As the owner of an 82 feet (25 meter) riveted steel vessel my recommendation would have been to run as fast and as far away from that barge as you can. Now that you've already bought it, congratulation to your own piece of history. Welding riveted steel can be a challenge sometimes and I'm interested in upcoming videos. A minimum steel thickness of 4mm is recommended. Good luck!
A person that controls one ship, is called a captain. But a person, who controls more than one ship, is called a Commodore (or Admiral) Just saying... 😜
Lot of people complaining here, but I recognize this. You are young, full of energy. When you see a awesome opportunity you have to strike. You have a good eye and knowledge and you can always sell a project.
at the beginning of your channel, people would always criticize or put down things you did but you have a mind like a sponge. you learned from others and through trial and error. now the comment section is practically criticism free. good job man
You are a brave, and confident sailor! The bilge reminded me of my days of working on a WW II landing craft in Key West. In fact, many things you do, and have remind me of my Navy days. Congratulations on acquiring the barracks barge. It was fun watching you attach the motor, then transiting up the river at night. I look forward to the next episode!
I just loved the fact you saw this medal boat as a floating piece of history which still has potential to be useful and very functional. Look forward to more episodes as you add to and work on your fleet. You and your friends are just full on ingenuity which this world needs more off.
Keep doing what you are doing👍👍. The wonderful work you have done so far is inspiring. There is no such thing as to many boats. They spark creativity and adventure in life. Please keep sharing your thoughts and stories.
I have four Austin Healey Sprite Mk1 and 1 MG Midget. And two 1997 Camaros. And a few other cars. And a storage locker full of parts. there are many of us in this situation.
I have a similar addiction, including 3 auston healy sprites , about 8 other vehicles, 9 sailboats, 3 power boats, 2 airplanes. Fortunately I have a lit of land
Ich finde es klasse was du aus den einzelnen Booten machst und wie du dich zu helfen weist. Ein Bild das mir durch den Kopf ging, als ich deine Flotte gesehen habe, war der Gibli Film "Das Wandelnde Schloss". Du baust ein kleines schwimmendes Dorf zusammen. Ich hoffe mehr davon zu sehen.
Congratulations for your new boats . Trust me you are not alone in buying boats , I'm doing the same thing here in egypt 😂 . I think I have bigger problem I'm between nile River and red sea 🎉
Yeah that boat will be awesome for you ,plenty of room that’s for sure .please do this one up until it’s finished and upload how your progress is going.😊
That JVC VHS Unit is one half of the unit. Brought back so many memories. We had the identical AKAI unit (same machine rebadged) in 1982 and that unit had an optional leather shoulder case you slipped it into, and the port on the lower right is a Video Camera Hook up you screwed into it, and it was "Portable" Video system for 1982 standards. it has a rechargeable battery in the side. We "lugged" that thing all over Hong Kong where we lived in 1982/83, and then all over Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and then back home in Australia. There is a second unit (a TV Tuner unit) which you hook that VHS part up to to complete the home setup. The VHS part recorded and played the tape. The tuner part allowed you to connect to the tv and change channels to watch / record. Had a cabled remote that was about 10 meters long. Lasted over 10 years in our home as the primary VHS unit we used.
Very nice purchase. If it will sit for a longer period of time, put up many solar panels to power the other collection of boats, and tell you friends it's a Hydro-Station. Hydro being Greek for water, and it's stationary for now. Interior looks promising. And you're right, it looks small beside the other barge.
OMG another barge!!!, you got a nice big boat, which is not finished yet, and what a work to switch the outboard motor, why didn’t,t you tow and push that new barge with your other boats, and please continue the work on your first big boat, I miss the work on that small pleasurecraft
My thoughts exactly, the yacht tied to the side or towing from the front and the little boat to use as a helper push barge would have worked better, faster and without killing yourselves with having to build and move the outboard.
I grew up on one much like it and though my dad built a new top-frame from (mostly found at garbage) wood, my room was in the hull, which was cool in summer due to the water, but terribly cold in winter when the cold water pretty much froze the metal.
5mm on the baseplate?! We might be being over-cautious but on the narrowboats in the UK (mine is 55 by 7ft- 16m by 1.8) our baseplates are around 10mm and you'd spot weld pits deeper than a couple millimetres and even overplating if excessively pitted or deeper! Anyway, hope to see you enjoy whatever you make of the new vessel!
Some think that I am a bit silly too. I have a 28 ft cruising yacht, a 28 fy racing yacht, a 12 ft aluminium "tinnie" and a 6 ft tender for the rafted yachts. We're all just trying to do our best in our own ways. Not all of us can have a perfect 50 ft Beneteau.
Love your channel I have bin with you since the beginning ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks for sharing these great adventures with us. I would love to have this opportunity like you have there in Berlin. I would be doing exactly what you are doing 👍
I would make a snide comment here, but I own 23 pre-1990 dirt bikes, over half in various stages of restoration. With that in mind, good luck with your addiction man!
Looks like you have a bit of a re-plating job. Followed by a PROPER steel coating system. Then you can let loose, with the interior rebuild. Avidly anticipated.
I was waiting to hear that you bought the original Wappen von Hamburg, now known as M/V Aurora, in California. She was abandoned by her owner and sank a bit, settling in the mud. The Coast Guard refloated her, but she’s going to be scrapped soon, sadly.
when I was younger I was always finding new projects that had incredible prices.... I finally had to change my ways because they were so piled up. I stopped buying new projects and started completing current projects. I've only done 4 smaller boats less than 25 ft. latest is a 40 foot motorhome and after 6 years it is nearing completion. took me 3 years to build my steel house and it is finished too. So many projects, so little time...
My first instinct would have been to tow the barge, while making good use of that huge rudder. No offense, but you might say--as intended. Here from day one. Love your channel.
I make that 8 or 9 boats you've bought over the last few years! Give it another 4 or 5 years, and I'm fully expecting you to be running some sort of floating hotel, or casino, or something! 😃
Did I miss something in the account of the movement? As I understood you arrived with a motor boat. You purchased a non motor boat with a large operating rudder. Why not tow it canal fashion? You have as we say in Britain, a boat and butty.
Dude, if you either alone, or by investment (and outsourcing) finish ANY boatproject you have, You can start to rent the boat and use the money for finishing another projects and buying new boats. The house-boat is the best one, because you can rent it as a place for living, somewhere with reasonable mooring prices and extreme housing and rent prices. Many of such places in Germany around Hamburg... Or Berlin even... Sugesting you to start a company, if so, you can buy the spareparts, colours, materials and services (possibly) witouth wat tax (i.e. cheaper than now probably).
Man you sure do need help ! But friggin good on you if its a passion ! I have a similar issue with motorcycles...... Anyway what an awesome adventure getting her home ! Very professional !!! 😉🙃😎 NZ
You keep buying boats and barges you can rename your channel "my first floating Island!" I was stationed in Berlin in the early eighties. My favorite city in the world. If I wasn't getting so old I wouldn't mind living there again on a boat or in England on a narrowboat. Enjoy your channel and enjoy your exploits.
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I’ve abandoned any hope of seeing a completed project on this channel
haha
👍👌👏 Same here, definitely!
Best regards, luck and health in particular.
he doesn't call it "My Completed Boat" he should change the name to "My Next Boat" maybe :)
@@mundanestuff
👍👌👏😁😁😁
Best regards, luck and health in particular.
I have to admit, there’s never any dull moments with you, keep it up.
As the owner of an 82 feet (25 meter) riveted steel vessel my recommendation would have been to run as fast and as far away from that barge as you can. Now that you've already bought it, congratulation to your own piece of history. Welding riveted steel can be a challenge sometimes and I'm interested in upcoming videos. A minimum steel thickness of 4mm is recommended. Good luck!
I’ve been with you from the first video, and your story telling gets better each year 😊
Carry on Captain 👍🏼
Bro is slowly building an atoll from waterworld one boat at a time, it looks like you have a community of them at 19:31
Keep Buying and fixing boats, this is the 2 reasons we keep enjoying your channel. Cheers from Greece.
A person that controls one ship, is called a captain.
But a person, who controls more than one ship, is called a Commodore (or Admiral)
Just saying... 😜
Well, in this case the boats controls him....
With that many boats, I think he is a Fleet Admiral.
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In this case he’s a hoarder
In this case he controls nothing, he's no captain. He never sailed an ocean. He's making a floating dwelling
I love your videos but God please finish one project so I can admire the completed boat!!
there is no more permanent build than a temporary one
You have saved me a fortune in buying boats. I just live vicariously alongside your purchases and graft fixing them up. Thanks.
Lot of people complaining here, but I recognize this. You are young, full of energy. When you see a awesome opportunity you have to strike. You have a good eye and knowledge and you can always sell a project.
PS I have 5 cars 3 motorbikes and 1958 boat, so I know the hassle 😅
at the beginning of your channel, people would always criticize or put down things you did but you have a mind like a sponge. you learned from others and through trial and error. now the comment section is practically criticism free. good job man
You are a brave, and confident sailor! The bilge reminded me of my days of working on a WW II landing craft in Key West. In fact, many things you do, and have remind me of my Navy days. Congratulations on acquiring the barracks barge. It was fun watching you attach the motor, then transiting up the river at night. I look forward to the next episode!
I just loved the fact you saw this medal boat as a floating piece of history which still has potential to be useful and very functional. Look forward to more episodes as you add to and work on your fleet. You and your friends are just full on ingenuity which this world needs more off.
New channel name... My Floating City. Nice new barge, good for you!!
Dude, you're crazy, but you're fun. I've been following you since the beginning, good luck to you.
Keep doing what you are doing👍👍. The wonderful work you have done so far is inspiring. There is no such thing as to many boats. They spark creativity and adventure in life. Please keep sharing your thoughts and stories.
It is brilliant to use the reverse camera for steering. Well done. Thank you
You have a fortunate addiction for your many loyal followers.
I look forward to your new shop area and your finished guest quarters.
The "My N = N+1 Boat" channel. Just lovely, this just makes it more interesting. Would love a video on how summer techno parties pass on such a setup.
I have four Austin Healey Sprite Mk1 and 1 MG Midget. And two 1997 Camaros. And a few other cars. And a storage locker full of parts. there are many of us in this situation.
Ya piker:).
@@robftzptr4438 naw naw, one drives. One just needs brake master. The other two are project cars... The other three.
I have a similar addiction, including 3 auston healy sprites , about 8 other vehicles, 9 sailboats, 3 power boats, 2 airplanes.
Fortunately I have a lit of land
I love watching boat restorations you never get bored very interesting.
What a fantastic find and purchase!
So many possibilities!
Congratulations, and cheers from dallas tx
Wow! You are a boat addict! Congrats! Cheers from Brazil!
Ich finde es klasse was du aus den einzelnen Booten machst und wie du dich zu helfen weist. Ein Bild das mir durch den Kopf ging, als ich deine Flotte gesehen habe, war der Gibli Film "Das Wandelnde Schloss". Du baust ein kleines schwimmendes Dorf zusammen. Ich hoffe mehr davon zu sehen.
You have a problem young man! 😂
Congratulations buddy! You’ve been promoted from Captain to Fleet Commander, nice work!
Excellent presentation, video and sound, and it’s about boats!
this was an amazing video! i love this kind of content! and you present everything really well. thanks! i will watch your videos now
The challange for you seems to be to finish one of them 😂 not a complaint, a joke.. i love the show, and youve got a eye for the wee gems 👊🏻👏🏻🏴
😂You have so much Work and I hope i see you in the next 500 Videos. ❤❤❤
Congratulations for your new boats . Trust me you are not alone in buying boats , I'm doing the same thing here in egypt 😂 . I think I have bigger problem I'm between nile River and red sea 🎉
I don’t know where yo find those rusty barges, but keep em coming.
Yeah that boat will be awesome for you ,plenty of room that’s for sure .please do this one up until it’s finished and upload how your progress is going.😊
That JVC VHS Unit is one half of the unit. Brought back so many memories.
We had the identical AKAI unit (same machine rebadged) in 1982 and that unit had an optional leather shoulder case you slipped it into, and the port on the lower right is a Video Camera Hook up you screwed into it, and it was "Portable" Video system for 1982 standards. it has a rechargeable battery in the side. We "lugged" that thing all over Hong Kong where we lived in 1982/83, and then all over Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and then back home in Australia.
There is a second unit (a TV Tuner unit) which you hook that VHS part up to to complete the home setup. The VHS part recorded and played the tape. The tuner part allowed you to connect to the tv and change channels to watch / record.
Had a cabled remote that was about 10 meters long.
Lasted over 10 years in our home as the primary VHS unit we used.
Love it brother! Keep up the great work!
Turn it into a guesthouse/yard. Use the low roof as a floating yard and grow vegetation on it
Very nice purchase. If it will sit for a longer period of time, put up many solar panels to power the other collection of boats, and tell you friends it's a Hydro-Station. Hydro being Greek for water, and it's stationary for now. Interior looks promising. And you're right, it looks small beside the other barge.
OMG another barge!!!, you got a nice big boat, which is not finished yet, and what a work to switch the outboard motor, why didn’t,t you tow and push that new barge with your other boats, and please continue the work on your first big boat, I miss the work on that small pleasurecraft
👍👌👏
My thoughts exactly, the yacht tied to the side or towing from the front and the little boat to use as a helper push barge would have worked better, faster and without killing yourselves with having to build and move the outboard.
I grew up on one much like it and though my dad built a new top-frame from (mostly found at garbage) wood, my room was in the hull, which was cool in summer due to the water, but terribly cold in winter when the cold water pretty much froze the metal.
5mm on the baseplate?! We might be being over-cautious but on the narrowboats in the UK (mine is 55 by 7ft- 16m by 1.8) our baseplates are around 10mm and you'd spot weld pits deeper than a couple millimetres and even overplating if excessively pitted or deeper!
Anyway, hope to see you enjoy whatever you make of the new vessel!
Theres a difference between British steel and Dutch steel. Having owned 3 Dutch boats all i can say is thickness is overrated.
Looks like a interesting project can’t wait
I've used a rust converter followed by an epoxy paint with great success. You might try that in the bilge. The rust converter was by Eastwood.
I can't wait to see more and another project started!!
Immer wieder spannend. Ich bin auch überrascht, das in gewissen Abständen ein neues Boot dazu kommt. Solange Platz auf der Spree ist....;-)
Hoarding is more common than I thought after I looked around at my place and every friend's basement or garage.
This is going to be a sweet project to watch!
Some think that I am a bit silly too. I have a 28 ft cruising yacht, a 28 fy racing yacht, a 12 ft aluminium "tinnie" and a 6 ft tender for the rafted yachts.
We're all just trying to do our best in our own ways. Not all of us can have a perfect 50 ft Beneteau.
Still waiting to see you finish your actual first boat and do some traveling 😅.
You do have a nice collection of barges and boats, Captain.
Cheers! 🍺
Thank u for keeping up the good work, I love the content u show 🤟
God I love this channel so much
Fantastic, cant wait. Thank you.
Well done, sir. Very well done.
Great addition to the fleet; but you need more cowbell.
Excellent video thank you so much for sharing.
Wishing you good luck with that barge you just bought!
That boat is going to be amazing once you get it fixed up!
Another excellent video.
Very cool new-old boat. So much potential.
The first step to curing an addiction is admitting you have a problem🙂
Na Gott sei Dank hast Du die "Lange Brücke" und das Köpenicker Schloss stehen lassen... Hätte ich Dir sonst auch übel genommen!!!😊😊😊
I feel you... as i own 5 motorcycles of which only 2 are in driving condition. It's an addiction! 😜
Love your channel I have bin with you since the beginning ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for sharing these great adventures with us.
I would love to have this opportunity like you have there in Berlin.
I would be doing exactly what you are doing 👍
That's a nice boat. I can't wait to see what you do with it.
I would make a snide comment here, but I own 23 pre-1990 dirt bikes, over half in various stages of restoration. With that in mind, good luck with your addiction man!
Nice. Any trials bikes? Rebuilding the engine on my 1974 ty250a right now.
@@BurnerJones No. I'm an old desert race guy, so it's a mixture of Husky, KTM, Maico, Penton and the odd Yamaha IT and Kawasaki KDX.
Looks like you have a bit of a re-plating job. Followed by a PROPER steel coating system. Then you can let loose, with the interior rebuild. Avidly anticipated.
Check the old electronics carefully. Electronic boards from the 1970s and 80s had gold on them.
I understand your passion for Boats .. 100%
He's got full on personal Navy now.
Ever since I favorited this channel
I'm proud to say that I was serious when I said "I'm going to build a fleet soon".🤣
12:00 great job! :)
Go n enjoy your new project….I’ll be watching patiently….hehehehe
Congratulations 💐
I was waiting to hear that you bought the original Wappen von Hamburg, now known as M/V Aurora, in California. She was abandoned by her owner and sank a bit, settling in the mud. The Coast Guard refloated her, but she’s going to be scrapped soon, sadly.
I heard of addictions but never a boat addictions Haha 😂😂!
I do hope they paid you a lot to take it away! But hey, one man's junk another mans treasure 🙂
I also have "boat acquisition syndrome".
I am working hard on the problem, and,
I now only have 3..........
I wish you well.
when I was younger I was always finding new projects that had incredible prices.... I finally had to change my ways because they were so piled up. I stopped buying new projects and started completing current projects. I've only done 4 smaller boats less than 25 ft. latest is a 40 foot motorhome and after 6 years it is nearing completion. took me 3 years to build my steel house and it is finished too. So many projects, so little time...
"The boat-enthusiast that unintentionally built an island"
My first instinct would have been to tow the barge, while making good use of that huge rudder. No offense, but you might say--as intended. Here from day one. Love your channel.
I make that 8 or 9 boats you've bought over the last few years! Give it another 4 or 5 years, and I'm fully expecting you to be running some sort of floating hotel, or casino, or something! 😃
You could maybe rename your channel to "My First 100 Boats" 😂
I'm sure BMW would have installed the engine the exact same way. Cheers! I enjoy each episode.
Is there a Boat hoarder anonymous?
Very Commendable to you and your crew.
I'm just waiting for a pool barge, and the grass covered "yard barge."
Why do all that work fitting an outboard when you have a working 'tow' boat tied to the 'new' boat?
The outboard is only 60hp, and it's a heavy boat. I'm sure both motorboats were being used as tugs.
I enjoy all your videos 👍🏻
Did I miss something in the account of the movement? As I understood you arrived with a motor boat. You purchased a non motor boat with a large operating rudder. Why not tow it canal fashion? You have as we say in Britain, a boat and butty.
his steel yacht is not a tug boat... it's like trying to tow a semi-truck with a Mini...
@@theorganguya 70 foot (21 meter) steel narrowboat without engine isn’t a canoe either.
Where is the tugboat?Thanks for sharing
Crazy crazy water rat!! Maybe a couple of leftover life boats might be an idea. But whatever, keep boating and have fun!!
Well done. You should have a huge "yard sale" for all the junk you found
Dude, if you either alone, or by investment (and outsourcing) finish ANY boatproject you have, You can start to rent the boat and use the money for finishing another projects and buying new boats. The house-boat is the best one, because you can rent it as a place for living, somewhere with reasonable mooring prices and extreme housing and rent prices. Many of such places in Germany around Hamburg... Or Berlin even...
Sugesting you to start a company, if so, you can buy the spareparts, colours, materials and services (possibly) witouth wat tax (i.e. cheaper than now probably).
Roof top terrace on that one. Or a bed and breakfast and your the sailor could make quite a lot, to buy more boats of course lol.
Your mission should you choose to accept it: sell some of the boats you've already bought for a profit so you can buy a bigger one 🤣
the adventures to get the new boats is great! :)
Man you sure do need help ! But friggin good on you if its a passion ! I have a similar issue with motorcycles...... Anyway what an awesome adventure getting her home ! Very professional !!! 😉🙃😎 NZ
You keep buying boats and barges you can rename your channel "my first floating Island!" I was stationed in Berlin in the early eighties. My favorite city in the world. If I wasn't getting so old I wouldn't mind living there again on a boat or in England on a narrowboat.
Enjoy your channel and enjoy your exploits.
Yes... Yes.. More... more... more boat... I want to see more boats...
The most fascinating man on the internet
what tool are you using at around the 14:00 mark? Really like your videos, you kinda inspired to get my SBF binnen/see + UBI/SRC
10 out of 10 for bravery. What is the name of the device for measuring the thickness of the steel. Thank you.