We Bought an Abandoned Sailboat for ONE EURO (€1!!) | SAILING SEABIRD Ep. 1 

You are not the first to say that… 😅 Any boat is a money pit anyway!

🤣. I bought a 1972 StarCraft 16 aluminum, with trailer for $400. I wanted a project and boy do I have one.

@@JamesJones-cx5pk 😂😂😂 That’s the fun of it!

Same goes for a “Cheap Aeroplane” too 👨‍✈️🤪

@@captbiggles2808 😅

True words, Andy! Field of broken dreams. Cheers for watching 😃

So true. Our local council removes them now.

Could be true. You have to know what it means before take such a boat. I think many people underestimate the project. I also seen broken marriage because of this...

And it’s their love of that keeps them going. But is it the love of the project ????

You got that right. But it's fun, most of the time. Cheers for watching 🙂

I bet you say that to all the SVchannels 😊😊😊

Hiya Bambi, Thanks for the encouragement 🤗

And the money

You're welcome. Cheers for watching 😃

Cheers!!! Hehe We've got no intention on doing this again once it's finished. It will hopefully be our home for at least the next 10 years :)

Thank you Keith! 😊

Thank you so much! We know it needs loads of work but we are happy to do it. We’ll learn a lot and have fun with it 😊

Thank you Clifton! That’s what we thought. Instead of getting a job we don’t enjoy for years until we get the money to buy a boat ready to go we’ll invest our time learning about the boat. Hopefully it’s not too big of a project for us… 😊

Good luck finding her a new home 😊

Have you found a new owner for your boat yet?

Where is it in medway?

Hope she has a new home.. I'd not I'd love more details? Thanks!

I would love to take her but I'm in the us

Thank you!

Thank you! Hopefully someone finds our project inspiring 😊 Maybe inspired not to buy a boat 😂😂

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We know it’s a terrible idea. But what else are we going to do with our lives… 😂😂😂 We hope we’ll make it work. Good luck with your project. Which boat is it?

We feel the same. Cheers for watching 😃

Heel erg bedankt! We know it will take time but we think it will be worth it 😊

Thanks Graeme! We’ll try our best 😊

@@SailingSeabird do you have a Kofi account?

@@graemebilbe1828 Hello Graeme! Yes, we do. It’s on the description. We are always grateful when someone contributes after watching our videos. 🤗

Thank you for your kind words Anders! We hope you enjoy the videos 😊

Thank you Greg! :)

We didn’t plan it… It just happened. That’s what we like about this lifestyle. Just go with the flow hehe

Thanks Andy! That’s exactly what we thought. We managed to give it a first clean and it’s already made such a difference…

Thank you Peter! Some days it seems more impossible than others… 😂 But hopefully we’ll make it work!

@@SailingSeabird Wishing you two all the best your efforts will pay you back many times over

Thank you! 🤙🏼

Thank you Robin! We remember how you followed us along last year 😊

Many thanks 😊

Very true words. There is also a bit of fun to be had between... Cheers for watching 😃

Thank you Martin! Let us know if you are ever around! We’ll be here for quite some time 😅

Fingers crossed! It seemed like fun at the time. Tbh it still is. Plus the summer is coming. Cheers for watching 🙂

Hi Tim! It’s not too bad… We are getting pretty quick on the bikes. It’s good! We get some exercise in as well 😅

Hiya Daniel, Maybe a junk rig could work. It’s a Gulfstar 41 from 1974. Very similar to our last boat but a little bigger. Cheers for watching 😀

Yup! That’s going to take some time 😂

We will! It's a long journey. Cheers for watching 🙂

@@SailingSeabird All good things come to those who wait. Keep graining .

Halo, thanks for watching. We are slowly getting moved on to the boat. A lot of cleaning and sorting…

Glad you enjoy. Cheers for watching 😃

The trimaran wasn’t for sale. We just showed it because it fell off the cradle with the strong winds. Thanks for the vote of confidence 😂 but we’ll stick with it. It’s only time and money!

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Cheers Paul! 😊

Hope so! The boat found us... Cheers for watching 😃

Thank you Shane! We might try and go in that wooden boat. We’ve always wanted to but it looks pretty sketchy 😂😂 Not sure if they’ll be anything solid to walk on…

Congratulations guys your as bonkers as you suspect..😂😉🤣👍🏼💖 I would have tapped out that deck JIC it was balsa cored..but you could probably see that through any holes. Theres something familiar about that boats layout and lines..check Capt Q and learning the lines. How long is it, any idea? I think that wooden one is one of the big river barges...with lines like that..it may have hauled salt. The steel hull you didnt like the cockpit lines of, might have been interesting inside.🤔 The pirate ship at the second yard looked like A Tiki or Choy Lee..amazing interiors . Lavender and Citronella are supposed to repel Mossies. With the Mistral blowing like that watch out for any fire risks..Like in the grass. If the yard has the owners number ask them to find out what it was and any history..🧙‍♂️🇬🇧👍🏼⛵ 😉 the keel and rudder point to it being a shallower draft off shore design. How about a junk rig..?

@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 cheers for all the advice Clive. We did find out at the end that it is a Gulfstar 41. We saw a lot of interesting boats around but we really liked this one since the first time we saw it. We think it’s got potential!

@@SailingSeabird Check out Capt Q and Lady K Sailing for a run down ...on the line. As far as i know they are a US designed boat.. shes certainly got roomy bilges.. I would be gorilla taping plastic over any holes in the deck or leaky hatches.. Theres going to be rain water in the bilges...so if theres any wood down there it might be messy. Youve certainly got yourself a project...and i hope they havent 'half hinched' the mast and rigging for something else.

Thank you Justin! 😂 Yeah… They say the 2 happiest days for a boat owner are the day you buy a boat and the day you sell it. It’s one of those situations where it’s better not to think too much about it… Just do it! 😛 Hopefully more people join the adventure and decide to subscribe but we believe quality is more important than quality 😉

Me too.

@@SailingSeabird sent you a little prezzie on your Kofi page to say congrats. Just don't be tempted to buy up the whole yard 😞

@@justinfufun5483 thank you so much!!! No, we won’t… 😂😂 We’ve got enough with one project…

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Thank you Jerry!

Thank you so much! 😊

Thanks David We are glad to be back.

Hey Cordelios!!! 😊 Thank you so much. We really need to catch up with your videos. It’s been a bit mad with work and then the sale of Wayzgoose…

@@SailingSeabird I know you're busy and pleased to see your channel do well again so quickly. We're only small so don't worry about watching us. We're actually in Mallorca so a little bit nearer to you. Shame we catch up for real 😉⛵

@@SailingSVCordelia it’s not about that. We love watching your videos. You always makes us laugh and give us motivation to get this done as soon as possible so we can go to the beautiful places you’ve been to.

Thanks for the encouragement 📣

Cheers Mark!

Thank you. Cheers for watching 😃

We know this… 😅 There’s not such a thing as a free boat… But we do like a challenge!

Hiya, cheers for watching. We’re glad you enjoy our adventure, it’s cool that you’re up for seeing it unfold. We too are excited for what it will bring. Keep watching 😋

Hi Dale, watch our earlier episodes in Wayzgoose Warrior and that will give you more of an insight. Cheers for watching and we hope you enjoy what’s to come 😜

That's it, the cushions are nice! Got to start somewhere. Plus it's fun... Cheers for watching 😃

Sailing is fun!

Hiya Jake, We hope so too. Cheers for watching 😃

We like to like of it as upcycling... Cheers for watching 😃

Tbh, we gave it a look. It's fibreglass, always fixable (we hope) A few bits popped up along the way... Cheers for watching 🙂

Hiya, we found the mast in the yard. Got a boom and a spinnaker pole. It just needs the rest. Sails, engine, tankage, etc etc… thanks for watching.

@@saylaveenadmearedead not a bad idea hehe Where’s this mega yacht? 😛

You could be very right. But, it's fun... Cheers for watching 🙂

What is the place?

Cheers mate.

Thank you Jacqueline! That’s the idea… we don’t want to get stuck in the boatyard forever 😅

Thank you so much 😊

Cheers mate 👍

It could of been me, boat yard life… I’m sure it will be fine.

So true. So very true. If it's less a boat buck it's cheap 🤣🤣🤣

Hi James. That’s a tough call, ambitious or dump maybe even a little brave. Who knows, we wonder how this is going to play out. A little worried but that’s life. Thanks for watching, we hope you enjoy 😊

We agree! But that bit in the middle can be fun too... Cheers for watching 😃

Welcome onboard! We hope you enjoy the videos 😊

Hi Phil! That’s how we felt about it… It could be good or not… but we’ll never find out unless we try 😛

Hiya David, Thanks for the vote of confidence. We're glad you enjoyed watching our videos.

Restoring an old forgotten boat is an honorable thing, plus it reaches you discipline and delivers rewards most people only dream of. I have only seen this one video but will join you through the others.

Cheers!! 😊

Thank you! We are looking forward to it as well. It will be fun! Specially if you are watching it from the outside… 😂

Thanks. It's coming along nicely. Cheers for watching 😃

Hiya Aladino, thanks for watching. We really love your videos. She’s a Gulfstar 41. We are a bit intimidated but it’s going to be fun. Can’t take it too seriously… it’s just a boat. If you give it time and money it might one day float.

@@SailingSeabird yikes... Gulfstars don't have the best reputation. It's probably worth what you paid for it though. Good luck with that.

@@HankMeyer Cheers Hank! I guess it depends who you talk to. We’ve got a friend here who’s own the same boat for 20 years and it’s super happy with it. Same year as ours… Hopefully we’ll make it to 20 years with this one 😅

Thank you!!

We love long keels as well... :)

Thanks Shaun, Cheers for watching 😃

Thank you!! 😊 We don’t really think this engine would be salvageable… hehehe

Hiya, we’ll see… Just two people playing diy. Cheers for watching 😏

Thank you! It will definitely be interesting… Hopefully we’ll make it 😂🤞🏼

Hiya. Slowly slowly we’ll get there. Cheers for watching 😉

Thanks for the support ⛵️

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Hi Gary! Being on anchor in Canada sounds divine. We hope the reality is as good as our imagination. Well done for putting the effort in and thank you for the encouragement. We have subscribed and will be checking out your videos. We’ll be needing a lot of advice and inspiration. Cheers 😊

@@SailingSeabird thank you, she'll be stunning when she's done. I believe in you

Jett, You're so very right! But it gives you a lot in return... Cheers for watching 😃

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Thank you Joseph!

There’s a lot of work, you’re right. All we can do is take it as it comes. There will be good days and bad days but that’s the fun of it. 😂😊

@@SailingSeabird Good vision to start,succes !

Well put. Cheers for watching 😃

Thank you 😊

We’ll try to get in contact with them. Thanks