Boatbuilding! Scraping the hull, Southampton boat show and Sailing round the Isle of Sheppey! Ep35
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2023
- EPISODE 35
A slightly different episode this time,
With some incredible help from some friends, Heron, Sean and ash who came to help out getting the rest of the two pack paint scraped from the boat taking the hull back to the bare ferro cement. This is something i have been looking forward to for a long time, so i can take a good look at the bare hull for any imperfection and defects that may need addressing. Nothing to worry about, the hull is nice and clean and free from any issues.
A big step forward allowing the progress on some next steps to take place very soon.
I also take a trip to the Southampton boat show to meet some venders to try and get some sponsorship for the project.
Along with a sunset cruise on boat the Dutch Tall ship Thalassa.
If you would like to know more about Thalassa and the yearly trips they embark on then head over to www.tallshipthalassa.nl/en/
Then finally it is time for a spot of sailing on our small yacht, Anna Mac for a nice day sail around the Isle of Sheppey to take her to her new mooring.
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I used to love the Southampton Boat show as a nipper. Dad had an office on The Hamble and he’d always have passes for the show, we’d go down and collect all the promotional giveaways from the stands - stickers, bailers made from rubber dinghy fabric, waterproof match holders. I learned to sail in a Mirror on The Hamble …
Awww good to see you out and about on the water Finn, the big smile from the tiller says everything, soon it will be you on out on your own boat! Hats off to your great mates helping strip her back too, - hopefully they didn't send you too broke down at the pub afterwards...lol.
You have seen me in my happy place! Yes, not soon enough, hence why we bought Anna Mac. Sailing is a joy especially when with friends! Need a little get away from time to time.
Yes very lucky to have such helpful friends. Very appreciative! It didn’t get too messy don’t you worry 😉
hahaha, - also, totally concur with one having to have some downtime when undertaking a project! @@knotfinnishedyet9170
That ferro hull is in great condition.
She’s a good’un
I have started watching Tally Ho from the start and lo and behold, there's a younger, chain smoking Finn It's been a pleasure watching you develop as a boatwright.👍👍
Awesome! I regularly stop my Sbc channel to keep up to date. Very envious of their incredible progress! What a beauty she has become since my last visit!
Fantastic to see another episode uploaded. You're making great progress on the boat and it's lovely to see your beaming smile at the tiller.
Thanks so much! 😊
Jeeez!! Was beginning to get withdrawal symptoms. Great progress with the hull and good news no unexpected nasties appeared. Also a plus to get out n about and a bit of R&R to see you relax a bit. Best of luck mate!! It's all moving ahead. Mind how you go.
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed! Yes soon enough she’ll be in the water and the adventures can begin!
Great vid Finn. Good to keep up with the skill from time to time. Lots o tack and jibe practice for sure that sail! Nice update on the ketch! ❤
Thanks 👍 was good to get out in some sea spray
Nice video Finn. It is always good to get out on the water to remind yourself why you are working so hard at getting your boat rebuilt. Have a great week ahead.
Absolutely! Doesn’t happen enough, but with the awesome help from Izzy on the video editing it should allow me to work more on the boat and get out on the water more to get some varied content out for you guys to enjoy!
Always good to see how you’re doing.
Great to see the hull scraped and no snags exposed, I was wondering how the other side was going to look once you could inspect it.
I was involved in building a 60’ ferro ketch back in the 70’s, she went off to successfully circumnavigate and the owner eventually settled in the Caribbean doing charters.
It was seriously weird to be heading out for a daysail around the Fal estuary on a mate’s gaffer and see her tucked up my local creek on a mooring.
We dropped by her and lo and behold the builder/owner appeared in the cockpit, hadn’t seen him for over 40 years.
She’s still sound and no rust bleeds or anything nasty yet, so on the basis that your boat is still looking sound she should remain that way for a good long time.
I’ve seen a couple of ferros that haven’t done so well but the problems had become apparent quite early on in their lives.
I think that it’s just a matter of how well the mixing and pushing day went, coupled with how good the plasterers were at controlling the thicknesses inside and outside of the steel armature, plus of course how well and for how long the cure was controlled.
Yours was obviously a good’un which is fantastic news!
Looked like a respectably breezy day for the Sheppey circumnavigation, good fun.
Wishing you all the best.
Cheers, R. 😎👍🍻
That’s awesome, what a cool story and amazing to hear it’s still under the same ownership and still going strong!
Yes i feel very lucky to have found a professionally well built one. There are a few of the nasties here in the yard and shows why they have such a bad reputation.
28knts was serious fun!
I love that intro piece of music 🎶
Loved the video Finn and also the music!
Finn mate I know you're English but you don't need subtitles to be understood 😉 😁 (sorry Scotsman humour, you hard coded the subs to the video in settings)
Nice progress on the boat, with the scraping done it looks so much cleaner and sleeker 👍
That said, my Swiss girlfriend appreciates the (really nicely done) subtitles. I'm happy either way - glad another episode already ❤
Oi! 🤣 Not everyone can understand my southern accent, subtitles are an easy addition and makes it easier for everyone! Thanks man, very happy indeed!
The Thallasa is a gorgeous Ship and that young gal is not too bad looking either. LOL That good the haul is in good shape that must be a relief to be aware of that, cheers bud.
Cheers Finn x
I've always wondered why a protective pad isn't lashed to the bottom end of the boom to save ouchs!!
👍👌👏 Great to see you having fun. Great to see you having so supportive friends. Congratulations 🎉. The boating community seems to always be really helpful and nice. Congrats for being a member of this.
Best regards, luck and especially health to all involved people and dog.
Of all the crew on the tall ship _I_ bet you were absolutely gutted that you had to talk to the pretty blonde!
Haha honestly, Noor was the only crew member that didn’t run the length of the ship to get away from the camera 🤣
Scrapping and making paint chips YAY!! But where were the masks?? Oh well the beers must have washed it all away! great to see you at it again Finn. yes a long project-but O' so worth it!! Cheers, Rich
You are a talented man the way you work on youre dreamboat. Keep up the great work on it! Greetings from Holland
Finn , I have probably said this in 1 of your posts before , you have really great music in your posts . The blues is great music but in my opinion it’s tough to match with videos like yours !
Thanks a lot! Finding the music is the hardest part of the project. Unfortunately the selection of royalty free music that is available is limited. Unless your rather electro or dance music 🤣 not sure that would go down to well.
Hey mate, Cheers from Sequim, that boat ramp launch into the mud flat, looked like Kline spit on the Olympic peninsula
I know Kline spit well, can’t say harty ferry is as picturesque 😂
Love how you dog can disappear in the blink of a eye 😂 how did you train him to do that😂
Scraping and scrapping are scarily similar. I was worried for a minute!
All the best!
Good to see you getting out of the workshop Finn
And that old sailing ship looks awesome
You show it passing a steam ship, if I'm not mistaken was that the SS Shieldhall??
Looked very much like it
I remember it and it's buddy working up and down the Clyde when I was a kid.
Shield hall is or was a sewage works on the Clyde and yrs ago ships would take the waste (treated I hope) out to sea and dump it then run back for more.
The other ship was the
SS gardyloo (Great name) I think she went to Edinburgh later on around the late 70s.
(just looked it up and yes ended up in Leith and is now MV Gardyloo)
I heard the Shieldhall got restored but wasn't sure and looks like it has,
You can probably guess what we decided SS stood for when we were kids with the job she did lol.
Thanks! It was great to get out on the water again and get some varied content for you guys to enjoy. Sailing has been my escape from the boatwork and haven’t wanted to film much of it, rather just get out and enjoy and have a break from the daily slog. It will continue and hopefully I can take you all along for the adventures as we travel around some of our local coastline and backwaters!
You are correct, it was the SS Shieldhall, what a vessel, with an awesome ships horn!
Haha yes I can guess what you all thought of the SS 🤣
Looking good Finn....cheers rr Normandy, Fra.
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Lots of nice coats of epoxy paint on that hull, and it'll last forever
You got that right!
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Pretty heavily reefed main sail on the boat sailing around Sheppey, how windy was it? Just curious.
Fully reefed main, steady breeze at 25kts gusting up to around 30kts. Was still steaming along at an average of 6.2kts with a highest reading recorded at 7.4kts with the reduced sail
Was that Alan from Wilkinson sails ?
Well spotted, yes a good friend of mine
@@knotfinnishedyet9170He’s a lovely bloke, he did an amazing job on my new furling mainsail, I suppose you’ve still got quite a lot of work ahead before you need to worry about sails ?
@@alanball7450 still a fair amount of work before she get rigged indeed! Butthere has been some very exciting things happening over the last couple of month regarding the spars and sails which I already have for the boat. Which we will be looking at in some upcoming videos. Those with beady eyes may have already noticed some of the spars hanging in the workshop 😉
Got to admit I didn’t notice the spars, ya only favorsham so if ya need a pair of hands I’m relatively local, can’t afford to do the patrion thing unfortunately but could give ya my time if it helped
Is that at 12:03 the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery? If so, don't bump it!
You are not mistaken, we stayed well clear. I had hoped to talk a little about it and mention the enormity of explosives that lay with her. Enough the take out all of Sheppey and the surrounding area if it where to detonate. Hopefully she has soaked up enough salt water to have destroyed anything dangerous left! But who knows! I guess this is why no deck recovery company want to go near her!
To ALL those who are triggered when hearing the Tomato Tomato Potato Potato pronounciasion differences between English and American....
Thallasa - Θάλασσα = means sea in Greek.
Pronounciasion : " Th " is pronounces as the -Th- in Therapy, Thesis, Thermal, Thermometer, Threshold, Theology, Theory
and that ( ά ) after the -Th- is the "stress" "accent" of the word.... THE-rapy THE-rmal THE-ater THE-ory ..... so it is THA-lassa.....
THA - la -ssa please when you pronounce a foreign word at least pronounce it correctly....ESPECIALLY when you name your boat or work on a boat with that name.....
SImplest thing you can do is to go and find the nearest Gyros snack bar or Greek restaurant and ASK them how they pronounce the dam word...... your welcome...