Hard Work, on the Hard-- Part Three
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- The dinghy gets some de rigueur black paint to match the mother ship. We splice on a new painter using a backsplice, and put the name decal on. Then it's on to replacing the leather on the sculling oar using the double-needle baseball diamond stitch.
There is so much more to being a competent sailor than riding around on a boat in the wind. I thoroughly enjoy how you illustrate other aspects of a sailing lifestyle with practicality and a good measure of artfulness as well. Excellent videos! I always learn something watching your channel!
Thanks for stopping by, Paul
Amazing work, really enjoying catching up with your videos. Patrick Laine said it was worth a watch and he wasn't wrong !! Can't believe you haven't got more subscribers. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for stopping by, Niall.
Gotta love the internet - I just spent 7 minutes watching a guy sit in a puddle with a book and some rope and was thoroughly entertained. Oh, yes, we got to watch some paint dry too! 🥂
Pretty gripping stuff, you must admit.
"I got the manual out because I don't know what I'm doing." All you have to know is where to look! That leather stitching turned out nice.
I just feel like as a sailor I should know this stuff by rote, but alas ...
@@howtosailoceans1423 The crew on a sailing vessel of old would have extra time to work on that stuff, as a one-man mariner of the old-ways even you can't recall the inner-workings all the time my friend. :)
'First a crown, then a wall, now tuck it up, and that's all'. A Crown is supported by the Wall and the tucks are with the lay. I like how you tapered the splice, I do that too although the last tucks are confined inside the lay.
This boats a work of art
That's a nice dingy!!! Capt. Bligh could have crossed the pacific in that to Timor with 4 men and a loaf of bread! Good Video!!!
Nice video. If you spray the back of the leather with a bitumen sealer like they use under car bodies then put tallow or similar on the outside of the leather when finished, the leather remains flexible but lasts a lot longer because it doesn’t get wet with salt water behind it
Interesting, thanks!
Another great video I learned from and can use on both my dinghy and sculling oar! Thanks! Our boats are remarkably similar in many respects, so I’m getting great information.
Great to watch you with al the jobs you do.
I assume there is flotation in the seats of the dingy to keep it afloat if it turns over. It is a nice craft and matches SV Ruth Avery very well. The mast really looks great after the refit. I like brightwork on a vessel as well. Happy sailing.
I like the Fatty Knees a lot. It is quite stable for a hard dink, and looks classy too.
Kevin thanks for the Brian Toss tip I’ll get a copy for my library. I was recently teaching my granddaughter how to splice the lines for her 14’er. I was a little forgetful and digging through my books for good examples of the crown knot also. I always like when the work is done and time to get back on the water. You getting close so it must be good for you also. Good job! Take care,
Another great video. We approve.
Sounds like what you call a 'crown' knot is also known as an eye splice over in Euroland. Very good thing for near 100% strength compared to 80 to 85% on a knot that can be used.
Watch Ryder , I think an eye splice would have been better here because the ring would move easy and not rub on a line that has been undone and redone.
I take notes, just in case one day...
A little surprised that you weren’t using beeswax on your stitching line. Helped an old guy years ago that sewed all the canvas on a carnival and he always used beeswax on leather or canvas . Just wondering !
The whipping twine is waxed, and if you pre-punch the holes the needle goes through pretty easily. I do remember my father having a square of beeswax in his ditty bag, though.
Hey Kevin I am always amazed at your many shoreside and especially seagoing/sailing skills. Where does all your patience for all these jobs, big and small, come from? You could teach it as a university course. Seriously, were you always naturally patient or did the boat teach you? Thanks for all the marvellous lessons.
Dave in Dublin (sometimes crew on a 40 ft Galway Hooker the Naomh Cronan based at Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Cub on the River Liffey) Love you to give a talk/ lecture at the Club if you are ever in this neck of the woods.
I've always wanted to do things right, but there's no doubt offshore sailing teaches you the importance of doing things right. You lose something like your main halyard well offshore and your gonna have some real headaches.
Hi Kevin I realize this is over a year old but just want to share. I had a shipwright telling me some years ago to wet the leather patch before sowing it, that way the leather stretches as you sow it and when it dries back-up it becomes very tight around the oar shaft.
I never actually tried that.
Any thoughts?
I love your videos and Ruth Avery, cheers.
better to use an artificial leather...better resistance to the salt water and no-one was murdered...😢
Nice.
Great job! What kind of boat are you working on?
I dont think fatty knees are available in the uk there is a seven footer very nice , the brendon was a leather boat sailed across the north atlantic to nova scotia in 73 holed by ice off greenland she was easy to patch chilly hands tho thanks
How is that 1 sentence?
You buy the plans from the designers daughter for the 30 or 32ft BCC. She includes the plans for the Fatty Knees. Lyle Hess Designs
c/o Linda de Coux
P.O. box 2849
Fullerton, California 92837
I don't plan on sailing oceans in the Fatty Knees, just with it securely lashed down on my foredeck ...
How to Sail Oceans captain blighs boat was bigger however she looks well found thAnks for the intro
Do you dampin the leather before stitching?
Yes, I washed it off, wetting it makes easier to work with.
Nice video i enjoyed it cant wait when your girl gets back on the water. Whats the name of that book for rope splicing. Cheers.
The Complete Rigger's Apprentice, by Brion Toss
Please list the book you mentioned when you were doing the double needle stitch. I didn't catch the name of the author.
Brion Toss - _The Complete Rigger's Apprentice_
Buy a cigar lighter, best way to melt synthetic.rope ends
Good idea!
Cigarmann , buy a hot knife or heat up some wire
what kind of boat is this?
Gillmer 31