What's Inside This ~100 YEAR OLD Sailing Yacht? [Full Tour] Learning the Lines

[@airshipguys]

Absolutely love that you chose a classic old boat for a tour. Amazing brightwork and a traditional rig as well. Thanks for providing a tour of something other than a modern plastic boat! Cheers from Juneau Alaska.

[@phantumdrummer]

Probably the coolest boat you've shown so far. Love how they didn't have any set layout's back then. The woodwork is done right and built to last. Glad this boat is old and showing its age, but not abused.

[@anton06anton07]

Thank you,for having shown us,this beautiful old ship!

[@HasbaraBuster]

This Yacht was a rich mans toy when it was build. Abeking & Rasmussen is the most prestigious Yachtbuilder in Germany

[@TheKaptainkraig]

Nice boat. As a marine engineer (worked with steel and aluminum ships), I do not think it is a good idea to fiberglass over a steel hull for 3 reasons. 1. Fiberglass does not like to bond to various metals very well; it would need mechanical fastening 2. Fiberglass and steel have different thermal coefficients and will move independently of each other with changes in water or air temperature: the bond between the steel and fiberglass could fail. 3. Moisture could get trapped between the fiberglass and steel hull and cause significant corrosion issues on the steel.

[@kamdenstanley1449]

Instablaster

[@violettownmicroenterprises1528]

I'd add to that saying no big beautiful boat should ever be built of either steel or ferro-cement. This would've been such an awesome boat had it been built in timbers.

[@jeromegoodwin3848]

That was the best tour period.

[@dougscott8161]

That is one of the most beautiful boats I've ever seen. My first time ever on a sailboat was a 1936 Seagull, the following year I sold my power boat (a 17 ft. bow-rider tri-hull) and bought a 20 ft O'Day which I sailed like crazy for several years. I still wish my wife had liked sailing (which is why I stopped sailing the O'Day). Thanks for sharing and stay healthy.

[@richardhanson8776]

I’d just have to label that round hatch to the chain locker “Torpedo Tube #1” But seriously the boat has received the TLC in Her life that really shows.

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing really nice old yacht.

[@obsidianjane2267]

@ 10:48 That was originally the owner's cabin, and head. The fwd v-berth would have been for the hired crew, who probably used chamber pots.

[@Marlow925]

are you sure about that ? in a lot of boats of that era, the lounge would have doubled as owners cabin. Also, you would never have placed the owner near the noisy engine. Especially not on a boat, that was designed as a leasure/pleasure vessel to begin with.

[@brettgoldsmith8584]

You guys have improved your descriptions so much! Very proud of you

[@sailingsvbalance5149]

What a awesome piece of history! Great find guys! Some one really kept up with that boat over years. So cool!

[@skyak4493]

Cool yacht! Very well kept for it's age -likely by a full time professional for most of it's life. The trouble now is that it has no venue to show off that some rich benefactor could justify the expense. If it was wood it could be the Belle of the ball at a full season of regattas. As a steel boat it just races on ratings against anything -it just does it with more effort and class. It absolutely has exactly the style that many say was the greatest ever. Long, low, thin, with fine overhangs, and loads of brightwork. The tradeoff is a giant boat outside and small spaces inside. The saving grace of this boat is fantastic light and ventilation.

[@10lauset]

The circular prism in the foredeck is a fresnel lens which really concentrates or disperses a light beam. Lighthouses became more beneficial when these lenses were attached on the lighthouse and rotated around the light source. Cheers

[@deibertmichael]

Amazing! I bet She Sails Well.

[@KenWallaceDesign]

Those mooring posts on deck aren’t cleats, those are bitts. (Yes, two t’s) Similar in appearance and function to a bollard. Here’s the difference between a bitt and a bollard… If it looks like a pair of vertical mooring posts joined as a unit at the base with a plate, it’s a bitt. If it is only a single vertical mooring post, it’s called a bollard. Bitts and bollards serve the same function as a cleat, but are designed for the heavier, thicker mooring lines heavier boats require. Cleats aren’t as well suited for thick mooring lines because you can’t get enough line on a similar width cleat. Bitts allow you to wrap the line vertically instead of horizontally as you would with a cleat.

[@kevinfisher1345]

meh we often called the bollard as cleats on our USN destroyer. Even though we knew they were technically bollards. I was always under impression a bitt and bollard was just a specific type of cleat.

[@williampeek7943]

That was fun guy's. A little pice of history still in good condition today. It's like a look back in time.

[@W4ABN]

So nice it has all those deck prisms and butterfly hatches. Looked to be well lit down there.

[@JohnDoe-fz5cz]

great comments and i think we all appreciate you two for bringing this to our attention. i kind of feel like it would be nice if the current owner has the resources to hold on to her long enough to make sure that a prospective buyer has the wealth to do justice to the old girl. one commenter made the (probably accurate observation) that she is no longer a blue water cruiser. see i hate to hear that. i would like to see her restored all the way to absolute sea worthiness. oh well, easy for me to say.

[@CheersWarren]

John Doe , hi, she never meant to be a so called bluewater yacht but definitely a coastal cruiser and racer .

[@JohnDoe-fz5cz]

@@CheersWarren okay, good to know. and thanks for the response.

[@scottgirard1584]

Let me clarify on your inaccurate statment. Less than a year ago I was single handing Arktur, and a front rowed in. Winds where 30 + knots, seas 6 to 7 foot. No waves over deck and no water in the bilge. Still a solid blue water cruiser.

[@brentengle7302]

"Arktur was Henry Rasmussen’s own boat and in his family for 50 years. Arktur Maritime Academy (AMA) was founded in 2018. Our first project is a refit of a 1924 Abeking & Rasmussen Ketch Sailboat. Upon completion Arktur will be used to give Veterans Sea Time toward various certificates and captains papers." Wonder what happened there?

[@kevinfisher1345]

guessing a lack of funds going by what they stated in the video that the owner is open to someone coming and funding to have it revamped to be used for veterans learning to sail.

[@chrispitchford6045]

Great vessel, good tour, would like to have seen it under sail. Maybe next time.

[@JS-wl3gi]

Thanks for make a tour of old boats too :)

[@hoosiercrypto9955]

Beautiful sailboat 😋

[@hvymettle]

Looks like a hundred years ago they built things that could last a hundred years.

[@finfanfifteen9659]

Ain't that the truth. It seems the kevlar backed wood veneers they're capable of making today would be able to provide durability, lighter weight, etc... but, it has to be done with quality work and materials. Like land vehicles made for consumers, they are made to be disposable and the first little ding unless you pay outrageous prices and even then you can't be sure they didn't cut corners unless your project managing on the site 24/7

[@patrickbaillargeon8051]

Yes but the boat is still very old and the market for it as slim as the boat itself.

[@bobbates6642]

As long as the fiberglass is kept in good order and there are never cracks in it that would allow salt water to get trapped in there the steel should stay very good. The steel bits I saw inside looked perfect. That boat looks like one for someone that is seriously into sailing fast .

[@yaa63]

Beautiful, very beautiful

[@m44um44u]

Wow! Awesome boat, just like that little Pacific Seacraft 25 was pretty cool. I guess I like 'em big and I like 'em small. I like 'em all! Keep showing us boats!

[@spikeafrican8797]

Great choice guys! You always bring it... thanks!

[@justsomebloke6784]

Very much a product of it's time and the expectations based on available technology. The placement of the heads, nav-station and sheer simplicity of the galley arrangements, remind me of primus stoves and paper charts, paraffin lamps and a restricted diet designed to keep you alive for the main event, which was the sailing itself. Different times.

[@brianjoyce9742]

Glad to see a new video, content good stuff

[@sailingddcircumnavigation5931]

Great video.

[@remodeledcatidea5324]

excellent HISTORICAL charter yacht,

[@johnphillips519]

What a beautiful boat

[@martinlindgren7592]

Very nice I'd be interested In this boat

[@rcorn8114]

I enjoy these Vlogs a great deal. Please keep them coming. Not sure what the show over Randi right shoulder was about but that was somewhat entertaining.

[@edwiser3547]

Hey Jordan, I initially thought this was a wood boat. It was only when you showed part of the interior that I realized she was steel.

[@searchingforsomethingAA44K]

I can't afford the amount of Pledge this boat requires!!!

[@RobinVerne]

Better sailing vids than this one.

[@alsmidlifecrisis8765]

That's a beautiful boat and good price in my opinion. I see a lot of hours with a pnematic scaler stripping and painting bikges every year or so. Definatly would be more expensive for regular maintenance but it's worth preserving history like that. I'm a wood worker so to me it's art as much and function

[@hosnbros]

What is the exact name for this style of deck and inside? I know that ketch refers to the sail arrangement, but this specific old almost open flush top deck with that “slightly” cramped interior is an image I just love. The problem is I cannot research more because I don’t know the terminology. Thank you in advance

[@johnmccormick175]

Beautiful boat.

[@NikonFM2n]

Can that big virtical windlass still be called a "capstan", or are captans only the huge one's on tall sailing ships?

[@hartoz]

GRP encapsulated steel is very odd, any de-lamination between the two layers would be disasterous. When steel corrodes, it swells. This would cause the GRP to bubble and crack over the steel making the problem worse, leading to hidden runaway corrosion. I'm guessing the GRP was adding in the late 60's early 70's to cut down on hull maintenance. At least with a steel hull it's easy to identify corrosion and fix it, with this arrangement, it would almost be too late to do an easy repair when the corrosion starts happening. I own a big steel sloop, and I prefer it to GRP as it's easy to notice corrosion and fix it than GRP which has hidden osmosis problems. With a steel boat, if it bubbles, or discolours, then it's corroded. Not so easy to tell with GRP. Loved the boat, I would own it in a heartbeat, although typically for it's age it has the accomadation equivalent of a modern 36 foot boat. Galley looked really awkward and would be really dangerous in a high sea. Still, it is what it is. Nice video, thanks.

[@brentengle7302]

Very much agree with your guessing of the GRP.

[@kevinfisher1345]

And yet they have been using epoxy and resin over steel hulls forever. It just keeps the steel from oxidizing is all. I suspect that it is really a resin steel hull, as that would easily have been done when the boat was built. But who knows maybe they did actually fibreglass over it since it was built. Either way, even if they used actual GRP, the steel should not be corroding underneath it anyway unless the GRP is cracked, so the hole analogy of steel causing it to crack when it swells is pointless anyway. One should know if its cracked regardless, if they hit something, the hull should be thoroughly inspected. And even if the overlook it, so the GRP cracked and let in some water which allows the steel to corrode and hence making the GRP crack more. All of which sooner or later one would notice at some point well before the steel corrodes enough that it becomes disastrous. And if not, the owners would have deserved it for neglecting their boat for so long.

[@solentlifeuk]

The twin forestay arrangement allows 'racing' changes of headsail ... simple and effective.

[@timothyboles6457]

Wow, such a gorgeous and classic yacht, the asking price seems to elude to it needing something major though

[@searscr1]

Third, but where is this listed? Looked on Yachtworld, but could not find it.

[@84toyota4wd]

Youll are fucking good with your clicks... Thanks also to the both of you!! Chasing the dream.... I think youll are doing it right....

[@EternalWordMinistry]

It looks like the "Touren-Kreuzer mit Hilfsmotor", Typ "AR" which is a in house design from the famous German boatyard. The term Tourenkreuzer means Touring Cruiser. It was not considered a racer. The aft cabin was the owners cabin with two single berths and two small benches before them. Where the Nav station is now there would have been the food pantry and a big Ice box. The foc'sle originally would have been the crew quarters with 2 pipe berths. I happen to have a reprint edition of a German book on Boatbuilding, which contains a reasonable amount of AR Stock designs from the period between the 2 big wars. The study plans of this yacht happens to be in it. By the way: the same boatyard that built that boat also built a lot of Howlands Concordia yawls for the US market, right after WW2. Also a lot of pre WW2 AR boats ended up in the UK as war reparation, known there as windfall yachts. The boatyard is still in existence to this day. You can visit their website at www.abeking.com

[@HasbaraBuster]

Great info, thanks

[@karljensen4596]

Dominik, can you please scan the pages from the book with the boat type information and drawings ?

[@Marlow925]

Fantastic info. Makes a lot of sense that way. Even though I would have thought having the owners cabin besides the engine would have been very noisy, when the engine was running.

[@EternalWordMinistry]

@@karljensen4596 I can. I’m not sure I can upload them here though...

[@veleiroema]

They built the boat on the sandwich system with resin and the steel core, thus preserving the steel from oxidation. Really a unique sailboat, excellent for rental and tour with tourists, very good.

[@obsidianjane2267]

It was built about 30 years before that was invented.

[@remodeledcatidea5324]

how fast will it be across the wind in 25knt

[@johnyalowica8423]

Is this sailboat still available?

[@justaguy6100]

Beautiful finish to the wood with truly artistic work to it in the rounded lines and scrollwork where it's there, absolutely great looking antique accoutrements, the leaded glass, the butterfly hatches, the midship(ish) gangway to the salon, it's not as livable as newer design, more of a daysailer than a cruiser. You *might* do a short trip, like from the maybe the Eastern shore of Florida to Nassau or something, but it would get pretty old fast. After a fortnight you'd be begging for a motel room. Not much on anything that needs to be worked on, the anchor chain is looking pretty close to replacement and the windlass needs some fixing up. I'd be curious how fast she gets with that narrow beam and full sail, though. But it's gorgeously. The interior has been pretty lovingly maintained, to be sure. I hope it IS converted to a sailing trainer, it would be very cool to learn the ropes on a ship that's had so many different bodies hauling lines on it over it's life.

[@captainmike808]

If the quality of the bright work was better, it would almost be comparable to a Herreshoff yacht or to my Cheoy Lee hahaha!

[@dreadnoughtb3364]

Good one👍

[@davidd3377]

That would make a great live aboard. It has great potential for additional equipment in that stern area. I assume it has sold since I don’t see it in the broker website.

[@sccarguy8242]

It is a beautiful boat, but it seems to me that at This point in her life she is more of a coastal cruiser/day sailer then Blue Water boat. Like you said it is going to take a specific buyer for this one. The price seems super fair for what it is.

[@rickowens4397]

Ok... Highfield levers for the running backstays Area under the counter (stern) is the Lazarette. Cabin sole is most probably teak and holly. Berths in the stern quarters likely Quarter berths Locker doors have leaded glass. Abeking & Rasmussen built most of the Concordia Yawls from 1938 to 1966.

[@Johnsouthshore]

That looks like that hull design is very slippery...great boat

[@cskaplan]

I think this would make a nice sunset cruise charter boat because of the classic looks, but the deep draft would be a problem.

[@briansmythe3219]

thats a ship verry cool

[@edwiser3547]

The metal name plate atop the windlass is a tocsin. Perhaps you have heard the phrase "Sound the tocsin". How is that for arcane nautical terminology?

[@GizStudPrez]

Awesome vid.

[@edwiser3547]

The galley is forward because this was a crewed yacht. Crew slept in the claustrophobic forward berth.

[@walkercustoms]

The My Classic Boat channel has many old yachts. Not to plug another channel but it's very cool if you're into older boats. This steel hull I've not seen many of even the previous mentioned channel most boats that age are wood.

[@obsidianjane2267]

But they have that damn yapping dog and they spend more time chit-chatting about why the old guy is selling his boat than actually looking at it.

[@captruss8365]

No stove or oven?

[@deanrobert8674]

To think this was built in Germany at the end of the great war, someone must have had some pull. It's history would be as cool as it looks.

[@taxirock90]

Yep its history would be quite interesting. This boat survived WW2.

[@CPcamaro]

Found her listing - according to the listing - This world cruiser/racer was built in Lemwerder Germany and designed by Abeking and Rasmussen as Henry Rasmussens personal boat. Here is a short video of her under sail in 2018 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJqQm2lrra9shKs

[@MrJJSimonds]

No stove of any kind in the galley??

[@Andy_M986]

The detail is amazing,bit too much clutter,the galley is a strange configuration too,so much could be done with that beautiful old classic,the owner obviously looks after it as much as possible.

[@richardrose7382]

$40K? Really?! Don’t know that I could afford the upkeep or crew, but wow!

[@davidsweetzer8683]

What is the asking price,?

[@charlesbaker2688]

Is the $40,000 price right or a miss print?

[@highwatercircutrider]

So...... did you purchase the boat ?

[@kevinswanson3910]

The fiberglass will keep the steel from rusting and the strength will come from the steel ,I think it is a winning combination.

[@edwiser3547]

How do you two come up with these off-the-wall boats?

[@patrickbaillargeon8051]

They do a simple search under "off-the -wall boats" I would hazard a guess...

[@laxmannate07]

Eh, not enough character for me.... ;p Really cool old boat. Better layout than a lot of modern yachts, even with a narrow beam. It’s going to take someone with fat pockets to keep her in shape though. That aft cabin looks like it was an “owners cabin” originally.

[@Robisme]

100 years, and no one enclosed the cockpit. So this boat has been a day sailer/weekender most of its sea life. That’s probably another reason why it’s so well maintained.

[@Verdigris.]

When they had crew running between the forward hatch and the wheel, along the port side, perhaps that was unnecessary. Owner may not have been on the helm. More recently though, I agree, perhaps the sense of history prevents a practical addition? Suspect she sits in the marina, so also no need for a dodger. Hope someone comments on the GRP Steel construction.

[@scyz2807]

This is what I'm wondering, fiberglass didn't exist in 1924 so the FB coating must have been put on after the 1950s(?). Someone below said it was a steel-resin "sandwich". But once again was this some kind of pre-fiberglass resin? Obviously, there are types of natural resin, but, . . . .? Besides all that, this is a BEAUTIFUL boat! It would have looked nicer if that aft cabin had been restored. Also, was the stove missing in the galley? I'm also wondering why another person commenting said it is no longer a blue water boat? Otherwise thanks for the tour! Scott W

[@kevinfisher1345]

Not technically true. Fibreglass cloth was patented in 1880. They experimented with fibreglass for many years, until early 1930's in what they finally had what we might recognize today. But yes they did not have a product that they really made use of in 1924. That would come about a decade later.

[@alohasoceanquest8682]

This yacht really suits you.

[@cgem8426]

Dude definitely looks like Guy Who Just Bought a Boat in this one :)

[@JagLite]

Nice old boat with the old style interior, galley forward and quarter berths aft for the owner. That hanging locker opposite the companionway is for foul weather gear, another old boat common feature. Glassing the hull? If done with epoxy it may cut down on corrosion from the outside, if done with polyester resin it will not stay attached. The real question is why the hull was glassed and what layup schedule of glass. If it is a thick layup, most likely the steel has rusted dangerously thin and/or has multiple holes so it was not worth welding in a few new patches. The price is actually high and any interested buyer would be wise to have a survey done with the boat hauled out. Much of the beautiful varnished woodwork is new. All the varnished flat panels are veneer plywood. They did not have plywood back when the boat was built. Not that it is bad, just another area for a surveyor to determine what is hiding behind it. Those cleats on deck are called bollards, specifically they are double bit bollards.

[@TRUBOLAZ]

Fiberglass is a glass fabric soaked in resin that dries to give a very strong bond. But the resin can be mostly polyester or epoxy. Polyester is bad for covering wood because it is POROUS and wood under rot. This is not the case with epoxy and that is why it is a good solution.

[@Jasper_Seven]

OH dear. I think you guys are adorable, and appreciate the boat tours. But, I really think you missed an opportunity with this one. I would have loved to see the first 10 minutes as the casual tour, with a much more extensive follow up. Research the boat. See if you can find how she was originally built and used. Look at the woodwork clues as to what might have been. Then share it with us, like an old house tour, or a historic light house or fort. Maybe a little more comparison between old and new. No mention of windage? I looked up fiberglass over steel in half a second and found immediate warnings. I'd want to know more about how this boat was correctly protected. Maybe some comments on what kind of maintenance this one might require. And, I realize it is up to the viewer to imagine how one might make use of this vessel, but maybe a little interaction with other owners of old sailboats on how their use and experience is? Keep going, but some of us are not experts, and you have an opportunity to learn for yourselves and teach.

[@M-Swede]

Learning the Reef channel sub #85!

[@johnlampe3258]

Say "worm." ... "Worm." ... Say "gear." ... "Gear." Say "worm gear" ... "Cool hwip!"

[@alexanderordinary2110]

Oh ya, bet that windlass hoisted more than anchors. I bet Al Capone used it to haul out crates of whisky with that thang...

[@Stoic-of-Rome]

Opening image of you two look like you are sat in a car preparing to rob a bank!

[@kevinfisher1345]

Galley is limited LOL. That is putting it extremely mildly. I thought a galley was something you cooked in, so does one cook in a sink? About the only appliance I even seen in it. The rest was just shelves. Although the opposite side of the sink, they clearly did some remodeling, so guessing at one point there was something there to actually cook in.

[@obsidianjane2267]

Probably, they didn't really linger on the galley. She might not ever have had a full galley as she was likely a daysailing rich man's toy. Basically the same as an airliner's galley serving prepared meals (cucumber sandwiches on the foredeck anyone?) by the crew.

[@kevinfisher1345]

@@obsidianjane2267 Apparently a toy for one of the owners, so yea I guess it likely would only have been for weekends at best since they had to run the actual business to make more boats I suppose. Still makes me wonder what was originally on the other side of the sink though. A wood / fuel stove maybe .. although seen no signs for a flu vent patched up.

[@davidgrenis638]

I HAVE A 1924 SEARS CRAFTSMAN COTTAGE HOME SO I SEE THE CONNECTION TO THE TIME PERIOD . DAVID ADAM GRENIS BOULDER COLORADO.

[@russellj.6708]

That is actually called a "Quick Acting Watertight Scuttle". At least that's what we called them in the Navy.

[@SailingEderra666]

I just came to see boats, as you guys, we do in your channel... just saying :)

[@edwiser3547]

I am not familiar with the term "butterfly hatch." We always called them skylight hatches.

[@patrickbaillargeon8051]

I bet you don't like poetry!

[@lydiaajohnson]

Butterfly hatch is the common term for those.

[@DanielWilliams-oi4ss]

I actually think it would be pretty awesome to build a boat that looked like one of Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie homes.

[@WaterTrails]

Very interesting vid! great gatsby era yacht, I doubt if the engine compartment was original, they probably divided part of the main salon (converted to an aft cabin) to house that massive engine. It was common in that day to have it towed by a power boat into open water, rather than have an engine.

[@mysurlytrucker7510]

It would be nice if you say the price at time of Releasing this video is what ever it is .

[@kevinfisher1345]

They always put the price in the description because that they can edit and change later, and they NEVER give the price in the video for the same reason, because that they can not later edit if the price ever changes. They have stated this numerous times. FYI, at this time the price is listed as 40k.

[@richardbedard1245]

Is it a good idea to refer to any part of a boat as "Titanic"?

[@jamesinkeys]

Asking 40K seems like a great deal, for such a classic yacht!... Play millionaire yachtsman, for the ladies...

[@TheRuffusMD]

it would cost a lot of money to re build it ...depending on condition you would probably have to strip it bare and the rebuild it using as much original refurbished parts and wood as possible .. that is called a labor of love because you would never get your money back .. i would love to do this

[@fredflintstone9449]

It's only alive today because of high grade steel hull and possible steel top sides too

[@hermitoldguy6312]

So many ways to get a concussion.

[@kz4506]

The boat in its time was not even thought of for living aboard , the boat was built of riveted cast iron and latter welded as years went by glassed for that top finish

[@keithfletcher6123]

Levers are called Highfield levers.

[@treywest268]

Oddly, you would have to pilot it from the side or backwards.