The Papendick Family's restoration of our James Silver "Western Isles" Motor Sailer "Chance"

[@jimreid67]

Tally Ho was about in this shape. Look at it now. Anything can be done with determination. Subscribed. 👍🏻

[@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance]

Thank you for your support, just need a few more hands and a bit of money

[@Beautifultruthofficial]

She must be one of the DUNKIRK Little ships!

[@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance]

She was build just after the Second World War in 1948, however to a design that was pre war

[@RobinHopwood]

I don't mean your progress your doing well if you are not very well. I mean the state of the boat. You Take care

[@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance]

I do have health problems, however, these will not stop me from working on Chance,Chance is in a poor condition but with time and help from family and friends we will turn her about and get the work done. Just need more hands to do some of the heavier work.

[@claudeross126]

If I were able to help I would, unfortunately, I live in Canada 🇨🇦, best of luck

[@seanmarnane9365]

Labour of love in earnest

[@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance]

Yes, It is a labour of Love and Chance will get a second chance of sailing the high seas again when we get her finished.

[@tedthesailor172]

I can almost hear the strains of Bernard Cribbins' "Right Said Fred..." as a backdrop to your narrative...

[@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance]

I think it was "Simon says" we can do it.

[@peterhoulis1184]

Id like to see this in the water

[@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance]

That is my ultimate goal and have time to enjoy the boat

[@loki7441]

Be careful in the warmer weather using a poly tunnel. I have one and despite thorough venting at both ends, in summer it can reach 35 -40 degrees. Those timbers are very dry and summer will make for hard hot work and drier timber. Although winter is on its way a tarp over the decks would be a good idea inside a tunnel. A new poly tunnel will usually have an anti condensation coating, but it wear's away with age and over night condensation builds up in big amounts and gravity drops it back down soaking every thing below. You can get a sun screen netting in various % of degrees of shade to reduce sun damage in the garden to keep things getting burnt and sun damaged. Relatively inexpensive and it allows air flow . Best of luck with it, Silvers were lovely Classic boats. But I fear it needs so much timber replacing it will be like Triggers Broom.

[@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance]

Thank you for your comments, I understand that a poly tunnel will get very hot in the summer, that's if we ever get a hot summer. I am going to try and put tarps over the boat this winter again and batten the ends around the edge of the decks where the rubbing strakes are in still in place and where they are not fix the battens to the planking which is due course will be replaced any way. All boats of Chance's age are like trigger Broom it is just a matter of how far you wish to go.

[@keithfletcher5788]

A couple of weekends and Bobs your uncle.

[@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance]

I wish that was true, about 5 to 6 years with help from family and friends

[@RobinHopwood]

Sorry to say I think the boat is past it end of life. You will never complete unfortunately.

[@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance]

Watch this space. I m in the habit of giving up. It is a matter of keeping the faith with Chance and it will come right in the end.

[@SuperJlonergan]

@@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance i say get your health in order first, not trying to be mean but you sound like you ran a marathon just walking around the boat...youre huffing and puffing and you havent started the work yet!

[@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance]

I am getting my health in order, in the meantime I am doing as much as I can on Chance both on the boat and in the workshop around family commitments will aloud me to do and run my business at the same time.

[@SVPearler]

They did say that to the couple that rebuilt SV Yaba. 90+ % of that boat git replaced. They did have a team of old school boat builders.

[@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance]

@@SVPearler I am an old school boat builder myself I just need help from a few of my old colleagues from my old days at other boatyards

[@rev.waynet.oleary7387]

Not enough wood to make a bonfire...

[@lifesagamblesoletstakeachance]

not at the moment, but you are in tiled to your opinion, its a free world