a perfect vessel to teach rigging. Again, i find myself pausing and admiring the wooden screw plugs and the putty, as a woodworker i can see all the repairs and touch ups that really do blend together.. i love this vessel. id love to see the ship builders drawings and or blue prints. All the woodwork amazes me. she isw a beauty. oh and give Lance a treat and a pat for me.
I don't believe that you can beat a boat with a long history and lots of character. The crew has a lot of character themselves. Thank you for posting .
So no dyneema , all the original ropes !!! But what a fantastic vessel you have , so much more character in older boats, oh and probably people ! Lot of work you have on keep you busy in winter. Take care , fair winds
Just love wooden boats. We are at Imperia, Italy where the classic regatta is taking place. More wood than the new forest! Shes a lovely boat and your enjoy doing the work as much as sailing her. Sail Safe. Ant, Cid & the pooch crew. xx
Love watching your videos. Any old gaff boat gets my attention, and as a retired journalist. 'Whats the story behind you youngsters aquiring a beautiful big boat like that? Shes fab, keep them coming.
sounds silly, but im doing research for a comic that has a lot of ships and sailing and this has been MASSIVELY HELPFUL! your whole channel, really! thanks a bunch!
Thank you very much for the detailed tour, really enjoyed it. Love that you are keeping it with the tradition of the original boat, modern conveniences are good and necessary.
Thank you very much for this detailed tour through Morna! Appreciate the effort you put into it. No need to mention that the boat is a beauty and a dream for every craftsman 😉
Thanks, great tour. As long as you have a kettle and a crowbar you will be fine. I like the fact it's not a pristine boat below. You can chop and change things as you want. Look forward to watching works below decks.
Great detailed tour!!! I learned a LOT about gaff rigging from your descriptions!!! Looking forward to updates as you work your magic on the improvements!
you mention getting rid of the double ended halliards on the main throat and peak halliards; on our gaff rig we fitted independent pulley systems to one end of each. This allowed us to hoist and drop quickly using the "free" end and then use the pulley systems to tension the halliards when hoisted. With the two ends with pulleys on one side of the mast and the "free" ends on the other side the primary hoist can be done from one side with both halliards being pulled up at the same time, and then tensioned from the other side. Without this we found that the number of pulleys we needed to have in place to hoist and tension the sail created too much friction for the sail to be dropped easily in a blow.
Beautiful old boat thanks for keeping her alive that can be a full time job keeping her Bristol fashion, forgive me I didn't hear the boat term for the area rear of the cockpit used for storage that being "Lazarette" I know picky, picky you get your own boat you can call it what you want, but I enjoyed the tour. So the hull maybe that's in another video, happy sailing
Thankyou; you're making some other people's dreams more plausible. Beautiful that you can repair lots of equipment yourselves and even redesign in many small ways; some peace of mind! I could only expect such self-sufficiency in rather beamy (low tech) steel design; and above deck all those timber spars and twist ropes and pulleys are very sane. It's not the very traditional style so much as the practicality that impresses me. Pleasant people as well,. Thanks
at 26:26 your talking about book shelves and im sitting here at the same time admiring the wood panels that seem original to the boat. do you really want to cover ?
A man shows off his boat while his wife accompanies him haha At least that's what this feels like a little bit. Grand tour in detail. Big, big boat. Very nice.
Thx for the tour, I would love more videos on rigging, tackle and sheets. And how it is to sail a ketch, advantages vs the hassle of more rigging and so on. Wich you fair weather and good seas
No way I know this boat it was in my marina for the last couple of years one of the most beautiful boats ever built enjoy her I’m glad someone got her and is now going to use her to her full potential I do miss her though good luck !
Are you in Bangor Ireland? She was there for a long old while. We're really happy to be sailing on her and will be bringing her back at some point, maybe next year :)
Hows your head Matthew. bet you have hit it many times walking around under the deck.. You have heaps of work to do to keep you warm next winter. Love the old style boat , not my cup of tea but I bet you both have a lot of fun sailing her. great stuff guys
Love the boat, I’m surprised you’ve not thought of a compost toilet. No issues like holding tanks through the hull fittings or blockages at inconvenient times
Very cool. Is there a best sequence for your sails to set and douse? I.e. first mizzen, then staysail, then perhaps main? And dousing the main before the mizzen, or is the no advantage either way?
Just stumbled upon your videos and I'm looking forward to catching up over the holidays. You're combining a few of my favorite things....Sailing and Scotland! I could be mistaken but it looks like you're anchored in Lochranza for this video? Cheers to you both over the holidays from Eastern Canada!
Binge watched your channel last weekend and really enjoying your adventure ! She's a beautiful vessel. I have a Nicholson and was in Bangor (NI) Marina in 2016 & think I walked past Morna every day ! was She berthed there then ?
Hello Paige and Matthew, as I have mentioned before, you have an absolutely beautiful boat. This is the kind of boat that I'd like to admire and not own. It has that romantic gaff rig and old worldly feel. It is probably obvious that that boat owns you, you do not own that boat :) Most boats are like that but these old wooden boats in particular.
I think I say the same thing every time I love this boat thanks for taking us on the tour but maybe sometime you could really show what it takes to raise all the sails and get her going I’m just curious if it really to much harder anyway great work 👍👍
Do you plan to just use a 2 sheet block for a better advantage on the next throat halyard? It seems easter than the 2 side half way system but I'm not sure I totally understand the system :edit and you answered my question on the mizzen! Awesome video and boat
Yup, plan to re-rig as part of the refit. Want to make a few changes to better suit us. The current set up is a bit complicated, has more advantage then just a 2 shiit block but more work swaping sides, I feel a simpler system should work fine.
If you want to rebuild the gearing for the boom, This Old Tony has a channel that would build it for you. If he can’t do gears that large I am sure he could refer you to someone.
How long does it take to get all that canvas up air? I'm seeing a bunch of departed, heavenly sailors waiting anxiously for your vlog...lol. I admire your determination, love and effort keeping that old lady happy. Great job!
Not too long, the main takes the longest and will be alot better when we re rig with a new system :) but around 5 minutes to get everything up at the minute
My family owned a Dickies 1939 teak on oak ketch called Kerynia , my father did 3 Atlantic crossings with her and he put a Renault 4x4 on deck in a cradle ...... they got into heavy weather and decided to lighten the car by throwing away the doors , so in the Caribbean we drove around in a door less car ... it was 1964 so a bit lawless..... Morna is beautiful
Living With The Tide She was only 70 ' ....... ! But the car was only the size of a mini but heavier I think 💭. Any footage of Saigon during the Vietnam war shows hundreds of them as taxis . Dickies built three boats using the same design although one of them had a more pronounced shear and was more attractive as a result ..... they were Delia , Valdora , and Kerynia as a child I knew them all , Delia was owned by Graham Edge the drummer of the Moody Blues and he cruised the Caribbean in the late 70's with her .....Dickies built beautiful boats and Morna is lovely especially being a double ender ..... lots of varnish though !! All the best to you guys and your squeezable dog ... also suspected but only now just confirmed that Morna is a Fife ! A true thoroughbred
Thanks for another excellent video. I enjoyed the tour. Fenders: what are you using? (It was the tyre in the forepeak put them in mind.) If you're using rubber fenders do you have plans to get or make rope ones at some point?
@@LivingWithTheTide Thanks for the reply. I have an old boat needing a new mast. I'm considering a solid one as that would be the cheapest for me. Cheers from Gabriola Island, west coast Canada
Could be a really great boat if Matthew can get rid of his cobbling/Red Green building skills and become a craftsman. Then you could really have something nice rather than hacked off bulkheads and unfinished everything..
How many old sailers or merchant marines are cringing everything time he says rope, lol. I remember my first trip as an OS I said the rope word and got my ass ate out, lol. It's a line boy. There are no ropes on this ship. Lol.
The original wooden interior is beautiful.. it's a shame that it's been hacked together with modern materials and someone who has enough skills to get it done but not enough to make it look decent
I absolutely love our new boat and wouldnt change back to GRP for anything. Definitely alot happier being part of something this rich in history :) I think it depends on the person, it's just not for some people. Thanks Paige
a perfect vessel to teach rigging. Again, i find myself pausing and admiring the wooden screw plugs and the putty, as a woodworker i can see all the repairs and touch ups that really do blend together.. i love this vessel. id love to see the ship builders drawings and or blue prints. All the woodwork amazes me. she isw a beauty. oh and give Lance a treat and a pat for me.
Cheers, she's currently fully striped out apart from engine, will be putting some videos on the progress soon 👍
@@LivingWithTheTide thanks for replying, i wonderefd where you were. would love to see the work.
🇨🇦 Love the idea of a spare tire in case of a flat tire while sailing in remote locations with no garage repair shop...
Love your channel, so real..
Beautiful Boat
Very nice boat. @3:12 I believe those are the shrouds. The stays are fore and aft. But it's a beautiful boat!
I don't believe that you can beat a boat with a long history and lots of character. The crew has a lot of character themselves. Thank you for posting .
Lovely boat. I am so glad that there are people like you two who keep these wonderful vessels afloat.
So no dyneema , all the original ropes !!! But what a fantastic vessel you have , so much more character in older boats, oh and probably people !
Lot of work you have on keep you busy in winter.
Take care , fair winds
Just love wooden boats. We are at Imperia, Italy where the classic regatta is taking place. More wood than the new forest! Shes a lovely boat and your enjoy doing the work as much as sailing her. Sail Safe. Ant, Cid & the pooch crew. xx
Beautiful old wooden gaffer.....great tour too.
Love watching your videos. Any old gaff boat gets my attention, and as a retired journalist. 'Whats the story behind you youngsters aquiring a beautiful big boat like that? Shes fab, keep them coming.
sounds silly, but im doing research for a comic that has a lot of ships and sailing and this has been MASSIVELY HELPFUL! your whole channel, really! thanks a bunch!
That sounds amazing! Glad we could help! 😁
Thank you very much for the detailed tour, really enjoyed it. Love that you are keeping it with the tradition of the original boat, modern conveniences are good and necessary.
Thank you very much for this detailed tour through Morna! Appreciate the effort you put into it. No need to mention that the boat is a beauty and a dream for every craftsman 😉
Matthew and the Dog are starting to look like twins.! When you show the kitchen, I can't tell the difference ;-)
Absolutely amazing, and you even pulled off the best boat tour video on TH-cam!
Good morning, hope your doing good and safe!
What an Absolutely Wonderfully Beautiful Sailing Vessel.
You both are doing an Awesome job on her‼️
❤️💪😎👍🏆
Thanks, great tour. As long as you have a kettle and a crowbar you will be fine. I like the fact it's not a pristine boat below. You can chop and change things as you want. Look forward to watching works below decks.
Great detailed tour!!! I learned a LOT about gaff rigging from your descriptions!!! Looking forward to updates as you work your magic on the improvements!
I see the fore peak is looking a lot tidier than when I saw you both in Plymouth.
Morna is coming along lovely.
Fair winds chaps.
Beautiful old yacht! Gorgeous!
great video, lovely boat, lovely project, you guys seem like a lot of fun, you cheered me up
you mention getting rid of the double ended halliards on the main throat and peak halliards; on our gaff rig we fitted independent pulley systems to one end of each. This allowed us to hoist and drop quickly using the "free" end and then use the pulley systems to tension the halliards when hoisted. With the two ends with pulleys on one side of the mast and the "free" ends on the other side the primary hoist can be done from one side with both halliards being pulled up at the same time, and then tensioned from the other side. Without this we found that the number of pulleys we needed to have in place to hoist and tension the sail created too much friction for the sail to be dropped easily in a blow.
20:06 We call them bitts or bollards. Nice tour, I'm jealous now stuck in my basement room in the middle of Canada.
awesome job explaining everything... 2 thumbs up...
Fantastic old boat , makes dingy rigging super simple.
Thanks nice boat and excellent tour, as with all boats i have owned and friends work in progress seems to be the norm👍
Beautiful old boat thanks for keeping her alive that can be a full time job keeping her Bristol fashion, forgive me I didn't hear the boat term for the area rear of the cockpit used for storage that being "Lazarette" I know picky, picky you get your own boat you can call it what you want, but I enjoyed the tour. So the hull maybe that's in another video, happy sailing
work in progress, love the authenticity of your yacht
An information show! A big hug to all and thank you very much. 👍🏼😎
Thankyou; you're making some other people's dreams more plausible. Beautiful that you can repair lots of equipment yourselves and even redesign in many small ways; some peace of mind! I could only expect such self-sufficiency in rather beamy (low tech) steel design; and above deck all those timber spars and twist ropes and pulleys are very sane. It's not the very traditional style so much as the practicality that impresses me.
Pleasant people as well,.
Thanks
Paige your hair looks fantastic!
at 26:26 your talking about book shelves and im sitting here at the same time admiring the wood panels that seem original to the boat. do you really want to cover ?
A man shows off his boat while his wife accompanies him haha
At least that's what this feels like a little bit. Grand tour in detail. Big, big boat. Very nice.
Fair play lads, gorgeous ship
Thx for the tour, I would love more videos on rigging, tackle and sheets. And how it is to sail a ketch, advantages vs the hassle of more rigging and so on. Wich you fair weather and good seas
Thanks for the tour, especially the rigging.
OMG she's beautiful. Can't wait for the new adventures...
lovely yacht and in Lochranza bay
No way I know this boat it was in my marina for the last couple of years one of the most beautiful boats ever built enjoy her I’m glad someone got her and is now going to use her to her full potential I do miss her though good luck !
Are you in Bangor Ireland? She was there for a long old while. We're really happy to be sailing on her and will be bringing her back at some point, maybe next year :)
Beautiful yacht, but that rigging would kill me ;-)
Hows your head Matthew. bet you have hit it many times walking around under the deck.. You have heaps of work to do to keep you warm next winter. Love the old style boat , not my cup of tea but I bet you both have a lot of fun sailing her. great stuff guys
Haha you get used to it after a while but yes I have Haha
An amazing boat. Thanks for posting this video.
Very nice, Morna is actually roomier Than I imagined.
Looks like good room for 2 1/2( sorry lancer.. lol)
Wow! I love that I've discovered you two! I've been wanting to find a couple, or person, who cruises in a traditional wooden sail boat. Now I have!
Love the boat, I’m surprised you’ve not thought of a compost toilet. No issues like holding tanks through the hull fittings or blockages at inconvenient times
Very cool. Is there a best sequence for your sails to set and douse? I.e. first mizzen, then staysail, then perhaps main? And dousing the main before the mizzen, or is the no advantage either way?
Awesome show 10/10.
Just stumbled upon your videos and I'm looking forward to catching up over the holidays. You're combining a few of my favorite things....Sailing and Scotland! I could be mistaken but it looks like you're anchored in Lochranza for this video? Cheers to you both over the holidays from Eastern Canada!
Delightful tour of a beautiful boat, but surely you mean bronze and not brass?
absolutely and totally impressed. k
thank u very much for adding to your list ,your doing my dream and its on my bucket list
Beautiful boat. But cockpit does look a bit exposed. I think I would like a spray hood or some kind of doghouse although it would ruin her lines.
We have been looking into way to make something that would either be put up when needed or look the part and be permanent :)
I can't I can't imagine sleeping on top of a diesel motor I can imagine a lot of things but that is a stretcher!
Binge watched your channel last weekend and really enjoying your adventure ! She's a beautiful vessel. I have a Nicholson and was in Bangor (NI) Marina in 2016 & think I walked past Morna every day ! was She berthed there then ?
Glad your enjoying it :D yes she was based there for a few years as her previous owner kept her there :)
I think I will subscribe you two are funny...and British...
Hello Paige and Matthew, as I have mentioned before, you have an absolutely beautiful boat. This is the kind of boat that I'd like to admire and not own. It has that romantic gaff rig and old worldly feel. It is probably obvious that that boat owns you, you do not own that boat :) Most boats are like that but these old wooden boats in particular.
Haha she definitely does own us!
You don’t own this boat, you are merely looking after her until her next Skipper takes the helm.
That's a cool boat.
I think I say the same thing every time I love this boat thanks for taking us on the tour but maybe sometime you could really show what it takes to raise all the sails and get her going I’m just curious if it really to much harder anyway great work 👍👍
I think that will be our next informative video :D shes pretty easy once you know what your pulling Haha
Do you plan to just use a 2 sheet block for a better advantage on the next throat halyard? It seems easter than the 2 side half way system but I'm not sure I totally understand the system
:edit and you answered my question on the mizzen! Awesome video and boat
Yup, plan to re-rig as part of the refit. Want to make a few changes to better suit us. The current set up is a bit complicated, has more advantage then just a 2 shiit block but more work swaping sides, I feel a simpler system should work fine.
Lovely boat, you'll get sorted slowly, nice layout. But how many Bush hats have you got Matt ? lmho
Damn !!!! Geez guys, that is some complicated stuff you got goin on.....you must really know your way around a sailing vessel :-)
If you want to rebuild the gearing for the boom, This Old Tony has a channel that would build it for you. If he can’t do gears that large I am sure he could refer you to someone.
How long does it take to get all that canvas up air? I'm seeing a bunch of departed, heavenly sailors waiting anxiously for your vlog...lol. I admire your determination, love and effort keeping that old lady happy. Great job!
Not too long, the main takes the longest and will be alot better when we re rig with a new system :) but around 5 minutes to get everything up at the minute
My family owned a Dickies 1939 teak on oak ketch called Kerynia , my father did 3 Atlantic crossings with her and he put a Renault 4x4 on deck in a cradle ...... they got into heavy weather and decided to lighten the car by throwing away the doors , so in the Caribbean we drove around in a door less car ... it was 1964 so a bit lawless..... Morna is beautiful
That must have been a big boat I dont think we could fit a 4x4 on deck Haha!
Living With The Tide She was only 70 ' ....... ! But the car was only the size of a mini but heavier I think 💭. Any footage of Saigon during the Vietnam war shows hundreds of them as taxis . Dickies built three boats using the same design although one of them had a more pronounced shear and was more attractive as a result ..... they were Delia , Valdora , and Kerynia as a child I knew them all , Delia was owned by Graham Edge the drummer of the Moody Blues and he cruised the Caribbean in the late 70's with her .....Dickies built beautiful boats and Morna is lovely especially being a double ender ..... lots of varnish though !! All the best to you guys and your squeezable dog ... also suspected but only now just confirmed that Morna is a Fife ! A true thoroughbred
@@austingode some cool history there, think I know the car you mean. Not sure what you mean by shes a fife?
Sorry I got that completely wrong ! There was a Morna designed by Fife .......
Wow almost 100 years old , according to you now 99 but soon 100🎉
Welcome to my boat oh and page Iives here too
Can you tell me where this was filmed? I have sailed this area a lot but just can't id the location - it looks like Knoydart! Great film by the way!
It was filmed in Loch Ranza :) glad you enjoyed! :D
Do you worry the chimney puts heat on mast and life raft?
Thanks for another excellent video. I enjoyed the tour. Fenders: what are you using? (It was the tyre in the forepeak put them in mind.) If you're using rubber fenders do you have plans to get or make rope ones at some point?
We use modern fenders and will probably stick with them. Mainly because we hardly ever use them :)
loved it :-) just out of curiosity, are you thinking of changing to hemp ropes and canvas sales to make morna more authentic?
We will stick with the modern look alikes :) that way we get the benefits of modern materials and keep it looking the part
Beatifull boat. 12mm 100m chain. How come you are using SI units while I think imperial is commonly used in great brittain?
We use both but imperial isn't used as much in Britain.
Could you not find some footage of this fine old vessel under sail????
We have lots of footage of her under sail in our other videos, just not from the outside :)
Whats she talking about? Her hair looks lovely.
Beauty
Does the stove chimney bit interfere with all the canvas? I hope no sparks fly - literally!!!
The Chimney is removed so that it doesnt get in the way :)
Love it
Where do you keep your charts and do the captaining?
Unfortunately just in the back cabin, she's fully striped out now for the re-fit so plan to put in a nav table ect.
So will the boat get a letter from the queen next year when she’s 100??
Her Majesty will only be 96 next year .... ?
@@manfredschmalbach9023 in the UK on your 100th birthday you receive a card from the queen congratulating the achievement
I.m curious...is your new main mast a solid spar or box construction?
It's a laminated solid spar, Douglas fir :)
@@LivingWithTheTide Thanks for the reply. I have an old boat needing a new mast. I'm considering a solid one as that would be the cheapest for me. Cheers from Gabriola Island, west coast Canada
Awesome Yacht would love to buy one that is similar. If anyone is selling?
I watched that right through and I still haven't got a bloody clue what sailing is all about. Can't understand what does what?
Haha I think that calls for another video
Could be a really great boat if Matthew can get rid of his cobbling/Red Green building skills and become a craftsman. Then you could really have something nice rather than hacked off bulkheads and unfinished everything..
I presume that's Tarbert in Ireland?
Nope its Tarbert in Scotland :)
How many old sailers or merchant marines are cringing everything time he says rope, lol. I remember my first trip as an OS I said the rope word and got my ass ate out, lol. It's a line boy. There are no ropes on this ship. Lol.
The original wooden interior is beautiful.. it's a shame that it's been hacked together with modern materials and someone who has enough skills to get it done but not enough to make it look decent
Guys, 7k subs doesn't fund all this. Where's the dosh from?
Work
@@LivingWithTheTide Shame, I was hoping you were people of leisure! Love your content, btw! :)
I think that is one Bitchin Kitchen!
Why on earth would you step down to this antique. I would bet the wife is not so happy with this change.
I absolutely love our new boat and wouldnt change back to GRP for anything. Definitely alot happier being part of something this rich in history :) I think it depends on the person, it's just not for some people. Thanks Paige
Matthew, quit talking over Paige all the time!