CRUISE SHIP EXPERIENCE IN LISBON PORTUGAL RESTORING THE MV FUNCHAL With EcoFlow DELTA 2 MAX

Sometimes you just have to jump in and help save a ship with saving. In 2021 I took a few trips to Lisbon Portugal to help work with the small team managing the restoration and repositioning of the Iconic MV Funchal. This video is only a glimpse of my experience. I have high hope for the future of this ship. What an amazing experience.
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[@AltDavidMiscavige]

The Funchal has never had a different name in its 62+ years of history.

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

Very true.

[@AltDavidMiscavige]

@@AuroraRestorationProject Btw- Chris, are you back in Stockton from your Portugal trip?

[@siggesaltens2663]

Funchal was built and delivered 1961from ELSINORE, DENMARK. IN her original shape and colours, she was a beauty.

[@mr.j1381]

IF you are local to the area you can visit the ship its a good way to spend some time the owner is friendly.

[@theathjr]

Chris that is one beautiful ship. Thanks for sharing. Now lets get some more Aurora content ! Well. After this crazy weather passes through.

[@demetriocavalaro9660]

Don't you have any more videos of the Aurora's restoration? 😍 how is the process??? Have you already started the engine room? 😍😍😍

[@binky_bun]

I worked onboard Funchal as a Stage Manager about 20 years ago when it was Classic International. It's an interesting ship. Be sure to check the power cables in the walls behind the stage. When I was on board the ships radio officer decided to replace the lamps in the par cans taking them from 200w to 300w. I only found out when the drummer complained the stage smelled like rotten fish. It was the cables and plastic in the outlets to the dimmers which was getting a melty. The upgraded lamps overloaded the outlets and could have caused a fire. Electrical safety didn't seem to be a huge concern onboard. I also got the worst electric shock of my life from the deck party PA system but that was down to a faulty extension lead with no ground.

[@edamundson743]

I am so pleased that the M/S Funchal is being restored to sail again. The Pacific Coast Norwegian Singers Assoc. charted the boat the Summer of 1981 and we sail from Goteborg up the Coast of Norway giving concerts along the way. There were 100 singers on board along with another 200 friends and family. I spent many a night dancing in the Lido Bar!

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

Hopefully that’s an experience you can have again one day..

[@johnlunnun9769]

Wonderful, wonderful, I feared she was going to go the way of all others! I cruised on her in the 90s, and it was a delightful experience. Particular thrilling was sail into to her homeport of Funchal!

[@crystalwater12]

I love ships like her! the black hull is just so beautiful! even white hull on the Aurora looks really good as well! can't wait to see you restore the dinning aera :)

[@whitneylake2107]

Nice tour. Thank you

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@marksmith-ew7ir]

NICE TO SEE OTHER SHIPS BEENING RESTORED AS NEW ONES ARE TENS TIMES MORE .....

[@mungmungie]

I'm so glad that the Funchal will see a new life! Like the Aurora, it has a history and a significance that deserves to be restored, and repurposed for posterity. Right now, there is another very deserving and in many ways similar candidate for restoration up in Ontario Canada. The Norisle, the very last steam powered passenger ship on the Great Lakes, has just arrived in Port Colbourne for scrapping. Apparently, her engineering report was so good a decade ago that a group formed with the intention of making her into a small cruise ship. I have no idea how much time she has left, possibly only weeks, but if anyone is looking for a significant and interesting ship to restore, Norisle would be a lovely project.

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

It will be a definite shame to see the Notisle scrapped. Hopefully there is a hope for this old girl.

[@mungmungie]

If there is a way to save Norisle, there's a good chance the right people are watching your videos.@@AuroraRestorationProject

[@monostripezebras]

Lisbon is such a nice city, hope you enjoyed the trip

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

Absolutely, made some great friends along the way and enjoyed everything about the city. Looking forward to visiting again soon.

[@usssaratogacv3lefevre978]

Just returned from Lisbon Aug 1. Spent 7 days in Lisbon and 3 weeks in the Azores.

[@missingremote4388]

That's awesome- I did a world cruise in the USS Enterprise summer 2006. Visited Lisbon and Portugal suburban mountains . Went back in 2007 "surge". Also 4 years on Saratoga Desert Shield / storm after 18month long S.L.E.P. drydock "cold iron" 1988 portsmouth

[@coolissimo69]

Was an unexpected surprise, you going to my city, I am sure you will have fun there.

[@billyburger5775]

Did you abandon your Aurora?

[@Markybug-Keira-Cody]

Should have “popped” over to Edinburgh, Scotland to see Britannia!

[@johnnunn8688]

A month of work on her, in that dry dock, would I imagine cost as much as I’ve earned in my 70 years!

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

Definitely not cheap..

[@raymondleggs5508]

The Astoria is also for trade but not for scrap apparently the owner wants to keep her sailing since she is a lease vessel.

[@6666tank]

Another guy living and travelling the world on KZbin $$$£££

[@FlyinMike84]

Did he purchase the Austoria as well? Same floating hotel plan?

[@majormanfredrex]

The Funchal is a lovely ship with graceful lines. I LOOK FORWARD TO HER COMPLETION. The submarine is definitely not of the WW2 era. She looks more late '50s and quite a bit like the French Daphne class, or perhaps one of the British subs of the time. I know the Portuguese navy used Daphne class subs as well as France, Pakistan and South Africa 🇿🇦.

[@danielkeel9265]

I saw a lot of similarities with the Australian Oberon class subs, but I think they only had coaming windows at the top of the sail, so probably an old British boat.

[@majormanfredrex]

@@danielkeel9265 I know the Portuguese Navy used Daphne class subs as well as France, Pakistan and South Africa, hence my first thought.

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

Either way it was interesting to watch her torn down. Amazing enough she was very clean inside.

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

Either way it was interesting to watch her torn down. Amazing enough she was very clean inside.

[@GrandsonofKong]

Some seriously deep pockets for this project! Did the mechanical areas need significant work/replacement??

[@danielkeel9265]

Obviously, as she's being converted to floating hotel. But fantastic to see her being saved. Lovely looking ship, 'though I'd not use gray and beige for the walls. And that tartan carpet in the piano bar! Some questionable decor choices in those 'before' pics.

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

She has the right new owner for the task. She’s getting the love she needs to stick around for a while.

[@eriknulty6392]

definitely not a ww2 sub. cold war era.

[@Brandis13]

So cool, I did a Baltic cruise on her in 2002, was a bit tired then, but we enjoyed the cruise. Are you going to have the engines completely replaced?

[@P.Rodrigues77]

Bem vindo á Rocha de conde de Obidos

[@putuady1872]

I have been working in this ship in 2013

[@southerneruk]

If I remember rightly, she had lots of boiler problems, one time she was towed into Liverpool docks

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

Boilers have been replaced with new electric boilers.

[@southerneruk]

@@AuroraRestorationProject I take it they have just done that work, a job that should have been done back in the 1960s

[@philphil6006]

Better made ship of that time.

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

That she is

[@dirttdude]

Hire a full time videographer and social media person as a startup to free up your time on the Aurora, just pay him a percentage of the revenue he generates, every month he'll increase your buying leverage just because he'll want to earn more. once he starts pumping out a video every week you'll have a million subscribers in no time. its also a great way to get expert level and unskilled volunteer labor plus material and sponsorships and merch will help a lot too.

[@Cjnchef]

Big budget to make that happen. But cheaper and quicker than a new build.

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

Big budget indeed. Definitely the right guy for the job.

[@breakthroughmadeinusa9184]

If was me, I’d put Aurora in dry dock. To. Risky to be in water with a lot of unknowns.

[@richsmith3300]

The walls would say take me to a third would country were i can get rebuilt cheap.

[@bobeden5027]

Big job, hey?

[@LongdistanceRider22]

What happened to the bathroom project?

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

Still underway but not enough content to create a decent video as of yet.

[@libertycan6959]

It sunk 😢??

[@owenbryant7538]

😊🛳️👍

[@Vito_993]

I don’t think that was a ww2 sub

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

Perhaps not. Interesting to see the comments on what some think she might have been.

[@WarriusZ3r0]

@@AuroraRestorationProject Actually, it's not a WW2 submarine, its an old portuguese sub, S163 NRP Albacora. She's based on the french design Daphné which is recognizable at the shape of the sail and the bulges on the sides. She was commissoned in 1968 and decommissoned in 2000. Then she was cannibalized for spares in order to maintain her sistership in the waiting of the more modern german built type 214 that the Portuguese Navy now operates.

[@johnsnow1355]

Maybe elon or jeff will buy the united States and restore it 😂

[@danielkeel9265]

That'd certainly be a big One Up for one of them! Only one SS United States. Hell, either one would have the funding to go all out, modernisation to current codes, nice decor, use clean burn technology to keep the turbines turning. She'd be a thrill to be Aboard while She's turning 33 or 34 knots enroute to the next stop! Not that I'd afford a ticket. Still it would be a fantastic thing to see. Thanks for giving me a positive thought about those guys...

[@AuroraRestorationProject]

I would love to see a solution for the SSUS

[@yourfriendlycook]

Can you please kill the darn music, more facts and less noise. Have been watching from your very first episode. More nautic's less noise

[@stevenrobinson9600]

Definitely not a ww2 submarine been dismantled .

[@goran5170]

You are wrong David Miscavige.Funchal was earlier from its birth namned MV Stockholm and collided with Italien cruiser Andra Doria outsidenoth American eastcost. Andrea Doria sunk Goran