Wheelhouse roof looks great. nice work that's awesome that shipwright was able to donate his time and skills..very kind of him and the other lad as well.
Anton, the other volunteer did a lot of work off camera. He helped us to bring all the scrap wood from the interior to the dump yard. In total Harold the shipwright helped us out for fife days and we can't thank him enough for this.
It is always so satisfying watching a true craftsman cut out rot and make it look as good as new again, it's also sad in a way to see all the time Harald invested in the repair become hidden under the paint but his time has guaranteed that the life of the boat will be that much longer now. And the same can be said of the time that both of you invested in cleaning the teak of the old finish she looks much cleaner and neater because of your hard work, the fresh paint on the roof and edges really helps transform her too - well done everybody
Our big goal is to get on top of the maintenance and to have a neat looking boat. 20 years of neglect must be approached pragmatic and there's no room for perfectionism. Once we've achieved this first big goal we can work on the details.
Walter the shipwrights is doing an amazing job ! He’s an amazing craftsman and what a kind generous human being he is. For Walter just to show up and offer his highly skilled help free of charge is such a gift, I know if I was a wooden boat owner in his area I would be calling Walter in a Heartbeat ! Thank you for your generosity Walter for offering your talent and your labor Oh....and your great selection of high quality tools to the sailing ship Flying Coney 👍🏻👍🏻
It's nice to have professional help on your project. The roof came out great and will last a long time with routine maintenance. Once the teak is varnished you will have one smart looking ship. Glad that you never gave up when things looked grim. Thanks for all your efforts to produce a quality video.
It is truly apparent that Barbara is the most qualified as Editor. She had a nack of filming, sound, composition, and editing. She is also an Admiral..!
Thank you! Most of the time Daniel is editing and Barbara is color grading 😉 But we're about to change that so maybe you can spot a difference in the upcoming videos.
Thank you for saying that. It's not easy to explain our decisions. Sometimes it's just necessary to fix things because you simply have not enough time to do a full repair. Also the size of the boat doesn't leave much room for perfectionism. We try to reduce the maintenance backlog by doing everything "good enough" for now. After a few years we will see what has worked and what needs do be done better.
What ever spirits that make up the Flying Coney, truly had a lucky day when you guys fell for the ship. I have a 36 foot steel hull sailboat that was bought as a project, your project makes mine look like a Sunday afternoon washdown. I have been following you guys for a while and I'm not sure how you keep it up. I think I would have parted her out a long while back. You have a very lucky boat and you are that luck. This far in, keep up the good work, you're doing great.
It took us too long to realize what's ahead of us and it's too late to stop now. Good luck with your project. The size of the boat it a real challenge in many aspects but on a smaller boat you run into issues we don't have. We now try to make a plan and then we work our way through step by step. But the boat needs to have a purpose. Use it or loose it...
Your volunteer did an excellent job on the roof and facia replacement. I’m A Roofer from Miami Florida, it helps to have good tools. Watching from Panama City Florida, USA. 🇺🇸🦅
Thank you for your videos, very inspirational! You mentioned the teak wood of the wheelhouse is better off without varnish. I recently removed the varnish from the teak cabin sides of my small sailboat. After a sunny week the wood had some cracks and i needed to fill them. Maybe try to seal the bare wood with one or two coats of linseed oil after you removed the varnish so it doesn't dry out too quick. Then you can varnish it in spring. I'm no expert but it worked for me when i tried it on a different spot. :) Keep up with the good work und lasst euch nicht unterkriegen!
Gday Crew. So cool that you have some volunteers to help with all the work . Was really nice of them . Many hands make light work. Great vid . Respect...!
Both really enjoyed the stay on Flying Coney. We made sure that the food was excellent 😋👩🍳 Especially for Harald it was a new experience to work on a boat of Coneys size and the challenges that come with that. Thanks for the comment!
gday from cessnock Australia the old girl is looking great i have been watching from the start what a big job but you's are doing a great job on her new roof looks fantastic all the best big pete..
It took me too many episodes to realize you guys are in the same harbor as I am 😂. I even had to double check, by going out to the harbor and lowe and behold, there she was. Couldn't believe it. Boat looks even cooler in real life. I see you've been busy working on the nav lights on the wheelhouse. Keep up the good work!
haha 😂 I know with just 25 meters it's very difficult to find our boat. Very easy to miss. Next time when you're at the harbor feel free to say hallo. We always have time for a cup of tea.
You should keep that wood working guy he does GREAT work. Question if the windows are Teak which is an oily wood, wouldn't it be better to just keep it oiled? That way just a stiff brush will keep it clean?
Teak is rott resistant all by itself. Normally a teak deck is neither varnished nor oiled. It simply turns grey. So varnishing it will drastically improve the look of the boat. Technically it's not necessary and slightly worse. Ultimately we picked Epifanes Teak Varnish over Le Tonkinoise but it was a close decision.
I love seeing members coming together and help each other. We have people moving to Florida trying to stop ranchers, neighbors, and small businesses from bartering with each other "because it's not taxable".
Great repair. It was very good having these two professional men helping. The bridge top looks nice and dry now. All coming together one bite at the time. Well done. 👌👏
We learned the hard way that sometimes a temporary fix is the way to go. Sometimes it's needed to get to a point that's good enough for a few years. That gives you the time to work on the more urgent projects. No time for perfectionism but it's also amazing how much the impression of the boat changes even if you just scrap off a little bit of varnish. Already looking so much better!
Well done guys... that was an excellent episode and the guys you had working with you did an excellent job. There were some impressive woodworking skill on display there. ❤
Harald really is a nice guy and he made it a lot easier for us to start with our own woodworking projects. We hope we can build a temporary interior in the aft cabin so that we can start to live on the boat again. Havin a project boat is much harder if you don't use the boat.
Nice job. You've played the 'long game' well on youtube, saving up some tasks to show as a single vlog from start to finish, while 'teasing' at other tasks yet to be completed (varnish). Very satisfying to watch, albeit that we are spared seeing how hard this must really be in terms of hours of work! It cant have been easy!
Harold really knew his way around a ship like "Flying Coney" he's a true shipwright which is VERY obvious. You're lucky to get his help, he's worth his weight in gold, I think. Kudos to Harold, bravo! Primer coat: raw plywood just drinks up paint, which is hard work, but also good .. 🤔😁 Curious: ..no waterproof caulking sealer in-between edges of sheets of roof's plywood.. why is that?
Thank you. In between the plywood sheets there was enough squeeze out. After it was dry we cut it off and sanded it down. So there is sealant in between.
If it wasn't for the fact I live 1/2 a world away, I would volunteer, it would be fun. I'm not a shipwright or any kind of a professional wood worker, but I do have a few skills. LOL Voted for you, hopefully you win, that would be cool!
An idea I have used many times is caustic soda mixed with wallpaper glue in powder mix it with water glue and caustic soda applied on the teak and after 20 min its easy to remove the old varnish All the best Brian Sweden
Great job. Looks better than new. I don't know if you would use raw linseed oil instead of varnish. I use it on all my wood work. Indoors and outdoors and its food safe. Keep applying coats until it stops soaking into the wood. Then a few more coats will form a hard varnish like finish. Having suggested that it maybe better with varnish if there is a lot to do.
So true! We left the inside of the corner unpainted to show the repair. Maybe we'll varnish it once we are done with sanding the window frames. Good idea?
All the boats i have owned were wooden so i know a little bit about boat repair 😄and my father after retiring made high end custom furniture .I think he would have liked working on Flying Coney .At last you won't need to wear your foul weather gear inside when it rains 😁.
It was last minute to do something about the roof. One more winter and the rot would've affected the deck beams. I know the patches isn't the best repair and it would be better to exchange the plywood. But this fix gives us enough time to prepare a proper repair and more important it prevents further damage.
@@FlyingConey Ahh my friends stuff happens .At this point the most important thing is to make sure the wheel house is tight and dry .those repairs looked very good and should last well over a year .I'm thinking you have ,or nearly so come to the end of the hurry up and do something stage .quite an achievement in the amount of time you have done it in and the amount of work involved .and as long as the decking doesn't leak you should make it thru the winter in good order .If i was a doctor i would subscribe a day of rest and a nice dinner with a glass of wine .O and i did vote for you on the REFIT OF THE YEAR .
Hi gang !! You mentioned not laquering the teak on the wheelhouse. Put a layer or two with raw linseed oil. It will keep until next summer,and can be applied with a sponge,or brush... Allda bestest from mikke in sweden...👍🇸🇪⚓⚒️
You guys should number the episodes chronologically, like the Duracell Project, this way people can keep track of the work in the correct order as it is being done. Otherwise we may not know what we have seen or otherwise. It helps your subscribers stay tuned.
Here you have the chronological playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLQ7S7GF977yDGd1EsRG0gqPrWXvcI0PNj.html Also the next episode is always linked at the end screen of each video.
We're doing a great job of "Gekocht twee boten, nu werken ons dood!" For steel boats they often say: "1mm of steel is 1cm of rust!" Trouble starts when they stop saying this.
There are a few reasons. We will exchange the roof in a few years, the weather now would have made it very difficult to work with epoxy and it's not worth the extra money for a temporary fix. We want to keep the sides of the wheelhouse that's why we invested more in the corner repair.
I think the wheelhouse needs to be sanded to get a uniform teak color. Technically it's good now and we will continue sanding next spring to get a perfect finish.
At one point in the not so far distant future we need to replace the entire plywood of the roof. There wasn't enough time to do it this year and we also are not sure about the final dimensions of the wheelhouse. We removed the rot and sealed it. It will last a few years and then we will replace the roof and sheet it over with fiberglass. Since it's there's no moisture and no oxygen I don't think the rot will continue.
May I ask why you do not fiberglass the plywood to make it watertight? I mean, first fiberglass and than the primer coat. Could you explain us this peculiar choice?
It's a temporary fix to prevent further damage. Fiberglass and epoxy is expensive so it would be necessary to replace the rotten plywood first. That would be the proper way of doing it. But we don't have the time to do it now and also we will alter the size of the wheelhouse in one or two years anyway. So that's why we used a temporary relatively cheap fix for the next few years. We hope we can reuse the window frames and also the sides of the roof that's why invested more time into that.
Im a master cabinet maker. I worked in a yacht boat yard for several months. TBH i hated it because the work always seemed to be putting bandaids over rotting wounds. I left and went back to a normal cabinet shop.
The area looks way smaller in the video than it is. We sheeted over a bit more than a third. Since we didn't had the time to approach a replacement of the plywood the fix we did really was the only solution. You just have so many hours you can invest working on the boat. If you always have to make decisions what's most important at the moment. Investing 8 weeks and thousands of euros into the wheelhouse while other parts are rusting away doesn't make sense. We need to get on top of the maintenance, see what worked, invest more time in things that hadn't worked. That's the plan.
The frames of the ship are from type of warship called Kriegsfischkutter. These boats were built using steel frames and wooden planks. During the war this relatively small warships were used for outpost and lookout duties, bringing out mines and minesweeping, hunting submarines and for anti- aircraft warfare. Especially after the war this boats were used for minesweeping and many got converted back into fishing trawlers at some point. So what we believe is that Flying Coney was damaged after the war doing minesweeping, the frames were saved and the ship was rebuilt with a steel hull. At this rebuilt the bow and the stern were altered to match the lines of a logger for better fuel economics. If you're interested in a certain aspect feel free to ask. 😉
I give that roof 5 years , 7 if you repaint often. It seems a very practical choice at this point. I’m sure you have many greater priorities. Next time try using a paint roller . A roller with a long stick handle will cut down on that job by hours.
We've planned do relocate the wheelhouse and replace the roof in about two years. So 5 years is plenty of time. After the first coat we started to use the paint roller and it's way quicker. Still no easy task because each layer was 3 liters of paint.
@@FlyingConey w When I paint house tops and decks , I use a handle about 1.5 meters long. That way I don,t have to bend over and my reach from the roller pan is greater. Saves time. Also you have my vote. Good luck.
A saying you might already be familiar with..."patch, paint make it what it ain't! " " Use it up, wear it out, make do OR do without" Making decisions for good enuff for the time being! Goodonyas! Go get'm tiger (s)!
Don’t understand why Walter didn’t rip the board to match the original backing. Now when one looks up in that corner it will be known it’s a patch job. Great way to show one’s work is all I can think.
It's quite a large area and we used the plywood we had. So we patched only areas were the original roof was rotten and made a pattern that avoided standing water.
Why did you choose not to fill roof damage with penetrating epoxy, then fiberglass matt and filler? Seems like adding a new roof layer left the rotten plywood underneath and provides a place for moisture and rot to continue.
We removed all the rot and with a lot of sealant we made sure that no water can get underneath the new sheets. That fix gives us time until we replace the rotten sheets as a whole. Sometimes it's necessary to fix something until you've the time to do it properly. For a fix that needs to last 2 or 3 years I think we did a good enough job.
Simply to save time and cost. We will ultimately alter the size and the location of the wheelhouse. So the goal for now was to prevent further damage. It just need to last for 2 years. Once we exchange the damaged plywood we will put glass on top. But don't underestimate the costs for that we're talking 1-2 000€ for epoxy and glass fiber.
Definitely should have asked the shipwright/wood worker who is definitely a craftsman to just restore the entire roof and have it look like new with old style work..
I know it's temporary. But, fill the rotten spots with thickened epoxy. I think it's the better way. Instead of black concrete sealant. That lasts a maximum of 3 months, for a real emergency solution. Greetings from Spakenburg, Netherlands.
Not sure what you mean. We've used a two component wood filler, I think that one is epoxy based. The sealant we've used is similar to sikaflex. A permanently elastic glue and sealant so water doesn't get underneath the plywood sheets. We haven't filled up the rotten spots just removed the rot.
True, there was simply not enough time to approach a major repair. We will also alter the size of the wheelhouse for the sailing ship transformation so any repair would be temporarily. So we picked the cheapest reasonable one.
Schneller geht es mit einem Flammenwerfer. Gekonnt eingesetzt, ist er um ein Vielfaches effektiver, hinterlässt keine Spuren und zeigt auch deutlich, wo das Holz tiefennass ist. Was fragen Sie sich manchmal schon?@@FlyingConey
We're nominated for the REFIT OF THE YEAR AWARD and that's amazing 🤩 Please vote for us: bit.ly/3RydDb8
i was vote 146 lets go people vote vote vote
Thanks for heaving us to place 3! @@slaytronic
I was there read everything , but I wonder how to vote.
Wheelhouse roof looks great. nice work that's awesome that shipwright was able to donate his time and skills..very kind of him and the other lad as well.
Anton, the other volunteer did a lot of work off camera. He helped us to bring all the scrap wood from the interior to the dump yard. In total Harold the shipwright helped us out for fife days and we can't thank him enough for this.
Like the Hill Billy Music!!
It is always so satisfying watching a true craftsman cut out rot and make it look as good as new again, it's also sad in a way to see all the time Harald invested in the repair become hidden under the paint but his time has guaranteed that the life of the boat will be that much longer now.
And the same can be said of the time that both of you invested in cleaning the teak of the old finish she looks much cleaner and neater because of your hard work, the fresh paint on the roof and edges really helps transform her too - well done everybody
Our big goal is to get on top of the maintenance and to have a neat looking boat. 20 years of neglect must be approached pragmatic and there's no room for perfectionism. Once we've achieved this first big goal we can work on the details.
Walter the shipwrights is doing an amazing job ! He’s an amazing craftsman and what a kind generous human being he is. For Walter just to show up and offer his highly skilled help free of charge is such a gift, I know if I was a wooden boat owner in his area I would be calling Walter in a Heartbeat ! Thank you for your generosity Walter for offering your talent and your labor Oh....and your great selection of high quality tools to the sailing ship Flying Coney 👍🏻👍🏻
How wonderful to have such a talented volunteer!
I'm sure he's glad to hear that!
So good to see you have some volunteers helping, hopefully this will continue.
Harold is a fine craftsman.
Fantastic !
Excellent craftsmanship the shots of the wheelhouse roof repair shows real attention to detail . Well done crew !
It's nice to have professional help on your project. The roof came out great and will last a long time with routine maintenance. Once the teak is varnished you will have one smart looking ship. Glad that you never gave up when things looked grim. Thanks for all your efforts to produce a quality video.
It is truly apparent that Barbara is the most qualified
as Editor. She had a nack of
filming, sound, composition,
and editing. She is also an
Admiral..!
Thank you! Most of the time Daniel is editing and Barbara is color grading 😉 But we're about to change that so maybe you can spot a difference in the upcoming videos.
Harold's doing you a fine job there. The problem with rotten wood, like rusty steel, once you start poking it, you don't know where it'll end.
The boat is in the right hands. You all are doing a great job. Enjoying the channel. Tks for sharing.
Thank you for saying that. It's not easy to explain our decisions. Sometimes it's just necessary to fix things because you simply have not enough time to do a full repair. Also the size of the boat doesn't leave much room for perfectionism. We try to reduce the maintenance backlog by doing everything "good enough" for now. After a few years we will see what has worked and what needs do be done better.
Harold certainly has some skills !! ♥ Great job on the wheelhouse top deck
Een genot om de timmerman te zien werken passen en meten ❤ mooi resultaat hoor
Many thanks a great story best wishes
Thanks for watching. We do our best to improve our storytelling.
great support from Harold which did a perfect job on that edge. like it a lot.
What ever spirits that make up the Flying Coney, truly had a lucky day when you guys fell for the ship. I have a 36 foot steel hull sailboat that was bought as a project, your project makes mine look like a Sunday afternoon washdown. I have been following you guys for a while and I'm not sure how you keep it up. I think I would have parted her out a long while back. You have a very lucky boat and you are that luck. This far in, keep up the good work, you're doing great.
It took us too long to realize what's ahead of us and it's too late to stop now. Good luck with your project. The size of the boat it a real challenge in many aspects but on a smaller boat you run into issues we don't have. We now try to make a plan and then we work our way through step by step. But the boat needs to have a purpose. Use it or loose it...
GREAT JOB YOU TWO
Thank you, that's lovely!
great that you had help, looks great
Came to see Barbara, she's cute! 😀 But great job on the wheelhouse! Love restorations like the one you're doing!
Hi,the wheelhouse is looking really good,Roly🇬🇧.
Thank you Roly! It's amazing how much little steps like this improve the overall impression of the vessel! ⛵️
Great job !!! Can't wait till next week 👊🏻 👍🏼 🌻
Your volunteer did an excellent job on the roof and facia replacement. I’m A Roofer from Miami Florida, it helps to have good tools. Watching from Panama City Florida, USA. 🇺🇸🦅
Thank you for saying that!
Well Done!
Looks lovely, good job x
Great job!!!!!!!
Keeping water out of a boat is a universally accepted good practice😃
It's too easy to achieve! 🤣
@@FlyingConeyYup, a hole in the bottom and it will just drain out😇
Fun fact, we have a little drainage hole at the bottom for when the boat is on the hard.
Thank you for your videos, very inspirational!
You mentioned the teak wood of the wheelhouse is better off without varnish. I recently removed the varnish from the teak cabin sides of my small sailboat.
After a sunny week the wood had some cracks and i needed to fill them. Maybe try to seal the bare wood with one or two coats of linseed oil after you removed the varnish so it doesn't dry out too quick. Then you can varnish it in spring. I'm no expert but it worked for me when i tried it on a different spot. :)
Keep up with the good work und lasst euch nicht unterkriegen!
amazing work.
Glad you think so!
great job, good to have helping hands.
Each volunteer makes a massive difference. Since we try to capture everything with the camera one volunteer doubles our work power.
Gday Crew.
So cool that you have some volunteers to help with all the work . Was really nice of them .
Many hands make light work.
Great vid .
Respect...!
Both really enjoyed the stay on Flying Coney. We made sure that the food was excellent 😋👩🍳 Especially for Harald it was a new experience to work on a boat of Coneys size and the challenges that come with that. Thanks for the comment!
I'm an American, I love the huge sailing ships that are all over the Netherlands and Europe and UK etc. I would love to own one
What an awesome transformation! Good work guys!
Thank you. Step by step Flying Coney is looking better.
gday from cessnock Australia the old girl is looking great i have been watching from the start what a big job but you's are doing a great job on her new roof looks fantastic all the best big pete..
Small improvements make a huge difference. We're trying to get on top of the maintenance backlog.
It took me too many episodes to realize you guys are in the same harbor as I am 😂. I even had to double check, by going out to the harbor and lowe and behold, there she was. Couldn't believe it.
Boat looks even cooler in real life. I see you've been busy working on the nav lights on the wheelhouse. Keep up the good work!
haha 😂 I know with just 25 meters it's very difficult to find our boat. Very easy to miss. Next time when you're at the harbor feel free to say hallo. We always have time for a cup of tea.
Beautiful work . Allan
great job, good to have helping hands ❤
Thanks!
Looking good.. Nice work guys.
Great work, and great help from your volunteers!
You should keep that wood working guy he does GREAT work. Question if the windows are Teak which is an oily wood, wouldn't it be better to just keep it oiled? That way just a stiff brush will keep it clean?
Teak is rott resistant all by itself. Normally a teak deck is neither varnished nor oiled. It simply turns grey. So varnishing it will drastically improve the look of the boat. Technically it's not necessary and slightly worse. Ultimately we picked Epifanes Teak Varnish over Le Tonkinoise but it was a close decision.
I love seeing members coming together and help each other. We have people moving to Florida trying to stop ranchers, neighbors, and small businesses from bartering with each other "because it's not taxable".
Great progress guys 🤠
We do our best! ⛵️
I'm addicted to this build/restoration ❤❤😁
Thank you very much! We do our best to keep the boat floating!
Nice woodworking!
Thank you! Cheers!
Let it RAIN.........................> Terrific job restoring the Wheelhouse roof.
Really nice job on the cabin. The corner got very very nice. Look forward to next video
Almost better than original!
Great repair. It was very good having these two professional men helping. The bridge top looks nice and dry now. All coming together one bite at the time. Well done. 👌👏
We learned the hard way that sometimes a temporary fix is the way to go. Sometimes it's needed to get to a point that's good enough for a few years. That gives you the time to work on the more urgent projects. No time for perfectionism but it's also amazing how much the impression of the boat changes even if you just scrap off a little bit of varnish. Already looking so much better!
@@FlyingConey Yes priorities first. Good plan.
Keep up your good work 🌞🌞
Well done guys... that was an excellent episode and the guys you had working with you did an excellent job. There were some impressive woodworking skill on display there. ❤
Harald really is a nice guy and he made it a lot easier for us to start with our own woodworking projects. We hope we can build a temporary interior in the aft cabin so that we can start to live on the boat again. Havin a project boat is much harder if you don't use the boat.
Progress!! Roof looks 👍
Nice job. You've played the 'long game' well on youtube, saving up some tasks to show as a single vlog from start to finish, while 'teasing' at other tasks yet to be completed (varnish). Very satisfying to watch, albeit that we are spared seeing how hard this must really be in terms of hours of work! It cant have been easy!
Lovely comment! 👍 It feels great that you've noticed the extra work we put into the video to make it even better.
I can assure you that looking after your boat is a full time job, and worth it is !!
I think once we got on top of the maintenance backlog the upkeep is manageable. But working through 20 years of neglect isn't fun.
Wow the shipwright is an artist lol amazing
Harold really knew his way around a ship like "Flying Coney" he's a true shipwright which is VERY obvious. You're lucky to get his help, he's worth his weight in gold, I think. Kudos to Harold, bravo!
Primer coat: raw plywood just drinks up paint, which is hard work, but also good .. 🤔😁
Curious: ..no waterproof caulking sealer in-between edges of sheets of roof's plywood.. why is that?
Thank you. In between the plywood sheets there was enough squeeze out. After it was dry we cut it off and sanded it down. So there is sealant in between.
Great woodworker! Good job, Harold
If it wasn't for the fact I live 1/2 a world away, I would volunteer, it would be fun.
I'm not a shipwright or any kind of a professional wood worker, but I do have a few skills. LOL
Voted for you, hopefully you win, that would be cool!
Great update 2x👍 The basic wheelhouse looks nice, but it needs a "bit" of love.
A "bit" is the underestimation of the year 🤣
An idea I have used many times is caustic soda mixed with wallpaper glue in powder mix it with water glue and caustic soda applied on the teak and after 20 min its easy to remove the old varnish
All the best
Brian
Sweden
Interesting! But the heatgun worked great also.
The roof turned out great!
For a quick fix not that bad ☺️ But I'm still amazed how the overall looks improved after we've scraped off the old varnish.
Good Work.
Thank you! Good to hear 😊
Good workmanship from all involved well done 😊😊
Thanks 👍
Great job. Looks better than new. I don't know if you would use raw linseed oil instead of varnish. I use it on all my wood work. Indoors and outdoors and its food safe. Keep applying coats until it stops soaking into the wood. Then a few more coats will form a hard varnish like finish. Having suggested that it maybe better with varnish if there is a lot to do.
Bedankt
Thank's again for your support!
It always seems such a shame to have to paint over the repair done to that corner, looking awesome guys
So true! We left the inside of the corner unpainted to show the repair. Maybe we'll varnish it once we are done with sanding the window frames. Good idea?
I make custom furniture. I would absolutely love to work on wheel house. That young man did an excellent job. Very maticulous and professional.
Wow! Just wow. All that wonderful woodwork. Almost seems a shame to paint over all that hard work lol. Well done
Thank you so much 😀
WOW..that look great again and nice to see how to replace rotten wood..en 👍💪💪💪💪👊
The corner repair was quite impressive. It will last at least for the next 73 years.
Find a way to hire that guy full-time! He's great...
All the boats i have owned were wooden so i know a little bit about boat repair 😄and my father after retiring made high end custom furniture .I think he would have liked working on Flying Coney .At last you won't need to wear your foul weather gear inside when it rains 😁.
It was last minute to do something about the roof. One more winter and the rot would've affected the deck beams. I know the patches isn't the best repair and it would be better to exchange the plywood. But this fix gives us enough time to prepare a proper repair and more important it prevents further damage.
@@FlyingConey Ahh my friends stuff happens .At this point the most important thing is to make sure the wheel house is tight and dry .those repairs looked very good and should last well over a year .I'm thinking you have ,or nearly so come to the end of the hurry up and do something stage .quite an achievement in the amount of time you have done it in and the amount of work involved .and as long as the decking doesn't leak you should make it thru the winter in good order .If i was a doctor i would subscribe a day of rest and a nice dinner with a glass of wine .O and i did vote for you on the REFIT OF THE YEAR .
Hmmm! Nice Chisels.
I love how all the European boat building channels watch each other! 😅
I watch every boat building channel! 😅 I can highly recommend Cannice Bannon if you don't watch him already.
Hello, I always admire your work and enjoy watching your channel, I subscribed to you, great video again! 👍
Thank you very much!
Hi gang !! You mentioned not laquering the teak on the wheelhouse. Put a layer or two with raw linseed oil. It will keep until next summer,and can be applied with a sponge,or brush...
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We already have bought a can of Epifanes. The problem is the sanding cause I don't want to varnish or paint over black stains and all that.
You guys should number the episodes chronologically, like the Duracell Project, this way people can keep track of the work in the correct order as it is being done. Otherwise we may not know what we have seen or otherwise. It helps your subscribers stay tuned.
Here you have the chronological playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLQ7S7GF977yDGd1EsRG0gqPrWXvcI0PNj.html
Also the next episode is always linked at the end screen of each video.
As we say in the netherlands: "koop een boot, werk je dood!" Amazing job!
We're doing a great job of "Gekocht twee boten, nu werken ons dood!" For steel boats they often say: "1mm of steel is 1cm of rust!" Trouble starts when they stop saying this.
Hi, Barbara. Is there a reason for not glassing the roof? Then, it would be waterproof for decades.
There are a few reasons. We will exchange the roof in a few years, the weather now would have made it very difficult to work with epoxy and it's not worth the extra money for a temporary fix. We want to keep the sides of the wheelhouse that's why we invested more in the corner repair.
Doing it right making it wa5t3rtight first....Great job
Try chemical stripper on the wheelhouse and a edge sander for hard to get spots. Keep the carpenter, excellent work on the roof.
I think the wheelhouse needs to be sanded to get a uniform teak color. Technically it's good now and we will continue sanding next spring to get a perfect finish.
I enjoyed the Sail Life glorious sanding reference. But there's no way you left the rot inside the roof without at least talking about its future...
At one point in the not so far distant future we need to replace the entire plywood of the roof. There wasn't enough time to do it this year and we also are not sure about the final dimensions of the wheelhouse. We removed the rot and sealed it. It will last a few years and then we will replace the roof and sheet it over with fiberglass. Since it's there's no moisture and no oxygen I don't think the rot will continue.
am I allowed to say you are looking good girl. regards from the UK.
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May I ask why you do not fiberglass the plywood to make it watertight? I mean, first fiberglass and than the primer coat. Could you explain us this peculiar choice?
It's a temporary fix to prevent further damage. Fiberglass and epoxy is expensive so it would be necessary to replace the rotten plywood first. That would be the proper way of doing it. But we don't have the time to do it now and also we will alter the size of the wheelhouse in one or two years anyway. So that's why we used a temporary relatively cheap fix for the next few years. We hope we can reuse the window frames and also the sides of the roof that's why invested more time into that.
Im a master cabinet maker. I worked in a yacht boat yard for several months. TBH i hated it because the work always seemed to be putting bandaids over rotting wounds. I left and went back to a normal cabinet shop.
...really nice job on that corner repair ...not entirely sure why you didn't sheet the whole roof? ...good progress anyway
The area looks way smaller in the video than it is. We sheeted over a bit more than a third. Since we didn't had the time to approach a replacement of the plywood the fix we did really was the only solution. You just have so many hours you can invest working on the boat. If you always have to make decisions what's most important at the moment. Investing 8 weeks and thousands of euros into the wheelhouse while other parts are rusting away doesn't make sense. We need to get on top of the maintenance, see what worked, invest more time in things that hadn't worked. That's the plan.
Your first 2 minutes introduction reminded me of Triggers Sweeping Brush 😆 , but on a serious note Great Job Guys
You said she was a warship at first I’m very interested in what information you have on her service pls share if you can
The frames of the ship are from type of warship called Kriegsfischkutter. These boats were built using steel frames and wooden planks. During the war this relatively small warships were used for outpost and lookout duties, bringing out mines and minesweeping, hunting submarines and for anti- aircraft warfare.
Especially after the war this boats were used for minesweeping and many got converted back into fishing trawlers at some point. So what we believe is that Flying Coney was damaged after the war doing minesweeping, the frames were saved and the ship was rebuilt with a steel hull. At this rebuilt the bow and the stern were altered to match the lines of a logger for better fuel economics.
If you're interested in a certain aspect feel free to ask. 😉
I give that roof 5 years , 7 if you repaint often. It seems a very practical choice at this point. I’m sure you have many greater priorities. Next time try using a paint roller . A roller with a long stick handle will cut down on that job by hours.
We've planned do relocate the wheelhouse and replace the roof in about two years. So 5 years is plenty of time. After the first coat we started to use the paint roller and it's way quicker. Still no easy task because each layer was 3 liters of paint.
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When I paint house tops and decks , I use a handle about 1.5 meters long. That way I don,t have to bend over and my reach from the roller pan is greater. Saves time. Also you have my vote. Good luck.
A saying you might already be familiar with..."patch, paint make it what it ain't! "
" Use it up, wear it out, make do OR do without"
Making decisions for good enuff for the time being!
Goodonyas!
Go get'm tiger (s)!
Don’t understand why Walter didn’t rip the board to match the original backing. Now when one looks up in that corner it will be known it’s a patch job. Great way to show one’s work is all I can think.
Let me know if you get to sail around Ambon island, Indonesia
Can I ask why didn't You cover the whole roof top, but only patched it partially leaving a weird pattern in that?
It's quite a large area and we used the plywood we had. So we patched only areas were the original roof was rotten and made a pattern that avoided standing water.
I did vote for you, can you see it?
Why did you choose not to fill roof damage with penetrating epoxy, then fiberglass matt and filler? Seems like adding a new roof layer left the rotten plywood underneath and provides a place for moisture and rot to continue.
We removed all the rot and with a lot of sealant we made sure that no water can get underneath the new sheets. That fix gives us time until we replace the rotten sheets as a whole. Sometimes it's necessary to fix something until you've the time to do it properly. For a fix that needs to last 2 or 3 years I think we did a good enough job.
Curious it you used epoxy and why didn’t you put a fiberglass membrane over the plywood
Simply to save time and cost. We will ultimately alter the size and the location of the wheelhouse. So the goal for now was to prevent further damage. It just need to last for 2 years. Once we exchange the damaged plywood we will put glass on top. But don't underestimate the costs for that we're talking 1-2 000€ for epoxy and glass fiber.
Definitely should have asked the shipwright/wood worker who is definitely a craftsman to just restore the entire roof and have it look like new with old style work..
The wheelhouse isn't on the final position. Also replacing the roof will take at least one month or two. Now is just not the right time to do it.
I know it's temporary. But, fill the rotten spots with thickened epoxy. I think it's the better way. Instead of black concrete sealant. That lasts a maximum of 3 months, for a real emergency solution. Greetings from Spakenburg, Netherlands.
Not sure what you mean. We've used a two component wood filler, I think that one is epoxy based. The sealant we've used is similar to sikaflex. A permanently elastic glue and sealant so water doesn't get underneath the plywood sheets. We haven't filled up the rotten spots just removed the rot.
The black “concrete sealant” is in fact Bostik MRS (marine sealant / construction adhesive)
I'm surprised you didn't fiberglass the roof.
Far as I know, it's temporary work so they can get the boat to Germany asap? Am I right?
True, there was simply not enough time to approach a major repair. We will also alter the size of the wheelhouse for the sailing ship transformation so any repair would be temporarily. So we picked the cheapest reasonable one.
Farbe von Holz entfernt man am effizientesten mit grosser Hitze. Dabei werden auch gleich Bereiche durch Blubberblasen ersichtlich, die nass sind.
Also so wie wir das im Video getan haben, mit einem Heisluftföhn. Manchmal frag ich mich schon.
Schneller geht es mit einem Flammenwerfer. Gekonnt eingesetzt, ist er um ein Vielfaches effektiver, hinterlässt keine Spuren und zeigt auch deutlich, wo das Holz tiefennass ist. Was fragen Sie sich manchmal schon?@@FlyingConey