I love watching you do this work. As a 25 year wooden boat owner here in Southern California of a 1968 52 ft offshore cruiser, I have had to do a lot of this work. I really applaud what you are doing and will be following every episode! I am, however, amazed that you have not been harassed by the harbour or marina masters for getting saw dust and all sorts of other detritus in the water. I was constantly monitored even when I was doing some light sanding and re-varnishing on teak cap rails. One time I was doing a little sanding near the water line and the harbour patrol snuck up on me and gave me a ticket for a few specks of white hull paint that missed my vacuum. I even got a warning ticket for leaving "hazardous materials on the dock" as I had been varnishing one morning and, while I took a 30 minute break ashore for lunch, left my brush in some thinner to keep it wet until i started back up. I am also very interested in the products you use for different jobs, so please keep mentioning them.

As a dutchman i appreciate your skills saving the old lady. Your youtube just came up. I have an old nicholson 32 from 1965. Plastic but i love these old wooden boats.

My first memories are being brought to the boatshed watching my father building his first clinker 15’ rowing boat and clinching the copper nails/rivets. I have been obsessed with all things boats since! Watching your progress is such a pleasure I want to be there with you using my hands to shape, cut, plane, sand, drill and paint creating beauty from gorgeous wood. And then, there will be an inviting sea to sail her on! SkipRay, Kerry, Ireland.

Well done! "We rescue Josephine so that she can rescue us". That's touching.

Sometimes the boundaries between science, artisan craft and high art are very blurred! That deck is achingly beautiful.

You are both so stoic. I still feel embittered that you were taken down by a corrupt inspector. You are jus a joy to watch.

I like your quote " We rescued Josefine so she could rescue us." That's sums it up so well doesn't it?

This is an excellent boat restoring channel that deserves more attention. As an DIY'er myself i do really appreciate and deeply respect the fact that you are doing everything by yourself with such a high degree of craftmanship and detail, and if not learn the skills if needed. You show people that you are actually never to old to learn, and basically your limitations are only the current condition of your back and knees 😁. Furthermore i would especially mention the excellent quality of these videos, the editing is very good and the additional computer drawings help people to understand what you are doing and why. Hats off to you and best wishes for 2022, stay safe and healthy.

A gargantuan job, no doubt about but if I may say, you have approached it in the right frame of mind. Patience, going from job to job in a controlled manner and enlisting the help of brilliant Craftsmen. I think the deck looks outstanding but more important, will be watertight. Once again , brilliant video, I can't wait for more!

Stumbled on this and... It's so satisfying to watch and listen background radio and noises of the dock and music. Cool, nice, stunning work!

Hats off to you guys showing the young ones of today nothing is impossible. As an old (69) timer myself I find your restoration admirable to say the least but even at my age can still show the young ones a thing or ten. Just love the quality of your work and I can already see the end result wich will certainly make you proud. Greetings from South African Boer.

Bravo! What a beautiful classic craft! You two appear to be becoming quite accomplished shipwrights with experts training you age old crafts! Just started watching your channel and enjoying it immensely!

Over 60 years of rebuilding and building boats, 'Red Lead' was my #1 bedding compound.

I just love listening to English boat people.

Words can't describe how impressive it is to see your patience and hard work on this - what can only be so much more rewarding than buying a ready to sail ship as your terrible surveyor portrayed. I've been watching the Sampson Boat building / restoration of Tally Ho as well. What an incredible job you are both doing!!

I feel like I'm watching Robert Plant building a boat and couldn't be more thrilled.

Great job Capt. Love your videos. You and your wife both impress and inspire me .

Just found your channel and I’m very impressed with the work you’ve put in. Keep up the good work! Can’t wait for the next video

great people, great boat great videography, thanks a lot for the video, happy new year.

I only found you a couple of weeks ago. I watch a lot of boat building and restoration channels and I must say I'm very impressed by the quality of the work that you - an amateur and beginner - are producing.Congratulations. Even though you did not seek to do it I hope you are getting satisfaction from your achievements. I'll follow you on through the restoration and hope you find it goes smoothly and as fast as you wish. All the best

I enjoyed every moment of this video and I'm so impressed with your competence and knowledge, and how quickly you learn and apply new skills. You appear to know so much about wooden boat construction its difficult to understand how you missed so many visual clues of how bad a condition the boat was in when you first viewed her. I haven't managed to find any information as to what consequences the surveyor suffered as a result of his incompetence. Congratulations on your work and I can't wait to see how this restoration continues. Thanks so much for making these videos, I love your review and progress style of presentation.

Very nice job on the new deck. Outstanding all around in the restoration.

Magnificent restoration on deck...greetings from the Chesapeake Bay

I've watch Yaba and The narrowest that Makes built, but I'm fascinated by the work you are doing In The Water!!! I've sailed and worked on wood and glass boats for 60 years and am impressed with your expertise. Well done, will continue to follow.

Thanks for sharing

You can feel Josephine relaxing and starting to breathe again. Great boat. Your work is starting to pay f

Astonishing project…highest degree of craftsmanship…perseverance and patience. Well done…stay safe…

I'm so impressed with the shipright skills you have learned. It must be be very satisfying. Also the video quality and clever editing tells this great story so well. I'm loving it. Hats off to you both. Cheers.

Your doing a Grand Job , well done. Merry Christmas.

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Outstanding restoration! Glad to see things being done in a period way! Hope that the New Year brings you only wonderful things! Take good care! Cheers from Guam! 🇬🇺

What a fantastic restoration of this boat, I’ve loved every second, quality and craftsmanship are obvious and she’s absolutely gorgeous

You guys are turning the ketch into a work of art. You have more energy than I can imagine, and I am 62. I don't think a Sunday off is enough to ease the aches and pains, but seeing that ship must help reinvigorate your souls, if not your bodies. Thanks for sharing the journey.

Brilliant idea to provide that reference line on your plugs. No need to look closely at each plug to determine the grain direction when lining it up with the plank. I have installed thousands of plugs and never thought to do this. Thank you.

Brilliant, hats off to you for your skill, labour, tenacity, just brilliant.

As I watch in utmost fascination I could hear a symphony of love, determination, patience and courage beneath the surface of resourcefulness and creativity that goes into such a daunting task of rebuilding this beautiful vessel. I salute you both. To the discerning viewers it is the art of living that you have truly inspired. Thank you.

A very sad start to this project but hopefully a happy ending, this is great to watch, good luck.

Outstanding commitment! Thank you for sharing your efforts. Such superb quality and craftsmanship! I'm sure there have been days when you wake up and wonder how can we motivate ourselves to continue ? Well, from my view, I think the reward is in the obvious progress towards the light at the end of the tunnel. I hope you both reach your vision next year and enjoy the satisfaction of completion. To me, restoration is a much harder path to follow than building new. Well done!

I started watching yesterday and I'm amazed:-) Congratulations!! It's wonderful to watch. Previously I spent hours watching Thai (I think!) shipwrights and its wonderful to see similar skills used the other side of the world. PS: I have to quietly say; the precision of your working (caulking and blue taping) is of the highest quality. Just love it:-)

Absolutely stunning work. How fantastic and the quality of the work is breath taking. I’ve only just found this restoration and absolutely 😍 it. Please, being selfish, don’t stop the videos.

Thanks for posting and sharing. Great to see this restoration and refit. How fortunate you were able to find the used hydraulic steering system nearby.

Massive undertaking!

Inspiring. You are putting in Josefine's renewed strength and integrity. It is a joy to witness. Thank you.

I really love your work thank u for showing this

thanks 4 charing.. u do nice work!!!!!

Amazing ! I always wondered how this was done. Beautiful workmanship! I've seen sailboats that needed teak replacement. No wonder it's so expensive. Labor of love.

I have only just found your channel and you have another subscriber. I am a 73 year old wooden boat fixer but now in the warmer climes of The Med. Excellent content and I look forward to catching up in 2022.

I am so impressed with the quality you as a couple put into this project (with the support of the pros). It is super (fun) to see the progress you've made, and I can understand the terrifying feeling you experience, but looking at the result you should be really proud of what you have accomplished. I want to congratulate you on the effort of 2021 and wish you all the best for 2022! Cheers! :-)

So much commitment and hard work.

My father told me of pitching the deck seams on my grandfather's Alden schooner as a teenager in the 60s, really helpful to me to understand the process involved, fantastic video and fantastic rebuild.

Very good job ! The old ways are time tested and works the best !!

Hi Randje and Reg, We like to see with how much patience and love you both are working with the restoration of Josefine. We wish you both lots of succes and wish you already a very happy new year in prosperity and in a good heath for the both of you as well as for your beloved family. Send you love from the Netherlands. Regards from Willeke and Dick

Josefine reminds me so much of a boat we used to live on named Goldilocks, even down to the yellow and black paint scheme. After we left she wasn’t as fortunate as Josefine in finding a caring new owner, and last I heard she was decaying away up a creek in Essex 😢. Great to see you putting in the effort to get Josefine spick and span again 👏

What a productive year you have had, Josefine is really starting to look a fine well restored vessel. Well done and good fortunes for 2022

wonderful work, good luck in 2022.

Congratulations on a great job of restoration and the manner in which you present it. Even the music is great. I follow another boat resto (many in fact) but one in particular that i recommend is Sailng Yaba. This boat is being more rebuilt than restored by a young couple in Brazil with a bunch of traditional wooden boat builders. This was the first boat where I have seen the use of spikes or nails instead of screws and apparently nails are stronger than screws in this application. So I was please to see you using spikes. Goos job.

Great I love your work. She's looking beautiful really waiting to watching her at sea again. Keep going mateys Cheers n beers Marty Australia

Very impressive. Best of luck. 🇨🇦

One of the most interesting and technical vlogs I have seen in a while, Josefine looks a fine vessel, from start to finish you had me glued to the screen and am now anxiously awaiting 2022's addition to the project. I am now going back to the future to know doubt be enthralled by part one.

Another fantastic video, your skill and determination to succeed are inspirational. We have so much to learn as new custodians of a classic boat and your channel really helps give context to the books. Looking forward to meeting you both one day, Toby and Sam, BPC Carlotta.

Absolutely beautiful, thanks for sharing. Simon

Bristol Docks what history this place has. Amazing work thanks for sharing.

WOW! Just blitzed my way through your restoration of Josefine and am so impressed with y'alls workmanship and dedication. The inspiration and ideas provided have given me the impetus to extend/continue my comparatively meager efforts on my 1965 jarrah Herreshoff 28 - many, many thanks.

I’m so glad I found your channel! Fantastic work!

I'm new to your channel I had dreams of doing this but Three strokes and a Hart a tack left me some what not Abel to do I would like to thank you for showing me your story.

Totally enjoyable channel. The care taken to edit and show interesting footage clearly shows as indeed does your dedication, patience and craftmanship. I can't wai untilyou post future installments particularly any further commentary onjust how your surveyor could get it so wrong!

Beautiful work, thanks for sharing. The decks look fantastic

Absolutely daunting the amount of effort required to save these old wooden vessels. I congratulate you on your dedication to the restoration of this fine old lady. Blessings in the new year.

Whilst not a fan of music all over videos on KZfaq, I think the deck would have leaked without Pachabel's Cannon. I must say you have done some graft from on board and on the not very spacious pontoons, especially being an old git like myself, no offence and all that. That deck deserved a much looooooonnnnnggggger lingering shot on camera, it looks absolutely wonderful! As a fully paid up member of the Tupperware club I'd say you guys, and girls, are doing a fantastic job. Well done. Best wishes for the new year, David, in Scotland

Just discovered this wonderful channel. It’s like Tally Ho meets Acorn to Arabella but here in good old Blighty! All the best with this project and next time we’re visiting Gloucester docks we’ll hopefully be able to see the results of your hard work and say hello. 😀😎

Wonderful project. Thanks for sharing. Happy new year and stay safe.

Nice job, well done. My eyes are watering at the likely cost just of the materials !

A wonderful job. Thank you and happy new year.

The dedication is wonderful. You did an amazing job with the deck. It turned out quite beautiful.

Just found your channel and subscribed. What a fine job your doing on the old girl! May Josefine take you ony many adventures.

With Love, determination and knowledge you can do miracles!!!

Nicely done. Thank you. Anthony

Gotta love the boat, hey? Worked as 1st mate on a Gaff rigged ketch built in Kincumber in New South Wales in 1885 whilst she was up in the Whitsundays. Search for Tallship Defender last of the mosquito fleet.

I just found your channel and watched all your videos, what an awesome job you all are doing to restore your boat. Looking forward to the next video.

It’s always heart warming to see people taking the time and putting in the effort to restore these beautiful old gals. I’m sure you’ve peeked in on Leo and the Tally Ho project. Happy new year and looking forward to seeing more. Cheers from Texas.

So, You do all that while living aboard (I reckon You went by bike and trailer You pulled outta Josefine to the site where Your new preloved hydraulic steering came from for a reason), or do You live someplace else? It is, even without living aboard, a somewhat major task You tackled beautifully so far. I particularly loved the notion "we save her so that she can save us". That's what they really are, those old troughs: the place we save ourselves to. Even more so in mad times like the present ones. Thanks for sharing!

Outstanding!

great episode. very inspiering and nicely done!!! keep it up

That had to be extremely satisfying to see what you have accomplished! Subscribed

She is so beautiful.

Stay with it, a lot to do but it's worth it!!!

Awesome work the past year. I am a new subscriber and just happen to come across your channel. Can't wait to see how you do over the next 12 months, Congratulations and Happy New Year

Great video have you watched sailing Yaba being rebuilt in brazil,, I live in Vung Tau Vietnam and to watch the boats being Built here amazing .Jotun paint from Sandefjord Norway i sailed on ships belonging to A/S Thordahl and was familiar with their product, great to see the restoration of these vessels ,have a most successful 2022 and safe sailing Regard's jack m

That was truly a pleasure to watch! Happy new year!

Just found you, liked and subscribed. The immensity of the task is remarkable and your courage commendable. Makes finishing my little GRP trailer sailer refit seem like a doddle. The perspective gives me confidence , thank you and all the best for 2022 for all of you.

Good job. Nice channel.

Fantastic effort! I have only just subscribed but from now on will be looking forward to her first adventure!

Josephine is a real winner! She is going to be a beautiful boat and she is also going to make a great home for you both! Do you know of the yt channel 'Sailing Emerald Steel'? It is about a couple of about your age who built their own steel yacht with no money but with a lot of determination. I'm sure that you'll be bound to meet them in some remote marina somewhere in your travels! In the meantime I look forward to your next video!

Nicely done.

Happy new year’s your doing a great job a true labor of love I will be looking in on your progress Wishing you all the Best

Thank you for the well wishes during the holidays, and for you as well.

I envy you your knees and back. Good on ya brother 🤙

WOW big respect to you from holland.

I do hope she will be yellow, chrome yellow would look terrific.

Nice video, well done , that caulking, well tedious, all looking superb , happy new year

Well done…. I am truly enjoying your work