Haul out! -Wooden boat restoration - Boat refit - Travels With Geordie #42

[@nickviner1225]

What a lovely boat. Well done on the purchase of her.

[@MikeMaileFoolishBehavior]

Wow! Her Lines below the water line are just as beautiful as above.

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Aren't they then!

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Should be sorted. No call for that foolishness. Just to tidy loose ends I'll delete all record including this once you let me know you've read it. Sorry this had to happen to you.

[@garyhaber333]

Very pretty craft. Love old wooden boats.

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Thanks Gary. Aren't they gorgeous?

[@keptman25]

A working Mans restoration.. I love it! :)

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Yes it is! Thanks so much.

[@Coyotehello]

I call it nail sickness but I like the term bleeders too!

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

That's true! And certainly more accurate. But bleeders seems to be the vernacular.

[@sdbrantley9065]

Ah... Found the haul out video. Good work.

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Thanks, it was a marathon but I was thrilled with her condition.

[@patrickjernigan1025]

Hey Peter use Extend on your bleeders it will turn the rusty nails back into carbon and not rust anymore!!! Next time you haul out!!!

[@silva-anderida7695]

Interesting.Cheers!

[@2dogsnight]

looking good !

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Thanks, I was really impressed with the old girl.

[@johnkamm8886]

And NOW the "fun" starts

[@toddabrahamsson1797]

The keel cooler from what I could see by the engine install is not being used ? If you were using the keel cooler the exhaust would not have water coming out of it when the engine is running. The exhaust would be dry. The fiberglass exhaust canister would have burned up due to the heat of the engine.

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

At that time the keel cooler was used. It was not a marinized engine. However there was a belt driven raw water pump that injected seawater into the exhaust elbow to cool. That's why you see the water at the exhaust.

[@michaelpperrault]

@@TravelsWithGeordie I have seen the odd boat with a wet exhaust, and using a keel cooler. Mike,from Sunny Sandspit

[@rodgraff1782]

Those bad spots under the swim step brackets is because of wood burn. When you remount them, it’s best to isolate them with plastic shims.

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Pretty much what I did.

[@Richdudevids]

hello new to your show well do some binge watching to get up to speed love this boat, I too would love to find something like it. now at 61 yrs old with no wife or any thing to keep me on the ground any more , thanks for sharing ,

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Just dive in Richard. You'll never look back.

[@jonhutchens9770]

You look like Eli Wallach

[@officialWWM]

What a beautiful boat. Is it NZ built? Curious about the Maori name.

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Thanks, Built in Nanaimo British Columbia Canada in 1953. I don't know how she got that name.

[@lopezwoodenboats8441]

Sydney, Australia?

[@klaaskomvaak1816]

no cathode protection seen yet ?

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

If you really mean cathode, it's something I'm looking at. If you mean Anode protection, there is just the right amount.

[@YYCRCFabricationz]

Interesting to see the haul out, could tell right away from your filming that you'd gotten pretty lucky with a rather sound hull. Best of luck on the few repairs, will keep following along with interest. As I mentioned before, I'm building 2 × 1.16 scale RC Cruisers both are quite different from yours save in hull design. Seeing yours like this was excellent, ty for your video, it helps quite a bit. Just fyi I'm welding my boats using steel & oxy acetylene & mig, so not completely accurate but the design is nearly dead on.

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Wow! welded steel RC boat. Cool.

[@toddabrahamsson1797]

I don’t get it you were saying you thought frames were broken ? The vessel is hard chined.

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Yes, and it still has frames....

[@CraigScottProductions]

Is that a Chris Craft ?

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

It's not actually Craig. It's an Edwin Monk design. In my opinion much more interesting than a Chris Craft. Mostly because it's a very efficient displacement hull design so it only needs a small engine for its weight. Big twin V8 Chris Crafts are pretty expensive to run these days.

[@CraigScottProductions]

Almost looks like a Richardson , I grew up in a boating family and there were a few of them at the marina .

[@garyhaber333]

I was trying to buy the Vic Franck Quilceda off eBay recently,almost got it too!!! But somebody just beat me to it.... Im very 😢....

[@stevieo8312]

An old boatyard truism, caulking and paint makes things what they ain't.

[@toddabrahamsson1797]

On your vessel the frames are sawn frames with a gusset at the chine ? This is a great way to build a boat ! How are the condition of the gussets, what are they made out of ? Are they made from plywood ? Typical build would be the gussets are plywood depending on the age of the vessel. Is the construction behind the planks batten seam construction ? As for the Keel Cooler ? The fact that you have this in place indicates that at one time the vessel was Keel Cooled, which would mean the vessel had some kind of exhaust Stack that the exhaust went out through some place on deck. You typically don’t see this type of exhaust system in pleasure boats because of the expense. You would typically see this in commercial vessels. It is mainly used in commercial because they never have to winterize the cooling system. Let me know / viewers know what you find.

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

The boat has continuous steam bent white oak frames. they manage the sharp bend by adding an outer stringer and wedges to the outside of the frames. I'll have an upcoming episode detailing this. The boat has never had a dry stack, originally it had a proper sea cooled marinized Chrysler Crown.

[@craigmonteforte1478]

i launched a Woodie i restored and i had one plank just above the chine that appeared to have popped loose the Marina let me soak overnite in the sling and at one point i stuck my battery powered drill into the water to drive a screw in the board in a effort to draw it tight that didnt work so i crawled in the wet bilge to look at the board what i noticed with a flashlight was a small pebble stuck between that board and the rib ?? i dug it out with my pocket knife and it sealed tighter than a bats Butt she floated like that for 10 years the next owner pulled her and blocked her up in a Buddys yard and when i walked by her i could clearly see my screws i ran into her in the water that owner for some strange reason pulled boards off the hull and never installed new ones and the last i saw her she was on the Hard with exposed ribs and enough room to put my legs through ? heartbreaker yes but i actually came out ahead financially with that one and we had some fun together

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Heh, great story. sorry to hear it ended up ashore.

[@craigmonteforte1478]

Travels With Geordie Yes me too Imo the guy that bought it had no or very little boat experience and they made the wrong choice of pulling boards the guy that surveyed it for me after my restoration was a oldtimer and he said to me it was one of the best Woodie ones he had seen in years he then asked if he could shake hands with me for all the outstanding work I completed myself as I did all the wiring mechanical and Woodworking myself minus machine shop needed work on engine parts but I did all the assembly and install myself sure I cheated with a forklift and a backhoe lifting engines on and off the boat on the hard But that was it

[@ralphturner3798]

A land-lubber's question: why didn't the boat's leaks sink it when it was moored to the dock you found it at? I assume the owner did not have a bilge pump running all the time, or did he? Thanks.

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Hi Ralph, There were two rotton old bilge pumps that worked sometimes. the boat regularly filled with several feet of water, submerging the lower engine, batteries, water pump etc. It was largely the kindness of neighbours on the wharf that kept her afloat.

[@ctgilcrest]

geordie howl #9 are you a red wing's fan ? lol

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Heh, no. I grew up a few blocks from the old Montreal Forum.Habs all the way.

[@r2gnl]

All those nails rusting, looks like an older repair.

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Yes, and the galvanizing failing on a few screws. this is the boats most significant issue.

[@r2gnl]

Travels With Geordie it's indeed something you can deal with in a couple of years. I've seen repairs lasting up to 5/6 years.

[@danw1030]

Yeah, had a 31' Monk built in '59. Iron fastened. Constantly chasing those rust bleeders. You certainly seem to know your stuff when it comes to old wood boats. She's in good hands!

[@daedster1]

What anoys my most with home spun vids is the videographers face taking up 50 - 90% of the bloody view!

[@daedster1]

Ah bugger it, stopped watching these

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Sorry mate.

[@daedster1]

@@TravelsWithGeordienow I feel terrible mate, sorry I mouthed off, just love what ur doing!

[@tinkermccardle7393]

Hard to understand what is being said! Too much mumbling! But interesting!

[@jamesjohnson8345]

Too much Geordie face, not enough boat. Just my opinion. Love the boat, though.

[@ozzietadziu]

I'd like to have seen more of the boat and less of your face.

[@TravelsWithGeordie]

Hmmm, you will continue to be disappointed, you've about 140 episodes before I could even change that.

[@ozzietadziu]

@@TravelsWithGeordie Actually, your face isn't all that bad. Maybe is't just a case of "Too much of a good thing".

[@riccollins4899]

Ya no kidding, way too much of your furry mug dude, all we need is to hear your narationand pics of the old tug.