We Bought an Abandoned TRAWLER! One Year Of Boat Renovation in 15 Minutes!
2023 ж. 26 Там.
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This time we gut all the interior of the former cargo hold of our huge project boat.
We rip out the galley, destroy the saloon area, take the cabin apart, remove all the insulation, take down the ceiling and rip out the cabin sole.
It took us over a year but now the former fish room is finally empty!
And we have a blank canvas to build our dream boat.
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From whom do you buy "abandoned" ships?
i think your very brave taking on a project like that , the rust inside the hull was frightening but good luck
You’re completely nuts, and the world would be a sad poor place without the likes of you! Very best wishes with your project!
Thank you very much and welcome aboard Flying Coney!
Heh. Reminds me of when i was a teen. I was a sea scout, and the ship foundation got ahold of a 102 ft former navy torpedo retriever (going from a wood hulled 73 ft ww2 era sonar testing boat) and it was so much work. It took an entire summer of the whole crew caravaning down to socal (naval base ventura county) from the bay area to get it seaworthy enough to make it to santa barbara to the place we got it drydocked and the hill cleaned + new zinc. I was able to make that cruise, but we had to abort the first attempt up the rest of the coast to the san francisco bay area because *_somehow_* water got in our fuel tanks, and we lost all power off the coast and had to get towed back into port by the coast guard. We got her done eventually!
If I was 50 years younger I would have loved to helped but being 73 I can only watch keep up the good work as I will be watching your journey I just noticed we were both born the same year
I have seen every video from the start, but this overview is *really* excellent, tying it all together. Kudos for putting this one together. 👍👍👍👍
You two are genuine 100% heroes. Well done.
Thank you! We hope you've enjoyed the new video format.
@@FlyingConey yes. Very much.
Both of you are just unbelievable in your determination, honesty and editing each and every episode. To say thanks is an injustice. To admire your individual concerns, likes and friendship is most appropriate. So - let us ALL get to work, together, and assemble a sailing ship.
I'm 78 and I got tired just watching all the work in the video!
Me too! I'm 76 and I've done all that--and it is exhausting to watch!
Being that I am from a way more lazy generation I got tired as well . I have been redueing a 24 foot pontoon and that’s enough for me . 1/8 inch calcium scale is a bitch to get off I have been using a brush wheel .
I'm with the commenter from a few weeks ago; y'all are insane, and I really REALLY want you to succeed as this project. Take care of that little lady, and she'll take care of you. Best wishes and good luck!
We found out two things within the last week. First is that she really was a very beautiful, fast, capable sailing ship. She even had a fully square rigged forward mast. But we're still in the phase were we realize how much work it will be to bring her back to former glory.
This was a wonderful recap. Thank you for your hard work.
Happy u guys haven't given up and are doing a proper refit / build.
We do our best to rescue this old lady!
A old ship, A restoration project and a good cause and amazing mustache 10/10 would join you for a voyager any day, currently studying to be a ships engineer loved the video!
The space will look even better when you apply a rust converter solution and finally paint it a light color. The repairs to the frames can be made easily now and will ensure a strong hull for all of your renovations. I'm surprised you don't have more followers as this channel is rather unique in many ways. Thanks for all of your efforts to produce these videos.
Thank you! We've planned to use a product called FLUID FILM and PERMA SHIELD. Both are based on sheep wool fat. A soft coating has many benefits on a riveted hull. The only downside is that it's not as pretty as a hull coated with paint. But with a rust converter you wouldn't reach all of the rust.
I agree that they are good rust inhibiting films. Beware of odors from films in confined spaces and you may need several applications for complete protection. The films aren't pretty but maintenance is greatly simplified. From my research they instantly stop the progression of the rusting process and should work like magic.
Since this product is made from wool fat the odor shouldn't be that bad. Let's hope... A soft grease based coating is what they've used 73 years ago when building the ship. And assuming that it never was re done the hull still looks good. Another option would be OVATROL but that's way more expensive and really the only benefit would be that it would be possible to use paint above it. So yes it's prettier. PERMA SHIELD is also available in aluminium color so let's hope that will do the trick. By the way we're not sponsored by this brand.
If you are fitting out the interior no-one will ever see the hull. Painting would look nice but still need maintenance down the road. The more we talk about it I think you are on the right track with the fluid film approach. My only other concern would be the fire hazard if the film were to be exposed to flame. That and any toxic smoke caused by its burning. I know some marine authorities are very sensitive to novel solutions on "passenger ships"
@@FlyingConeyThat Fluid Film is like hand cream! Much nicer that many of the products I've worked with. I would have thought that it could go over the rust converter, though.
I really enjoy your enthusiasm and perseverance ! Thank you !
I love what you all are doing to that beautiful old ocean-going vessel. She deserves a second chance she's part of history. When you all bought her, she was on life support and dying quickly. And as someone who was raised in the Honduran Bay islands, it does my heart good to see what you all are doing, every repeat.
I think the way we're doing it is probably the only way of rescuing this type of ship. If you hire out the labor a refit would cost millions. But you wouldn't refit such a ship if you have millions in the first place. But it gives us the opportunity to save a boat that never was the star of the fleet. But she somehow managed to not get scraped at least 5 times. She has a great hull and step by step she will become our dream boat.
Great summary of all your hard work to date!!
This video took me back to when I worked for a company that built and repaired large commercial and military ships. You guys definitely ended up with a much larger project than you thought. I am glad to see you kept it and still plan on rebuilding it.
Best wishes on your sailboat recreation challenge! I'm genuinely happy for you. I'll be eagerly following the upcoming episodes of your adventure all the way from Brazil.
Congratulations on your first year together with the boat!
Wonderful recap and update. The interior spaces looks massive now and you have so much area to work with when deciding how to lay it out. I'm enjoying the journey with you as you move forward in the refit. Thank you for letting us follow along.
At the moment we're really busy. But we hope later this year we have the time to draw a plan and show you what we imagine for the interior. We really enjoy making this videos, especially this story driven ones. Let's hope KZhead picks it up.
You two are doing a brilliant job! More well-restored sail-training ships are needed and you are doing your utmost to take your well-deserved place in this market. I wish you strength, enthusiasm, good health and high spirits for 2024 and a long, busy life for Flying Coney.
Incredible work guys. I enjoy watching your journey and very hard work. After seeing the open plan area, it's going to be epic once finished. And I believe you both have what it will take to bring her back. Good luck and thank you for all your videos👍
Superb précis in every respect, one of my favourite episodes since the beginning. What a monumental undertaking and mind blowing journey it has been……..so far! I admire your calm and methodical approach to all the problems no matter how major they are. What an inspiration the two of you are. All the very best for the next chapter.
Sooooooooo looking forward to the next one !
She's the best looking CIA agent ever,
Awesome recap guys.. Love it 😀 ❤
thank you for the perfect summary ❤
Amazingly done! I can’t wait to see how you rebuild her!
Thanks for your lovely comment!
I wish you all the best with the project!
PS: At 4:37 you can see Barbara doing some navigational tasks. Do you like navigation? I do as I find it fascinating what you can learn about our planet with this skill, how things work. The moon and the sun play important rules, too!
Fabulous! This so qualifies for our #onemiilionboater pledge to change one thing which helps reduce ocean pollution! Repair, restore, recycle. Keeps a boat out of the landfill. Kudos!
You guys are amazing. The large task to take on but you’re gonna have a beautiful home when your done.
The size and the amount of work that goes into each and every task surprises us every time. Last week we put new primer on the wheelhouse roof (small spoiler) Well, how long can it take? One hour? Two hours? I painted 6 hours 🤪 That's the reason why this video was uploaded a little bit later than usual.
I’m an ex trawlerman, and I wish u the very best of luck. She will look amazing when fully under sail 👍✌️🇬🇧
Hello to both of you, what is fascinating is to see the colossal work that you have undertaken to save this sailboat... magnificent courage that it took for both of you not to give up... indeed it there is something to be said for seeing the rusty prop on the entire hull... we can only wish you the best, and congratulations again for not having given up... you can be very proud later to have repaired and completely rebuilt this boat just with your efforts...good luck for the future and courage...!!
Dear Barbara and Daniël, Without the very last part of this vlog where the whole interior of Flying Coney is gone and where Barbara is standing on the ballast construction of Flaying Coney what seems to be made out of concrete, we’ve seen all already never the less the report of what you’ve done up till now was nice to see. Willeke and I wish you both lots of success with the rest of the refit of this historical ship in your harbor in Germany and send you love from the Netherlands
I really like the tempo of this video, think you found your story rhythm.
14:15 The Goëtheborg Tshirt! A salute from a l'Hermione topman!
good luck guys looking forward to seeing how all this 'plays' out..
To get rid of the rest of the rust on the interior, you could get a sand blaster, then follow up with some protective coating.
You shouldn't sand blast a riveted hull.
Great job
Amazing.
This is your best video EVER! I can't wait to see what happens next.
Yay! Thank you! 👍 It means a lot since we really put a lot of effort into this particular video.
You two can do it! Only look forward and think of the finished job which will be fantastic. I have built and rebuilt many boats over the years and attitude is what takes for you get through the hard parts. Rome was not built in a day !!
Great to see all the progress we watched over the months, look forward to this old girl becoming a beauty.
For us it was very interesting to see how much we have changed during this first year of refining Flying Coney. How we approach things. And of course how effective this multi head screwdriver aka multitool aka crowbar got over the time.
@@FlyingConey A lot of work, the good thing seems to be the saving part, you both have got the ship more than half way there in a short time, it's looking great & plenty of material to cling on to, a massive job some people would have walked away from, so glad you two are so strong minded, it will become a massive reward for all your hard work.
Your ship is beautiful! She looks very comfortable.
Great job! Please make entrance to the hull accessibele when reconstructing the interior
This is going to be epic once done...
I am looking forward to new adventures. I have seen all the videos from the beginning and still appreciated the review episode.
Thank you! The problem is we don't get new people on the channel anymore. It went from 1400 subscriber a month down to 300. The real time updates we posted before completely underperformed. But ripping out the last bit of insulation and the cabin sole and cleaning everything to the point you've seen in the video took us 6 days so there was new content in this video. We just wanted to give you a start to finish experience.
Well done guys! took me 3 years to restore my Columbia 36, but got there in the end!
Fantastic job 👏 keep going guys
Fabulous work well done
Nice, I often walked past this ship in Urk, but never knew what was happening on board.
wow!!!!! dedication!!!!!
The first 14 minutes were really depressing. The last minute saved it. Ahhh .. . life.... afloat.
You have a blanc canva to start creating what you are aming for! Well done and good luck!
WOW, now the future will be very interesting. I wish you very good times with this project. And I have to say that you are making very good videos that are very interesting to watch. Thank you for sharing this project with us. (sorry my English, I am from Finland and I do not use Google translator)
nice review
Bravi ragazzi! Ottimo lavoro, complimenti 🎉
Wonderful video ! Impressive work !
Wow!
With boats, the hull is the first to go. With houses, the foundation and the roof are the first priority.
Lovely boat enjoy
You seem to have a good strong boat there, despite all the rust and pitting. A friend delivered a steel schooner from Florida to the Uk--and the boatyard sandblasted through the hull in a number of spots! You are fortunate!
First of all thank you and our hull is relatively strong. But blasting through a few spots while sandblasting isn't necessarily a big deal. Especially oder steel isn't that homogen as modern ones. So if a pitting meets an imperfection and one of those rusty spots you punch through. But the important thing is leaks like that develop over time, it starts wearing first and you have to haul out. Also you can fix almost everything on a steel hull and it really depends on the overall condition of the whole ship.
Just subscribed - fabulous journey you are on!!
wow
Very nice.
good job
Good luck to you follow your dreams
Interesting first video(for myself), it's certainly a huge project so best of luck to you both!
It's great how many found our channel through this video. It was underperforming for a few months and since we put a lot of effort into this particular video that wasn't easy. Suddenly it got picked by the algorithm and now there's just one more thing to say: Welcome aboard Rohan!
Are you planning to use a naval architect for elements of the refit?
Wonderful saving her… but wow that’s a lot of work!
Most people think the money is the biggest problem. But it's getting enough time to get the work done. It doesn't help that we also make videos.
Cool video! My condolences for the fact that you had to visit Urk. ;)
Big boat no bow thrusters all skills and deft hands
"I have no bow thruster" 😆
amazing
this is something ive wanted to do now for years! ive been looking for the perfect ship. :p
I'm looking forward to you sailing into the Great Lakes in the U.S. To Duluth Minnesota so i may tour your vessel and meeting you both if your planning on this type of trip !
We do want to make a circumnavigation once we're finished with the refit. One benefit of a sailing ship is that you can make longer passages and we really really want to go sailing again
You guys are gonna have plenty of room for all the crew you'll need to sail that behemoth.
Or for a bowling alley... No we've a 12 guests + 3 crew configuration in mind. Real sail training and bunks in the foreship.
@@FlyingConey Nice plan. Hit me up if you ever find yourselves near Cape Cod. My family and I would love to come aboard for a sailing cruise on a giant old boat.
Ah yes, bilge water, makes GREAT coffee!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Great summary of the work to date. Will you be using some rust-proofing paint or pitch on the inside of the boat's hull?
We will probably use a wool fat based fluid coating. Well proven in ballast tanks.
After over a decade at sea on various bluewater ships and vessels, I can honestly say that internal hull cladding gives me the heebie jeebies every time I see it. Paint is by far the quickest and easiest way to see damage early - especially white paint (rust and mould shows up strong on white paint). It blisters far earlier than any penetrating damage occurs (it blisters with increased moisture between the paint layers and the hull plate, or in bad cases, due to corrosion on the hull plate itself). That's why it's used so extensively in many naval and merchant fleets world wide. The other option I often see that is good is the use of insulated panelling - so when the hull surveyors come onboard, it's simply a case of removing an entire panel (such as a cupboard backing) to see the hull on the other side, no demolition necessary. So pitting and corrosion can be tackled in their very early stages, far before whole hull plates need replacing.
We will blast the hull and apply paint. We've not decided about insulation but probably insulation on removable panels is the way to go. The cork insulation together with more than 10 years neglect turned out to be a huge problem but it has to be said, nothing that can't be repaired.
@@FlyingConey a wise move! And yes, steel is a great material to work with long term - easy to repair, easy to replace, just needs a little regular TLC, although a lot less than wooden hulls, it must be said! I've seen some pretty busted up hulls limping into port with chocks keeping them afloat, only to sail away a few weeks later good as new! Great material, steel.
You know there is a special air tool for rust/paint removal? Its a tool with multiple needles who create a kind of sandblast effect. Hope it helps!! Cheers
Thanks! Yes, a needle scaler. Fun fact, we do have one that came with the boat. But for big scales of rust there's nothing better than the air chisel. Also the needles can push the rust into the steel and over time you get this old steel look you see at our boat above the waterline.
I’m sure In one of your videos, you mentioned about lowering the cabin roof. Because you’re converting the boat to a sailing boat. If she was a sailing boat at one time, it looked as that didn’t interfere with the sails. Love the videos👍👍
Yeah, that's because the wheelhouse was lower back then and also the aft cabin wasn't there.
You have my sympathy. I have had to deal with internal rust myself. But not on a boat that big. Terrible job, never seems to end.
WOW😅...that dwarfs the projects on my 38 ft sailboat (=house)😊. But a wonderful dream and vision for this old lady. And it will succeed!!!👍💪💪👊 I will follow it with great interest!!! Und... Segle mit dem Wind von heute!!! Denn der Wind von gestern wird dich nicht weiterbringen.... Und der Wind von morgen bleibt vielleicht aus.... Also segle mit dem Wind von heute!!!
Will you be painting the interior of the hull with rust preventative paint ? Looks great
Once the frames are welded we will use a wool fat based coating called FLUID FILM it's also used for ballast water tanks and undercoating for old-timers. It's great against rust.
Bedankt
Thank you again! Your donation put a huge smile on our face and it makes it so much easier to edit the new video. It will be about how much money it is to run the boat. All the best!
I would leave that firebox there so in winter you can use it keep inside Hull dry and warm
I wish you well with your next endeavors with flying coney I'm sure when you finish her she will be better than before
Thank you very much!
Nice, you are on the same warf as we in december '22. Hoekman We are owners of another fishing vessel, TX51 Twei Woiven sr..
Amazing. I wonder, do you have a target date for the entire project to be completed? Or to you have target dates for the different sections?
Always longer than expected. But it's about 2-3 years if we have the funds to be constantly working on the boat like we do now. So it really depends on if we manage to make a living from YT or not. I really how we can because I love making these videos and sharing the whole story with you guys.
Are you 2 gonna prime and paint the outer hall ❤
Amazing video, I can’t believe your guises perseverance for taking on such a huge project. I don’t know if you’ve seen a KZhead channel by the name of Sampson Boat Co., but you remind me of them.
Thank you for saying that. Leo Sampson Goolden inspired us to share the story on KZhead. Great channel!
curious to know total cost at the end plus initial purchase price
Holy rust
We don't have a rust problem, we've plenty of it. You need some?
Air hammering that would have been a nightmare.
Maybe you should’ve named the boat Ambitious!
10:41 Sickness 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Honestly, been wanting to buy a boat like this myself and get it ready to sail the 7 seas once I retire, as I would like to travel the world. Any tips you could give a young greenhorn like me for something like this?
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From the thumbnail I was expecting a ship of theseus situation