Thank you all for taking part in our "what the hell is it" quiz. This time we asked you what brand of generator we have because there is no name or plage on the engine. We thought it's a Perkins P3 engine but got even a more detailed answer from you. It is a Perkins P3-152 with a Sims fuel injector which probably is the result of a Ford-Perkins collaboration. Similar engines were used in Massey Ferguson tractors and it seams like the Fordson Dexta 2.4 has the same collaboration unit we have as a generator.

You guys are very lucky to have each other. Barbara is one of the hardest working people i 've ever seen. She jumps in to any job and does it right ,hard work is the key.thanks also for the great job narrating please keep them coming

Pneumatic needle scaler is the ultimate tool for refitting an old steel hull. Actual rust is often hidden under a hard and shiny black layer of hematite. Hematite is another kind of iron oxyde (Fe2O3). When sanded it becomes bright looking like good metal. But it isn't. Actual red rust is steadily expending underneath. The best technique I knew when extensively refurbishing my old ketch was picking the hematite with a welder hammer. I remember thar epoch like hours and days and months of glorious hammer picking (😉) Years later in the Caribbean, in search of a shipyard for maintenance and storage, I found this magic wand. I told the manager: " I choose your facilities because of the needle gun, so I book it right now!"

Fun seeing your humor come out more in every episode! She’s a cool ship…

Great sense of humour, you have a mighty task renovating that lovely vessel, really enjoying sharing your journey from the UK

It amazes me that you guys are still smiling showing all this equipment that will take ages to sort out. Good luck!

Thank you for the tours. Keep the old school surf music coming !

Fun, Clever, Interesting, Dialogue and Editing. Well done & Thanks !

the sunsets are great.. that's a cute segment.

Thanks for another great episode, and just a tip, please do not use needle scaler below waterline before hauling out the boat. The tool is good for getting off lots of loose rust, but it can penetrate weak areas of the hull as well. That is, unless you want to make some another "our boat is sinking" type of episode 😀

The compressor was needed on board to get the Industrie engine started. When it is still working I suggest you keep it on board because you will need a needle scaler anyhow. Regarding the DAF, it is a very reliable engine. And despite her age all spares are still available, at least in Holland. But I advise you not to speed her up so much immediately after starting. Please always let the engine get a bit warm before pushing the throtle. This will give a longer lifetime in the end. And your Twindisc gearbox is a professional one and has a very good reputation. Success with your project.

I'm quite interested in the HP/heating project! Here's a couple questions: -Do you plan to adapt a ground source heat pump? Or make it 100% custom? -Where will the evaporator be on the ship and what geometry will it have? What material do you plan to use? I imagine it will exchange heat with sea water, so beware of corrosion, both inside and outside it). What about winter conditions, is it a big deal if it freezes nearby sea water? -Where do you plan to fit the unit? How do you plan to manage the noise produced by the compressor? -Did you estimate the heat losses through the hull and top? -For the heat carrier fluid, do you plan to use one of the two tanks as the hot water tank in a closed loop? Will you put anti-freeze (ethanol, glycol) in it? Is it still planned to be a plastic tanks? Won't it affect your reserves of drinkable water to dedicate one tank for this use? -What refrigerant do you plan to use? -Do you plan to reclaim heat from the engine's/generator's exhaust gases? If so, mind the corrosion that the exhaust gas condensation could cause (I guess there is sulfur in the fuel). -How do you plan to link all your heating sources together? (HP condenser, boiler and potential heat recovery from the engine/generator) I would suggest the following operation mode: -In harbour: HP charging a Space Heating (SH) tank - most likely one of the two you have - or topping up a smaller Domestic Hot Water (DHW) tank depending on the need. Charging the tank at maximum temperature before departing harbour would probably allow the ship to stay warm at sea for like a day without firing the solid fuel stove. -At sea, under engine: Harnessing as much fatal heat from the engine/generator as possible, DHW first and then SH. -At sea, under sail: fire up the solid fuel (pellet maybe if not too difficult to find/store) stove and use the heat in a similar fashion: DHW first and SH after. Sorry if the message is a bit messy!

You got a lot of work ahead of you. I would take the boat out, clean it, measure hull thickness, uninstall everything possible and do a full rust isolation from the inside and out, then start rebuilding. I wish you all the best. Godspeed!

Interesting to hear about the history of the ship. The DAF engine should be good for a few decades more if you treat it right. Good to see your dry sense of humour, I love it. The cheeky Michael Bay thumbnail, the arguing with the narrator, the foley, all that. I suppose it can be overdone, but here it’s exactly right. I enjoy following your story!

I admire your mechanical awareness most don't even know what a dipstick is. Great video thanks for sharing.

Power on!

I admire your energy and determination. You have undertaken a big project, but the finished ship will be worth all the labor and frustration. Do not get discouraged! Also, you will extend your DAF engine life if you can design a system to circulate warm water through the engine before start-up, like a block heater for commercial trucks.

Thank you for the great tour. You two will have fun in reaching your goals. All the best from Canada.

Really interesting very enjoyable hope to watch more about this beautiful ship

I appreciate the work your putting in and the cause you are behind. Not many people would sweat days away for an old ship like that. But I imagine I would in the right position, and you have. Thank you for what you do.

Oh, ich freu mich schon… schön ne kalte Mate aufmachen und eine Folge the flying coney schauen.

With each video I enjoy your journey more. I LOVE the size of the engine room....yes, your idea of making it smaller makes total sense, but I still love the space to walk around...you could have a great steel work bench and vice in there. Your boat/ship is beautiful, I love it! Great video (as always) and I'm so looking forward to the next one.

Great tour guys! Continued success with the refit.

It is very enjoyable, to be watching you in your careful and thoughtful renovation of Flying Coney. Thank you for sharing and great good luck to you!

Nice to see yer Happy about the Engine👍…Continue to Stay Safe & Enjoy😎

Amazing work and plans

i worked on boats like that one. yours is in better shape then a few i went fishing on . nice find. that engine is unbreakable .

Really like your video! Sounds like a real labor of love!

Thanks for the tour. Very interesting.

Ya gotta love these two 😊

Best video yet. Enjoy seeing the progress.

Thanks for the tour!

Looking forward to seeing these job in the engine room.

What a great project ! 😀

Yes nice video keep up the great refit video coming cheers from Australia

Thanks welcome to Somalia 🇸🇴

Another great video thank you

Have you guys ever come across a BBC children's tv animation from the 1960s 70, 80s called the Magic round about... Theres a Definite Florence and Zebedee vibe going on.. 😂😎😉😁 There was also a hippie rabbit called Dylan, a snail called Brian, and a cow called Ermintrude. I think you would get on well... With the rest of the gang.😉

Love the engine.

That engine room machinery is old but in good condition just needing maintenance and loving care, I’d have oil samples done on the main engine before rebuilding it may well be fine by the sound of it and that money could be used on other maintenance or other projects. Having shore power sorted first maybe a priority having plug and play power tools and convenience of living and heating with your winter around the corner

Omg you guys are so great just love theesd vlovs

Thanks

Cool music guys! Amazing boat.

Thanks the for posts ,always look forward to what your next project will. Angus

I’m enjoying your videos. I’m looking forward t your coming renovations.

If it is a Perkins you have struck gold. The perkins was an excellent engine because of the design of the inlet port, so it was very reliable on start, many diesels are very very difficult to get running, an example is the International, I am a farmer and these engines are used in tractors.

Wonderfull tour!

Thank you

I dream of owning a boat like yours I'm looking and hope to find one before I get to old to sail her .keep up the good work 👏

As a professional electrician at 14:37 I pulled the covers over my head

You have full rudder, good size prop and no bow thruster and she's single screw . Which means you need to drive backwards in a straight line better than you drive forward for docking and undocking . She a beautiful steel tonka toy to live onboard . Have you considered adding a thruster either on the bow or on the stern for easier maneuvering in close quarters for docking and undocking ? Washer and dryer onboard along with a watermaker and a tall water heater for showers then my tv for gaming and tower computer aka desk top . Then compressor for dive bottles . Wonderful tonka toy 👍

I like you guys. I hope you make it

WOW!

i love the vessel and her beautiful lines ,,but all that sh,t bellow decks ..i think would have scared me of ,,you guys are awesome ..and courageous , love from califoria

Good vidio Thanks

You two seem like very cool people which is why I subscribed to this channel...it's not my normal kind of boat to look at, but you are quite engaging and are making it interesting to watch....wow, you are going to need an army of cleaning workers to get this baby looking somewhat resembling a tip top shape ship.....so it will be interesting to see how it goes. Do you have a "guesstimate" on a completion date for this gem?

I noticed that you are having a problem with corrosion on the battery cable ends and the insides of the ends are a dull gray the color is due to resistance this can be fixed by cleaning the post and cable end and then applying dielectric grease to them (it can be found at automotive stores ) this will stop this problem and make it much easier to charge and use them it will also add life to the batteries you may want to also get a tester to check the acid level in the batteries so you get maximum charging and longer life .the easy way to clean that white colored corrosion is to use baking soda and water .If it is on a flat surface or in a corner you can use a wet towel or rag soaked in it and and lay it on the effected area. then simply rinse with water .

Lekker man lekker 🇿🇦

Had to research the accents, assume the ship is not in Austria? 50 years ago the ship I was engineer on looked much worse with in a year we had 3 mast stepped & new rigging and sails. Black Douglas was built in 1929 and had a number of refits, so was rough. Think the King of Morocco owns her now. The excellent cook was an Austrian gal from the western mountainous part. Anyway later raced catamarans with my wife , so we pitchpoled too, she had me flip the cat so we could speed up recovery time so same life, different worlds.

Nice ✌ 😎

FLORIDA

I would love to help out if you were in my locale!! Alas im always in the wrong place when i see such enthralling projects!!

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ship is huge has a lot of big parts. i watched a utube video of Lazer process for rust removal from the frame of a car. Very slow time-consuming process. I am sure this is not possible considering the size of your boat. I think I remember that you have considered using Lazer for hull rust removal but decided it's not feasible also. So good luck you are very brave taking on such a huge project like this.

That generator looks like a Detroit

First visit. Subbed. This is funa dn I wish you well. I worked on simi9lar boats, both refitting and fishing. I remember using a "Needle gun" in some cofferdam, on some boat.. I was somewhat concerned after wearing goggle, masks, glasses etc to find my skin peeling off the back of my neck where the dust (??) had penetrated. Perhaps lead paint, not sure, but definitely not good. Take care out/in there.

Do you have ideas about what your sail plan will be? Mast number and heights etc. Schooner?

Those Daffs are pretty bullet proof, but the fresh water pump is not the best. I would keep a spare if I was you as they are probably getting hard to find now.

Hello, what a wonderful project and boat. I look forward to following your progress. I hope you find time to do some small trip on the boat while you’re are refitting. I’m confused you think the hull may have been changed from wood to steel? Maybe all the equipment was moved from a wood hull to a steel hull??? I hope you reconsider overhauling the engine , with so little hours it should not need disturbing but maybe this will be part of the engine room downsizing. Gook luck . Cheers Warren

Those P3s are long lived, i got one in my Massey Furgurson 135. I always wanted a boat big enough to use one as a main engine, they were used in fishing boats and could swing a 3ft diameter propellor. Normally die from not being worked hard enough, glazed bores and rings. Not sure why they need a turbo on an 11 litre diesel, did they do a non turbo version? Always thought it was something else to go wrong, but even big ships have them.

You mentioned Somewhere that you are going to do a full overhaul of your engine. While doing so why dont you convert it to a Hybrrind engine like the Beta marine Hybrid engine. Electric powered and diesel powered. With regenration trhough your propeller back to your bateries, You Could then run of Batereies or diesel. (P.S. i though Thought i already posted this comment, but cannot find it in my history, i was just wandering what you guys thought!)

Do something about the outside wood. Very important.

Jöööö!

Step no 1 with your main and gen Diesel engines is to change the filters and oil. The oil is black

Wow what and engine room those Germans a.way built redundancy into every thing they do. The non powered wheel steering is good to. The gear mostly probably just needs clean and refurbishment probably last a few more Dozen years. Like anything it,s just time. Great vid. ;0)

Since you don’t like the aft deck cabin have you considered painting it a dark color to it does not stand out for now anyway? Cheers Warren

I'm not a boat-guy, but this thing might have actually started life as a WOODEN-hulled, sailing ship? That seems like a whole lot of conversion, compared to the cost of purchasing a different ship. Anyway, it has beautiful lines.

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You said your vessel is single screw. At 82 feet do you have any plans to install a bow thruster in order to aid in maneuvering?

Please get a engineer to inspect and give you a report on the hull and it’s structure.

310 hp seems a little under powered for such a big ship. My 34' power boat has twin 250hp diesels (doesn't plane).

We have two daf engines exactly like yours we removed from our passenger vessel in the UK, these are currently for sale should you ever be interested for spares? Also the gearbox is bulletproof being a flat sump twin disk it’s a 3:1 ratio.

How long does it take to fill the day tank manually like that?

I think you need an oil change

may I ask, what is your homecountry. Just because of your accent. If you don't mind.

DAF 1160 engine

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bravo , i was a yachtbuilder since 1978, before was a diesel fitter I nearly bought 25m ex beamer, but fuel 15000l stopped me if you need advice, freely given, look for my youtube

Instead of a timing belt... try a timing chain or gears. Much more reliable ................................. enjoy

The music 😬

plus most attempts at humor on vlogs are failures . your kind of fun.

Wksh i could help you but i do suport almost 20 youtubers already. Giving Bout 2 box a week

Am I the only one that noticed how dirty and black That oil was

6,000 litres is not much , my tanks hold over 30,000..................

PLEASE EITHER NUMBER OR DATE YOUR VIDEOS! Right now no one can tell which comes first or next!

not exactly an enviro-friendly "sailing" boat ...

10 l an hour at 5 knots what is it like 2 gallons an hour for that big a** boat that's great fuel consumption most yaoh she ought to burn more than that and they're all h*** of a lot smaller a 40' hatter if it's got diesels in it it'll burn 10 gallons an hour how do they get off only burn in 2 gallons an hour at 5 nights I don't know but h*** that is d*** good fuel consumption especially when diesels like $7 a gallon

Probably the most awkward,uncomfortable looking thumbnail I’ve ever seen.

Started watching then horrible loud music put me off will not subscribe