128. Last minute alterations in the stern area

[@davidtinker2038]

Hi James, the piece of handrail you cut off. Why don't you use it turned around and fix it to the aft bulkhead. It would make a safer exit up the steps and a good opening on and off the boat. Regards, Dave T.

[@revamp33]

Hi the bit you have just cut of the back upstand I would have just move it over to the back of the cabin so no one can step down the hole

[@JasperJanssen]

The way the shower gets bigger around bum height is a fairly brilliant way to have a decent size without moving to a bigger, more expensive cubicle (and respecting the profile of the space). Seeing it fully complete now Ilike it even more than I did initially.

[@chriscastaldo3596]

Good luck james. Can't wait to see her floating.

[@chrisabbott7458]

The motion on the water will rock you to sleep tomorrow night after all your hard work and stress! tomorrow. Have a great float.

[@divetechltd2731]

James goes into the chandlers "can I order a new ring piece please?" guy behind the counter just gives a blank stare !!! great vid mate, I am excited now for tomorrows to see her in the cut

[@johnb7644]

Fork handles

[@chazzyb8660]

Have fun tomorrow, I'm getting visions of the hippos dancing in Fantasia with all the boats swinging around in mid-air.

[@PNEKarl]

Jesus James, I needed my safety goggles just to watch this video. Be careful mate :-)

[@put301]

I think I would have welded that railing back on to cabin so you have same gap as before just further back and it would stop stepping over the side and landing in a heap at the bottom of the steps

[@chazzyb8660]

Yup, I was thinking that, and if you used the piece you took out - it would match. Then a nice piece of chain across the gap and H&E will be happy too.

[@mrp1925]

The same occurred to me as well, would have been safer when your kids are cruising with you.

[@cskeise]

James... keep that off cut, you could shorten the hand rail and weld it just behind the door giving you a nice doorway opening for when the cratch/bow cover gets fitted.💙👊😎

[@quebot1111]

I’m so excited 😆

[@forresta65]

Paul's like..and Bob's yer uncle. It brings back memories of me and me Geordie mates in Germany, watching you lot work together.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Woohoo 🙌 James it's nearly lift off time 👍🏻 It's like waiting for a rocket launch from Nassau 🤣 Hope it really goes well for you tomorrow James and can't wait for your boat getting its feet wet 😆 Have a nice evening tidying up.

[@dmacisaac9382]

Amazing how taking out a small section of railing makes such a difference ❤

[@davidbeakhust9797]

if you havent fitted the plastic edges to that movable glass, or even if so, suggest you tie it back or shut with plenty of gaffer tape for the lift. our boat if it rocks just a little on the cut and doors are not shut, they slam with alarming force. They do have magnetic plastic closing edges, but would not trust them to hold for a crane lift. Hope all goes swimmingly in the nicest way, and don't forget the bilge pump! Would that discarded post and rail fit next to the deepest part of the stairs so no-one steps off a mooring in the dark straight into the bottom of the steps?

[@sarkybugger5009]

Was thinking the exact same thing, as he wrenched it free. Obvious move, and he already has most of the parts required. Wonderhands the welder can have it on in two shakes of an electrode's tail. (Before he loses his sight, hearing, and all his fingers.)

[@philipthoreau3590]

And swallows his pencil!

[@dotmenziesholden1251]

Hope all goes well tomorrow for you

[@ianbloomfield785]

Hope all goes well today James. Looking forward to this evenings video. 👍

[@davidpinner4598]

How many people see their house fly ,albeit on a crane, scary and exiting all at once. good luck tomorrow James fingers crossed for you.

[@J1mbo888]

Top Mooring Young James. Well Jell !.

[@bobmclaughlin8633]

Tomorrow is a big day, another milestone ticked! We're not going to see it till it's done, so be safe, and good luck. The mooring spot looks grand!

[@Climber485]

Fingers crossed 🤞 for tomorrow mate, hope all goes well 😊👍

[@MrCptjohn]

Oh dear your mate should have goggles on James you only get one set of eyes mate.

[@aj_bovangles_adventures4430]

Its all coming along great 👍all that hard work you have put in .... good luck tomorrow 🤞 stay safe 🙏

[@knobby2knobby]

Best of luck for tomorrow, been a great journey so far looking forward to seeing her afloat, I bet you can't sleep 😁

[@stevearchtoe7039]

Boat is looking great! Coming along nicely! Good luck tomorrow! Looking forward to it! Yes tape that shower so it can’t move during the lift.

[@richardholmwood1468]

Hope all goes well tomorrow James although by this time it's probably already happened, waiting with baited breath.

[@davidleeson4304]

Well done James.

[@theworth123]

Good luck with the launching James... Perhaps use removable treads or hinged ones to get access to the storage under the steps,, idea for ropes or lubes ect..And for safety perhaps reposition and weld on the removed handrail to the gunnels and rear of the bulkhead it will give something to hang onto when descending the stairs.

[@suecox2308]

Have to say, I was holding my breath when those glass panels were going in! The tiles look lovely. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

[@KevRP]

the stern area looks so much better with the one side opened up. great progress made today. looking forward to seeing it hit the water tomorrow.

[@judithmallinson5178]

Looks like a great mooring spot for your boat 🚢. Looking forward to your video tomorrow - hope it all goes well xx

[@sarkybugger5009]

Only a couple of months behind schedule. You did well! ;o) Best of luck for the launch tomorrow. Don't forget to connect a bilge pump before you wet her bottom. All the best, mate.

[@ianlindsay8557]

Looking forward to the boat going into the water mate .well done .

[@DEmma1972]

could add the bit you cut off where the gap was. You will need something there to suggest you cant just pop over. Could do a live stream of the lift James. All the best for tomorrow.

[@midwestconcertvideo]

I was just going to suggest that! Record and stream at the same time.

[@tduenchan]

At least, keep the piece of rail around just in case...You might decide that something needs to be there just to provide a handhold as you go down the stairs.

[@adds91]

Good luck for tomorrow 😁

[@mjh23517]

Best of luck for tomorrow James hope you have a great day.

[@paulsedman7876]

im all excited for you now.looking very posh....

[@NarrowboatWill]

Hopefully you don't find any leaks tomorrow James. Those steps look great. How exciting getting on the water for spring. Nice

[@colsphotography3319]

When you said the wharf would be extremely busy tomorrow I thought you meant TV crews and well wishers for your launch 😂 Hope the fog clears in time and you have a good bilge pump "just in case". Best wishes James.

[@scouthetavontuur]

Good luck tomorrow James

[@crossercuss1]

had to shut my eyes with that grinder and no goggles...

[@mauricewatts2380]

Tomorrow is going to be very exciting but just a thought . Have you got some mooring ropes yet?

[@tmack1]

Like other have said, move the cut off hand rail forward attaching to cabin. But more so someone will not come on board and accidentally step into the stairwell and fall. Enjoying the videos fm the US. Tom M.

[@edthegooner4173]

I remodelled the shower at my previous house. I placed the glass panel on the toe of my shoe so it didn’t break. Fate decided otherwise and it slipped off and shattered into thousands of pieces of safety glass. Try finding just the replacement part.......good job mate and holding thumbs everything goes well with the lift.

[@richardrushing2094]

James, maybe a rope lanyard with snap hooks on ends to secure that gap in railing. Like they have at what I believe you all call a Q line sometimes.

[@Oscartherescuedog]

Best of luck getting a ring piece for the roof 👍🏻

[@johnb7644]

Evening James, Good luck for tomorrow, your head will be racing tonight but it is what it is you can’t have done more, should’ve put that cut rail further along and just left a smaller gap, something to hold onto getting aboard , anyway Good Luck 😉

[@thedecliningcyclist3321]

Nothing like a deadline to concentrate the mind! Hope all goes well tomorrow- exciting times & welcome to the cut proper 👍🏻

[@mmpointy]

I hope the removal of the handrail doesn't make your back deck appear more inviting to drunken youths. All Looking forward to seeing you on the water. All the best.

[@aussiechickonaboat4187]

Great move taking off that bit of rail, definitely worth taking it off the other side too. You could but in some ropes across at a couple of heights for safety for the kids, that way they don't have to be there all the time, the ropes that is 😉 all the best for tomorrow, looking forward to that video 🥳

[@DaveGardner64]

Can't wait for the move video...

[@MrCptjohn]

Looking forwards to the lift tomorrow James well done.

[@johnaston6440]

Good luck bud

[@nate8551]

Yay 🏗 crane day

[@jonnyisgood]

Good luck for tomorrow matey.

[@martinworrall5888]

That’s what I like to see proper health and safety haha

[@nathanberry4339]

not so much the googles that bothered me but there was no guard on the angle grinder so if the disc had snapped it would have gone everywhere but that said your both ok and you got the work done and i was half expecting to see you get so excited youd start pushing the boat into the canal on your own lol

[@mandyhammett3919]

Big day. Hope all goes well. Secure your shower doors for God’s sake!! Enjoy the moment.

[@TairnKA]

Looking forward to seeing her on the water. I'm presuming Paul removed that bit of angle iron from the bottom step (safety first)? To be honest, I'd add the extra railing and post where the steps start and end to prevent someone from stepping into the stairwell (Murphy's Law). ;-) It bugs me to see unused space (OCD I guess), so I'd like to see a way to access under the steps for storing little odds and ends. Maybe by placing bends to a sheet of 1/4 inch (1/8 inch?) aluminum, add some hinges and cut a hand hold then place your treads and risers onto it?

[@revamp33]

When I had a Springer I fitted a dodgger around the back up stands and a slopping cover from the boat to the back .keeps it all dry

[@peterbarker2216]

Got a balcony view of the wharfe eh James although you deserve it you have advertised wharfe well with your vlogs

[@johnkowalczyk6933]

Good luck mate .

[@thomascoyne157]

Good luck with your move hope all goes well, and 👀out for the Gap😂😂👍

[@lesbrewer8431]

Don’t the side glass sheets have plastic/rubber strips that help make the joints with the frame water tight and stop vibration?

[@MrOVERANOUT]

Are we having a naming ceremony as she enters the water? I name this boat *******. God bless her and all who sail in her. Or him/it, as the case may be.

[@davidlittle2925]

good luck with lift hope no dramas,could i just ask how much living space do you have from doors to bow i no you lose up to 10 to 15 feet on your boat size,your boat is close to the one i want in size thanks

[@MrCptjohn]

Evening James.

[@neilbroome4941]

Hi James, once afloat do not grind your boat next to other boats. The hot metal will melt into paint surfaces then rust in the rain! Better to move away to an open space. Best Wishes. Neil and Anne

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

Good tip - thanks

[@Daves_classics]

looking forward to seeing your boat lifted into the cut. I'm enjoying your videos , stay safe and enjoy. I have just got my boat and am new to this as well. Don't know if i missed it but does the boat that James built have a name ?

[@ChrisWorthbfs]

Could you not put the post and rail you removed on the other side (if you didn’t burn it) to give you/kids something to hold on to when climbing the steps? Loving the vids, best of luck tomorrow

[@chazzyb8660]

Or indeed you James, when that leg really does get broke!

[@garyheap3780]

And to stop anyone stepping in from the towpath going straight down the steps. Getting on and off from the pontoon may focus your mind on to what is best. Good luck tomorrow.

[@markkasprzak995]

Tie a rope around the shower handles to keep them from sliding around and breaking

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

Good call

[@ou81aswell]

Do not wear protective gear. Repeat. Do not wear protective gear.

[@adamlittlewood8025]

Tape up your glass door so they don't bang use cardboard as wedges

[@alanstanley9465]

Diamond plate for the steps ???

[@chazzyb8660]

Very Andrew Camarata. On to the next job…

[@ofb1583]

Seriously mate, are you sure you want a set of glass panels not fully secured, on a boat that could just about to have jolts/slips? I'm confident the lads in the yard are professionals but safe as opposed to sorry. At least tape some waste cardboard to all the edges. Removing duct tape glue from glass is so much easier than hoovering glass shards with a heavy heart. good luck, fingers, toes etc crossed for you🤞👍

[@shelaghweston4584]

Wow looking forward to seeing you on the water tomorrow .. hope it all goes smoothly .. ps Check your Messenger for new messages..

[@Oscartherescuedog]

Can we put a ban on people telling you and your mate to wear goggles/gloves etc because “you’ve only one set of eyes” and so many fingers etc?!!!!

[@chrisknight3847]

having twice had to go to hospital to have bits of random metal / sparks removed from my eyes both with different leveks of eye protectors on ... sparks bounce everywhere ... please, please, please insist anyone working on your boat wears the proper safety equipment ...

[@gizmoinasia6080]

I was cringing watching that guy cutting that steel with no goggles !!!!

[@pocketchange1951]

👍👌🇨🇦❤

[@Slow-Will]

Running your saw into that steel bracket made me cringe. I hope you treated my tenon saw I lent you more civilized. Best of luck tomorrow mate.

[@davidsedlickas8222]

Failed health and safety macho man blinded by a metal splinter. Not wise

[@stevemumbling7720]

Couldn't you just load as much plywood on board as possible before you move it. For someone not interested in becoming a "You Tuber" you're running an ever increasing amount of ads James.

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

I barely have enough room in here now without loads of ply hanging around. Ads. I don’t think I have any say over that or not. All I know is that I don’t ask for those long non-skippable ones - they well annoy me - apart from the one of the amazing super yacht and the rather attractive lady who doesn’t seem that interested in the boat at all

[@stevemumbling7720]

@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt I haven't noticed that one. Strange as I used to be in the superyacht business. Can't you just get a one month extension to stay on the wharf?

[@stuartdavies3664]

That was some pretty stupid stuff I've just watched, should of been titled 'How not to use and abrasive wheel angle grinder'......other than that the vlogs are good to watch

[@grahamcutler3734]

No glasses No guard on the grinder a big no no

[@lesgill8490]

NO GOGGLES NO GLOVES FFS.Any one watching poor poor practice don't do it this way, the boat the way we built it.ffs.Enjoyed the PAST video, BUT THIS...........