Bluenose II - Planking

[@rolandprotoy5752]

at 3:45 the man on the left, twisted the nail when hitting it with the hammer. Then the man on the right,skillfully without interrupting the rythm , hit the twisted nail and straightened it. It's a plesure to see a team of so skilled men working together. Thank you for showing this

[@josephastier7421]

Best scene in the video. I think "whiskey plank" means it's time to go drinking once that 12,794th nail is finally sunk.

[@GC-rf2st]

As I’ve had the wooden model for 20 odd yrs now and have not yet finished the planking I thought this might be a good series to watch and learn. It is, good job mines only a balsa model as I can’t handle anything heavy at the moment due to a freshly fused neck!

[@carmelpule6954]

A remarkable project indeed. I am used in building traditional framed hulls and one issue I often think about is how come such hulls are kept together by the friction that exists between the galvanised spikes ot ( nails ) and the framing, If these were rivets as in a clinker boat, I would have suggseted that there is more than friction holding a rivet together but with lap planking the friction is the main hold between the nail and the frame. Fasciinating really. What I admired about this hull is that while the outer planking is so strong, there is in addition an inner hull effectively dur to the ceiling which in this hull is laminated to a thickness of four inches. Recently I was sked whether it was possible to build a galleon which the Knights of St John who lived in Rhodes and Malta and plyed along the Mediterranean. I suppose it would be possible to build a hull like the Wasa and the Revenge and the Ark Royal but I would doubt if there was enough trees around to build such hulls. At the moment it is scale models of these beautiful big ships . With the help of a prototyping machine which from CAD mills the item , it is conveneint at my age to build smaller hulls as even the weight of the Davits and the adze to tghten on shape the wood it somethiing I cannot cope with at my age, Good luck and congratulations to the team who worked together to build this hull. It is a marvel of wooden engineers where all structural joints cannot be any better without losing the traditional depiction and appreciation of the work by our forefathers. I beliece Bluenose was the fastest fishing hull in Novia Scotia, I now can appreciate all that and why it was so fast and so good as a hull. All this I guess initiated the America's cup. Fishermen had to be sailors and racing crews in those days to meet the demands and competition of the markets . NOw those who race those foiling catamarans need not worry about the fish they catch which ensured their family living and they are so lucky to have to concentrate on the siling while those in Bluenose had other issues to worry about. Good luck and good fortunes to all the team.

[@brucebeardsley643]

I can remember with a smile on my face walking all over her in the mid sixties when I was a young lad. She was tied up at the dock in Kingston. The memory remains with me to this day.

[@Ammon6]

Wow that hammering technique was amazing to watch

[@dadedowuh]

Very impressed, great job!

[@FixNewsPlease]

Some people complained about her refit running over budget. Unfortunate, but we've wasted worse money. To me, Bluenose in priceless and grounds us to who we are. She also represents us proudly along the Eastern Seaboard. No cost is too much. Long live Bluenose II.

[@HavokR505]

if u enjoyed this. KZbin search Tally Ho.

[@bobsmoth7837]

Missed the whiskey plank ceremony by a week. What a beautiful boat.

[@johnwallis1309]

Schooner best of the larger sailing rigs,lovely fine lines on her with a deacent press of sail. nothing like it

[@johndonovan7018]

something tells me such fancy precision wasnt used back then. ships were built in months, except certain fancy huge projects.

[@Luckingsworth]

If anything they were more precise back then, because everything was by hand (no electric planers) and most of the materials were "lower quality" in that they didn't have artifical coatings that aided in sealing out water. They had teams of hundreds of men working on ships that dedicated their lives to it back in those days. The ammount of time passing is irrelevant, its the ammount of man hours that is key here. You can imagine how they would have done this job twice as fast by having a crew twice as large and doing both sides at the same time. More than likely having two crews on either side, one starting at the bottom and one starting at the top (which is why they work to meet in the middle rather than going all the way bottom up).

[@johndonovan7018]

@@Luckingsworth more people more errors more getting in the ways. there is a limit to how many people for best efficiency on any project. true to today. lots of people worked on various things, but never that many at any given time. youd be surprised how few actually did each thing

[@Collinoeight]

Yeah that's not right.

[@FixNewsPlease]

Why do they use iron to fasten the planking? Even galvanized still eventually becomes wood cancer. No wonder she needed a complete rebuild. She's basically Bluenose III

[@tobyque9399]

I wonder... in the past when hand tools were used, if craftsmanship and precision were any lesser?

[@drozone3658]

Even better back then!!!

[@johngoodell2775]

not best practices...galvanized pins is a bad idea - should be bronze. Butt joints for planking?

[@hakapik683]

Insider friend of mine who worked on the project told me that the HUGE problem with the hull was the choice of wood. Traditionally the wood swells up, therefore sealing the boat so it does not leak. The exotic wood from way down south DID NOT SWELL. The boat was tied to the wharf for many months with 3 hugs pumps running full time to keep the hull from filling up. Whoever decided to use Angelique for the hull, John Steele, really shit the bed on that choice. If traditional wood was used, the planking would have swelled up as it normally did, and the boat would have been sailing one year sooner. John... you FAILED.

[@scottdowney4318]

Time to caulk then using non traditional methods, like a polyurethane such as PL premium construction adhesive mixed with sawdust.

[@hakapik683]

@@scottdowney4318 No, that would not be a good idea. Hull was re-caulked the correct way. PL premium mixed with saw dust would not last a week, it would pop out. The cotton is twisted a certain way and hammered into the gap between the planking.

[@josephastier7421]

Nothing a few wraps of fiberglass won't fix.

[@Majorvideonut2]

@@hakapik683 correct!

[@hakapik683]

@rats arsed Had nothing to do with the workmen. The designer is 100% responsible. The boatbuilders were following the plans given them.

[@nunosantiago5472]

Butting planks on frames?I thought that was a no no.

[@rogerdoran8153]

It is how it is done on massive construction boats . We have a 50ft oak on oak trawler which we are repairing . We tried tapered scarfs and stepped scarfs but they do not work well so we reverted to the original method , same as this vid , works much better .

[@evanpenny348]

Yo show a picture at the beginning showing planking that is lapped. You then show the guys putting the planks on edge by edge. Which is it?

[@nigelzurvas8932]

Watch the vid again mate it is explained

[@jhg3]

Where is Bluenose being built?

[@phillowe3355]

it was "rebuilt"in Lunenburg Nova Scotia a few years ago

[@user-ic3tr4eq2o]

Там же щели в палец. Неужели они закроются когда дерево разбухнет?

[@miken2213]

now thats how its done boys'', this younger generation will never be able to put a patch on our generations asses'', dam shame they dont want to learn any of this''. wow''''''.

[@Aaron.deRuiter]

G’day guys, what’s everyone current/latest boat project? Mine was a classic styled plywood standup paddle board. Has anyone else built anything like this before? kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH-3YoKfq7dlaas

[@sickandtiredofcomplaining6574]

Carvel is ice cream dummy!

[@Mr572u]

Tally Ho is built slower and with much more craftsmanship.

[@borangkeneraka638]

Fail

[@tiradentes.alferes6807]

let's preserve nature. don't cut down trees

[@jackbelk8527]

Would you rather they burn? Trees are a crop with a long ripening time.