This video is a wonderful example of a boat's restoration where the owner isn't begging for money or free of charge parts. I remember one video where they actually posted a list of things that would 'make life better'. Well done. I cant wait to see the next video.
Thanks, Paul. I am doing my best. The videos are, as you surely can se, very amateurish. But I enjoy making them and do hope they also serve as entertainment and maybe a degree of educational. (do not buy old project boats based purely on dreams :-). Being an middle-aged man it is also educational for me as well, making videos. I hope to improve as time goes. :-)
With that Butyl sealed hatch.....mask up leaving about 1" around the the perimeter un taped.....scuff with fine grit....then paint that 1" and that will hide the Butyl under neath.....goodonya 4 using Butyl,better than silicone ,never goes hard,best sealant ever......Gavin
Thanks for your advice, Gavin. Like you, I also find Butyl to be great to seal windows, hatches etc. It is a bit hard taping the round portholes, but I will consider your advice in the future. :-)
Very inspirational! I have only started watching your series recently, and it is very engaging and well done. You must be extremely confident by nature to take on such a large project that seemed to expand in scope with each video. You have done a beautiful job and I look forward to watching the rest of the series.
Thanks for your feedback. It is an "old" video from when the channel was new and I had no clue of what a video should be. It improved later, when my daughter Sara took over the editing. :-)
Lookin good Blimp. I brought home my Tresfjord 28 earlier this week for winter project time. I am fortunate to have a trailer it can sit on during the winter. On my list is new prop and shaft, empty and clean the fuel tank and reseal some windows. I love your videos. Gives me encouragement! Your boat is looking very nice indeed!
Thanks Bradley. Hope your winter-work on the Tresfjord works out ok. Great to have space on dry-land for the boat during winter. Remember to protect your motor and freshwater-system for frost damage (if you have freezing conditions that is). :-)
I really like what you've accomplished with the exterior of your boat including color. Visually I like the longer windows there now, trying to visualize how it will look with round port-holes. Best wishes for a continued wonderful restoration.
Hi Robert! Yes, the present windows are great, but not watertight. These need special rubber-sealings, which might be hard to get. The circular portholes are easy to get, and easy to seal and reseal with spare parts. I sure hope they suite the boat, but only time will tell. I will keep the old windows, just in case. Thanks for your input :-)
Educational , Interesting and inspiring. What a journey - great work - well done and thanks. My little day sailer will be better for your guidance and advice.
Shes starting to look pretty fine Blimp ..thats a lot of work done..against the Northern summer clock. 👍🏼⛵ Well done but i bet you were gutted when that first paint coat reacted.
Thank you, Clive! I was indeed fighting against the clock, both for the weather and the yards kind slot-time. Yes I was VERY unhappy and first decided to fix it next summer. But then there opened up a weather-window with still quite mild temperatures, and the yard agreed to let me stay for that extended period (the yard was actually VERY flexible and friendly all the way). So then I figured I would be MUCH more happy if I could get a new coat before winter, rather then wait till late spring. That weather window was really the last possibility this year, so a bit of fortune too...! :-)
Thanks! One week ago the boat was actually frozen in and covered with snow. Are starting to wake up for the spring and further work on the boat. I have bought a lot of equipment and are planning the next video. Might still take some time I am afraid. But those who wait.... ;-)
Congratulations - you achieved an amazing amount in 89 days and to such a high standard, particularly as the conditions turned against you with the usual excellent timing. What was the story with the yard in terms of pressuring you to get out of the space - had they contracted with someone else for the space? Oh well, I have caught up already - so what’s next? Continuing in the weatherproofness goal (windows and the like)?
Thanks, Norman. The yard needed the space for winter-storage of boats. Next is rebuilding the engine foundation (is this the correct term?), as it is now just a few 2by4 pieces of wood, not able to withstand the engine vibrations. And yes, the windows will need re-sealing and partly changing. The boat needs to be dry on the inside. Then there is the teak-railing.... ;-)
Thanks for your feedback. I know about the text and we have improved in the later videos. Unfortunately in the last video a couple sneaked in, for which I am sorry. :-)
Hei, flott prosjekt, god jobb. Jeg er i gang med mye av det samme med en Fisher 30 fra tidlig 1970-tall. Den gamle gelcoten var flasset og skallet av noen steder. Akkurat ferdig med å slipe skutesida med eksentrrsliper. Spørsmål: Hvordan påføre dere ny gelcoat (og topcoat)? Rulle, pensel eller spray? Hvor mange lag? Pusse med våt sandpapir mellom hver omgang? Så polere til slutt? Det vrimler av ulike svar rundt om på nettet …
Hei Arne. Takk for det. Er det du som kjøpte den røde som var til salgs på Lillestrøm i fjor høst? Først: Er du sikker på at det er gelcoat-en som skaller av? På min båt var gelcoat-en gjennomfarget blå og var egentlig i god stand. Ingen avskalling. Men båten var blitt malt på et tidspunkt, for en del år tilbake, trolig på grunn av matt gelcoat. Lakken var i dårlig stand da jeg kjøpte båten i forfjor og var matt og gått delvis i oppløsning (støv). Jeg har ikke lakket med gelcoat da det ikke er mulig. Man kan male med topcoat (gelcoat blandet med voks), men resultatet kan bli lite tilfredsstillende. I stedet brukte jeg polyurethan-lakk. Den er 2-komponent og ved riktig underlagsbehandling er den sterkere enn gelcoaten. Men den er veldig tynn og er derfor utsatt for gjennomslitasje hvis tau ligger og sliter på lakken over lengre tid. Min erfaring gjennom mange år, med polyurethan-lakk er veldig god. På video-en du har kommentert er polyurethan-lakken lagt på med rulle (gir jevn tykkelse) og så strøket over med en pensel av god kvalitet (fjernet rulle-preget og glatter ut). Du må tynne ca 10% med en tynner beregnet for polyurethan. 2 lag er vanligvis nok. Polyurethan-lakk kan overmales innenfor et intervall som er temperaturavhengig. Ved 15-20 grader så MÅ du overmale dagen etter, ikke senere. Venter du lenger vil lakken tørke for mye med det resultatet at 2. strøket gir dårlig heft. Du kan selvsagt vannslipe (for hånd helst) mellom første og andre lag (400 papir) men du sliter bort deler av tykkelsen på malingen. Man bør imidlertid slipe hvis man skal mer enn to strøk. Altså annet-hvert strøk bør få tørke ordentlig, for så å slipes/mattes forsiktig. Polering har jeg ikke gjort. Jeg veier tiden min mot resultatet. 90% er godt nok for meg. Du kan polere for å få enda bedre resultat, noe jeg aldri har gjort (har malt 6 båter gjennom årene). Du spurte også om rulle/pensel og spray. Jeg har aldri brukt spray. Gir nok flottere resultat med spray, men krever mye (bl.a. eget rom og tildekning). Jeg bruker rulle for påføring og pensel for utstryking. Stryker ut UMIDDELBART etter hver rullepåføring. Man har sekunder på seg før resultatet blir dårligere. Husk å stryke ovenfra og ned (loddrett). Kan virke litt ulogisk men det hindrer "heng". Håper dette bidrar 🙂
Hi Jim. The interior is gone due to rot. I will make a new interior. On one side bad as it was the original interior made for berthing 6 people, but also good as I can custom make the new interior to mainly me, myself and I. But my first video (very amateurish) have a tour of the boat, giving an impression of the old interior. Hope that helps. The video: ruclips.net/video/4sqicce51uY/видео.html
Hi Robert! Most of the windows are yet to be removed, which they will. They are all leaking. I have drilled out one of the portlights from the aft-cabin. Cant remember the size of the drill bit, but I did start small and increased until i reached the inner-diameter of the rivets. Maybe 2,5mm. I will probably replace all cabin-portlights with new. The wheelhouse windows I will keep (for now), but consider using bolts instead of rivets when reattaching them. Not as pretty, but easier to tighten up to get them waterproof. For the resealing the 4 portlights in the bow i used butyl tape. Will use that on the rest of the windows as well, when I get there...
@@hsobstad Thanks for the speedy reply. The portlights I was viewing (wheelhouse) had 2 rivets where the aluminum frame joined. Are those the rivets you would drill out? Many thanks, Rob
@@RobertBrynjolfson Robert. It seems to me we have about the same progress. I have seen the rivets to split the frame, but has not yet done that. So I have no experience to share yet. I will do the split, I guess, to be able to re-seal the window. So I cant se any other way than to drill out the rivets.
Thanks for your comment and input. Yes, I will learn how use non-gimmic tekst. I did not find the plane tekst, with satisfactory size and font first, and just continued to use the "gimmic-text". Sorry for that. You are not the first to tell me :-)
I like your project. A bit annoyed with the editing (if not necessary, than cut or shorten) and "tricky" text which makes you wait before you can read sentence.
Thank you for telling me. I´ve got lots of feedback on that, and have been asked to comment orally instead, which I have done in the two latest videos. I hope that is better. In the latest video the "tricky" text has sneaked in a few places (forgot to focus on that), for which I am sorry. :-)
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Oh, the resanding and repainting...I felt your anguish.
Yes, I had to count to ten, more than once, and just focus on getting the job done. I work quite well under pressure and deadlines. :-)
@@hsobstad is hardnakkethet the right word?
This video is a wonderful example of a boat's restoration where the owner isn't begging for money or free of charge parts. I remember one video where they actually posted a list of things that would 'make life better'. Well done. I cant wait to see the next video.
Thanks, Paul. I am doing my best. The videos are, as you surely can se, very amateurish. But I enjoy making them and do hope they also serve as entertainment and maybe a degree of educational. (do not buy old project boats based purely on dreams :-). Being an middle-aged man it is also educational for me as well, making videos. I hope to improve as time goes. :-)
@@hsobstad 👍
With that Butyl sealed hatch.....mask up leaving about 1" around the the perimeter un taped.....scuff with fine grit....then paint that 1" and that will hide the Butyl under neath.....goodonya 4 using Butyl,better than silicone ,never goes hard,best sealant ever......Gavin
Thanks for your advice, Gavin. Like you, I also find Butyl to be great to seal windows, hatches etc. It is a bit hard taping the round portholes, but I will consider your advice in the future. :-)
Very inspirational! I have only started watching your series recently, and it is very engaging and well done. You must be extremely confident by nature to take on such a large project that seemed to expand in scope with each video. You have done a beautiful job and I look forward to watching the rest of the series.
Thank you. I am glad you like the videos. Your comment brings energy and motivation. :-)
Beautiful boat. Nice work
😊
Thanks :-)
That last image of the boat in the water is really a very nice shot. Very inspiring!
Thank you, Ric Cross!
Cannot wait to see the next video. Something to be proud of. Looks beautiful. Big envy.
Thanks for your kind comment. Next video will take a while as it is winter here and the boat is frozen in.
Exelent paint job 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Thanks, Fredrik! 🙂
Wow..... 😊
You can be very proud of the fantastic job you've done. She looks amazing 😍 and I can't wait to see the teak back on her. Well done Blimp !
Thanks Jonathan! Since it is still winter and the boat is frozen in, things are moving slowly now. But that should change in spring. 🙂
Great job, dude. She's a beauty.
Thank you, Philip!
Great series, looking forward to the next episode!
Thank you, Danny. Should not be too long now... ;-)
Det var intenst. Du har i grunnen gjenoppbygd den skjønnheten. Mer arbeid enn denne gamle marineradiooperatøren drømmer om å starte. Gratulerer!
Takk, Nils. Mye arbeid gjenstår dog. Og det er slitsomt og støvete/skittent arbeid. Men drømmen om å krysse over til Færøyene eller England.... :-)
Interesting rebuild. I love these Fisher boats.the letters popping up in random order is quite irritating though
Thanks for your feedback. It is an "old" video from when the channel was new and I had no clue of what a video should be. It improved later, when my daughter Sara took over the editing. :-)
Lookin good Blimp. I brought home my Tresfjord 28 earlier this week for winter project time. I am fortunate to have a trailer it can sit on during the winter. On my list is new prop and shaft, empty and clean the fuel tank and reseal some windows. I love your videos. Gives me encouragement! Your boat is looking very nice indeed!
Thanks Bradley. Hope your winter-work on the Tresfjord works out ok. Great to have space on dry-land for the boat during winter. Remember to protect your motor and freshwater-system for frost damage (if you have freezing conditions that is). :-)
I really like what you've accomplished with the exterior of your boat including color. Visually I like the longer windows there now, trying to visualize how it will look with round port-holes. Best wishes for a continued wonderful restoration.
Hi Robert! Yes, the present windows are great, but not watertight. These need special rubber-sealings, which might be hard to get. The circular portholes are easy to get, and easy to seal and reseal with spare parts. I sure hope they suite the boat, but only time will tell. I will keep the old windows, just in case. Thanks for your input :-)
Nice ! Hopefully my renovation will be starting soon !
Best of luck with your renovation.
you create a beauty 🔝
Thank you, Hans! :-)
Fantastic job in this wonderfull boat! Nothing better than a motorsailer.
You are doing very nice work.
Thanks a lot! :-)
In 89 days you accomplished way more then I did in the 5 years I own my boat! And I worked 3 summers full time! Much, Much Respect!
Thank you. Your comment is way too kind, really. Costed a lot of patience-points with my wife. (Wife-Acceptance-Points) :-)
Really nice job.👍🏻😄
Thank you!
Lovely, great work as usual 👌
Thank you :-)
Educational , Interesting and inspiring. What a journey - great work - well done and thanks. My little day sailer will be better for your guidance and advice.
Thank you for your very kind comment. Getting closer to spring, to continue restoring-work.
Shes starting to look pretty fine Blimp ..thats a lot of work done..against the Northern summer clock. 👍🏼⛵ Well done but i bet you were gutted when that first paint coat reacted.
Thank you, Clive! I was indeed fighting against the clock, both for the weather and the yards kind slot-time. Yes I was VERY unhappy and first decided to fix it next summer. But then there opened up a weather-window with still quite mild temperatures, and the yard agreed to let me stay for that extended period (the yard was actually VERY flexible and friendly all the way). So then I figured I would be MUCH more happy if I could get a new coat before winter, rather then wait till late spring. That weather window was really the last possibility this year, so a bit of fortune too...! :-)
We are waiting for an update. We like your videos
Thanks! One week ago the boat was actually frozen in and covered with snow. Are starting to wake up for the spring and further work on the boat. I have bought a lot of equipment and are planning the next video. Might still take some time I am afraid. But those who wait.... ;-)
Steady sound would be nice I one’d one for several years .Sailed from Hailing Island to Plymouth USA.
What an amazing journey, crossing the Atlantic ocean!!! 🙂
@@hsobstad solo and in a wheelchair
@@charleswalter4907 That is no less than amazing! Proves most anything is possible.
👌👌👌👌
👍🏼👌🏼👏🏼
Congratulations - you achieved an amazing amount in 89 days and to such a high standard, particularly as the conditions turned against you with the usual excellent timing. What was the story with the yard in terms of pressuring you to get out of the space - had they contracted with someone else for the space? Oh well, I have caught up already - so what’s next? Continuing in the weatherproofness goal (windows and the like)?
Thanks, Norman. The yard needed the space for winter-storage of boats. Next is rebuilding the engine foundation (is this the correct term?), as it is now just a few 2by4 pieces of wood, not able to withstand the engine vibrations. And yes, the windows will need re-sealing and partly changing. The boat needs to be dry on the inside. Then there is the teak-railing.... ;-)
@@hsobstad We refer to them as ‘engine bearers’ but foundations is also a suitable term.
I'm enjoying the series very much. I would mention though that I find the slow filling text very annoying.
Thanks for your feedback. I know about the text and we have improved in the later videos. Unfortunately in the last video a couple sneaked in, for which I am sorry. :-)
Hei, flott prosjekt, god jobb. Jeg er i gang med mye av det samme med en Fisher 30 fra tidlig 1970-tall. Den gamle gelcoten var flasset og skallet av noen steder. Akkurat ferdig med å slipe skutesida med eksentrrsliper. Spørsmål: Hvordan påføre dere ny gelcoat (og topcoat)? Rulle, pensel eller spray? Hvor mange lag? Pusse med våt sandpapir mellom hver omgang? Så polere til slutt? Det vrimler av ulike svar rundt om på nettet …
Hei Arne. Takk for det. Er det du som kjøpte den røde som var til salgs på Lillestrøm i fjor høst?
Først: Er du sikker på at det er gelcoat-en som skaller av? På min båt var gelcoat-en gjennomfarget blå og var egentlig i god stand. Ingen avskalling. Men båten var blitt malt på et tidspunkt, for en del år tilbake, trolig på grunn av matt gelcoat. Lakken var i dårlig stand da jeg kjøpte båten i forfjor og var matt og gått delvis i oppløsning (støv).
Jeg har ikke lakket med gelcoat da det ikke er mulig. Man kan male med topcoat (gelcoat blandet med voks), men resultatet kan bli lite tilfredsstillende. I stedet brukte jeg polyurethan-lakk. Den er 2-komponent og ved riktig underlagsbehandling er den sterkere enn gelcoaten. Men den er veldig tynn og er derfor utsatt for gjennomslitasje hvis tau ligger og sliter på lakken over lengre tid.
Min erfaring gjennom mange år, med polyurethan-lakk er veldig god. På video-en du har kommentert er polyurethan-lakken lagt på med rulle (gir jevn tykkelse) og så strøket over med en pensel av god kvalitet (fjernet rulle-preget og glatter ut). Du må tynne ca 10% med en tynner beregnet for polyurethan. 2 lag er vanligvis nok.
Polyurethan-lakk kan overmales innenfor et intervall som er temperaturavhengig. Ved 15-20 grader så MÅ du overmale dagen etter, ikke senere. Venter du lenger vil lakken tørke for mye med det resultatet at 2. strøket gir dårlig heft. Du kan selvsagt vannslipe (for hånd helst) mellom første og andre lag (400 papir) men du sliter bort deler av tykkelsen på malingen. Man bør imidlertid slipe hvis man skal mer enn to strøk. Altså annet-hvert strøk bør få tørke ordentlig, for så å slipes/mattes forsiktig.
Polering har jeg ikke gjort. Jeg veier tiden min mot resultatet. 90% er godt nok for meg. Du kan polere for å få enda bedre resultat, noe jeg aldri har gjort (har malt 6 båter gjennom årene).
Du spurte også om rulle/pensel og spray. Jeg har aldri brukt spray. Gir nok flottere resultat med spray, men krever mye (bl.a. eget rom og tildekning). Jeg bruker rulle for påføring og pensel for utstryking. Stryker ut UMIDDELBART etter hver rullepåføring. Man har sekunder på seg før resultatet blir dårligere. Husk å stryke ovenfra og ned (loddrett). Kan virke litt ulogisk men det hindrer "heng".
Håper dette bidrar 🙂
What about the interior? We didn't see anything of the living quarters.
Hi Jim. The interior is gone due to rot. I will make a new interior. On one side bad as it was the original interior made for berthing 6 people, but also good as I can custom make the new interior to mainly me, myself and I. But my first video (very amateurish) have a tour of the boat, giving an impression of the old interior. Hope that helps. The video: ruclips.net/video/4sqicce51uY/видео.html
You're a stud
Question: how did you remove and reseal the portlights (windows) either wheelhouse or salon cabin? How do they come apart?
Hi Robert! Most of the windows are yet to be removed, which they will. They are all leaking. I have drilled out one of the portlights from the aft-cabin. Cant remember the size of the drill bit, but I did start small and increased until i reached the inner-diameter of the rivets. Maybe 2,5mm. I will probably replace all cabin-portlights with new. The wheelhouse windows I will keep (for now), but consider using bolts instead of rivets when reattaching them. Not as pretty, but easier to tighten up to get them waterproof. For the resealing the 4 portlights in the bow i used butyl tape. Will use that on the rest of the windows as well, when I get there...
@@hsobstad Thanks for the speedy reply. The portlights I was viewing (wheelhouse) had 2 rivets where the aluminum frame joined. Are those the rivets you would drill out?
Many thanks,
Rob
@@RobertBrynjolfson Robert. It seems to me we have about the same progress. I have seen the rivets to split the frame, but has not yet done that. So I have no experience to share yet. I will do the split, I guess, to be able to re-seal the window. So I cant se any other way than to drill out the rivets.
Great job on the boat, but the way you show text gives a headache to the reader. Do not use such gimmics, and you will be fine.
Thanks for your comment and input. Yes, I will learn how use non-gimmic tekst. I did not find the plane tekst, with satisfactory size and font first, and just continued to use the "gimmic-text". Sorry for that. You are not the first to tell me :-)
Nice job! I wish you could speak instead of having to read ;)
But of course, Josep. I will stribe to perform better. Lots of talking i latest video. :-)
I like your project. A bit annoyed with the editing (if not necessary, than cut or shorten) and "tricky" text which makes you wait before you can read sentence.
Thank you for telling me. I´ve got lots of feedback on that, and have been asked to comment orally instead, which I have done in the two latest videos. I hope that is better. In the latest video the "tricky" text has sneaked in a few places (forgot to focus on that), for which I am sorry. :-)