Hi! I enjoy watching your videos from Norway, and feel like I recognize your joy and effort in such a big project. I spent all my spare-time with rebuilding a classic Norwegian Pilot cutter (actually two), and know how much time goes into this. Looking at your progress, I am amazed about how much you get done, in addition to filming, editing and posting on various sites - Cudos! From my own perspective, I remember getting a bit narrow-focused on the project, and it was nearly the only thing I thought about for a long periode. Remeber to see the big picture - your family and friends - and don't let the project get all of you. You seem like a energetic person, so I guess you manage to combine it all in a healthy way. Best of luck - I'm chearing from up North :-) Ole T.
Well said indeed. I do get obsessive about my projects and have to consciously tell myself to take a moment to do other things. However your point is well taken.
Your approach to this is outstanding and such a lesson in can do mastery of any problem making all your efforts extremely watchable, keep up the excellent work.
Hey Scott, Really enjoy the videos. Not interested in boats per say, but enjoy watching things come together. I’m a commercial carpenter and after 30 years have learned everyone has their own way of doing... no wrongs or rights to it, just getting it done! Thats why I’m watching your build, cause you’re hammering it out and learning along the way and now I am too. Thanks for taking us along!!
Really nice of you say David. I've done some diy construction stuff (roof, remodels, drywall etc.) in my life. Every time I get done I say I'm glad I don't do it for a living. It's damn hard work and I really admire construction guys, particularly long term ones. I don't think I would be tough enough to do it. I agree with you on enjoying watching things come together. I watch welding videos, painters and various projects just because it's so cool to watch things being created from nothing.
You're making great progress and it's a joy to watch it come together. We are happy to support you in any way possible. Let us know what you need! Keep up the great work.
Thanks TB! I really meant it when I said how grateful we are for your help in spreading the word. It really is more than we ever expected. Don't you worry though, you'll be hearing from us a lot in the coming years. I have a feeling we'll be one of your best customers!
Great work and real progress. I found when plunge drilling always do what you where doing later in the video and drill and pull out every few seconds and make sure all the waste is cleared. Looking forward to the next video. Good luck Peter.
I enjoy the various boat builders videos on you tube. Sampson, SV Seeker, Tips from a shipwright, to name a few. I just found Your channel and In My opinion you are doing a great job and a great job on your narrative. I find your description very understandable and your techniques sensible. I will keep watching! Thanks,
absolutely amazing and fantastic work,, im in total awe,,, your family must be so very proud of you,, because I am, and I'm not even related lol.,, you may not know it, but I think you are a genius in common sense and ingenuity with a boat load of patients., (pardon the pun) im sure looking forward to the next installation of your epic adventure. if you ever sail to Ireland, hit me up.
Thanks David! I sure would love to do a crossing of the Atlantic and see your part of the world. That's the beauty of building a blue water boat, dreaming about what's possible!
RUclips flagged our video again for inappropriate content. This is the second video this has happened to. I can't imagine what the algorithms are seeing that get them so concerned. So now we wait for the manual review. weird and frustrating!
Thanks for the update - hope you had a great Christmas and new year. 👍 Looks cold there, must be hard to maintain motivation. Stay warm and keep it coming. 😊
Thanks for the up date, things are going well: Something went wrong, you fixed it. Nice approach to what you are doing, pleased to see your channel growing too. Keep on keeping on.
I've said it before but I think its important to show the good and the bad. It's more authentic and if someone is doing something similar they won't be frustrated when they struggle and clever editing on some video made it look easy. Thanks for the kind words as well Frank.
Good update and it looks pretty cold there! That drilling looked an absolute nightmare - bet you glad that is over. If is not over - may I suggest your drill is a bit 'rickety'. I would suggest making a guide out of a suitable size steel pipe welded to a baseplate that is fashioned to achieve 'true'. Greasing the lands of the drill will help preserve the tube.
Thanks Norm, I'll look into that because we got 6 more to drill for the through bolts! I think I need to try a barefoot bit along with the drill guide you describe.
Just a thought. I don't think the drill bet walked. With the holes in the plywood guide enlarge and not being real firm you only have to be off a degree or two. On thing sould to be to move the to[ guide farther up the brace.
Howdy SPWW, Great progress. For those blowouts, what about filling them with thickened epoxy? Just thinking out loud. On another note you remind me of the hard core SeaBees that I met while I was in the Marines, they were out there making things happen with the skills and materials that they had available, sometimes while getting shot at. They pretty much needed to know all of the trades, not much room for specialization, and that is a trait most boat builders share. Not sure if you served in the military but we certainly thank you for your First Responder service.
Thanks for your support. I don't have any military experience but I'm old friends with a former seabee. Your certainly right about their ingenuity. The designer recommends using a softwood dowel but I think your idea works as well. I'm guessing the dowel will swell and shrink the same as the surrounding wood so the hole never opens up, but that's just a guess.
Great perspective for building your boat (per your beginning comments). It takes tremendous energy, courage and persistence to take on a project of this size. I have built several smaller wooden boats (20 ft and under) that still took months to build. How long do you think it will take for you to have the boat ready to launch for for Coast Guard Testing?
Thanks Bill, I wish I knew how long it would take. I like to say 5 to 7 years but who knows. We are just a regular family with 2 working adults and 2 teenage kids so as much as I love working on the boat it always comes in last behind my grown up responsibilities. We will not require any coast guard certification. That would only be applicable if we wanted to carry paying passengers or if we were to sell it. It's kinda the wild west for home builders as long as you just intend to use the boat personally. Thats why you see these crazy people crossing the oceans in garbage cans or modfied jeeps, because they can! Now we'll do all we can to build to Coast Guard standards, we want to be safe but it's not really a concern if we are exactly right. except of course for some of the fuel system and sewage discharge rules in the event we were boarded.
Looking good scott. By my research Diesel Ducks Usually uses a 150 hp Perkins or Ford Lemans running about 2 gal an hour at 8 knots. ( I am just doing some math ) 8 knots is 9.2 miles per hour, and running 2 gals an hour, I believe works out to 3,220 mile per 700 gal fill, On engines alone. And of course Generator will cut into that. Is this going to work for you, and are you going to some sort of back up propulsion in case of break down.
Wow, your math is really good, matches the designer's calculations pretty closely. The steel Ducks are little heavier and require a larger power plant. Our wood Duck is spec'd for around an 85HP diesel sipping around 1.5 gallons an hour (in perfect conditions) I'm contemplating adding additional tankage to get us closer to 900 gallons of fuel but we'll decide on that later. The ducks sail rig is designed to slow the roll and act as an emergency get home rig. We won't win any races with it but it'll get us back to land. Well once I learn how to sail it will.
I was doing some reading on the duck website just now. George also mentions using the sailing rig as an assist in the right conditions. Running the engine at a fast idle with the sail rig up could take you to cruising speed and greatly reduce fuel consumption.
1 knot equals 1.15078 statute miles per hour, and one statute mile equals 0.868976 nautical miles so if you take 1.15078 x 8 = 9.20624 statute miles per hour, and if you take 0.868976 x 9.20624 = 8.000003837 nautical miles per hour so yes and no LOL. I love Microsoft calculator. I would have had a massive headache after that one LOL
Hi Paul, no there will not be a lead keel. The ducks do have a sail rig as an emergency "get home" option and to slow the roll but they are not true motorsailers. We'll have internal ballast for sure so we sit on our lines but I'm not sure what material we will use for that. In the old days they used concrete and we might to.
Thanks for the reply. There were metal bars in the bilge of my 36ft motor launch when I bought her. She is 100yrs+ and they'd turned into massive blocks of rust! I took them out at the beginning of her restoration, and I was thinking of using concrete as a replacement... Keep up the hard work. It's fascinating to watch!
Finding it hard to believe u couldn't get the right length bolts for the ply/ frame gusset bolting (see at 0.50 in the background). It would have saved u a lot of money, a lot of weight, and a lot of time nut threading. Ten bolts in every gusset, 4 gussets to a frame, x 20 frames = 800 bolts !!
Oh no, no, no. I was able to buy standard galvanized bolts for all the gussets. The only bolts I had to fabricate were for the keel bolts that hold the floor timbers, transom and bow knees. Those bolts were at least 24" long all the way up to 40".
Not sure what u mean ... ? At 5.00 I can see a stack of frames on the left. They all hv oversized bolts sticking out. That's hundreds & hundreds of overlong bolts in the boat - a lot of unecessary threading of nuts, a lot of uneccessary weight, and a lot of uneccessary snagging points. In the UK we can buy bolts of any length to suit the wood thickness - why not in the US?
Oh I got what you mean. Yes they were longer than necessary but I bought them before I had the lumber and knew exactly what size I would be using. I did want to pass up the opportunity for the deal i got on the fasteners so I went with a size that I knew would work no matter what. Weight is not an issue as I'll need a few thousand pounds of internal ballast when we are done anyway. We'll cut the bolts off to avoid snags and threading time is negligible when my time is free.
Hi! I enjoy watching your videos from Norway, and feel like I recognize your joy and effort in such a big project.
I spent all my spare-time with rebuilding a classic Norwegian Pilot cutter (actually two), and know how much time goes into this.
Looking at your progress, I am amazed about how much you get done, in addition to filming, editing and posting on various sites - Cudos! From my own perspective, I remember getting a bit narrow-focused on the project, and it was nearly the only thing I thought about for a long periode. Remeber to see the big picture - your family and friends - and don't let the project get all of you.
You seem like a energetic person, so I guess you manage to combine it all in a healthy way. Best of luck - I'm chearing from up North :-) Ole T.
Well said indeed. I do get obsessive about my projects and have to consciously tell myself to take a moment to do other things. However your point is well taken.
Your approach to this is outstanding and such a lesson in can do mastery of any problem making all your efforts extremely watchable, keep up the excellent work.
Thanks Teabone! I work slow, but given enough time we eventually figure it out.
Hey Scott, Really enjoy the videos. Not interested in boats per say, but enjoy watching things come together. I’m a commercial carpenter and after 30 years have learned everyone has their own way of doing... no wrongs or rights to it, just getting it done! Thats why I’m watching your build, cause you’re hammering it out and learning along the way and now I am too. Thanks for taking us along!!
Really nice of you say David. I've done some diy construction stuff (roof, remodels, drywall etc.) in my life. Every time I get done I say I'm glad I don't do it for a living. It's damn hard work and I really admire construction guys, particularly long term ones. I don't think I would be tough enough to do it. I agree with you on enjoying watching things come together. I watch welding videos, painters and various projects just because it's so cool to watch things being created from nothing.
You're making great progress and it's a joy to watch it come together. We are happy to support you in any way possible. Let us know what you need! Keep up the great work.
Thanks TB! I really meant it when I said how grateful we are for your help in spreading the word. It really is more than we ever expected. Don't you worry though, you'll be hearing from us a lot in the coming years. I have a feeling we'll be one of your best customers!
WHERE's LOUIS!
Back tomorrow with Episode 15!
I am amazed and inspired by every episode! I look forward to every episode!
Thanks Chris
Great work and real progress. I found when plunge drilling always do what you where doing later in the video and drill and pull out every few seconds and make sure all the waste is cleared.
Looking forward to the next video. Good luck Peter.
Thanks Peter. I've gotten some good tips from people here and on FB. I'm still dreading 6 others I have to drill but we'll find a way!
Keep these great videos coming! I enjoy how resourceful and creative you are.
Thanks Steve! You know we get some darn good advice from our viewers and readers and it honestly helps with overcoming some of these challenges.
I enjoy the various boat builders videos on you tube. Sampson, SV Seeker, Tips from a shipwright, to name a few. I just found Your channel and In My opinion you are doing a great job and a great job on your narrative. I find your description very understandable and your techniques sensible. I will keep watching! Thanks,
Thanks Ed, I'm glad you're following along.
absolutely amazing and fantastic work,, im in total awe,,, your family must be so very proud of you,, because I am, and I'm not even related lol.,, you may not know it, but I think you are a genius in common sense and ingenuity with a boat load of patients., (pardon the pun) im sure looking forward to the next installation of your epic adventure. if you ever sail to Ireland, hit me up.
Thanks David! I sure would love to do a crossing of the Atlantic and see your part of the world. That's the beauty of building a blue water boat, dreaming about what's possible!
You Sir are a steely eyed rocket man, I would have been crapping my pants every time I thought about drilling those holes.
That's a good one! I got 6 more to drill just like it, ugh.
RUclips flagged our video again for inappropriate content. This is the second video this has happened to. I can't imagine what the algorithms are seeing that get them so concerned. So now we wait for the manual review. weird and frustrating!
I sure haven't seen anything I would flag as inappropriate!
Six Points Wood Works It’s all the naked wood.😂
Cant Imagine why. Looks super to me.
Great video...... thank you for posting!
Thanks for the update - hope you had a great Christmas and new year. 👍 Looks cold there, must be hard to maintain motivation. Stay warm and keep it coming. 😊
Thanks for the holiday wishes, to you as well! It's been darn cold, hovering around zero the last few mornings. toughens us up I guess!
Thanks for the up date, things are going well: Something went wrong, you fixed it. Nice approach to what you are doing, pleased to see your channel growing too. Keep on keeping on.
Thanks Dale, yeah I'm shocked how things are going for the channel, pretty cool.
That's great, just do your own thing best way to go.
Great progress well done 👍
Another great vid showing what one person can do plus who's not afraid to show the what can go wrong with things.. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I've said it before but I think its important to show the good and the bad. It's more authentic and if someone is doing something similar they won't be frustrated when they struggle and clever editing on some video made it look easy. Thanks for the kind words as well Frank.
Good update and it looks pretty cold there! That drilling looked an absolute nightmare - bet you glad that is over. If is not over - may I suggest your drill is a bit 'rickety'. I would suggest making a guide out of a suitable size steel pipe welded to a baseplate that is fashioned to achieve 'true'. Greasing the lands of the drill will help preserve the tube.
Thanks Norm, I'll look into that because we got 6 more to drill for the through bolts! I think I need to try a barefoot bit along with the drill guide you describe.
Had a scan through your videos.. subbed :) good luck mate
Thanks, we'll head over and check out your channel too!
Six Points Wood Works would be great Scott we are using different materials but the dream is the same
Your a great actor brother you make it look like you know what your doing (fooled me)
classically trained in Europe with a concentration in drama, tap and ballroom.....;-)
Just a thought. I don't think the drill bet walked. With the holes in the plywood guide enlarge and not being real firm you only have to be off a degree or two. On thing sould to be to move the to[ guide farther up the brace.
What happened to wrapping the keel with fiberglass? Looks like your prepping to install frames/moulds.
Keep going from 🇬🇧
Howdy SPWW, Great progress. For those blowouts, what about filling them with thickened epoxy? Just thinking out loud. On another note you remind me of the hard core SeaBees that I met while I was in the Marines, they were out there making things happen with the skills and materials that they had available, sometimes while getting shot at. They pretty much needed to know all of the trades, not much room for specialization, and that is a trait most boat builders share. Not sure if you served in the military but we certainly thank you for your First Responder service.
Thanks for your support. I don't have any military experience but I'm old friends with a former seabee. Your certainly right about their ingenuity. The designer recommends using a softwood dowel but I think your idea works as well. I'm guessing the dowel will swell and shrink the same as the surrounding wood so the hole never opens up, but that's just a guess.
Just out of curiosity...with proper maintenance, what would the life span of the boat be on the ocean?
What is the black adhesive you laminated the keel with?
It's Aerodux 185, a modern resorcinol adhesive that's a little more forgiving than the old school stuff.
Great perspective for building your boat (per your beginning comments). It takes tremendous energy, courage and persistence to take on a project of this size. I have built several smaller wooden boats (20 ft and under) that still took months to build. How long do you think it will take for you to have the boat ready to launch for for Coast Guard Testing?
Thanks Bill, I wish I knew how long it would take. I like to say 5 to 7 years but who knows. We are just a regular family with 2 working adults and 2 teenage kids so as much as I love working on the boat it always comes in last behind my grown up responsibilities. We will not require any coast guard certification. That would only be applicable if we wanted to carry paying passengers or if we were to sell it. It's kinda the wild west for home builders as long as you just intend to use the boat personally. Thats why you see these crazy people crossing the oceans in garbage cans or modfied jeeps, because they can! Now we'll do all we can to build to Coast Guard standards, we want to be safe but it's not really a concern if we are exactly right. except of course for some of the fuel system and sewage discharge rules in the event we were boarded.
What type of drill bit are you using ? You might want to try an auger bit, which has a spur and will not drift.
I thought that first bit was an auger bit. Some builders from various forums have recommended an auger bit without the spur (barefoot ships auger)
Looking good scott. By my research Diesel Ducks Usually uses a 150 hp Perkins or Ford Lemans running about 2 gal an hour at 8 knots. ( I am just doing some math ) 8 knots is 9.2 miles per hour, and running 2 gals an hour, I believe works out to 3,220 mile per 700 gal fill, On engines alone. And of course Generator will cut into that. Is this going to work for you, and are you going to some sort of back up propulsion in case of break down.
The ducks are designed to sail for backup
Wow, your math is really good, matches the designer's calculations pretty closely. The steel Ducks are little heavier and require a larger power plant. Our wood Duck is spec'd for around an 85HP diesel sipping around 1.5 gallons an hour (in perfect conditions) I'm contemplating adding additional tankage to get us closer to 900 gallons of fuel but we'll decide on that later. The ducks sail rig is designed to slow the roll and act as an emergency get home rig. We won't win any races with it but it'll get us back to land. Well once I learn how to sail it will.
I was doing some reading on the duck website just now. George also mentions using the sailing rig as an assist in the right conditions. Running the engine at a fast idle with the sail rig up could take you to cruising speed and greatly reduce fuel consumption.
Just a thought with your calculations as this is a boat and we're talking distances at sea shouldn't that be 8 knots equals 8 nautical miles an hour?
1 knot equals 1.15078 statute miles per hour, and one statute mile equals 0.868976 nautical miles so if you take 1.15078 x 8 = 9.20624 statute miles per hour, and if you take 0.868976 x 9.20624 = 8.000003837 nautical miles per hour so yes and no LOL. I love Microsoft calculator. I would have had a massive headache after that one LOL
I don’t know if you’ve covered this before, but are you fitting a lead keel?
Hi Paul, no there will not be a lead keel. The ducks do have a sail rig as an emergency "get home" option and to slow the roll but they are not true motorsailers. We'll have internal ballast for sure so we sit on our lines but I'm not sure what material we will use for that. In the old days they used concrete and we might to.
Thanks for the reply. There were metal bars in the bilge of my 36ft motor launch when I bought her. She is 100yrs+ and they'd turned into massive blocks of rust! I took them out at the beginning of her restoration, and I was thinking of using concrete as a replacement... Keep up the hard work. It's fascinating to watch!
rong type of drill bit to go that deep in a straight line. Cut off the screw at the end of it and you will get a better result.
Finding it hard to believe u couldn't get the right length bolts for the ply/ frame gusset bolting (see at 0.50 in the background). It would have saved u a lot of money, a lot of weight, and a lot of time nut threading. Ten bolts in every gusset, 4 gussets to a frame, x 20 frames = 800 bolts !!
Oh no, no, no. I was able to buy standard galvanized bolts for all the gussets. The only bolts I had to fabricate were for the keel bolts that hold the floor timbers, transom and bow knees. Those bolts were at least 24" long all the way up to 40".
Not sure what u mean ... ? At 5.00 I can see a stack of frames on the left. They all hv oversized bolts sticking out. That's hundreds & hundreds of overlong bolts in the boat - a lot of unecessary threading of nuts, a lot of uneccessary weight, and a lot of uneccessary snagging points. In the UK we can buy bolts of any length to suit the wood thickness - why not in the US?
Oh I got what you mean. Yes they were longer than necessary but I bought them before I had the lumber and knew exactly what size I would be using. I did want to pass up the opportunity for the deal i got on the fasteners so I went with a size that I knew would work no matter what. Weight is not an issue as I'll need a few thousand pounds of internal ballast when we are done anyway. We'll cut the bolts off to avoid snags and threading time is negligible when my time is free.
What? You're building a duck and you're not going to take it out of sight of land?
well c'mon, I've never been at sea! I'm sure I'll gain confidence, we sure would like to go to the Caribbean.
Stodoys is a solid company with solid woodworking plans.