I absolutely fell in love with the quote on Robbo's T-shirt. Such a great reminder that people who are broken can still be of great value. I have already looked on the internet for one and plan on placing an order. Also, you goes are going full speed ahead on making repairs. Emilia may just be able to take her high school graduating classmates on a cruise around the harbor.
It was wonderful to see Emilia piloting the small boat. She’s becoming quite the mariner! Nothing warms the heart like the sound of a child’s laughter!
I saw Emilia's videos on her Mirror dinghy. I was lucky enough to have done this at school back in the 80's. Winter for maintenance and repair and Summer for sailing. What wonderful opportunities you are giving her. You must be very proud of her.
They say a little bit of water wears away the rock and a little bit of toenail wears away the sock. You guys are amazing how you steadily and methodically work away at this, with a smile on your dial, kind words of encouragement for each other and a work ethic second to none. I think this is how families should be.
I remember as a child one of the things grown-ups, as we called them then, would say " Where do they get the energy?" as we romped around. I look at you two and I say the same. Amazing couple.
I would suggest that you look at recasting all your lead into managable ingots and it will make for better placement and distribution when you put it all back.
Watching you rework this old ship (boat) tells me you two really have to enjoy such hard work. Other wise it would never make any progress. And equally obvious this type rebuild is certainly not for everyone. It takes a huge amount of dedication to do what you all have to do to make this ship worth again...
The glue test was actually quite interesting to see. You could gain some valuable information by doing these home tests. Gotta love friends that come and share the workload, too! A fine job guys!
First off I just wanted to say I appreciate all the hard work you are putting into restoring your ship and your sense of humor really brightens my day! I was wondering what is the point of the lead blocks in the bilge?
Well I never thought I would ever see Gemma, Simon and Rob 'swinging the lead' ( might have to explain that expression to the viewers) Moving to the other highlights of the video: Emily's face as she takes control of the tiller and throttle was priceless a wonderful place and time she will remember always. Secondly: Gemma you can now add Caving to your CV, getting into small spaces and still working just amazing. The load test I think I called it right; 1 Simon to 1.2 Simon's I'll call equal. Thanks again for a fun video.
How about melting the lead into conker sizes pellets and bagging into rot-proof bags. They would then mould themselves around the frames and be easier to move when necessary.
If anyone asks - That's not dirty water, its mud naturally stirred up by the tide. Teign Estuary in Devon does the same. It's much smaller than the Dee and well silted up so the tide moves fast.
I would you suggest that you change out those two brass gate valves low down in the bow and replace with proper marine bronze through hulls and lever ball valves. Salt water and galvanic action will turn brass fittings to dust in time. Best of luck with a great project. Mark. Dublin, Ireland.
Robbo deserves a LOT more than that beautifully engineered and heartfelt plaque!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't do that for my best friend! It sure will be nice once you are past the web frame stuff! Keep up the great work and fantastic attitudes!
I just enjoy their company and doing something totally different to my normal day job. They deserve every little bit of help they can get. I'm incredibly grateful for the plaque but would crack on irrespective of that. Genuine privelege to know them.
So many things to love about this episode: getting started on the aft section - super exciting and it reminds us how much has been accomplished at the bow; Gemma's THOROUGH cleaning of the bilge (a small caving headlamp might have come in handy!); Emilia's joie de vivre piloting the skiff and, later, racing Simon back to Sarinda; Robbo's awesome T-shirt (and hard work!!); Simon's love and appreciation for his partner in this mad, epic journey; and interesting science experiments with wood! You pack a lot into a half hour and we love every minute.😁❤👍
Funny you say that about fake batteries. I bought a fake makita drill. I didn’t know it was fake until I had it. As soon as I tried taking off the battery. I knew straight away. They were hard to pull off. 👍👍 love the video 👍👍
Howdy Gemma & Simon. Sone great work this week and the Aft of the boat will need your expertise. Of how I would love to over there to give you a helping hand. Cheers Keith Melbourne Australia. 😍😍😍😍😍
Hi Simon and Gemma all I can say Simon you are one lucky man have such a wonderful wife , Gemma you never stop working hard and it’s so wonderful to see you both have a dream in your base are going for it fall on Cliff from Logan city Queensland Australia
I wouldn`t worry about the people that get sore eyes from things they don`t agree with. Good demo with a little bit of difference in strength. Great project you guys.
Admire you both for saving this historical hull. A massive undertaking with no doubt lots of learning along the journey to completion. Very interesting to watch. I a retired welder engineer mechanic kind of thing. Love to see stuff like this where skills are used. I been building scale RC wood hulled boats since the early 70s . Areokits stuff like RAF rescue launch's and period Broadcruisers such as the Seaqueen to name a few. Ever used Casamite glue. Powder mixed with water. Regards Dave
to replace the lead, put 2 more pulleys and it will be 3 times less hard to replace...! you are very brave to go vacuum and clean the dond of the forward hold, and congratulations for the "worker" who did all the cleaning in the back...!! Black glue seems to hold better than wood; but you put all your strength into it, it's better to paint all the same I think, then there are the clouds and the screws ! enjoy ! and congratulations again for the car / rolling boat that came second...!!
U GUYS ARE AMAZING!!!Iget exhausted just watching u work.I love ur humor,ur drive,ur go getting attitude.May this boat give u ages of joy when it's done.Heckm,in a way,it's as joy with the leaerning curve and good friends to help out.Peace,luv.
Koo Power..... bought 3 of them biggest waste of money , they were usless I ended up throwing them away. One expensive lesson , best of luck guys, fantastic project.
Laughed so hard, "you sold me a dream." Hey Simon, I too have said that about my girl too many times to count. She was once under the soles just like that, tearing out 'caca' pipes (toilet hose) with passion. We converted to composting head.
Well done to the wee yin on taking the wee boat control, Jonno did an amazing job in that whole area. for your cheap seat batteries check where the batteries are binding and give it (the battery) an ease with some fine sandpaper and they should come out easier. Good luck on the level 2 👍
Great video number 77. Another interesting day on the boat and believe it or not, you got a lot done. The glued wood was interesting. I honestly didn't think you'd be able to pull the non painted wood apart. Little legs is becoming a proper master of the skiff. Looking forward to next week. Have a good week you 3.
I called over from Cheshire today to walk my dog and stopped to say hello but nobody was working today, boats starting to get there you've made a nice job of the front deck/ roof . Keep up the great work and excellent videos 👍😁
Keep up the good, (and entertaining), work. I look forward to the day you can motor around the Irish sea, and beyond. You have made amazing progress in the last year. Re-watching the episode with David from Cruising the Cut, shows that the forward area has improved dramatically. (Of course I have considered cryosleep so I don't have to wait :-). In regards to the rear cabin, and it's extended hull, you might consider replacing it with double diagonal planks like the rest of the hull. If both overlapped and scarfed in, should be stronger than the plywood design it is now. Of course stringers, frames and web frames would be part of the solution. Even extending the aft cabin deck head up 6 inches or more for better internal space and head room might be worth while.
The test is perfectly scientific and adequate. It's a qualitative test rather than a quantitative one with a comically small sample size, but it is still informative. When you look at the way the painted sample failed you can see pretty clearly that it was the paint bond that failed rather than the glue. There being uncoated wood being the giveaway. When you look at the unpainted sample you can see glue left on both surfaces, so the point of failure wasn't the bond the glue had with the wood, it was the glue itself that let go. The fact they happened under near enough the same amount of force tells you that the paints bond with the wood is roughly the same strength as the glue itself. That means it doesn't make a lick of difference whether the wood is painted or not, the strength of the joint is the same. The only difference is in failure mode, which you don't care about.
Please wear you kill cord and lead the best example for anyone watching and Amelia, would greatly appreciate you guys being kept safe as love the episodes! I'm catching up on episodes so hopefully they taught this in your Powerboat Level IIs!
Hello You are doing a fantastic job Have watched some of the movies you have shown, love all the challenges you go through you have to come up with solutions for everything Exciting😄
The effort required to move those heavy lead blocks could be reduced by using a compound pully and perhaps put a sliding track on the underside of the deck? (I think you would call it a trolly?)
What he said. The idea is that you trade effort for length of pull, just like a snatch block, so that you only have to lift a 3rd of the weight (if you have a triple pulley) on each end. Also, I'm imagining the nightmare scenario where a lag bolt pulls out of the lead & you drop a lump of lead ballast straight through the bottom of the ship :-o. Can you get some nylon webbing mesh to wrap each lead weight in & lift that instead of the lag bolts screwed into each block of lead? Finally, are you keeping track of where each weight came from so it can go back? I assume that getting the right ballast in the right places was a big project 80 years ago & it would be a shame to have to work it out again from scratch...
In the areas where you already have old pitch, Rather than paint over it I would heat it first then poor your new pitch directly on top while it is soft which will bond the two. Once cooled and hard then paint. Painting first will put a separation layer between the new and old tar into which water can seep and once in there it will never dry and cause further rot.
Might consider a block and tackle for lifting the lead instead of the single block like you used. Should not cost more than $35 US or so for what you would need. Thanks for the video.
Six of this half a dozen of the other, the density of the timber would also affect the contact strength, keep in mind that the paint is a primer and has quite strong adherence to the timber so the glue strength would be so similar that the argument is moot, but a bloody good way to quieten down thd whingers. Love your work cheers
Said the Actress to the Bishop: "No dear, put it away now! I'll give it a rinse now I've given it a scrub!" Down and dirty in the bilge! Sarinda is slowly getting there....a long way to go, but on the way! Well done you two! Emilia will get competent in the dinghy with more practice!
I agree, you should really look into a chain block host. Runs about $60 and easily lifts up to 1 ton, which is probably more than you will lift. Your single pulley has no advantage so if the weight is 100 lbs, it takes 100 lbs of force to life it.
Great work! And congrats on your krazy car race, and your nice soap box rendition of Sarinda!
I absolutely fell in love with the quote on Robbo's T-shirt. Such a great reminder that people who are broken can still be of great value. I have already looked on the internet for one and plan on placing an order. Also, you goes are going full speed ahead on making repairs. Emilia may just be able to take her high school graduating classmates on a cruise around the harbor.
It was wonderful to see Emilia piloting the small boat. She’s becoming quite the mariner! Nothing warms the heart like the sound of a child’s laughter!
She was great handling the outboard! Little natural
I saw Emilia's videos on her Mirror dinghy. I was lucky enough to have done this at school back in the 80's. Winter for maintenance and repair and Summer for sailing. What wonderful opportunities you are giving her. You must be very proud of her.
You should sell those nails. If you can ship to the states, I'd buy one of the big ones like you gave to Robbo!
The look on Em's face drivin that boat! Priceless 😁
They say a little bit of water wears away the rock and a little bit of toenail wears away the sock. You guys are amazing how you steadily and methodically work away at this, with a smile on your dial, kind words of encouragement for each other and a work ethic second to none. I think this is how families should be.
You guys are brilliant! What a team, but I think Gemma wins a nice hot luxurious bath (and maybe a spa day) for cleaning out that bilge.
I remember as a child one of the things grown-ups, as we called them then, would say " Where do they get the energy?" as we romped around. I look at you two and I say the same. Amazing couple.
I would suggest that you look at recasting all your lead into managable ingots and it will make for better placement and distribution when you put it all back.
was going to suggest same
Very Bon Jovi........Slippery when Wet !
Yeah Simon, she's a keeper.
Emilia has such a beautiful smile .
Watching you rework this old ship (boat) tells me you two really have to enjoy such hard work. Other wise it would never make any progress. And equally obvious this type rebuild is certainly not for everyone. It takes a huge amount of dedication to do what you all have to do to make this ship worth again...
The glue test was actually quite interesting to see. You could gain some valuable information by doing these home tests. Gotta love friends that come and share the workload, too! A fine job guys!
First off I just wanted to say I appreciate all the hard work you are putting into restoring your ship and your sense of humor really brightens my day! I was wondering what is the point of the lead blocks in the bilge?
What a lovely dad!
Well I never thought I would ever see Gemma, Simon and Rob 'swinging the lead' ( might have to explain that expression to the viewers) Moving to the other highlights of the video: Emily's face as she takes control of the tiller and throttle was priceless a wonderful place and time she will remember always. Secondly: Gemma you can now add Caving to your CV, getting into small spaces and still working just amazing. The load test I think I called it right; 1 Simon to 1.2 Simon's I'll call equal. Thanks again for a fun video.
Haven't seen U guys in 6 months.. lovely to see the changes...
#davos4wdadventures
How about melting the lead into conker sizes pellets and bagging into rot-proof bags. They would then mould themselves around the frames and be easier to move when necessary.
If anyone asks - That's not dirty water, its mud naturally stirred up by the tide. Teign Estuary in Devon does the same. It's much smaller than the Dee and well silted up so the tide moves fast.
I would you suggest that you change out those two brass gate valves low down in the bow and replace with proper marine bronze through hulls and lever ball valves. Salt water and galvanic action will turn brass fittings to dust in time.
Best of luck with a great project.
Mark.
Dublin, Ireland.
Some impressive driving by Emilia! She's so much more confident than in the earlier episodes.
bless Gemma cleaning up - she makes a great Scally Scrubber
Robbo deserves a LOT more than that beautifully engineered and heartfelt plaque!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't do that for my best friend! It sure will be nice once you are past the web frame stuff! Keep up the great work and fantastic attitudes!
I just enjoy their company and doing something totally different to my normal day job. They deserve every little bit of help they can get. I'm incredibly grateful for the plaque but would crack on irrespective of that. Genuine privelege to know them.
So many things to love about this episode: getting started on the aft section - super exciting and it reminds us how much has been accomplished at the bow; Gemma's THOROUGH cleaning of the bilge (a small caving headlamp might have come in handy!); Emilia's joie de vivre piloting the skiff and, later, racing Simon back to Sarinda; Robbo's awesome T-shirt (and hard work!!); Simon's love and appreciation for his partner in this mad, epic journey; and interesting science experiments with wood! You pack a lot into a half hour and we love every minute.😁❤👍
Funny you say that about fake batteries. I bought a fake makita drill. I didn’t know it was fake until I had it. As soon as I tried taking off the battery. I knew straight away. They were hard to pull off. 👍👍 love the video 👍👍
Happy to see another room being worked on! Progress! Love it
I truly love ❤️ watching you crazy kids each week. Don’t stop for nuthfink
Howdy Gemma & Simon. Sone great work this week and the Aft of the boat will need your expertise. Of how I would love to over there to give you a helping hand. Cheers Keith Melbourne Australia. 😍😍😍😍😍
Hi Simon and Gemma all I can say Simon you are one lucky man have such a wonderful wife , Gemma you never stop working hard and it’s so wonderful to see you both have a dream in your base are going for it fall on Cliff from Logan city Queensland Australia
Gemma is a Gem. A real diamond when it comes to getting stuck in.
thats my saying,
A tackle block with 3 sheaves And rove to advantage will make returning the ballast much easier.
Nice 1 Robbo. Nice goin m8s, thanks.
I wouldn`t worry about the people that get sore eyes from things they don`t agree with. Good demo with a little bit of difference in strength. Great project you guys.
Well done to Robbo.
Admire you both for saving this historical hull. A massive undertaking with no doubt lots of learning along the journey to completion. Very interesting to watch. I a retired welder engineer mechanic kind of thing. Love to see stuff like this where skills are used. I been building scale RC wood hulled boats since the early 70s . Areokits stuff like RAF rescue launch's and period Broadcruisers such as the Seaqueen to name a few. Ever used Casamite glue. Powder mixed with water. Regards Dave
to replace the lead, put 2 more pulleys and it will be 3 times less hard to replace...! you are very brave to go vacuum and clean the dond of the forward hold, and congratulations for the "worker" who did all the cleaning in the back...!! Black glue seems to hold better than wood; but you put all your strength into it, it's better to paint all the same I think, then there are the clouds and the screws ! enjoy ! and congratulations again for the car / rolling boat that came second...!!
U GUYS ARE AMAZING!!!Iget exhausted just watching u work.I love ur humor,ur drive,ur go getting attitude.May this boat give u ages of joy when it's done.Heckm,in a way,it's as joy with the leaerning curve and good friends to help out.Peace,luv.
it is great seeing Emilia getting stuck into things and giving everything ago good on you girl
Koo Power..... bought 3 of them biggest waste of money , they were usless I ended up throwing
them away. One expensive lesson , best of luck guys, fantastic project.
There are battery converters so you can use DeWalt battery on Ryobi. There are also other brand x to brand converters.
The one I bought on Amazon is DM18RL battery adapter.
Laughed so hard, "you sold me a dream." Hey Simon, I too have said that about my girl too many times to count. She was once under the soles just like that, tearing out 'caca' pipes (toilet hose) with passion. We converted to composting head.
Good job I love him isn't it!
You guys are wonderful ! Keep spreading your giggly joy !
Glad your enjoying the videos xx
My thought is you may want to find a better glue. The other thought is a wooden boat does need to flex a bit.
Was a fun day!! More cleaning in there next time!!
Loved the t-shirt you were wearing in this video!
Emily did great! You guys work so well together. It is fun watching this channel.
Well done to the wee yin on taking the wee boat control, Jonno did an amazing job in that whole area.
for your cheap seat batteries check where the batteries are binding and give it (the battery) an ease with some fine sandpaper and they should come out easier.
Good luck on the level 2 👍
Nice effort lifting those heavy ballasts. Don't hurt yourselves get a 3 to 2 block and tackle much what is used to control boom on a sailboat.
Great stuff 👍🌞😠🌞
Great video number 77. Another interesting day on the boat and believe it or not, you got a lot done.
The glued wood was interesting. I honestly didn't think you'd be able to pull the non painted wood apart. Little legs is becoming a proper master of the skiff. Looking forward to next week. Have a good week you 3.
We have got to sort that portside out!!!! Scraping, sanding and painting party necessary!
Robo is now an official plank holder. Congrats to him !!
If you use. Wax paper between the clamps . The glue will not stick to the clamps. R l hendricks.
I called over from Cheshire today to walk my dog and stopped to say hello but nobody was working today, boats starting to get there you've made a nice job of the front deck/ roof . Keep up the great work and excellent videos 👍😁
Sunday is the day of rest after a hard week!
👍😁
Nice work keep at it carry on.
great top Simon
You need to get a small electric winch and a over head trolly rail you can them lift and move easily and it’s not very expensive at all
enjoyable video thank you.
15:50 that would be an awesome boat if restored. You could do fishing charters on it.
Keep up the good, (and entertaining), work. I look forward to the day you can motor around the Irish sea, and beyond. You have made amazing progress in the last year. Re-watching the episode with David from Cruising the Cut, shows that the forward area has improved dramatically. (Of course I have considered cryosleep so I don't have to wait :-).
In regards to the rear cabin, and it's extended hull, you might consider replacing it with double diagonal planks like the rest of the hull. If both overlapped and scarfed in, should be stronger than the plywood design it is now. Of course stringers, frames and web frames would be part of the solution.
Even extending the aft cabin deck head up 6 inches or more for better internal space and head room might be worth while.
Dry for three weeks in stead of one. Possibly even with a dryer running. Otherwise the paint won't stay on right.
If you run the rope through a second pulley on the lead and then tie off on the ceiling it should be 1/2 the weight on the rope.
Might visit a welding supply company for stainless steel brushes! Looks like you need a paint scraper too!
Yep, a salt water power washer and big shop vac would make things go much easier and faster
Gemma. You are a machine. 🇦🇺🦘🐨🇦🇺
Some extra learning in knots and pulley systems would have helped you enormously with the ballast moving.
Wishing you both the very best for your powerboat L2 I’m sure you’ll sail through.
the glue did not fail on the painted one. the paint failed . that joint will only ever be as strong as the paint adhesion on the wood.
You guys need a paint sprayer. Be great for the bilge and outer hull painting.
The test is perfectly scientific and adequate. It's a qualitative test rather than a quantitative one with a comically small sample size, but it is still informative.
When you look at the way the painted sample failed you can see pretty clearly that it was the paint bond that failed rather than the glue. There being uncoated wood being the giveaway.
When you look at the unpainted sample you can see glue left on both surfaces, so the point of failure wasn't the bond the glue had with the wood, it was the glue itself that let go.
The fact they happened under near enough the same amount of force tells you that the paints bond with the wood is roughly the same strength as the glue itself. That means it doesn't make a lick of difference whether the wood is painted or not, the strength of the joint is the same. The only difference is in failure mode, which you don't care about.
Thanks Robert! Great job!
This gives new meaning to get the lead out!😁😁😁😁 from the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania USA 🇺🇸
Fantastic as usual. I wish you the best!
Brilliant episode, so funny and informative as usual,love you guys,you are a fantastic couple xx
hope you realise simon , you have an awesome partner there m8 , u both a nice couple , boat takin shape guys lookin good
Please wear you kill cord and lead the best example for anyone watching and Amelia, would greatly appreciate you guys being kept safe as love the episodes! I'm catching up on episodes so hopefully they taught this in your Powerboat Level IIs!
Simon looking at the blue and white boat as a tender, just needs a lick of paint. 😉
Great video 2x👍
bravo
what a wonderful couple
Does anyone else tick the like button before even watching? I just know it’s going to be brilliant
I do!
Hello
You are doing a fantastic job
Have watched some of the movies you have shown, love all the challenges you go through you have to come up with solutions for everything
Exciting😄
The effort required to move those heavy lead blocks could be reduced by using a compound pully and perhaps put a sliding track on the underside of the deck? (I think you would call it a trolly?)
What he said. The idea is that you trade effort for length of pull, just like a snatch block, so that you only have to lift a 3rd of the weight (if you have a triple pulley) on each end. Also, I'm imagining the nightmare scenario where a lag bolt pulls out of the lead & you drop a lump of lead ballast straight through the bottom of the ship :-o. Can you get some nylon webbing mesh to wrap each lead weight in & lift that instead of the lag bolts screwed into each block of lead?
Finally, are you keeping track of where each weight came from so it can go back? I assume that getting the right ballast in the right places was a big project 80 years ago & it would be a shame to have to work it out again from scratch...
Looking great. Thank you
THAT IS SO COOL WITH THE NAIL...
the comealong gives you great leverage
In the areas where you already have old pitch, Rather than paint over it I would heat it first then poor your new pitch directly on top while it is soft which will bond the two. Once cooled and hard then paint. Painting first will put a separation layer between the new and old tar into which water can seep and once in there it will never dry and cause further rot.
Just paint the inside structures so bilges are kept clean and dry......leave the tar for below the water OUTSIDE
Sarinda is coming along very well it’s nice to see the progress! Can’t wait to see her in Victoria Dock🛥🛥
Nice video
Might consider a block and tackle for lifting the lead instead of the single block like you used. Should not cost more than $35 US or so for what you would need. Thanks for the video.
Six of this half a dozen of the other, the density of the timber would also affect the contact strength, keep in mind that the paint is a primer and has quite strong adherence to the timber so the glue strength would be so similar that the argument is moot, but a bloody good way to quieten down thd whingers. Love your work cheers
Love what youre doing! Keep up the good work on this beautiful vessel! Shes coming together nicely!
Could you not make a removal track oh the roof to lift and move heavy things ,sliding barn door track
Time to run a track on the ceiling and get a electric hoist!
When this boat is finish it going to be amazing boat.Cool
Great job.
25:00 You can use a pressure washer down in there...
Well done on cleaning let's hope it drys great to take the paint, just remember you are a normal family that has taken on a great rescue.
Enjoy your PB2 it is excellent. more people should do it, money well spent!
Said the Actress to the Bishop: "No dear, put it away now! I'll give it a rinse now I've given it a scrub!" Down and dirty in the bilge! Sarinda is slowly getting there....a long way to go, but on the way! Well done you two! Emilia will get competent in the dinghy with more practice!
I agree, you should really look into a chain block host. Runs about $60 and easily lifts up to 1 ton, which is probably more than you will lift. Your single pulley has no advantage so if the weight is 100 lbs, it takes 100 lbs of force to life it.