We just bought an abandoned boat project 

Please have in mind that we bought the boat and we already put a lot of work into it. So we can't give it away for free. But we can hand it over for the resale value of the engine and the bronze parts and we can help you to bring the boat back into the water. So if you feel crazy today contact us at sailing@flyingconey.com

I really admire those of you who rescue or restore old items, such as cars, houses, furniture, toys, tools or boats. Workmanship in the past was always of higher quality, making older objects worthy of preservation.

Well done saving that wooden ship. At a glance it looks really really good so I hope someone will take it on as a project.

Jan Koning III looks in remarkable condition...especially the interior of the hull as seen from the engine compartment... it would be a tragedy to scrap such a fine old boat. I am in Australia If I were in Europe and not an old 75-year-old sailor I would take the restoration on in an instant..... don't let this one slip by people, a young healthy couple could make this boat an Ideal home and adventure machine. It's too far for me but SOMEONE please save this boat, I am sure it will give many decades of service in the future if saved.

With so much labor needed to get its mechanicals, rigging and hull back into working condition, I definitely feel like the wooden trawler would best serve as a parts boat for Flying Coney. Especially, considering the exorbitant cost of materials these days and how much time, labor and money you would save by moving over its bronze work, ready-made interior and deck hatches. Not to mention the money you could make selling the trawler engine and any remaining equipment that you guys don't need, which could also go straight back into FC.

I have to say I am shaking my head in disbelief in you buying this other Boat,

It would be almost criminal to break up this boat. I do hope someone tries to save her. As to the propeller, it can actually be saved if you know how to braze and I've had a seen props in much worse condition brought back to new condition. Oh bye the way, you obviously have a serious addiction to boats that need lots of attention. Not a bad way to go.

I do hope you find someone mad enough to restore JKIII. She looks remarkably sound and a good scrub would have much of the interior back to perfect. Re-caulking is a must, the propeller can be repaired. Replace a few boards here and there - some may not even be critical to making her seaworthy again as a motor sailer.

I love all the beautiful woodwork on that ship. If I were younger I'd love to tackle such a project.

Gorgeous boat. If you love her and commit to her she will reward you 100 fold.

Thank you for saving that old wooden boat. She's in better shape than my 1962 wooden boat. If I wasn't on the other side of the Atlantic and wasn't already restoring an old wooden boat, I'd happily take her on. Hopefully, someone like me who lives over there will take the project on. I see absolutely no reason why that boat should or could not be restored. Absolutely beautiful vessel.

Really nice to see the donor boat, if the interior can be put into Fling Coney it would look great but what fits in one boat probably won't go into another

Reminds me of Tally Ho :)

I love that you see multiple options for the wooden ship, there’s pros and cons to scrapping and saving tho I am hoping someone finds her through your channel and saves her as she is🙏

Grat looking boat, such a shame shes fallen into disrepair. I hope someone can save her. 2x👍

😮😬😅 Woaw you guyes are not afraid of work and responsability! Well done!

I love the old wooden boat. I love the flying comey . The history is awesome . I think your beautiful Barbara do you have a sister .😊

What a beautiful boat

Hmmm.. Wonderware it would take for her to make it to the Great Lakes in North America.

Gorgeous boat, be a shame to rip it apart

Location for me is the killer. I would love to have this but being in the USA, I would need to have it here. Looks like exactly what I have been looking for.

Good video guys 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Its a beautiful boat I hope you find somebody for her.👌👍

It’s a beauty and must be restored and sailed on the ocean. A prayer for success for this fine and stout lady!

You became admirals now commanding a fleet! 😀 Seriously, same with old airplanes: It always comes down to someone willing to put in the money and the work.

I think u should keep the donor boat and use it for your boat because wooden boats are very expensive to save and finding the right person well it’s very hard to find use the donor boat and make your boat better

Amazing very nice ❤ boat building videos ❤ Best contact 🌹 my favorite channel love you guys ❤ From Pakistan 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

Classic Wish i Was a few Decades Younger , Great Motor , Every thing is There , Either Way You Guys will give it a new Lease of life , Even if it is too Fit out Coney

I just saw this posted on the Tally Ho thread. Good for you guys!!!

I can't wait for the next episode

beautiful interior!

It must be worth contacting the UK vloggers "Ship Happens", they're a remarkable husband & wife team and bonkers enough to take something like this on, not least because they're probably down to only 3 or 4 boats at the moment.

Madness. Looks nailsick, strip it and scrap it .

I wish I had the capital and skills to fix such a lovely vessell

Have you thought that you may have a boat buying problem? 😂😂 Nice job saving another old boat, even if she becomes an investment for spare parts its the thought that counts

Well done - this is a great idea and would be wonderful if you could find a like minded ‘saviour’ for this vessel.😀👍⛵️

The realty is that very, very, few old wooden boats are special enough to justfy the huge amount of time and expense to refurbish it. For me it would have to have a unique history (such as the Cutty Sark or performed a special role in one of the major wars). Alternatively, a unique engine, such as steam, would justify its retention. Otherwise, you have to view wooden boats as having a finite life. Good luck to you, though.

Good luck with whatever you do with the would to e nice to see it saved as one piece but as donar boat for cloney i agree as well lot of potential 😊😊

Some people rescue cats, and some people rescue boats, the difference is that boats smell better!😂😂 seriously tho, you guys are awesome, and whatever happens with that boat, she definitely fell into good hands.

cool vid nice build whe done thanks four the vids you do

i like it

It sounds like you are trying to convince yourselves more so than potential buyers. Wish I had the knowledge, skill and money to buy it but alas I wouldn’t have the first clue about what or how needed to be done. Good luck.

Buy a boat! Spend your money! Float the boat! You and your honey ! Sail away and spend mo money ! You and yo honey!! Proud Poet!🇨🇦😂

in live far away from the sea and do not know anything about ships and the sea but the Interieur with all the wooden builds looks very beautiful

If I win the lotto soon i will buy and restore it to the beauty it is.

Gorgeous donor boat 🎉

Thanks for sharing this fine vessel. The iron root in the planks from the fastener S is showing and is the kiss of death unfortunately. The frames all look great from the inside of the vessel it’s the middle of the frame that is rotting. As for the engine it’s been sitting a long time by the sounds of it. And is too small for your vessel. Get a good crew and share the secrets of dissembling this vessel.

This is definitively a boat with a long life span ahead. Her shape is nice, her structure seems solid. C'mon ladies and gentlemen, take your courage and get this beauty in your hands!

It would make a great houseboat

... take all you need and let it go...

You can always do as what's been done in the past--Push it up on a beach , burn it, salvage metal parts. It's simple..

4:54 " not saying this is beyond repair" I am dying

I agree with you If the boat doesn't get saved, definitely see if you can use that interior in your boat if all possible. It would take a lot of work, if it's done right, but it would spectacular in your boat. I would do it, If I were in your shoes. Nevertheless I hope you find someone to restore the boat she's in great shape really and wouldn't need a massive amount of work, I've seen folks repair must worst boats that this beauty, that's for sure.

If you use as a donor, the parts you don’t use such as the motor, etc can be sold to help restore your boat. Enjoying the channel. Tks for sharing.

Are you plannng on openng a museum?

That is a wonderfull hull shape for a voyaging yacht. But, looking at that prop, a few hull fastenings would need to be pulled, it looks like the prop is wasting before the zinc, so a bonding issue. Many old trawlers up here in Sweden got fibreglassed for another decade or 2 of life, but then rot from the inside. The timbers look in remarkle good condition, and "bleeders" from fastenings is not uncommon and not always the kiss of death. Generous of you to offer her as she is, that is some nice handcrafted interior. Too bad i do not have a bunch of crazy friends.

Get a chain saw.

This should be interesting

Is sad that you are in uk cause here in Québec i have some place and time to make this ship back but its to far :(

What a sad state to be in for so great a boat . first step address the outer hull Issues .She's in good condition overall .If it were mine I would put her back into shape as a motor powered vessel to start with as she started out .doing that would give you options of ,selling it or keeping it and converting it back to sail . Why do these great opportunities come along when i'm flat broke . I hope and pray someone else see's what i see hear and saves this fine boat

I'd say that they neglected to put sacrificial anodes on it and that's led to electrolytic destruction of the prop etc. Other metal that is underwater is probably also affected.

You should follow the example of what Steve did on "Acorn to Arabella" where he obtained the old "Victoria" sailboat and cut her up to use the parts for fitting out his new boat Arabella. A lot of those handcrafted parts, such as that butterfly hatch would be incredibly expensive to make new. This way, the old vessel will "live on" so to speak, as part of Flying Coney. Plus it would help you to keep your focus on the most important vessel, Flying Coney. I have been involved in another organization where the vessel owner ruined the group of volunteers he had gathered by spreading out the restoration efforts into too many different vessels, and in doing so lost all of his volunteers. Confining the main push of your efforts to the original vessel helps keep your support and is better in the long run for the Flying Coney. In my case, many folks expressed their dis-satisfaction whenever the owner found a brand new "bright shiny object" into which he placed all of his efforts (at the expense of the other vessels) every new year. It became very depressing and most of the volunteers just quit in disgust. Another unrelated question: How long are you going to wait before you place the new lettering on the bow for the Name of Flying Coney? The old hand drawn lettering is looking pretty tired.

I think you should reuse the interior

fantastic - gosh, what will the 3rd project be ? lol. Can you post details of the mini water pump attachment at minute 7:03 please.

If the interior is to your liking id say strip it and take it for yourself. Its sad to see it go but as a project it only works for someone without a job.

I 'd say part her out as soon as possible. Redoing her would be hard and painful for the optimistic new owners. There is a bit of value in all the parts, but so much more character that can live on on Flying Coney. And that Engine should sell pretty nicely for a bit of cash. Most value is however is in the timbers.

What’s impressive is the amount of money it’s going to take

Any form of restoration you cannot be totally sentiment, donor parts from another vessel bring the costs down. If this gives you're first vessel a future then scrapping is not a bad thing. As parts can be used. This is what real restoration is all about, using donor parts. Then getting rid of what you don't need to another person or breaking it for scrap

not a single image or photo of the area that has been submerged for years with fresh water. you point out to the topsides and say: this boat is in was better shape than we expected. from the outside it was clear the presence of some rust streaks, some higher up but the majority below the water line, meaning that you might have some kind of iron/metal sickness into those parts. then you have a fella saying that the hull is fine because it was holding up all that rain water inside: well of course it is because it keeps the planks swollen thus not leaking, but since it fresh water and on the wrong side of the planks guess what that will do in terms of promoting rot. it would be cheaper to rebuild anew from plans than to restore this boat. restoring this boat is possible, anything is possible if you throw enough money at it and Tally Ho clearly proves this, at the same time Tally Ho is lightning in a bottle because a lot of volunteering happening in the beggining, YT and Patreon kicked off and bank rolled the rest, that kind of situation donest happen often, and im sorry this boat doesnt have the same pedigree, in the slightest. sell the parts, get the money, salvage the bits that can be used for your own, and already tremendously expensive project

I just bought a fleet of boats and want to start ... not just 1 boat full of problems now a second one full of another set of problems and I bet you might wanna do an engine swap ?

How much did you pay for it?

Well that is certainly an interesting old boat, and I hope someone saves her. I think the biggest problem a new buyer faces is that for some reason ($$$) the original builder used galvanized nails for the planking and they are now rusted out, hence the streaks dripping down the hull. The boat needs those old nails pulled out (but they often break, so that is no easy job, as they sometimes have to be drilled out and the holes refilled with wood/epoxy mush) and the planks refastened with oversize bronze screws. The big question - if the builder cut corners by using galvanized nails for the planking, did he do the same for the main keel, stern, and bow stem layups? If so, those should also be refastened with bronze bolts. That won't be easy... And, the new owner will have to recork the bad seams which means stripping out the defective stuff down to bare wood and starting over. This will be huge job and require a covered shop and most likely several years of rebuilding, but what a magnificent boat one might have when finished.

Has anybody come forward yet?

So maybe if you got to that other boat a few weeks earlier you could have got some good bits before it sank 😂😂😂 I would call it another money pit

A second boat is to much work OR to expensive. Stripping for parts is the smart money

What was done wrong with the caulking of the boat before?

Муахаха! Она деревянная!

She is certainly not one to dispose of, Hopefully you will find that right person to restore her and keep her! Think about Leo and Tally Ho! This vessel from my perspective is a good and worthy project to keep her Alive to Sail Again. Without having my hands and eyes on her, this is a Casual Comment Yet, still think She is a Beauty and Needs a Custodian to bring her back

Look up "iron poisoning" and how it kills wooden boats.

Z 570 Triton was probably a shrimp fishing boat at Z eebrugge, probably built at Staf Haerinck wharf in Zeebrugge. I remember her fishing also in Oostende and remembered a dutch guy buying her who looked very skilled. Indeed she looks in good shape ( maybe a little bit too much fresh water marinated ). The Scheepvaart Museum in Oostduinkerke bought lately the same boat in Nieuwpoort but it sunk few months ago: she was hauled out but looks like its gonna take time and money… give them a call they might be interested. There arent many wooden ex belgian fishertrawlers left. She must be saved. Cheers.

I've been watching this wooden boat build from the beginning & it reminds me of it as they are similar in design. Hope this may help & may I say you guys are gluttons for punishment. Billy J... Queensland, Australia. www.youtube.com/@SampsonBoatCo

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That is a lovely boat, to good to break up

Talk to sandeman yacht brokerage if not find potential owners the same price as what you have in or a song and a dance if not don't feel bad about taking boat parts off the boat if ultimately it will be scrapped or work out a deal with the yard always going to say we need the space we'll what does the space cost yards always do this I got in the same predicament a month ago the yard owner said get the boat done by this time I slowed the process down since I am refraining the entire boat I said I need more time just put me in a place in the yard for people that do extensive work not 6 months 1-3 years

das ist ein fass ohne boden wie lange willst du dran bauen

nice boat but a bit too much for us

Flying Coney, a skilled workforce may stand a chance to take on a massive project like this. However, as you have found out with all the challenges you have found with FC anyone inexperienced will be taking on a world of pain. Please make sure you are not a part of another RU-vid crowdfunding disaster, built on know idea of what it takes on a project this big.

why, keep your focus.......

Really?? You love boats since the days of the Hyksos, right???😂😂😂😂

no no no....i just cant.......no...no..just no...

No

So you have too old boats now which one are you going to show more favor to two boats are very hard to shuttle back and forth to rebuild both of them I believe you took on way too much

Why not try crowdfunding? Get your money back, do the boat up and donate it to the Dutch Sea Cadets

In other words you're flipping the boat 😂😂

You basically trying to self jan 😂😂😂😂....

Looking forward to seeing you on that ship wearing your bikini 😂😂

How much will it cost to break up and dispose of your new purchase……..I doubt the bits you can save will be worth it

He'll sell the first boat and keep this one! What a shame!

It's a beautiful boat and it deserves to never be cannibalized, only to become merely a "donor boat." That would be a crying out loud shame. And I hope you find a new owner(s) wishing, willing, and ultimately able to restore her; she's truly magnificent. Good luck to her, I hope she sees many many many days of great sailing ahead. I'm suspicious though... Did you see this new boat as a "donor boat" already for the Flying Coney, then use the very choicest parts from her at this point, while having less than pristine storage to keep what was leftover, you conveniently put her up for resale -- and at a profit? Are you taking advantage of us people (your erstwhile followers), in effect selling her as a "spec boat" simply to make a few extra Euro/Dollars to continue refitting Flying Coney? No offense but... I see you two burning through money on the Flying Coney (which I always considered a bad purchase choice by you). Now this far along in the Coney's refit you can't walk away from it (and this RU-vid cash-cow endeavour) so this resale is an alternative best option for you. There's nothing particularly wrong in that scenario, but are you being fully honest with those of us who from time to time follow your RU-vid channel? (It an honest and fair question.) I think you may have taken on this newer boat in order to consider a viable way to get out from under the cost-heavy operations of the Flying Coney refit project, and then simply switch to a newer and much smaler vessel (which I think is better suited to your needs; all things considered). But, you eventually realized to accomplish the intended switch from one boat to the other smaller vessel you wouldn't be able to continue the present RU-vid channel in very good faith -- your regular followers would abandon your channel altogether. (It is after all a regular cash-cow over the time it's existed.)

Engine Transplant. Old engine in coney for 15 yr old engine in donor boat.