Caulking (Corking?!) a wooden boat (Tally Ho / EP96)
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- Опубликовано: 23 апр 2021
- Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Caulking the Hull (EP96)
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EPISODE 96
This episode is all about Caulking (or Corking, depending on your location). I start by visiting Port Townsend, which has an unusual number of very skilled and proficient Corkers. We briefly discuss the history of Caulking and we meet Brad from the Port Townsend Shipwright’s Co-op, who is putting together a crew to help us Caulk Tally Ho!
Brad and Paul (Shipwrights Co-op) Jordan Bard (Bard Boatworks) join us for a Saturday and demonstrate the amazing skill and rhythm of a highly practiced Corking crew, getting over a third of the boat Caulked up in one day. Huge thanks to these guys for getting involved and spending their free time helping us out!
After that it is down to Pete (another very highly skilled Corker) and me (a highly UNskilled Caulker) to finish the hull. Along the way we discuss the different traditional tools, methods and materials that are used for this fascinating and hypnotic process.
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This episode features some fantastic music made by independent musicians - check them out below and if you enjoy, please support them by purchasing their music!
Music;
On The Windy Road - Dan Lebowitz
Whiskey Plank - Peter Rahill and Friends ( peterrahill.bandcamp.com/ )
Spider Juice - Silent Partner
Doin' It - Porky's Groove Machine ( porkysgroovemachine.com/ )
Hang for Days - Silent Partner
96. Caulking the Hull (Traditional Boatbuilding / EP96)
Watching someone execute a craft they've been practicing for years if not decades is an absolute pleasure to see.
I was going to say the same thing. Watching an expert at their craft is amazing.
Made my right elbow swell up just watching!!
its gotta be so cool to ''master'' something.
It's a pleasure to see myself reading about your pleasure at seeing yourself watching someone execute that craft, my good man.
@@PallyRadson 🤣 dang, did I just experience a glitch in the matrix?... Congrats Leo!
Caulking went much faster than I expected. She really looks good.
@Markus Patients I loved every second of it!
It's a trick they do with the camera.
@Markus Patients it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey! Relax and enjoy!
Who knew that watching people whack string into a boat would be so therapeutic. Absolute masters.
Greetings from Sweden! I just bought myself a wooden boat! After dreaming about doing it for about five years and two years of watching this channel. The boat needs some work but seem to be in an overall pretty good condition. But I would probably never had gone ahead and bought it if not for the inspiration provided by this channel. And I am probably not the only one out there getting their first wooden boat after watching this channel.
Sooo. I just wanted to let you know the beautiful work you do on Tally Ho is having a very real impact on your audience lifes. And is probably benefitting many wooden boats around the world.
(As if you did not already know that ;) )
Thank you so - very - much!
Nice comments Jon. I am from Brazil and I love wooden boats. I bought a project but I will start in 3 years.
Do you need any helpers?
Greetings from Finland. I am thinking the same. Not right now, but certainly in the future I would like to buy a boat, so videos like this are great.
Leo's caulking, Pete's cauking, and Pancho's kawking. Hey Pete, awesome!
Pretty sure Pete is corking...
@@JoshWright396 Youre right, I didn't think of that , shoot.
Squawking
I heard Pancho the other day, murder came to mind.
Parrots can screech like nothing else on earth.
My arms are tired just watching this. Fascinating trade.
Finally clicked for me that this is the woodworking/boating equivalent of what Project Binky is to the metalworking/car world. Anyone that watched both channels will know that's meant as a compliment.
I have a confession to make.
When I was about 14 years old
I was a sea scout, we had a 28 ft pacemaker wooden boat
We were working on it and scraping the bottom
I was pulling out huge pieces of that fibrous caulk.
When they put the boat in the water, they were puzzled as to where the water was coming from
Ha ha that’s so funny 🤣🤣
omg
Cool funny story
Man I've been with you from the start! Very thankful you allowed us to be apart of this great ride! I love that Bird.
Me too I live close to Brookings. So RUclips put Leo in my feed been watching from the start.
Amen
It's weird seeing you start and finish a phase in one video
Pete is absolutely outstanding at explaining what’s he’s doing and how he’s doing it without making the person he’s talking to feel bad. I’m not at all saying that anyone else in these videos does that, but Pete feels so much like someone you know. It’s hard to explain but it makes these videos just that much more enjoyable!
I love how reality TV has progressed from some scripted thing to real amazing people doing really amazing things in the real world! Thank you so much Leo, and everyone that supports Leo, and everyone who has helped Leo, because this is one the best and most genuine reality TV/Interweb series in the world!!!
Way better than any so called reality show. In my opinion.
I'm always impressed with how skilled Pete is & was certainly impressed with how quickly Leo came up to speed with this task.
Indeed. Leo taulks several times about highly skilled caulkers. I guess that makes them "corker caulkers"!
@@Gottenhimfella Top notch corker caulkers
@Gideon Chandler Nobody cares and you are a troll.
@Gideon Chandler uhu sure buddy
@@JayKayKay7 its still a shame the dislike button does exactly fuck all on youtube, it works so well against these trolls
Of course Pete is awesome at caulking as well as everything else!
He's a corking caulker!
Haha yeah. Because of course he does that too. What a guy.
Having been a drummer for these 40 years now, this was the best episode ever and really am sad that I probably missed the trade in which I could have been an expert. I can imagine a drum circle of hippies could knock that whole job in a couple hours! 😂
There's always time!!
The Danish ship ‘Activ’ sank in the english Channel on the 1st of January 1983, taking 8 people with her. It was owned by ‘Tvind’ an organisation for alternative education. They had been caulking her themselves, but being hippies and not caulkers, they had done a very poor job. I’m surprised Leo doesn’t mention it, but caulking is not as simple as it looks, and if not done evenly, it can seriously warp the shape of the hull, creating gaps in the planking, which was what happened to Activ:(
@@kristofferbahrenscheer6627 Very Interesting story! I will read up on this, as I was watching the video and thinking of an inexperienced group trying this with a larger boat, and just the sort of accident you just described happening.
@Yirlani never been in a drum circle, but plenty of percussion ensembles.😉
As long as we're not using "hemp".
3:28 and 20:26 - thanks again for using "Whiskey Plank"... a hornpipe composition inspired by this channel.
- Yea, the best half hour on u tube.
I was always catching up, and I finally did! But now I'm sad i did
Benge watching withdrawal sucks! Happened to me a few times too.
They're still entertaining the second time.
@@Phyde4ux and the third time too!!! :D
Yes, I share your experience as I did the same 4 months ago.
My favourite episode was Steve Cross milling Live Oak. Watched that one a few times.
i really wish i had friends like these guys, i have so many problems with my life, just getting up and working on a big boat seems like the best thing ever, but i have autism, and various other issues that make it so i dont have any friends, i'm to difficult and dependant on others to live, it wears people out, so i just sit in my room day after day, watching youtube, i'm thankful there is cool channels like this to watch though. if somehow i could afford it, i'd buy a sail boat and find some island that doesnt belong to anyone and live on it.
Back in '83, I was a new sailor in the US Navy. I was assigned to one of the last modern ships in the Navy that had teak decking (USS Fulton AS-11, commissioned in 1941). My first assignment was to help replace the decking. I spent the entire summer prying up the old planks and later on knees caulking. We put two lines of oakum down and then used a rubbery epoxy compound to fill in the rest.
Two weeks hard work in a speedy 25 minutes!😳 Thanks to the Port Townsend guys for the help🙌😁
Impressed with Pete's ability to caulk like caulking is all he's ever done.
Years ago, we would look out the portholes on the steel boat we were working on and watch a group of shipwright apprentices in a line pounding caulking into an old wood barge, with the old journeyman, Eric, standing over them yelling that they were slow, and to hurry up. Us ship fitters always felt sorry for the poor kids.
PS DONT fair the cotton with 5200, it really pisses off the next guy to caulk it.
Lends a whole new meaning to the phrase: "She's a corker!"
no lie, one of my favorite parts of the weekend is watching the latest episode to see how far the boat has come along :)
I have to say from all the videos where people explain the stuff that they‘re doin‘ Pete has such a natural talent the way he explains things, he must be a fabulous teacher. Kind of the teacher who makes u understand stuff that you‘re not even interested in and then u get hooked just because he taught it.
Would buy a t-shirt with Pete's face that said, "What are you doing Pete?"
He is young, it learned all of this stuff ''recently'' himself. He knows what info is important to present.
imagine the legendary boatbuilder Pete when he is like sixty, he could definitely mentor some aspiring youngsters
Leo had to do a lot of coaxing in the beginning, but Pete is definitely great at what he does!
Petes the new Lou, for sure!
Another function of caulking with fiber is to tighten the hull. Turn it into as close to a monocoque as possible. This helps to keep the hull from working underway. When finish caulking a small boat we would "ring the hull". That is bang on the hull with your fist and it "rings" instead of thuds. As I was taught the seam compound after the caulking is what really keeps the water out.
Edit: I posted that before Leo explained the tightening of the hull.
The seam compound forced in on top of the caulking was pitch, hence the phrase "The devil to pay and no pitch hot".
The hull would have been caulked and covered with copper plates. Th deck would have been caulked and sealed pitch (tar).
I helped my dad caulk a clinker built dingy 12' long using oakum/Plumber's hemp. Unfortunately after we wedged it in, we sealed it with Pitch which dad had "Borrowed' from the coal mines (NCB Scotland) Which sadly was a brittle mix for pouring into High tension plug ends in the coal mines. When we went out in our craft at Cockenzie (Firth of Forth Scotland) The pitch cracked and the water poured in. We just made it to shore sinking majestically, as Nigel Tranter walked past. Ohh the shame and Humanity, still burns deep some 60 some years later.
I love how specialty tools look strange at first but once you learn the "why" it all makes sense. This holds true for so many trades. This is one of the best channels on RUclips.
I'm a Chartered Marine Engineer and I learned a long time ago that before I employ a Marine Mechanic, ask to look in his/her tool box. If it's full of shiny perfect tools, he/she is not the person for the job. However if most of the tools are well used, have been modified or adapted and look like they've been Mac Gyvered to do a specific job, they're the person to employ. As my Engineering Professor said "Engineering is about Problem Solving until you find an elegant and perfect solution!"
@@joseywales3789 Well put! I agree 100%. Always hire the best person for the job and if is evidence based (like honest wear on tools) then you have found more justification for your decision. Been doing something similar to that for years, myself. Great comment on problem solving, too.
Cheers!
Whipple
@@Whipple1 Always worry when someone is instantly available. A good waiting time is a good indication of prowess.
@@timpringle6505 Unless they work in the hospital emergency room...... LOL!
True, but you can be busy there too.
Very interesting explanation about the caulking mallet!
I build furniture, not boats, and I’m impressed with every video the difference in scale between my work and theirs. A mortise and tenon joint , for example, is the same, but in a boat it might be 20 times larger. I just love watching Tally Ho come alive.
I absolutely loved this video. I love how nice the "fairing" turned out on Tally-Ho, I love the traditional way that these boats get water tight. I really liked the music Leo picks out for each video, especially the traditional Irish jig. It fits the trade of shipwrights well. Also, all the close ups of Pancho and including Pancho in videos really makes her a part of bringing the spirit of Tally-Ho alive again. I know Leo jams a lot of work within the 25-30 minutes in each video. It looks fabulous Leo and crew. She is a real looker even now, just wait until she is in the water with the new paint. WOW! Cheers!
The hammers/mallets hitting the metal is so satisfying. Hearing all of them going at once was therapeutic lol
That was actually pretty satisfying and have tons of respect for people who do that for a living. Very cool to watch
People from the Isle of Wight uk that are born here and those who’s family goes back two generations are known as Caulkheads, this is due to the farm workers when short of work going to the mainland ship yards and caulking
Thank God for good people. I thought this was going to take you forever. Their artists.
Amazing process. Everything goes faster and easier when you have a bunch of friends willing to spend their Saturday helping the TH project. Pete is such an amazing craftsman.
When I began learning under a wooden boat master builder, That is the First job I had to make my first mallet for. Tink-tink, tink-tink echoed in my brain for months. I advanced beyond that after a few years of planking & decking, transitioning into the fiberglass vessels, then into moldmaking. That led to building Go-Fast v-hulls & powercats in Ft Lauderdale & Pompano, FL.
I wouldn't trade away a moment.
So glad you explained the mallets. We were so curious about them. What an ingenious and well thought out tool. We are learning so much from your videos (#1 is we don’t ever want to do this)! If you had to write a book on how to rebuild this boat, we think you’d be on step 5,000 by now.
It speaks for the Tally Ho project and Leo that this kind of a caulking crew comes helping out!
Your complaining neighbour must have been freeking out on that Saturday …
Anyway: Congratulations to another step done on Tally Ho! My guess is: You now close the Deck in the summer and then bring her to Port Townsend, when she does not need to stand in a shed anymore (just guessing) and, of course, is also as stiff as can be. But however, whatever, whenever - I am looking forward to all that is to come!
When you see the end result of all that effort and skill, the bonding together of folks from near and far to get this result It leaves me thinking that the complainers as such petty , small and sad people not to see and experience the wonder of a thing like Tally Ho. For over 100 years she has had a life and will for adventure a whiner could never begin to understand. Long may she sail the seas..
@@fragotron Why exaggerate it to the plural when a sole singular was complaining about a one-off construction?
The neighbor is loving this.
I want to see the outtakes with the smashing his thumb,splinters, everything that went wrong and him yelling and getting pissed.
hey i'd like to thank you for restarting my love for restoration videos and restoration in general, i have officially restored my first object, a bike from the late 90s and early 2000s
15:40 the ship saw makes a really cool backdrop there
That was sick! Those dudes are machines! Pete can throw hands too!
Just not feet! OHHH Pete burn.
My thoughts throughout experiencing this video:
- going into it: Ah yes, caulking. Didn't know how that's spelled until just now...This is the easy part, right? It's just stuffing stuff between stuff.
- first explanations: This is its own trade!? Wha...why though?
- seeing them work: Alright...there might be some dexterity involved...
- seeing the different hammer grips and some of the intricacies of their technique: Alright...there might be a lot of dexterity involved...
- listening to the explanations about all the different steps, types of fibres and irons and their uses: Fine! I get it! It's actually pretty cool, ok!?
What can be really nice about things like these is that they are complicated in a sort of tangable, accessible way. A "watch and learn" type of thing.
Very intersting stuff!
It is certainly "caulking" in UK English. "corking" is something very different and involves putting bungs in bottles/barrels, whatever.
"The Devil to pay and no pitch hot" is a phrase from sailing ship times. The Devil is the iron that was used to force pitch onto/into the caulked deck seams. The phrase signifies that there were caulked seams to be sealed but there was no hot pitch available.
In more recent parlance the phrase is used to indicate that something is missing that is needed to complete a job.
Bet that one neighbor loved this xD
Don't mention the one that shouldn't be mentioned!
LOL, I was thinking as I was watching this that it would drive some mad!!! Tap-tap-tap-tap. . . .
I have no idea why Americans hate each other nowadays.... And proudly proclaim it online... SMDH
In the UK my dad used to caulk wooden canal narrow boats at Ken Keyes boat yard. If my memory serves me right as a kid I was tasked with rolling the ocum with horse manure. Big barrel of the stuff.
Sxxt job 🤣 💩
13.18 Pete has beaten the system. He's reached the politician stage. Early on when asked what're you doing Pete? he didn't have the words to fill the space. Now he can speak until the camera has to move on. Respect Pete.
So caulking (or corking) is powered by pizza, beer and a bunch of great guys - brilliant video - many many thanks.
Glad to see Poncho is still supervising the entire job!!👀
? 👀, you mean 🙉 her. 🤗 (7:58)
Pancho is more worried someone will suggest feathers may make good caulking material.
That poor bird is going to be so depressed when y'all leave. I believe he loves coming out there with y'all and hanging out.
Pancho is a female bird.
I know the Pancho belongs to the owner of the property, but I think Leo should become the new owner of Pancho. Sometimes it just has to be like that you know. I mean Tally Ho needs a parrot.
Pancho laid an egg, so that was the queue that she was misnamed. Pancha?
@@michaelc.3812 I've trodden on a dog egg once
I'd love it he'd put out a Poncho highlight video. I know he's really busy though.
From what I'm seeing, it's worth every penny.
I watched TIPS FROM A BOAT WRIGHT DO THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THAT MUST BE ONE HELL OF A WORK OUT. I THINK I GOT CARPAL FUN HOLE WHILE WATCHING.
I CANT HELP BUT THINK ABOUT THE STONE WORK IN PERU WHEN I SEE THIS. WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO DO THE MASONRY WORK TO THE POINT THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO IT OR EVEN THE TOOLS TO USE. GLAD TO SEE YOU GOT THE VILLAGERS IN LINE.
BOY ARE THEY GOING TO BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU SHANGHAI THE LOT OF THEM. GREAT VIDEOS. VIDEOS OF WHEN PEOPLE COULD DO MANY THINGS. CANT WAIT TO SEE THAT SUBMARINE TAKE OFF.
I REALLY AM SO HAPPY TO SEE EXCELLENT CONTENT.
So much skill in boat building, I'm always amazed at every video.
Always incredible to watch the skill of those who truly know their trade.
Good to Pete extending his skill set.
Caulking sounds like the noisiest part of the build. 😄
So satisfying to watch. I well remember caulking an inshore fishing smack with my father aged 11. Unspinning the oakum, chiselling in and applying the boiling pitch😊. Thanks for the upload.
I don’t own a wooden boat, nor do I have any ambition to do so- but this project is probably my favourite RUclips channel.Not only is the Tally Ho an I international star, Leo’s entrepreneurial vision is easy to overlook. Episode one has the same professional format as episode 96; somehow he saw this whole dynamic from seed.
Huge respect.
When we can travel again I am going to ride my motorcycle to Port Townsend and soak up some of the ambiance.
Thanks Leo- awesome .
As usual, something I knew nothing about has become clear as day in just 25 minutes. Impressive work and great video, as usual.
It’s amazing watching these pro’s working and making it look so effortless, truly amazing job. I imagine it would take years of training to get to the level of these guys, you’re lucky to have friends like that Leo. Tally Ho is sure looking more and more beautiful with each passing day.
For puttying the seams I use a flat square heated platen made from an old electric frying pan to slightly soften the putty and provide a nice pallet to work from. The warm putty goes in quickly and easily with a 2"-3" putty knife, the warmth helps make it very sticky. I like to putty before the paint has completely hardened, seems to help the bonding.
I can't wait for Tally Ho to move to Port Townsend!
An exciting new chapter!
Amazing to watch the dexterity of the specialist caulking crew, looks like Pete has done a fair amount in his time too. I imagine it must be mesmerising when you get into the zone, certainly entertaining to watch. Interesting story about the style of mallet too. Shout out to Rowan who always seems to be there in the background, just being dependable. Like a rock.
Best caulking sequences I've ever seen. I had to slow most of it down for repeated replays, as I had to for the hull interior shots after the whisky plank installation in the previous episode. Mesmerising!
Rewatching this two years later. So much joy; the camaraderie, the beautiful craftsmanship, the videography...layers and layers of love, that's Tally Ho.
man, those guys where mashines, they really zoomed through that cotton. impressive work
And of course Pete is an experienced caulker/corker.
Leo, I was surprised that you were able to keep up with the professional caulkers. It only took speeding up the time lapse photography. LOL Very enjoyable and informative. I caulked a few joints with my Dad - cast iron soil pipe with oakum and poured lead.
I was just reading the other day (in Robert Steward's Boatbuilding Manual) how caulking is one of the parts of boatbuilding that you definitely want experienced help on. It was good to see you had plenty of expert help on that!
Never thought caulking could be so interesting. And to watch a team of corkers is really a demonstration of traditional boat building. Thanks again Pete for showing what a talent are.
What incredible skills. I’m speechless.... and I never shut up!
Huge milestone. Congrats!!!
Absolutely fascinating to watch!
Absolutely amazing I expected the caulking to take much much longer than that, Pete never fails to impress.
Happy Saturday gang 🥂
A couple of FAQs from this video - read before you comment!
- Why no Oakum? If you listen carefully to Brad's explanation (5:00) he says that IF the seams are large enough / planks are thick enough, Oakum is often added after the cotton. In this case the seams are new and consistent and one line of cotton was sufficient.
- What's up with the mallet? ...watch the video! I explain this in detail. And no I won't give you a timecode, you'll just have to watch it :)
This episode features some fantastic music made by independent musicians - check them out below and if you enjoy, please support them by purchasing their music!
Music;
Whiskey Plank - Peter Rahill and Friends ( peterrahill.bandcamp.com/ )
Doin' It - Porky's Groove Machine ( porkysgroovemachine.com/ )
Leo, are you able to pin more than one post? If yes, this would be a good one to pin as well.
@@fredericapanon207 Agreed. If they are fans, they watch the video and want to pay attention. If they are just looking for short-cuts, then they really aren't fans.
How does it look from the inside? Do you have to do the same paint job at the inside? In Holland `caulking''is 'breeuwen'' and sometimes flax is/was used (and tar of course). Hemp is used in a different way in Holland :) The red/orange primer is it like red lead? does it contain lead?
@@mtrapman The inside will be varnished. Leo posted a preview to his Instagram a few weeks ago; we'll hopefully see the finished product in the next video.
This really shows what a nice job y'all have done with the planks!
Art, pure and simple. Beautiful. Well done lads.
I’m a Caulkhead, born and raised in Cowes, Isle of Wight, the yachting capital of the UK. This colloquial term for a native islander is derived from the huge ship and yacht building industry that existed in days gone by. If you’re not a “Caulkhead”, you might find yourself referred to either as an “Overner”, or a “Grockle”. Leo would probably fall under the “Yellow-wellies” category, though he most certainly is a Caulkhead at heart.
Well done Leo, but that had to be the fastest 25 minutes ever but I enjoyed every minute of it and learned something new about another important part of the ship building trade - Thank you
Thanks, Leo and Pete, for pausing to explain all of this. Fascinating stuff.
Masters at work,very specialized tradesman,obviously very skilled,much respect to them...
What a milestone! Congratulations!
I look forward to every one of your videos!
Very interesting hammers used for caulking. Don't think I've ever seen a more balanced swing.
Terrific work, thanks for sharing.
I bought a hole in the water to throw money and time in: it was a 26 ft., 1946 Chris Craft double planked wooden hulled boat. I had to learn all kinds of wooden boat building skills, including how to Caulk the seams between the planks! I spent hours with a mallet and a caulking chisel and some cotton caulk. I did not have the luxury of all those different “Iron” to drive in the caulking!
I’m sitting here with a huge smile thinking about how the melodic sounds of a dozen caulking hammers annoyed the crap out of the neighbor we do not speak about 😬
When Tally Ho does eventually move that neighbour that we don’t talk about will be racking his brain looking for something else to moan and complain about.
I recently learned more than one neighbor, so we have officially become old people yelling at kids on the lawn.
To be fair I wouldn’t want that going on day after day
@@bradwatson2085 I agree, but Leo and the team worked hard to get this noisy job finished asap. As ever, these good workmen were being considerate.
I knew when Leo first said that there were going to be 4000 rivets that there would be trouble in the subdivision. Do the math 4000 times maybe 20 blows to peen the head is a lot of racket.
Props to those dudes helping out big time!
Another big and important job finished on the hull. On to fairing and filling. She is progressing nicely.
Fabulous work, results, guys. Absolutely wow.
Out of everything I have seen on this channel, these guys caulking is probably the most impressive.
You should start another tradition and have a Whiskey Cork Plank. Sounds reasonable to me.
No kidding
Need way more celebration days when working.
@@knightclan4 Yeah, pizza and beer just doesn't cut it.
Huge congratulations! Massive step
Fascinating skill and technique!
Music in parts of this make me feel like its the 80s/90s again. Things are simple just guys working on a boat. I was almost back there b4 cellphones and social media. Man i miss that world
Fabulous episode. The rhythmic sound of the caulking iron tapping along the seam is definitely hypnotic. And your explanation and reason for the caulking was clear and succinct. I watched my boat being caulked several times. Watching you build Tally Ho brings back 20 years memories of my Atkins "Thistle". Love your work.
What a pleasure to watch experienced craftsmen at work!
Great work by everyone! Well done.