A full history would be wonderfull to see if you can find it out. Part of the fascination of old boats is the history of them

Love the history would be fun to see the break down of each stage in the boats life Also maybe a collaboration with a naval historian on KZfaq will help grow the channel just a thought

There is a youtube channel from Sweden called RAN Sailing, the are just building a new boat..

Of course you know Ran sailing?

@@davidantill6949 well not personally. 🤣 but they are good 👍👍

We still need a bit more informations but as soon as we find out something new we'll let you know!

Now it's not even possible to register Flying Coney in Austria because she exceeds the 24 meters LOA. The maritime world would not be the same without Austrian inventors and engineers. Josef Ressel designed the first working ship's propeller and Fritz Maier influenced the hull shape of most vessels built from 1930-1980. His son Erich is responsible for the shape of the KFK and the second ship in the video is a good example of a post war trawler built to these lines. Also the Tres Hombres is a KFK if you know that sailing ship... However, Flying Coneys hull shape is even a bit older. Speaking about design an early example of a fishing vessel built to traditional lines but already built with an engine. But since the early diesels and semi diesels were not all that strong and reliable most skippers still wanted to have a sailing rig just in case. Another example of an hybrid in between a sailing ship and a motor ships are the famous Hajkutters built in Denmark. (Sorry for nerding out again 😉)

@@FlyingConey What very kind of you to respond to my comment in such a way. Yes I’m aware of Austrian inventions in all kind of areas. A Haikutter (Gaffelketsch) was built already before WW1 . These vessels were built as fishing boats and smaller as your boat with only a 10 hp engine and with splendid sailing rigs strong enough to drag nets full of fish that were hoisted on board with ropes and pulleys by hand

As long as you keep watching! 😉 Thank you!

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A very good sailing ship the Belle Amie. Also very easy to handle with a small crew.

I can't tell you how many hours I spent finding hints about Flying Coneys past. Looking at hull shape, historic phots from that era and area. It's something you intend to do for 10mins and 4 hours later you realize it's already sunset out there 😁

We've always a sander ready for you 😉

You're probably the first one taking this route in this direction. It's a great channel and I hope you enjoy his videos.

We do our best 😉We do want to visit the fisheries museum in Katwijk where she fished as KW-71 Ekhart and also the Tall Ship Races organization because she sailed there at least two times. Back then it was called the Cutty Sark Tall Ship Races and Flying Coney was still named RAN. Also an interview with the artist who converted her and sailed for such a long time would be great.

Gijs and family ;-) and for everyone else kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bJ6FZ7RqysCtqYU.html 🙂

Hi Canice, the strainer was for a strong deck and net wash pump. The valve underneath it was very very old. The keel cooling was introduced together with the DAF, before that she had an De Industry 4 cyl. engine one of those large ones you start by air. Cooled with an heat exchanger and I believe the discharge valve above the waterline is still in place. I just looked it up on an old photo if there's water coming out on the side somewhere and it is. The Kort Nozzle aka Ducted Prop is mostly beneficial at low speeds. So most tugs and trawlers have them. Above 10 knots the additional drag eats up the benefit of the higher efficiency. We believe that Flying Coney was designed as a logger, so the nets were floating in front of the slowly backwards drifting vessel. No heavy towing involved. But long journeys were an evident hull was important.

Have you seen our community post? These are the only two photos we have of her as a fishing vessel. She was called KW-71 Ekhart back then. Probably she was officially relaunched as KW-34 Tiny.

We needed to remove tons of makeup before we're able to show her natural beauty. Still not completely there but wait until you see her newly painted 😉 Although she is a bit of a dive since we added 30+ years to her official age. Let's do an experiment together. Next time you mother or wife has brithday just add a few more years and let me know the result if you're still able to write 🤣

@@FlyingConey je oller, je doller 😉

So far we do know that she was a wooden warship and was rebuilt with a steel hull in 1950. She fished out of Katwijk, Scheveningen and then again Katwijk until she was converted into a sailing ship in 1977. The same guy converted her again into a motorsailer in the early 90s.

Thank you! I'm glad you've enjoyed the video 👍

I'm not sure if I should tell you that I found Barrys channels almost three years ago because I was trying to find out more about danish ketches and he was the first mate of a ship named providence back then and for a very long time we try to find a vessel similar to Providence. I even remember his small almost sinking first wooden boat. 😉 Ar you trying to test me 🤣 🤣 🤣

@@FlyingConey lol glad you watch Barry. Hope you will come to the live stream. Would be really fun

Flying Coney was definitely not built as a mine sweeper. However, the Kriegsmarine used KFK and also herring loggers as VP- Boats, Outpost Boats, Flakships and especially after the war the boats also were used for minesweeping. It's possible that our boat had wooden planks, was longer in length and was destroyed doing that job and was later rebuilt "in iron". I agree with you that there are probably better warships but they did use what they had during that time.

@@FlyingConey Yeah it's possible. Not probable though. If it were used as a minesweeper it would be quite easily proved through military records. You haven't backed up a single one of your claims about this boat's history with evidence.

@@danielstewart3507 Don't get it why you people are always so negative here. Here you have the prove that she was a wooden military vessel predating 1950. (The last sentence) www.zuiderzeecollectie.nl/object/cvr/Centraal_Visserijregister-40036410

@@FlyingConey lol. That's a different boat. Length 21.74 metres is 71 feet. Your boat is 82 feet.

​@@danielstewart3507 That's because it's not the LOA in the paper, it's the load line... Don't be ridiculous.

First time I saw flying coni she immediately reminded me of tecla because I know her owners but unfortunately she isn't really riveted any more because underneath the waterline her entire hull has been replaced with a welded construction

@@leochristhopher7669 A very sensible decision when sailing artic waters.

Its a realy sensible decision indeed but I didn't say that it was a mistake I only wanted to say that it takes away some of her charm

We searched a long time for a boat similar to Josefine. I love those danish ketches and Hajkutters. But now I'm very glad that we picked a steel boat. Although in my opinion the riveted hull is something in between. Have you seen his episode about the survey?

We do our best to get as much information as possible. We also try to get pictures from her as a sailing ship. As far as we know the artist who converted her is still around. It would be great to get an interview!

Over a steel framework, yes .

I think our prop is reasonable. A new one would cost about 25-30 000€ and a feathering one more than twice as much. We probably will alter the shape of the bow slightly above the waterline. But below it it's very sharp and has a lot of lateral area, so it's good for sailing!

Ps , Love the ships history .

Yes but at the moment we have bigger concerns and have to set priorities. A good bow thruster is more than 10k.

​@@FlyingConey [PL] Dobre rzeczy zazwyczaj kosztują dużo :). Po obejrzeniu kilkunastu odcinków wiem już jak może przebiegać dalsza praca. Niemniej jednaj, jeżeli planujecie prace w stoczni, w tym naprawy strukturalne, spawanie, piaskowanie i malowanie kadłuba z zewnątrz i wewnątrz, warto się zastanowić nad instalacją tego urządzenia. Jestem pełen podziwu dla Waszej ciężkiej pracy i kibicuję w dalszych pracach. Niech Wam Posejdon/Neptun sprzyja! Pozdrawiam!

That's a good idea. Is there any specific channel you enjoy watching?

@@FlyingConey darchinifel is probably my favorite for older ships but he is pretty specific in the military side

@@FlyingConey but as far as sailing channels go that do a bit of history Smithy's boatshed and captain q are the only ones I think of that aren't like you working on a old or historical boat

I did and it's a very interesting concept. But unfortunately not suitable for our high torque set up. A 47" (1.2 meter) diameter four bladed prop isn't small and costs about 30 000€. One with adjustable blades for sailing would be amazing but costs more than 100k. SV Seeker built one himself but still struggles a bit to get it running.

Just turn on captions, go to settings directly under the video, there you have the point "subtitles / CC" and there you can pick "auto translate" to Portuguese. Have fun watching the videos 😉

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You have a great project 😉 I can only roughly imagine how much work a wooden boat in that condition is. But Sarinda is a Wonderfull Ship and with your love you'll bring her back to live. Speaking about work I do think you have the "biggest boat project" on KZfaq 😉