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Norfolk Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'
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Boatbuilder. Sailor. Building the first new trading wherry since 1912.
Sailing the Norfolk Broads on the historic trading wherry Albion! Cantley to Ludham 2024.
From Cantley, through Breydon Water and the bridges of Great Yarmouth, back up to Albion's base in Ludham. www.gofundme.com/f/building-lady-garnet-early-funding
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Ep. 3 - A Home for Building Lady Garnet!
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Good news! After a long delay, I've finally sorted a place to build Lady Garnet! gofund.me/4fb646ef
Ep. 2 - Building Lady Garnet - The Plans for a Trading Wherry
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gofund.me/48fadc8d In this episode, I'm taking a closer look at the drawings for Lady Garnet, and I also continue work on Lady Garnet's dinghy.
We BROKE our forestay! Three Rivers Race (3RR) 2024
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Gusty conditions on the Norfolk Broads for the 63rd Three Rivers Race forced 40% of the starting fleet to retire, including us!
The first new Norfolk Trading Wherry in 112 years! - Ep.1 - Building Lady Garnet
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gofund.me/977d5f85 BuildingLadyGarnet/ Welcome! I'm Don McDermott, and I'm building a 59ft (18m) wooden sailboat - a historic British cargo vessel, the Norfolk Trading Wherry. If you would like to donate to the project, please visit the fundraising link above, or you can find me on Patreon. Any contributions, likes, shares and so forth will be gratefully received!
Steaming in the garboard planks! - Ep. 12 - Building a wooden clinker sailing dinghy
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It's time to start planking the hull! Also, make sure you subscribe for next week's big announcement.
Giving the boat some shape! - Ep. 11 - Building a wooden clinker sailing dinghy
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Instagram: don_mcdermott_boatbuilder Facebook: DonTheBoatbuilder In this episode, I'm setting up the station moulds and using battens to mark where the planks will lie. Cameo from Gus, the puppy.
Riding the Severn Valley Steam Railway! 2024 Spring Steam Gala
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Kidderminster to Highley and back again on engines #29 and #21C127 'Taw Valley.' More train details in video.
Threading silicon bronze bolts - Ep. 8 - Building a wooden clinker dinghy
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In this video I'm showing you how to use a die and die rod to make the bolts that will hold together the backbone of my boat.
The larch boat planking arrives! - Ep.7 - Building a wooden dinghy
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1:11 Finishing the transom 2:33 Shaping the stern knee 6:25 The larch planks are delivered 8:16 Fastening the hog onto the keel
Hilarious Woodpigeon taking a bath!
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This is our resident Woodpigeon, Watson. He has been coming to our yard since, I believe, 2015. He and his mate, Priscilla, eat peanuts out of our hands, jealously defend our garden as their territory, and always nest nearby. They are basically our pets!
A new plank for Excelsior (almost)
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Earlier this week I went to Oulton Broad to help shape a new plank for the Lowestoft fishing smack Excelsior. Sadly had to head back home to my day job (more boatbuilding, of course!) before we got the plank steamed in, but here are some photos of the work, plus some shots of Horace and Hannah, restored by the Excelsior Trust, and City of Edinboro, a rare example of a working boat fastened with...
Shaping the mahogany keel - Ep. 6 - Building a wooden sailing dinghy
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I'm back to work on the keel and hog, shaping them both, cutting the bevels for the garboard planks and making the slot for the centreboard case.
Record-breaking floods on the Thames - Bourne End underwater
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Record-breaking floods on the Thames - Bourne End underwater
Shaping the Transom! - Ep. 5 - Building a wooden sailing boat
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Shaping the Transom! - Ep. 5 - Building a wooden sailing boat
Official Music Video - Keep Christmas - Don McDermott
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Official Music Video - Keep Christmas - Don McDermott
Routes - Official Music Video - Don McDermott
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Routes - Official Music Video - Don McDermott
This is what we build a boat around! - Ep. 3 - Building a wooden sailing dinghy
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This is what we build a boat around! - Ep. 3 - Building a wooden sailing dinghy
Racing sailboats! Thames A-Rater 'Tara' at the Club Championships
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Racing sailboats! Thames A-Rater 'Tara' at the Club Championships
What IS lofting, anyway? - Ep. 2 - Building a wooden sailing dinghy
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What IS lofting, anyway? - Ep. 2 - Building a wooden sailing dinghy
Don McDermott - Around the Corner (Official Music Video)
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Don McDermott - Around the Corner (Official Music Video)
Swan Upping - A Historic Thames Tradition!
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Swan Upping - A Historic Thames Tradition!
What is it like to sail an 125-year-old Norfolk Wherry?
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What is it like to sail an 125-year-old Norfolk Wherry?
Norfolk Trading Wherry 'Albion' - River sailing on the Waveney
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Norfolk Trading Wherry 'Albion' - River sailing on the Waveney
#newmusic Around the Corner promo #countrymusic
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#newmusic Around the Corner promo #countrymusic
can you launch it on roller bags
That would be great, rollers would be very traditional, but unfortunately it would be impossible from the boatyard. I had a meeting with a crane company this morning though and things look fairly positive, awaiting official confirmation though.
@@buildingladygarnet can you sling it at 45 degrees to get the beam to 11 feet
Is the space in the lift
@@peterradclyffe8056 Peter, once again, really good suggestion, which I appreciate! But again, it wouldn't be possible at the yard. It's not only the hoist that isn't wide enough, the actual hoist bay is very narrow as well. But it's fine anyway now! I have had an email this morning from the mobile crane company confirming that they can lift the boat in, swinging it out past the hoist bay. It will take an enormous crane and getting it into the yard will be tight as our road is quite narrow as well, but they have confirmed that they can do it, which is wonderful news.
@@buildingladygarnet do you understand what i am saying, tilt the hull at 45 degrees
Wherry entertaining ❤
Haha
@@buildingladygarnet 👍 my moto’s “Aim to please - shot to kill - take no prisoners” 😳🤣🤣🤣🤣
I fully agree with you, that the sight of sails drifting serenely over the land is a beautiful thing!
Possibly a silly question but If you're going upriver, and have to lower the mast to get under a bridge, how do you keep moving forward? Do you have enough momentum to keep going, or does someone need to get out and push 😅
Not a silly question at all! So there's a few ways to do it. One way is to "shoot" the bridge. Basically you keep sailing until you are very close to the bridge, then drop sail and mast quickly and your momentum carries you through. Wherries, particularly when laden with 40 tons, will keep going for a long ways! Another way is to pole the boat along with quants. Or you can switch on the engine in the dinghy like we did, but this is not the traditional way! Using chains like I suggested is only good if you are going with the ebbing tide in Yarmouth, it would not work against the stream of course.
God, thank you for the reminders, Cantley sugar beet factory and the Reedham Ferry Inn. The hours spent quanting...... The Reedham rail bridge is sadly short of a coat of paint, isn't it ? Regards
That was my first time seeing the Reedham rail bridge, and my first thought was, that could do with a lick of paint, couldn't it!
@@buildingladygarnet For the rail operator it's a bit awkward, so out of sight and out of mind perhaps ....... ? A deep maroon maybe ? Regards
@@ourfarmhouseinspain Indeed. I've gone over the bridge dozens of times on the train and it looks fine from there! I like the idea of maroon, that would be nice.
@@buildingladygarnet The next message will be from the rail operator: ' Thank you for your interest, and we'll be happy to let you tackle the work. We will pay the going rate and supply the paint and brushes, but you'll need to bring your own stepladders. When can you start ....?'. Regards
Haha! Well, I'm pretty well qualified at painting, so if they do get in touch, I just might take them up on the offer!
Lovely sailing... rain only adds flavor~
Very true, I quite enjoy sailing in the rain (except the day I forgot my waterproofs... haven't made that mistake again!)
Nice video. Are you familiar with the small dutch pushboats that were used with old sailing barges. One of them might be nicer than a dinghy with an outboard.
Thanks! I'm not familiar with the pushboats, I will have to look into them!
@@buildingladygarnet Google duwbootje. They are steel, about 3-4m long with a single cylinder inboard diesel
Thanks, will do!
I was interested in boatbuilding... so bye
If you have been here before you will know that Albion is the inspiration for building Lady Garnet.
Boatbuilding will be back in the next video. But I do post some sailing videos as well.
If you are only interested in boatbuilding why watch a video titled Sailing the Norfolk Broads on the historic trading wherry Albion? Good riddance.
Great news! I can’t wait to see all those trees being repurposed. Let the wood chips fly!
An hour of video from the Albion trip would be fine by me 😊. Looking forward to the coming years of coverage.
Thank you Maurice! :)
Cheers!
Well, sorry about the local council causing difficulties (though from my studies of Yes Minister I believe that IS their job 😆😬), but it sounds like the boatyard might be better anyway. Hope the crane is strong enough for your full-sized wherry, and look forward to seeing more videos as you finish your dingy!
Haha, Yes Minister is a fabulous show, and I'm inclined to think it's very accurate! I will try to do a video update on the dinghy soon.
Good news! Yeah, it's gotta be full width. Please get on with the dinghy!! It seems silly but it's a proper wooden boat, even if a tiny one, and some people really love this stuff!
Yes, will do! I've been carrying on with work on the dinghy, but have been so busy I haven't had much time to do filming/editing. But I will make it a priority to do a video update on the planking soon.
I hate how stupid "commissions" get to tell people what they can and cannot do with their own damn land. It's amazing that as a society we tolerate letting a few random people control our lives in such detail when it harms no one else.
I may be completely wrong, or out of date on this, but I seem to remember that Farmers have some kind of planning carve out and are able to build BARNS. If I recall correctly, they had a right to build them as required, and did not need planning permission. If this IS the case, perhaps the planning authority, given a choice between a permanent Barn, and a temporary Marquee, might have another . . . . . think. May be worth an enquiry.
The problem is, having already done the pre-application advice, the only way I could re-open the discussion would be to actually submit the application, which is not cheap. Considering how unlikely it would be to succeed at this stage, I think it's better to just make thing work with the boatyard. In some ways the boatyard is a better option anyway, just so long as I don't have to scale down the boat size... Hopefully I will know the answer to that this week!
Very happy to see this project coming along, albeit slowly, but steadily! Even though I've never set foot on the Broads, nor am I remotely English, I wholeheartedly wish to see Lady Garnet built and launched! I'm very fond of traditional/regional sailing boats. Being from Southern France, I'm very attached to our lovely "pointu" and I can definitely relate to your passion of trading wherries as part of your (adopted) regional heritage. I wish you the best of luck and I will be eagerly awaiting further updates!
Thank you! I'm getting impatient to actually start some proper work, but you know how it is, the bigger the project, the longer the prep work takes!
Great update! I look forward to the build starting. I hope you are able to stick to your original dimensions for Lady Garnet.
Thanks Jake! Hopefully I will be able to confirm the dimensions next week.
sorry but pushing a wherry against an ebbing tide is a travesty they never had the luxury of an engine back in the day why cant they be used properly my wife and i crewed on albion 25 years ago it was an issue i felt then i used to encourage the use of the quants and the visitors in general loved it all mostly having a go please do not fall into this trap if you ever complete your build i wish you all the luck we did at one point look into raising the steel wherry Uranus which lies in Bargate broad it had been attempted some years ago i felt it would make an interesting project as she would have been the oldest wherry afloat but time has passed, but the last time i saw her she still looks sound in the hull being iron they used to call them tin pots sailed terribly cold in winter roasting in summer but still part of the history of the broads.
Hello John, you are certainly not alone in this view! I am a quanting enthusiast, and there are skippers for Albion who are very keen to keep using the quants, I think in this case it was decided that as Yarmouth can be quite deep, the quants would not be very effective. I think the proper way would have been to use chains, but those are definitely not very popular! I have never gotten the chance to use chains. I certainly intend to use wind, tide and quants as much as possible on Lady Garnet as I like to be traditional. That's interesting about Uranus, perhaps someday she will be raised. I am strictly a wooden boatbuilder though so it will have to be someone else! :)
Not heard of Uranus of Bargate before. Is she in the bay with the other wherries?
Hello Don, Good to see you back, As access to the Thames is fairly restricted from your boatyard, perhaps you could draw inspiration for a mob handed launching by Lias Wardani who builds wooden boats on the east coast of Borneo, Indonesia. 😃 He posted a YT video 2 years ago. Search: Wooden boat launching fishing model up 7 pieces long 17 meters wide 2.5 meters. This is his boatyard. The man is industrious & ingenious. www.google.com/maps/@1.1671209,118.7683618,3a,15.6y,115.65h,85.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAP4_vPEEaJyrcIf42qL1ig!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDgyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D Cordially, Perry
We are felling some standing dead elm trees soon will they be of use to you.
Thanks, although I don't think I need any elm at the moment, and I haven't anywhere to store it, which is the main problem! Once I build the tent for Lady Garnet I will be more on the lookout for timber.
@@buildingladygarnet just to let you know my woodyard is riverside at bottom of docket Eddy Lane shepperton.
@@surreyarborist Thanks! That's not far from me.
I think the fear with the council is that a tent erected for any length of time on agricultural land could legally be argued as a barn, once established as a barn it could then be converted to living accommodation . Even if they genuinely believed that the farmer in question would never pull such a stunt it would open up a precedence for less scrupulous land owners to develop green belt land. However it would seem that our charming new government is going to scrap the green belt rule so I would not be too hasty in giving up on the idea just yet. My other thought is that you might purchase a heavy duty lorry chassis place four large jacks close to the corners place it in situ , build a temporary scaffold off the chassis as a work platform and a support for your temporary roof. jack the chassis level and the chassis should provide a stable rigid level area to construct LG this might work at either location. and might circumnavigate your council rules. Thinking about it one of those very large heavy duty four wheel tow bar lorry trailers might do the trick. Of course there are certain rules covering the storage of large road transport rigs which would need to be checked but trailers are a normal part of agricultural practice. and could be labeled as a mobile sheep shearing rig/lambing shed that has been temporarily repurposed. Of course there is another option if I dare mention, move to the broads and build LG here.
Thanks for all this David. That's an interesting point you bring up, that they might have been worried about setting a precedent. I did laugh (in a pained way) at all the talk about how my little temporary tent was "harmful" to the greenbelt, knowing that it's likely that in, say, five years, that entire field will have been sold and turned into a housing development, probably regardless of which government is in power. But it's all fine, if the mobile crane company have a look at the boatyard and confirm that they can do the lift into the river from there, then I can go ahead and build Lady Garnet full size. And yes, the Broads are tempting, I love it there, but... my job is on the Thames, and also I'm not sure it would have been any easier to find a place for the build in Norfolk.
I prepare to make restoration of 19 century wooden manor house for the client and have similar problem. Temporary means 180 days for tent shead. And I nead it for 2-3 years. U do not make boat shorter. Buld it nire the gate wher can be load for boat truck and splash it in diferent place.
Yes, it's an odd thing that anything that's up longer than 180 days is legally regarded as "permanent."
@@buildingladygarnet I supose is same in all Europe, but I understud this. U can be honest, I can be honest, but for custom worker all nead to be equal and lot of people are no honest. Longer then half of year is dificult for clerks to veryfy. Lot of people will put trailers or other „temporary” shead or cabins to live in it pass the permit. In Poland we have problem with this in for example valuable for tourism and recreation places. Is one of reason I will have problem with thos 100m2 tent, is on popular kayak river.
Very true. It's the people that try to cheat the rules that make it worse for people like us.
This reminds me of when I lived in Warwick and walked along the canal towpath on my way to work in Leamington Spa and back. There is, or was at that time, a boat builder on the canal that built wide beam, steel-hulled dutch barge style boats that were far too large even to get under the nearby bridges and I wondered many time as I walked past, how on earth they moved the boats. Well, there was a hull being built at the time and I saw her put into the water for fitting out whilst a new hull was started on the land. the work progressed and then one morning, the boat was no longer at the yard. She had gone. Utterly intrigued I visited the boat yard that same day and asked how they moved the boat. They told me that a local crane company came and hoisted they completed boats out of the water, over the boat shed and onto a specially made road trailer in their front yard. Once that was completed and the boat lashed down then was driven to the appropriate docks for launching into the sea or river or where ever the customer wanted. Even so I was dubious since the roads in that area were quite narrow and the load was a wide load requiring warning vehicles in front of and behind the truck, but they assured me that this was how they had always done it and it worked well. So, take heart, option one is most certainly possible as the hull I saw exceeded the dimensions you had laid out for Lady Garnet, probably by a considerable margin. [Edit] I've just checked and the boatyard is still there, it's Delta Marine Services and their web site shows a number of the boats that they have built over the last 30 years.
Thank you for this, really good to hear that! I am hoping to have a meeting with the crane company next week and will hopefully have an update soon.
Temporary farm building I’m surprised maybe you shouldn’t have asked!😂
This was the thing that annoyed me the most. We were told that if the owner wanted to build a permanent farm building, the same size as my tent, in the exact same place, it would likely have been approved! Now, how does that work... The trouble with not asking is that if any neighbour complains and the site gets investigated, you're in major trouble. Fortunately, the boatyard is probably a better location anyway, so it's all good.
Are you sure you want to begin a multi-year project in England?
Yes, of course!
I'm looking forward to see Lady Garnet being built. God speed! Would it be an option to put her on a trailer and get her to a bigger hoist bay?
Thank you! I forgot to mention it in the video, but the exit road at the boatyard is only 12 feet wide, so there would be no way to get Lady Garnet out by road either! But I'm pretty sure the mobile crane idea will work, hopefully will set up the meeting with them next week.
Yes - Leo got chased all over the USA because local NIMBYs didn't want a polythene tent in their field of view. A boatyard does seem the best place to build a .....boat. I look forward to the sailing footage to come.....!
Quite true. My biggest concern with the original location was the neighbours across the street, so yes, I think the boatyard is a better place.
This is nothing to do with Nimbys. As there was no Planning Application there would have been no Notice posted, and so the public would have been unaware of the proposal. It is entirely down to the local authority working within their own Planning Policy and the National Planning Framework. As an architect this is the sort of stuff I have to deal with all the time, and frustrating as it is, these sort of decisions are why we still have some countryside left.
@@MikeAG333 You are correct, it was entirely the decision of the LPA. Personally, I'm a keen supporter of the greenbelt, and I didn't feel that a temporary tent was a problem, because after I finished the boat, the land would have reverted back to exactly as it was before. I even gave them a specific date. Meanwhile we have planning applications being accepted for permanent buildings on greenbelt floodplains with chalk streams (and yes, that's an actual thing that happened a couple years ago in our village, and is still a sore point for many of us). So it was very frustrating to see that complete lack of consistency.
He had to move from private property to a boatyard after building for a few years.
CALL LEO.....
I haven't got his phone number! :)
CALL LEO, NOW.........................
URGENT PLEASE CONTACT LEO ON TALLY HO; 7 YEARS OF VIDEO / BUILD. ALSO FUNDING, LOFTING, TIMBER AND FITTINGS,,,,,,,
CALL LEO NOW,,,,,,,,
URGENT CONTACT LEO ON TALLY-HO........RE FUNDING AND LOFTING METHODS ETC
Grew up with Beach Boys music here in the UK. Evokes memories of my youth.
They had some great songs! :)
Well done sir. I will follow your progress avidly. I'm British and I still use feet and inches. Good luck.
Thank you! Another video is coming soon.
There's 3 sail cargo vessel in the pacific trading mixed domestic cargos and island supplies
Hello, would your design be able to carry standard shipping containers? Or does it require a return to break-bulk cargo?
Hello Alex, height is the issue for standard shipping containers, as they are usually around eight feet tall, which is too high for Lady Garnet. So yes, she will carry break-bulk.
Yes, you really need to buck those rivets.Somewhere i have a special clamp with a u-shaped top that fits around the rivet, allowing access and the back has a single arm that fits over the head of the rivet, not that that helps you, but maybe you could find one over there. Or maybe a local smithy could make one for you. Looking forward to seeing your progress!
Here in the Netherlands you still see fully laden barges, up to 3000 tonnes, with the gangways (side decks) under water.
Now that's interesting. May I ask, are these barges old vessels, or newer builds? In the UK, vessels built before a certain year (1967, I believe) are not necessarily subject to the same rules that new builds are. At least, that's my current understanding of it.
@@buildingladygarnet I play cards with a retired (lady) skipper & I asked her today. It's not dependent on the age of the ship, nor whether it's on the canals & rivers or the Schelde & IJsselmeer. Ships are marked with an eik (Plimsoll line). Water up to the den (hatch combings) is OK. For practical purposes you still need to be ab le to walk along the gangways.
@@rowejon Thanks for the info, it seems odd that the Dutch and British rules would be so different, I will have to have a further talk with the British authorities to make sure that they have given me the correct information.
Hi don a tad off topic, i have an enterprise dinghy with the sail no 1134 i was wondering if you would be able to find out her age ( must be pretty old with the relatively low number) i have tried to find out but cannot find it anywhere. many thanks and good luck on your project!
I have found a knowledgeable fellow who tells me that sail #1134 would probably have been built in 1958, which is just two years after the class was founded!
@@buildingladygarnet thanks!
@@buildingladygarnet it really is incredible that these old boats are still going, she is still completely structurally sound (besides for some smallish quantities of rot) any idea how on earth that glue is still holding,😂 there is one aspect to these old holt styles i dont understand, what practical us do those enormous decks do ( besides looking pretty;-) seems to be a desighn feature in many holt desighns
@@buildingladygarnet eg gp14, enterprise, heron, solo, merlin rocket, and others
@@buildingladygarnet any idea what glue and fasteners would have been used around that time?
This is really interesting to watch and I admire you doing this in cramped conditions and unblessed by the magnificent facilities available to another boat builder we all know, though I don't mean to detract anything from the achievement with Tally Ho . One thing occurs to me. As this is a small boat, wouldn't it be easier to build the hull upside down ? Disclaimer; I know nothing about boat building !
Thanks for your kind words Tom, glad you are enjoying the build. You bring up an interesting point, as there is something of a debate about whether it is easier to build a small boat right-side up or upside down. At the boatbuilding college I went to, all the boats, both clinker and carvel, were built right-side up. John Leather, in his book on clinker boatbuilding, recommends building right-side up, as he claims that it is easier to judge how fair the lines of the planks are right-side up. Also, building upside down means having to turn the boat over to put in the steamed ribs/timbers, and there is a risk to the boat's structure during the turning process. But I am sure there are other boatbuilders who will argue with these points! Ultimately... I've done it right-side up because that's how I was taught. :)
well earned mate.
Thank you!
roving every nail by hand by yourself on a wherry will take quite a time ! I notice you are not adverse to modern tools ie cordless drill rather than brace and bit; do you have any plans for a compressor and air hammer in the future for all those nails ?
Hopefully I won't be on my own all the time, but even so, you are quite right, it will take a long time on the wherry! I do tend to use a combination of electric and traditional tools. I really love roving the traditional way, but we'll see if I still feel that way after the first 1000 nails!
Hi. can I make a suggestion re snipping off the copper nails on the inside? Make a smaller version of your "clamp" and hold it around the nail and Rove[?] to give a spacing for your snippers suitable for a reasonable spare end on the nail. Snippers sit against the "clamp" allowing a suitable length of copper nail to remain after snipping. Greetings from Perth West Australis. Wishing you speed and good luck with the rest of your build. Cheers, Frank.
Thank you Frank, that is indeed an excellent suggestion, much more accurate than just eyeing it every time!
When you mentioned why you chose a Ttrading Wherry over a Thames sailing barge, you mentioned, the ease of lowering the mast. However, according to John Leather in Spritsails and Lugsails, when referring to the River Medway, he mentions Spritsail Sailing Barges and then shooting the bridge at Rochester with the assistance of a waterman, who board the barge and would lower the mast and immediately then raise the mast after it had gone under the bridge while the barge moved under the bridge under its own momentum. So, maybe, the rig is the issue rather than the hull type.
When you trim the nails slip a washer over the nail and the use you nippers and you will get a consistent length…..you can thin the washer as needed to get the correct thickness
Excellent suggestion, way better than just eyeing it every time.
@@buildingladygarnet I subscribed also
@@k9six185 Thanks!
Swallows and Amazons AND Riddle of the Sands? Let's goooooo!
:)
Fingers crossed for PP 🫰🏻
Cheers Tim!
I liked Swallows and Amazons many years ago. There was sequel that took the children out in the North Sea to The Netherlends. I forget the exact title. TM retired sailor
Ransome went on to write twelve books in the series - the one you are thinking of is We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea, which is my sister's favourite!
Great to have an update! Are you building Lady Garnet at a yard, or at your home, or somewhere else? (Just curious)
The current plan is to rent a section of land from a nearby farm, provided that planning permission is granted. It would have been great to build her at the boatyard I work at, but unfortunately the two access points (the slipway and the road) are only 12 feet wide - and Lady Garnet will be 16.
I'm looking forward to a diffinitive update on wherry are next time
You and me both!
🤣 Good one!