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.

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

It looks like this channel is now kaput. One of the greatest ever. Cheers to Lou, wherever you are, and hope you are well.

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

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

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.

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

Great to see this knowledgeable gentleman again.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Nice change/addition to the format. Thanks!

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

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

Good to have you back on board!

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

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

Great to see you Lou!

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.

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.

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

She’s beautiful

Hooray lou is back

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤iiitttssss great looking boat

Good too see you Lou.

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

Lovely boat. Would love live in that.

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

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

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

So glad your back!

I love listening to him get so excited about his craft. It's inspiring and makes me want to go make something. I dunno what I'm gonna make but ... something.

good to see you back

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!

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

Glad your back Lou. Love your videos.

You the man Lou.

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

Good to see ya LOU

Louuuu! Your alive!

Looks like a cool build!

Yea!!

Welcome back!

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.

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

Welcome back Lou

Whether it’s an old boat, old car or an old building I always like to see people give them a second life.

Great to see you on line again!

Very cool! Thanks Lou

Awesome Thank you!!

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

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.

Lou, The wood boat Svengali. Welcome back!

Thanks Lou!

Great old boat!

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

Ohhh this should be fun!!!

My favorite channel!

Awesome!

Welcome back. Trust all is well.

Thank you.

So cool 😎

Tkzz for sharing,.,.,.peace

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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.

We may have spoken too soon.

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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?

Bravo Zulu 🎉

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

I admit I chuckled at hide-a-butt.

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?

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.

Is the glue used a two part epoxy , i thought i saw a little foam there had to clarify for my own sake

???? where are you shipwright?????

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.

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

Can we return when it's all done?

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

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

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So can anyone show me any proof at all that somebody did not just upload some B roll again to keep things going while Lou may still be out of commission? Not a single word about Orca in this video ...was this ahout 2 years abo maybe? He was out for a year, than uploads a shot video, never says a word about the year absence. It's just feels a bit off.

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

Alwa6s enjoy time speñnt

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

Dugo vas nema sretan povratak

Got wet, then became stiff.

So why dont you buy a plastic boat?

Starting to think Orca is in legal trouble.