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Ep 67 - We Lost Our Top! Boat Roof Replacement - Part 1 #boatrestoration #topless

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The start of the big work! Today we remove our roof and start to rebuild it!

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About Sarinda - ML1392

Wartime Activities
6/44 Operation Neptune Invasion of Normandy
149th ML Flotilla
ML1295, ML1309, ML1383, ML1387, ML1389, ML1391, ML1392, ML1393, ML1407, ML1409, ML1421. ML1422
6/6/44 Channel Marker at Gold Beach on D-Day
Distributing instructions in the assault anchorage after the first landings in Normandy (Gazette Date - 19/12/44)
6/3/45 Captured a German Biber Type midget submarine off Breskens in the Scheldt Estuary. Eleven Bibers had sortied that day. Four were found abandoned along the coast at North Beveland, Knocke, Domberg and Zeebrugge.
One was sunk by gunfire off Westkapelle on 8 March and five vanished.

Post War Fate
1946 Fast Despatch Boat = FDB73
10/47 HM Customs & Excise = Valiant
1967 Sold = Frol - Pejo
1974 =Sarinda (Charter work on Crinan Canal)
1980-91 Extensive conversion to luxury motor yacht
11/95 Base ported at Liverpool

#roof #deckhead #ukboat #boatrestoration #woodenboat #restoration #boatproject #boat #woodboat #boatrepairs #damagedboat #offgrid

20 Comments

@codemonkey2k5 4 years ago

Gemma's energy is infectious. She's got the type of personality that makes an extravert look like a shut-in.
You guys are so much fun to watch. Thank you both for allowing us in to your lives. :)

@TomSramekJr 4 years ago (edited)

Love the demo shirt. “I’m here to break sh*t.” And, Simon: “I like big boats and I cannot lie…” 😉

@quarlow1215 4 years ago

The more enthusiastic Gemma gets the harder it is to decipher the accent. Lol. Looking good on the roof trusses Simon. Good planning.

@ianlangan6577 4 years ago

The incredible Hulk tearing the boat apart with bare hands 😁

@dadedubbledee 4 years ago (edited)

Yall truly are amazing lol.
It's crazy to think how much work you have put in already and how much rot you have replaced already, it really paints a scary picture of just how close that ship was to the end, now it's gaining strength and beauty as each week passes.

@lbdrummer3 4 years ago

I am shocked at how the old beams are all cobbled together. Guess the shotty workmanship is part of the reason why you have the problems that you are correcting now. This is going to be fantastic when it's finished, you guys are doing it right!

@dandersonjr 4 years ago

I know the web frames are important but I've been waiting a long time for you to do that roof and it looks superb. Bring on Part 2.

@kenneththomason2860 4 years ago

You two are an inspiration to all watching ! Love what you are doing 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🍻🍻

@davidadams007 4 years ago

Can always count on Gemma for the Hovering and painting. Nice to see the blue skies

@KennyP88 4 years ago

No surprise to me, an old boat repairer, to see those old roof beams whacked, slacked and shat in place. The new beams look awesome Simone, you're doing a smashing job!

@clutchcargo2513 4 years ago

You guys are amazing for taking on such a project. As a marine engineer, naval officer and former merchant mariner, I must also tell you that you're killing me! A vessel does not have a roof! In the UK, it is called a deckhead vs. the US where it is called the overhead. You did a fantastic job on the the deck beams and the curvature of said beams is called deck camber or just camber. Also, a boat or ship doesn't have walls! They are called bulkheads. Lastly, the vessel doesn't have stairs. They are called either a ladder or a companionway.

Keep up the good work.

@arthyland 4 years ago

Sarinda is getting a new lid , those beams are looking very sound indeed. It's truly amazing just how much rot there was and
how mixed and matched the older beams were. Awesome job you guys , Sarinda is going to look like the Queen of the Ball when she sets sail.

@westaussiejeff1547 4 years ago

By the time you had finished breaking the shell and bracing the walls I was beaming....amazing work - I'll be back!

@18robsmith 4 years ago

Well, let's have a look....
Gemma got her top off
She got excited
She went all the way
Gemma & Simon went to bed
I'm sure there were even more innuendos in 18 minutes than Round the Horn managed in thirty minutes

@Donna891-10 4 years ago

Hi I'm Simon and I like boats..........LOL Good one. A lot of hoovering on that one. Good job guys.

@billmoran3812 4 years ago

The further you get into this project, the more obvious that the “yacht” conversion in the 80’s was a complete crap job. It certainly wasn’t done by any legitimate shipyard.
You’re doing this the right way. Take it down to the good bones, and build it back soundly. It’s like the old saying, “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time”.