You can tell a man who knows working with his hands! Not once did you stop with hand cramps!🤣🤣 I'm sure all future boaters will know the Hockley Hook! Stay safe friends!
Flog em canalside for some extra cash! Stop by a cabinet makers shop for scraps of ply and use sections of old mooring lines for the fenders. Brilliant mate, gives me a few more ideas to fund some time on the cut. Love the vids,
I can remember my dad making fenders and looped ends on ropes etc when I was young (I'm 60 now). He was so fast it was hard to follow the steps. Even to this day I can't look at a rope without thinking "dad would have tidied that up." Thanks for helping me remember a nice memory about my dad.
A Brilliant knot Mark ! I can see you doing the Bow and Stern fenders soon, I look forward to that Video. The adjustable Fender Cleat is also very clever, and SHOULD be patented, (as a "do it yourself" cleat). Hope you make a fortune ! More Nautical videos like this one please !
Very interesting and not only do you have a useful item at the end; you also got a workout!! The process is very similar to crochet. What a excellent idea for an “adjustable” fender hook👍🏻
Great video thanks. I'm in Australia but originally from Suffolk. Your accent sounds like a Suffolk chap? I watched 1st as I'm looking at doing fenders for our boat( disappointed they don't have narrow boats here) was my dream to live like you in the UK. I shall make these. Love the hook! Cheers from the tropics 🏝️
Well I've looked at a lot of tube video's on making the side fender, and I have to say that yours is the one to follow, I just had that light bulb moment. Thank for making it look so easy.
Don't sell yourself short Mark, not every "imbecile" would have the wherewithal or the discipline and patience to research and acquire the skills required to 'craft their own fenders. Looking forward to the new buttons for the stern, and button with wings for the bow (now see what you started - lol) Good job mate, 'smart as a button stick'.
Love this video!! Watched this with hubby who is now eager to give this a go!!! Not bought a boat yet..... have plenty of time to practice this!!! These are not cheap tp buy so a cracking idea!!
Hi Mark Really interesting. Next up is a tipcat. I liked the sound of Phil English. Makes me think of breakfast. Your fender hook was brilliant. How about putting a backsplice in the rope instead of a half hitch. It would look neater, I think. Keep making the vlogs. You cover things that other vlogs do not. Jeff
Thank you this instructive video! I've just made my first rope fender and it came out just the way I was hoping for. I'll make 5 more fenders for my boat in the, same manner.
Once again great video very interesting and keeping with tradition . I presume your next'Not how too how I do' will be making a' Plaited rope buffer' and will appear in a week or two maybe lol.. Why buy when you can make it yourself, love the fender hook idea too.
Great video. You have done one of the best ones for showing how to make a rope fender. Most are abit harder to understand. I have shown it to a few people and they were surprised on how easy it is to make them.
Yet another fantastic “how I do” video Mark. I love the way you show all the steps clearly and your fender hook ….. just fabulous. Completed in the best possible way, with chuckles from Debs in the background. Happy days 😀 Keep all your various videos coming, they are excellent. Best wishes Helen x
Making fender hooks,weaving rope fenders ,varnishing🤔,I can see your going to need a “man shed butty “ 🤗....keep it up guys a good tutorial ,Happy New Year
Very neat and clever tips. They look great! When I was a very young Merchant Navy Navigator Apprentice, we were taught various splicing techniques. The hardest was splicing large wire hawsers. All forgotten now though!
You could sell those fender hooks. We'd buy some. Genuinely, that was one of the most informative vlogs I've seen on any of the narrowboat themes. I'm going to have a crack at making them fenders. Happy New Year to you both and happy cruising
Really enjoyed seeing you 'getting knotted' and what an ingenious idea for the fender hook. I actually said, 'well done' at the end...so never put yourself down mate. You are a good learner and patient and teach well ...there isn't that better self talk :)
Well like the pub landlord, Al Murray would say good English measurements , you get iced in you’ll be making tea cozy’s and placemats out that rope , this is pretty cool,good on ya.
Great work. Those fenders turned out nice. Those DIY hooks are brilliant. Everyone is going to be sending in for Mark's Master Fenders and Deluxe Hooks.
Excellent job on making the fenders and your wooden fender hooks absolutely bang on what a simple ,but great idea I bet lots of people would buy those!
well done l was given a gift of the Tradeline kit a couple of years ago,and haven't bought a fender since. It's very satisfying using something you have made. Simple idea on the hooks like it
Butchers Hooks are quite useful for hanging things up available from a traditional butchers or on line shop. A very interesting vid especially the fender hook idea.
Binge watching all your vlogs and I love them all. Those how I do it ones are brilliant thank you so much for sharing your experiences. subscribed because I don’t want to miss a single episode. Your both such lovely people thank you x
Good job well done I love making stuff rather than buying. My dad made adapting things an art, my mum said he was a bodger but he always made things work in the end. Cheers guys hope you are keeping well and warm. Alan.
Well done you. How satisfying to to make your own fenders. Great video. Thankyou. Have you made or going to make a button. We had our narrowboat for eight years and cruised many miles but became to difficult to mange so we had to sell. So now we watch all you tubers. Many happy hours boating. Thanks again. We wish you well. Enjoy. Carole and John
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You can tell a man who knows working with his hands! Not once did you stop with hand cramps!🤣🤣 I'm sure all future boaters will know the Hockley Hook! Stay safe friends!
Cheers Roger, worked with my hands all my life👍
Brilliant Mark and so British, take 4.4 metres and mark at 6 and 12 inches. Love it!!
Ha Ha I do it all the time😂
Another example of Britain going metric inch by inch. :-)
Well Deck Diaries , pretty common here in Canada as well.
Don't have a narrowboat - and probably never will- but I am going to get some rope and a fid and have at it. Well done.
Steve Potter good for you 👍
Flog em canalside for some extra cash! Stop by a cabinet makers shop for scraps of ply and use sections of old mooring lines for the fenders. Brilliant mate, gives me a few more ideas to fund some time on the cut. Love the vids,
cheers
Thumbs up is not a string enough reaction. I love that these fenders are still made of rope and really enjoyed seeing you make one.
👍😁
Excellent! A Keep teaching so this doesn't become a lost art!! Most people just go to the store.
Nothing like the satisfaction of making your own
I can remember my dad making fenders and looped ends on ropes etc when I was young (I'm 60 now). He was so fast it was hard to follow the steps. Even to this day I can't look at a rope without thinking "dad would have tidied that up." Thanks for helping me remember a nice memory about my dad.
Thanks for sharing!❤️
A Brilliant knot Mark !
I can see you doing the Bow and Stern fenders soon, I look forward to that Video.
The adjustable Fender Cleat is also very clever, and SHOULD be patented, (as a "do it yourself" cleat).
Hope you make a fortune !
More Nautical videos like this one please !
Thanks, will do!
What a fab little invention you have made Mark, get selling them for more beer money. Fab idea!
This is just a age old skill that I have learned from watching others
The fender hook is brilliant. You're good at whatever you turn your hand to.
Thanks ❤️
Fantastic, absolutely fantastic. Well done. 💐💐
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❤ love you fender hook idea 💡 brilliant 👏
Thanks so much!
Awesome video Thank You! Been wanting to make a fender for years, I Finally did, Yayyy! Thank You! 😊Knot Crazy!
Glad I could help!
A man has got to do. What a man has to do. Awesome book
Very interesting and not only do you have a useful item at the end; you also got a workout!! The process is very similar to crochet. What a excellent idea for an “adjustable” fender hook👍🏻
Thanks
Great video thanks. I'm in Australia but originally from Suffolk. Your accent sounds like a Suffolk chap?
I watched 1st as I'm looking at doing fenders for our boat( disappointed they don't have narrow boats here) was my dream to live like you in the UK. I shall make these.
Love the hook! Cheers from the tropics 🏝️
My husband knows how to do this, and he was most impressed with your work. also thought your hooks most ingenious.
margaret wilson thanks👍
Well I've looked at a lot of tube video's on making the side fender, and I have to say that yours is the one to follow, I just had that light bulb moment. Thank for making it look so easy.
Wow, thanks!
Don't sell yourself short Mark, not every "imbecile" would have the wherewithal or the discipline and patience to research and acquire the skills required to 'craft their own fenders. Looking forward to the new buttons for the stern, and button with wings for the bow (now see what you started - lol) Good job mate, 'smart as a button stick'.
Cheers 👍
Great video Mark, I got the kit but the instructions left me baffled! Your vid was spot on, thanks.
Glad it helped
Love this video!! Watched this with hubby who is now eager to give this a go!!! Not bought a boat yet..... have plenty of time to practice this!!! These are not cheap tp buy so a cracking idea!!
Its quite easy, that was my first time and its so rewarding👍
Fender hangers.. adapt, improvise , overcome. Good on ya
it what us boaters do
@@welldeckdiaries5610 I well know , 250 miles out of land fall , ya better be able to get it done
Who's a clever boy then, well done.
Me 😂😂😂
Hi Mark
Really interesting. Next up is a tipcat.
I liked the sound of Phil English. Makes me think of breakfast.
Your fender hook was brilliant. How about putting a backsplice in the rope instead of a half hitch. It would look neater, I think.
Keep making the vlogs. You cover things that other vlogs do not.
Jeff
🤣😂 I wouldn't know a back slice from a half hitch even if you whipped me round the head with one
Hi guys
Well done nice job making fenders good idea on fender hooks makes life easier
cheers
What knotty fun!
Cheers
Great vlog. Great idea for fender hooks. It’s now on my project list for the new boat. Assuming Patent is still pending with the Patent Office.
Ha Ha, indefinitely pending 🤣
Just like myself a metric imperial messed up person 😂 Think you're the first vlogger I've seen do this. Very interesting.
Thanks 👍
" Not Just A Pretty Face Then . " Great Job 👍😉
Thanks
Thank you this instructive video!
I've just made my first rope fender and it came out just the way I was hoping for. I'll make 5 more fenders for my boat in the, same manner.
Fantastic
Excellent job Mark.
Glad you enjoyed it
Life is knots and physics. :)
It certainly is👍
You guys should make all these things to sell. 💚💜
It has crossed my mind
Loved the title....tickled me,I will admit UA-cam as been a massive knowledge base to me for DIY
Might teach my self Brain Surgery 🤣🤣
Once again great video very interesting and keeping with tradition . I presume your next'Not how too how I do' will be making a' Plaited rope buffer' and will appear in a week or two maybe lol.. Why buy when you can make it yourself, love the fender hook idea too.
Thanks, definitely work out cheaper and adds another string to my bow
@@welldeckdiaries5610 ua-cam.com/video/MU9jpQJ8f98/v-deo.html I found this guy makes it look easy .
Love the fender hook!
thanks
I liked that Mark, well done
Thanks 👍
Great video. You have done one of the best ones for showing how to make a rope fender. Most are abit harder to understand. I have shown it to a few people and they were surprised on how easy it is to make them.
Dennis Gallup thanks 👍
very interesting and seems quite easy...love the adjustable hook...
Glad you like it!
Excellent video I understood totally thankyou 🙏
Glad it helped!
Did like your genders and your patent pending fender hook nice to see you both today at whilton marina
Chris Bradbury thanks
Shame we was going in opposite directions
Yet another fantastic “how I do” video Mark. I love the way you show all the steps clearly and your fender hook ….. just fabulous. Completed in the best possible way, with chuckles from Debs in the background. Happy days 😀
Keep all your various videos coming, they are excellent.
Best wishes Helen x
Glad you liked it!
Seamans handicraft. Great :))
Thanks
Well done a professional job.
Thanks Tom
It's surprisingly physical--I can see it takes strength as well as ability. Beautifully done. I love the traditional style fenders.
Thank you very much!
I live in NZ, don't have a boat and know nothing about ropes and fenders. And yet I want to have a go at this for some reason. Great job.
its infectious
I live in Michigan, US on Lake Michigan and I’m wondering if those could be sold to boaters here...
Well Done Mark Great video
Thanks you
A marvelous isolation activity! Thanks Mark.
👍
Excellent, well done I will have to try 👍👍
Please do!
Nice bit of marlin spike seamanship! Carry on Y'all!
Thank you
Thanks so much Mark, this video really helped me with making my own fenders.
Glad it helped!
That's a good start to the New Year...Get Knotted...You did do well.🍷🍷
happy new year 🥳
Loved this vlog. Just gone back to watch this vlog again. Happy New Year.
Thanks, I must make some more, its been a year now
Making fender hooks,weaving rope fenders ,varnishing🤔,I can see your going to need a “man shed butty “ 🤗....keep it up guys a good tutorial ,Happy New Year
The boss has said no to a butty😩
You truly need that butty . As we all know , narrowboats DON'T have basements!!!! LOL
Very neat and clever tips. They look great! When I was a very young Merchant Navy Navigator Apprentice, we were taught various splicing techniques. The hardest was splicing large wire hawsers. All forgotten now though!
Splicing is my next task
You could sell those fender hooks. We'd buy some. Genuinely, that was one of the most informative vlogs I've seen on any of the narrowboat themes. I'm going to have a crack at making them fenders. Happy New Year to you both and happy cruising
Thanks, happy new year to you guys too ❤️
Really enjoyed seeing you 'getting knotted' and what an ingenious idea for the fender hook. I actually said, 'well done' at the end...so never put yourself down mate. You are a good learner and patient and teach well ...there isn't that better self talk :)
Thank for the compliments👍
Well like the pub landlord, Al Murray would say good English measurements , you get iced in you’ll be making tea cozy’s and placemats out that rope , this is pretty cool,good on ya.
Now that's a good idea
Great work. Those fenders turned out nice. Those DIY hooks are brilliant. Everyone is going to be sending in for Mark's Master Fenders and Deluxe Hooks.
that would be nice
Bl-dy brilliant Mark, throughly enjoyed your video, that could be a nice little earner….👍🏻
Thanks 👍. I don't think I would want to do it for a living
Absolutely brilliant, i can see myself havin a go at that 👌👍
Very rewarding Keith
WELL DONE a great job
Thank you
That was fascinating!
Thanks ❤️
Job well done mate!
thanks
Love the adjustable fender hook!! 😍
Thanks👍
I'm going to make some of those fenders up and hang them on my car out in the lot 👍
Excellent job on making the fenders and your wooden fender hooks absolutely bang on what a simple ,but great idea I bet lots of people would buy those!
Thanks
I HAVE SAVE THAT ONE FOR SURE, VERY EDUCATIONAL, thanks John in NZ
Glad you enjoyed it
well done l was given a gift of the Tradeline kit a couple of years ago,and haven't bought a fender since. It's very satisfying using something you have made. Simple idea on the hooks like it
I'll never buy another fender
Loved watching that! Absolutely brilliant handy work!
Thank you! Cheers!
Very impressed , I’m ex seaman of years ago , you done well there 👍👍
Chris Shaw thanks
Great job mate you should make them for sale
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Brilliant idea for the fender hook!!
thank you
took me back to my merchant navy days as a deckhand!!! I really enjoyed the vlog!!
Bet you was dealing with bigger ropes though?
@@welldeckdiaries5610 Just a wee bit bigger!!!
Really enjoyed this Mark. I think I shall try it myself so fingers crossed they come out as good as yours : ).
Fingers crossed!
Thank you for the video
Thanks ❤️
Nice one....hooks great idea👍
thanks
Butchers Hooks are quite useful for hanging things up available from a traditional butchers or on line shop. A very interesting vid especially the fender hook idea.
good idea
Very interesting and a great result 👌
Thanks
Well done.. 🍷🍷
Thanks
Great video Mark and very instructive! I’ve told the missus to forget knitting and get cracking with some of these! Brilliant! 😀
Thanks
Binge watching all your vlogs and I love them all. Those how I do it ones are brilliant thank you so much for sharing your experiences. subscribed because I don’t want to miss a single episode. Your both such lovely people thank you x
Thanks Joyce, that reminds me, it’s about time I did another “Not how to, but how I do” video 👍
Very well done Mark, always entertaining mate. Love the fender hook idea.
Glad you like them!
Loving the vlogs, especially these little mot how to how I do bits, well done keep it up
steve calder thanks 👍
Very nicely done!
Thank you very much!
Love it well done the fenders look the Dogs
cheers
Loved how you did these,
thanks
What a simple but brilliant idea for the fender holder, well done you. I can see a little "earner" opportunity there..... Happy New Year to you all.
thanks
I was really HOOKED at the end to this video.....:0
Ha Ha
Good job well done I love making stuff rather than buying. My dad made adapting things an art, my mum said he was a bodger but he always made things work in the end. Cheers guys hope you are keeping well and warm. Alan.
Thanks
Ooh nice looking fenders and seriously get that hook patented in your name sending regards 👏❤️😁
Thanks
Love your How I Do's and you fancy macrame - you have a talent .
Thanks 👍
Well done you. How satisfying to to make your own fenders. Great video. Thankyou.
Have you made or going to make a button.
We had our narrowboat for eight years and cruised many miles but became to difficult to mange so we had to sell.
So now we watch all you tubers. Many happy hours boating. Thanks again.
We wish you well. Enjoy.
Carole and John
At least you have those memories to cherish, I will attempt the large button fenders later in the year
Learned something new today. Nice work and great explanation. Cheers.
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Nice work always something to pass the time away and money saving tips 👍
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Greetings from the states. Brilliant Video, you’re very handy!
thank you and greetings back 👍
Well done guys thanks 😁👍👏👏👏
thanks
Hello there interesting n brilliant really enjoyed watching,
Thanks for sharing your video cheers take care
Thank you very much!
Lovely to see the old skills being used and maintained, well done
Narrowboat Adventures Thanks👍
That was exceptional!!
thank you
love the adjustable fender hook .i love the simplicity of it which is it's effectivness high 5
thanks