Restoring a 61yr old wooden wayfarer

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This is a record of 6 months of work restoring W451.
If anyone else is considering doing similar, be warned.
It is far cheaper to buy a restored boat than to do it yourself.
Whilst the process was rather fun, in a strange kind of way, this video will not be for everyone....
Timecodes
0:00 Intro
0:40 back home
1:00 drying out
1:10 sanding
1:23 robin
1:39 winter work
2:12 advice
2:30 rudder
3:17 centreboard
3:34 wedge
3:44 bilge scraping
4:08 robin bedtime
4:14 shed door
4:47 CB case repair
5:36 turning her over
6:06 self bailers
6:20 hull fairing
6:49 painting
7:14 stern repair
7:50 rubstrips
8:49 near disaster
9:15 deck varnish
9:58 clips
10:09 trailer
10:36 child labour
10:49 launch
11:04 escape
11:21 sea trials

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7 июл 2024

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@LynnGagnon1 27 дней назад

. . . the smile while passing 620 . . . the music during your maiden voyage is perfect!

@2120edm 25 дней назад

Thank you. May the adventures continue👍

@huntsail3727 2 месяца назад

Admire your dedication and persistence. Looks like you enjoyed the sail. Great stuff. Fair winds!

@2120edm 2 месяца назад

Thanks 👍

@fraseben 2 месяца назад

She looks great! Very well done:)

@2120edm 2 месяца назад

Thank you. She is still sailing great👍

@sjames9308 2 месяца назад

Lovely job! These wooden classics are timeless and the Wayfarer so capable. I have W265, the boat Peter Clutterbuck sailed from Hamble to Norway! Worth looking up his book if you're planning to go beyond the Broads.

@2120edm 2 месяца назад

Wow. What a journey. We are making small steps. Might try Suffolk next. This is a big step for a Norfolk lad.

@grahamsharp5130 4 месяца назад

Super stuff! So glad there are still folk about who realise that old wooden boats should be saved.

@2120edm 3 месяца назад

Thank you. I am very glad to have put the time and effort in. She is a lovely boat to sail

@SaxeGrove Год назад

What a nice and well told story. Good to see her back on the water. Cheers Mort - W11324

@2120edm Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it. It was fun to make

@williamwilkins8648 Год назад

Adorable dog!

@2120edm Год назад

Also a clever and naughty dog. Haha

@douglasyoung3915 Год назад

This is beautiful, WELL DONE,

@2120edm Год назад

😀 glad it wasn't too boring. haha

@evewilkinson9653 3 месяца назад

Brilliant 👍🏻Lovely to see a lovely old boat saved and sailing again. 🎉

@2120edm 3 месяца назад

Thank you for the comment. Nearly a year on and she is still sailing wonderfully. We are all off to do a few days cruising in her soon.

@PeaceProfit 8 месяцев назад

Sitting in a museum or traveling from show to show is a boring life for a boat... just one step up from being neglected, rotting away behind a shed... Functional⛵️Restoration gets the boat back doing what she’s meant to do... carrying those who love and care for her into adventure after adventure, getting wet, drying out and getting wet again, while all the experience of wind, weather and sail create new memories for family and friends... Treehouse🌲Boat⛵️Works

@2120edm 8 месяцев назад

👍

@barrypalmer7462 14 дней назад

Really liked the video, I have got a similar boat number 459 and its about 2/3 of the way through a full restoration was hoping to get it done this year and then another woody back on the water

@2120edm 13 дней назад

Great job. It’s lovely to see the old woodies getting back on the water. 459 is almost like a sister to 451. Haha

@TravelStyleNews Год назад

Well done, she looks beautiful

@2120edm Год назад

👍

@deanpurcell7771 7 месяцев назад

Wonderful!

@2120edm 7 месяцев назад

Thank you 👍

@flyingmedic 8 месяцев назад

A splendid refurbishment. Very well told approach to. Thank you.

@2120edm 8 месяцев назад

👍thanks

@matthewmcdermit8744 4 месяца назад

Well done.

@2120edm 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

@jameswrethman5375 8 месяцев назад

well done to you, a lovley job you should be proud to have her back on the water. my own attempt ended in failure the hull was just too far gone. the parts however live on in other boats

@2120edm 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for the kind words. She is lovely to sail. Hopefully all my repairs hold up…

@wombatone5577 Год назад

She looks magnificent. Well done!

@2120edm Год назад

Thank you. 👍

@savingsusanna 10 месяцев назад

Great story & video :) - Nice job mate, hope you're having fun with her! Thanks.

@2120edm 10 месяцев назад

Yes, thank you. She sails beautifully

@rvalentine1000 Год назад

Well done, you've given me inspiration for my own project.👏🏽

@2120edm Год назад

I enjoyed every minute of it all. Some parts were stressful but everything seems to have worked out and she sails beautifully. Go for it...

@paulatthetimmy 9 месяцев назад

A fabulous video I really enjoyed it, she is a beautiful boat - Thank you for Sharing..

@2120edm 9 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

@meh2237 Год назад

Amazing job

@2120edm Год назад

Thank you. It's even more fun sailing her ;)

@ChrisLucasProAd 8 месяцев назад

Great to see. I’m restoring a 1968 Leader and your observations on ‘fun in a strange kind of way’ and cheaper to get a restored one than do it yourself really resonate! 😂 lovely to have these vintage boats back out on the water though

@2120edm 8 месяцев назад

Ha yes. They are lovely to sail too, as long as you don’t smack into stuff. That creates another level of stress😂

@ChrisLucasProAd 8 месяцев назад

@@2120edm having just had to re glass and replace the keelband following an argument with a block of submerged granite I wholeheartedly agree 🙈

@dooleyfussle8634 8 месяцев назад

I'll never forget working on my Mistral (fiberglass knockoff) 's rudder! I managed to suck my thumb into the roller on my belt sander! A few hours later I was heating up a needle to drill a hole in the nail to relieve the (excrutiating) pressure.

@2120edm 8 месяцев назад

Awhh. That sounds miserable. I can sympathise. On my last boat project I managed to router out my finger. I tried to keep going and nearly fainted which was even more dumb. The finger still feels weird several years later.

@jamessandman3708 Год назад

That was awesome! Beautiful boat! I have a 1958 flying Scot, you've inspired me! Thanks for sharing!!.................⛵⛵⛵

@2120edm Год назад

Ah cool. Flying Scots look great. Fast I bet

@jamessandman3708 Год назад

@@2120edm she's not as fast as a Laser but she's pretty quick. She is a lot to handle with the spinnaker flying and up on plane....⛵⛵⛵

@2120edm Год назад

@@jamessandman3708 haha. I bet.

@philsulzberger7018 Год назад

You have inspired me a bit. I am part way (too many years it seems) thru restoring a 1960's Tamar Class sailing dinghy of a very similar design. There were hundreds built in Tasmania Aus back in the day as they were cheap and simple to build. Alas many people found them to be a very good power boat , so many ended up at the beach shack to rot. Tasmania is an island with many great sailing areas. At the head of the Tamar river is the city of Launceston where my boat was built. Great sailing estuary in the right conditions. I will be 60 late this year, so better get my finger out and finish.

@2120edm Год назад

It's never too late to get a boat finished off. I spent a bit of time when I was younger across the Bass Strait in Melbourne. A lovely corner of the world you have there.

@peterjohnson6273 Год назад

That was great! :>)

@2120edm Год назад

👍

@donniebooth8478 Год назад

Awesome you have did a beautiful job I would like to have it !

@2120edm Год назад

Ha. I am slowly realising I will never be finished. Latest project is to make a cover and a tent…

@benrusi2289 Год назад

1963 in Ottawa, ON, Canada, I had a pleasure to sail #614 and later built #9?? something from the kit from UK!

@2120edm Год назад

Wow. Thats a few years ago. You guys have some great sailing over in Ontario

@AndyUK-Corrival Год назад

Great job. I have a Mk1 grp boat to do up, t won’t look as good as no wood but they are such great boats. Andy UK

@2120edm Год назад

There is a certain character to wooden boats, but you pay for that with the extra work and worry, haha

@pepewebb5388 10 месяцев назад

Great video and an inspiration for my own project due to start next month. Mine will require rebuilding the back 2 foot as it is rotten (although my inspection took place on the wettest August day for years. I may only have to patch in places). I do like a challenge.

@2120edm 10 месяцев назад

Cripes. That does indeed sound like a challenge. Good luck 👍

@dewibermingham816 9 месяцев назад

Best wishes from wayfarer 244 !

@2120edm 9 месяцев назад

Ah great. Another old girl still on the water. I bet you have a few of the same issues I did.👍

@davidprocter3578 Год назад

Next time you get a water soaked boat try Cirrus Systems stripper, it is water based and just washes off with a hose taking paint and varnish with it, saves hours of work. I have no connection with the company other than having used it's products, The least impressive thing about the product is the realization of the time and money wasted stripping coatings in the past, quite sickening really. Nice job by the way great to see the old girl saved to race another day.

@2120edm Год назад

Ah thanks. I will try that in future. I just spent 3 hrs stripping paint off a rudder for a friend. Next time... Haha

@JenkinsBoatWorks Год назад

super cool. you beat that production boat! I know you weren't racing (or were you? lol)

@2120edm Год назад

She does seem much lighter and faster than the fibreglass wayfarers I am used to 😀

@SuperDonald64 Год назад

Lovelly

@2120edm Год назад

👍

@babaganoush6106 Год назад

i was hoping to restore an old wooden wayfarer but couldnt find any dry storeage mores the pity. it seems it will be an old MK1 in GRP.

@2120edm Год назад

There are still many good things about the GRP mk1 hulk. The space available for cruising and sleeping aboard especially 😀

@bigunone Год назад

Congrats on saving the old girl! I don't ever think I'll get used to you folks driving on the wrong side of the road I was for sure there was going to be an accident near the end

@jamessandman3708 Год назад

Me too!! 🤣😂

@2120edm Год назад

Haha. We drive our boats on the ‘right’ side, but our cars on the left, which does make it a bit confusing

@babaganoush6106 Год назад

we drive on the correct side its everyone else (apart from OZ Ireland India Pakistan New Zealand Japan Singapore Thailand et al) who is wrong. And of course some countries specialise in driving in the centre of the road. lol

@2120edm Год назад

@@babaganoush6106 haha. Fair enough