Folkboat Open Hull Surgery

Episode 8.
This one is quite long and is definitely not mainstream. It shows the continuing work I’ve been doing on Paul Jones, my English Folkboat.
I’ve been routing out old seams, fitting splines, caulking, painting and generally panicking in an attempt to get the boat ready to launch.
As in previous episodes, I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing so any comments would be particularly welcome.

[@Jeff034]

Great vid mate!

[@RemDawg62]

Thoroughly enjoyed the restoration. Very crafty and resilient! Cheers!

[@adamf.4823]

I hope you realize how impressive and inspiring this is to some of us dreamers.

[@johnsmall9729]

Lovely boat, lovely presentation, lovely you! Thank you.

[@SteveLiebig]

Epic EPIC fortitude my man!!! Congratulations; well done. Thank you!

[@ellelyn2000]

I realize I'm late to the party, But you've given new life to your sailboat. An excellent job done well. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, experience and story. Yes you did it, You can be proud of yourselves.

[@martinrobinson9852]

Thanks for sharing your wonderful story with us.

[@tobygoessailing]

Amazing to see what such dedication and care can bring about. Beautiful.

[@savingsusanna]

Excellent series on your restoration :) Really appreciate some of the great tips and methods - and she looked lovely when finished. I hope you've had a few years of great sailing and fun with her! Cheers!

[@antoniogutierrezespejo6774]

What a beautiful work , the boat is a piece of art.!!!!!!!

[@kevinbwillson4161]

Great work Beautiful little Yacht lot’s of love in her wishing you and all that sail her safe passage. Looking forward in seeing some of your adventures Cheers

[@capitan_bonifaciy]

I wish I could have enough patience to do stuff like this. Great job! She's gorgeous.

[@ronbond649]

i am now old, but have been a boat/canoe restorer till I reached old age. My last sailboat was a 40.5 ft long 1948 mahog on oak bermuda cutter with a 28 ft lwl with 6400 lbs of lead keel. I never lost a race. I enjoyed your project and you are a craftsman. congrats to you

[@josephlai9759]

Congratulation, Steve. All your hard work pays off. And it is so heartwarming to see you surrounded by friends. You are blessed.

[@TommyDog907]

Bravo. So informative. I have a GRP IF up in Alaska so won't be faced with quite the same dilemmas and tasks in maintaining my yacht, but you've provided such a great primer on how the bones of a boat fit and work together. She's beautiful as well. Cheers!

[@briansmythe3219]

Folk boats are one of my Faves , don"t see them around much any More , Good Work on saving her You will have a Fine Ship In safe hands by the looks of things best of Luck with her

[@keepitreal6487]

Lovely work.

[@ima4tubing]

At the beginning of your video I see an outboard behind you for your boat. It looks to me like an English Seagull like was on the 22 ft wooden boat with open cockpit and full keel I learned to sail on as I grew up in Richmond on San Francisco Bay. Our Seagull was very reliable and easy to start and very light on gas when needed. I also raced against a number of Folkboats on the Bay just for fun but we weren't able to beat one but had fun giving chase. Nice video.

[@danknox9986]

Enjoyed that. Thanks for posting.

[@the-selfish-meme7585]

Tunnocks Caramel - This looks like a very well-managed project.

[@mickwilcox1216]

Looks fabulous, brought a tear to my eye. Well done, I hope you're enjoying sailing her

[@brucekoehler276]

That is so sweet. Enjoy.

[@petenash7994]

Cracking episode and covered so many of the unglamorous yet essential fixes not only in a straightforward way but in bite size chunks. Thanks Steve. The caramel biscuits were click bait to many of us.

[@Chris.from.1950]

Thanks for sharing your story! I was directed to you by my brother, who has just bought a Marieholm Folkboat that lives in a marina in Berkeley, California. I've been in love with boats since I was a small child, and have two, a twelve footer that I built back in the '80s, and a Sea Pearl 21, that I've had for a couple of years. Seeing you tackle significant tasks, that you are not really trained to do, and succeeding at it is very inspirational. Again, thanks.

[@jackdalton2010]

I guess I don't have to tell you about this episode.

[@rootem64]

Well done, Paul! You've worked wonders with that Steve Jones. I thought it was a lost cause: running on an uneven keel, flaky and unmanageable ... now transformed into quite a handsome vessel - lean, taught and buoyant. Bravo! No wonder Morag has a smile on her face! Lots of love, Sean.

[@530eman]

Great man… just great… ⛵️

[@braithmiller]

Well shown splining.

[@72mak51]

Well done, sir.

[@michaeltiller299]

Great video Paul..very inspiring. Enjoy ..let us no when you're in the solent..

[@johannmendelsohn6365]

What a pleasure to watch! Many many hours of sailing I wish you!

[@abettermousetrap]

Very Cool again... Awesome project looks great. THanks

[@JohnWujack]

Just seeing this now, Aug 2024. I hope you and your lovely boat are still going strong. Can you update us? Thanks, John

[@willienolegs8928]

Y’all did a bang up job. Beautiful, success sailing her and have fun.

[@adventureswithgrandpa]

Awesome! Well done!

[@daleskidmore1685]

Fantastic job on the hull. I know I have learnt a lot from just watching what you have done. Funnily enough I had Tom Cunliffe in mind as you were working. I have seen a vid where the seams were widened and splined before, but without any explanation, so all is clear now. Loved the editing and the thrilling chase with the crane.

[@MaJa-jc8kb]

Looks very nice. Great work!

[@robertoesposito9081]

Bravissimo!!

[@guillermomengel8105]

Nice work! All the best from Argentina!

[@andypaterson9960]

Impressive work. Loved the looming crane footage and the hectic scurrying towards launch. Well done Mr Jones.

[@nikkigrant7497]

Nice work! She looks gorgeous. Happy sailing.

[@david3694]

Fantastic video, beautiful boat! Well done and happy sailing.

[@daviddailey4959]

Beautiful work Steve. Would love to have seen more footage of the work but I totally understand, it is hard. Such satisfying work.

[@roundandsquareboats1608]

I have several unedited hours of tedious repetitive work and me talking drivel about it. Was there anything you were particularly interested in?

[@daviddailey4959]

Round and Square Boats oh not particularly Steve. I just love these kind of videos. Have you watched the Tips From a Shipwrights channel? If you haven’t get ready to binge watch Lou, awesome stuff .

[@blaaaaahhhh15]

Well done Steve! A pleasure to watch.

[@alcooper944]

Wow , what a great job now time to enjoy

[@lincolngrove2808]

Nice boat, nice job. You have to be happy with that.

[@lautarosarsotti666]

Great to see Paul Jones on the water again. Congratulations and thanks for this great series of videos.

[@MikeAG333]

Steve......where have you gone? It would be nice to have a catch-up on the folkboat.

[@jimbojet8728]

Be proud of yourself! You did a great job. Now the sailing!!!!

[@dominichartigan6505]

Great to see her launched and moored ready to sail. Really enjoyed the couple of days painting and stuff. Congratulations on a lovely TLC job .

[@oldmetro]

Wonderful job, well done.

[@ericjscott9908]

Well done....thanks 👍👍

[@kennylaxague5528]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing your work. I wasn't sure where you were going with the splines but I get it now. I'll have to remember the trick with using Caramel Wafer Biscuits as incentive. So glad I found your videos.

[@yx4880]

Thanks for this great journey.

[@jackdalton2010]

Well done Steve! What a beautiful boat! And love your channel!

[@paprikafrosch]

How is it going with Paul Jones? Any Updates? Thank you for sharing your work!

[@playnauta177]

Hello!! great job. Congratulation for you. Sorry by my ignorance, but left me ask. For what the cord in 11:57. Is necessary the cord? It cold not to be glue wood with wood directly?

[@bertcanepa5651]

Nice work!!

[@frednedgold4636]

thanks for the details enjoyed the pitch install and how you closed the planking gaps

[@johnanchor2415]

We use an old Coffee Kettle for tar on the Eastindiaman Götheborg as well 😁👌

[@drewgibbons4799]

Thank you

[@mectechman1]

Congrats to a job well done! Have a great summer, and happy sailing.

[@DrMott]

Fantastic

[@BigDuke6ixx]

She's a real; beauty.

[@therealpomme]

impressive work!

[@terrulian]

Excellent in every respect.

[@whitefields5595]

Swedish pitch contains Viking virgin thigh oil

[@roboflennox]

Ten out of ten mate

[@terrysmith7441]

When you put the splines ready to glue, I had thought if the non glue surface was treated with oh I dont know , but some oil that would encourage water resistance and swelling, though I imagine later in prepping for hull sealant it would not be necessary?

[@gwendallegrand9915]

Bravo! Beautiful!

[@russellthomson5571]

Steve, did much water come before the planks took up?

[@nickjoel5288]

Well done Steve, excellent job. I have to confess to a slight cringe when you took the router to your seams but your overall solution was first class. My only complaint comes from the shot of the Tunnock’s Caramel Wafers (over 4 million made and sold every week). I can’t get them here (Ljubljana, Slovenia) and I now need a packet. Hope you have a great sailing season and keep posting videos. Cheers Nick.

[@roundandsquareboats1608]

It's 6 million a week these days. I'm a major contributor to this statistic.

[@michaelsawyer3820]

Who is the sculpture of in the backdrop? Great video by the way

[@jmac9494]

You are amazing with this swedish pitch. I did this same thing and researched a boat built in England called Building Emma. It's so difficult to get info on this.

[@adwest68]

Awesome

[@edwardjohnson7059]

This is one of those bizarre boats that looks much bigger on the water than off it.. I usually find most look massive out the water and tiny once the majority is submerged.

[@focalplane3063]

Nice job! Just one question: Didn't you find the amount of pitch you poured into the boat blocked your limber holes in the floor timbers?

[@cessrcd]

I love jobs like caulking

[@FRIDAYNIGHTGARAGENIGHT]

well done.

[@philipritson8821]

Like the Taylors heater over your shoulder. Are you planning to fettle and refit it?

[@roundandsquareboats1608]

I'll probably hook it up again. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with it. It's brilliant when it works well but it has a tendency to emit enormous yellow flames which kind of defeats the purpose of having a non gas cooker.

[@dboboc]

Steve, Are you preheating the stove with the denatured alcohol?

[@vladabocanek3703]

Great! Does it leak? Hope, not. Nice folkboat. Could you tell us amount of time, you've spent on this repair?

[@roundandsquareboats1608]

Thanks. It still leaks a little. I think from the garboard. I thought about replacing it but decided to go sailing instead. Don't know how long this all took(several weeks full time). Or cost (but I'd say that the whole project, including the boat has probably cost less than a reasonably dull second hand family car). Luckily I like working on my boat nearly as much as I like going sailing and I guess that wealth can be measured in currencies other than money.

[@vladabocanek3703]

@@roundandsquareboats1608 Thank You for answere. Classic wooden boat isn't worth its price in money. I thought It has taken about a month of full time work (150-200 hours). Did so or more? Leaking around garboard is a bit of problem, because water could be under you swedish tar and start to rot keeltimber.

[@michaelowen2076]

Thanks for documenting your work so well! I always wondered about gluing in splines. Do you just put glue on one side of the spline so it's glued to one plank and then caulk and putty the joint on the other side? That seems the most like actual carvel construction. Great job with the repairs. It was so lovely to see her afloat again.

[@roundandsquareboats1608]

That's right, glue on one side only. I believe that the idea is to extend each plank, not to glue planks together. If both sides were glued and the boat ever dried out there would be no way that the planks could safely shrink and they could tear themselves apart.

[@TimH123]

This is probably a very stupid question but why were the planks so gappy?

[@Onlinesully]

Hi Where was all the work done ? Was that in dim laoighre or where ? Cheers

[@paulputnam2305]

💪😎👍❤️

[@bigbadthesailor5173]

Hi. Have watched these really excellent vids on the restoration a couple of times. Like you, my youtube videoing has taken a bit of a back seat lately. Am now living in Edinburgh and sail from Crammond, and seriously considering a Folkboat in the next 2 - 3y. Let me know if you'd be happy to get in touch: 'Bigbad the Sailor'

[@ChakChanChak]

Inspiring!

[@chhindz]

Probably took longer than the 20 minutes to watch it.

[@cessrcd]

Completely brilliant, but I think you made up Breast Hook