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Whoop, front door time 😉
Woo-hoo!
Glad to see he's keeping the tradition alive.
😜
Very excellent. Beautiful work
"how do you feel about making the front door?"
"Well, honestly, when you asked me, I thought you were joking...it's the thing that makes you want to be a boat builder... I'm stoked"
Loved that line. Also noticed the practise caulking was done on the mock up they chainsawed the opening in to 🙂
Makes you wonder how much you can make from 450k subscribers, some advert revenue and a few patreons.
I keep wondering what he will do whens he finishes? Looked like a lot of staff which means it will get finished sooner.
I hope he sails it round the world and doesn't just buy another rotten boat and cash in.
How shit is that
DEVASTATING BOATYARD FIRE / UNDERFALL YARD, BRISTOL
13 years ago I started my career as a boatbuilder when I wandered into the iconic Underfall Yard in Bristol and spoke to John RB, who offered me an informal apprenticeship. The photo shows me helping to step the mast on the first boat I helped to build, Edith Grey.
A few nights ago, this same building was set alight by an arsonist, causing a devastating fire that destroyed several businesses, historic buildings, wooden boats, and collections of irreplaceable tools, including those of my first boatbuilding mentor, John RB.
Underfall yard is one of the last undeveloped areas of Bristol docks, is maintained by a charity, and is usually open for the public to walk through. It is a beloved part of the city, and although the community is reeling and devastated, they have pledged to rebuild the yard and continue to build boats here.
If you want to help, there is a fundraiser to try and replace some of the destroyed tools. They are not asking for a lot, and I think this community can really help! The link to the fundraiser is in my bio.
You can also donate to the UNDERFALL YARD TRUST by searching for them online.
Makes you wonder how much you can make from 450k subscribers, some advert revenue and a few patreons.
however much it is, Leo has earned every cent!
Years of hard effort, investment in local people & businesses, and hundreds of entertaining videos documenting it all.
Makes you wonder how much you can make from 450k subscribers, some advert revenue and a few patreons.
well he has more than a few patreons! Google seems to suggest 5000+ !!! Each paying at least $2 per video (and a lot of tiers so some paying a lot more. Even after taking off patreons cut that looks like more that $10K per video.
You don’t earn money directly for the number of subscribers on YouTube, but rather from the ads people watch when your videos play (or a share of premium fees for those dodging ads). YouTube revenues are a bit of an enigma to understand but a channel like his could probably be making $3 per 1000 watches. He’s getting 400K+ views per video so is earning over $1000 per video from youtube.
not sure if he has Insta etc too - so could be more £ in total
Given the costs of the project that’s probably not quite as huge as it sounds.
he's got 3 or 4 full time staff now doesn't he? So with staff costs, taxes, materials and rental I don't think he is raking it in. It's clearly a labour of love and fantastic to watch.
Sampson Boat Co might well be doing commissioned work we don't see. (the bespoke door seg has the wiff of a promo)
Great last video.
Boatbuilding crosses dot watching!
Just looked through the fleet and Patrick is Duchess of Desire (currently 20th) and Leo is Tally Row (86th). Not sure if there are different classes as the positions seem to be mixed up a little, and there are loads of different style boat icons.
Non Facebook link for the enlightened https://seventy48.com/follow-the-race/
Brilliant!
Some excerpts from 'About The Race'. Sounds like a singlespeed event!
SEVENTY48 aka 70 miles in 48 hours.
Rules are simple: no motors, no support, and no wind. That’s right. HUMAN POWER ONLY. Pedal, paddle, or row. We don’t care. It’s up to you. (And this is a boat race. Leave your 10 speed-towing-a-canoe idea at home.)
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Race Start: June 2, 2023
Application deadline: April 15, tax day baby
Registration deadline: April 30, 2023
Gun goes off at 7:00 PM, and teams have 30 minutes to cross the start line. (And PM is not a typo. We know what it means and so do you.)
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RULE 8: IF WE DECIDE WE NEED TO CONSULT A LAWYER TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU ARE DISQUALIFIED OR NOT, YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.
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Each team kicks in 100 bucks to the kitty, and it’s pipelined into five prizes:
1st Overall – 50% (aka 4/8th) of the total purse
Class Prize – 1/8th of the purse
Class Prize – 1/8th of the purse
Class Prize – 1/8th of the purse
NRS Random Hero Award – 1/8th of the purse and a full Gore Tex Dry Suit. We’ll take all the names of the teams that finish and throw them in a hat. There will be one lucky winner.
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Classes for SEVENTY48 are:
Standing Up
By Yourself
Facing Forward
Facing Backward
That's brilliant - thanks for posting!
Patrick finished #17 at 10:15am Sat
Leo finished #56 at 8:43pm Sat.
Didn't expect Leo to do so well considering he was rowing Tally Ho's nested dinghy, not exactly designed for long distance! Hopefully the race will feature in the next episode.
The capstan vid was interesting but I felt a bit uncomfortable with them putting some much oomph into the presses to free the cap but with zero eye protection. They are clearly very experienced but it felt a bit weird. Glad they got it disassembled though
seventy48 is fantastic. We need more events with a rule 8
To me the sound isnt matching the vid. Best example is at 10:21. He's using a hand plane, stops, but the sound carries on 😕
Just finished watching that. Goodness but it's starting to really look beautiful
I can't help feeling there's much less effort going into the latest videos. Really hard to work out where they've got to now....i know that's probably cos there's so much going on at once, but we dont seem to get an up to date overall picture anymore
dont seem to get an up to date overall picture anymore
He's trying to put all the process into one video. So this one had all the galley kitchen which took over a year from start to finish.
I also suspect Leo's time is spent mainly organising, ordering materials etc.
I haven't noticed a reduction in quality although I preferred the renovation part at the start over the first fittings stage.
would be nice to see a catch up with Pete see what he's upto.
On a related tangent I had a few days recently sailing round Scottish islands with Luke Powell on Pellew, as featured in several early Tally Ho episodes, and it was completely awesome.
Pelllew looks lovely. Not dissimilar to a 110 yr old ketch cutter I sailed on a number of years back, although it was a good bit smaller.
I've sailed modern yachts and the difference on the hands between modern ropes and traditional ones means gloves are a godsend.
she's for sale if you have a spare £695000 under the bed.
she's quite a bit more spacious than tally ho
£695000
And the same again in running costs!
What's that saying - sailing is like standing in a cold shower tearing up £50 notes....?
And the same again in running costs!
and the rest 🙂 interesting that Pellew has water tight bulkheads and doors is that something to do with having "paying" crew ?
What’s that saying – sailing is like standing in a cold shower tearing up £50 notes….?
The saying is actually 20 pound notes, but i guess with current inflation levels thats not far off it.
The saying is actually 20 pound notes, but i guess with current inflation levels thats not far off it.
I'm sure the first time I heard it was from Lester Noble (Orange MTB founder) as he showed a few of us his new International Canoe avec da carbonz and glued mylar sails...
I'm actually wrong. I knew it was some politician who originally said it and it was Ted Heath, and it was £5 notes. Shows how far back it was when five pound noted were considered a lot of money.
I used it in conversation at a regatta and it was later mentioned on the news from the reporter who was at the same table.