VLOG 123, Narrowboat Fit Out - PROP, POLE, PLANK, FENDERS AND SPLICING
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ต.ค. 2024
- Hello Everyone, Sorry it's a little late but here is this weeks episode. We start going through our list of jobs and the huge amount of stuff we still need to buy. With just over a week til launch we try and get lots of the finishing touches done to the outside. This will be the last vlog until launch but we will be back soon after showing the rest of the build.👍
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Looking really amazing ,can’t wait to see it all finished and on the water😮
Cheers Carole, Hopefully next Thursday if all goes to plan. Can't wait for you to see inside one day 👍👍👍
Very exciting to see your build finishing and you off on your travels.
Cheers 👍We can't wait now 🙂🙂🙂
Watched you from the start, and what a fabulous job you have done. The soft shackle on the centre line is a great idea. I have made and used them for years on a racing dinghy, and the Dyneema is super strong/ stronger than your rope and kinder to paint. Good luck with launch day!
Cheers and thankyou for watching from the start (that is a lot of hours 😂). Yes the soft shackle is a fantastic idea👍.
She's looking beautiful! You've all done such a lovely job... can't wait to see her in the water...
Thankyou so much 👍
Glad you Guys are finally getting there after all the hard work. Hope Launch day goes well. 😎👍🏼
Cheers Nick 👍
Your home/boat is beautiful I can only imagine how proud you must feel about the work you’ve put into it. Looking forward to see the adventures on the water. The grandkids looked cute helping with painting. I thought Reggie looked more like a pirate? I bet they can’t wait for their 1st trip. I was lost with the rope wondering if a multi color rope might be easier to practice with? Fingers crossed all goes well with the move. Already looking forward to the next video. Susan
Thankyou Susan, Yes we do feel proud of what we have achieved and we think she has turned out beautiful . The Grandkids have been asking us for weeks now when are we going in the water. Unfortunately they will be at school for the launch but will hopefully join us for a couple of hours as soon as they finish for the day. Yes we mastered the rope splicing now. Looking forward to showing you all the launch🙂
Brilliant Vlog and as an ex Sea Cadet and Adult Instructor, I know at first hand the challenges when you start to learn splicing (the back splice is so much easier than the eye splice!). You have done a great job and once you get into it you find actually it is not so hard and almost therapeutic!!! Really looking forward to you being afloat and getting the feedback of how you settle into it. Have a brilliant week and an excellent launch.
Cheers Gary, We have been going for it this week. As soon as we sit down at the end of the day the ropes come out and splicing commences 😂. We are now splicing everything😂. Yes we are now looking forward to the launch (a bit scared to) 👍
@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg don't be scared like with everything you've done on the boat it will be perfect just take your time in no time you will master it when I did yacht master you get to read the water and when you do it's a piece of cake . Can't wait to see the vlog of the finished boat it's going to be the finished boat on yhe cut you must be very proud the grandchildren are very luck and will love spending time learning with you xxx
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Scared is 100% understandable but you will be brilliant I am certain, looking forward to many more Vlogs
Guys am sitting in a hospital bed having had a major operation on Sunday. When I explained to the nurse I wanted to watch your las test update she told me she was also a follower and she advised me not to watch your latest vlog as I wasn’t allowed to laugh. So we agreed I would be in a position to catch up on Friday hence my latest comment. She was right I did laugh and felt so much better afterwards. Many thanks from myself, my wife and my family 👏👏👏👏👏
Oh wow, We hope the op all went well for you and you are on your way to recovery. Hey and what are the chances of finding a nurse that also follows us. Think you should buy a lottery ticket. hahahaha lets hope we didn't make you laugh too much. The launch vlog sure tested our hearts so make sure you are up to it before watching. Keep strong 👍
Doctors also said I should not get upset. Don’t mind saying I sobbed like a baby all the way through your launch. What a proud moment for you both and your small crew members who helped when they could. Boat looked and sounded absolutely perfect. She sat just right in the water. Weld one 👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Well done good luck with the launch all the bits on roof need fastening down so as not to loose them see you in the water next week don't forget your bathers 😊😊😊😊
Cheers Kevin, Yes we are starting to strap down things each day now. Snorkels are on standby 😂
Great news about your launch,let's hope for decent weather while you settle in.
Cheers, Weather is not looking too bad next week so 🤞
Great vlog ! using a car mat genious! lol Andy lob a couple of bungies around your plank and poles, stops them falling off or getting nicked. Can't wait to see the launch :)
Cheers Flash, Yes we have got the bungies and have a chain we are going to put on when we are not around. Hopefully if things go ok they are going to put us in the water a week today 🤞
Best of luck on the launch! Everything looks so beautiful. I have enjoyed watching you guys from the very first day!
Thankyou Gloria, We are really glad you have enjoyed it and thankyou for watching 👍👍👍
Another exciting watch, all the very best with the launch Jean x
Cheers Jean, I hope it's not too long before you and Mum can come for a cruise 👍
Good to see you got the privacy curtains done before the touching up begins! Looking magnificent.
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Lovely to see you so close to launch now.
Cheers John, If all goes to plan they hope to put her in next Thursday 🤞
It's all coming together now, I bet you can't wait 😀
Cheers George, Can't wait but also sh*tting ourselves incase we have got the ballast and balancing of weights wrong 😅. Hopefully next Thursday if all goes to plan 👍
Re the debate about pinning the gangplank to the bank. Don't do it, If its fixed bank end and the boat moves away for any reason you'll lose it and it could be very difficult to retrieve, I know this from experience. If it's fixed the other end it stays with the boat.
Ok Tony , Thanks for that, we will take your advice 👍. One less job to do 🤣
Oh nice it’s a soft shackle
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I be grandad will find some touching up to do in the bedroom 😂😂
He's got his little paintbrush out already 🤣
Hi Ady! re your gangplank, it might be a good idea to drill a hole in on end so you can hammer a mooring pin especially when wild mooring as the bank may very uneven👍👍
No, you want the gangplank to move so that it can slide when a passing boat causes excessive wash.
Hello Mike, Yes we have just watched Danni and Joe's channel and saw they had put a hole in theirs to pin it down. We wasn't sure if that was a great idea or would it cause problems when the boat moved or for us it would definitely become a trip hazard 😂. We will keep it in mind and give it a go if we think we need it 👍
That was one of our thoughts. We can see the benefits of it too but will see how we go without it but keep it in mind 👍
A really fantastic achievement that I've watched from the start. Grandad's got quite good at it all hasn't he. One comment what's your reason for using blacking and not two pack epoxy on the hull? Bu the way those stripes on the pole are blue not green!! Nice pair of bumpers Granny!
Good luck for the big day, all your efforts will then come to fruition and you can draw those curtains.
Cheers Tony, well done for sticking with us for so long 😂. We used bitumen mainly for cost. When we had the shell built we could not afford to have the 2 pac done so just blacked it and it has now had about 8 coats since the shell build. Our plan is that when we next have to come out of the water to re black we will be in a better position to pay for it to be grit blasted and then we can 2 pack it ourselves. Probably the light but there are blue, green, duck egg and black stripes on it once finished, we just painted the blue as the colour all over first👍
@@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg That makes sense. The trouble with twopacking yourself is that you have to do it really quickly before it goes "off".
Should put a swivel on anchor end
Cheers for that Lesley we will get one 👍
Can you show us that jig for drilling the tiller pin please? (I've got that to do and would love to know something that works!!)
I think it would have been chopped up now but W will explain how we did it one we have launched. It wasn't brilliant but we did manage to get it in straight with no problems 👍
Great vlog xxx hope the medical emergency wasnt too bad and once the doctors saw the xrays they could remove the item at least grandad doesnt have to speak in high pitched tone now lol xxxxxxx good luck with everything sadly am in hospital for the next 3 or 4 weeks would have loved to see the launch xxx
Cheers 👍hahaha I keep warning Grandad it will cause him problems one day but he doesn't listen 🤣🤣🤣. oh thats a shame you can't be here in person but a least yo will be able to watch it on youtube. Good luck with your hospital visit 👍
@@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg cheers what's granddad going to do now the boats finished if its like any of boats I've had it's never finished ! I'm sure nana will keep him on his toes !!
Nearly there.😊😊
If all goes to plan it will be a week today 👍. Home stretch now 😀
Bet you cant wait 👍
Great video guys I am glad you are only a week or two away from taking the plunge what are your plans in the coming weeks on the water are you planning to spend winter on the canal or using a marina for the winter lots of people are coming in here ready for the winter and the lock downs for the Crt repairs on the system hope to see you out there some time in the future if you get up this way on the shroppie .. have fun keep the videos coming . Steve & Sandra .😊
Cheers, If all goes to plan it will be a week today. We have just booked a winter mooring from November because I (Nanny) have some hospital appointments that would be easier to get to if we stay in this area for a bit but after that we will be CC's . So we have a month of practicing before mooring up for the winter. Yes looking forward to meeting you 2 👍
A4 book by Colin Jones shows you how to rope splice and make fenders. I sell side fenders at £10 each.a
Cheers Alan, We have mastered them now and are splicing everything 😂. We loved making our side fenders but not sure we could make them quick enough to sell them for £10. Good luck with yours 👍
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Any reason you used bitchumen and not two pack?
Cost! We just couldn't afford it when we had the shell built but hopefully the next time we come out of the water for blacking we will be in a better position to be able to afford the grit blasting and 2 pac 👍
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