We have a LEAK! Are we SINKING??

[@gordonagent7037]

Barbara, you may be the smallest crew member but hell your work ethic is huge, you’d leave a lot of guys in your dust and you seem happier when the shit gets deeper.

[@FlyingConey]

At the end of the day you know you did something. Saving this huge historic ship is no easy task but even small steps like cleaning the bilge have a big impact on how the condition of the boat feels. When we bought the boat everything was dirty and slowly we're getting to a stage were we have a clean slate to build up on. Wait until we're finally allowed to grind so we can paint the boat externally and it will look like a million bucks!

[@TomahawkMark843]

I'm a big fan of Barbara who is willing to engage in every task no matter how hard or unpleasant it may be.

[@FlyingConey]

Flying Coney is our boat and our project. So it wasn't Daniels idea to buy a sailing ship, we both wanted to have this adventure of a big project boat.

[@ArtifexBarbarus]

"Structural dirt" is my favorite new phrase! 🙂 - Oh no honey, I can't clean the garage! Doing so might disturb the structural dirt holding that building together!

[@claudehopper9813]

Hats off to Barbara it takes a lot of courage tackling that deep cold bilge .

[@FlyingConey]

She's not afraid tackling the nastiest jobs on the boat 👍

[@johnmorrison1180]

Oh Barbara what a sweetheart you are, no chore is too difficult for you aboard this old ship! Keep up the good work. Best wishes to both.

[@FlyingConey]

Working on the boat is something we're really enjoying and it feels good to make progress.

[@dcallan812]

yes, she fits in all the nasty areas and just gets on with it. 👍👍

[@EileenMetrejean]

Daniel your hair cut looks great, so handsome. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@FlyingConey]

Thanks for the compliment! ☺️

[@mariastaples638]

Awesome job for the crew and thank you for sharing your story and talent with us will be watching for more videos thank you again John and Marie

[@cherylhaugen1897]

Barbara, I have been very impressed by your intelligence. You are able to tackle nearly every job that you have had to face!

[@FlyingConey]

Thank you for the compliment! ☺

[@timgreen4137]

For the bilge cleaning, I would have used a big shop-vac. Once the bulk of the debris is out, then spray fresh water in to rinse it. Then vacuum it out again. You can reach the much smaller spaces with an extension that way as well.

[@FlyingConey]

We've done that in the past but it wasn't a success. The dirt is mostly old oil and grease. It's difficult to scrape it off, it dosen't dissolve in water and it builds up the hose of a shop vac. When we have time to paint the bilged the way to go is to use a steam cleaner, followed by strong de- greasers or bilge cleaners. For now a little bit of that dirt is still enough to protect the hull.

[@4437RR]

I agree that a preliminary attack with a good quality wet-vac to remove the obvious loose muck whould have saved a lot of stressful scraping.

[@normanboyes4983]

@@FlyingConeyTotally agree. The big shop vac approach is used commercially onboard vessels and they generate a lot of oily water waste - which generates a very large bill to the customer to dispose of. You method of scraping up as much of the soft crap as possible into bags is definitely the way to do it.

[@davidnichols147]

Barbara, we love the new color of your hair, quite stunning. Truly amazing the hard work you both are putting into this epic project. Wishing you great success and hoping the emergency haul out does not find future problems.

[@FlyingConey]

It was about time to haul out the boat anyway. It's the first check up if we managed to repair the hull and remove the cause for the corrosion.

[@richardphelps2289]

Daniel you are so lucky to have Barbara she is awesome a real keeper!

[@chrisgosling5408]

great to see a couple who share a vision, having been involved in projects like this there are times when it goes well and rewards and then times when you just want to burn it or stack it full of TNT as at times the probelms can be relentless. Definitely these times define us as we grow through this hardship.

[@clives4042]

Hi. If you cannot find the exact leak I suggest to chalk the plates seam. What we do is use an air driven special chisel to split and expand the edge of the overlapping plate. This is done on all riveted iron hulls to help prevent water ingress. Best of luck.

[@FlyingConey]

Hi, it was just water trapped in the grease and dirt. Maybe a rivet but after a few days it stoped and has never started dripping again. We do have a dry bilge.

[@Wergeaster82]

I saw you put in regular gas in the pump, in machines you don't use often its better to use Aspen gas. Its high octane. There are 2 types for 2 stroke and 4 stroke engines. Even after months of sitting your pump Will start easy.

[@FlyingConey]

Why do you assume it's regular gas? I've used aspen in the past and in the chainsaw it's the only stuff I use because it's less harmful. You may have noticed that there's a Stihl filling system attached to the canister. But thank's for advice! In this case we really used regular gas but we do store the pump empty. I only put in a little bit to test run the pump and ran it until it stoped. We also use a fuel stabilizer in the regular gas.

[@JaroslavP]

I admire your courage! All the best with the repairs!

[@FlyingConey]

Step by step! Thanks for the comment 👍

[@richnauer]

Might be easier to remove steel plate from exterior when dry docked,and put new steel in. Even a 2×4 section or larger can be welded in.

[@FlyingConey]

We knew 100% that the plate doesn't need to be replaced. The point is that the hull needs to be accessible in emergency and to clean the compartments. Spraying in a lot of grease and hope for the best isn't our style.

[@brentengle7302]

True, however Flying Coney is a riveted steel ship so you would have to stay away from the rivet lines. on a fully welded ship such as the ship I was on in the US Navy. In the yard they cut very large hole in both sides of the boiler room and then welded them closed. I agree with Daniel that while in the yards, cutting large holes in the engine supports where they can be cut to give access is a better solution to gain access whenever necessary to the areas.

[@edwardmacintosh9476]

My concern is thesteel integrity in that area. I know you did have ultra sound test previously, but there willbe areas that were not done. The steel plates appear thin. You need to do some replating in any problem areas.in a serious storm or sea rage that plate can be serious issue. You could sink very quickly & pumps will not help. Far away from land. Be safe.

[@FlyingConey]

With ultrasonic you measure the thinest spots. We have an average of 7mm steel thickness. Not one single plate that needed doubling. So there's absolutely no reason to be concerned about structural problems of the hull. The condition is really excellent. But of course we had that nasty corrosion damage. It was properly and carefully repaired. It would've been possible that we missed one single spot. But things like that don't sink boats as long as you're aboard and do something about the incoming water.

[@samthemultimediaman]

you guys might want to get some 2-part cold -bonded polysulfide sealant for your next haul out, during battleship New Jersey's dry docking they found the US NAVY applied it to all the riveted seams for the ships moth balling/storage, so during the resent dry docking they re-applied the same sealant after the new system of coatings to add another layer of protection.

[@alanmorris7634]

Pleased to see you are well equipped with damage control equipment. I had not seen the threaded bolt/rivet replacement device before. Interesting how that works with a small float ♥

[@FlyingConey]

Barbara and I attended a boson class during the winter. The course is specifically for crew aboard commercial sailing ships. The teacher was a bosun on a riveted sailing ship and gifted us this specially prepared bolt after he has watched a few videos.

[@ozenfant_ozn]

great job Barbara!

[@FlyingConey]

Thank you very much!

[@hammerman47]

Bravo Natalia and Barbara awesome ladies and Captain Daniel of course. I have done that job myself on a much bigger grain carrier and it is not for the faint of heart.

[@sailingsjofagel]

Structural dirt..!! very funny, I love it. We can always rely on Daniel for a good 'Dad Joke', and that shirt is very fancy..!! 😂 Great episode, team.

[@dfhepner]

Think about modifying the pump so you can take the pump off and install a generator so you can have a dual function engine. Maybe even get a small Diesel engine so you only have one fuel type on board.

[@kirbygulbrandsen4507]

On the gas powered water pump it is important to put a gas shut off valve on the gas line. This way you can run the motor out of gas when you're done with it. The reason you want to run the gas out of the carburetor is because over time the old gas will gum up the carburetor. If you already know this then disregard my comment but many people don't think about it and most manufacturers don't put them on. My suspicion is they don't want it to last forever and most people will buy another one if their current one doesn't start. Just Sayin ! Watching from Panama City Florida, USA. 🇺🇸🦅 !

[@JamesMillis-v3w]

Better to discover any leaks now, than after putting out to sea. Barbara is really a valuable and very intrepid worker.

[@FlyingConey]

Well a little bit of weeping rivets and plates is pretty much expected on a riveted ship. It's like having a bit of water in the hold of a wooden boat. The interesting bit is if we managed to fully repair the corrosion damage and if we managed to remove the cause of the stray current. Let's find out together in the next shipyard series!

[@Coyotehello]

Excellent episode as usual. I really love how informative your videos are and the very unique sense of humor you insert. Daniel: I am really sorry you could not fit in the section of the bilge and had to leave the opportunity to Barbara! ;-). I have two more suggestions for emergency leaks: The first one is an old fishing trick, the most basic is: Close the seacock and disconnect the water pick-up hose from your keel cooler and put it in the bilge, the engine running now picks up water from the bilge and expels it out the boat. The easier way is ad a "Y" valve with some length of hose to the bilge to the cool water pick-up hose, close the seacock and switch the "Y" valve to pick-up water from the bilge. The second is a product from Pettit call Epoxy A-788 a 2 parts epoxy that can be applied under water to plug a leak. I did not know about the Leak Hero grease I will be lookin to get some, thank you.

[@davidford4200]

Barbara you are a hero.

[@FlyingConey]

That's a lovely compliment! Thank you very much!

[@garyjarvis2730]

Run the emergency pump until the tank and carburetor are completely dry. Leaving fuel in this will gum up everything after a while and when you need it the most you can't get the engine started. Happens to everyone at some point. Only option that leaves fuel in unit is to set a schedule to run the unit every 2 weeks to circulate the fuel through the system. You can also pressure wash the bilge and use a wet vacuum to pull out the dirty water that accumulates. Getting in that space is one messy challenge even when you are little.

[@FlyingConey]

We do store the pump empty with the carburetor dry! Good advice. The bilge was pressure washed and pumped out several times. Sometimes you need to do what needs to be done. Mostly we've already tried out the easy way and they've failed.

[@Pocketfarmer1]

16:44 that mallet is a serving mallet for wrapping twine around rigging . You can tell by the groove along the top. It will be very useful when you get to building your rig. It is most emphatically not for hitting things and should not be used for emergency bung duty. The tugboat company I work for makes us run our emergency /trash pump at least once a month both for our practice and to exercise the pump.

[@FlyingConey]

If you rewatch the scene you'll notice that I'm realizing that it's a serving mallet and not a hammer the moment I pulled it out of the bag. 🤣 Although not ideal I guess it would work and if not we do have multiple other hammers and mallets aboard.

[@Pocketfarmer1]

@@FlyingConey I did notice that you looked at it oddly, not that you particularly knew for what it used. Just trying to help sorry if it annoyed you.

[@FlyingConey]

@@Pocketfarmer1 Not annoyed at all! This serving mallet caught me by surprise. I guess with emergency serving mallets it's quite similar to the strongest bilge pump in the world: a man with a bucket scared for his life!

[@Pocketfarmer1]

@@FlyingConey Been there , not so much scared as highly concerned. My son & I were helping a friend deliver his new old steel ketch. The last Yankee that was built for Irving Johnson . She sprung a leak in the aft center board trunk . She has two centerboards . My boy and I were able to gain on the flood with buckets up two decks . Fortunately after an hour and change we got pumps and a tow to awaiting travel lift. I was looking at the dinghy the whole time.

[@grahamc887]

I would suggest that you purchase underwater hardening cement, wood to make cement boxes and C-clamps to hold the box on to the stringers. Alternatively you could have a local marine engineering company attend the vessel while afloat and construct a cement box for you. The cement box is a temporary repair that will allow the vessel to sail to the dry-dock. Looking at the video it is not 100% clear but it looks like the leak is near where a stringer has been welded close to the old riveted structure this is quite common. The welded section and the riveted hull move different when the vessel is in the water this is why there can be cracks or the rivets under stress. WHAT EVER YOU DO NOT TAP OR HAMMER THE RIVET HEADS WITH THE VESSEL IN THE WATER. I like your pump, but it is unlikely to cope with more than the smallest of leaks. If a rivet popped in the bilge I think it would struggle to cope , this depends on the vessel draft, but the water coming in would be at a terrific pressure and volume.

[@fonhollohan2908]

You should get a shop vac, that will make the job much easier, and also consider welding up a metal screen basket or box to put your bilge pump inside of, that way it will prevent crap from plugging up the bilge pump.

[@FlyingConey]

The metal basket doesn't really help against zip ties. We have two shop vacs. We have the biggest refit boat on KZbin. Do you really think a project like that can be handled without one? The dirt in the bilge is simply something that can't be easily vacuumed away. We showed the easiest way in the video. Sorry for the rant, but if it's as simple as cleaning with a shop vac we wouldn't make a video out of it.

[@tommooe4524]

To remove remaining grease and oil from bilge spray a section with brake cleaner…flood with just enough fresh water to cover it….the oil and grease will float to the surface of the water …..take an old vacuum cleaner and simply vacuum it off….. then pump the water on the bilge. Repeat till clean. Wear appropriate safety garb….absolutely works

[@simonhjc]

If I can offer you some advice re the petrol water pump. We live in a very high fire prone area in the Blue mountains west of Sydney Australia. As such we have 3 fire fighting pumps, one volume pump and a fire truck. What Ive found with petrol pumps is the fuel goes stale very quickly. So i never refill the fuel tank to the top, preferring it to be 1/2 or 3/4.stale fuel makes them very hard to start. By topping it up when you use it with fresh fuel you get an instant start and of course the pump needs a few hours to run in 👍👍

[@Leosarebetter]

Years ago I was working on a couple of carvel, timber boats around 80 foot in length. The bilges constantly had around 8 to 12 inches of water in them, they were never dry, not too much of a problem but one day i decided to stick my hand deep into the keel/garboard seam/plank ie the lowest point to the inside keel - the stink was sulpher, reminiscent of the worst mud bogs smell, with a dead cow thrown in. I tried to remove as much as i could but no one gave a toss. All that rotting vegetation and other stuff rotting away laying on the planks - not my idea of safety...

[@clives4042]

If the idea of chalking the plates is not an option you can concrete the bilge area. This is hard and tedious work and it is not normal cement. It is a special compound with binding material included.

[@FlyingConey]

We already know that the hull is in excellent condition. No need to worry. But you can probably imagine that after repairing huge damage one might be a little bit more cautious than others. Have we missed a spot? No we haven't. We have now two options. Either we cut in access holes so we can inspect the hull. Maybe on a later point we close off this compartment completely and might use it as a water tank. Not sure about the last point.

[@kranzonguam]

I'm going to use the term "structural dirt" frequently from now on!!😂 Take good care!

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[@bigunone]

Daniel I have to agree being to big is an asset!

[@paulcollins4932]

What you need is a wet n dry vacuum cleaner I did my bilges easily with it after finding a hidden deep bilge in the keel

[@FlyingConey]

I think our dirt is on another level compared to ours. We have a good shop vac but this sort of thick oily and greasy stuff wasn't the right task for it. The main problem is that it clogs up the hose.

[@paulcollins4932]

@@FlyingConey Amazon £39 dollar vac I made sue I had a slurry by adding water and detergent then sucked it all up followed by a couple of rinses it was lots of work

[@FlyingConey]

We have a high quality M class shop vac from Makita and also a cheaper second one from Einhell. So we're not short on shop vacs and we use them quite a bit. We literally had thousands of liters of water in the bilge and laced it with all sorts of cleaning agents. We've scrubbed and brushed the heck out of it and used a pressure washer. But what's left is a nasty mixture of solid dirt, grease, oil and all kinds of stuff that somehow found its way into the bilge. Based on my experience I can assure you that scraping off the majority of the dirt and shovel it into a bucket ist the most efficient and least labour intense way of approaching this project.

[@paulcollins4932]

@@FlyingConey great to see your prepared for a mud deluge, and that you take time to reply to your comments Hope everything goes well !

[@Davidcallard]

I suggest that there's really only one safe option for those bilge plates: cut them out and replace them with new steel. It's going to be too late for that if a rotting plate gives 😢 up 20 miles away from a safe anchorage!

[@FlyingConey]

The plates are measured at multiple places and are about 7mm thick. I'm not sure why you think the plates are rotting when there is no rust in the bilge. There's a difference in dirt and rust. As said in the video it was either a leaking rivet or more likely just some water within the grease and after a few days it completely stopped.

[@kenknight4560]

My guess is the boat will always leak and you just have to get used to it. There will likely be yearly haulouts to fix areas that are critical and the rest of the year you just monitor the drips. Excellent progress.

[@FlyingConey]

Thank you! Most of the time we do have a bone dry bilge and we do everything to maintain this status. But I know that this few drips of water that didn't even reach the bottom of the bilge wouldn't concern most steel boat owners. But that's not the standard we're renovating this ship to. Usually a haul out ever other year is enough for a boat like Flying Coney.

[@grahamc887]

This leak is not in a “good place” if there is one for a leak. This leak needs to be investigated and repaired as soon as possible. The rivet heads look to be wasted and have started to loose their holding force. I have put up a couple of other comments with temporary repair suggestions to get the vessel to dry-dock.

[@FlyingConey]

The videos are always a little bit behind real time. The journey to the shipyard went without any problems. The steel, the rivets and the hull are in very good shape. It was just water trapped within the grease and the dirt.

[@grahamc887]

@@FlyingConey that is good to hear. I used to look after a ship that had a riveted hull with later welded additions / modifications. Most of the issues encountered were where welding had been carried out on the riveted hull. Keep a watch on the deck plates where it meets the hull. And any place where original structure has been replaced with welded.

[@FlyingConey]

@@grahamc887 We have a wooden deck that was later made watertight by putting a steel deck above. Also the ship was rebuilt in 1950, relatively late for a riveted construction. That means we do have some problems related to riveted ships but not all of them because welding was already an established construction method back in the 50s.

[@andrewsnow7386]

I live in Washington State, USA where we have a sizable fleet of ferry boats. A number of years ago the Coast Guard was doing a routine hull inspection on one of our older boats. They chipped away a little rust and water started squirting in. The Coast guard wasn't impressed and removed the boat from service.

[@FlyingConey]

It always depends on what's the cause for a leak. I know an inland cruise ship were they used scrap metal as ballast. Over time one bolt in that scrap metal ballast worked its way through the hull. They had a diver coming who welded the hole shut and properly fixed it after the cruise was over. That one is still in service. It all depends if there are singular week points or if the overall condition of a boat is bad. In our case we made sure that the overall condition is good enough to start a refit.

[@howaboutthese]

Great video thanks. An important topic.. Lots great bungs, info etc. Perhaps you could also store enough materials on board to mix up a batch or two of concrete.... It could be poured into hard to reach areas, might patch a hole and would add strength to delicate sections of the hull.. ?..

[@Twelvestonestacking]

Water outside, Good Water inside, Bad Ha Go get'm tiger (s)!

[@FlyingConey]

I guess that sums up the purpose of a ship quite well! 😆

[@dcallan812]

Great update 2x👍 Poor Barbara squeezing into all the most glamour's areas of the ship. 🤮👍

[@FlyingConey]

What needs to be done needs to be done. After the initial squeezing there was plenty of room again and a video can't show how much it has improved the smell of the boat.

[@markchodroff250]

Yes ! On a boat the biggest person does the hard jobs But the smallest person does the impossible jobs ! LOL

[@FlyingConey]

Absolutely true!

[@tommooe4524]

Do not run that pump in an enclosed space without exhaust to the open air. If the pull chord is a problem there is a way it can be removed and a connection can be established for starting it with an electric drill.

[@FlyingConey]

I'm sure we will improve the pump together with John. Of course we're not running the pump indoors!

[@normanboyes4983]

It is really nasty work - but it has to be done.😀👍⛵️

[@kjm1sax]

I think there may be a mutiny soon among the crew!! :)

[@boatsandotherproblems5780]

In Aistral we we have Sellys kneadit which is a very strongputty that sets uderwater that should stop any leak

[@FlyingConey]

In the shipyard they have a saying that when you find a leaking spot it's better to leave it alone. That's what we've done. In hindsight it was just trapped water.

[@AndrewJackson-mf5qp]

Barbara is such an impressive woman with a magic can do attitude. You would be welcome on anyone's team buddy. I hope the Captain is going to pay for a weekend away at a beauty spa for you. Oh he is, that's good. Cheers Guy's.

[@robertmaloney2255]

When the boat comes out this time wouldn't it pay to sandblast epoxy and glass bellow waterline , probably expensive but would give you peace of mind in the future

[@schirmeyerb]

Exact........but sûre very expensive

[@brutusbarnabus8098]

I once went to Barbara's Rhubarb Bar and ate a piece of her delicious rhubarb cake. It was quite delicious. 😁 (bonus if you get it. lol)

[@FlyingConey]

We try not to invite Barbarians aboard the ship but it's alright if you're a barber.

[@brutusbarnabus8098]

@@FlyingConey 😄

[@johnelser9256]

Keep a couple toilet wax rings on board they are great for plugging leaks

[@philbro1829]

As I too, am a small person, I want to know what she'll be a bigger person afterwards 🎉

[@waynehelsel3949]

Do you have any visitors come back

[@pcampbell55]

Very interesting episode! I suppose the emergency pump could be used to wash the decks.

[@brentengle7302]

Us Navy does it all the time, even with salt water. Would recommend a wye reducer from 3" to two 1.5" hoses.

[@FlyingConey]

We have a large collection of different pumps including a very strong one that was fully restored by one of our viewers. But when worse comes to worst a petrol pump is great. On the long run we maybe buy a diesel driven one instead so we don't need to store big quantities of petrol.

[@miketaylor5088]

The other downside to being the smallest is that you are likely to be the one that is hoisted up the mast when something needs to be fixed.

[@FlyingConey]

WE've opted for a schooner brigg / brigantine rig. So going aloft is an absolute amazing experience! That's why you do want to have a square rigger.

[@billmoran3812]

Poor Barbara. She seems to get all the worst, dirty jobs. Kudos to her for digging in and getting filthy in the process.

[@KD0CAC]

I would say ---- never cheap out on emergency equipment !!!

[@FlyingConey]

I agree with you but it's a matter of perspective. From my perspective we even bought a very big pump just in case. The pump is new, it's working fine and once you figured out how the three different leavers need to be placed to get it started it's reasonably reliable. So the cheap out would be to buy no pump.

[@berndm9743]

Anytime you have rarely needed gasoline powered equipment like generators or water pumps, it is really helpful to have some starting ether spray or brake cleaner spray to help in "priming" the engine for much quicker starting.

[@Nerd3927]

18:18 Like most of this equipment, You will need it, but for some one else.

[@janjaapklomp1364]

What is the clue that it was a wooden ship before?????

[@FlyingConey]

A wooden ship with steel frames. So the frames and stringers are predating the hull. There are some small differences like the L of the frames points forward and on steel ships it usually points backwards, the distance of the rivets is slightly larger and at some frames the brand name Krupp is visible. We also have a document stating that the boat was built using the frames of a wooden warship. The thing is that this type of wooden warship was very common. Mass produced steel frames exported in different countries and finalized with wooden planks in many different shipyards. Many of them still existing, for example the sailing ship Tres Hombres. The Dutch fisherman do not like wooden boats so they experimented with converting the wooden boats into steel boats. Flying Coney was probably the first one but the sailing ship Ocean Sherpa is another good example.

[@errolfoster1101]

Do you have access to an endoscope maybe it is just water that was trapped in that area and your cleaning allowed it to escape

[@FlyingConey]

It was just water that was trapped within the grease and dirt mixture.

[@errolfoster1101]

@@FlyingConey one thing less to worry about

[@CrissFN]

why not use a wet dry vaccuum to suck up the dirt in the bilge

[@FlyingConey]

Simply because it's not working.

[@Arnaud58]

@04:55 Little tip: In order to make squeezing in a little easier and less hurtful, very simple: Those two bolts catching the shirt and skin (and probably many others) can be put in the other way.👴🤷‍♂ @06:06 Yes, correct. Downside being that water will be below the grease and oil, out of sight.....👴🤔

[@henrymach]

That's why ships used to employ little kids back in the day 🤣

[@robertgold2643]

😎

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

😂Thats the Bilge rats job.. sorry Barbara 😢 Its a nightmare job even on land getting into crawl spaces. Ive done caving and got stuck almost because my feet were too big or bones too long to get round tight corners and thread through gaps. Now im too old for that and even my joints wont bend ... Or straighten.🧙🏻‍♂️😬 So no more for me .. The skills you talk of are still taught by Maritime studies courses but of course by the Navy as fire fighting and damage control on warships. It might be worth looking how they do things just in case. As it will give you ideas for that time you dont get time to watch. 🤞🏻👍🏻💙🇬🇧

[@FlyingConey]

It's crucial to have quick access to the hull at all places. Compartments that can't be reached are always problematic. A lot of the dirt that accumulated in the bilde is actually grease that was sprayed into this compartments to prohibit them from rusting. I think we've a decent emergency procedure but attending one of this emergency damage control courses would be great.

[@brentengle7302]

Bilge rat... Damn haven't hear that in over 30 years.... quite a good looking bilge rat even in a Tyvek suit and respirator.

[@LoganJohnson-lm2bh]

It must have been so disheartening after spending so much time and effort to find this problem .as for me i have made more progress towards being able to afford to travel if all goes well . A few more months and i will know one way or another .at least your problems are straightforward my problems involve dealing with people a much more difficult task .BUT they are learning i am a most stubborn person 😊. one of the people i must deal with is a Lawyer he was slow to learn i am a most determined man and will not tolerate delays in my plans do to a lack of information on his part .disheartening yes ,but in the end most gratifying .There's Nothing like winning a battle of will's against a lawyer .I have age time and wisdom on my side he doesn't stand a chance . if i want something bad enough I always find a way .Well until next time fair winds and fallowing tides stay safe and stay dry .

[@FlyingConey]

Currently we're making a lot of progress on the boat and we know every problem that needs to be solved. Since we had to weld hundreds of spots it was plausible that we missed one. I guess most people wouldn't even notice or care about that. The funny thing is that rivets and plate seams are watertight because of a little bit of rust in between them. So there's grease on top of it the rust can't form up and it's slightly leaking until there's this bit of rust and then it's watertight again. It's very similar to wooden planks that need to swell up in the beginning.

[@LoganJohnson-lm2bh]

@@FlyingConey 😁A case of what some think of as bad actually being a good thing . or as some would say a boat in the water is nothing more than a hole in the water you pore money into .I say what price is too high for living a dream .

[@rijmenammerart1100]

ik vraag me af wat als Barbara niet vrijwillig was gekomen om je bilge schoon te maken ....

[@colinrichmond3788]

You know, just maybe it's time to pull the plug on this boats It seems to be that you will always be chasing this rust problem. Perhaps this old boat is past its used by date. 😢

[@FlyingConey]

Spoiler from the next shipyard time: Hull inspection passed without any problems. Not one single plate that needs replacing because of steel thickness. An average of 7mm steel thickness. The required minimum is 3.62mm. There's no structural rust and we have everything accessible so the required repairs can easily be done.

[@robert566]

Love the video's but a little tip, try to make your dialog more human barbara. Blinking with your eyes sometimes would help. I feel like you are staring in my soul. Anyway good luck

[@eirikskoglund407]

Welding its Isi 🙈

[@sergueiothonucci1638]

😃😃😃

[@paulgoodwin1201]

Hi have you got a bulge alarm fitted

[@chantedefelepe]

If you have a leak in that old rust backet go to the bottle shop get a whiskey and let it sink gracefully

[@FlyingConey]

This channel is about saving historic (aka rusty) ships. SAVING not SINKING! Also, even if we have a leaking rivet or plate seam there's way less water coming in compared to Tally Ho, so I'm not even sure if the amount of water coming in is the right criteria to judge the quality of a boat.

[@kimroberts155]

Clickbait headline.

[@Peo_Sahlin]

Why spend time and money on that pile of rust that sooner or later will sink? Just scrap it.

[@FlyingConey]

So you already know that the water was coming from the outside? Having a few drips of water coming in is relatively normal on riveted steel ships. As it is in wooden boats. People tend to have an understanding for the problems related to wooden boats but not for the problems related to riveted steel. It's not safety relevant!

[@natesquestyouknowthatsrigh8269]

Something very special… 😅😆💩🛥️

[@FlyingConey]

Glad you also watched more than one video. Welcome aboard!