I have said it before and I will say it again, we love all your comments! Thank you to all those who take the time and make the effort, it is much appreciated. We love the good, don’t take offence at the bad and simply delete the ugly (we’ve only ever had 2 of those). Having to try and keep up with the inevitable wear and tear and failure of film equipment, more than wipes out the small revenue we receive from Google ads, so the feedback from you boys and girls is our only incentive to keep making these videos. Thank you. Reg & Randie.
Outstanding job with Lily, her hoist, placement, and nesting spot! Your trips ashore will be so much more dignified in that beautiful Jolly boat. Keep up the great work!.
Thank you Brian, as the loose, carefree ways of youth faded, I always comforted myself with the thought that at least I could be ‘dignified’ in old age and so long as no one sees the resistance my tiered, stiff joints put up, as I climb out of the dinghy, I think I can get away with that look.🙂
First time to see you in a while. Love the Progress and enjoy Very Very much wooden Boats! Started my apprenticeship on woodies, and Then came Fiberglass! Wood is always my favorite yet they do take a big part of life maintaining. At the same time, when you find a destination to visit a while, you will never be Bored! Hope you have a great Paint and material locker for your proje ts at anchor! Thanks for. Great video. Godspeed
Many thanks Lawrence, yes nice big locker for the paint, varnish and magical black stuff!🙂 But as my mother keeps telling me when I tell her how hard I am working, “well what else would you be doing with your time” ! My mother is in her 90’s and from a generation not familiar with the concept of leisure time!😂
@@SailingWood I totally relate to your Moms values on time! 75 here and still working away on my toys! Have been shipwright for over 50 years! Fun occupation surely! Also like cars and motorcycles. Inside work when it rains! Gid Bless you both, stay healthy and enjoy all you do! Regards L
😂😂😂famous last words!!! Aint she sweet 😊 But as you know is preparing, and finishing, all about the job. Very very important i might say! Top job from the both of you by the way ❤
The journey is also the goal, enjoy finishing the last things on the boat. So you can focus on setting sail on the oceans with your beautiful Josefine and Lily. Thanks for sharing it 🙏🇸🇪
like your recycling of old materials.. kepping good old. pieces... lily is sooo nice perfect 4 Josefine. Thinking a spredder bar can take the compression out of the boat. and make a bottom of the lifting triangle.. and the dingy lifts strait up.
Thank you, as you know from some of our earlier episodes, we are enthusiastic and life long recyclers of ‘stuff’. As to the spreader, you are right, it would do all of that and we did consider it but ultimately decided to keep it as simple, clutter free and less expensive! as possible and as we could do this within sensible loads we went with it. Time will tell if we made the right decision and we are always open to evolving to experience! Cheers
The postponement of your sailing date makes sense. There are many jobs which just can't be efficiently done at sea, plus doing a very short sea trial period at the end of the summer season isn't worth the hassle. The scrubbing and cleaning work is worth covering in some way on video even so hopefully we see more of Randi in future when sailing or on maintenance jobs. The leather reset into the cradle is a really nice bit of detail. It's these little things which take time and which have ultimately delayed departure to sea, but which are so important for the overall quality look of the vessel as well as being functional. Well done both of you for a fantastic job so far.
Hi Reg. That is a really salty belt that you are wearing. Loved Randi's cameo. You might think of using the derek as a spinnaker pole. If not for a full size spinnaker at least to pole out the jib. Could be useful when running. I would not fit through deck windlass switches. They have a bad reputation for failure. A second backup remote controller will be cheaper, easier and more reliable. As always thanks for the effort of keeping all of us aboard. gary in Japan
Thank you Gary, and thanks for the heads up on the deck switches, I’m going to rethink the issue. I must admit that I had already bought some deck switches some months ago when I bought the windlass and I was really shocked by their terrible quality, if I was going to install such things, I would have to find something of much better quality. Cheers
Lily looks a really pretty and practical little craft. I can see why you want to taker on your travels and am happy you can find space for her on deck. I'm unsurprised you were not able to get far enough to be able to sail this year. But from personal experience I know that the relief of giving up on a self imposed deadline can itself be like a holiday. But Josefine is already looking mighty fine and I'm sure she will be near perfect after another 3 or 4 months of preparation.
Wonderful video as usual, Josephine and Lily are both looking fantastic, her home on the coachroof works well, good job with all of that, happy you will take your time to finish projects and take off the stress level to get sailing. Just love your channel, thanks for sharing, peace, love and fruit.
Greats stuff guys Josifine is looking fantastic! You both must be very pleased with what you have achieved, and no doubt a bit knackered, I didn't spot any wine being consumed which is a bit of a shame. Reg, you will be ready when you are ready, being on the boat is to be enjoyed not endured. Thanks for posting the video. Best wishes from Scotland, David.
Having followed along from the first episode that you shared, where the top of the mast fell off on the dock, I have enjoyed your craft and industry. From the sense of outrage and ire I directed at your unnamed surveyor, I am now very pleased for you both to have come close to the completion of Josephine. Changing to a spring sail is the right call. Cheers.
My daughter has been bugging me about it. We are on a 50 year old trawler and both her and I are sailors. A nice wood, sailing dink would likely work nicely on that boat.@@SailingWood
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. The lifting rig is well thought through and accompanied by an excellent explanation. However I did notice Randi doing all the work and you expertly pushing a button on the remote control calling out instructions 🤣. Brilliant solution. Great news on the sailing plan.
Thank you Peter, the key word there is ‘expertly’ pushing a button, don’t forget there are 2 buttons, so it’s not as straightforward as it might look!😁
As usual a superb filum. I can't for the life... think how you've done what you've done. My love and joy takes me beyond stress. But we love it ! What about some knee pads for your first mate 🧎♀
Hi Roger, let your friend in Purton know please, that he won’t need the bunting until March!😁 I keep telling Randie to wear the knee pads you kindly donated but she’s totally intolerant of anything that is slightly restrictive, same with gloves and face masks but I will keep trying!
I'll let Linda in Purton know ! We're visiting her again, after Lizzing Dripping is laid up, so I'll come up to Glos and knock on your gunwale.@@SailingWood
Have you thought about making a spar that would function as a spreader bar? No angle, slings as short as you want them, and a center picking point. Once Lily is launched you place the spreader bar on the blocks which support Lily.
Hi George, yes, it was my first thought but the ‘spreader’ would be subject to much greater loads and therefore have to be very sturdy. Given that Lily is 12’6” it would end up being a big heavy bit of extra kit. The riggers at Nielsens suggested keeping it simple and I am glad we did. The current setup is very simple and the loads are well within acceptable limits.
Bonjour Randy and Reg, Always a steadypleasure to watch your too rare videos. About you chain, I have question. How is it fixed to your hull ? Half a to by itself plus the weight of the boat would generate a lot of constraints at anchor and I guess you can't leave it unsecured or if it would be all underwater. Besides this, what a clever way to manage your Miss Lily. I knew you had all the skills to find a solution to easily pull it out of the water effortlessly but from there to take into account all these geometry formulas to define the applied forces, exponential in excess, hats off! I guess living in a boat means endless work but I hope we will see her soon navigate with Randy and you a cip of tea in the hand. Amicalement, Raphaël
Thank you Raphaël, always look forward to your comments. The end of the anchor chains are attached to the bottom of the ‘bitts’, the 2 big vertically fixed timbers on the foredeck that the inner end of the bowsprit is bolted to. The bottom end of those bitts (sometimes known as a Sampson post when only one) pass through the anchor locker and end of the chain is fastened to one of them (you can see them in the first part of our video). I understand that it is good practice to fasten the chain with rope rather than chain, so that in an emergency, the chain can easily be cut free with a knife. It is also where the English language term ‘the bitter end’ comes from, ie sticking with something to the bitter end, like me, Randie and Josefine!😁
Lily is a damn fine looking little lapstrake dingy. Very cool that you used a derrick instead of davits as well as keel blocks to secure her to the main boat. Very traditional and very cool. Awesome progress! Cheers!
Got ta love it " get away " ! Everything is simply beautiful. Looking forward to seeing you guys enjoying the fruits of your labor. Enjoyed the format without the feeling of the a "production ". Just simple information on how things were done and where your intentions were heading. Happy Holidays keep on enjoying one day at a time. Ya don't have to be a recovering alcoholic to live your life like that. God Bless
Thank you Steve, just the sort of encouragement we need and very grateful for the feedback on ‘format’, it helps us develop a balance when making editing decisions. Cheers.
I wasn’t sure when I first came across your channel, but now, I really look forward to your videos and prey you keep it up one you start travels. I’m gobsmacked at how skilled you have become in boat building and really enjoy your explanations of what and why you are doing things. Well done and thank you for sharing your journey.
Thank you so much for your feedback, with a request like that, how could we refuse! 🙂 We will share our experience sailing so long as enough people want to see it. Cheers
Many thanks for your feedback and support. We use Lily’s mast as a ridge pole down the centre of the boat over which we have made a canvas cover, you can see it in this video th-cam.com/video/uuVMuS1ro98/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared We can then store all sorts of things inside the dinghy including our folding bikes. Jump to position 29.29 in this video to see that th-cam.com/video/Lj4ZmedRiHs/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared The only thing that won’t fit in, is the lifting derrick but I have a thought about that and will cover it in our next video. Cheers
One of the solutions to shorten the lifting sprouts of Lily is to use a bar ( wood or steel ) about a meter and a half long where the top ring is now. Angle of the ropes the same or better ,less hight between your loading boom and the mass you are lifting. 50 years ago old fashioned cargo ships used mast-& boom to load crates ,barrels ,loading nets in this way. Old school works ! &
Thank you Koos, yes we did consider it and it is of course a very effective widely used technique as you say but we wanted to keep it as simple as possible and with the minimum of additional equipment on deck and as we discovered that we could do this within acceptable loads we went with it. Obviously we will adapt as experience dictates, we have lots of little bugs to sort out but generally we are amazed at how well it is working so far! Cheers
Just uploading one now Pierre! So sorry for the delay, very soon now I should be able to start producing videos a little bit more frequently. Thank you for reaching out to us.
Having spent a working life of deadlines I now refuse to apply them to my personal projects. They are joy killers. Lily looks very comfortable on the coach house roof and is so obviously worth the effort, she's a beauty.
Lily is a lovely looking tender I think you made the right decision about sailing it is now September autumn is coming in soon sailing next year over the winter will give you time to get the work finished then a nice shake down cruise in the spring fingers crossed for decent weather next year 😊😊😊
Hi gang! Good that you two decided to finish of all work, and go sailing coming spring. As for the dinghy Lily, will she be covered with the derrick as a top, or will sh be open? If so, does she have a drain, which I assume she has.Maybe the derrick is too long, but one could also tight a rope in the middle, to let water fall to the deck. As for lifting and hoisting, once you have done it a coupla times, it will go smooth. She looks very nice now, and you two should be prould having such a ship!! My lapstrake seven meter double ender rests now in the garden, well covered, since I leave for Karpathos, Greece saturday morning..... Anyway, thanx for an informative video,and enjoy now the work, and also now have time to eventually move some things, as you are getting more comfortable on board.... Allldabestest from auld mikke in sweden...;-D
Thank you Mikke. Yes Lily has a full canvas cover, we use her mast as a ridge pole and the canvas over the top so that water easily flows off. I have a plan to try and incorporate the derrick as a safety rail above the capping rail, I will include more on that and the other strap down features in our next video. Have a pleasant journey tomorrow!
I was at the Gloucester Docks Christmas Fayre at the weekend (very good) and was pleased to see your boat on the other side of the basin looking amazing. Intrigued by the hull colour you chose, very unusual but attractive, did I miss the episode where you explained the interesting colour choice?
Did I see correctly? Is Lily a MacNulty boat? They're stunning little clinker beauties! Great work and I'm glad you decided to push the sailing date back, it takes so much stress off you. Loved the video, of course!
Will Lily have a tarp to keep out the rain or simply leave the drain plug open to let rainwater empty onto the deck? As for the other jobs you've done they all look very professional and shipshape. Well done to you both and enjoy a stress-free winter in Gloucester docks.
Many thanks sir/madam, for your continued support. Yes Lily has a canvas cover, you can see it in this video th-cam.com/video/uuVMuS1ro98/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared I sewed it myself with our old Singer sewing machine!🙂
Hi Billy, yes we are very happy with Josefine’s yellow’s (after a bit of trial and error) and it is much admired by passer-by’s. Lily is actually white! She does look a pale yellow but that is actually a reflection of Josefine’s yellow alongside her. Nice thought that she is bathing her tender in the warmth of her own yellow!
Together you both keep making the right decisions. ‘Allowing the work to become enjoyable again’ is a sentence that should appear in every MBA syllabus. I was wondering if you considered designing the sling attachment points inside the endpoints of the dingy to achieve a smaller angle? Cheers from Toronto.
Yes we did give it consideration but there was nothing better in the stern and one thing we like about the bow set up is that the load effectively pulls the eye bolt into its hole rather than out! Cheers
What is your plan for securing the tender in heavy seas and would removing its bowsprit help with maneuvering it into position on deck?Love the videos and impressive work done on the boat so far.
Thank you Joe, we will have ratchet straps holding the dinghy down at its 4 corners to the cradles, I will show the completed setup in our next video. Cheers
A fascinatingly lovely video and so informative so thank you. Lily is beautiful too. I have in the last few weeks took delivery of my wooden Catboat from a boat building school in France. I wanted to end the season sailing her but sadly the students ran out of time to finish her so at present that is what I am doing. I also made the decision not to rush to job and sail next year and it did take a lot of pressure off me. I need some thick hide for a few jobs on my boat could you please tell me where you obtained your hide, an internet search is not giving positive results. Stay safe 😃and I am looking forward to your sailing adventures.
Thank you James. I had the same problem sourcing good thick hide before I hooked up with Nielsens, the internet is a waste of time. To answer your question I asked Nielsens and they tell me that they get their hide from J & FJ Baker of Colyton, Devon. They also confirmed that they will happily supply you from their own stock if necessary.
Your stern lift point, may I suggest you fit a bridle from each corner of the boats stern, this will make the boat ,much a more stable lift as you launch and retrieve . .
Hi Jeffrey, I did give that some consideration originally but the corners do not provide the same strength as the stem. The dinghy is actually very stable during the lift. Cheers
Will you support Lilly more towards her sides too? because now you clamp the keel beam, but if Josephine roles a bit, the forces going trough Lily when only hold by the keel beam might be enough to damage her. If you support Lily near the turn of the bilge too, you don't have that force on her keel beam.
Hi Patrick, thank you so much for asking, we are absolutely fine but I feel terrible for not getting a video out before now. I should have put out a short video just to say all ok, I apologise. I will get a video out this coming weekend, I promise! Reg
Your boat has turned out very nice, but one more winter in the dock. Try to reward yourself in some way. Take a trip abroad, for example. It is beneficial to change clothes and face the world outside.
Hi Jonathan, the electric windlass does actually have a manual override but even the manufacturers describe it as painfully hard work and slow! Our lovely old manual windlass, on the other hand has a fantastic easy action, even on that huge chain and 100kg Union anchor, so in an emergency, we can just tie a bouy on the electric chain and cut it fee!🙂
Hi Maj, yes very difficult to apply common sense when dealing with load forces because there is no obvious visual indicators (until of course something breaks!🙂) and the magnitude of the forces are so unexpected. My experience in aviation is very similar but there you definitely can’t afford to get it wrong!
@@SailingWood “The Guide says there is an art to flying", "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” ― Douglas Adams,
I do love this channel, probably because this is the most beautiful boat of the ones I watch, and that includes Sampson Boat Co. Josephine has more soul. I hope no offence taken, because I don't want it to change, but as a video editor, your pace cutting on dialog (well, monologue) is quite peculiar. The number of times that you cut with your voice on a rising tone, for me, doesn't fit well against the flow of the video. Moving pictures should breathe, and these moments tend to leave them gasping a bit. Another is the cutting in mid sentence. Perhaps because the videos where this happens are mostly body cam or handhelds with you not in the frame, I always wish you'd do a bit of audio ducking to create a moment before the first words in a sequence or cut, or for a beat after. But perhaps that's me not allowing for the fierce independence of mind and spirit that restoring Josephine requires. Either way, I love the channel despite or because....
Thank you Daniel, so pleased your enjoying our channel. On the editing method front, I’ll be honest with you, I’m not good (in general actually) applying theories, I’m very much a create with ‘natural feel and passion’ person. Of course, I am a great observer and one of my pet hates is the often seen trend to construct monologues from multiple takes using a cut every few words. I always, therefore, aim to deliver in a single take and generally succeed. Because of that, I have to cut the dialogue (or fade it out) when I have said enough and need to move forward in time. I suppose, if I scripted everything then I could engineer the transitions in the way you describe but I don’t script anything because I’m not a good enough actor to deliver lines as if they were mine!🙂 Besides, I would find the process suffocating and I would never get the boat finished!😉 On the other hand, I am passionate about the ‘art’ of film making and the ultimate goal is to entertain so I will of course take your comments on board as I try to achieve that. Cheers
You keep waiting to leave because you have jobs to finish you will never leave. Boats always need work get the essential done to leave and work on the others jobs while on water. If you don't you'll never leave the docks.
Hi, I understand your sentiment and you are right, it is very easy to get caught up in perfecting a project to the point of failing it’s whole purpose but I honestly don’t think we can be accused of that. All the jobs we have done up to now have been essential to the boats seaworthiness, the last 2 months for example helm, anchor windlasses, tender, the next month fuel tanks, bowsprit net, re plumbing the heads, tensioning of her rigging. One of the reasons things take a bit longer than you might have expected, is that there is only me doing them! If only one man was building the Egyption Pyramid’s, he would still be there now!🙂
Hi Steven, it did get a bit more animated than I would have liked but I was pushed for time to get the video out and because of equipment failure (I have 3 tripods all broken now) I used my mobile to take the final scenes. It was the first time I had used a mobile to film and I wasn’t comfortable holding it. I’ll have a go at making my own wooden tripod now, can’t be any worse than the expensive ones that keep breaking! Cheers.
Good job! And also ,perhaps,stay over and get the feel how it works sleeping and cooking,etc. Then,eventually,move or replace things a bit,or longer.I assume you have some source of heating,my guess would be diesel,since the engine might be a diesel....( lotsa guessing here,I apologize...;-D Anyway,good to see Lily onboard ! I hope she have a stainless band under her keel plank,which protect well. I have such 3mm band on my 7 m wooden double ender,slightly wider than the plank..⚒️ Allda bestest from swedish mikke..;-D ⚓🧭🛶
Very interesting update..filled with some good forward thinking..I enjoyed it a lot.l
Thank you Frans.
I love Randy’s last word
She has a way with words!😁
I have said it before and I will say it again, we love all your comments! Thank you to all those who take the time and make the effort, it is much appreciated. We love the good, don’t take offence at the bad and simply delete the ugly (we’ve only ever had 2 of those). Having to try and keep up with the inevitable wear and tear and failure of film equipment, more than wipes out the small revenue we receive from Google ads, so the feedback from you boys and girls is our only incentive to keep making these videos. Thank you. Reg & Randie.
some befitting last words by her, well chosen!
Thank you, we really appreciate your support to the very end!🙂
You both deserve the most relaxing, cosy, magical winter there ever was.❤
Thank you Paul, I read that several times because it sounds so lovely!
Outstanding job with Lily, her hoist, placement, and nesting spot! Your trips ashore will be so much more dignified in that beautiful Jolly boat. Keep up the great work!.
Thank you Brian, as the loose, carefree ways of youth faded, I always comforted myself with the thought that at least I could be ‘dignified’ in old age and so long as no one sees the resistance my tiered, stiff joints put up, as I climb out of the dinghy, I think I can get away with that look.🙂
First time to see you in a while. Love the Progress and enjoy Very Very much wooden Boats! Started my apprenticeship on woodies, and Then came Fiberglass! Wood is always my favorite yet they do take a big part of life maintaining. At the same time, when you find a destination to visit a while, you will never be Bored! Hope you have a great Paint and material locker for your proje ts at anchor! Thanks for. Great video. Godspeed
Many thanks Lawrence, yes nice big locker for the paint, varnish and magical black stuff!🙂 But as my mother keeps telling me when I tell her how hard I am working, “well what else would you be doing with your time” ! My mother is in her 90’s and from a generation not familiar with the concept of leisure time!😂
@@SailingWood I totally relate to your Moms values on time! 75 here and still working away on my toys! Have been shipwright for over 50 years! Fun occupation surely! Also like cars and motorcycles. Inside work when it rains! Gid Bless you both, stay healthy and enjoy all you do! Regards L
😂😂😂famous last words!!! Aint she sweet 😊
But as you know is preparing, and finishing, all about the job.
Very very important i might say! Top job from the both of you by the way ❤
Much appreciate you watched to the end to hear them!🙂
The journey is also the goal, enjoy finishing the last things on the boat. So you can focus on setting sail on the oceans with your beautiful Josefine and Lily. Thanks for sharing it 🙏🇸🇪
And thank you for your continued support. We agree, it’s so important to enjoy the journey but often needs reminding!
like your recycling of old materials.. kepping good old. pieces... lily is sooo nice perfect 4 Josefine.
Thinking a spredder bar can take the compression out of the boat. and make a bottom of the lifting triangle.. and the dingy lifts strait up.
Thank you, as you know from some of our earlier episodes, we are enthusiastic and life long recyclers of ‘stuff’. As to the spreader, you are right, it would do all of that and we did consider it but ultimately decided to keep it as simple, clutter free and less expensive! as possible and as we could do this within sensible loads we went with it. Time will tell if we made the right decision and we are always open to evolving to experience! Cheers
Amazing, you two rock!!!
Thank you Philip, our rocking days are over (or come to think about it, maybe just beginning), but we really appreciate the sentiment!🙂
The postponement of your sailing date makes sense. There are many jobs which just can't be efficiently done at sea, plus doing a very short sea trial period at the end of the summer season isn't worth the hassle.
The scrubbing and cleaning work is worth covering in some way on video even so hopefully we see more of Randi in future when sailing or on maintenance jobs.
The leather reset into the cradle is a really nice bit of detail. It's these little things which take time and which have ultimately delayed departure to sea, but which are so important for the overall quality look of the vessel as well as being functional. Well done both of you for a fantastic job so far.
Thank you Jimmy, just for you I’m going to do an episode devoted solely to Randie’s painting!😁
Hi Reg.
That is a really salty belt that you are wearing.
Loved Randi's cameo.
You might think of using the derek as a spinnaker pole.
If not for a full size spinnaker at least to pole out the jib.
Could be useful when running.
I would not fit through deck windlass switches. They have a bad reputation for failure.
A second backup remote controller will be cheaper, easier and more reliable.
As always thanks for the effort of keeping all of us aboard.
gary in Japan
Thank you Gary, and thanks for the heads up on the deck switches, I’m going to rethink the issue. I must admit that I had already bought some deck switches some months ago when I bought the windlass and I was really shocked by their terrible quality, if I was going to install such things, I would have to find something of much better quality. Cheers
Randi and Reg it's looking really good. Thanks again for sharing this.😊
Thank you Wayne.
Stowing Lily right-way-up took me by surprise, but seeing it stowed that makes sense. Using the winch is definitely smart.
Thank you David.
Good one take your time Josephine looks great guys Marty Australia
Thank you Marty.
Very interesting video thanks for sharing. :o)
Thank you, our stalwart subscribers feedback like yours, help us to stay on track, cheers!
Lily looks a really pretty and practical little craft. I can see why you want to taker on your travels and am happy you can find space for her on deck.
I'm unsurprised you were not able to get far enough to be able to sail this year. But from personal experience I know that the relief of giving up on a self imposed deadline can itself be like a holiday.
But Josefine is already looking mighty fine and I'm sure she will be near perfect after another 3 or 4 months of preparation.
Thank you Bertie.
Amazing ingenuity
Thank you Jean, glad you liked this one.
Wonderful video as usual, Josephine and Lily are both looking fantastic, her home on the coachroof works well, good job with all of that, happy you will take your time to finish projects and take off the stress level to get sailing. Just love your channel, thanks for sharing, peace, love and fruit.
Thank you, really appreciate the feedback.
Greats stuff guys Josifine is looking fantastic! You both must be very pleased with what you have achieved, and no doubt a bit knackered, I didn't spot any wine being consumed which is a bit of a shame. Reg, you will be ready when you are ready, being on the boat is to be enjoyed not endured.
Thanks for posting the video.
Best wishes from Scotland, David.
Hi David, yes and yes! I have recently taken to beer drinking but Randie is still fuelled on wine!🙂
Having followed along from the first episode that you shared, where the top of the mast fell off on the dock, I have enjoyed your craft and industry. From the sense of outrage and ire I directed at your unnamed surveyor, I am now very pleased for you both to have come close to the completion of Josephine. Changing to a spring sail is the right call. Cheers.
Thank you Brian, the journey has been a bit rocky but knowing we have stalwart company like yourself does, believe me, make it easier. Cheers.
Looks fantastic! Now I want a sailing dink.
I believe it is a primeval calling!🙂
My daughter has been bugging me about it. We are on a 50 year old trawler and both her and I are sailors. A nice wood, sailing dink would likely work nicely on that boat.@@SailingWood
Awesome I keep waiting for videos really enjoy thanks
Thank you Dave, I really do try to get them out quicker, appreciate your patience.🙂
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. The lifting rig is well thought through and accompanied by an excellent explanation. However I did notice Randi doing all the work and you expertly pushing a button on the remote control calling out instructions 🤣. Brilliant solution. Great news on the sailing plan.
Thank you Peter, the key word there is ‘expertly’ pushing a button, don’t forget there are 2 buttons, so it’s not as straightforward as it might look!😁
As usual a superb filum. I can't for the life... think how you've done what you've done. My love and joy takes me beyond stress. But we love it !
What about some knee pads for your first mate 🧎♀
Hi Roger, let your friend in Purton know please, that he won’t need the bunting until March!😁 I keep telling Randie to wear the knee pads you kindly donated but she’s totally intolerant of anything that is slightly restrictive, same with gloves and face masks but I will keep trying!
I'll let Linda in Purton know ! We're visiting her again, after Lizzing Dripping is laid up, so I'll come up to Glos and knock on your gunwale.@@SailingWood
Love your amazing workmanship, we have a 100 year old boat in north west England and we understand how much hard work goes into things……brilliant job!
Thank you Mark, it was lovely to meet you today, thank you for dropping bye and standing in as photographer!🙂
Have you thought about making a spar that would function as a spreader bar? No angle, slings as short as you want them, and a center picking point. Once Lily is launched you place the spreader bar on the blocks which support Lily.
Hi George, yes, it was my first thought but the ‘spreader’ would be subject to much greater loads and therefore have to be very sturdy. Given that Lily is 12’6” it would end up being a big heavy bit of extra kit. The riggers at Nielsens suggested keeping it simple and I am glad we did. The current setup is very simple and the loads are well within acceptable limits.
Always enjoy following your progress. Such a good idea to postpone your maiden voyage and avoid getting stressed by time pressures.
I actually had half a day off today, it was an odd feeling, now I just have to learn not to feel guilty about it!🙂
So nice, my 13 year old granddaughters name is Lily. I will show her your tender.
Thank you Billy.
just come here having walked past you in gloucester. lilly is a swallows and amazons dream i look forward to seeing your adventures!
Bonjour Randy and Reg,
Always a steadypleasure to watch your too rare videos.
About you chain, I have question. How is it fixed to your hull ? Half a to by itself plus the weight of the boat would generate a lot of constraints at anchor and I guess you can't leave it unsecured or if it would be all underwater.
Besides this, what a clever way to manage your Miss Lily. I knew you had all the skills to find a solution to easily pull it out of the water effortlessly but from there to take into account all these geometry formulas to define the applied forces, exponential in excess, hats off!
I guess living in a boat means endless work but I hope we will see her soon navigate with Randy and you a cip of tea in the hand.
Amicalement, Raphaël
Thank you Raphaël, always look forward to your comments. The end of the anchor chains are attached to the bottom of the ‘bitts’, the 2 big vertically fixed timbers on the foredeck that the inner end of the bowsprit is bolted to. The bottom end of those bitts (sometimes known as a Sampson post when only one) pass through the anchor locker and end of the chain is fastened to one of them (you can see them in the first part of our video). I understand that it is good practice to fasten the chain with rope rather than chain, so that in an emergency, the chain can easily be cut free with a knife. It is also where the English language term ‘the bitter end’ comes from, ie sticking with something to the bitter end, like me, Randie and Josefine!😁
Lily is a damn fine looking little lapstrake dingy. Very cool that you used a derrick instead of davits as well as keel blocks to secure her to the main boat. Very traditional and very cool. Awesome progress! Cheers!
You're no wrong mate I love the seagull motor cheers n beers Marty Australia
Thank you Mat.
Always satisfying.
Thank you Anne.
Lovely two boats. You really will have it all when you're finished and boy, haven't the two of you put in a lot of work and effort 👌🏻
Thank you David, we will do our best to make the most of it!🙂
Looking Very Good!....
Thank you Terry.
I love seeing all the progress. Kia haha!
Thank you Seth? Watched ‘Flotsam’ recently, really enjoyed it. ‘Kia haha’, I like that and will draw on it for future use, thank you.
I can see why you love that dinghy she has terrific traditional lines. Who built her and where?
Thank you David. She is a McNulty built in South Shields.
Got ta love it " get away " ! Everything is simply beautiful. Looking forward to seeing you guys enjoying the fruits of your labor. Enjoyed the format without the feeling of the a "production ". Just simple information on how things were done and where your intentions were heading. Happy Holidays keep on enjoying one day at a time. Ya don't have to be a recovering alcoholic to live your life like that. God Bless
Thank you Steve, just the sort of encouragement we need and very grateful for the feedback on ‘format’, it helps us develop a balance when making editing decisions. Cheers.
I wasn’t sure when I first came across your channel, but now, I really look forward to your videos and prey you keep it up one you start travels. I’m gobsmacked at how skilled you have become in boat building and really enjoy your explanations of what and why you are doing things. Well done and thank you for sharing your journey.
Thank you so much for your feedback, with a request like that, how could we refuse! 🙂 We will share our experience sailing so long as enough people want to see it. Cheers
Will Lily's mast, rigging, oars, rudder, ground tackle, AND derrick ship inside the tender covered? Great episode and victory over stress! Cheers. ☕
Many thanks for your feedback and support. We use Lily’s mast as a ridge pole down the centre of the boat over which we have made a canvas cover, you can see it in this video th-cam.com/video/uuVMuS1ro98/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared We can then store all sorts of things inside the dinghy including our folding bikes. Jump to position 29.29 in this video to see that th-cam.com/video/Lj4ZmedRiHs/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared The only thing that won’t fit in, is the lifting derrick but I have a thought about that and will cover it in our next video. Cheers
One of the solutions to shorten the lifting sprouts of Lily is to use a bar ( wood or steel ) about a meter and a half long where the top ring is now.
Angle of the ropes the same or better ,less hight between your loading boom and the mass you are lifting.
50 years ago old fashioned cargo ships used mast-& boom to load crates ,barrels ,loading nets in this way.
Old school works !
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Thank you Koos, yes we did consider it and it is of course a very effective widely used technique as you say but we wanted to keep it as simple as possible and with the minimum of additional equipment on deck and as we discovered that we could do this within acceptable loads we went with it. Obviously we will adapt as experience dictates, we have lots of little bugs to sort out but generally we are amazed at how well it is working so far! Cheers
Bonjour les Amis !!!!
No news, good news ????
Looking forward to watch your next exciting video !!
À bientôt !
Just uploading one now Pierre! So sorry for the delay, very soon now I should be able to start producing videos a little bit more frequently. Thank you for reaching out to us.
Having spent a working life of deadlines I now refuse to apply them to my personal projects. They are joy killers.
Lily looks very comfortable on the coach house roof and is so obviously worth the effort, she's a beauty.
Thank you Lincoln.
Lily is a lovely looking tender I think you made the right decision about sailing it is now September autumn is coming in soon sailing next year over the winter will give you time to get the work finished then a nice shake down cruise in the spring fingers crossed for decent weather next year 😊😊😊
Thank you Kevin.
Well done you are doing a fine job, all very traditional.
Thank you Mike.
Hi gang!
Good that you two decided to finish of all work, and go sailing coming spring.
As for the dinghy Lily, will she be covered with the derrick as a top, or will sh be open? If so, does she have a drain, which I assume she has.Maybe the derrick is too long, but one could also tight a rope in the middle, to let water fall to the deck. As for lifting and hoisting, once you have done it a coupla times, it will go smooth.
She looks very nice now, and you two should be prould having such a ship!!
My lapstrake seven meter double ender rests now in the garden, well covered, since I leave for Karpathos, Greece saturday morning.....
Anyway, thanx for an informative video,and enjoy now the work, and also now have time to eventually move some things, as you are getting more comfortable on board....
Allldabestest from auld mikke in sweden...;-D
Thank you Mikke. Yes Lily has a full canvas cover, we use her mast as a ridge pole and the canvas over the top so that water easily flows off. I have a plan to try and incorporate the derrick as a safety rail above the capping rail, I will include more on that and the other strap down features in our next video. Have a pleasant journey tomorrow!
very nice job done Good luck
Thank you Roger.
Looking fantastic !
Thank you Whitney.
Enjoy the trip
Thank you Harry.
Amazing.
Well done.🙂
Thank you Richard.
I was at the Gloucester Docks Christmas Fayre at the weekend (very good) and was pleased to see your boat on the other side of the basin looking amazing. Intrigued by the hull colour you chose, very unusual but attractive, did I miss the episode where you explained the interesting colour choice?
Did I see correctly? Is Lily a MacNulty boat? They're stunning little clinker beauties! Great work and I'm glad you decided to push the sailing date back, it takes so much stress off you. Loved the video, of course!
Thank you Ray, much appreciated and yes it is a McNulty, one built by the original company in South Shields. Cheers
Same target same bullseye, doing it together you will both achieve your aims and enjoy the journey together 🥰
Thank you Peter.
Good call.
Thank you.
31:41 Hurray! and up she rises!
It was momentous.🙂
Will Lily have a tarp to keep out the rain or simply leave the drain plug open to let rainwater empty onto the deck? As for the other jobs you've done they all look very professional and shipshape. Well done to you both and enjoy a stress-free winter in Gloucester docks.
Many thanks sir/madam, for your continued support. Yes Lily has a canvas cover, you can see it in this video th-cam.com/video/uuVMuS1ro98/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared I sewed it myself with our old Singer sewing machine!🙂
Oh yes, I'd forgotten about that. Very spiffy. How time flies..@@SailingWood
...all looking very shipshape
Thank you Neil.
Beautiful yellow, why did you chose such an unusual color for both vessels?
Hi Billy, yes we are very happy with Josefine’s yellow’s (after a bit of trial and error) and it is much admired by passer-by’s. Lily is actually white! She does look a pale yellow but that is actually a reflection of Josefine’s yellow alongside her. Nice thought that she is bathing her tender in the warmth of her own yellow!
Together you both keep making the right decisions. ‘Allowing the work to become enjoyable again’ is a sentence that should appear in every MBA syllabus. I was wondering if you considered designing the sling attachment points inside the endpoints of the dingy to achieve a smaller angle? Cheers from Toronto.
Yes we did give it consideration but there was nothing better in the stern and one thing we like about the bow set up is that the load effectively pulls the eye bolt into its hole rather than out! Cheers
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What is your plan for securing the tender in heavy seas and would removing its bowsprit help with maneuvering it into position on deck?Love the videos and impressive work done on the boat so far.
Thank you Joe, we will have ratchet straps holding the dinghy down at its 4 corners to the cradles, I will show the completed setup in our next video. Cheers
So relaxing to listen, thanks! Getting a waterline on a clinker boat has always been a challenge for me, how did you do it?
A fascinatingly lovely video and so informative so thank you. Lily is beautiful too. I have in the last few weeks took delivery of my wooden Catboat from a boat building school in France. I wanted to end the season sailing her but sadly the students ran out of time to finish her so at present that is what I am doing. I also made the decision not to rush to job and sail next year and it did take a lot of pressure off me. I need some thick hide for a few jobs on my boat could you please tell me where you obtained your hide, an internet search is not giving positive results. Stay safe 😃and I am looking forward to your sailing adventures.
Thank you James. I had the same problem sourcing good thick hide before I hooked up with Nielsens, the internet is a waste of time. To answer your question I asked Nielsens and they tell me that they get their hide from J & FJ Baker of Colyton, Devon. They also confirmed that they will happily supply you from their own stock if necessary.
Your stern lift point, may I suggest you fit a bridle from each corner of the boats stern, this will make the boat ,much a more stable lift as you launch and retrieve .
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Hi Jeffrey, I did give that some consideration originally but the corners do not provide the same strength as the stem. The dinghy is actually very stable during the lift. Cheers
What about your forward visibility from the helm position Leigh dingy on deck?
Thankfully, completely unimpeded, the way the bow of Josefine rises up, means that we couldn’t see anymore, whether Josefine is on deck or not.
Will you support Lilly more towards her sides too? because now you clamp the keel beam, but if Josephine roles a bit, the forces going trough Lily when only hold by the keel beam might be enough to damage her. If you support Lily near the turn of the bilge too, you don't have that force on her keel beam.
Aaand I commented to soon, XD. Just came to the part where you showed the 'first of two cradles' :P
Hi Jacob, I will show the completed setup in our next video.
Interesting mathematics
Hi Richard, it would be if you got it wrong!😁
Are you two OK ???????? so worried about you. GOD BLESS.
Hi Patrick, thank you so much for asking, we are absolutely fine but I feel terrible for not getting a video out before now. I should have put out a short video just to say all ok, I apologise. I will get a video out this coming weekend, I promise! Reg
Your boat has turned out very nice, but one more winter in the dock. Try to reward yourself in some way. Take a trip abroad, for example. It is beneficial to change clothes and face the world outside.
Sound advice, we are going to try and fit in a trip to visit my mother in France. Cheers and thank you for your encouragement.
Hmm, not sure I like the idea of a windlass without manual override, Murphy's Law an' all that!
Hi Jonathan, the electric windlass does actually have a manual override but even the manufacturers describe it as painfully hard work and slow! Our lovely old manual windlass, on the other hand has a fantastic easy action, even on that huge chain and 100kg Union anchor, so in an emergency, we can just tie a bouy on the electric chain and cut it fee!🙂
"If you have a question about whether what you're doing is right, it most likely isn't, common sense rules"
Bob & 'Pirata'
Hi Maj, yes very difficult to apply common sense when dealing with load forces because there is no obvious visual indicators (until of course something breaks!🙂) and the magnitude of the forces are so unexpected. My experience in aviation is very similar but there you definitely can’t afford to get it wrong!
@@SailingWood
“The Guide says there is an art to flying", "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
― Douglas Adams,
I do love this channel, probably because this is the most beautiful boat of the ones I watch, and that includes Sampson Boat Co. Josephine has more soul.
I hope no offence taken, because I don't want it to change, but as a video editor, your pace cutting on dialog (well, monologue) is quite peculiar. The number of times that you cut with your voice on a rising tone, for me, doesn't fit well against the flow of the video. Moving pictures should breathe, and these moments tend to leave them gasping a bit. Another is the cutting in mid sentence. Perhaps because the videos where this happens are mostly body cam or handhelds with you not in the frame, I always wish you'd do a bit of audio ducking to create a moment before the first words in a sequence or cut, or for a beat after.
But perhaps that's me not allowing for the fierce independence of mind and spirit that restoring Josephine requires. Either way, I love the channel despite or because....
Thank you Daniel, so pleased your enjoying our channel. On the editing method front, I’ll be honest with you, I’m not good (in general actually) applying theories, I’m very much a create with ‘natural feel and passion’ person. Of course, I am a great observer and one of my pet hates is the often seen trend to construct monologues from multiple takes using a cut every few words. I always, therefore, aim to deliver in a single take and generally succeed. Because of that, I have to cut the dialogue (or fade it out) when I have said enough and need to move forward in time. I suppose, if I scripted everything then I could engineer the transitions in the way you describe but I don’t script anything because I’m not a good enough actor to deliver lines as if they were mine!🙂 Besides, I would find the process suffocating and I would never get the boat finished!😉 On the other hand, I am passionate about the ‘art’ of film making and the ultimate goal is to entertain so I will of course take your comments on board as I try to achieve that. Cheers
You keep waiting to leave because you have jobs to finish you will never leave. Boats always need work get the essential done to leave and work on the others jobs while on water. If you don't you'll never leave the docks.
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Hi, I understand your sentiment and you are right, it is very easy to get caught up in perfecting a project to the point of failing it’s whole purpose but I honestly don’t think we can be accused of that. All the jobs we have done up to now have been essential to the boats seaworthiness, the last 2 months for example helm, anchor windlasses, tender, the next month fuel tanks, bowsprit net, re plumbing the heads, tensioning of her rigging. One of the reasons things take a bit longer than you might have expected, is that there is only me doing them! If only one man was building the Egyption Pyramid’s, he would still be there now!🙂
Randy deserves a bit better than that mate.
You’re assuming I dictate sir, you obviously haven’t met Randie!😁
I believe you'll lose viewers if you continue to chop the camera view around in that carefree fashion!
Hi Steven, it did get a bit more animated than I would have liked but I was pushed for time to get the video out and because of equipment failure (I have 3 tripods all broken now) I used my mobile to take the final scenes. It was the first time I had used a mobile to film and I wasn’t comfortable holding it. I’ll have a go at making my own wooden tripod now, can’t be any worse than the expensive ones that keep breaking! Cheers.
@@SailingWood Lovely boats I should have said too. Thanks for the reply.
Good job! And also ,perhaps,stay over and get the feel how it works sleeping and cooking,etc. Then,eventually,move or replace things a bit,or longer.I assume you have some source of heating,my guess would be diesel,since the engine might be a diesel....( lotsa guessing here,I apologize...;-D
Anyway,good to see Lily onboard !
I hope she have a stainless band under her keel plank,which protect well. I have such 3mm band on my 7 m wooden double ender,slightly wider than the plank..⚒️
Allda bestest from swedish mikke..;-D ⚓🧭🛶