How Are We Going To Flip Our 50ft Hull? - Ep. 394 RAN Sailing 

I'm a 74 year old male with COPD, retired US Merchant Marine officer, who started sailing before I could talk. Your sailing channel has been viewed since conception, each episode both full of usable information and created with care and knowledge. We are all awaiting the turn of this legendary build. Thank you for your time and all the effort you all extend every week.

I can beat that, I'm 77! I feel pretty much the same way about the world and what a desperately unhappy place it is today, but finding solace vicariously in seeing a beautiful young family working miracles on a lovely farm in southern Sweden and a crew of fabulous young shipwrights and riggers in Port Townsend, Washington, USA, and a few others. I can't wait to see that boat turning!

I always chuckle when I see all of Vera's art work on the framework, etc. Some of that should be preserved and incorporated as accent pieces somewhere in her birth/cabin. Lol. 😄

I am 75 and live in America. My country is failing me and many. You 3 are helping me to clean out my mind and heart of the "garbage", can't thank you enough. Hard work, loving family, adventure bound and always moving forward. Such a joy. My "goal" ,to grow closer to GOD and see your boat "in the water" "Let er Buck"😇😃

This is better than Netflix

Johan, Du bist so ein ausgeglichener und talentierter Mann, was Du leistest und schaffst ist beeindruckend und bleibst dabei so bescheiden und freundlich. Ich höre nie ein böses Wort von Dir, Du fluchst nie. Ich muss Dir großen Respekt zollen.

"I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands. She'll be a fair curve from a noble plan!"

I am 76... living in Spain, and also share the view that your work is just a sliver of hope on this dark days. Your work, as always is fantastic. I wish you good luck and success on the turning procedure, and above all take care.

What a massive undertaking. And what a huge amount of thought and effort you have put into it. That hull is an immense work of art. This is all so different from a production facility. Doing it all yourselves! So many fingers will be crossed hoping that all goes according to plan.

Good stuff! I would never have guessed turning a hull over would be so interesting. I'm glad it's you doing it and not me.

Great job building your square wheel. I am 70 years old. Built many building and custom homes. I highly suggest that you take some 2x8 and make x braces between each square wheel. I will keep everything aligned and prevent the wheels from sliding to either side. Those straps will not be able to hold the possible stress of the frames attempting to move. The boat is looking great.

I'm glad you have the additional machine skates. I've had casters fail. We recommend adding a 33% addition to the total weight of the load for safety. As you know, it's not a good idea to push their limits. My motto: Plan your work. Work your plan. I'm excited for what's next. Thanks for sharing.

One year ago, this stage seemed an ETERNITY away! I have been so looking foward to the turning of the hull and now, I cant wait till next week!!! So exciting! 🤞👌💪

Johan, i think you thought things over well. Still.... 1) I would make some diagonal reinforcements between the brackets in the boat's length direction as when you start moving things there might be some friction in that direction misplacing the brackets during the move. 2) are you not afraid that the hard surface of the wheels in combination with the weight of the construction will damage the plywood layers and dig themselves into the plywood. Did you consider metal or other types of plates as a surface. 3) to assure the the load is constantly carried on all wheels the surface of your plates (plywood, metal or whatever will need to be perfect level over the entire track. How will you deal with that thought i realize that thanks to the gravel underlayer it might be easier as with other under types of surfaces (sand,grass, etc) 4) be careful with the machine transport skits you bought. check on Cutting Edge Construction Australia channel. He used similar skits moving lathes and other heavy loads across a flat concrete floor and the wheels were simply pulverized during the move. I think it's shown in this video: "The BIG Horizontal Milling Machine Project | Part 1 | Moving into workshop" Success Jan-Willem

Very impressive that you're turning the boat without a crane.

The size of this hull is becoming apparent. We should be concerned if you start loading creatures two by two :). The garden is also sizable. It will be interesting to watch its progress.

Johan, in your past life you sure were a Viking building many boats. (and sailing them) Great job so far. Good luck!

Good luck and be very careful!

What a year for boat building on youtube... Delos starting there new boat, MJ sailing getting theirs well along the way, Tallo Ho just launched, and here we have Ran2 coming out of the shed and turning over... What more do we need to get off the couch and do something significant...

Can't Wait!! Can't Wait!! Turn, baby, turn! 😅

Good luck with everything!!!!!! Will watch the progress!!!!

Can't wait, I'm sure everything will be fine, as Johan said it's going to be exciting!

The beauty of living in a northern region. Lots of additional sunlight at this time of year!

I am rooting for you guys! Awesome attention to detail and hard work!

Impressive.

HEy! Juhan. You've conquered that pesky "J". With everything else going on. Inspirational channel.

The garden and around your farm is looking lovely. A great job on the frames for turning the hull. You guys are so talented. Love the vlog :)

Detta blir ju bara mer och mer spännande! Jag har följt er RU-vid kanal ny i flera år och er beslutsamhet och metodiska sättet att arbeta med saker och ting är otroligt imponerande. 😎

Nu blir det ju spännande fast det har det ju varit hela tiden, det som kommer vill inte jag missa. Hälsa lillkapten!

I have faith, but I'm still really nervous about the hull turning. Thanks for sharing.

It seems you have thought of everything! (But perhaps some cross bracing on the longest chocks would prevent any risk of twisting)

Well if any one can do it my money would be on you best of luck!

Some of the best content on RU-vid… certainly the best sailing channel. I’ve watched from the beginning and it just gets better and better. The engineering work needed just to turn the hull let alone build it is astonishing. I’m hooked!

YALL ARE BUILDING A HUGE BOAT BY HAND!!!!!!Best RU-vid channel hands down ❤️❤️❤️

Such a pleasure to watch you and your family. Perfect mix of personal with boat building specifics and work entailed with actual sailing and traveling experiences when possible. You all are the best. Enraptured with how you are getting this boat birthed! Keep up the good work and many blessings for you all!

Amazing! What incredible planning!

FWIW: I used to work for a moving company that would move large heavy machinery we used "boerkey roller skates" along with thin hardend steel plates (from old industrial band saw blades) as tracks over floors. Something to consider if you have any problems rolling it! A Burke bar or two might come in handy too!!

You guys are so incredibly clever, such accurate work . Look forwards to next phase .

Crikey, that structure would turn the Queen Mary

En français, absolument remarquable de travail de précision

Love this project and the explanations during the process. Just amazing to me! Best of luck with the flip. 👍

You both have “huge balls”! 😊👍 What you are achieving is incredible. I am confident that you will succeed and achieve your goals of building a magnificent boat! You are clever and well organized. I watch all your videos, it's so well filmed, the explanations are top notch. Top-notch editing! Bravo !!! And listening to you make me pratice my english 😊👍 Greetings from France

How EXCITING.....|Cannot wait to see the move out and everything you have planned and figured out. I know you are also nervous and excited. Take your time, slowly make decisions, and all will be good. I cannot wait for next Friday and the video. Love so much your channel. Have been with you since the first boat and you left out.

You both are fantastic! I have all the confidence in you get the turning done. Just keep it easy and safe.

All very interesting and it is going to be great watching the actual turning over. You didn't mention anything about how you'll stop or slow the fall onto the next flat of the square once you've passed the pivot point of the square wheel.

This looks like a sound plan. Can't wait to see the hull flipped!

Wish you all the best luck for the next stage, with no hiccups 😂

It's actually called a toe jack, the low one, great job. And you will get it done. A big backhoe would be better than a tractor , it could probably life the boat half way over.

Malin you are standing up to the pressure very well

Excellent forward planning. The next phase is going to be very exciting. Well done to you both.

Without stress ,who are you kidding . I'd be stressed to the max turning this hull over with all the work I'd be a nervous wreck. We will keep you guys in our prayers that all goes as planned ,you turn the hull with no problems and most importantly no one gets hurt during this process.

Very excited for you guys. In this whole operation I see one most important/dangerous moment(two times) - as you are turning, at one point the center of gravity passes a corner and square frame wants to drop…please try to calculate what the force can be, because at the last angle, right before the frame side is on the ground, the pulling leverage will be enormous(because gravity is at the longest lever)…make sure it does not pull/roll your tractor with the frame. I’m sure you will be putting supports/jacks as it goes down, but they are on the angle and it’s hard to predict. Good luck guys, we are with you!

THANKS I enjoy watching and do appreciate that you have carefully thought through the process. Looking forward to seeing the "Flip"!

The corner radius on your frames are much smaller than the photo example you showed. The smaller radius will cause a larger rotational force when acted upon. They will make the turn harder to control. In a perfect world the frame would form a perfect circle to minimize the forces requied.

Looking forward to watching the craziness

Malin, It's looks like that fighting kers, a very invasive species - totally hopeless to get rid of unless dig out all the roots. Cheers.

Felicitaciones y suerte en la maniobra de dar vuelta el casco! 💪🏻💪🏻🤗🤗

Good luck👍🥳😎

Xlnt job Johan and Malin, and Vera too. Its coming together very well.

Has anyone ever used a steel tube like a spit to turn the hull? I'm in awe of your craftsmanship.

Fluorescent lights are the best lights to use when evaluating a surface for irregularities. All car manufacturers passes every car through an inspection booth with many fluorescent lights to spot imperfections. With that said I was paying attention to the light reflection as you were walking around the hull and I’m extremely impressed the endless hours at the long board has paid off. Well done!

Ah, "get the hull out of here", so true. All the best. This has turned out to be more interesting than most everything else here on RU-vid. You will get it turned, I am sure of that and make it good to watch!!!

So that’s why Vera learned to ride a bike… to pull the hull out of there🤭! Hope everything goes to plan!…

Crazy impressive, all planning and what you accomplish. Soo looking forward to next weeks episode

Wish you success in the hull flip.

Well done 👍. Thank you for taking the time to share. Your careful approach to planning and execution is a joy to behold.

Don't be nervous you and Johan got this

The suspense has been building for a long time. I’m not sure it’s good for my pressure but I wouldn’t miss it for the world!

The moment has arrived, and it's now time to turn the Hull... I wish you all the best in this process. You are so thorough in your work, and i am pretty sure everything will go well. Good luck...

Wow! Impressive planning - it looks like you have a lot of contingency plans in place. Good luck!

Chocks? Maybe not chokes. Anyway whatever they are the project is amazing! A very exciting point approaching now.

Ni är helt otroliga, har längtat efter detta. Fortsätt kämpa så vi kan ses på vattnet framöver ❤

Your content is awesome!! looking forward to the flipping, be careful!!

Great work! I flipped my 26-footer the same way. I thought that was nerve-wrecking. Bra jobbat;)

Hello Johan and Malin, What a great project and thank you for sharing your experiences. It's so educational for many of us! I noticed something during the explanation of how to turn the boat around; nothing was said about braking after the tipping point.. don't forget that! Greetings from Holland

good luck, be careful

I’m a tunnel engineer so I’m used to moving and manipulating heavy objects in a confined space without a crane. I’m not clear on your scheme to flip over the hull but there are some mistakes people make in these situations. Your hull is fairly rigid. When you are sliding the boat out of the barn, as few as three wheels will be carrying the load. If the hull flexes and sags a bit, then maybe a few more wheels will make contact and carry some load. Your track will not be perfectly level. Wheel loads will be higher than you plan if you expect all the wheels to carry the load. You talked about using plywood to make a runway. Have someone check the rolling shear force created inside the plywood by the wheels. The plies can fail at the lamination faces. You might think about renting steel plates used for temporary covering of holes in the street. If you wood sags. The weight will be spread to adjacent wheeels but the whole hull will be more difficult to move as you are essentially pulling the hull up a hill if the track sags. You have done a great job so far. Don’t trust to luck!

Looks great! Chocks, sounds like Chawks

Well done guys another great episode never fail to amaze with your skills cheers from down under !!

We had a tree fall against our house a few years ago, It was tall but somewhat skinny western hemlock. The house is sturdy and withstood it with only minor damage to the gutter and roof edge. Due to various factors a crane could not be used to lift it. The tree company that removed it instead used snatch blocks up in a nearby tree fed down to boat winches. The boat winches were attached to a wide belt that was strapped around the base of the tree. They used fairly thick dyneema lines. I was surprised at first but when you consider the loads that a sail produces, a large winch has to be rated to many thousands of pounds.

I would have put copper coat on the hull before turning it over. Would be significantly easier than doing it the correct way up, no downside to applying it a year or more before splashing.

When working on one of my previous boats i also needed to turn that boat from one side to the other side to restore the bottom and the keel of that boat used Some chain pulley’s to effectively turn and in the same time used another one to use as a brake so the hull could not move unexpectedly, worked like a charm. This was a steel hull weighing around 5 ton so not a very heavy boat like yours

Good Luck Johan, sound very serious and hard job

Good luck ! Even though you probably won`t need it with your thorough preparation. Take it slowly, and adapt as you go, and it will work out fine.

Stay safe and best of luck. Even the best of plans need a little luck.

Slow methodical increments, like the tide coming in, that's the way to do it. You can't pull an apple out of a seed, you have to let it grow. You don't need luck when you are prepared, cheers.

A lot of people, including me, are waiting for the moment you will move the boat out from the barn, turn it an move it back into the barn. That is increadible you will do this yourselves. The whole program of yours is increadible to be done of you two. But of course, we, visitors of your channel do not know what happens when your camera is of line. Anyway, I think that you are doing a hell of a job, producing such a big boat by yourselves. Once you got it out the hull is waterproof as long you have not turned it? But when you have turned it you dont want any rain? Does that mean that all of it has to be done in one day? Days are long now even in the south of Sweden so a day can be almost 20 hours I think. Do you have any coments?

How flat is the floor? Once you roll it, the flatness of the floor will play a role

Brother you are going to have fun dragging those small wheels over gravel to get the hull outside the barn.

I'm nervous for you guys. Too bad no crane, but, you guys are industrious and will figure it out. Old school!

Thanks

“Exciting” is very much an understatement!

Lycka till med nästa stora steg j bygget!👍

Phew! Nail-biting but exciting! 😅😊🎉🎉🎉

Good luck with this challenging phase of the build. Can you imagine having the hull right side up soon? 😅

Can't wait to see the move/flip! Great work so far!

I admire your talent and tenacity on a project like this takes a special family, takes special skills, not to mention money and guts. Congratulations. I will keep watching.

Amazing progress! Good luck with the turn 🤞

Great video! I learn so much by watching, and listening as you proceed in your build. Your methodical and detailed planning is truly impressive.

Cross brace the frames. Also please protect the tree bark if you are putting strops around it, as it is acting as a free crane. If any of the wheels/tracks fail, remember on greased beams you will easily be able to move the weight of that hull in any direction with surprisingly little horizontal force as has been done for centuries. "Invasive weeds" and behind Malin acres of crop without a single weed in sight, just the tram lines of the chemical sprayer: juxtaposition.😀