Bonjour Randy, I couldn't have helped you there because I feel dizzy 😐 Never mind, I am always impressed by your ability to make new and accurate parts . As these ratlins will be exposed to salt, sun and water, how are they protected ? Is there a relaxation coefficient to take into account ? Amicalement, Raphaël
Bonjour Raphaël, At first it was quite daunting climbing the ratines, I have found, that with with age, comes a disappointing failing of confidence when presented with activities that may test your physical strength, climbing things is typical. I suppose it is a natural survival instinct, because with age one inevitably loses agility and strength. Happily, I have also discovered that one can push through that fear and come out the other side far more confident! On the question of protection, the wooden ratlines have all been oiled with Deks Olje and eventually will be varnished, cheers!
Thank you Jim, Randie sympathises with you, she carries a bit of rope around with her for periodic practice and periodically loves it and hates it in equal measure!🙂
Another excellent presentation.One day the restoration will slow down but of course the work of owning and sailing a vintage yacht never goes away.Thank you for continuing to share this project with us.
@SailingWood Thanks for the reply. My first project will probably be a traditional 12 foot sailing dinghy utilizing a century year old fir mast that came off of a similar boat that my grandfather owned in the early 20th century. It'll be a while and a good bit of money saved before I can start on her, though.
Many thanks Paul, certainly a good work out, it also exposed the limitations of my charity shop shoes and led to an investment in some new blundstone boots, well worth it!🙂
It's highly unlikely I will ever have to tie some ratlins but thoroughly enjoyed the lesson none the less. Josafine looks great and it's a credit to you for saving her.
Thank you Timothy, we don’t normally allow ourselves to reflect on how much! I recently looked back at our first videos showing the early work and scared myself to death, I won’t do that again!🫤
Fantastic VLOG your attention to detail is second to none. It shows how much work goes into a boat of this type. It's the old saying if you are going to do it do it properly. Well done.
Hi James, thank you for your continuing encouragement, it is much appreciated. My father taught me the “if a jobs worth doing …” philosophy and thankfully many of the handtool skills to help achieve it.
Hi Phil, We appreciate this is a late reply to your comment but sometimes when we have been under extreme pressure of work on Josefine, we don’t get the chance to reply immediately and when the moment has passed it is often difficult to recover. We just want you to know how much we appreciate your feedback and whilst we can’t always reply, we do always read every comment. Thank you.
Nice work. Thanks for taking the time out to explain all this. Very interesting. Climbing up and down the ratlines that many times must be a good workout.
Many thanks for taking the time to tell us, much appreciated. Yes, good workout and led to an investment in some better shoes, standing for long periods on rope ratlines is painful!🙂
Makes on think of the workmen and seafarers that have gone before. Methods tried and true over hundreds of years and millions of nautical miles and untold circumnavigations. 💪
Greetings 🖖 Nicely done sir ! We are just about to start on our ratlines and some of your tips becoming very handy. Cheers for sharing ! Best Drew Schooner Midsummer
I'm impressed with a job done right. I have a special appreciation for rope work, lashings, hitchs, knots, splices. I do wonder why you didn't serve the splices. Anyway, thanks for presenting the video. One month to shove off! Fingers crossed.
Many thanks for your continued support Zardwark, I was actually ‘clipped on’ although I dread to think of how painful a slip would still be, best not to dwell on it!🙂
Looking good. Another great video.Thank you for this. Close to the never ending work that must always be done on boats-- work that always goes on. there is no end to it. Lucky for you it's all good work you obviously enjoy and therefore no work at all. Smooth sailing (metaphorically speaking) to the both of you.
@@SailingWood no work at all = enjoyable work. Surely there’s a great deal of effort put forth, some blood, sweat and tears, but it’s all worth the sometimes painful trouble. Wishing you as always the very best.
I am very impressed with your work and the skills you have learnt. It must be very satisfying to have achieved so much. You both deserve to enjoy the fruits of your labour for years to come.
Thank you Mike, yes, it has been quite an education and we have loved sharing it through our TH-cam channel, just as the wonderful shipwrights at T Nielsens have so generously guided us.
Excellent video. All the details, without too much. Great progress. Getting those small details. I look forward to how you plan to get your small boat (skiff?) on Josephine.
Thank you Vincent, getting our tender Lily, on board, is something we are going to have to address very soon! She isn’t so small but we do have a plan and look forward to sharing its execution!🙂
Beautiful work. I really appreciate folks keeping the old ways alive. As a blacksmith, I've been really surprised at how my Trade has fairly forgotten anything to do with ropes and pulleys even though they've proven a tremendous in my smithy. I always point other smiths and woodwrights to the Ashley Book of Knots and tell them to get a copy in hand posthaste.
Absolutely loved this episode! Your workmanship is outstanding. It brings to mind my husband’s accurate workmanship during many projects over our half a century relationship. He was a master patternmaker for over 40 years. Did you follow this profession by any chance? Keep these videos coming, we love them! ❤️❤️
Thank you so much Joy for sharing your thoughts and experiences. Randie and I will one day hopefully catch up in the vintage of our relationship (48 years so far) but I doubt I will ever qualify for the title of master of anything, we will of course keep enjoying the fun of striving for it!🙂
Another excellent and very informative episode. Thanks very much. I just watched it during my lunch break here in Hanoi. After nearly three years working here I am into my last two weeks so should be home before you depart. I will come to Gloucester towards the end of June and hope to catch up for a catch up with you.
Hi Tim, many thanks, I did get your pm and put off replying to get the video out first, I seem to have got two birds with one stone!😁 Very much looking forward to meeting you when you get back and seeing you reacquainted with Josefine. Cheers
Vdefry good; the video captured the pace of progress and the necessary meticulous attention to detail required in order to get the results that you achieve. Not long now before you will leave the dock and head for.....where? Are you sure you WANT to finish?
Hi George, glad you enjoyed the video. “WANT to be finished ?”I think you’re only finished when you’re dead!😁 More a question of what we would rather be doing right now and that is definitely sailing! Actually, a friend of mine is about to leave the area, en route his new base in Portsmouth, in his modern (plastic) ketch and has offered me the chance to do the first day of his trip which covers exactly the same route we will take with Josefine. So on Saturday, I’m taking a day off and going sailing. To be honest, I’m feeling a bit blue at the moment and could do with the break.😵💫
31:10...Thank You. We appreciate that you have resisted the rush to finish the job to benefit those of us who enjoy the craftsmanship of a job done well. How can we buy you a Pint? Bob & "Pirata"
Thank you Bob & Pirata. Really appreciate the offer of a pint, if you keep an eye on our travels, our paths will hopefully cross one day and we will happily join you at the bar!🙂
You mention that you're an amateur, but you do such excellent work! She is looking beautiful. I probably missed it in a prior video, but I wondered why you decided not to serve the shrouds?
Thank you, really appreciate your feedback. On the question of fully serving the shrouds, it was really a pragmatic response to rapidly dwindling time and money!🙂 As I have mentioned in other replies, I think if we had installed new cables, we would have protected that investment with full serving but ours have done pretty well without it so far. We have oiled them and of course will continue routine inspections. After all, have to leave some jobs for the next owner of Josefine!🙂
@@SailingWood That makes good sense. In some regards with that method then you can keep a closer eye on the condition of the wire. Unlike the situation with stainless steel, you should be able to spot signs of deterioration in time to avoid failure. I can relate to the amount of time and money involved. Back in my 20s I worked for 5 years on the restoration of Elissa, in Galveston, Texas. She was considerably bigger than your Josephine, but we also had a fairly large restoration crew and large donations to complete the restoration. I applaud your efforts and wish you great success with Josephine. She is getting very close to being back to having her sails filled.
Hi Roman, thank you. Yes the shrouds are 16mm galvanised, the rust is only a fine surface layer. We will of course regularly exam them along with all the rest of the rigging, I believe they have a lot of life left in them yet!
Hi Jonathan, I don’t think we have ever addressed our reasoning on this. In our case it’s simply a question of time and money, sadly we don’t have an unlimited amount of either!🙂 If we had installed new shrouds, I think we would have served them, but given our shrouds have managed it this far and we had so many other priorities pressing our rapidly diminishing time and funds, we had to be pragmatic.
Hi Peter, I bet if I asked 6 riggers the same question I would get 6 different answers, if there was only one ‘right’ knot for every job, Ashley’s book of knots would be a lot smaller!🙂 Thank you nevertheless for your opinion which I will take on board with all the others!😁 I am a great believer in the evolution of knowledge.
Hi Tim, As I have replied elsewhere, ideally we would have served the shrouds fully, but a rapidly dwindling supply of time and money led to a more pragmatic response!🙂 So long as it remains just surface rust, we have no concerns, we have oiled them with linseed oil and at least we can keep an eye on any significant damage or aging! I think if we were installing new cables, we would protect the investment by serving them fully.
Hi Huw, We have posted 3 more episodes since this one, episode 27 a couple of days ago. Many thanks for asking, we are fine. You can get notification of each new episode if you ‘subscribe’ then click the little bell button, it’s all free of course. If you don’t want to do that, join or follow our ‘sailingwood’ Facebook page, I always put notification on there of new episodes. Looks like you will have something to watch over xmas now!🙂
Hi again Peter, on this one, I can’t agree, I don’t think there is any doubt that synthetic is stronger, less stretchy, and more resilient to uv and weather in general than natural fibre rope. I agree it is more slippery (and less pleasant to handle) but as you will have seen in the video, we tackled this by waxing the chords and taping the shrouds with self amalgamating tape. Time will tell (it always does) and I promise, if we have a problem with the ratlines, I will come back to you. Cheers, Reg
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Sharing traditional skills and knowledge is important and appreciated. Thankyou!
I agree Paul, and Jealously guarding knowledge, creates a barrier that works in both directions!
Fantastic skills 👏 👌
Many thanks for your encouragement!🙂
First class and love the detail and explanations.
Thank you for the feedback, we appreciate it.
Bonjour Randy,
I couldn't have helped you there because I feel dizzy 😐
Never mind, I am always impressed by your ability to make new and accurate parts .
As these ratlins will be exposed to salt, sun and water, how are they protected ? Is there a relaxation coefficient to take into account ?
Amicalement, Raphaël
Bonjour Raphaël, At first it was quite daunting climbing the ratines, I have found, that with with age, comes a disappointing failing of confidence when presented with activities that may test your physical strength, climbing things is typical. I suppose it is a natural survival instinct, because with age one inevitably loses agility and strength. Happily, I have also discovered that one can push through that fear and come out the other side far more confident! On the question of protection, the wooden ratlines have all been oiled with Deks Olje and eventually will be varnished, cheers!
Nice work! Knots.... my maritime cryptonite and why I served as an engineer during my short period as a mariner.
Thank you Jim, Randie sympathises with you, she carries a bit of rope around with her for periodic practice and periodically loves it and hates it in equal measure!🙂
Simply nice to watch - thank you.
Thank you Peter, much appreciated.
Thanks for sharing ⛵️⛵️⛵️
And to you too!🙂
Nicely done.
Keep chipping away guys!🙂
Thank you Richard, much appreciate the encouragement.
Well explained with detailed footage…Love the ending choir combined with the scenery, that’s a jewel..
Thank you Frans, it seemed the right way to end!🙂
very neat work!
Thank you Steve.
It's a pleasure watching a true sailor do his thing. Thanks for the education. :o)
So pleased you enjoyed the video, I hope one day we will be ‘true sailors’!😁
👍like a good history lesson how 2.. wery interesting !!
Many thanks for the encouragement.
So much detailed craft work. I so admire you. Such dedication.
Thank you Ian.
Another excellent presentation.One day the restoration will slow down but of course the work of owning and sailing a vintage yacht never goes away.Thank you for continuing to share this project with us.
Thank you Joe, I don’t want it to go away, just want it to walk alongside me instead of running on ahead all the time!😁
Attention to detail!!! As always thank you for taking us along. gary in japan.
Thank you for your continued support Gary.
Excellent video! Nice craftmanship!
Many thanks Morten.
Nice work, Reg. She's turning out to be one hell of a boat. Cheers from an aspiring amateur boatwright across the pond.
Hi Mat, glad you enjoyed the video, many thanks for taking the time to respond, look forward to hearing about your own project!🙂
@SailingWood Thanks for the reply. My first project will probably be a traditional 12 foot sailing dinghy utilizing a century year old fir mast that came off of a similar boat that my grandfather owned in the early 20th century. It'll be a while and a good bit of money saved before I can start on her, though.
It is an amazing project.
Thank you for continuing to support and encourage us Jean.
Well done, Reg and Randi as usual. May you have calm Seas and Fair winds for your voyages 😊
Thank you Wayne, we’ll find out soon!🙂
Up and down like the Assyrian Empire! Fascinating details of the rigging. Complimenti!
Many thanks Paul, certainly a good work out, it also exposed the limitations of my charity shop shoes and led to an investment in some new blundstone boots, well worth it!🙂
It's highly unlikely I will ever have to tie some ratlins but thoroughly enjoyed the lesson none the less. Josafine looks great and it's a credit to you for saving her.
Thank you Lincoln, that’s good to hear.
Up and down those rattling all day. That’ll keep you fit Reg!
That’s what I keep telling myself!😄
As usual really neat work and very interesting. Thanks. Yes finishing jobs always take far longer than anticipated....
Thank you Bertie, really appreciate your continuing support.
Dear god that is a lot of work. Well done
Thank you Timothy, we don’t normally allow ourselves to reflect on how much! I recently looked back at our first videos showing the early work and scared myself to death, I won’t do that again!🫤
Fantastic VLOG your attention to detail is second to none. It shows how much work goes into a boat of this type. It's the old saying if you are going to do it do it properly. Well done.
Hi James, thank you for your continuing encouragement, it is much appreciated. My father taught me the “if a jobs worth doing …” philosophy and thankfully many of the handtool skills to help achieve it.
I'm impressed by your attention to detail and the skill level you have developed. This is going to be an awesome boat.
Hi Phil, We appreciate this is a late reply to your comment but sometimes when we have been under extreme pressure of work on Josefine, we don’t get the chance to reply immediately and when the moment has passed it is often difficult to recover. We just want you to know how much we appreciate your feedback and whilst we can’t always reply, we do always read every comment. Thank you.
Nice work. Thanks for taking the time out to explain all this. Very interesting. Climbing up and down the ratlines that many times must be a good workout.
Many thanks for taking the time to tell us, much appreciated. Yes, good workout and led to an investment in some better shoes, standing for long periods on rope ratlines is painful!🙂
Growing up, I was barefoot everywhere, lava reefs, even school. Everywhere except church.
But it hurt too much to stand on rope ladders.
Just remarkable.
Thank you Andrew.
Thank you very interesting and informative
Thank you John, glad you liked this one.
Makes on think of the workmen and seafarers that have gone before. Methods tried and true over hundreds of years and millions of nautical miles and untold circumnavigations. 💪
Yes, the time and tested is so reassuring and the sense of connection with the past and one’s fellow man so lovely. Thank you.
Greetings 🖖
Nicely done sir ! We are just about to start on our ratlines and some of your tips becoming very handy.
Cheers for sharing !
Best
Drew
Schooner Midsummer
Thank you Drew, really nice to hear that we might have helped a bit, it makes the effort of making the videos, that much more fulfilling.
I'm impressed with a job done right. I have a special appreciation for rope work, lashings, hitchs, knots, splices. I do wonder why you didn't serve the splices. Anyway, thanks for presenting the video.
One month to shove off! Fingers crossed.
Thank you, I’m already accused of being too fussy! I would never get away with serving my splices,😁
HELLO ! i no speak ENGLISH sorry, but like your video and like the boats wood . my name , YVES, FR. DIEPPE in front NEWHAVEN!.
Bonjour Yves, c'est un plaisir d'avoir de vos nouvelles.
I'm really quite impressed Reg didn't tie himself to the shroud 🙂 I know I would have...
Many thanks for your continued support Zardwark, I was actually ‘clipped on’ although I dread to think of how painful a slip would still be, best not to dwell on it!🙂
Looking good. Another great video.Thank you for this. Close to the never ending work that must always be done on boats-- work that always goes on. there is no end to it. Lucky for you it's all good work you obviously enjoy and therefore no work at all. Smooth sailing (metaphorically speaking) to the both of you.
Many thanks, not sure about the “no work at all” bit 😏 but after a couple of glasses of wine, I do feel lucky!😁
@@SailingWood no work at all = enjoyable work. Surely there’s a great deal of effort put forth, some blood, sweat and tears, but it’s all worth the sometimes painful trouble. Wishing you as always the very best.
👍!!!
Thank you Bryren.
@@SailingWood been watching..love your boat..cheers!..greetings from the pacific northwest aboard s/v Cursor
I am very impressed with your work and the skills you have learnt. It must be very satisfying to have achieved so much. You both deserve to enjoy the fruits of your labour for years to come.
Thank you Mike, yes, it has been quite an education and we have loved sharing it through our TH-cam channel, just as the wonderful shipwrights at T Nielsens have so generously guided us.
I don't recall any information on the ratlins on s v Salt n Tar .This was informative and entertaining. Thanks n stay safe.God Bless
Thank you Steve, very pleased you enjoyed the video, thank you for taking the time to tell us.
Excellent video. All the details, without too much. Great progress. Getting those small details. I look forward to how you plan to get your small boat (skiff?) on Josephine.
Thank you Vincent, getting our tender Lily, on board, is something we are going to have to address very soon! She isn’t so small but we do have a plan and look forward to sharing its execution!🙂
I vote for swing in davits amidship.
Beautiful work. I really appreciate folks keeping the old ways alive. As a blacksmith, I've been really surprised at how my Trade has fairly forgotten anything to do with ropes and pulleys even though they've proven a tremendous in my smithy. I always point other smiths and woodwrights to the Ashley Book of Knots and tell them to get a copy in hand posthaste.
Loved the vblog was lovely watching an expert to something he obviously enjoys well done 😊😊
Thank you Kevin, it is always encouraging to hear that our videos are enjoyed, thanks for taking the time to tell us and for your continuing support.🙂
Absolutely loved this episode! Your workmanship is outstanding. It brings to mind my husband’s accurate workmanship during many projects over our half a century relationship. He was a master patternmaker for over 40 years. Did you follow this profession by any chance? Keep these videos coming, we love them! ❤️❤️
Thank you so much Joy for sharing your thoughts and experiences. Randie and I will one day hopefully catch up in the vintage of our relationship (48 years so far) but I doubt I will ever qualify for the title of master of anything, we will of course keep enjoying the fun of striving for it!🙂
Another excellent and very informative episode. Thanks very much. I just watched it during my lunch break here in Hanoi.
After nearly three years working here I am into my last two weeks so should be home before you depart.
I will come to Gloucester towards the end of June and hope to catch up for a catch up with you.
Hi Tim, many thanks, I did get your pm and put off replying to get the video out first, I seem to have got two birds with one stone!😁 Very much looking forward to meeting you when you get back and seeing you reacquainted with Josefine. Cheers
Vdefry good; the video captured the pace of progress and the necessary meticulous attention to detail required in order to get the results that you achieve. Not long now before you will leave the dock and head for.....where? Are you sure you WANT to finish?
Hi George, glad you enjoyed the video. “WANT to be finished ?”I think you’re only finished when you’re dead!😁 More a question of what we would rather be doing right now and that is definitely sailing! Actually, a friend of mine is about to leave the area, en route his new base in Portsmouth, in his modern (plastic) ketch and has offered me the chance to do the first day of his trip which covers exactly the same route we will take with Josefine. So on Saturday, I’m taking a day off and going sailing. To be honest, I’m feeling a bit blue at the moment and could do with the break.😵💫
31:10...Thank You. We appreciate that you have resisted the rush to finish the job to benefit those of us who enjoy the craftsmanship of a job done well.
How can we buy you a Pint?
Bob & "Pirata"
Thank you Bob & Pirata. Really appreciate the offer of a pint, if you keep an eye on our travels, our paths will hopefully cross one day and we will happily join you at the bar!🙂
You mention that you're an amateur, but you do such excellent work! She is looking beautiful. I probably missed it in a prior video, but I wondered why you decided not to serve the shrouds?
Thank you, really appreciate your feedback. On the question of fully serving the shrouds, it was really a pragmatic response to rapidly dwindling time and money!🙂 As I have mentioned in other replies, I think if we had installed new cables, we would have protected that investment with full serving but ours have done pretty well without it so far. We have oiled them and of course will continue routine inspections. After all, have to leave some jobs for the next owner of Josefine!🙂
@@SailingWood That makes good sense. In some regards with that method then you can keep a closer eye on the condition of the wire. Unlike the situation with stainless steel, you should be able to spot signs of deterioration in time to avoid failure. I can relate to the amount of time and money involved. Back in my 20s I worked for 5 years on the restoration of Elissa, in Galveston, Texas. She was considerably bigger than your Josephine, but we also had a fairly large restoration crew and large donations to complete the restoration. I applaud your efforts and wish you great success with Josephine. She is getting very close to being back to having her sails filled.
Hi, If I may comment.Amazing work you are doing.
Your shrouds look terribly rusted . Were they galvanised when you started? Greetings from Australia.
Hi Roman, thank you. Yes the shrouds are 16mm galvanised, the rust is only a fine surface layer. We will of course regularly exam them along with all the rest of the rigging, I believe they have a lot of life left in them yet!
Did I miss the video where you explained why you weren't going to serve the shrouds?
Hi Jonathan, I don’t think we have ever addressed our reasoning on this. In our case it’s simply a question of time and money, sadly we don’t have an unlimited amount of either!🙂 If we had installed new shrouds, I think we would have served them, but given our shrouds have managed it this far and we had so many other priorities pressing our rapidly diminishing time and funds, we had to be pragmatic.
ah your back,
Hi Brian, I often resort to “ah my back” but I don’t think that’s what you mean! 🙂
Rolling hitch much better than buntline hitch for this application, especially on unserved shrouds
Hi Peter, I bet if I asked 6 riggers the same question I would get 6 different answers, if there was only one ‘right’ knot for every job, Ashley’s book of knots would be a lot smaller!🙂 Thank you nevertheless for your opinion which I will take on board with all the others!😁 I am a great believer in the evolution of knowledge.
I see your galvanized wire is not served. My boat is set up the same way. I know it has surface rust. What's your opinion?
I'm really surprised the shrouds were not wormed, parceled, served and tarred to prevent corrosion and reduce abrasion from rigging and sails.
Hi Tim, As I have replied elsewhere, ideally we would have served the shrouds fully, but a rapidly dwindling supply of time and money led to a more pragmatic response!🙂 So long as it remains just surface rust, we have no concerns, we have oiled them with linseed oil and at least we can keep an eye on any significant damage or aging! I think if we were installing new cables, we would protect the investment by serving them fully.
Are you posting anything else? Is all good?
Hi Huw, We have posted 3 more episodes since this one, episode 27 a couple of days ago. Many thanks for asking, we are fine. You can get notification of each new episode if you ‘subscribe’ then click the little bell button, it’s all free of course. If you don’t want to do that, join or follow our ‘sailingwood’ Facebook page, I always put notification on there of new episodes. Looks like you will have something to watch over xmas now!🙂
Not so amateurish methinks!
Hi Jeremy, we always make the effort to do it right, but still very much amateurs, all be it, evolving!🙂
Never use synthetic line for lashings as it will slip and degrade with exposure to UV from sun.
Hi again Peter, on this one, I can’t agree, I don’t think there is any doubt that synthetic is stronger, less stretchy, and more resilient to uv and weather in general than natural fibre rope. I agree it is more slippery (and less pleasant to handle) but as you will have seen in the video, we tackled this by waxing the chords and taping the shrouds with self amalgamating tape. Time will tell (it always does) and I promise, if we have a problem with the ratlines, I will come back to you. Cheers, Reg