Aladino, along with the rebuilding of the Cape George you have improved your handling of the English language to an astonishing degree. You are now not only a passable English speaker, but exceptionally articulate in your way as Maya is in hers.
Will you please not forget, that he is able to speak and write several languages fluently (French, Italian, German, Switzerdütsch, Englisch)! Hope I didn't forget one.
Dear @@SailingMagicCarpet couple. Thanks for replying. I totally appreciate this. 2) Oh shoot! I knew I forgot one. That's even more impressive, Signore Aladino. 3) Sigh, why no heart for my comment this time? There was a time when I was one of the viewers with the most given hearts on this channel. I know it's a bit fishing for compliments but I definitely enjoy and appreciate given hearts. By the way: Here are 2 💚💚 for you. 4) Have you already had time to read my main comment? I would really appreciate an answer (if not asking too much). Sincerely yours.
It is wonderful of you to help the gentleman sell his boat. It is very difficult to find the right person with the right skills and the right financial situation to take over a project this large. Before talking to the selling owner please do your research. Just to move the boat you are going to need a crane and a shipping company to take it to your location. And when you are finished you're going to carry out the reverse to move it to the water. You will see that this movement is very expensive. Materials like epoxies and marine grade plywood are very expensive now. When these boats were built many of the woods used in the construction were green and not Kiln dried. Green wood is very difficult to find these days and Kiln dried wood is not the best for repairs as it tends to rot easier. Research is definitely the key to looking at a project like this and having real expectations of what you can do yourself. There is also a very limited market for this boat as well and they are harder to sell and so you have to be realistic about what you can get out of it. Once completed they are a lovely boat and you will have something that nobody else has. It will definitely stand out from the look-alike plastic boats.
@@patrick-po2lx I know he said the information was in the description, it seems they didn't do that, it is in the video @5:55 though, check that point in the video for email and location in Canada.
So great that you have put this out. Sorry for the owner, who obviously put a ton of money and effort into this before his life took a turn. Hope this video helps him sell it soon.
"20 Years ago and a couple of Thousand Pounds more in the Bank and I would be all over it..... Oh and a Beautiful Partner of course..... But now I am afraid it would be way beyond me..... But well done for trying to get some help for this Glorious Yacht..... Bless you both... :-))) xxx
Lest we forget right now a Cape George 36 is running second in the Golden Globe Race. These are exceptional boats and I am sure there is some one out there who can save this one. 🐟 😁
What a beautiful boat! I thank you for sharing and for caring, and I hope someone rescues and restores it. Forty years ago, I would have tried to move mountains to purchase and restore it. But now it is more than I need or can manage.
Hi Aladino, We've talked several times about various approaches to the repairs you are doing on Magic Carpet II. Not sure if you know that I looked at her before you bought her, but I decided that she wasn't the right project for me at that time. But I really need another Cape George for my swan song! Selling my Mariposa was the worst mistake of my life! Because of the way I built her she is the only CG that never had bulwark or teak deck rot. I first was attracted to Cape Georges because of the 31. Of all the variations that hull comes closest to perfection. The sheer, transom shape, and bow are just right, whereas as much as I loved my 36 I was always aware that when it comes to perfect the 31 hull was 1% nicer. I've been trying to contact the owner on Vancouver Island with no response. I know Maya said you don't want to get involved with the headaches of acting as a broker. But do you have any means to open the path to making contact? Looks like your are back in North America? Hopefully we will have an opportunity to meet in person. Fair Winds Richard
Hi Richard, Good to hear from you. You would certainly be over qualified for the job! If you watch the video till the end we have the email embedded within. That’s the only way of contact we have ourselves. Hope they’ll get back to you, Happy holidays, Aladino
Pity that we are not in Canada (we love Vancouver by-the-way): we follow you from our home Country, namely Italy. Thank you for your "sweet and gentle" videos: tomorrow we are then following your friday's one.
Hello Aladino and Maya It was very nice of you to publicize the boat. It is such a shame that the boat was allowed to deteriorate to the extent that it has. I hope that a new home can be found for it. Ben S/V DAWN
Two (Soon Three) Sailing Magic Carpet Videos in a week? It seems I underestimated the amount of luck I had on Sunday! She is really beautiful, even out of the water. If I had the space, time, tools, thousands of dollars, and lived in the Greater Vancouver Area, I’d probably take up the offer. However seeing as I’m very far away and lack most of the things listed previously, I’ll have to wait and see where she ends up. I’ve been a Cape George fan since I first saw MC II, so I hope she ends up sailing again soon! Thanks for the videos and keep at it, -J
Hope your able to find someone who will restore this boat to its Cape George standards. Nice of you both to help this elderly man out by getting this info out there in the boating community. Hope this works out well for him, I sense it will.
I’d love it but I’m 500 miles away; close enough to sail the Salish sea but too far to get any work done. A workshop is really the critical element as Aladino identified. At least she could come out of the weather and that would take the pressure off, for she’s surely worth saving. I sure hope she finds an owner. I appreciate your passion for the Cape George’s. They are some of loveliest sailboats, in my opinion. Aladino has demonstrated the fix to the Achilles heel of the design: the wooden decks and bulwarks. He and Maya have shown us how the right combination of craftsmanship, materials, and modern adhesives could make her better than new.
Side note on the capabilities and integrity of the Cape George boats, Kerstin, in her sister ship to Magic Carpet 2, is currently second in the GGR and might very well be leading if she hadn't rescued one of her competitors whose boat sank.
Kirsten spent around 24 hours on the rescue that took her northwest instead of west, she is currently 500 miles behind Simon, I cant think of any world where these boats would do 500 miles in 24 hours, she also got very a generous time bonus for her rescue, so i'm not sure how you can say that she would be leading if it wasn't for the rescue. That said she is making great runs currently and might very well overtake Simon soon, and if not soon then at some point before Cape Horn, i'm rooting for her.
Of all the boats in the GGR the Cape George is undoubtedly the most suited. For a start it has the essential stern hung rudder. And looking at her line she should be much happier on a run to the other yachts, most of which where designed to race upwind in European waters
@@ah940 Actually she has been credited with 35 hours. Still, all things being equal, you couldn't make up that distance in 35 hrs either. However, the winds and currents would have been different for her had she been able to continue without the rescue mission. I'm not saying she would be leading today but that it is possible. That being said Simon, the leader, is sailing a good race. I am also rooting for Kirsten.
@@grahamselby3246 she has been credited 35 hours and she spent less than 24 on the rescue, hence why I said a generous time bonus. It will be interesting to see if she can keep the lead through the upwind sections of the Atlantic if she takes it between here and cape Horn, given that Simons boat is better upwind.
Nobody can do it like you two! I was hoping it was a new boat that you just couldn’t pass up……It’s beautiful and I hope someone feels the same way about it but with the abilities to bring it back to what I now know it can be…
That is a huge project and requires major skills . Aladino is doing it full time when working on it and they still are not done . Decent boat once fixed but if i calculate in my labor they near need to pay me to take it . Way different if it is your hobby or you make a living selling videos about repairing it
So sad to see what condition Alishoni is in. She was our introduction to Cape Georges in 1979 while she was anchored in Friday Harbor. At that time there was no engine and accommodations below were sparse. But we loved the lines and ended up purchasing hull #13 as a bare hull in 1980. Owned SV Laurel for 30 years. She now travels by and forth to SE Alaska with her owner.
massive project. ripping the whole deck, probably replacing all deck beams and blocks because it is more time/cost effective, redecking ,new bulwarks and replacing the top of the cabin. i would go divinicell whenever i could just to make sure no more work would be needed in the future
She's a beauty and in my backyard, I'm on Van Isl in Nanaimo on acreage with a barn she'd fit in love to do it as I've restored a couple wood boats and really enjoy the woodwork buuut I'm getting older and just don't have the energy anymore (was like Aladino when younger could tackle any project) hope she finds a good home.
Oh wow. Sounds like you would have the perfect set of circumstances in many ways though. I wonder if it could somehow be a joint project between you, and maybe a younger person with all the enthusiasm and energy but without the workshop and maybe experience to make it happen.
What am amazing opportunity. I wish I was in a position to take it on. I am sure someone deserving will get an amazing boat. He/she better take the current owner out for a day sail when they are down.
Great boat and a shitload of tedious work. Do not underestimate what’s required. I’m retired with a year or two free time necessary to fix this boat. But I do not think I personally have the cabinet making skills and hand eye dexterity required to restore this boat Very few people have the mechanical skills to properly restore that boat. Apart from money, materials , time, barn space, etc. woodworking skills are the most important ingredient in this restoration.
From the video, it sounds like the woodworking skills would be of a rough nature, ripping deck, replacing blocks and supports and etc. Very crude skills required for most of it and lots of epoxy. No real need to do it to the finish quality perfection that Aladino does to get a strong finished product. Biggest issue is a sheltered heated place to confortably complete the work, certainly no more than a year. Just LOOK at the equipment in the video, holy crap and the interior finish quality. WOW
I would love to dive into that project. I just need a 50’ work shed and a couple of years to complete this job… that’s all! What price range was he looking for.
I did send word to a shipwright I know, but unfortunately everyone I know is on the East Coast. But I did ask him to put the word out if he would. I'll also contact some of the maritime museums here (in Maryland) and let them know as well. Sending out good vibrations at the right person is found🖖
Being on Vancouver Island i could see a joint venture to restore this boat. If you find an individual or group mid island let me know. My carpentry skills are nowhere near Aladino's but definitely willing to be part of a team.
Maybe the sort of project to undertake in Mexico. It doesn't rain there (you can do the work outside) and fibreglass work is inexpensive. Difficult passage though. Unfortunately, in BC, the boat is probably more valuable being sold for parts.
Too bad I’m halfway across the country. Your videos have me looking for another boat. Did you check the hull for balsa mold similar to yours? I feel for the owner who invested resources in the interior before making her exterior ship shape. Like remodeling a home’s interior before repairing the the roof and foundation.
If only I was 20 years younger.....Does anyone know if this boat has been transferred to a new owner? In my 60's and I only have so much time, I will spend the rest of my time sailing, but that is one beautiful boat.
aldino, you have a unique set of skills and abilities and through that filter, refurbishment of that boat is a viable project, but through anyone else, its not wooden boats like that are doomed, because like church organs, the necessary skillset is dying you refurbishing the boat to make a profit i guess you have thought about
I am interested, but I don't have the skills to repair it. Thank you for your interest though, I hope it goes to someone who will repair it and get it running again.
Hey Al this is Kelly Carpenter from San Diego califonia .Its cool that you are supporting The cape George. Im looking for a cape George 36 .in refit condition. The cape George has a righting moment of over 50,000 lbs can handle 1050 square feet of sheet to the wind easy .And if you go to the golden globe sail boat race on youtube you will find Minnehaha a cape George 36 sailing first in fleet wish my luck Kels
Is it a 36? or 31? Billy Atkin drew the lines for the 36 and I fell in love with the shape of that hull when I first saw one 15 years ago. I haven't seen the other Cape George variants.
Are you kidding? Limited!! If you paid Cape George to do the work it would be $50,000-80,000 PLUS. It is a huge repair requiring ripping the boat completely apart plus thousands of $$$$ in materials. An individual working on it alone could take years to complete it. Limited?????
@Ben Lindner I am not referring to paying Cape George or someone like myself. Labor is expensive as well as any good boat that is 100% ready to sail. Limited means a reasonable knowledge of limitation of needs. Boat repair isn't for everyone. Most of us do sweat equity to get what we can not afford cash out.
Dear Maya and Aladino Rovegno. 👍👌👏 What a good looking sailing boat with a gorgeous interior. Please kindly allow me to ask (and please don't get me wrong): Why not buying the 31" Cape George yourself? It would even fit into "your" actual workshop completely. Maybe you will be allowed to use the workshop for some years after Magic Carpet II is finished? Of course I don't know how far MC II has come meanwhile. But maybe you could even use the engine, stoves and some other things to get MC II finished a lot less expensive? I don't mean that you should/could gut out the 31", just kind of temporarily and only parts wise. Maybe the sailing yacht can be stored under a really sturdy tarp supported with a light wooden structure connected to the boat? After you have travelled for some time with MC II you may will become lust for a new project? 2) I just thought about a possible buyer. But for "the temporarily not sailing Wildling Marc" this gorgeous boat is unfortunately too challenging to fix. 3) I know that it would look like a wrong thing to do because a boat belongs in the water. But the boat could even be a really gorgeous tiny home if stored under a roof. In my personal opinion nearly everything would be better than the actual situation. Thanks a lot for showing explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health.
We already have too much work with our refit -- and we'd really like to see this other boat restored rather than gutting it for parts. Plus, because it's a much smaller boat, a lot of the parts wouldn't be usable in our boat. Thanks as always for your comments and support.
I have a 1978 Cape George 36 with similar but less severe issues, in Houston, Texas. Anyone out there interested in discussing? Aladino, please tell us what's happened to Magic Carpet.
very nice boat but a lot of work visible without digging in. Was this boat built with a balsa core? Looking at the water damage you know what that means....
@@SailingMagicCarpet I am aware that it is not a structural relevant core. Regardless though it is good news that this boat doesn't have it as you don't want the "rot". This would be a fabulous project but shipping it to Germany is economically not viable.
Lots of ways to skin (or deskin) a boat, and the relatively crude work required to rip up decks and replace rotted blocks and such to a strong structure is not all that daunting. Aladino's level of quality and perfection is NOT required here and would be unnecessary to salvage this craft. Hard part is finding a comfortable sheltered and heated space to conduct the work, move it Port Townsend, stick it in a shed and bang away.
This one is? Probably, not in the Netherlands. 31 feet / 9.30 m. I think it's a good project. And maybe also have a workshop. And with the help of the old shipyard in Spakenburg. Could it be a nice boat? Greetings from Spakenburg, the Netherlands.
Now that you have your exterior repaired, it seems you still have a lot of interior work to do. If a buyer doesn't surface soon, would it make sense to scavenge from this boat to build out yours?
would make more sense to invest time in fixing it up and selling it. they already went thru the process once. they could probably fit her in the barn they are currently using. wouldnt be much sailing in 2023, but more money for 2024 cruising.
@@pmnfernando Aladino should probably have his own boat-building business. He takes such care and has beautiful, functional results. I hope he takes on apprentices to pass along such skill.
Because understanding what needs to be done and thinking if the assets are there is most important. If that is indeed the case you can inquire about the price. If we quoted a price the boat might sell to someone interested in the parts instead of seriously liking the boat and thinking about saving it. Hope that makes sense!
I have restored almost a dozen boats over my career and honestly, to do this restore would greatly dwarf it's value. For the life of me I cannot fathom why manufacturers like this do notnmake glass decks and cabins. So much cheaper in the long run.
So you went over everything but the most important thing. The price.. If he wants a mint for it it's going to rot away, and that is what I'm thinking is the case since it wasn't mentioned and nobody in your circle wants it.
Make sure if it gets sold due to the use of your efforts the you get a cut as a brokerage fee, either from the seller or the buyer or both. It's only appropriate for you to get your cut.
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Aladino, along with the rebuilding of the Cape George you have improved your handling of the English language to an astonishing degree. You are now not only a passable English speaker, but exceptionally articulate in your way as Maya is in hers.
Condescend much
Will you please not forget, that he is able to speak and write several languages fluently (French, Italian, German, Switzerdütsch, Englisch)!
Hope I didn't forget one.
@@Chr.U.Cas1622 AND Spanish!
@@SailingMagicCarpet amazing talent 👏.
Dear @@SailingMagicCarpet couple.
Thanks for replying. I totally appreciate this. 2) Oh shoot! I knew I forgot one. That's even more impressive, Signore Aladino.
3) Sigh, why no heart for my comment this time? There was a time when I was one of the viewers with the most given hearts on this channel. I know it's a bit fishing for compliments but I definitely enjoy and appreciate given hearts. By the way: Here are 2 💚💚 for you.
4) Have you already had time to read my main comment? I would really appreciate an answer (if not asking too much).
Sincerely yours.
It is wonderful of you to help the gentleman sell his boat.
It is very difficult to find the right person with the right skills and the right financial situation to take over a project this large.
Before talking to the selling owner please do your research.
Just to move the boat you are going to need a crane and a shipping company to take it to your location. And when you are finished you're going to carry out the reverse to move it to the water. You will see that this movement is very expensive. Materials like epoxies and marine grade plywood are very expensive now. When these boats were built many of the woods used in the construction were green and not Kiln dried. Green wood is very difficult to find these days and Kiln dried wood is not the best for repairs as it tends to rot easier. Research is definitely the key to looking at a project like this and having real expectations of what you can do yourself. There is also a very limited market for this boat as well and they are harder to sell and so you have to be realistic about what you can get out of it. Once completed they are a lovely boat and you will have something that nobody else has. It will definitely stand out from the look-alike plastic boats.
You're doing the current owner, the boat and a potential new owner a great service.
It’s not clear to me how one is supposed to follow up on this ad.
@@patrick-po2lx I know he said the information was in the description, it seems they didn't do that, it is in the video @5:55 though, check that point in the video for email and location in Canada.
Oh to be young! I have the skills but I would be too old to sail it after i finished it! Very sweet of you to help the owner out like you have!!! Rob
So great that you have put this out. Sorry for the owner, who obviously put a ton of money and effort into this before his life took a turn. Hope this video helps him sell it soon.
"20 Years ago and a couple of Thousand Pounds more in the Bank and I would be all over it..... Oh and a Beautiful Partner of course..... But now I am afraid it would be way beyond me..... But well done for trying to get some help for this Glorious Yacht..... Bless you both... :-))) xxx
Lest we forget right now a Cape George 36 is running second in the Golden Globe Race. These are exceptional boats and I am sure there is some one out there who can save this one. 🐟 😁
I hope this boat finds a new home. I wish I was 30 years younger and still had my husband, he would love the challenge..
What a beautiful boat! I thank you for sharing and for caring, and I hope someone rescues and restores it. Forty years ago, I would have tried to move mountains to purchase and restore it. But now it is more than I need or can manage.
Hi Aladino,
We've talked several times about various approaches to the repairs you are doing on Magic Carpet II. Not sure if you know that I looked at her before you bought her, but I decided that she wasn't the right project for me at that time.
But I really need another Cape George for my swan song! Selling my Mariposa was the worst mistake of my life! Because of the way I built her she is the only CG that never had bulwark or teak deck rot.
I first was attracted to Cape Georges because of the 31. Of all the variations that hull comes closest to perfection. The sheer, transom shape, and bow are just right, whereas as much as I loved my 36 I was always aware that when it comes to perfect the 31 hull was 1% nicer.
I've been trying to contact the owner on Vancouver Island with no response. I know Maya said you don't want to get involved with the headaches of acting as a broker. But do you have any means to open the path to making contact?
Looks like your are back in North America? Hopefully we will have an opportunity to meet in person.
Fair Winds
Richard
Hi Richard,
Good to hear from you.
You would certainly be over qualified for the job!
If you watch the video till the end we have the email embedded within. That’s the only way of contact we have ourselves.
Hope they’ll get back to you,
Happy holidays,
Aladino
Aladino thank you. Love your concern and passion for the Cape George. Again nice to see you guys mid week.
I just sold a union cutter 32 that I spent 3 yrs rebuilding very interested in this boat as I’m on Vancouver island
Pity that we are not in Canada (we love Vancouver by-the-way): we follow you from our home Country, namely Italy. Thank you for your "sweet and gentle" videos: tomorrow we are then following your friday's one.
Thanks for posting and sharing. I hope your video helps connect the boat with someone who can take care of her.
Hello Aladino and Maya It was very nice of you to publicize the boat. It is such a shame that the boat was allowed to deteriorate to the extent that it has. I hope that a new home can be found for it. Ben S/V DAWN
Two (Soon Three) Sailing Magic Carpet Videos in a week? It seems I underestimated the amount of luck I had on Sunday!
She is really beautiful, even out of the water. If I had the space, time, tools, thousands of dollars, and lived in the Greater Vancouver Area, I’d probably take up the offer. However seeing as I’m very far away and lack most of the things listed previously, I’ll have to wait and see where she ends up. I’ve been a Cape George fan since I first saw MC II, so I hope she ends up sailing again soon!
Thanks for the videos and keep at it,
-J
Hope your able to find someone who will restore this boat to its Cape George standards. Nice of you both to help this elderly man out by getting this info out there in the boating community. Hope this works out well for him, I sense it will.
I’d love it but I’m 500 miles away; close enough to sail the Salish sea but too far to get any work done. A workshop is really the critical element as Aladino identified. At least she could come out of the weather and that would take the pressure off, for she’s surely worth saving. I sure hope she finds an owner.
I appreciate your passion for the Cape George’s. They are some of loveliest sailboats, in my opinion. Aladino has demonstrated the fix to the Achilles heel of the design: the wooden decks and bulwarks. He and Maya have shown us how the right combination of craftsmanship, materials, and modern adhesives could make her better than new.
Hard to believe that interior work was done with leaking decks!
Crazy project!
Side note on the capabilities and integrity of the Cape George boats, Kerstin, in her sister ship to Magic Carpet 2, is currently second in the GGR and might very well be leading if she hadn't rescued one of her competitors whose boat sank.
Kirsten spent around 24 hours on the rescue that took her northwest instead of west, she is currently 500 miles behind Simon, I cant think of any world where these boats would do 500 miles in 24 hours, she also got very a generous time bonus for her rescue, so i'm not sure how you can say that she would be leading if it wasn't for the rescue.
That said she is making great runs currently and might very well overtake Simon soon, and if not soon then at some point before Cape Horn, i'm rooting for her.
Of all the boats in the GGR the Cape George is undoubtedly the most suited. For a start it has the essential stern hung rudder. And looking at her line she should be much happier on a run to the other yachts, most of which where designed to race upwind in European waters
@@ah940 Actually she has been credited with 35 hours. Still, all things being equal, you couldn't make up that distance in 35 hrs either. However, the winds and currents would have been different for her had she been able to continue without the rescue mission. I'm not saying she would be leading today but that it is possible. That being said Simon, the leader, is sailing a good race. I am also rooting for Kirsten.
@@grahamselby3246 she has been credited 35 hours and she spent less than 24 on the rescue, hence why I said a generous time bonus.
It will be interesting to see if she can keep the lead through the upwind sections of the Atlantic if she takes it between here and cape Horn, given that Simons boat is better upwind.
@@markthomasson5077 the rustler 36’s have transom hung rudders , i think that rudder design is a requirement of the rules for entry and design age.
Gorgeous boat! Thank you for attempting to save her.
I hope this home finds the new right owner... good on you guys for these efforts towards makung it so this boat can survive and live onwards :)
I was hoping it was a Cape George 60, giving you another project. Good of you to promote it.
What a beautiful project I wish I had known about it when this video came out
Nobody can do it like you two! I was hoping it was a new boat that you just couldn’t pass up……It’s beautiful and I hope someone feels the same way about it but with the abilities to bring it back to what I now know it can be…
Lovely gesture guys.
Hope your help finds the boat a new home.🙂
That is a huge project and requires major skills . Aladino is doing it full time when working on it and they still are not done . Decent boat once fixed but if i calculate in my labor they near need to pay me to take it .
Way different if it is your hobby or you make a living selling videos about repairing it
Its only been a couple of months of work so far;P
The 31 would have been a much easier project, but we are VERY happy with the 36:)
I think she’s the most beautiful boat I’ve ever seen.
Thank you, not a project for me, but I love the altruism you two are showing. So in keeping with your values. 😊🎉
Cheers to you from Edmonton Alberta.
ありがとうございます！
Thank you so much!
So sad to see what condition Alishoni is in. She was our introduction to Cape Georges in 1979 while she was anchored in Friday Harbor. At that time there was no engine and accommodations below were sparse. But we loved the lines and ended up purchasing hull #13 as a bare hull in 1980. Owned SV Laurel for 30 years. She now travels by and forth to SE Alaska with her owner.
Beautiful,just passed info on to my partner,thank you from Nelson,BC
Boy do I wish I had the time and money 2 refurbish such an amazing beautiful boat!!! Im so jealous...
massive project. ripping the whole deck, probably replacing all deck beams and blocks because it is more time/cost effective, redecking ,new bulwarks and replacing the top of the cabin. i would go divinicell whenever i could just to make sure no more work would be needed in the future
Well done you two,!
Please let us know if you are successful.
Good luck from Downunder.
Amazing project!
805th desktop shipmate LIKE, 5.3K+ views. Interesting content. Merry Christmas to you two, too.
She's a beauty and in my backyard, I'm on Van Isl in Nanaimo on acreage with a barn she'd fit in love to do it as I've restored a couple wood boats and really enjoy the woodwork buuut I'm getting older and just don't have the energy anymore (was like Aladino when younger could tackle any project) hope she finds a good home.
Oh wow. Sounds like you would have the perfect set of circumstances in many ways though. I wonder if it could somehow be a joint project between you, and maybe a younger person with all the enthusiasm and energy but without the workshop and maybe experience to make it happen.
@@SailingMagicCarpet Ya Aladino! but I think his plate is full Lol, Nah its a pass for me unfortunately. Cheers!
The greater benefit of restoration of this boat would be to share it as Mia and Aladino have so expertly done.
Maybe in Port Townsend 🤔.
What am amazing opportunity. I wish I was in a position to take it on. I am sure someone deserving will get an amazing boat. He/she better take the current owner out for a day sail when they are down.
Yeah stunning boat! 😍
Kirsten Neuschäfer is closing in on the leader in the Golden Globe Race. She's in a Cape Charles 36!
Thank you for this one. Hope it goes to a good home.
Great boat and a shitload of tedious work.
Do not underestimate what’s required.
I’m retired with a year or two free time necessary to fix this boat.
But I do not think I personally have the cabinet making skills and hand eye dexterity required to restore this boat
Very few people have the mechanical skills to properly restore that boat.
Apart from money, materials , time, barn space, etc. woodworking skills are the most important ingredient in this restoration.
From the video, it sounds like the woodworking skills would be of a rough nature, ripping deck, replacing blocks and supports and etc. Very crude skills required for most of it and lots of epoxy. No real need to do it to the finish quality perfection that Aladino does to get a strong finished product.
Biggest issue is a sheltered heated place to confortably complete the work, certainly no more than a year.
Just LOOK at the equipment in the video, holy crap and the interior finish quality. WOW
Check with Leo of Tally Ho at Port Townsend and the boat building school
Been there, done that. Never ever coming near something like that again. Like to see a beautiful restored Woden boat, I just like sailing more.
I would love to dive into that project. I just need a 50’ work shed and a couple of years to complete this job… that’s all!
What price range was he looking for.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year tp both off you
Loved you doing this!
This design is lovely. Did someone buy it?
It's nice to see lovingly maintained old yatchs, but this's different.
I did send word to a shipwright I know, but unfortunately everyone I know is on the East Coast. But I did ask him to put the word out if he would. I'll also contact some of the maritime museums here (in Maryland) and let them know as well. Sending out good vibrations at the right person is found🖖
Thank you so much Susan!
Being on Vancouver Island i could see a joint venture to restore this boat. If you find an individual or group mid island let me know. My carpentry skills are nowhere near Aladino's but definitely willing to be part of a team.
Don’t you two need a project for the upcoming winter time? The name „magic carpet III“ is still available 😁
😂we are tempted! Except when we think of what’s left to do on ours
What’s a ball park figure?
ohhh nice find
Beauty. How about a new deck made of the same material used for Amel ships?
Cape George 36 currently 2nd place in GGR.
And flying to first place.
Gorgeous. Aldergrove B.C.
Not so far from the Island .
Maybe the sort of project to undertake in Mexico. It doesn't rain there (you can do the work outside) and fibreglass work is inexpensive. Difficult passage though. Unfortunately, in BC, the boat is probably more valuable being sold for parts.
If you haven't contacted Don McIntyre at the Golden Globe Race, it might be a good idea. I'd love to see this boat compete in the GGR!!
There could be limitations on length and or Hull speed capability . Dont know the exact criteria.
32’ is the minimum length
Be Safe and have a Great Christmas. Thanks from Florida.
Too bad I’m halfway across the country.
Your videos have me looking for another boat.
Did you check the hull for balsa mold similar to yours?
I feel for the owner who invested resources in the interior before making her exterior ship shape.
Like remodeling a home’s interior before repairing the the roof and foundation.
Please, all of you, who made videos about boats for sale, please, mention de price IN THE VIDEO.
If only I was 20 years younger.....Does anyone know if this boat has been transferred to a new owner? In my 60's and I only have so much time, I will spend the rest of my time sailing, but that is one beautiful boat.
aldino, you have a unique set of skills and abilities and through that filter, refurbishment of that boat is a viable project, but through anyone else, its not
wooden boats like that are doomed, because like church organs, the necessary skillset is dying
you refurbishing the boat to make a profit i guess you have thought about
Any status update on this vessel?
Sold
Is the Cape George still avalible
I am interested, but I don't have the skills to repair it. Thank you for your interest though, I hope it goes to someone who will repair it and get it running again.
If it was mine , I would go back with traditional laid decks . A boat is like a house, stop caring for her and she fades away!
Hey Al this is Kelly Carpenter from San Diego califonia .Its cool that you are supporting The cape George. Im looking for a cape George 36 .in refit condition. The cape George has a righting moment of over 50,000 lbs can handle 1050 square feet of sheet to the wind easy .And if you go to the golden globe sail boat race on youtube you will find Minnehaha a cape George 36 sailing first in fleet wish my luck Kels
She is in second place.
Is it a 36? or 31? Billy Atkin drew the lines for the 36 and I fell in love with the shape of that hull when I first saw one 15 years ago. I haven't seen the other Cape George variants.
Its a 31
What a beautiful interior! Too far away for me. Could the owner afford to shrink wrap it?
Lovely, reasonably limited repairs. Hope someone finds their boat.
Are you kidding? Limited!! If you paid Cape George to do the work it would be $50,000-80,000 PLUS. It is a huge repair requiring ripping the boat completely apart plus thousands of $$$$ in materials. An individual working on it alone could take years to complete it. Limited?????
@Ben Lindner I am not referring to paying Cape George or someone like myself.
Labor is expensive as well as any good boat that is 100% ready to sail.
Limited means a reasonable knowledge of limitation of needs. Boat repair isn't for everyone. Most of us do sweat equity to get what we can not afford cash out.
@@benlindner5285 I could do the work in 6 months.
Dear Maya and Aladino Rovegno.
👍👌👏 What a good looking sailing boat with a gorgeous interior.
Please kindly allow me to ask (and please don't get me wrong): Why not buying the 31" Cape George yourself? It would even fit into "your" actual workshop completely. Maybe you will be allowed to use the workshop for some years after Magic Carpet II is finished? Of course I don't know how far MC II has come meanwhile. But maybe you could even use the engine, stoves and some other things to get MC II finished a lot less expensive? I don't mean that you should/could gut out the 31", just kind of temporarily and only parts wise. Maybe the sailing yacht can be stored under a really sturdy tarp supported with a light wooden structure connected to the boat? After you have travelled for some time with MC II you may will become lust for a new project?
2) I just thought about a possible buyer. But for "the temporarily not sailing Wildling Marc" this gorgeous boat is unfortunately too challenging to fix.
3) I know that it would look like a wrong thing to do because a boat belongs in the water. But the boat could even be a really gorgeous tiny home if stored under a roof.
In my personal opinion nearly everything would be better than the actual situation.
Thanks a lot for showing explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health.
We already have too much work with our refit -- and we'd really like to see this other boat restored rather than gutting it for parts. Plus, because it's a much smaller boat, a lot of the parts wouldn't be usable in our boat. Thanks as always for your comments and support.
Why the fascination with cape George? Proper design would shield bulwarks and below decks from moisture and rot.
I have a 1978 Cape George 36 with similar but less severe issues, in Houston, Texas. Anyone out there interested in discussing? Aladino, please tell us what's happened to Magic Carpet.
esta en venta este barco? cual es su precio? necesita mucho refit? gracias
What’s the name of this boat? We looked at so many! I’m thinking this is the one on Gabriola?
Having watched how much work you put into your boat, I’ll have to say hard no to that boat, lol..
very nice boat but a lot of work visible without digging in. Was this boat built with a balsa core? Looking at the water damage you know what that means....
This one luckily does not have balsa. And keep in mind that on no cape geoarge cutter it is “core” but merely insulation
@@SailingMagicCarpet I am aware that it is not a structural relevant core. Regardless though it is good news that this boat doesn't have it as you don't want the "rot".
This would be a fabulous project but shipping it to Germany is economically not viable.
I am interested, can you post it to London, UK ?;)
You could mention it to Don at Golden Globe Race.
He thinks more people will enter with Cape George next time.
32 feet is the cut off limit for the ggr
How does one find out more about this boat?
Lots of ways to skin (or deskin) a boat, and the relatively crude work required to rip up decks and replace rotted blocks and such to a strong structure is not all that daunting. Aladino's level of quality and perfection is NOT required here and would be unnecessary to salvage this craft. Hard part is finding a comfortable sheltered and heated space to conduct the work, move it Port Townsend, stick it in a shed and bang away.
Jeez, that looks like it has 8ft of draught.
If only .
This one is? Probably, not in the Netherlands. 31 feet / 9.30 m. I think it's a good project. And maybe also have a workshop. And with the help of the old shipyard in Spakenburg. Could it be a nice boat? Greetings from Spakenburg, the Netherlands.
Westkust van Canada, dus de afstand is echt wel een dingetje. Helaas, want ik vind het een mooie schuit.
FIRST COMMENT! CHEERS from SOUTHWEST VANCOUVER ISLAND!
i hope that if you find out that someone has purchased the boat, you would hopefully let your viewers know if you can....
Now that you have your exterior repaired, it seems you still have a lot of interior work to do. If a buyer doesn't surface soon, would it make sense to scavenge from this boat to build out yours?
I don’t think any of the parts will fit.
But the new engine looks nice..but is probably too small.
would make more sense to invest time in fixing it up and selling it. they already went thru the process once. they could probably fit her in the barn they are currently using. wouldnt be much sailing in 2023, but more money for 2024 cruising.
@@pmnfernando Aladino should probably have his own boat-building business. He takes such care and has beautiful, functional results. I hope he takes on apprentices to pass along such skill.
@@johnmiglautsch4587 i wouldnt be surprised if that happens in the future, but my guess is they will circumnavigate at least once before that.
What yr was she built?
1977
Why did ye avoid to mention the price 🤔 😳?????????!!!!!!
Because understanding what needs to be done and thinking if the assets are there is most important.
If that is indeed the case you can inquire about the price.
If we quoted a price the boat might sell to someone interested in the parts instead of seriously liking the boat and thinking about saving it.
Hope that makes sense!
Cost please. Thank you.
I have restored almost a dozen boats over my career and honestly, to do this restore would greatly dwarf it's value. For the life of me I cannot fathom why manufacturers like this do notnmake glass decks and cabins. So much cheaper in the long run.
Hope someone saves that
So you went over everything but the most important thing. The price.. If he wants a mint for it it's going to rot away, and that is what I'm thinking is the case since it wasn't mentioned and nobody in your circle wants it.
Make sure if it gets sold due to the use of your efforts the you get a cut as a brokerage fee, either from the seller or the buyer or both. It's only appropriate for you to get your cut.
3:20🤌
I hope you buy it and enter it in the GGR 2026!
Bit small.