Visiting the Blue Dolphin - 1962 Beals Brothers Lobster boat restoration

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  • čas přidán 23. 04. 2024
  • In this Episode we take a short trip to check out the ongoing restoration of the 1962 Beals Brothers lobster boat The Blue Dolphin. This classic 45 foot wooden boat has lived in Newport, RI her entire life and is now getting a full overhaul, including plastic framing, a new keel, new planks and much more to get her back on the waters of Narraganset Bay. Follow Lou and co-owner Ian as they take us through some of the work done so far as well as show us some of what lies ahead.
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Komentáře • 113

  • @dwaynekoblitz6032
    @dwaynekoblitz6032 Před měsícem +84

    I only hope that you read all of the comments about how very much we've missed you, Lou. So nice to see you again. The wait was painstakingly long. We all missed you.

  • @keithsharratt3402
    @keithsharratt3402 Před měsícem +39

    When Lou says he's impressed that's a solid gold compliment.

  • @MrJohn714
    @MrJohn714 Před měsícem +22

    Lou where have you been, we've missed you?!?!

  • @jen4730
    @jen4730 Před měsícem +14

    I learned Caulking from you Lou. I run a 36' old wood fishing boat. Your knowledge has been invaluable over the years . Great to see you back making Videos.

  • @scottcates
    @scottcates Před měsícem +26

    Lou is a gem. Thank you for showing us this nifty boat!

  • @dakotamax2
    @dakotamax2 Před měsícem +17

    Good to see you back, literally like you never left. Was kind of expecting an "Iiiiiiiiii''m back!" Good enough though, we are glad to see you.

  • @AquaMarine1000
    @AquaMarine1000 Před měsícem +13

    The ministry of wooden boats is Lou. Three cheers for Lou!

  • @charlestosi5199
    @charlestosi5199 Před měsícem +12

    Great to see young folks carrying on the traditional shipwright’s craft.

  • @normanroberts6680
    @normanroberts6680 Před měsícem +7

    It's a good day when I get to watch a new video. You are looking and sounding great Lou. Looking forward to the next.

  • @greglenoir8363
    @greglenoir8363 Před měsícem +13

    Great to see this knowledgeable gentleman again.

  • @cd87104
    @cd87104 Před měsícem +6

    stoked to see another video so soon after the long hiatus. cheers Lou and team

  • @chairmanmike5858
    @chairmanmike5858 Před měsícem +4

    Nice change/addition to the format. Thanks!

  • @cbrusharmy
    @cbrusharmy Před měsícem +8

    Great to see you active on here, Lou! This looks like an exciting project. Thanks for showing us around, Ian.

  • @boatingboy5337
    @boatingboy5337 Před měsícem +4

    Hi Lou. It is great to see you back. Your insight into the craft of building and maintaining boats is so extensive and valuable. Thank you for generously sharing. Regards from Australia. John

  • @robertwestrom6878
    @robertwestrom6878 Před měsícem +4

    Thanks for the video! Don't make us wait too long for the next one.

  • @jonathanbeyer7852
    @jonathanbeyer7852 Před 13 dny

    Lou, The wood boat Svengali. Welcome back!

  • @stuarthennessy8551
    @stuarthennessy8551 Před měsícem +6

    Awesome project, I'll be very interested to see the progress in the near future

  • @PatHaskell
    @PatHaskell Před měsícem +3

    Hey Lou, happy to see you back. You have been missed by your community!!

  • @galegregory341
    @galegregory341 Před měsícem +4

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤iiitttssss great looking boat

  • @Olieman2012
    @Olieman2012 Před měsícem +5

    Good to have you back on board!

  • @brianbob7514
    @brianbob7514 Před měsícem +5

    Great to see you Lou!

  • @gregcollins3404
    @gregcollins3404 Před měsícem +4

    For a fun time, go visit Sampson Boat Co. and the Tally Ho!

  • @henryrokstad1125
    @henryrokstad1125 Před měsícem +1

    Good to see you posting thought you had disappeared keep up the great work 💪

  • @markpalmer5311
    @markpalmer5311 Před měsícem +7

    She’s beautiful

  • @todddunn945
    @todddunn945 Před měsícem +4

    It is good to see people getting rid of butt blocks like that. I took a lot of flack about scarfing in planks to remove butt blocks when I did that on the 1936 woody I restored starting back in 2007.

  • @MB-ye4el
    @MB-ye4el Před měsícem +2

    Thanks Lou, great video, love to see and get a little tour of an interesting boat restoration, and Go Project Orca!

  • @martycasey8476
    @martycasey8476 Před 29 dny +1

    I remember the Blue Dolphin in the 60's when I was a young kid hanging out on Bailey's beach
    , ledge Rd and spouting rock. Mr. Cushing ran her hard hauling lobsta pots in any weather or water condition
    S. But done like a pro dancing around the ledges. It was a beautiful boat, as Louis says..a gentlemans lobsta yacht.
    He kept her moored at green bridge cove on the drive. The Blue Dolphin was synonymous with Newport...a blending of wealth and blue collar work. It was a pleasant surprise to find this video. Thank you!
    Marty Casey...native Newporter

  • @bosse641
    @bosse641 Před měsícem +3

    Lovely boat. Would love live in that.

  • @patrickshaw7983
    @patrickshaw7983 Před měsícem +1

    What a good looking boat. Good to see you again Lou, look forward to seeing the progress.

  • @Kiwigd
    @Kiwigd Před měsícem +1

    So good to see another video of Lou ‘in his zone’..

  • @rodmorris9690
    @rodmorris9690 Před měsícem +4

    Good too see you Lou.

  • @seanmcardle
    @seanmcardle Před měsícem +2

    Hooray lou is back

  • @obiewon5483
    @obiewon5483 Před měsícem +2

    good to see you back

  • @arunprakashkumarakrishnan4741
    @arunprakashkumarakrishnan4741 Před měsícem +3

    Louuuu! Your alive!

  • @user-dr3yg5xo3h
    @user-dr3yg5xo3h Před měsícem

    Don't know where Lou has been but I'm so, soo glad to click on my notifications and see a video from Tip's from a Shipwright. Lou is my absolute favorite. No one makes better videos. Every single piece of material is examined and explained, as is every aspect of it's installation in the greatest detail. What it's for and how it preforms, in a manner that's down to earth and plainly understandable for the common man like myself. Welcome back Lou, you were greatly missed. By myself anyway.

  • @loubonaparte5063
    @loubonaparte5063 Před měsícem

    Ohhh this should be fun!!!

  • @davidnormandin5428
    @davidnormandin5428 Před měsícem +1

    Good to see ya LOU

  • @Anthony_Pell
    @Anthony_Pell Před měsícem +1

    Glad your back Lou. Love your videos.

  • @twescher
    @twescher Před měsícem +7

    Yea!!

  • @williamolsmit4659
    @williamolsmit4659 Před měsícem

    Only wood boats have a soul, but It's takes a man to read the wood and those are few and far a apart, and you are a Master

  • @timothyreymond
    @timothyreymond Před měsícem +1

    Another banger from lou, 10 for 10.

  • @sanchezshots
    @sanchezshots Před měsícem

    Welcome back Lou

  • @Heraclitean
    @Heraclitean Před 29 dny

    Gentleman's lobster yacht.. there's a phrase, lol

  • @SunlightSomeDay
    @SunlightSomeDay Před měsícem +2

    Welcome back!

  • @kevinrheault5375
    @kevinrheault5375 Před 8 dny

    Awesome!

  • @Pukkpukkpukk
    @Pukkpukkpukk Před 13 dny

    So cool 😎

  • @ChimeraActual
    @ChimeraActual Před měsícem

    Ex-boatbuilder from MA, but practised elsewhere. Yes, love those wooden working boats: lobster, Cape Cod Cats, sloops, etc. Years after trading the financial heartache of wooden boat building and maintenance for computer programing I got to build my dream house with an architect. My primary guidance to him? I want a lobster boat, not a yacht.
    Great to see you again! There's no one on YT who has half the knowledge and experience that you have. Your explanation of your solutions for frames and planks is so creative and sound it's a delight to hear.
    I seem to recall that that Lobster boats were held together with iron nails, that limited their life spans. Maybe those were just the Down East boats? Well, you had to keep the builders employed or you wouldn't have any.

  • @drewferry3565
    @drewferry3565 Před měsícem +2

    Looks like a cool build!

  • @PhilWaud
    @PhilWaud Před měsícem

    Great to see another video, thank you. I always find your knowledge and enthusiasm makes me feel good to be part of this world! Thank you!

  • @denizovecoglu6759
    @denizovecoglu6759 Před měsícem

    We missed you master. It is nice to listen and see you again.

  • @daveramsay1309
    @daveramsay1309 Před měsícem +2

    You didn’t call. You never wrote. We’ve been worried sick. Wth. Do that again and your grounded Lol. So good to see you again

  • @stephenkeddy6849
    @stephenkeddy6849 Před měsícem +1

    So glad your back!

  • @AnthonyDibiaseIdeas
    @AnthonyDibiaseIdeas Před měsícem

    Thank you.

  • @richardcrowe3286
    @richardcrowe3286 Před měsícem

    Great to see you on line again!

  • @Multiverse27
    @Multiverse27 Před měsícem +1

    Awesome Thank you!!

  • @Eric06410
    @Eric06410 Před měsícem

    You the man Lou.

  • @joshualucas1821
    @joshualucas1821 Před měsícem

    For a second I thought this was the 1926 Grand Banks schooner from Stan Rogers' "Man with Blue Dolphin". And I was like, isn't that boat at the bottom of the Detroit River?

  • @krockpotbroccoli65
    @krockpotbroccoli65 Před měsícem +1

    Cool stuff! This strikes me because I'm also restoring a 1962 wooden boat. Of course, mine is a sailboat, but all the principles are the same. I'll be doing the same thing to get rid of the butt ends on the planks. Using plastic for frames is certainly compelling, but I don't know if I can bring myself to do it. It just seems wrong on almost a spiritual level to use synthetic material in the construction of a wooden hull. Maybe I'll come around on it. We'll see.

    • @SavingMaverick55
      @SavingMaverick55 Před měsícem

      This is the same guy as above, commenting from the channel I'm documenting the boat restoration on just in case anyone was curious about or wanted to check out the project. Cheers.

    • @poepflater
      @poepflater Před měsícem

      @@SavingMaverick55 watch the series with the little dory he built using thin plastic frames... Its a pure gem of a new kind.

  • @Bandar_Alai_Heavy_Equepment

    Skills for making the best wooden axes .Very inspiring and useful ...Always successful friend Greeting from Bandar Alay Heavy Equipment Channel Indonesia 🇮🇩⚓⛴️⛵❤️😍👍👍

  • @PublicMixHardworking1
    @PublicMixHardworking1 Před měsícem

    Amazing very nice ❤ Wooden Boat ⛵ Good work ,,,🎉 Best contact 🌹 my favorite channel.... love you 🌹 From Pakistan 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

  • @CanadianDivergent
    @CanadianDivergent Před měsícem

    love the workboat lines and the plumb stem, like a tugboat. nothing beats a tugs counterstern though, especially for towing or ropework.

  • @mikecox9214
    @mikecox9214 Před měsícem

    Very cool! Thanks Lou

  • @badcat4707
    @badcat4707 Před měsícem +2

    shout out to Mike Morgan 👋👋who told me about Lou's channel 👍🙏😸😺

  • @patriciamay638
    @patriciamay638 Před měsícem

    Welcome back. Trust all is well.

  • @TopNotch50
    @TopNotch50 Před měsícem

    Great old boat!

  • @rbc5878
    @rbc5878 Před měsícem

    Thanks Lou!

  • @harveymcfuddlestein5575
    @harveymcfuddlestein5575 Před měsícem

    My favorite channel!

  • @johnmallette3143
    @johnmallette3143 Před měsícem

    Tkzz for sharing,.,.,.peace

  • @sallyb3
    @sallyb3 Před měsícem

    Bravo Zulu 🎉

  • @dinxsy8069
    @dinxsy8069 Před měsícem

    I'd love to travel the sea's, i cant imagine there would be any more peaceful place on earth, unfortunately anything deeper than a swimming pool scares me to the core.

  • @swittman9123
    @swittman9123 Před měsícem

    I admit I chuckled at hide-a-butt.

  • @slimjimnomad861
    @slimjimnomad861 Před měsícem

    Great to see you Louis. Plastic frames ? Please could you tell me what type of plastic this is ? It looks like nylon, we have black recycled plastic here in the U.K. do you think this would be good to use ? Thanks in advance.

  • @harleyjune1233
    @harleyjune1233 Před měsícem

    how long is the project in this video? days? or weeks ? whatever the shipwright measurement of progress is...? and t hen how much longer until back in water?

  • @Pocketfarmer1
    @Pocketfarmer1 Před měsícem

    Is the a schedule for scarfing as there is for but blocks. Like the LLoyds separation by 5 system (2 over +3 down etc) ? I am rebuilding a sharpie ketch that used to be up in Point Judith. One of Jenny’s problems is the but blocks are too close making mid ships weak.

  • @chrisdavis5718
    @chrisdavis5718 Před měsícem

    How much is all this work going to cost? I'm sure it's well worth it but I'd like to know.

  • @Z-Bart
    @Z-Bart Před měsícem

    Can we return when it's all done?

  • @123rusty4
    @123rusty4 Před měsícem

    What happen to the new
    ALDEN schooner that you where working on two years ago?

  • @paulmayer4836
    @paulmayer4836 Před měsícem

    0:14

  • @deanneufell3284
    @deanneufell3284 Před měsícem

    What type of plastic? Delrin, uhmw, starboard ? Thank you!

    • @johndb102
      @johndb102 Před měsícem

      It looks like white nylon. And that cAn break because it absorbs water and then it can crack when its freezing. Curious too .

    • @218philip
      @218philip Před měsícem

      @@johndb102. I had no idea that nylon absorbs water.

  • @victorremick9721
    @victorremick9721 Před měsícem

    Alwa6s enjoy time speñnt

  • @pmmccrea
    @pmmccrea Před měsícem

    I have all the faith in the world in you Lou and your skills, but where the fu__ you been??? No explanation??

  • @milosvitanovic472
    @milosvitanovic472 Před měsícem

    Dugo vas nema sretan povratak

  • @gjordan456
    @gjordan456 Před měsícem +1

    Lookin good lou, looks like you put a bit of weight on and the haircut shaved 10 years off of you

  • @aubreylionswings8889
    @aubreylionswings8889 Před měsícem +1

    Got wet, then became stiff.

  • @tuck6464
    @tuck6464 Před měsícem

    Starting to think Orca is in legal trouble.

  • @filipforslid7637
    @filipforslid7637 Před 23 dny

    So why dont you buy a plastic boat?