically pleasing . Even today it is common to pour as neatly as possible (without masking tape) then scrape the excess away while washing constantly with cold water (keeps the pitch hard and brittle). We had that option but chose the cleaner route! :)
Just found your channel and subscribed wonderful and patient work…..
Thank you Geoff and welcome.
those decks wow...
Totally enjoyable channel. The care taken to edit and show interesting footage clearly shows as indeed does your dedication, patience and craftmanship. I can't wai untilyou post future installments particularly any further commentary onjust how your surveyor could get it so wrong!
Thank you Christopher and welcome on board. Next episode will cover more on our terrible surveyor.
@@SailingWood Seems to me given the scope and extent of the hull, decking, masts, etc that your use of the adjective "terrible" is totally inadequate when describing your surveyor. Hopefully, the surveyor in question was a registered member of an Authorised Recognised Organisation (ROs) for the survey and inspection of UK ships as well as the Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors, and presumably, you have since completed a full summary of the actual condition of the vessel and have submitted that to the appropriate governing authority?
thanks 4 charing.. u do nice work!!!!!
Thanks for watching.
Josephine is a real winner! She is going to be a beautiful boat and she is also going to make a great home for you both! Do you know of the yt channel 'Sailing Emerald Steel'? It is about a couple of about your age who built their own steel yacht with no money but with a lot of determination. I'm sure that you'll be bound to meet them in some remote marina somewhere in your travels! In the meantime I look forward to your next video!
Thank you David, yes we know of and have enjoyed watching some of Emerald Steel’s adventures, we may well cross paths one day, which would be nice. I am trying to get a new chapter out this weekend, I hope you enjoy it
I am so impressed with the quality you as a couple put into this project (with the support of the pros). It is super (fun) to see the progress you've made, and I can understand the terrifying feeling you experience, but looking at the result you should be really proud of what you have accomplished. I want to congratulate you on the effort of 2021 and wish you all the best for 2022! Cheers! :-)
Many thanks Ole.
Great I love your work. She's looking beautiful really waiting to watching her at sea again. Keep going mateys Cheers n beers Marty Australia
A bit tedious not wrong but look at the end result worth it! Marty Australia
Thank you Marty, getting her back to sea is going to be very emotional because so much has gone into trying to achieve it!
How beauty the wood is You use!
Many thanks Waldemar.
Congratulations on a great job of restoration and the manner in which you present it. Even the music is great. I follow another boat resto (many in fact) but one in particular that i recommend is Sailng Yaba. This boat is being more rebuilt than restored by a young couple in Brazil with a bunch of traditional wooden boat builders. This was the first boat where I have seen the use of spikes or nails instead of screws and apparently nails are stronger than screws in this application. So I was please to see you using spikes. Goos job.
Many thanks Rip and welcome to Sailingwood.
Just discovered this wonderful channel. It’s like Tally Ho meets Acorn to Arabella but here in good old Blighty! All the best with this project and next time we’re visiting Gloucester docks we’ll hopefully be able to see the results of your hard work and say hello. 😀😎
Many thanks for watching, welcome to pop in!
Just found your channel and subscribed. What a fine job your doing on the old girl! May Josefine take you ony many adventures.
Thank you, we hope you will follow us on them! 🙂
Absolutely beautiful, thanks for sharing. Simon
Thank you for watching.
A wonderful job. Thank you and happy new year.
Many thanks Nemo.
Bristol Docks what history this place has. Amazing work thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching.
I’m so glad I found your channel! Fantastic work!
Really pleased you enjoyed it.
Massive undertaking!
We try not to think about it Joshua! 🙂
Wonderful project. Thanks for sharing. Happy new year and stay safe.
Thanks and welcome to the channel.
I have only just found your channel and you have another subscriber. I am a 73 year old wooden boat fixer but now in the warmer climes of The Med. Excellent content and I look forward to catching up in 2022.
Hi Peter, thanks for joining us.
Josefine reminds me so much of a boat we used to live on named Goldilocks, even down to the yellow and black paint scheme. After we left she wasn’t as fortunate as Josefine in finding a caring new owner, and last I heard she was decaying away up a creek in Essex 😢.
Great to see you putting in the effort to get Josefine spick and span again 👏
Thank you, glad to bring back good memories. We are going to keep her ‘yellow’, just experimenting with different tints.
Beautiful work, thanks for sharing. The decks look fantastic
Thanks for watching.
wonderful work, good luck in 2022.
Many thanks.
Stay with it, a lot to do but it's worth it!!!
What a productive year you have had, Josefine is really starting to look a fine well restored vessel. Well done and good fortunes for 2022
Thank you Ian.
Awesome work the past year. I am a new subscriber and just happen to come across your channel. Can't wait to see how you do over the next 12 months, Congratulations and Happy New Year
Many thanks Wayne, welcome on board.
Absolutely daunting the amount of effort required to save these old wooden vessels. I congratulate you on your dedication to the restoration of this fine old lady. Blessings in the new year.
Many thanks, you just have to take one day, one job, at a time, otherwise it would be overwhelming. It helps that I am an irrepressible optimist! :)
I feel like I'm watching Robert Plant building a boat and couldn't be more thrilled.
😄😄😄 I wish! Thanks for watching Dino.
Thanks for sharing
Very impressive. Best of luck. 🇨🇦
Thank you and welcome to SailingWood.
WOW big respect to you from holland.
Thank you.
WOW! Just blitzed my way through your restoration of Josefine and am so impressed with y'alls workmanship and dedication. The inspiration and ideas provided have given me the impetus to extend/continue my comparatively meager efforts on my 1965 jarrah Herreshoff 28 - many, many thanks.
Thank you Andrew, being an inspiration is a bonus and music to our ears.
I'm new to your channel I had dreams of doing this but Three strokes and a Hart a tack left me some what not Abel to do I would like to thank you for showing me your story.
Sorry to hear that Tony, you clearly have bigger challenges than restoring a boat, we wish you well and thanks for watching, we hope you follow us further.
Happy new year’s your doing a great job a true labor of love I will be looking in on your progress Wishing you all the Best
Thanks for following Kevin.
great episode. very inspiering and nicely done!!! keep it up
Thank you for the encouragement.
@@SailingWood got my own little wooden ship. Know the hard work! you're an insperation. thank you
That had to be extremely satisfying to see what you have accomplished! Subscribed
Thanks for joining us Scott.
Another fantastic video, your skill and determination to succeed are inspirational. We have so much to learn as new custodians of a classic boat and your channel really helps give context to the books. Looking forward to meeting you both one day, Toby and Sam, BPC Carlotta.
Many thanks Toby.
I just found your channel and watched all your videos, what an awesome job you all are doing to restore your boat. Looking forward to the next video.
Many thanks, we hope soon to make the next one, the next 6 months are going to be intense as we strive to complete the job and go sailing.
Just found you, liked and subscribed. The immensity of the task is remarkable and your courage commendable. Makes finishing my little GRP trailer sailer refit seem like a doddle. The perspective gives me confidence , thank you and all the best for 2022 for all of you.
Thank you for your kind comments, we are thrilled to play a small part in helping you with your own project.
Over 60 years of rebuilding and building boats, 'Red Lead' was my #1 bedding compound.
We use it widely Ken, it has as you say, lots of lovely qualities as a bedding compound.
Outstanding!
Thank you and welcome to SailingWood.
Fantastic effort! I have only just subscribed but from now on will be looking forward to her first adventure!
Thanks for watching and following Howard.
The dedication is wonderful. You did an amazing job with the deck. It turned out quite beautiful.
Thank you for saying so, we are glad you joined us.
It’s always heart warming to see people taking the time and putting in the effort to restore these beautiful old gals. I’m sure you’ve peeked in on Leo and the Tally Ho project. Happy new year and looking forward to seeing more. Cheers from Texas.
Thank you, we appreciate your support.
Well done…. I am truly enjoying your work
Thank you John, we enjoy sharing it.
That was truly a pleasure to watch! Happy new year!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
Nice video, well done , that caulking, well tedious, all looking superb , happy new year
Thank you David.
Very nicely done the work and editing
Thank you.
So, You do all that while living aboard (I reckon You went by bike and trailer You pulled outta Josefine to the site where Your new preloved hydraulic steering came from for a reason), or do You live someplace else?
It is, even without living aboard, a somewhat major task You tackled beautifully so far.
I particularly loved the notion "we save her so that she can save us". That's what they really are, those old troughs: the place we save ourselves to. Even more so in mad times like the present ones.
Thanks for sharing!
Hi Manfred yes we live on Josefine and the bikes and our tender Lily are our only mode of transport.
When we started the work at Nielsen s ship yard it was right in the middle of the Pandemic and to protect anyone else working on the boat, we were not allowed to live onboard for a while. We thought that was perfectly reasonable and although Randie wanted to stay on the boat, we rented a small apartment for 6 months, we hated it and it seriously dented our budget. We were deligthed to get back on Josefine at the beginning of last year, it was interesting lying in bed without a deck over us, we have got quite familiar with parts of Josefine we wouldn’t otherwise have! :)
We have actually decided to make a couple of video's digging into our past, to help explain how we got into difficulty with Josefine, why we thought we could rescue the
situation and how we went about it, so if you stay tuned we will bring you that in the next couple of months.
@@SailingWood Well, I will stay tuned, just subbed right away.
Happy New Year and stay sane in these times. Cheers!
Great video have you watched sailing Yaba being rebuilt in brazil,, I live in Vung Tau Vietnam and to watch the boats being Built here amazing .Jotun paint from Sandefjord Norway i sailed on ships belonging to A/S Thordahl and was familiar with their product, great to see the restoration of these vessels ,have a most successful 2022 and safe sailing Regard's jack m
Thank you Jack and welcome.
I envy you your knees and back. Good on ya brother 🤙
Thanks, if you knew the state of them you wouldn’t envy them! :)
Like the fellow below(MrBvdw,) just found your channel, liked, and subscribed....cheers...rr Normandy, Fra.
Thanks Richard and welcome.
Hi this is Tom you met me down Hobbs point I was using the drone loving the videos .. top effort
I do hope she will be yellow, chrome yellow would look terrific.
Funnily enough Jonathan, we were just trying out a few options, late yesterday. Favoured option at the moment is black hull yellow bullwalks.
Looking good guys!
Both entertaining and informative.🙂
More power to your collective elbows and best wishes for 2022.
Thank you Richard, glad you enjoyed the video.
god that looks back breaking ! lovely job .
Thank you, it’s hard on the knees! :)