Ep 176 Big Hole In Our Deck!

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About Sarinda - ML1392
Wartime Activities
6/44 Operation Neptune Invasion of Normandy
149th ML Flotilla
ML1295, ML1309, ML1383, ML1387, ML1389, ML1391, ML1392, ML1393, ML1407, ML1409, ML1421. ML1422
6/6/44 Channel Marker at Gold Beach on D-Day
Distributing instructions in the assault anchorage after the first landings in Normandy (Gazette Date - 19/12/44)
6/3/45 Captured a German Biber Type midget submarine off Breskens in the Scheldt Estuary. Eleven Bibers had sortied that day. Four were found abandoned along the coast at North Beveland, Knocke, Domberg and Zeebrugge.
One was sunk by gunfire off Westkapelle on 8 March and five vanished.
Post War Fate
1946 Fast Despatch Boat = FDB73
10/47 HM Customs & Excise = Valiant
1967 Sold = Frol - Pejo
1974 =Sarinda (Charter work on Crinan Canal)
1980-91 Extensive conversion to luxury motor yacht
11/95 Base ported at Liverpool
#boatrestoration #offgrid #boatproject #woodenboatbuilding #boatproject #boatlife
#woodenboatbuilding #boat #ship #asmr #mentalhealth #tools #boatfails #ww2

[@brucerazor5202]

I don’t know where you two get the time to do all this work and run your daily lives. You have my respect

[@Rogster559]

Gemma for safety sake please use a push stick when using the table saw because timber will kick back at times or you hit a softer piece of wood and it will shoot through and you could lose a big chunk of skin or even fingers , we love watching you and Simon working together not just Simon with mention of you at home healing , love your vlog best wishes from Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺

[@johneaston2348]

So sad to see that your mates on the Aurora lost their boat last night. What a loss after all of their work.

[@fredjcarss7788]

Brilliant episode. Really moving along. I’m wishing my life away wanting another and another episode. Knowing a good wood yard is a real blessing..👍👍👍

[@vivanasperen3339]

Needed the distraction from a hard week-seeing you two bantering on and just plodding on was a good therapeutic moment!!!!thanks for making great videos. Sometimes it’s more than just “paint your boat time.” You guys really make one’s day brighter!!!! So many difficult things in life and you’re both a ray of sunshine in the storms of things. Thanks

[@michaelblaszkiewicz7283]

"that's what she said" is the greatest phrase in the English language.

[@GlockMan70]

You're welcome.

[@michaelblaszkiewicz7283]

@@GlockMan70 that's what she said

[@GlockMan70]

@@michaelblaszkiewicz7283 no that's what I said. LMAO

[@davidflamee]

Thanks to you and all your supporters for making these videos happen. The progress is amazing and the end goal getting that bit closer every day. Well done all.

[@howardtennant5766]

Good job your not put off or frightened by this project your a couple of grafting inspirations

[@IIIIIIPETEIIIIII]

Gemma, can I politely mention that you should always wear eye protection when using a table saw? I’m no means an health and safety zealot, but as a an experienced woodworker, the teeth on those blades are brazed on and some will occasionally come off. The chances of one hitting you in the eye is probably slim, but the effect would be devastating. Take care and thank you for the video record of your huge restoration! You guys are an inspiration!

[@peterplouf2836]

Big fan of this build. Unlike others such as Tally-Ho that built a restomod recreation of the original ship, you are actually saving and restoring THE actual ship that steamed to Dunkirk to save the troops.

[@jl4775]

You've come a long way from your first video whwn all the armchair ankers were saying "you don't know what you're doing, just sell the engines and set it on fire.". You are so adept at this now that you make it look so easy, and I know it's not. We can now see solid progress with every video. You have my deepest respect. Keep going, your doing great. Best wishes, John

[@user-cg2wy8gr4i]

Great work yet again Guys, Health and Safety would have a heart attack and this boat would not be saved. Bravely done!!!

[@TheByard]

When Health and Safety really started to bite, it was dangerous as it was a one size fits all mentality. I worked in tunneling and those HiVi waistcoats caught in everything you had to squeez by. One chap got caught in the conveyor belt rollers, luckily there was a safety cable the full length of the conveyor that he could pull and close it down. The safety cable wasn't in the H&S regs by the way. So a bright spark came up with HiVi stripped T shirts and best of all HiVi stripped trousers, the moving legs and arms caught the eye a lot better than the body waist coats.

[@gb4780]

Halfway through the episode and I'm truly shocked by the extent of the rot, also amazed you are unphased by it. Very impressive!

[@mikeskelly2356]

Considering how well Sari survived decades of neglect and poor maintenance, it's a testament to how well she was originally built by those war time shipwrights. I'm sure they are all beaming down on you guys as you bring their masterwork back to life. The biggest sacrifice has been the many tea bags that valiantly gave their lives so that the mighty crew of Sarinda could bravely soldier on without nodding off while sanding and painting...Perhaps, some day, an hundred years from now some as yet unborn re-builder will dig into Sarinda and declare, 'Blimey! Some cracking Lads overbuilt this old girl! But we can't figure out what the sign on this small locker means, 'Robbo's Cupboard'?'...

[@russell7489]

Also a tribute to the quality of wood. Gramps built a DAM out of planks of old hemlock he CHOPPED down & took to mill. Used whole trees laid across stream, which floods so bad 4' dia boulders roll like basket balls, put planks in vertical. 50 yrs ago, it's almost all still there! The old family place, I do any work & cut the old hemlock and it still smells like day it was cut. That much resin is in it. It's like nature impregnated it with natural epoxy. To my everlasting regret folks listened to a GC who was an old friend doing the work, not me, a mere architect, sigh, family, when refurbishing house & had vast amounts of old growth 150 yr old hemlock diag sheathing ripped off & thrown in the dump, replacing it w WAFER BOARD. Sigh...

[@mikegayda715]

Love the tea bag squeezer, great tool keep chugging away ❤ ignore the naysayers they’re jealous, love the pink gloves

[@tammyfetzner5792]

Better to have holes on top than below the waterline! :P Great job!

[@loveoracle8797]

Very satisfying watching cancer out , fresh life in . Awesome progress as per usual

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

Episode 12B How to recognize different trees from quite a long way away.... #1 The Larch......The Larch

[@limeylive8182]

😂😂😂 Monty Python in my head as soon as she said " Larch ".

[@uncledodge9396]

I didn't expect a python reference...

[@jamesnoyes8569]

You should be careful of you head I’ve had sunburn on my noodle it hurts

[@glynluff2595]

Ah The Larch! I remember that first time around. Great popularity And no seeds sown!

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

@@limeylive8182 I was 4 to 6 years old when it first ran on PBS in the states

[@user-di4kv9yk3g]

thats a nice gadget, but you can also grab your hard boiled eggs out the hot water that just came to mind coz i was looking at your hard boiled head hehe

[@nativeproud4160]

Brother you have the patience of a Tibetan monk God bless y'all

[@brustar5152]

Good to see you wearing mask when removing old "lagging" A couple of my old ERA friends from the RCN are suffering from that dust having caused some serious lung problems.

[@mikaelmartin9288]

Well done again. From my job in the chemical industry supplying raw materials to the adhesive industry i learned that Larch can have some challenges when it comes to adhesion properties. So I would recomend you to do some glue ups with your typical glies you use and compare it to the different wood you are using, and see if you still get a good bond also to Larch wood.

[@markhorrell9213]

Yeah,glad you brought this topic up! I've been wondering how good a substitute larch is?

[@buzzkillington3354]

Thats useful information, in this case the larch is for the packers so won't really need to be glued

[@ShipHappensUK]

The larch doesn’t require a glue up for what we are using it for

[@kevinmartin3859]

you two work so well together your work ethic is brilliant such a joy to watch

[@bruceyoung1343]

That type saw Simon was using over here in states we call a “SAWS-ALL” because it can saw anything

[@SavingMaverick55]

Wrong. Milwaukee tools introduced the first reciprocating saw under the brand name "Sawzall" which is a play on "saws all". Ever since, people colloquially refer to every reciprocating saw as a "Sawzall". Same thing as every circular saw being a "Skilsaw".

[@bruceyoung1343]

@@SavingMaverick55 just a technicality

[@jiminauburn5073]

My mother has one of those tea bag tools. She was born in Lakenheath, Suffolk but now lives near Seattle. I was over that way towards the end of last year. Was hoping to be able to go by and look at the boat from the shore, but unfortunately not enough time to head down there from Edinburgh.

[@WimvdBrink]

Just love how fast this is progressing, teamwork is excellent as always. Gemma making video's and Simon doing the hard work ;-) just kidding, you both work very hard. The deck project is getting closer and closer, wonder how the connection between the deck and the sides will be made but it all will become clear soon ;-) Nice to see some nice landscape views in a boat restauration video ;-)

[@swirlgalaxy]

Howdy Gemma & Simon! Wanted to make sure you knew that the Aurora Cruise shit in California sank!!! Big bear hugs from Kenny in Ohio USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Davidcallard]

I imagine that oak would have been plentiful for a while after the Great Storm of a few years ago from all of the trees that were blown down? So, the work continues.... do you guys ever dare to think about a possible launch date? Sarinda is going to be as near to new as anyone can make her, you two are doing such an amazing job of restoring her! I think I might be a little nervous about èxposing her to really bad weather but that's not likely anyway so she should have many more years of life ahead of her!

[@arkansasboy45]

Wow, the view from the flying bridge/roof really does show the size of Serenda. She's a nice size boat.

[@studentjohn35]

As alwys, I'm blown away at he work you do. But saddened at the huge setback as experenced by your friends at the Aurora Restoration project. Thus far, all news is from big media and government officials. Will be interesting to hear of it from your perspective.

[@robertengster5643]

Just maybe by fall you can have the decks on and be all dried in. Then work on the cabin a bit.

[@verdigo5892]

What a team, and marriage. You both are amazing.

[@-chris-2775]

Well done! So sad to see Chris’s ship Aurora has sunk in California 😢 Let’s hope it can be saved.

[@highwayman8180]

I saw that too. Sad! I heard he sold it before it sank.

[@CJLeTeff]

Definitely a labor of love guys! Hats off for your hard work. 👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@ShipHappensUK]

Thank you so much 😀

[@gregbolitho9775]

Nice goin m8s, love the repartee, cracks me up! You do a bludy rippa job on Sarinda and everything else ya do! Keep up the good work, stay vertical Eh!

[@ShipHappensUK]

Thanks 👍

[@nicktomlin9137]

I thought you was going to say John West sent you some tuna🤣. If you can't throw, catch or kick. What's left. Snooker🤔😂. Great work, as always you 2.

[@buzzkillington3354]

Great to see the progress on sarinda...so sad to hear about the aurora restoration sinking does anyone else know anymore about what happened

[@highwayman8180]

I heard that he sold it a bit earlier and the new owner didn't keep an eye on the pumps and such.

[@loki7441]

I forgot to finish watching this episode as it got late. Watching you going through Dust masks and steamed up glasses, reminded me to mention the Trend 'Stealth ' mask to you. They are reasonably cheap and seal very well. I have never had my specs steam up using it. Cheaper in the long run compared to the disposable ones. Its also very light and is not much bigger than the paper ones. Screwfix have them and Amazon too. Best mask I've ever used and I've used a lot over the years.

[@svrdriver]

Aurora Restoration !!!! Project Ship happens did you know the AURORA HAS SUNK

[@dougjacksonart]

Fabulous work. 👍 loving the channel, its makes me laugh a lot 😂

[@dadedubbledee]

Holy crusty wood balls that is crispy. AMAZING JOB AS ALWAYS

[@barrywood5357]

You two can take ice to iceland and sand to the sahara but when it comes to sarinda you do what is needed and by gum you getting there. Much kudos to you both and hope all is well. crack on

[@nigelcooper6254]

Great video Sarinda is coming along great.

[@denniswray470]

Great to see the progress you are making another day nearer your goals stay well you two grafters.

[@phillipdean9879]

As always amazing work. I hope your getting an electrician an a plumber to make it all look proper later! Keep up the great work! 🇦🇺🍺🍺

[@andrewseddon7989]

While watching you on the table saw Please use a push stick it's all too easy to get distracted even for a few seconds and then loose fingers of a hand !!!! Its about H'n S ' Be very careful with tools like that

[@vincentoury2511]

Robinier wood (false acacia) is used to make posts in sea water, it resists 100 years. I made my courtyard posts with it 40 years ago and they haven't moved. We find plenty of them in the forest.we also make fence piles with it

[@JohnKenIRB233]

WOW, great to see work with beam shelves and doggy (SP?) planks! We know that safe deck will come next and we will see dry interior. I can’t imagine what you have done with your daily lives to accomplish this. THANKS to all! Thx for bringing us along! 😊😊😊 John Ken

[@loveoracle8797]

Dodgy not 🐩

[@JohnKenIRB233]

@@loveoracle8797THX!

[@meofnz2320]

Just dealing to some rot in my own wooden boat at the moment. I would’ve been alarmed and intimidated at one point but my task now looks insignificant in comparison - your video makes me feel so much better!

[@ShipHappensUK]

Good luck with your rot!

[@marknewell7355]

Id be tempted to send them exhaust up through the superstructure and do away with the big boxes down the side of the ship

[@William-mo6pj]

Nice, good weather and by the way you guys are doing a great job

[@ShipHappensUK]

Thanks 👍

[@rdembow]

What a mess to replace the hull and deck planking,but they keep a good attitude!! God bless both of them!

[@davidbrooker4613]

Gemma, you need one of the auto-body sanders that have the small thin belts and allow you to rotate the length of the sander surface to get into tight places. 30, 45, 90 degree along the belts length to the body of the sander. I used one at a friends shop - game changer. I know Milwaukee has one, probably others as well.

[@victorremick9721]

One stick at a time

[@jonathanhughes380]

Did you guys know that The Aurora Restoration Project ship sank. Chris sold the ship to a new person. RIP Aurora. its good you guys keep a very good eye on your ship.

[@highwayman8180]

Yeah I heard the new owner didn't keep as good a watch on the pumps and such.

[@stevenwade5189]

You are doing so well. With your other boat and the shed. Fantastic. Well done😅

[@pikethree]

Brilliant! Also .... All hail the algorithm

[@MrDportjoe]

Back in my Army days we called that sort of work space 'ya need two strong young boys and a well trained left handed chimpanzee to reach (and we were working electronics in the late 70's)

[@tomdunn1254]

Those glasses fits you well!!

[@maxpacker5288]

what ever you guys get out of this you deserve every bit

[@FinflazodeTurroai]

That tea bag claw is quite "modern high tech" 😀

[@Peter-jo3wt]

As AvE would say, "it's not tea bag".

[@williamjohnson4985]

What a great job you are doing. I can't wait to see her with the new deck laid .❤

[@ShipHappensUK]

Me too!!

[@phyllismcdaniel-cook946]

You two work incredibly hard. The boat has come a long way. Excellent!!

[@user-jn4gf3ek5r]

Nice work!! The 'reciprocating saw' is also known as a 'sawsall' (pronounced: saws all) in the US.

[@JamesHardiman99]

Well done: it's so refreshing watching you guys working well together!

[@ShipHappensUK]

Thank you!

[@020Dutchy]

@@ShipHappensUKthey only show the censured parts 😂 the fighting goes on behind the scenes

[@davidelliott5843]

@@020Dutchy I know it’s a joke but if these two actually argued, nothing could ever get done.

[@chrishidalgo5998]

I so want to see you guys sail !!!

[@davidelliott5843]

You could do with a square bucket on a rope to catch those old copper rivets. That stuff is (very) not cheap. A garden pruning saw (chain saw type) could be ideal for taking out rotted wood. Worth a thought maybe.

[@markpierson9723]

Apollo G!! That’s awesome. I’m in Houston. Never heard that one. But I will be using it. 😉 “NASA’s gone woke”. That’s good too. 😂😂

[@CherrylThorneq-qk6ou]

Another great video you have put out this week. Those views of you driving back from the timber yard so pretty and green . Jema over here in Australia we have just had The Biggest Morning Tea to raise money for Breast Cancer such a good cause as we lost our Dear Mum to this terrible disease. I hope that you and your Friends have a blast doing the Fishing competition. Looking forward to seeing the next week’s video to see the progress with the boat .

[@richardreis6248]

great dad joke

[@mrmullett1067]

I just read a story that the Cruise Ship Aurora has sunk at it's berth .. very sad news. I remember the time that Gemma went on board and thought this will be a lovely restoration. Such a shame.

[@buffplums]

9:14 The new beam shelf. Really looks a treat there x❤

[@gca259]

Great progress and more superb filming and editing.

[@ShipHappensUK]

Thanks a ton!

[@garybaris139]

Apollo-G...🤣🤣🤣

[@ivarlarsen6045]

Always a pleasure watching these

[@garrystacey7018]

Great video.keep up the great work both looking forward to next week video 👍

[@johnrimmer5955]

Really enjoy your updates. Keep up the great work

[@johnmorrison1180]

Good to see you both hard at it again making great progress. I'm curious how many days a week do you put in on this project? Also how far is your daily commute to home? Plus do you ever overnight onboard? Whole new set of problems there I guess! I'm always impressed at the quality of your work, so excellent.

[@barbaramollmann5990]

Reciprocating saw, here in the US usually called a sawzall. We've got a lot of folk with a "plumber's crack" here in the US. I've got a son-in-law with a plumber's crack when he bends over, he's an electrician and a big boy. I give him a**t about it all the time. We've way to many big folk here in the US. I really enjoy your videos. I'm an old lady carpenter/contractor. Take care!

[@jeanbanbois3940]

We call it male cleavage

[@Britbabe53]

Oh my gosh! I’m so late to the party. I had no idea the Aurora sank!!

[@portlandfester7510]

So sad to see aurora sarinder could have ended that way you guys are amazing bet you wouldn’t sell up and walk away

[@mikebills9343]

Well done you two , it’s coming on lovely 👍🏻

[@ShipHappensUK]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@ehofman7636]

Much work you have done 👍👍

[@ShipHappensUK]

Thanks 👍

[@markpattrick9904]

Hi to you both your videos are always great and very funny so thank you both making my day

[@arronjones6985]

You guys are doing an incredible job. Every video you're skill set just gets better and better. Do you know what's happened to the aurora? Been following Chris on his channel for ages. Been a while since his last update and now she has sunk at her moorning

[@highwayman8180]

I heard that he sold her a bit ago and maybe the new owner wasn't as attentive to the pumps and such. Chris basically lived on it.

[@ShipHappensUK]

Such a sad loss

[@arronjones6985]

@@ShipHappensUK I was absolutely gutted when I saw the news. Any idea what happened?

[@dcallan812]

Slow but steady, you will finish it soon, then the real work begins. New deck time hopefully this summer? That would be nice, keep the rain out and stop more rot. great update 2x👍

[@divarachelenvy]

fantastic work guys .

[@ShipHappensUK]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@JohnVegas]

You both have amazing patience and persistence. Little by little you are doing a great work. God bless you John and Martha

[@Omri.Collects]

Quite brilliant work there

[@RobertLake-mf2qt]

Just to serve as advice; I would not use that spun glass-type insulation against the exhaust pipe. I think the newer rock wool type is rather good and does not burn.

[@ianbentley2007]

Great show guys

[@BillyJoeJimBob28]

Rest assured folks, no one has died in the making of this video... Yet 🤣🤣

[@FrederickHopkins-xb6me]

It's not the size of the nail that counts, it's the hammer you hit it in with.

[@looyosummers5796]

I've been meaning to thank you Simon for teaching me how to make a delicious cup of tea ☕. Thank you 🍻🧡

[@theconfessionsof_a]

I’m pleased to see Simon taking that teabag out before adding milk, I thought I was going to have to unsubscribe for a while there…. 😜

[@peterbrown1208]

We call it a "sawsall" over here. Saves on the tongue.

[@lancpudn]

Well done Simon Jemma, you've made huge headway into Sarinda's repairs& by Christmas you'll be anchored off the coast of Trinidad & Tobago at this rate. 😁

[@carltontweedle5724]

Thank you Gemma for not showing the hairy crack. HAHAHA. But you are getting close to sealing the decks, hope for sunny weather.

[@thescot1163]

Watching you take of the metalwork and insulation from the exhaust, takes me back to my fist job, Insulation engineer. the good old days making the metal work out of Aluminium or Galvanised Steel.

[@SteifWood]

A quick search in the Bible of Woods *("The Wood Database")* shows: English/European Oak _(Quercus robur)_ - Elastic Modulus: 1,544,000 lbf/in2 (10.60 GPa) European/Common Larch _(Larix decidua)_ - Elastic Modulus: 1,711,000 lbf/in2 (11.80 GPa) Ie, you seems to be much better off choosing larch over oak for the stringers/packers when it comes to hull strength.