My Attempt at Boat Restoration

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  • čas přidán 29. 07. 2012
  • My Attempt at Boat Restoration Part 1.
    This fibre glass boat is my project, as you can see it was in a bit of a state!
    We have only four weeks to finish it - so lots of work for the grandkids!
    Don't forget your negative comments, I want this boat to be really good!
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  • @adam56usa
    @adam56usa Před 11 lety

    Great job! Great working with the Grandkids. Looking forward to part two.

  • @gatekeeper88
    @gatekeeper88 Před 10 lety +3

    good to see the family getting in on the project!, is good for the youngens when they have to remove all the flooring and replace it. Ribs/Stringers should be sealed (resin) before being tabbed in. Floor looked like it wasn't glassed on the underside as well. At-least a single sheet after it's been sealed with resin. If you get water into that bilge area it'll get up into the wood and rot it out.

  • @SoutheastBluesMan
    @SoutheastBluesMan Před 9 lety

    Thank you... this inspired me to get to some of my projects.

  • @autonomous7670
    @autonomous7670 Před 10 lety

    Great stuff mate, thanks for sharing!

  • @petermeldrum6565
    @petermeldrum6565 Před 10 lety +1

    its good to watch someone who knows what they are doing,im useless with my hands and if I tried to restore a boat u rest assured it would be a mess.

  • @squizzageeza
    @squizzageeza Před 11 lety

    Very inspirational and informative! Thank you!!

  • @MrAdamhigo
    @MrAdamhigo Před 10 lety +6

    anyone who brings back something from the bin or scrap yard is doing a great job in my book

  • @davidberry2351
    @davidberry2351 Před 10 lety

    Great video - I'm just about to start my own attempt at boat restoration so it's good to see what can be done! Is there a part two as it would be nice to see the finished boat!

  • @elgham5080
    @elgham5080 Před 8 lety

    MrMiniman, Thanks, Merci Y muchas Gracias .Buen trabajo Suerte y Saludo......

  • @ScudoCamper
    @ScudoCamper Před 11 lety

    fantastic job looks great.

  • @homebrewman231
    @homebrewman231 Před 10 lety

    awesome job!

  • @terminator6596
    @terminator6596 Před 8 lety +19

    There is no part two because all those bricks sunk the boat.

  • @never2late454
    @never2late454 Před 9 lety

    Nice project. Good to see old boats take on a new life, but as other have told here you don't need ballast in a runabout. Instead you need to put a good foam flotation in that area. One other thing when working on a fiberglass hull you never let the stringer make contact with the hull. This will cause a HARD SPOT in the hull and the first big wave that hits the hull will cause failure. You always keep the stringers a slight bit above the hull for flex. This can be done with the use of a thin foam running the length of the stringer.

  • @justdoit8613
    @justdoit8613 Před 5 lety

    Great Job

  • @Mhannifey
    @Mhannifey Před 12 lety

    Hey MRMiniman43, I've always enjoyed your videos. I'm not 100% certain on fibreglass boats, I worked a few years ago building Aluminium Boats, If you use rivets at any stage (ie. around the window frames, sounders, lights etc.) use higher quality stainless or aluminium rivets, they will last longer if you plan on taking in salt water, plated carbon based rivets and chrome plated rivets will corrode in substantially less time.

  • @raymondcarroll306
    @raymondcarroll306 Před 3 lety

    Lol you better phone the coast gaurd before you launch with that fiberglass job

  • @silveraudio74
    @silveraudio74 Před 9 lety +3

    good stuff... wheres part 2 !?! (on the edge of my seat)

  • @joohop
    @joohop Před 8 lety +4

    Really nice work lads well done , did you finish her ?

  • @Artoconnell
    @Artoconnell Před 8 lety

    Desire and determination are the most important ingredients. GOd SPeed.

  • @MickScarborough
    @MickScarborough Před 9 lety +11

    That's a planning hull not a displacement hull. Ballast is NOT needed or recommended.

    • @candisbrendel7396
      @candisbrendel7396 Před 6 lety

      OLD DUDE HAS NO IDEA WHAT MODERN FIBER GLASS NEEDS DONE. THAT IS OLD SCHOOL VERY OLD SCHOOL AND COULD BREAK THE BOATS BACK (KEEL) AND GET SOMEONE KILLED! YOUR RIGHT ABOUT THE HULL FOR SURE AS WELL. JUST SAYING, OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T.

    • @murph914
      @murph914 Před 6 lety +2

      Why are you yelling at me?

    • @draganbjelic9968
      @draganbjelic9968 Před 5 lety

      It is. For submarines

  • @thunderchild9251
    @thunderchild9251 Před 10 lety

    I just lay plywood onto mine filled under neith with foam and fiber glassed over the ply. she can still breath tho as I left front end slight open with some compensators

  • @jamestim319
    @jamestim319 Před 10 lety

    Great video.. Family project.. Well worth the time! Btw.. What's the song at the beginning?

  • @MrMiniman43
    @MrMiniman43  Před 3 lety

    sorry to disapoint all ,couldent finish this projects because i got severe heart attact,
    i had to have a treble by pass, i had to stop all my videos

  • @adl2005
    @adl2005 Před 5 lety

    did you seal the underside of the ply floor with resin

  • @MrMiniman43
    @MrMiniman43  Před 12 lety

    hi Mhannifey when i was on the fishing trawlers. i'am to well aware of sea salt. corrosion on boats.my intentions are to use all stainless where necessary. Thank you for your Comments..........

  • @marineimages
    @marineimages Před 8 lety

    as long as that ballast don't shift, and you don't want to go too quick should be a stable platform, you may not want to go too far offshore as you won't be able to get back in a hurry

  • @IslanderSailboatInfo
    @IslanderSailboatInfo Před 9 lety +1

    Good on ya for getting your hands dirty mate, nice to see people with a can do attitude

  • @songsfromatir
    @songsfromatir Před 11 lety

    hi great video have you completed the part two video. what are the names of the material you used?

  • @TwistedYogurt
    @TwistedYogurt Před 11 lety

    Is part two up ?

  • @suzettegilbert770
    @suzettegilbert770 Před 6 lety

    can u condition the other stuff before u pull

  • @ianbest6077
    @ianbest6077 Před 8 lety

    With the left over resin you could have soaked the plywood, that would seal it.

  • @GB36CL
    @GB36CL Před 9 lety +1

    Hi. Where's part 2?

  • @RingwraithRob
    @RingwraithRob Před 8 lety +2

    Where is part 2?

  • @blackbox994
    @blackbox994 Před 10 lety

    You might want to remove the ballast,small boats are meant to ride over the top of waves not plow through them like a merchant or trawler,with the ballast if you hit a high crest then a low trough the boat will keep going down due to the extra weight (in go the front windows and down goes the boat) apart from that its a semi planing hull designed to skim over the waves,with the extra weight the engine will will strain to keep the hull on the plane,that said happy fishing and stay safe.

    • @DRIVER50L
      @DRIVER50L Před 10 lety

      Your 100 % correct small boats should never be fitted with ballast they are not ocean going vessels but more a pleasure craft (weekend runabout) if they were meant to have ballast they would have shown them in plans that you can get free online of old boat designs remembering this the old clippers and tallships had ballast they called it cargo.. many sandstock bricks were shipped from england in the late 1700's -1800's to australia using this method most of the inner suburbs of sydney and melbourne dorn these ballast bricks as they were called by many

  • @MrMiniman43
    @MrMiniman43  Před 12 lety

    thank you xxxarkxxx ...........

  • @SoutheastBluesMan
    @SoutheastBluesMan Před 9 lety +1

    Loved the restoration but, Damnit Man, the music kept waking up my wife. It was Sooo much louder than the rest of the video. Thanks for the resto... Still holding up well?

  • @MrMiniman43
    @MrMiniman43  Před 10 lety

    hi Flivverford.yes you are right.i havent got a clue about boat's.
    that's why.(this video is called.My Attempt at Boat Restoration).O by the way i would rather be in boat.out at sea with ballast.i spent a lot of time on trawler's. and the ballast make's the boat more stable.Thank you for your Comments..........

    • @DRIVER50L
      @DRIVER50L Před 10 lety +2

      hey mate whether you have a clue or not whats important is that you have a try so many old boats out ther waiting for someone to renew their love of the water and riding on the peaks of a swell.. how has it handled the ballast has it cause the nose to dip down in choppy water??? small boats really dont need ballast as a lot of people have commentedyou said you used 50 bricks which a brick weighs in at 4.5 kilograms youve added 240 odd kilos of unneeded weight small boats use us as there ballast and what we load into the boat on our day trip.. as far as your repair methods not enough stringers on the hull from what I seen the ribs are fine though the more cross bracing for the floor the better the deck I say... the glassing method of brushing the resin on is fine them rollers tend to get all choked up and are a pain in the proverbial to clean I use a brush on the repairs I have done to my boat however I found the brush and dab method ensures less chance of resin patching the glass...I also saved on timber cost I used 1080 ab construction ply rather then marine play its parctically same glued with same resin but you find a void here and there between the layers ... I just used a suringe and filled them with resin before encasing the cut sections in glass before installing them seems to work for me... hope your enjoying the water and fishing with the family cheers...

    • @TheAbusiyam
      @TheAbusiyam Před 7 lety

      MrMiniman43 agree... The ballast will make it stable... Only few will understand it specially if it go's to rough see... Good job man and regards from Bahrain

    • @michielderuyter6011
      @michielderuyter6011 Před 5 lety

      Mohammed khalil
      I have a 5 mtr boat as wel and i use sandbags they use on roadwork.
      Red bags and i can move them where i want to get the boat linedout. And in the frindside is good to have ballast.
      I have a yamaha 115 2 stroke and goes very well because of the ballast.
      Best captains are standing......something like that.
      Regards from a dutchman👍🏻

  • @scottbarlow1397
    @scottbarlow1397 Před 5 lety

    Yes my boat has no added ballast its a 19ft Four Winns Horizon 190

  • @simonmercer9530
    @simonmercer9530 Před 7 lety

    I love your projects where is the finished article?

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 6 lety

      i hag a treble bypass sorry could not make part 2.the boat is still going

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 3 lety

      sorry to disapoint you ,couldent finish this projects because i got severe heart attact,
      i had to have a treble by pass, i had to stop all my videos

    • @simonmercer9530
      @simonmercer9530 Před 3 lety

      @@MrMiniman43 that’s awful sorry to hear that mate. Hope your on the mend

  • @slowtaknow
    @slowtaknow Před 2 lety

    did you finish?

  • @thunderchild9251
    @thunderchild9251 Před 10 lety

    GOOD VIDEO. SO DOSE ADDING THE BRICKS GIVE IT MORE STABILITY OR JUST HELPS IT SIT LEVEL OR SOMTHING?

  • @MickScarborough
    @MickScarborough Před 9 lety +4

    With no part two we must assume the restoration was abandoned.

    • @michielderuyter6011
      @michielderuyter6011 Před 5 lety

      😂 was looking for part 2 haha.
      I think you’re right

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 3 lety

      sorry to disapoint you ,couldent finish this projects because i got severe heart attact,
      i had to have a treble by pass, i had to stop all my videos

    • @michielderuyter6011
      @michielderuyter6011 Před 2 lety

      @@MrMiniman43
      Sirry to hear man. I hope you will be better to finish your boat.
      Is there no program in the uk like boatrescue…?

  • @galzoul
    @galzoul Před 10 lety

    nice job men , my boat Peterborgough is very scrap floor i restore my boat me to

  • @suzettegilbert770
    @suzettegilbert770 Před 6 lety

    pick ur rust add 5 per side ss steel self tapers med iums

  • @angelbabyluvsyou
    @angelbabyluvsyou Před 8 lety +1

    any sign of part 2 yet?

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 6 lety

      i hag a treble bypass sorry could not make part 2.the boat is still going

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 3 lety +1

      sorry to disapoint you ,couldent finish this projects because i got severe heart attact,
      i had to have a treble by pass, i had to stop all my videos

    • @angelbabyluvsyou
      @angelbabyluvsyou Před 3 lety

      @@MrMiniman43 OMG, I didn't see the first reply I hope everything went well and you are doing better now! No need to apologize! I wish you all the best.

  • @stevenmorris2293
    @stevenmorris2293 Před 7 lety

    did the boat make it in the water yet ?

  • @MrMiniman43
    @MrMiniman43  Před 11 lety

    hi Eddie Bartlett. just waiting for my sun to give the go head .

  • @detroitredneckdetroitredne6674

    I like how are you are restoring your boat for the life of me I cannot find the second video can you send me the links please thank you very much

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 6 lety +1

      i hag a treble bypass sorry could not make part 2.the boat is still going

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 3 lety +1

      sorry to disapoint you ,couldent finish this projects because i got severe heart attact,
      i had to have a treble by pass, i had to stop all my videos

    • @detroitredneckdetroitredne6674
      @detroitredneckdetroitredne6674 Před 3 lety

      @@MrMiniman43 prayers for you brother pray you are doing well

  • @suzettegilbert770
    @suzettegilbert770 Před 6 lety

    than a few small med rivetts just a few beamm idea

  • @scottbarlow1397
    @scottbarlow1397 Před 5 lety

    I might be wrong but are those ballast bricks lead ? I am not quite sure if those are necessary given the size of the vessel but I might be wrong about that as well. One thing I am sure of is, a little more scrutiny should have been applied in the choice of that hull and the so called restoration methods are in question I hope and pray that all who sail on ol Alice come back to the dock as many times as they go out on her . . At least the bricks will ensure a swift trip to Davie Jones Locker so as not to be a hazard to navigation and the offense to the eye God speed and all who sail on Ol Alice

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 5 lety

      have you ever been on a boat with no ballas i have thank you for comments

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 5 lety

      i like shallow draft vessel

  • @squizzageeza
    @squizzageeza Před 11 lety

    Is she maybe one of the Microplus models?

  • @suzettegilbert770
    @suzettegilbert770 Před 6 lety

    nice call primo deck and u can do what ever u want ttoo it pressure wash low casuuaalle

  • @JohnSmith-ki2eq
    @JohnSmith-ki2eq Před 8 lety

    did it sink?

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 6 lety

      i hag a treble bypass sorry could not make part 2.the boat is still going

  • @xxxarkxxx
    @xxxarkxxx Před 12 lety

    Remember to use marine grade materials .

    • @20XPLLC
      @20XPLLC Před 3 lety

      Marine grade bricks

  • @hopdjandy
    @hopdjandy Před 7 lety

    why the bricks in the bottom ?

  • @kevinscott9499
    @kevinscott9499 Před 3 lety

    I hope you used marine grade lumber 😳

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 3 lety

      yes i did use marine ply ,couldent finish this projects because i got severe heart attact,
      i had to have a treble by pass, i had to stop all my videos

  • @StealthPumps
    @StealthPumps Před 8 lety

    Isn't this the song that makes Martians heads explode?

  • @ZacVaper
    @ZacVaper Před 6 lety

    There's no part 2 because she sank like a brick on her maiden voyage.

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 3 lety

      Hi Zac vaper sorry to disapoint you ,couldent finish this projects because i got severe heart attact,
      i had to have a treble by pass, i had to stop all my videos

  • @thunderchild9251
    @thunderchild9251 Před 10 lety

    looks like a Relcraft 23

  • @irgski
    @irgski Před 8 lety

    Last MrMiniman43's comment was from 2 years ago......did they drown?

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 6 lety

      i hag a treble bypass sorry could not make part 2.the boat is still going

  • @suzettegilbert770
    @suzettegilbert770 Před 6 lety

    there u had to match ur glass too the skin alittle soo shede back breath shiinne so its atach able test a freedie peece of wood in the drinl lattish

  • @micknjo1990
    @micknjo1990 Před 8 lety

    What's happened to part 2

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 6 lety

      i hag a treble bypass sorry could not make part 2.the boat is still going

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 3 lety

      sorry to disapoint you ,couldent finish this projects because i got severe heart attact,
      i had to have a treble by pass, i had to stop all my videos

  • @suzettegilbert770
    @suzettegilbert770 Před 6 lety

    non lv wire brush the inersides she looks good i gues a sabotage rear corners soo a flexible top coat hide another dime pop there

  • @suzettegilbert770
    @suzettegilbert770 Před 6 lety

    add thinner too ah she hass too soak and be some excat hardness soft??????????

  • @wayneproctor6333
    @wayneproctor6333 Před 2 lety

    why did he put bricks into a boat that dont have ballas .there was non in to start with

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 2 lety

      On a small boat at sea it's very rocky. There doesn't need to be a high swell to be unstable. Thanks for your comment.

  • @davidleland8729
    @davidleland8729 Před 5 lety

    Get rid of the bricks and do a proper job with the fiberglass repair!

  • @MrMiniman43
    @MrMiniman43  Před 12 lety

    HI DOES ANYBODY OUT THERE KNOW. THE NAME OR ( MAKE OF THE BOAT? HULL ) THANKS.........MrMiniman43...

  • @jaysparc
    @jaysparc Před 5 lety

    WTF is up with all the bricks???? I think this guy was a mason not a shipwright.

  • @karlwooduk
    @karlwooduk Před 6 lety

    water meant to be on outside lol

  • @davidleland8729
    @davidleland8729 Před 5 lety +3

    This is too painful to watch any futher!

  • @candisbrendel7396
    @candisbrendel7396 Před 6 lety +1

    OLD DUDE HAS NO IDEA WHAT MODERN FIBER GLASS NEEDS DONE. THAT IS OLD SCHOOL VERY OLD SCHOOL AND COULD BREAK THE BOATS BACK (KEEL) AND GET SOMEONE KILLED! RIGHT ABOUT THE HULL FOR SURE AS WELL. JUST SAYING, OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T.

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 6 lety +1

      No i hag a treble bypass sorry could not make part 2.the boat is still going

    • @candisbrendel7396
      @candisbrendel7396 Před 6 lety +1

      thanks for the reply, that being said did they get any other part of you like they did me (left leg) is gone because of the congestive heart failure. hope to see the boat done, and running on the water, Old One Legged Joseph T.

    • @MrMiniman43
      @MrMiniman43  Před 3 lety

      still going to

  • @jaysparc
    @jaysparc Před 5 lety

    No so sure of your methodology. Bricks? unsealed wood? no screws? how can you saturate glass that is lying on unsealed wood? not to mention the bond strength is compromised.

  • @suzettegilbert770
    @suzettegilbert770 Před 6 lety

    man i thinh id build them ep and buried rivvets

    • @mwatkins2464
      @mwatkins2464 Před 5 lety

      Suzette Gilbert are you drunk or high ? You sound like you are and what are you trying to say here?

  • @suzettegilbert770
    @suzettegilbert770 Před 6 lety

    fold a catttchh cupp let ur tack aliittllee and use when u lift too leave

  • @u.g.r.k.1548
    @u.g.r.k.1548 Před 6 lety

    2 Far gone

  • @RingwraithRob
    @RingwraithRob Před 8 lety +2

    Where is part 2?