I Can’t Afford My Dream Boat! (How I Pulled It Off!) Sailor Barry & Hailly! 

That was awesome it’s not every day you meet people like that good luck on your new ship plus Merry Christmas

I just happened upon your video with your new boat boat. I was so intrigued with your sincerity and humility and in your presentation of your video. I'm looking forward to to watching all of your videos. Thank you so much. I wish you fairwinds and calm seas in you're adventures. Good luck to you both.

Such an unbelievable episode, John and Vivian are so wonderful, such a remarkable couple, we are praying for their inspirational allowance to continue in the future aboard this truly beautiful Atkins ketch. Wish you safe Harbors ahead and a Happy New Year aboard Thunder Child!

Barry congratulations on the new boat!! As soon as I saw her stern come into view I knew she was an Atkins design. I worked on Arabella in MA (Acorn to Arabella on YT) so I was very familiar with her lines. Fair winds and seas and I look forward to your adventures. Bill from Boston.

Congratulations Barry and Hayley !! One day I hope to come and visit , fair winds ..

She's a beautiful Vessel Barry, little bittersweet for them, but man, you must be over the Moon! Merry Christmas to you and Hailly, and hey, Fair Winds And Following Seas to you both! Enjoy!

Congrts you two. Happy to see you get a boat you love and the previous owner see the love you have for the traditional bosts.

Congratulations Barry! Awesome boat! You may remember me from a previous livestream where I was chatting from my other channel, KrokPotBroccoli. Well, I have my free Tahiti Ketch, and restoration is underway!

Glad you are back at it. Great story and circumstance, congrats with the new boat.

Thanks!

Wow! Congratulations guys. It was meant to be. Awesome ship & I'm happy they found the right caretakers for her next adventures. ❤👏👍👍

Thunder Child looks like an awesome boat, looking forward to seeing what you do with her.

Hi Barry and Hailly, just come across your channel absolutely love it. Love your new yacht you’re going to have a lot of wonderful adventures. Hope you have a wonderful 2024. Keep up the good work Cliff from Logan City Queensland Australia 🇦🇺👨🏻‍🦽

haha the boat yoga fold, know it so well

Awesomeness! Great people ! Hope to see them sail with you again 🎉

Such genuine people! That sort of raw kindness is incredibly rare these days! Very beautiful boat, I look forward to following your adventures! Happy sailing guys and stay safe!

So happy to hear John and Viv near the end of this episode, lovely couple ❤

yeah HELL YEAH !!!! WAY TO GO BRO, GREAT PEOPLE , GREAT BOAT HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN GALD FOR U ALL

Congratulations to the fine boat and merry christmas and a happy new year!

Good luck in restoring the new boat! Great video!

What a lovely and enriching story. Thanks for sharing and happy sailing.

What a great way to begin the new year, wishing you all best 🙏

The engine has a real sweet rhythm to it. would be easy to play a tune. Nice find and a beautiful human experience to boot.

Wow! So happy for you two. ❤ I look forward to follow you and your new boat. 👍👍

We love your story and so look forward to all your videos! Merry Christmas and good luck in the new year! Walt & Joyce in Ohio (US)

Beautiful boat! Probably a good idea to put a pipe brush through the heat exchanger tubes.

Looks like a beautiful boat. Reminds me of my 1926 Crosby Cat yawl, the windlass look just like the one on your boat

Just found your channel. Have to say what a lovely couple you are. I look forward to seeing more episodes. ❤

Most excellent! I’m really happy for you guys, honestly! I always extra appreciate when things fall into place and just work out perfectly. Good things happen for good people .

Great to see their still great people in the world awesome boat thank you for sharing your story with us first video I watched of yours but will watch a lot more thank you again happy new year's the Staples family John and Marie 😀🎉

Awesome buddy ! Great episode and what a fine ship.

No electricity is not an issue. Paraffin lamps and stoves still can be found and they work great. Particularly the pressure lamps. Solar panels can provide for safety lights and electronics and a bank of extra batteries can be fed by e generator.. Electricity should be kept at a minimu anyway. it is the first thing to go wrong on a boat and it's a pain in the butt… Of course some sailors are masters in electronics and these kinds of things… but some of these guys wouldn't be able to cross the Channel (my home waters) on dead reckoning. Jean Gellineau is a great sailor. I happened to meet him very briefly at the Salon du Nautisme in Paris around 1995. He was presenting his great windvane which is the smartest one I've seen. He was so nice and so humble at the same time, definitely a great sailor. His book and fil are a reference in solo sailing. WIsh you the best in with your new adventure. Glad to see tere are still good people around in the sailing community. Cheers

Who else saw the ' natural feet' ? 😂 The boat chooses you as they say and she chose well. But boy oh boy the lines, hardly a ripple as she slips through the water wow.

New Year, New Boat for the Barrykins😆. Looking forward to seeing you guys drinking and doing boat maintenance!

$25000 ~ i was looking at this boat awhile back, oh wow, you are so fortunate, congratulations.

a simple very reliable way to test a thermostat is to drop it in boiling water. You should see it open. Take some pliers to grab it out of the hot water and leave it to cool. You should see it gradually close. If so it is OK. If not the part is bad. Congrats on your new boat, it's gorgeous!

No way i have "fairy boat parents" as well they are so patient,kind and loving that they practically adopted me !!!

Immediately subscribed; y'all are totally my kinda people and Thunder Child is a gorgeous find. Watching your follow up episode next!

What a wonderful story. Congrats. I was so excited when i realized where you are, im also in the area (desolation) sailing around with a similar story. :) maybe see ya out there

Beautiful story. Cheers

She is a beauty - going to be interesting to see what comes next.

So been up to Comox several times.. I'm pretty sure they wait for you to have hope and expectation to carry on the then they hit the red light switch , buggers!! Enjoyed your video we love Comox , and were in Silva Bayfor 5 days just before you got there ..

Kudos! Good things happen to good people. I just subscribed and looking forward to see how your sailing story unfolds!

Honestly you guys are doing something right, looking forward to your continued success and adventure. Happy New Year's!

that's so amazing! congratulations! that's so big man ENJOY!

This will be a wonderful adventure.

Good for you for taking on Thunder Child. I was on a long hunt for a Solid gaff cutter or ketch a couple years ago, we looked all over the island and BC Wide, but couldn't at that time find a solid enough boat that was in our budget. I found a couple that I really liked but despite my best efforts the owners did not want to part with them. I'm not a shipwright but a traditional vessel rigger and sailor, and I wasn't quite confident enough in my woodworking abilities to take on a woody that was quite old or in need of major structural work. One of the last boats we looked at looked great from the outside, the teak hull planking was in great shape, but my quick survey revealed rotten deck beams, cracked and rotted frames, white mould in most of the boats hidden areas, and general neglect. I think by the time we got around to having a look at Thunder Child I was starting to get a bit gun shy after some of the previous boats w'ed looked at, and maybe I didn't take the time look close enough before passing on her. In the end we found a fiberglass boat with a traditional hull design. I still regret not finding a gaff rig though. They are wonderful to sail, excellent, powerful downwind rigs. Forgiving and simple to rig. Looking forward to seeing what improvements you make to her. Looks like you got a good one. Cheers Ryan

ONE OF THOSE SAILS is probably a top Jib - they were very common then and on Atkins boats

You sure can see the similarities to steves Arabella in these vessels

Throw us Thumbs 👍 while you wait 😅

Love what you are doing. This was one of the best episode’s yet❤

Congrats! Also, that WWII NAVY Watch Cap 👌👌👌.

Every relationship takes work, especially when with a boat. You will work out the bugs. Congrats on your new beauty.

Did you ask “ whats the Ketch?” …lol. Great video

Wonderful adventure and good Karma to get this new boat , great folks that gave you the chance to get this larger sail . Good luck and waiting for more adventures with both of you wonderful people love you both so much and you're life on the sea . Best videos and love the name of the new boat.

Beautiful pirate ship congratulations guys …. Cheers 🍻 and Fair wind 💨

Great upload congrats on thenew boat im very inspired with your positivity during trials and tribulations. I once took a boat on test drive that broke down and left me stranded. The Honda kicker started right up then died and the pull cord broke leaving us drifting down a river dodging dead heads with a fishing net for an oar. We made it back to safety and my wife still wanted the boat I regretted that decision and the boat was cursed. I sold the boat fast forward 15 year the new owner call me and ask about the boats original name and said the boat was cursed. Glad the dog house is gone from my life. Hopefully thunder child turns out

Barry, nice boat. I am glad your video showed IP . It was very touching. Nice work. I''m sure the two of you will have many great adventures. JR

I just stumbled across this video, and I’m glad that I did. Excellent content I really enjoyed it an I’m looking forward to seeing all of your videos. Thanks so much. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Seriously enjoyed this video, my first SailorBarry watch. Keep it up

Heartfelt! Lovely!

Bro my dad had that Harley Davidson T in the 80s. I rocked it in the 90s. Loved that shirt!!!! Wish I still had it. Thx for the vids!

You were saying you had a secret last episode Barry. Wow guys, super big. MEGA. Bon Voyage Dagon, Bon soir Problem child a-thunderin' down that sea-way. She's not as quaint yet, but you'll see to that, But she's a beauty to behold. And now you got a motor, plug in the past. Take a while to build another of those. And it is true, Hailly, yes, sometimes it is imperative to be makin' that moula before we get to see that cheesecake. But now you get to eat it. Ahoy mates, fair weather fore 'n' aft

Way to go Barry! Congrats. The video editing is also looking great. Fair winds, Tony P.

Good things happen to good people… John

That is one special boat needs a bit of modernizing amazing.

hey guys nice boat i have a erick atkin ketch in porpouse bay on the sunshine coast working on restauration love the boat cheers the sv freelancer also you tube chanel

What a beautiful couple to help you get the boat

Good Job!

Looks ideal for you but there are always other dream boats if you keep dreaming.

Got a thumbs up mate....but flck I miss you pair...but is OK...I'm just being greedy. Best to ya both over Christmas and I will wait until ya get ya next one up

Nice score!! Thunder child is a real charmer, and looks sea kindly, like my Tahiti. Enjoy!!!

I have the exactly same anchorwindlass, its really sturdy and powerful (depending on whos cranking) Think its Polish ? It was mounted on my Alan Pape Ebbtide 33, sold the boat with an electric windlass, now the Polish is mounted to my 45ft steel liveaboard 😅☝️ I you need spares, tell me 😊

CONGRATS !

Barry a quick question, "why don't sailors put a sediment filter on the out put of the raw water pump", I follow just over a hundred channels and almost all of them end up with heat ex-changer plugs because of impeller particles.

awesome episode and congratulations on your new boat!

awesome guys

Beautiful boat

great story enjoy!

Ita a boat. When the anthropomorphic notions surface, it gets silly. Its a pleasure boat, a way for two people to attempt some kind of escape, while, the world burns and the monsters have their way. Its a nice solipsistic dream, but there is no place to go, not anymore.

i would strip and clean your raw water system . I had similar issue once. the heat exchanger was blocked

A real dreamboat is one that finds you, you could search for a lifetime otherwise.

Great video! First time to see your channel. I realized google must have known I'd like it when you arrived at your new boat and it was an Atkins design. Ours is too, but not quite a proper classic like yours. Best of luck to you. I hope to gather enough knowledge one day to own a proper classic. If you make your way south, maybe we will cross paths. Subscribed 👍

Nice boat.

Lol I live in English bay. Northland NZ. 😂

I really loved this episode too... but could not understand the name of the sailor / writer :( I read Joshua Slocum, Bernard Moitessier, Henry de Monfreid... Due to what you say, I really wish I could read him too !! Thank you, and Happy New Year ! ✨

Nice boat but VERY hard to sell . Very small market of people that want to own one .

Hey Barry, did I meet you in Silva Bay last spring when I sailed through on my Spencer 42?

What was the name of the audio book you guys were listening to?? Plus you guys are adorable

Good thing happen to good people

Are you going to be at the boat show in Toronto this weekend?

super

Harley-Davidson? You like to ride and sail machines which take much time for maintenance (bad guy's would say "much time for repairing";))

What was the audio book you talked about? And have a Great xmas!

all i can say is nice old woodie. however i hope you do not have to sacrifice her to the kraken, lots of them on your way. been many many years sincei have had a wooden sailboat. i miss it to a point. but now i prefer my 120ft ww2 tug. lol im not far from vancouver. yours is a lot cheaper to operate buti can go off shore and hide i think a bit easier lol but you got a good deal. i reemember all the hard work a woodie takes.. im too old for that type of work anymore.. have lots of fun with her. and please be careful of the kraken and the sea monsters. lots of them near vancouver you havent told your gf yet about possibly having to feed her to the kraken yet have you?

So how much did the boat cost?

Lovely. Im Subbing

It was obviously your destiny. And by the way you didn't pull anything off - it happened.

What did you do with the other boat? Maybe I would like it

WOW