My Classic Boat. Homeward Bound. Part 1 Betty II Sold.

[@captneth-theroyalseacorp.6122]

She is a beauty and she moves so gracefully in the water. For a sailing purest she's perfect.

[@christopherstevenson9737]

Cheers and two thumbs up for old school “analog” navigation.! I taught Orienteering - Map & compass for desert travel. Maps, books and compasses dont need batteries and are hard to break! Also love the scissors protractor!👍🏻😊

[@fredjones7307]

I just love the scissors being used as dividers. I will definitely be doing that..

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Just mash em up a bit at the pin so they're not too sloppy

[@rojabl]

I love this! I also have a classic yacht and can relate to all the uncertainty and pressure around sailing decisions. And great to see a yacht sold to someone who will keep her in good shape. Don't stop making these films! Thanks

[@christopherstevenson9737]

And of course. A Gorgeous ship! Love tanbark sails.

[@914va]

Dick...your a very lucky man! Staying with it paid off! She is beautiful!

[@nickwales2667]

“It sucks you off round the corner, it’s brilliant” I’m sailing to Dover tomorrow

[@katiedurham5653]

A lovely video for a great story.

[@myclassicboat9083]

Old boy Dick is a natural.

[@daleskidmore1685]

She is a cracking boat, hope she gives you years of fair winds. I suppose for a round the world sail you would plot your course with a pair of garden shears, lol.

[@tomaswest6541]

Congratulations on a beautiful boat. Well may she sail.

[@charabanc1418]

Wise decision Skipper. Take care of that lovely boat.

[@wiktor8874]

Дай Бог сил и здоровья этим дедушкам! Жаль , что не знаю языка, но очень понравилось , однозначно- лайк!

[@RobHalliganProjects]

Touching story.

[@canyonhaverfield2201]

a long wait, both of Dick, plus one for all us reader's tugging at the lines for the latest entry by MCB. Hope you both, plus the boating community comes out OK following the weeks storm onto Ireland and Scotland . I snapped a picture of your sky-over-masts, at film time 16:25 for it's just to sweet to pass up ! My best to you all ! Canyon

[@myclassicboat9083]

If you'd like a high res file of sky let me know. Good to hear from you.

[@tahoo2121]

Beauty and wise sailor. S/V ...Waves

[@MichaelOZimmermannJCDECS]

Such a wonderful boat, lucky man! ;-) Always fair winds...

[@normanboyes4983]

Great story, good decision to defer sailing East. Navigation - Paper/Scissors/iPhone - love it! Roll on Part 2. :-)

[@risasb]

8:17 great dividers! ;)

[@almath9987]

Nice boat, looking forward to part two

[@ecclesheat]

A good decision. Buying the boat and waiting on the weather.

[@ecmunpublished]

Lovely boat...good luck to you!

[@johnsherman7289]

that rig looks well suited for a folkboat.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

For tugboats towing oil, whenever conditions were too rough, an entry of *Wx* would be made in the log, meaning Weatherbound until they improved. For it is well known to any skipper worth their salt that the schedule is more flexible than the bow... and the greatest hazard while still in port is coming down with a case of GetThere-itis

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[@elliottmack1887]

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[@elliottmack1887]

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[@NewtonFinn]

12:13 i really felt this part

[@donnakawana]

Congrats she's stunning! That wind is howling.. your a brilliant planner. Smart Captain always knows.. crazy weather ✌🏻💗😊❣️ Question,she looked heavy In the stern. Was it a balance thing ? Fair winds an following sea's ✌🏻💗😊❣️

[@MrRourk]

Fair Winds!

[@donlaight5943]

Man after my own heart, if you have think twice about the sailing conditions, the answer is a resounding NO!

[@tommypetraglia4688]

As we'd say in the tugboat-towing-oil trade... The schedule is more flexible than the bow

[@danielbtwd]

Bernard Moteisier said that life was too short to learn splicing. Someone else said also that any idiot can do it. Excellent call by the Captain.

[@PaulAnthonyDuttonUk]

I have been looking at classic boats for the last three years coz there seems bargains to be had yet am rather a bit timid of them or to be more precise their maintenance need. My school boy wooden pencil case project was a thing only a mother could love yet mine threw it on the fire as mistaken kindling... So she said! Think it conflicted with her collection of porcelain cats on the mantle piece in truth... )

[@billybeerman2657]

I like the scissors as divider trick for chart work. We use what we have, right? Great video. Well done!

[@markboden4592]

Entertaining. Simple is better....except those dividers must require some skill! Beautiful boat.

[@MrRourk]

Over here in the states a small wooden boat is hard to sell. How is the market in the UK?

[@humanbeing2009]

Love her curved cabin trunk. Have always liked that on classics...What a nice transition for both of you. Best of luck and what's a tidal book? :-)

[@markturner4219]

Tidal Book aka Tidal atlas is a book that shows/tells you direction and speed of tidal flows in a locality for each hour after high water. Best used in conjunction with tidal curve chart(tells the tidal height above LAT) and almanac tells the time of high and low water.

[@American_Jeeper]

I was confused for a minute, when I saw the name and then saw the video. I was thinking, "There is no way that Tally Ho is smaller than this", and then I realized that this is not the Betty II that was designed by Albert Strange for Charles Hellyer. Nonetheless, she is a very pretty vessel.

[@donnakawana]

No not Tally Ho... Tho can't wait til she's done. They set the whiskey plank. Exciting.... Love these wooden beauty's !

[@lesterwyoung]

The two best days: The day you buy the boat and the day you sell it.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

I don't know... if you go back to the earlier vid on this boat, Ben comes across as very attached, it's just that he has an understated British way of showing it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn6te5uVoKaGqpY I would dare to say in that same understated way there's pain on his face right after he signs over the boat. Here at 0:40. Watch at the point where he wipes his mouth It's hard, and I know it, when we must give up those of our pursuits on account of age. He was asked in the previous video if this was his boat for life, but he minced words about one day it becoming too much boat to handle. (@ 10 mins in prev vid) But there was a sense of relief his custodianship was over and he was able to hand over this living artifact through time all in one piece. 3:00 So what does this tell us? That the boat, like a house, or a piece of collected art, are living entities in themselves, and are only owned by people in their own time, cared for and curated then passed on to the next.. in many cases a long line of continuance. Thus each individual owner has the honor of their name as an integral part of its history

[@lesterwyoung]

@Thoth Al Khem I have owned six in total. My remark was slightly tongue-in-cheek, to be taken lightly. BTW, I don't currently own a boat, and have no desire to!

[@martineyer5336]

When will we see part two?

[@myclassicboat9083]

Could be to night. Sit tight

[@tonysims2529]

Nice boat, but what was the reason for selling Wendy May?

[@MrRourk]

Tony Sims The Grass is greener err water more blue.

[@philipritson8821]

Look at where he wants to keep her. Wendy May had a full keel whereas Betty II has a centerboard.

[@richarddurham5447]

Wendy May is for sale because she has a fixed keel and Betty II has a centre-board

[@philipritson8821]

I just said that Richard. Congratulations on your new acquisition.

[@chasx7062]

Thats not 10 m by 4m beam, right???

[@brian.7966]

you were doen....oh dear.

[@JoeTurner141]

Dog noise! >:(

[@thameswater2561]

£ 150,000 are you serious.

[@Cssfiend]

pretty sure the 150k was referring to some of the bigger yachts they overtook

[@thameswater2561]

wow I hope so. made me sweat, thinking he paid that for it..

[@philipritson8821]

It's" look at those idiots in their expensive yachts and we're killing them."

[@suckerfree23]

Enough with the barking at the beginning