There is so much absolute dreck on offer online and it's amazing when you stumble on a gem like this. I love that your videos are not so much about how to as they are about why to, about lovely gentle humor while two friends build something beautiful. Hats off to you both for cutting through the fog and showing so clearly what is important to you.
Don't undersell yourselves this video was amazingly brilliant. I have had two heart operations for a different problem and only recently they thought I had a blockage. I went for a scan and got the all clear I was over the moon although my heart does not beat properly and I get tired I still plod on. I too am getting a boat which was half built for me (a long story) finished ready for next spring. I live in France about 30 mins drive from La Rochelle and I am a member of a little sailing club there. Follow your dreams whatever they may be keeps your mind fit and helps with your well being. No matter your age do something everyday and leave a good mark on our little planet. I hope your health improves and you feel that beautiful breeze on your faces as you sail along in your beautiful boat. My boat is called DREAM and she is a 14 foot 6 inch Catboat with a cuddy, made exactly like yours.
I enjoy watching your videos. especially for the atmosphere you create, the honesty and purity and the way you present yourself. I enjoy it and hope to see many more of you. greetings from Holland.
Glad to see you back on deck (no pun intended). We can all appreciate that life gets in way of our best plans. The boat will be finished when it’s finished and we’ll all enjoy the process no matter how long it takes. All the best 🇦🇺
Hello blokes, what a wonderful and hopefull episode. As a practising nurse anestesist for more than 35 years now, (here in Holland) I can luckily say, until now I have been on the safer end of the needle. To hear your stories is so heartwarming, to hear you are now creating and making new plans for a future you maybe thought you wouldn't have. Me reaching the "somewhat older" stage of my life. And knowing in 5 years I'll be a pensionado. (If my good heath holds). You are two great examples . It might not be a boat. But who knows maybe a nice campervan. You two have inspired me to take on some renovation work and enjoy some of Europe's beautiful roads. I wish you once again good health and please keep on creating. Cheers Martin Reij (Noord Scharwoude the Netherlands)
I love that notion you mentioned of "proving that we are alive". Don't we all just want to live our life! Heart surgery highlights our fragile mortality and the knife can damage our hope for a meaningful future . Thankfully, as you pointed out, there can still be boat building, sailing and adventure - maybe even more of it and more meaningful. The proof is really in the living. Thanks for the reminder.
Thank you for another epic episode. Humor, irreverent or otherwise, is the only purposeful way through the heart of the mater. Thanks as always for this ongoing boat building and life affirming adventure.
I'm a young 55 year old about to build my first boat for me and the kids to enjoy. I'm learning from you that I've got to put my heart in it! Thank you.
I’m 80 now and my boatbuilding days are just good memories. Building a boat is like creating a living thing and therefore very satisfying at many levels. It’s good to see the traditional craft kept alive in these days of plastic , to go from tree to living boat is the natural way and better for the heart. Very best wishes to you both Norman Hutchinson, North Wales
Many thanks Norman, really great to hear that you enjoyed the videos. We have a special guest in the next episode who I think you'll really appreciate.
Thank you for a great video. I am on the old side of your demographic at 75 and beyond boat building.However, you are not just two blokes building a boat. but fellow travelers on a quest to live an example of a good life that includes building a boat that is turning out to be great art.
Thanks for sharing your story of the surgery and the philosophy of wondering if you can do things again after a major surgery. The boat is coming along very nicely, by the way!
Really love your work. I might be preaching to the converted, but a few tips I have learnt to minimise breakages during steam bending. 1. Even with green timber I soak the lengths in water that contains fabric softener over night, 2. I study the wood sections prior to steam bending and identify the best face to bend on and mark this side ( this inspection includes looking at the grain and holding it horizontally to see which side results in the largest curve) Keep up the excellent work!
Great videos guys, keep up the good work she’s looking amazing. Great to hear your heart stories. It serves to reminds us slightly younger 40year olds viewers to take care of our bodies a bit better I suppose. Loving your videos. Dan.
Congrats to you both from Tampa Florida. I recently retired after 28 years a critical care respiratory therapist, last 12 working in an open heart surgical unit. I'm the fellow who gets you off the ventilator after the surgery. Everything you said is true... it's like a Fein or Dremel saw that cuts through the rib cage, and yes they stop your heart and deflate your lungs, and yes it has become a pretty routine procedure( unless you're the one having done!!!) and yes it is quite a miracle that most people recover well. I'll also agree that it changes one's perspective on life and what's really important. And nothing is better than messing about in boats!! Best Wishes, Jeff and Julie s/v OoLaLa Westsail32 hull #81
Thanks for your comment Jeff. Conor wondered if we would have an expert watching, so it's great to hear that our understanding was kinda true. What amazing and awesome work you did!
A wonderful appreciation of life combined with a dry sense of humor goes a long way towards recovery. Well done . Smooth sailing on your way to a full and healthy life.
Bloody hell…who kicked the bucket over……wash it off we gotta put it back in……. Always good to a wee bit of humor to serious situations…glad your on the mend
My dad had a triple bypass when I was in my twenties. Ok so he just got out of hospital same week we all went for a two week camp along the coast.. he loved swimming an said if he was gonna die it would have been on the table..lol he recovered an lived a better life with the operation done .. note he did have 10 minor heart attacks and was told 10 years prior that he should have it done but wouldn’t because his friend died on the table. But knowing that he was Groote Schuur Hospital South Africa that was the birth place of heart surgery back then was a major consolation..
I'm here for the boatbuilding, but the heart surgery stuff didn't get in the way too much. The boat is looking great. The inside of a traditional clinker boat, freshly riveted, is a visual delight.
It's about overcoming adversity and whilst doing that creating a beautiful thing. Remember they did say if it's not your thing you could move on in the video. But you are entitled to your opinion and I respect that.
@@andypandy955 Have a little re-read of what I wrote. I didn't criticise them at all for including that content. I simply said, in terms, that it didn't particularly interest me but didn't get in the way of my enjoyment of the boatbuilding, which is what I am interested in. Besides, they were talking about heart surgery whilst doing woodwork, so I didn't want to jump ahead in case I missed anything interesting.
Well, one of you having open heart surgery is bad enough, but both of you? That’s positively careless. Must be your choice of beer. Have you been drinking lager? Stay warm, men. The world needs you.
I really like your candour and humour. Yes, I am of that demographic and am currently fully functional. But I pay attention to the twinges and ability to walk up the garden (I live in Wales...) and so far, so good. I'm a big fan of Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing which has a similar vibe. All credit to you for bettering that show without the budget or fame. Yes, it true you're better than telly.
Don`t sell yourselves short, many people will watch your vids. Glad you are both tickety boo! You started the vid saying Lympstone looks quite a long way away. Looks even further away for me down under ! Last time I was there was on completion of my senior`s course back in 87 ! Be safe lads, fair winds xx
One of my first memories is of my father steaming timber with our big kettle on the arga(?). Then running with timber to boat in front field. Too slow. Boats looking really good. My daughter had a reaction to one of the drugs in a routine operation. And was resuscitated. The hospital's full surgical teams were in on sunday for a meeting. We were gearing up for her "1st" birthday when my wife died of a blood clot. So as you say this is a one shot deal. Go for it. Looking forward to seeing the boat in the water under sail.
I am so sorry to hear about your wife I too had a blood clot and after superb treatment survived I was told a few years later it was touch and go for me. Live for today💖
I hope the replacement veins had straighter grain than the oak! What a nightmare that looked. I might have ditched the green oak for that, and put up with the extra steaming of some clear dried boards for the frames. Thanks again for sharing the build and stories.
Thank you for the conversation around symptoms, and the post op experience, and thoughts, not many people talk about the breathlessness, and discomfort of angina, these feelings and symptoms should never be ignored, You’re probably right, the demographic audience probably is male, over 50, and at risk. So thanks again for the conversation hard as it might be for both of you or some audience members, this type of conversation saves lives, if only one person recognises the breathlessness in their life and takes action it’s worth it, hopefully many more think about what you have said, recognise they are at risk and they too go see a doctor. That was also interesting about the process around the removal of a plank, so many steps.
Excellent video chaps! The boats looking lovely. My dad had heart surgery a few years ago and it's great getting to hear your experiences with it and glad your both doing better now. P.s. Probably on the young side of the demograpic then at 16
I must fit squarely in the demographic of elderly, male and boat enthusiast - thank you for the great videos. Did you think are using “Hearts of Oak are Our Ships” as the background music?
Ah, what a beauty! Quite a privilege watching that... On a side note: when steamed wood snapped and snapped again, my heart almost stopped. I wonder if this could be useful as a method to stop it for an opened heart surgery.
Absolutely wonderful! Hopes for a successful recovery, and boat launch. So what was your rib breakage percentage ? (The oak ones... not the bone ones...) is that percentage normal and what you planned on?
HARD ROCK & ICE ( Climbing*Why risk the Adventure ) Twilight dawns upon your face, internal reaction draws deep amid the human race, Every line and crack perhaps a welcome hold, every step and move perhaps the one to bold, Mind and body absorbed unto you, spirits ascend, as fibers woven through, The independence we seek, brings us, cheek to cheek, Knowing the summit can never be won, merely gained, thence never undone..... 👣🕊💜
Wonderful job you're doing. Was wondering about this trusses breaking when you push them in......would it help if you steam a bit longer or is it due to weakness in the wood?
There is so much absolute dreck on offer online and it's amazing when you stumble on a gem like this. I love that your videos are not so much about how to as they are about why to, about lovely gentle humor while two friends build something beautiful. Hats off to you both for cutting through the fog and showing so clearly what is important to you.
That's really kind of you to say, thanks!
Don't undersell yourselves this video was amazingly brilliant. I have had two heart operations for a different problem and only recently they thought I had a blockage. I went for a scan and got the all clear I was over the moon although my heart does not beat properly and I get tired I still plod on. I too am getting a boat which was half built for me (a long story) finished ready for next spring. I live in France about 30 mins drive from La Rochelle and I am a member of a little sailing club there. Follow your dreams whatever they may be keeps your mind fit and helps with your well being. No matter your age do something everyday and leave a good mark on our little planet. I hope your health improves and you feel that beautiful breeze on your faces as you sail along in your beautiful boat. My boat is called DREAM and she is a 14 foot 6 inch Catboat with a cuddy, made exactly like yours.
What a great story. So pleased to hear this. Happy sailing and a fair wind!
I enjoy watching your videos. especially for the atmosphere you create, the honesty and purity and the way you present yourself. I enjoy it and hope to see many more of you.
greetings from Holland.
Thanks so much for your comment. We have a special guest next video who I think you'll enjoy.
Glad to see you back on deck (no pun intended). We can all appreciate that life gets in way of our best plans. The boat will be finished when it’s finished and we’ll all enjoy the process no matter how long it takes. All the best 🇦🇺
Thanks so much for your kind words.
Hello blokes, what a wonderful and hopefull episode. As a practising nurse anestesist for more than 35 years now, (here in Holland) I can luckily say, until now I have been on the safer end of the needle. To hear your stories is so heartwarming, to hear you are now creating and making new plans for a future you maybe thought you wouldn't have.
Me reaching the "somewhat older" stage of my life. And knowing in 5 years I'll be a pensionado. (If my good heath holds). You are two great examples . It might not be a boat. But who knows maybe a nice campervan. You two have inspired me to take on some renovation work and enjoy some of Europe's beautiful roads.
I wish you once again good health and please keep on creating.
Cheers Martin Reij (Noord Scharwoude the Netherlands)
Hi Martin. That's so great to read. Best of luck with your adventure!
I do like this technique. It makes a clearly robust but delicate looking shell. Lovely work.
Thank you very much!
I love that notion you mentioned of "proving that we are alive". Don't we all just want to live our life! Heart surgery highlights our fragile mortality and the knife can damage our hope for a meaningful future . Thankfully, as you pointed out, there can still be boat building, sailing and adventure - maybe even more of it and more meaningful. The proof is really in the living. Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks for your wise words.
The suspenseful music while bending the timber was perfect. Excellent production quality!
Thank you very much!
You are doing beautiful work keeping an old art alive.
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you for another epic episode. Humor, irreverent or otherwise, is the only purposeful way through the heart of the mater. Thanks as always for this ongoing boat building and life affirming adventure.
Wow Jeff - that is amazing to read. The work you did is awesome and definitely magic!
I'm a young 55 year old about to build my first boat for me and the kids to enjoy. I'm learning from you that I've got to put my heart in it! Thank you.
Go for it. Building a boat is a wonderful adventure.
I’m 80 now and my boatbuilding days are just good memories. Building a boat is like creating a living thing and therefore very satisfying at many levels. It’s good to see the traditional craft kept alive in these days of plastic , to go from tree to living boat is the natural way and better for the heart. Very best wishes to you both Norman Hutchinson, North Wales
Many thanks Norman, really great to hear that you enjoyed the videos. We have a special guest in the next episode who I think you'll really appreciate.
How brilliant. Thank you for sharing the boat building and the more philosophical bits too.
Glad you enjoyed it
Had the same op 14 years ago, still going strong. Well said- all of it and I loved watching the boat building.
Brilliant to hear, Pete!
Excellent video! The wisdom of the mutterings of two old blokes (I am too) is a treat!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for a great video. I am on the old side of your demographic at 75 and beyond boat building.However, you are not just two blokes building a boat. but fellow travelers on a quest to live an example of a good life that includes building a boat that is turning out to be great art.
So kind of you to say that, Charlie.
Speedy and full recovery. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you kindly
As a nurse who used to work in cardiology and currently works in a walk-in clinic; I think your candor and advice is spot on. Bravo!
Thanks so much for your comment. We were a bit nervous about if this was the right approach, so it's great to read this!
Thanks for sharing your story of the surgery and the philosophy of wondering if you can do things again after a major surgery. The boat is coming along very nicely, by the way!
Really glad you appreciated it.
Everything about your videos is so good - open, honest, enlightening, instructive and very entertaining. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you like them!
Really love your work. I might be preaching to the converted, but a few tips I have learnt to minimise breakages during steam bending. 1. Even with green timber I soak the lengths in water that contains fabric softener over night, 2. I study the wood sections prior to steam bending and identify the best face to bend on and mark this side ( this inspection includes looking at the grain and holding it horizontally to see which side results in the largest curve) Keep up the excellent work!
Some good advice. Thanks.
Great videos guys, keep up the good work she’s looking amazing. Great to hear your heart stories. It serves to reminds us slightly younger 40year olds viewers to take care of our bodies a bit better I suppose. Loving your videos. Dan.
Thanks for your comment, Dan. Always good to be aware.
Congrats to you both from Tampa Florida. I recently retired after 28 years a critical care respiratory therapist, last 12 working in an open heart surgical unit. I'm the fellow who gets you off the ventilator after the surgery. Everything you said is true... it's like a Fein or Dremel saw that cuts through the rib cage, and yes they stop your heart and deflate your lungs, and yes it has become a pretty routine procedure( unless you're the one having done!!!) and yes it is quite a miracle that most people recover well. I'll also agree that it changes one's perspective on life and what's really important. And nothing is better than messing about in boats!! Best Wishes, Jeff and Julie s/v OoLaLa Westsail32 hull #81
Thanks for your comment Jeff. Conor wondered if we would have an expert watching, so it's great to hear that our understanding was kinda true. What amazing and awesome work you did!
Beautiful! Clinker dinghies are wors of art. You are an amazing team.
Thank you so much!
Brilliant - you've created a thing of beauty.
Thanks so much.
What a thing of beauty you have created, fantastic
Thank you very much!
A wonderful appreciation of life combined with a dry sense of humor goes a long way towards recovery. Well done . Smooth sailing on your way to a full and healthy life.
Thanks for your kind words.
I had a transplant so I know where you're coming from. BTW, I just bought the plans for my boat build. Keep at it, guys!
Awesome! Thank you!
Bloody hell…who kicked the bucket over……wash it off we gotta put it back in…….
Always good to a wee bit of humor to serious situations…glad your on the mend
Glad you enjoyed it.
My dad had a triple bypass when I was in my twenties. Ok so he just got out of hospital same week we all went for a two week camp along the coast.. he loved swimming an said if he was gonna die it would have been on the table..lol he recovered an lived a better life with the operation done .. note he did have 10 minor heart attacks and was told 10 years prior that he should have it done but wouldn’t because his friend died on the table. But knowing that he was Groote Schuur Hospital South Africa that was the birth place of heart surgery back then was a major consolation..
What a great story!
Really wonderful work, wonderful video, and wonderful way of telling your stories.
Thanks, nice that you get the story!
Many thanks blokes enjoyed your episode and appreciate the fact I am able to sail even more than before. I even would like to build one now!
Great to hear!
I'm here for the boatbuilding, but the heart surgery stuff didn't get in the way too much. The boat is looking great. The inside of a traditional clinker boat, freshly riveted, is a visual delight.
It's about overcoming adversity and whilst doing that creating a beautiful thing. Remember they did say if it's not your thing you could move on in the video. But you are entitled to your opinion and I respect that.
@@andypandy955 Have a little re-read of what I wrote. I didn't criticise them at all for including that content. I simply said, in terms, that it didn't particularly interest me but didn't get in the way of my enjoyment of the boatbuilding, which is what I am interested in. Besides, they were talking about heart surgery whilst doing woodwork, so I didn't want to jump ahead in case I missed anything interesting.
@@MikeAG333 👍
That's good to know - it's a difficult balance, so I appreciate your comment. Thanks.
Well, one of you having open heart surgery is bad enough, but both of you? That’s positively careless. Must be your choice of beer. Have you been drinking lager? Stay warm, men. The world needs you.
Yeah - I guess we kind of encouraged each other!
lovley sentament , i hope you make many more boats .
We will!
I really like your candour and humour. Yes, I am of that demographic and am currently fully functional. But I pay attention to the twinges and ability to walk up the garden (I live in Wales...) and so far, so good. I'm a big fan of Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing which has a similar vibe. All credit to you for bettering that show without the budget or fame. Yes, it true you're better than telly.
Lovely comment - much appreciated, thanks.
You're most welcome, I've always been more interested in boats than fishing anyway. @@jonsealwoodturning4673
Well that was a heart to heart ❤️ enjoyed the boat building as well & yeah I’m an old bloke building a boat, good advice cheers
Thanks Ken
Guys, I am glad to see you both back working on the boat. Also, thank you for sharing your endeavor with heart surgery.
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Thank you for sharing. ❤
Thanks
I bet Rosie found that Riveting work.... (sorry, couldn't resist).
Good to you all back in action and making the most of it!
Yeah she's very patient.
Well done on the boat and having the elefant discussed
Glad you enjoyed it.
Don`t sell yourselves short, many people will watch your vids. Glad you are both tickety boo!
You started the vid saying Lympstone looks quite a long way away. Looks even further away for me down under ! Last time I was there was on completion of my senior`s course back in 87 !
Be safe lads, fair winds xx
Now that is a long way!
One of my first memories is of my father steaming timber with our big kettle on the arga(?). Then running with timber to boat in front field. Too slow. Boats looking really good. My daughter had a reaction to one of the drugs in a routine operation. And was resuscitated. The hospital's full surgical teams were in on sunday for a meeting. We were gearing up for her "1st" birthday when my wife died of a blood clot. So as you say this is a one shot deal. Go for it. Looking forward to seeing the boat in the water under sail.
I am so sorry to hear about your wife I too had a blood clot and after superb treatment survived I was told a few years later it was touch and go for me. Live for today💖
So sorry to hear this. We try not to under estimate how lucky we both are.
Heartwarming!
Great.
I hope the replacement veins had straighter grain than the oak! What a nightmare that looked. I might have ditched the green oak for that, and put up with the extra steaming of some clear dried boards for the frames. Thanks again for sharing the build and stories.
Yep me too!
Thank you for the conversation around symptoms, and the post op experience, and thoughts, not many people talk about the breathlessness, and discomfort of angina, these feelings and symptoms should never be ignored, You’re probably right, the demographic audience probably is male, over 50, and at risk. So thanks again for the conversation hard as it might be for both of you or some audience members, this type of conversation saves lives, if only one person recognises the breathlessness in their life and takes action it’s worth it, hopefully many more think about what you have said, recognise they are at risk and they too go see a doctor. That was also interesting about the process around the removal of a plank, so many steps.
Agree fully with you - if it makes one person notice symptoms then the whole project is worthwhile.
It’s becoming a work of art! I bet you wish your oak grain was a bit straighter😬!
Certainly do - but we just about had enough stock.
Thank you so much! A wonderful video. 😊
Thanks
Excellent video chaps! The boats looking lovely. My dad had heart surgery a few years ago and it's great getting to hear your experiences with it and glad your both doing better now.
P.s. Probably on the young side of the demograpic then at 16
Wonderful to read and so good to know that's it's not all old blokes like us that watch!
Great to see you have recovered
Thanks
I must fit squarely in the demographic of elderly, male and boat enthusiast - thank you for the great videos. Did you think are using “Hearts of Oak are Our Ships” as the background music?
No that would have been neat!
Beautyfull
Thank you.
Ah, what a beauty! Quite a privilege watching that...
On a side note: when steamed wood snapped and snapped again, my heart almost stopped. I wonder if this could be useful as a method to stop it for an opened heart surgery.
Now there's an idea!
Absolutely wonderful! Hopes for a successful recovery, and boat launch. So what was your rib breakage percentage ? (The oak ones... not the bone ones...) is that percentage normal and what you planned on?
Glad you enjoyed it! In the end we had about a 30-40% breakage rate. The oak could have been better and was quite variable but we got there.
Boat building can help recovery from major heart surgery can’t it?
Absolutely , I agree 100%.
HARD ROCK & ICE
( Climbing*Why risk the Adventure )
Twilight dawns upon your face, internal reaction draws deep amid the human race,
Every line and crack perhaps a welcome hold, every step and move perhaps the one to bold,
Mind and body absorbed unto you,
spirits ascend, as fibers woven through,
The independence we seek, brings us,
cheek to cheek,
Knowing the summit can never be won, merely gained, thence never undone.....
👣🕊💜
Nice words - thanks.
Wonderful job you're doing. Was wondering about this trusses breaking when you push them in......would it help if you steam a bit longer or is it due to weakness in the wood?
Hi Paul. I think it is because the oak has been sawn a little too much across the grain. Some of them were better than others.
The heart is in front of, not behind, the lungs.
Bloody hell! Thank heavens I'm not a surgeon. It's great what you learn on this channel.