cracking bit of video

[monkey_trousers]

had to share this one - fantastic bit of film of a ringer being built, from the lines being drawn to being launched in the late 40's/early 50's

http://www.sabsonline.com/DisplayItem.aspx?itemid=00000045

 

[sarabande]

that's a wonderful piece of film. Really inspiring, and to see the relativelack of electric and hydraulic tools.

Beautifully remastered too.

thanks

 

[daveyw]

The good old days. Health and Safety would have a fit!!

 

[monkey_trousers]

The good old days. Health and Safety would have a fit!!

and all the better for it!

that caulking is something to witness!

 

[JRMacGregor]

Great film - thanks for posting it

Looks like Weatherhead and Blackie's yard at Port Seton in the early 1960s

Maryeared TT57 is one of the stars and she was built there for Duncan MacAlpine of Tarbert in 1964.

As said above, amazing to see how few power tools there were even then

 

[monkey_trousers]

the boat being built is BA208 Wisteria, renamed and still around now as CN244 shemaron, its just the sea trails of Maryeared.

still an absolute joy to watch

 

[EastCoastChris]

That was fascinating, thanks for sharing it

Chris

 

[burgundyben]

The good old days. Health and Safety would have a fit!!

I was telling a bloke at work the other day that 20 years ago I help lay up a couple of GRP yachts, at the end of the day we washed our hands and arms up to the elbows in a big bucket of acetone. It seems were not supposed to do that any more!

 

[BlueLancer]

Excellent film really gives an idea of how a wooden boat was built from scratch.Full Marks to the person who saved the film

 

[JRMacGregor]

I think there are 2 boats being built in this film - one with a flat top wheelhouse (MARYEARED) and the other with a sloping top (WISTARIA).

I believe the WISTARIA is the second one (BA 208) and not the first WISTARIA (BA 64) which was built in 1949 at Weatherhead, Cockenzie, and is now the Shemaron.

 

[stephenh]

That took me back a few years - thank you very much..

 

[lesweeks]

Great piece of film - thanks for posting the link. I bet there are many more out there somewhere.
For someone about to caulk for the first time (me!) it was truely educational. I suspect that I shall view it quite a few times.

 

[sailorman]

had to share this one - fantastic bit of film of a ringer being built, from the lines being drawn to being launched in the late 40's/early 50's

http://www.sabsonline.com/DisplayItem.aspx?itemid=00000045

A Big thank you for that