If EVERYONE hit the thanks and donated A FEW BUCKS we could quit our day jobs and restore lighthouses full time! 😃 Hello friends! We are working on huge and expensive projects for these 3 lighthouses including a dock that will cost about $200k but will be AMAZING when complete and we will show it all here! Please consider sending supporting our mission by hitting the THANKS button on RUclips or donating at our website thelighthousecenters.org Let’s “Restore the Lighthouse, Restore the Bay!” 😊
@@thelighthousecenters if it's not any inconvenience could we see a loose blueprint of what the dock will look like? either way i'm sure it will respect and match the original design. Great work so excited to see a 20min long vid posted 👍👍👍
One of the best things about being miles out on the water at night is the lack of light pollution. This is probably the reason why the light doesn't need to be blinding to be seen from miles away.
Yes! It is beautiful at night. Also (I realized later) that the reason it doesn’t look bright is that it focuses the light on a flat plane and I am taller than the light so when I go up there it is firing at my chest, not my eyes. Every video we make has a few misunderstandings like this. But we are learning together! 😀
Just a couple of tips haviing worked over the water in the Navy. Tie a string to the tools you use over the water and attached the other end to something secure or even a belt loop, just in case your wrench slips out of your hand. Second, the line you put through the pulley tie a simple knot after the area of the longest area of line your using. This way you don't loose your line to the water since the weight will act as an anchor. At night, a match light will travel for miles depending on the altitude over the water, we were taught in the Navy as well.
Light is much like sound when its completely quiet. Dont need to speak very loudly for your voice to carry. Waves of any kind can travel quite far when unimpeded.
Yes always have ropes and tools tied off... Good rule of thumb, if you do not want to lose it then tie it down/off.... Holds true when trimming trees to... LOL
Worked with an old seaplane aircraft mechanic that had a small hole drilled in all of his wrench handles. So he could tie a cord to the wrench and with a slip knot secure the other end to his wrist. No more diving in the bay looking for a wrench.
ANT (Aids To Navigation) units are an often overlooked but essential unit in the Coast Guard. Most of these units have an average of maybe 20 people but they do quite a lot despite the small unit size. MK1 (the guy in the white hard hat) did an awesome job explaining what they do. Being from Maryland, love what you guys are doing with the old lighthouses and restoring them!
Its cool you got to interview one of the coast guard guys. I imagine there isn't too many interviews on the modern job of caring for these (its a bit boring as its just checking wires) but it is nice seeing how they do this job. Also I bet if you went diving by the lighthouse, I bet you find countless tools people have lost.
Glad you guys are saving these old pieces of history .The sooner they are painted and made weather tight the sooner more vistors can be brought out to see the progress.
Haha love the editing and Rich cracking jokes 🦗. Very nice solution. USCG was very helpful. Well done. Great video. Looking forward to your next upload.
An old seaplane mechanic told me that he dropped a wrench, in a Pacific lagoon, and he could see it on the bottom. Over 100 feet out of his reach. After that, he learned to use a cord on every one of his tools, because you can't just run and in the middle of the Pacific to get a new tool. Those holes in tool handles are not just for hanging them on pegboard.
I was once part of s film crew working on sea ice extending from the shore of Greenland. Due to tidal movement the ice is not one vast sheet but a number of interlocking sheets with tiny gaps between them. A camera battery was accidentally dropped through one of these gaps and could be seen, once the ice was brushed, on the seabed perhaps a dozen feet below. An Inuit who was with us managed to retrieve it by skilfully manoeuvring a fish hook on a line through a 6mm hole in a lug on the battery case. Sounds next to impossible but I was there and saw it happen. @@thelighthousecenters
@@thelighthousecenters I don't know how deep the water is around your lighthouse but if you do drop any tools over the side you might be able to retrieve them using a powerful magnet on a line. There is a whole subsection of magnet fishers on RUclips. If you don't catch your own tool you might find other tools and metal objects that have been lost in the past, although I guess that storms and currents may move such items fairly quickly.. You might also consider using a safety line for yourselves when climbing on the railings.
When I was in the Navy and we would have to climb the mast, our tools had to be tied off so we wouldn't drop them on somebody else we'll have them bouncing off into the ocean. That's generally why most tools have a hole in the handle so it can be tied off so you don't lose it. The best way I've found to make a lanyard for your tools, is to buy a bunch of small snap hooks, like you would use for your dog, but not the same size. The cord just needs to be strong enough to catch the tool, and that would include the screw gun. I always used the fisherman's knot and tied an eye at the end of the rope so you could interchange between tools. You should have a stop knot so the rope doesn't fly off through the pulley and into the ocean, 4 or 5 ft from the end of the rope, in a big enough knot so it can't go through the pulley. And if you know how to splice put a rat tail on the end of the rope
its cool to see the non-rescue side of the coast guard. The Nav Aid side doesnt get all the media attention and such...but they still play a huge critical role. Its good to see them getting some exposure and explaining their knowledge
The idea of a davit is that it can rotate so you dont have to lean out. It may need greasing, but once the cargo is lifted above the railings you should be able to rotate it over the floor and lower. It helps to bolt or wield a short bar to help turn it. If you have a few things to lift a simple thing like that can really save an aching back.
You were talking about using tools while you're working over the side of the rail and trying not to drop something into the drink. In another lifetime (11 years in the Navy) I spent a lot of time on three different ships. Much of that time was above the 100' level working on equipment. I really didn't look forward to dropping a wrench or something and having to go down after it. I had a small line tied to the tools and to my safety harness. Sometimes the hookup was inconvenient but it served its purpose adequately. It really annoys your shipmates when a metal tool makes that peculiar "clinking" sound when it hits the deck. The bigger the tool is, the more impressive the "clinking" sound!! 😂🤣
I always love watching the coast guard and what they do. My dad was retired from the USCG.. I hate when you hear people downgrade their importance.. My Father was assigned to the USCGC Bering Strait (WHEC-382) in the mid 60s. He then was assigned to the USCGC Gresham (WHEC-387) He passed two years ago and would give anything to hear is crazy stories again and also all the questions that still come to mind that I could ask him about. I am proud of my father and his commitment to his country and his family.
Cool lighthouse! I am a commercial clammer in NJ. We use a 12 volt electric pot hauler to pick up our clam rakes full of clams. I have an electra-dyne pot hauler that uses a Boston Gear box attached to a 12 volt motor. Hamilton Marine also sells them. I have a 30 to 1 gear box on mine and it will pick up 25 to 40 pound anchors with no problem, would work well to lift stuff off of the boat..
Your videos make my day! We boat on the Chesapeake and it's so great to see the lighthouses in this new way. Also fun to see a Coastie really enjoying his job.
As an ex-Coastie, I helped maintained Brant Point, Great Point, and Sankaty Head Lighthouses (Nantucket Island, MA). Always an exciting time to go into one of these awesome relics from the past. And the views....yeah. 😎
When I saw the new episode I was super stoked to get home to watch this with my 4 year old daughter who loves this show and you guys! Keep it up! She says she “loves you guys and can’t wait to see more lighthouse shows!”
That’s great! We know lots of kids who enjoy the channel. When my kids were little I always loved the shows that were entertaining for the parents and the kids. I hope that is what we created here 😊
YOU SHOULD have some Ham Radio gear out there and put that place on the Light House on the air Contest each year. [Idont mean C.B.] sure be fun to operate from one of those lights. Dave, W4GSM
Navigation aids are one of the greatest tools mankind has. Without it thousands of lives and billions of dollars would be lost every year. Shout out to the coasties for risking their lives everyday to make sure we stay safe.
Thank goodness the algorithm decided to suggest this vid today! I have so many questions, but I'll hold onto them for now and go watch your other vids first. Keep up the great work!
Nice videos on lighthouse restoration. Something not a lot of people knows. How about showing the lighthouse at night with the lights working? Keep up the good work!
Outstanding video again. Always wondered how the guard maintains the lighthouse’s after they are removed from service. Very interesting and enjoyed the crickets.
Thanks for the interesting video and work you do preserving these lighthouses. Maybe an idea to use some tethered tools? Knipex makes special tool belts and tool bags for this, and lanyard and carabiner sets, works really well.
One thing about offshore lighthouses. There is always a great background. And yes, I intentionally told bad jokes to set Thomas up for the cricket gag 😉
Summertime is work time! Glad to see you again! That crane will make things a lot easier, but the base seems to be a bit loose ... Thanks to the coast guard for their service and for explaining all those things. Are you planning on working at Wolf trap any time soon, or will you finish Hooper Island first?
Loving your channel chaps, doing good work. Would love more regular updates, but know time an money is a restraint for you. You leave more cliffhangers than Dallas sometimes lol
These videos are so good, thank you for refreshing content. The editing has something about it that is perfect. Can't put my finger on one individual thing but the over all language of the videos (not English lol) is so entertaining while also being interesting. Thanks for making non-brain rot
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I just found this cool channel! It would be neat if you made playlists for each Lighthouse, that way it is easier to follow each one without having to try and guess! Thanks, I enjoy your content
I think LED light is one of the most significant advancements in recent years. It takes about 5% of the energy to make an equal amount of light compared with incandescent lighting. Amazing!
Great video, I'm enjoying watching your progress and wish you all the best, these old lighthouses deserve to be preserved. Looking at the weight you had at the end, I think it looks more like the weight from an old lead and line, used to measure water depth in the age of sail, if it has a domed bottom, that would be to take a tallow pellet which would indicate the type of sea bottom, that's a cool find if it is!
4:50 I know you guys are fixing up the place, but still seems mighty brave to be climbing up that railing and trusting it with your full body weight here. ( Also RUclips is being RUclips again, I never got the notification for this, so happy coincidence I stopped by to see if I missed any uploads! )
I'm so envious even though there's a lot of work to be done. Here in Texas, my parent's had a lake house and i had loops of paracord through my hammers and any tools that had holes in the handles, so I wouldn't drop them in the water. The water was only 8 foot deep under the dock but things never seemed to drop straight down. You might invest in some ratcheting wrenches so you don't have to take the wrench off to start another turn. Don't know if you could get some of those magnets they use in the magnet fishing videos. Seems they would automatically be drawn to the steel caisson. Thanks for the videos. Guess I should have read the comments before posting lol. I'm not the only one who's dropped a hammer or crescent wrench while over water.
@@thelighthousecenters Easy way to get a bunch of views cause people love that stuff. You had one of those under water drones and and hooked a magnent to it you could of probably got some replacements there !
We do have an underwater drone! We actually shot a bunch of video and then it froze up and we had to send it back for service and THEY LOST THE DRONE! So we lost the video. Ugh. We will do it again
Thanks! We have so much to share but we are still doing our regular jobs. We are in a weird place because we know we are onto something great but we can’t quite afford to do it full time. If the channel really blows up or we get a bunch of donations then we could just go crazy with content. Things that are worth doing are not easy. I think things are going to change very soon so please keep following!
I would give ANYTHING to be able to just live in a lighthouse out in the middle of the bay... We used to put our boat in at Sandy Point and I was always obsessed with the Baltimore Harbor Lighthouse whenever we went past it... I'd always day dream about how cool it would be to live in it.
I grew up in 2 lighthouses 1st was Beavertail Light Rhode Island 69-72 then Brown's Head Light on Vinalhaven, Maine 72-76 my dad was a lightkeeper for Coast Guard 24 yrs retired.. They automated lights in 76 and my dad retired 79 i believed he retired cause he wouldnt be a lightkeeper.. His first light was Mount Desert Rock MDI, Maine at 21 1955
It's a highlight on every vacation in France, GB or somewhere else, to watch the rotating beam of a lighthouse while dozing off in the cozy bed of our RV/motorhome... 🌛👻
Yes. We had to sign an agreement when we bought the lighthouse, granting access to them whenever they needed. We also have to provide them with keys to the locks in case we are not there. It really is super reliable and low maintenance though
New sub here.... Hey you guys need to do the light house from New York City all the way up the Hudson River and Connecticut's lighthouse they are all run down and we need people like you to bring back the lighthouses not only for landmarks to visit but to educate as well about these from the past bring into the future....
If EVERYONE hit the thanks and donated A FEW BUCKS we could quit our day jobs and restore lighthouses full time! 😃
Hello friends! We are working on huge and expensive projects for these 3 lighthouses including a dock that will cost about $200k but will be AMAZING when complete and we will show it all here! Please consider sending supporting our mission by hitting the THANKS button on RUclips or donating at our website thelighthousecenters.org Let’s “Restore the Lighthouse, Restore the Bay!” 😊
Looks like you need to upgrade the anchoring of your "crane" base before you try lifting any weight.
@@dallasarnold8615definitely will before lifting anything heavy. Need to anchor at the bottom and add a winch. Thanks
@@thelighthousecenters if it's not any inconvenience could we see a loose blueprint of what the dock will look like? either way i'm sure it will respect and match the original design. Great work so excited to see a 20min long vid posted 👍👍👍
Looks like a big challenge but for a worthy cause, I’m all about adventures & would love to do this for living!
Yep. I guess that is a valid statement. If everyone did that. If you want people to do that, maybe you should ASK....?
One of the best things about being miles out on the water at night is the lack of light pollution. This is probably the reason why the light doesn't need to be blinding to be seen from miles away.
Yes! It is beautiful at night. Also (I realized later) that the reason it doesn’t look bright is that it focuses the light on a flat plane and I am taller than the light so when I go up there it is firing at my chest, not my eyes. Every video we make has a few misunderstandings like this. But we are learning together! 😀
@@thelighthousecenters How many nautical miles is the lamp rated to reach?
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Great research places I'm sure
Just a couple of tips haviing worked over the water in the Navy. Tie a string to the tools you use over the water and attached the other end to something secure or even a belt loop, just in case your wrench slips out of your hand. Second, the line you put through the pulley tie a simple knot after the area of the longest area of line your using. This way you don't loose your line to the water since the weight will act as an anchor.
At night, a match light will travel for miles depending on the altitude over the water, we were taught in the Navy as well.
Light is much like sound when its completely quiet. Dont need to speak very loudly for your voice to carry. Waves of any kind can travel quite far when unimpeded.
They have called tool buddy’s so if u drop tools .
Yes always have ropes and tools tied off... Good rule of thumb, if you do not want to lose it then tie it down/off.... Holds true when trimming trees to... LOL
Worked with an old seaplane aircraft mechanic that had a small hole drilled in all of his wrench handles. So he could tie a cord to the wrench and with a slip knot secure the other end to his wrist. No more diving in the bay looking for a wrench.
Got taught the lanyard/string trick when working at height. At best it's annoying to drop something. At wors, it causes harm below
ANT (Aids To Navigation) units are an often overlooked but essential unit in the Coast Guard. Most of these units have an average of maybe 20 people but they do quite a lot despite the small unit size. MK1 (the guy in the white hard hat) did an awesome job explaining what they do. Being from Maryland, love what you guys are doing with the old lighthouses and restoring them!
Thanks! We couldn’t have asked for a better ATON team than these guys!
Its cool you got to interview one of the coast guard guys.
I imagine there isn't too many interviews on the modern job of caring for these (its a bit boring as its just checking wires) but it is nice seeing how they do this job.
Also I bet if you went diving by the lighthouse, I bet you find countless tools people have lost.
Matt was great on camera too! We got lucky there 😀
I was thinking you should drill a hole through the neutral axis of that tool and attach a safety wire so if you drop it it doesn’t fall into the bay.
@@doubledrats235there are tool lanyards sold
When he said “are you Rich” you should have replied “I would be if I didn’t keep buying Light Houses” 😊❤😂
Seriously 😐 😭
Fascinating.. And thanks to you and the Coast Guard for keeping this history alive...
Those guys really cared about what they do!
You're welcome
Glad you guys are saving these old pieces of history .The sooner they are painted and made weather tight the sooner more vistors can be brought out to see the progress.
Haha love the editing and Rich cracking jokes 🦗. Very nice solution. USCG was very helpful. Well done. Great video. Looking forward to your next upload.
Thanks Barry! Yeah Thomas made bad jokes funny 😂
An old seaplane mechanic told me that he dropped a wrench, in a Pacific lagoon, and he could see it on the bottom. Over 100 feet out of his reach. After that, he learned to use a cord on every one of his tools, because you can't just run and in the middle of the Pacific to get a new tool.
Those holes in tool handles are not just for hanging them on pegboard.
That’s some serious water clarity! We get about 3-5 feet of vision max in the Chesapeake Bay
I was once part of s film crew working on sea ice extending from the shore of Greenland. Due to tidal movement the ice is not one vast sheet but a number of interlocking sheets with tiny gaps between them. A camera battery was accidentally dropped through one of these gaps and could be seen, once the ice was brushed, on the seabed perhaps a dozen feet below. An Inuit who was with us managed to retrieve it by skilfully manoeuvring a fish hook on a line through a 6mm hole in a lug on the battery case. Sounds next to impossible but I was there and saw it happen. @@thelighthousecenters
@@thelighthousecenters I don't know how deep the water is around your lighthouse but if you do drop any tools over the side you might be able to retrieve them using a powerful magnet on a line. There is a whole subsection of magnet fishers on RUclips. If you don't catch your own tool you might find other tools and metal objects that have been lost in the past, although I guess that storms and currents may move such items fairly quickly.. You might also consider using a safety line for yourselves when climbing on the railings.
When I was in the Navy and we would have to climb the mast, our tools had to be tied off so we wouldn't drop them on somebody else we'll have them bouncing off into the ocean. That's generally why most tools have a hole in the handle so it can be tied off so you don't lose it. The best way I've found to make a lanyard for your tools, is to buy a bunch of small snap hooks, like you would use for your dog, but not the same size. The cord just needs to be strong enough to catch the tool, and that would include the screw gun. I always used the fisherman's knot and tied an eye at the end of the rope so you could interchange between tools. You should have a stop knot so the rope doesn't fly off through the pulley and into the ocean, 4 or 5 ft from the end of the rope, in a big enough knot so it can't go through the pulley. And if you know how to splice put a rat tail on the end of the rope
its cool to see the non-rescue side of the coast guard. The Nav Aid side doesnt get all the media attention and such...but they still play a huge critical role. Its good to see them getting some exposure and explaining their knowledge
Greetings from India 🇮🇳
All the best for this restoration project 👍
Hello and thank you for watching from India! 😊
The idea of a davit is that it can rotate so you dont have to lean out. It may need greasing, but once the cargo is lifted above the railings you should be able to rotate it over the floor and lower. It helps to bolt or wield a short bar to help turn it. If you have a few things to lift a simple thing like that can really save an aching back.
Just for fun I think you should try magnet fishing around the lighthouse to see what you could pull up.
Yes! We will do that and I guarantee we will pull up something interesting!
That could probably be a whole video series, and id watch it all 😎
@@thelighthousecenters Possibly a few wrenches...
You were talking about using tools while you're working over the side of the rail and trying not to drop something into the drink. In another lifetime (11 years in the Navy) I spent a lot of time on three different ships. Much of that time was above the 100' level working on equipment. I really didn't look forward to dropping a wrench or something and having to go down after it. I had a small line tied to the tools and to my safety harness. Sometimes the hookup was inconvenient but it served its purpose adequately. It really annoys your shipmates when a metal tool makes that peculiar "clinking" sound when it hits the deck. The bigger the tool is, the more impressive the "clinking" sound!! 😂🤣
Crickets! lol, love it ( me at every party)
Incredible work you are doing. Enjoy seeing the updates
At least Thomas (the editor) got big laughs 🤨
I always love watching the coast guard and what they do.
My dad was retired from the USCG.. I hate when you hear people downgrade their importance.. My Father was assigned to the USCGC Bering Strait (WHEC-382) in the mid 60s. He then was assigned to the USCGC Gresham
(WHEC-387) He passed two years ago and would give anything to hear is crazy stories again and also all the questions that still come to mind that I could ask him about. I am proud of my father and his commitment to his country and his family.
He sounds like an awesome guy! I would love to hear his stories. We thank him for his service ❤️
Watched all the videos. Cant wait for more!
Thank you friend! We have several videos in process 😃
Cool lighthouse! I am a commercial clammer in NJ. We use a 12 volt electric pot hauler to pick up our clam rakes full of clams. I have an electra-dyne pot hauler that uses a Boston Gear box attached to a 12 volt motor. Hamilton Marine also sells them. I have a 30 to 1 gear box on mine and it will pick up 25 to 40 pound anchors with no problem, would work well to lift stuff off of the boat..
Your videos make my day! We boat on the Chesapeake and it's so great to see the lighthouses in this new way. Also fun to see a Coastie really enjoying his job.
Thanks! And thank you for the support. It means a lot!
Beautiful just beautiful TY for starting this vlog ❤
As an ex-Coastie, I helped maintained Brant Point, Great Point, and Sankaty Head Lighthouses (Nantucket Island, MA). Always an exciting time to go into one of these awesome relics from the past. And the views....yeah. 😎
Did you throw used batteries into the water?
The light has a refractory outer glass that helps project the light in the horizontal plane without wasting any vertically.
When I saw the new episode I was super stoked to get home to watch this with my 4 year old daughter who loves this show and you guys! Keep it up! She says she “loves you guys and can’t wait to see more lighthouse shows!”
That’s great! We know lots of kids who enjoy the channel. When my kids were little I always loved the shows that were entertaining for the parents and the kids. I hope that is what we created here 😊
What is her name? Tell her Thomas and Rich said hello from the lighthouse!
Those guys were super nice, great experience!
Awesome dudes!
Thanks for the part where we talk about doing your part as an individual to prevent pollution.
Thank you for the kind comment! Our goal is to educate and inspire people through our videos. We have a lot more to share so please keep following!
Fun video, you guys are going some great work! I think your day, the coasties day, and my day got better from these interactions.
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YOU SHOULD have some Ham Radio gear out there and put that place on the Light House on the air Contest each year. [Idont mean C.B.] sure be fun to operate from one of those lights. Dave, W4GSM
I've been waiting for a new post. I can't wait to see what you complete this summer.
Thank you for following. The big project is a dock! You won’t believe it when you see it 🤩
Yes, me too ❤😊!! Make more videos 😊
On it! Keep watching and we will keep making 😁
Thanks for all your work!
Thank you for supporting! ❤️
Navigation aids are one of the greatest tools mankind has. Without it thousands of lives and billions of dollars would be lost every year. Shout out to the coasties for risking their lives everyday to make sure we stay safe.
Thank goodness the algorithm decided to suggest this vid today! I have so many questions, but I'll hold onto them for now and go watch your other vids first.
Keep up the great work!
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I like your video format, it's a bit more chill and slow than a lot of modern youtube, very relaxing. Please don't change!
Thanks! I’m glad you like our style 😊
Another great video!👍Looking forward to future projects on the lighthouse!
Thank you friend! We have some huge projects that we are starting now!
Good to see you back!
Glad to see your comment 😊
That was an awesome visit with the coast guards. Thank you for sharing, watching from Canada 🇨🇦
Thanks!
Thank you friend ❤️
Profound "In service of the light."
Love what you’re doing!
Thank you!❤️
I grew up fishing all those waters from norfolk, hampton, eastern shore, guinea love yalls work
Thanks. It’s a beautiful area!
That is so awesome and sweet that you guys are saving lighthouses❤
Thank you!!!
Great to see this, thank you for protecting the environment
One of our goals is to present information that will inspire people to make small changes. Thanks for the comment!
Nice videos on lighthouse restoration. Something not a lot of people knows. How about showing the lighthouse at night with the lights working? Keep up the good work!
Great suggestion! Thanks!
Thanks for the update!
Thanks for the comment! 😀
Outstanding video again. Always wondered how the guard maintains the lighthouse’s after they are removed from service. Very interesting and enjoyed the crickets.
“Enjoyed the crickets” 😂 now there’s something you don’t hear every day 😀
If ww3 jumps off , Analog is going to be a thing again , I fully support manned lighthouses
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Thanks for the interesting video and work you do preserving these lighthouses. Maybe an idea to use some tethered tools? Knipex makes special tool belts and tool bags for this, and lanyard and carabiner sets, works really well.
Love what your doing.
great and interesting video's.
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Love your videos, thanks for sharing. Surprised it has a simple pulley instead of something with mechanical advantage
We could add a snatch block but this will do for now. I think we just hook up a 12V, 3000 lb. winch and be done. Thanks for the comment!
100 000 subscribers - congratulations and well done....
Thanks! We are about to go buck wild on the channel with content! Stay tuned 😀
You couldn't have asked for a more beautiful sky background, when you were up in the lamp room. ☁🌤☁ The crickets cracked me up. 😀
One thing about offshore lighthouses. There is always a great background. And yes, I intentionally told bad jokes to set Thomas up for the cricket gag 😉
Doing a great job. Love from India
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Thank you for watching from India! ❤️
Love your videos.
Regards from the Republic of Ireland.
Thank you my friend! 🍀
Summertime is work time! Glad to see you again! That crane will make things a lot easier, but the base seems to be a bit loose ...
Thanks to the coast guard for their service and for explaining all those things.
Are you planning on working at Wolf trap any time soon, or will you finish Hooper Island first?
Ratchet Wrench won't need to make you let go. Cool video. Love the concern for the environment!
We need videos more often. Can't wait for another update from lighthouses!
New one coming soon! We tested an industrial laser for paint and rust removal 😲 Video should be out in about a week 😊
@@thelighthousecenters Wow! Looking forward!
❤ AWSOME
Big hugs from 🇩🇰 Denmark
Thanks for watching from Denmark! ❤️
Loving your channel chaps, doing good work. Would love more regular updates, but know time an money is a restraint for you. You leave more cliffhangers than Dallas sometimes lol
Yeah we do lol We plan to produce more content faster. We just brought in another person to help 😊
Great video again Cant wait to see more!
Thanks! Stay tuned 😊
These videos are so good, thank you for refreshing content. The editing has something about it that is perfect. Can't put my finger on one individual thing but the over all language of the videos (not English lol) is so entertaining while also being interesting.
Thanks for making non-brain rot
Your comment inspires us to make more and ever better videos! Thank you! ❤️
This will be a great watch!
I remember seeing this lighthouse for sale a few years back. glad someone is doing some good with it.
Good to.see the first mate is well fed . I always love a good boat pooch
That’s Finn the waterman’s water dog! Scott’s family dog. He loves being on Scott’s work boat although he eats a bit of the profits 😀
Great work team. 👍
The Admiral of the USCG believes in cross training.
The Admiral of the Navy believes in cross dressing. 🤣
The ball-busting between branches of the service is real 😂
Public heath Service Admiral not Navy .
@@josephpadula2283 An Admiral assigned to the public health service.
Health services don't have military ranks.
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If only you were right !
Along with the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is one of two uniformed services that consist only of commissioned officers and has no enlisted or warrant officer ranks, although warrant officers have been authorized for use within the service.[13] Officers of the commissioned corps are classified as noncombatants, unless directed to serve as part of the military by the president or detailed to a service branch of the military.[14] Members of the commissioned corps wear uniforms modeled after the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard, with special Public Health Service Commissioned Corps insignia, and hold naval ranks equivalent to officers of the Navy and Coast Guard, along with corresponding in-service medical titles. Commissioned corps officers typically receive their commissions through the commissioned corps's direct commissioning program.
Yes another lighthouse video!
Yesssss!
Great episode. All the best from Australia.
A long distance THANK YOU for supporting our mission!
I just found this cool channel! It would be neat if you made playlists for each Lighthouse, that way it is easier to follow each one without having to try and guess!
Thanks, I enjoy your content
Thank you for watching! Yes we are going to hire more people and organize all the videos as you suggested 😊
Technology so cool that little LED light does all the work of a huge 400 volt light bulb.. not only 1000 w@ 12 volts
I think LED light is one of the most significant advancements in recent years. It takes about 5% of the energy to make an equal amount of light compared with incandescent lighting. Amazing!
I just discovered your channel. I immediately knew I wanted to spend a night out there. It's be just so very quiet.
Great video, I'm enjoying watching your progress and wish you all the best, these old lighthouses deserve to be preserved. Looking at the weight you had at the end, I think it looks more like the weight from an old lead and line, used to measure water depth in the age of sail, if it has a domed bottom, that would be to take a tallow pellet which would indicate the type of sea bottom, that's a cool find if it is!
I would love to have a job helping to do this work ... awesome ... I also love Lighthouse's !!!!
4:50 I know you guys are fixing up the place, but still seems mighty brave to be climbing up that railing and trusting it with your full body weight here. ( Also RUclips is being RUclips again, I never got the notification for this, so happy coincidence I stopped by to see if I missed any uploads! )
I'm so envious even though there's a lot of work to be done. Here in Texas, my parent's had a lake house and i had loops of paracord through my hammers and any tools that had holes in the handles, so I wouldn't drop them in the water. The water was only 8 foot deep under the dock but things never seemed to drop straight down. You might invest in some ratcheting wrenches so you don't have to take the wrench off to start another turn. Don't know if you could get some of those magnets they use in the magnet fishing videos. Seems they would automatically be drawn to the steel caisson. Thanks for the videos. Guess I should have read the comments before posting lol. I'm not the only one who's dropped a hammer or crescent wrench while over water.
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Enjoy your videos and as a Maryland’er appreciate all you are doing! ❤️👏
If everyone donated like you did we would quit our day jobs and restore ALL of the lighthouses! But thank you! You made a difference!
need to do some magnet fishing around the lighthouse...
Oh yes! There has to be all kinds of old metal stuff down there from 100-150 years of activity in 18 feet of rough water! It’s on the list 😊
@@thelighthousecenters Easy way to get a bunch of views cause people love that stuff.
You had one of those under water drones and and hooked a magnent to it you could of probably got some replacements there !
We do have an underwater drone! We actually shot a bunch of video and then it froze up and we had to send it back for service and THEY LOST THE DRONE! So we lost the video. Ugh. We will do it again
@@thelighthousecenters that is a bit sketch. Hope they compensated for the loss. Those drones are so expensive.
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Thomas does such a great job with the editing! 😂
Another Starbucks for him ☕️ 😮
Wow what great guys! Greeting from Germany
I agree. They were awesome! Guten Tag!
You all need more videos make more money. We like it.
Thanks! We have so much to share but we are still doing our regular jobs. We are in a weird place because we know we are onto something great but we can’t quite afford to do it full time. If the channel really blows up or we get a bunch of donations then we could just go crazy with content. Things that are worth doing are not easy. I think things are going to change very soon so please keep following!
I would give ANYTHING to be able to just live in a lighthouse out in the middle of the bay... We used to put our boat in at Sandy Point and I was always obsessed with the Baltimore Harbor Lighthouse whenever we went past it... I'd always day dream about how cool it would be to live in it.
Holds up a piece of scrap wood from 1900... "I love old stuff" ..... Americans, you gotta love em!
I grew up in 2 lighthouses 1st was Beavertail Light Rhode Island 69-72 then Brown's Head Light on Vinalhaven, Maine 72-76 my dad was a lightkeeper for Coast Guard 24 yrs retired.. They automated lights in 76 and my dad retired 79 i believed he retired cause he wouldnt be a lightkeeper.. His first light was Mount Desert Rock MDI, Maine at 21 1955
Awesome! We thank him for his service! ❤️
Very interesting, Thanks!,
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Wicket video guys.
It's a highlight on every vacation in France, GB or somewhere else, to watch the rotating beam of a lighthouse while dozing off in the cozy bed of our RV/motorhome... 🌛👻
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Great video. Give our regards to the Coast Guard next time you see 'em.
Will do!
thank you
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Love the crickets and other editing “inserts”. Adds some fun.
Thanks! Is this Dan O from Dan O’s seasoning?
@@thelighthousecenters No, but I'll have to look them up though.
This is so cool, well done guys ❤
Thanks! ❤️
Good to see a new video. Do the coast guard have a statutory right of entry into the lighthouse to maintain the light ?
Yes. We had to sign an agreement when we bought the lighthouse, granting access to them whenever they needed. We also have to provide them with keys to the locks in case we are not there. It really is super reliable and low maintenance though
1 was watching this channel/series the first time. And already an new video 18 minutes ago🎉🎉
Actually we need to put out more content faster but thanks! 😀
@@thelighthousecenterslove the video❤
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Whoever edits your videos is hilarious. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
That’s Thomas. When you mention editing in the comments, we buy him coffee 😉
So cool what you are the guys are doing
Thank you my friend! We appreciate the supportive comments. We are inspired to work harder and show it to you here 😊
Rodney “Rod” Farva is in the Coast Guard? Can I get a liter of chum!
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need recessed plate hooks, even weld flushed mount bar across a hole to hook for lifting
Great vid you could tie a string on the end of the ratchet with a tiny loop at the end stick string through and tighten on wrist.
They finally uploaded again :D
Thanks for waiting! More will be coming including some heavy duty dock construction and restoration 😀
New sub here.... Hey you guys need to do the light house from New York City all the way up the Hudson River and Connecticut's lighthouse they are all run down and we need people like you to bring back the lighthouses not only for landmarks to visit but to educate as well about these from the past bring into the future....
Hopefully we will get there eventually. Thanks for subbing!