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Jenkins Boat Works
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Приєднався 22 січ 2008
I have always been in love with the water, swimming, canoeing, boating and especially sailing. My passion has become boat building and I am particularly enamoured with classic designs. Subscribe for video content of boat building whether it be kayaks, canoes or larger boats.
Boat building Somes Sound 12 1/2 - How to Laminate the Stem - Ep 2 Pt2
this is the second part of laminating the stem for our Somes Sound 12 1/2 sailboat build. This time, we glue up the previously cut veneers and clamp them to the jig.
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Boat building the Somes Sound 12 1/2 - Laminating the Stem - Episode 2, part 1
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Work has begun on our new boat building project, A Somes Sound 12 1/2 Sailboat. The first job is making the Stem. This will be the first of two parts for laminating with Douglas Fir and epoxy. #boatbuilding #woodenboat #Somesound12 #woodepoxylamination
Boatbuilding Somes Sound 12 1/2 - Plans Overview- Episode 1
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As we start to dig into this new, Somes Sound 12 1/2 Sailboat project, the first thing to do is review the plans and try to get familiar with this overall boatbuilding project. These plans are detailed. #somessoundsailboat #boatbuilding #woodenboat #boatplans
Announcing a Big New Project - Somes Sound 12 1/2
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I am announcing our new project, the beginning of building a new boat, a Somes Sound 12 1/2, wooden sailboat. Super excited. Come along for the journey. We will be doing many detailed videos as we start and begin to make progress on this new boat build. When you subscribe, click the bell so that you get notification when new video is released. This is gonna be Fun! #somessound #boatbuilding #wo...
How to Fit Out our Stand Up Paddle Board SUP. Final episode
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After a couple of trips to the lake, we figured out what was missing and what we could add to make our SUP more fun, more useable. I have added bungee cord on the front and a handle, as well as some grip pads or traction pieces. This has been a great project, our San Marcos board from Jarvis. To get a discount on products with Jarvis boards, go here: www.jarvisboards.com/CHUCK96144 #SUP #jarvis...
Why Don’t my Trailer Lights Work?
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For the better part of an afternoon, I asked myself this question, Why Don’t my Trailer Lights Works. Watch as I track down the problem and fix it. #sunfish #boattrailer #trailerlights #boattrailerlights #sunfishsailboat #sailboattrailer
How To Fit a Small Trailer for a Sunfish Sailboat
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Now that we got the wheels figured out, it’s time to paint and fit the trailer for our Sunfish Sailboat. #boattrailer #sunfish #sailboat #sailboattrailer
Sunfish - Walk around
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After a lot of work on the boat and trailer, we are finally just about ready to go sailing. Stay tuned! #sunfish #smallboat #sailboat
Sunfish Boat Trailer - Vintage Wheels -Integral Hub on 3/4 inch Spindle Axle
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I need a trailer for my recently acquired Sunfish. I'v had an old one for several years. I get into a bit of a mess with the Integral Hub Vintage Wheels. Replacement wheels are impossible to find and grease seals also proved to be difficult to source. Persistence wins the day! #integralhub #vintageboattrailer #vintagewheel #sunfishsailboat
How to Stand Up on a Paddle Board - Jarvis San Marcos
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You can get a 10% discount on kits or plans from Jarvis by following this link: www.jarvisboards.com/CHUCK96144 What a great project it has been building the San Marcos SUP from Jarvis Boards. Also, check out www.jarvisboards.com They have a lot of cool stuff. Finally take our board to Smithville Lake and see if I can stand up on it. It was a fun thing to do on Father’s Day. ua-cam.com/play/PLc...
How to make a Rudder and Tiller for a Sunfish - Final Assembly Part 4 - Did I Save Any Money?
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In this final video, part 4, on making a rudder and tiller for a Sunfish Sailboat, I do all of the final assembly. I also disclose the costs and decide if I actually saved any money by doing this myself. #sunfishrudder #sunfishtiller #sunfishsailboat #diyrudder #boatbuilding
How to Add Jib Hanks onto Your Sail - Haven 12 1/2
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Our original sail kit from Sailrite, for the jib on our Haven 12 1/2 had or has a luff wire. What I found is that I couldn’t keep a good sail shape with that wire alone so I decided to add bronze jib hanks to the sail. #haven12 #jibhanks #sailmaking #boatbuilding #woodenboat #woodenboatbuilding
Sunfish Tiller
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Varnishing a new tiller for a Sunfish with Old Ironsides, looking on
How to make a Sunfish Rudder. Shaping and Sanding - Part 3
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In this video we continue making our rudder for a Sunfish Sailboat. I also start work on the Tiller. If you want a full size, detail drawing for the Rudder or Tiller, leave a comment below or email me at cejenkinsjr@yahoo.com #sunfishrudder #howtomakearudder #boatbuilding #sunfishsailboat #tiller
DIY How to make a Sunfish Rudder - part 2 - Hardware attachments
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DIY How to make a Sunfish Rudder - part 2 - Hardware attachments
Haven 12 1/2 "Enchanted" Gets a Name Plate
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Haven 12 1/2 "Enchanted" Gets a Name Plate
How to Make a Rudder for a Sunfish Sailboat
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How to Make a Rudder for a Sunfish Sailboat
Getting the Haven ready to sail And Getting In Trouble on MarketPlace
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Getting the Haven ready to sail And Getting In Trouble on MarketPlace
How to Clean out your Outdoor Boiler, wood furnace - Chimney Sweep
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How to Clean out your Outdoor Boiler, wood furnace - Chimney Sweep
Varnish 2 Perfection - Build a Wooden Paddle Board - Episode 26
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Varnish 2 Perfection - Build a Wooden Paddle Board - Episode 26
How to get Stuck Mower Blades off of a Husqvarna Zero Turn
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How to get Stuck Mower Blades off of a Husqvarna Zero Turn
How to Varnish a Stand Up Paddle Board SUP - First attempt and Fail -Episode 25
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How to Varnish a Stand Up Paddle Board SUP - First attempt and Fail -Episode 25
Build a Wooden Stand Up Paddle Board - Leash plugs and Air Vent - Episode 24
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Build a Wooden Stand Up Paddle Board - Leash plugs and Air Vent - Episode 24
How to Build a Wooden SUP - Installing the Fin Box - Episode 23
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How to Build a Wooden SUP - Installing the Fin Box - Episode 23
How to Fiberglass a Wooden Paddle Board -San Marcos SUP - Episode 22 - Part 2
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How to Fiberglass a Wooden Paddle Board -San Marcos SUP - Episode 22 - Part 2
How to Fiberglass a Stand Up Paddle Board - San Marcos by Jarvis, Episode 22 part 1
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How to Fiberglass a Stand Up Paddle Board - San Marcos by Jarvis, Episode 22 part 1
How Much Does it Cost to Build a Wooden Paddle Board in 2024 - San Marcos SUP - Episode 21
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How Much Does it Cost to Build a Wooden Paddle Board in 2024 - San Marcos SUP - Episode 21
Epoxy Seal Coat Pros and Cons - Wooden SUP Build- Episode 20
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Epoxy Seal Coat Pros and Cons - Wooden SUP Build- Episode 20
Sanding - Insomnia Cure - Boring - Don’t Watch
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Sanding - Insomnia Cure - Boring - Don’t Watch
Looks good, so far. That's a lot of pieces to work with at once. Great job Chuck.
Looks good! Doing things the way I would, oh crud, forgot to unclamp before mixing the glue 🤦
Really nice job Chuck. Looks great!
And its on its way! Yay!
A forstner bit would make a cleaner hole and provide better depth control. Spade bits can be rather aggressive.
a set of Forstner bits is on my wish list. I should do that soon. thanks!
What ya building? Lol
hopefully, a boat, we shall see. lol
Enjoying watching this series, thanks for sharing!
Why not just use the same size strips that you did on the deck and hull? If you use 3/8" thick by 3/4 inch strips you can bend the strips in multiple directions like building a canoe or kayak? You would have to add strips one at a time so it might take longer but might be easier to do. Or am I missing something?
@@JohnFedora-k2d that would probably work. I had the paulownia, for some time, and had never used it before so I wanted to try to use it. It is so light weight!
Do raked masts increase performance ?
That is a good question. I'm not sure on a large ship, especially with multiple sails. Generally a mast may be raked or even bent to increase sail shape or in order to throw the Center of Effort aft. putting the COE aft would help with balance or getting more weather helm. Strangely enough, could just be the designer thinks it looks cool. lol
Oh, and don't be a dufus and install the transom knee upside down! :p
The ballast keel is not quite identical, but very, very close . . . so much so that you can purchase a Haven ballast keel and adapt it.
well, I plan on pouring it so having the keel mold plan is good. I learned a lot the first time. Love your channel picture, Curly! Cheers, Chuck
I dry-mounted those smaller overview plans. I couldn't do that with the the Full Size Plans, of course, as I had to use them to pull templates.
Oh my, I didn't get those pages when I bought my plans!!!!! I am in the final stretch, so at this point I don't need them. I guess I can say that mine will be, um, quite unique? :o
Looks like a great winter project! Do you plan to keep the Haven when you finish this one?
that is a very good question. I don't expect to keep both but until I get the new boat finished, I won't be able to make that decision. It would be hard to part with Enchanted, for a number of reasons.
Have me shopping for plans at the gaff rig, and then, no I am not building a boat.
@@olivei2484 you can live vicariously here… or buy plans. LOL
@@JenkinsBoatWorks Live vicariously. I helped my dad build a boat back in the '80s. Heh. It was some thing. This is a pretty nice set of plans.
Looking forward to the build bro!
@@Poppy_love59 I’m ready to get rolling! Stay tuned! :)
I built my strong back first, it took 8 months before i could use
interesting!
Oh Goody! I'm looking forward to this.
Excited to watch the build! I've dreamed of a Somes Sound 12 1/2 myself. Good luck Chuck!
Too much! Looking forward to this build.
My Somes Sound plans are on the bench. Just waiting to get started. Will be waiting for this start. Good Luck!
It would be awesome if we were building at some what the same time. bouncing ideas off each other would be great.
I hope you add episode numbers so that new viewers and subscribers can catch up. Best wishes on the new project.
thank you, I'm pretty excited. will do on the episode numbers and plan to put all on a playlist as well. cheers!
Did you use Nylok nuts to secure the wood to the transom? They will never come loose once installed...
I don’t think that I did that but maybe. There isn’t a lot of play or vibration to really allow anything to work loose.
This series is great, thanks for explaining. How many cedar boards did you end up using?
@@notoriousv.i.g.6980 thanks for watching. I generally get about 15 strips out of a 1 x 6 (really 5.5). Honestly I don’t remember how many boards because I had some strips laying around. Just doing the math, I’d say that 4, 12 foot boards would do it. What’s nutty as I think about it is that I did a 16 foot canoe with 6 boards. Of course those were 16 foot boards though too
@@JenkinsBoatWorks thank you sir! heading to the lumberyard now
@@notoriousv.i.g.6980 awesome, keep me posted with your progress.
I'd rather sail too. The paddleboards are nice to go on rivers and small lakes. A lot like a canoe, but less hassle for a quick trip. I even took a nap on one in the shade one summer.
I'm wondering why you don't used compeessed air at any point, to clear the dust from the board.
I do have a small air compressor but I don't have a lot of attachments and just rarely use it. I'll keep it in mind for the future. thanks!
about 2 years ago there were several comments (TripAdvisor) about some foul smells below decks. i trust that issue has been fixed/resolved?
Since you mentioned it.... I almost did a video about all of the really terrible parts of this trip but held off. The boat was not in brilliant condition. We had an engineer on board and he was the hardest working member of the crew. When we first arrived to check in and get a Captain's meeting, we were informed that several cabins down below had bed bugs. they had been sprayed for but they couldn't guarantee that they might not be a problem going forward. We were advised that we could abandon the cruise and get a refund if we so chose. That however would have meant that we were stuck in Nassau for a week with no hotel reservations, etc. We went on the cruise. Along about day 3, the plumbing broke severely and the toilets failed. I feel sure that some of it emptied into the bilge. So, to your comment, yes, it smelled, and smelled bad. While the heads were out of order, We had to use a 5 gallon bucket for half a day until they got it fixed. The dinghy that they used to go ashore was an inflatable and one side had a serious leak and although they tried to patch it, they couldn't fix it. They managed to use it by tying bumpers to that side in order to keep it afloat, but even so, it had a bad list. On the last day, it was so bad that we couldn't go ashore for a planned activity. There was quite a bit more that was less than expected. I loved the places we got to go and I loved how the boat sailed. For all of that I liked the trip. Sadly, I won't ever plan a trip with this company, ever again. My wife would be quite a bit more harsh in her review than I have been here. I have told people that we got to sail on a traditional sailing schooner and pretty much got a 19th century experience.
@@JenkinsBoatWorks Thanks for the reply. Enjoyed trips on Liberty Clipper in 2017/18/19 but thanks to your comments I won't be back any time soon. On our last trip in 2019, we made it all the way to Staniel Cay in the Exumas. An important destination as the shipboard ice maker had failed (repair part not available ). i hope never to see an island with pigs ever again. Fat chance, as some bright sparkin the nassau government has decided that these animals bring tourist dollars. So there are designated pig islands in each chain of islands now. Very sorry for No-Name in the Abacos, a former picnic island, now fouled all over with pig feces.
Great boats
I saw one for sale on Marketplace yesterday and I'm tempted.. I don't really need another boat,lol
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1987ish hull, we love those colors. She looks ready, except the booms should go on the port side of the mast, that way the halyard has a clear run down to the block on the starboard side and it is easier to raise the sail. Have fun sailing!
Yes, and I took her out for the first time last Friday and still had the sail on the starboard side. It was pretty windy and so I left the dock with the sail down. got out in the lake a bit and tried to raise the sail and had a devil of a time as the halyard was binding up. I managed it ok by lifting the gooseneck by hand and helping it but definately need to twist the gooseneck so that it faces the other way. Great sailing no less. I hadn't sailed a sunfish since I was a teenager. I'm thinking I need to revisit a Laser now, too. lol
@@JenkinsBoatWorks Huzzah!!
The second sail dates to the late 1960s, 1968ish, made by Ratsey and Lapthorne for Alcort. Very good sails, not noisy like the new plastic fantastics.
interesting!
Hi ,I am a lover of plywood with varnish, never get tired of looking at it, great 👍 job mate cheers 🍻
@@ianjones4071 thanks!
As a former truck driver, most trailer light problems were due to bad grounds, mostly from corrosion. They would send us to a shop for repair, but that could take hours of waiting to get into the shop. A small tool kit and some extra screws and bolts and I could fix them myself in a LOT less time. They company wouldn't pay me a penny for all the repairs I made, but it saved me a lot of time that I could be driving or sleeping.
Good on the trailer lights. Some vehicle-trailer combos use the hitch as ground. I think that is really old school though.
I found a trailer! Bought it last sunday and the first thing I did was order new LED brakelights, as well as a dozen other things. Thanks for the wiring video.
hope the light wiring goes easy for you!
Nice! I did my dedicated ground as one wire, t-tapped the marker lights and taillights. This then went to a grounding lug on the tongue, connected to the plug wire. I also made a pig-tail so I could test the trailer lights with out the tow vehicle (plug into a battery). I do disconnect the truck from trailer when submerging the trailer, even though it is fresh water. Saves the regular type bulbs a bit longer.
Thank you so much for the video sir. I am needing to make a new rudder myself and you have saved me a lot of work and headaches.
@@tunerrestorations awesome! Good luck with it
I have a similar boat. I might give it a go.
yeah, you should. they are so fun
I made a pig tail to plug into the trailer light plug and power off a battery to test lights with out the tow vehicle. I need to rebuild a trailer too.
That’s a great idea. I fought for several hours today jacking around with the lights. Couldn’t get a good ground using the metal of the trailer and finally ran a ground wire all the way back to the lights
@@JenkinsBoatWorks Yup, I ran a dedicated ground too. My trailer too rusty. Put a grounding lug on tongue and ran plug ground to the lug. Now I just need to keep bulbs alive.
Good to see. This has been on my mind a lot recently as I'm shopping around for a trailer. I'll have to figure out how to set up custom bunks for my little boat to fit on it. I'll hopefully avoid having to have a trailer made new.
I found a cheap trailer and boat combo, $100. The boat is scrap, and can be cut up easily. This was over the winter.
that is how I got one trailer too. They can be stupid expensive, alone.
Are you near Kansas City or Missouri? Is that Smithville lake Missouri?
I am and it is. This was at Sailboat Cove in Smithville. I sail there, mostly
Quit playing with your dingy!! Looks great!
Nice job. Looks good
Awesome Chuck! Good job.
I wonder about myself sometimes. I go and build a SUP and I've never been on one before. lol. I thought it would be more difficult to stand up. It really wasn't that hard. I did go back out and fall off several times. Happy to report that I was able to get back on, even in deep water. all things equal, I'd rather sail but I see the attraction with paddle boarding. best, Chuck
Wheee! Looks sharp!
Never hit a hammer on a hammer . There are better claw tools out there .
Well dang. Those are the wheels I have on my boat trailer. I do have a spare though. Maybe I should swap them out. I did replace the bearings and grease caps and seals.
I had to get bearings at a speciality shop, have a spare set if you need a part number.
@@olivei2484 I appreciate it. I wound up with extra through this whole process. The grease seals were the most difficult to find but I even now have one extra. I still won't have a spare tire however.
@@JenkinsBoatWorks I think my seals had a p/n. Either way, glad it worked. After this video, I looked into replacing mine with a 5 bolt lug set, now just have to find the 3/4" axle size, heh. Wonder how old these wheel sets are?
@@olivei2484 I'm going to say from the 1960's. This trailer came with a Demon 15 on it. The Demon was the predecessor to the Sweet 16, both made by Advance Sailboats. The first Demons were produced in 1961. I actually have two of these Demons, waiting for some love. lol
Persistence pays off! 👍Keep on moving on…👍 Don’t be too hard on yourself.
appreciate that. I lost one washer in this process, still can't find it. I need to clean my shop and put my tools away, lol
Congrats on getting this done! This playlist has been a big inspiration for me to finishing my own. Hope it goes half as well as yours does! Great work!
I'm so glad to hear that the videos are a help to you. This was a really fun and rewarding project. A couple of times I thought I was pretty crazy for building a board since I've never been on one before. HA! It was easier to stand up on than I thought. Not shown in the video, I went back out and fell off several times but I was also able to get back on, even in deep water. Good luck!
@@JenkinsBoatWorks I fell in love with boarding a few years ago after trying it once, decided it would be cheaper to build my own than rent as often as I'd want to go. I'm not so sure about that now but it's sure been rewarding, and awesome to see a true success story with it, from someone who did things almost exactly as I'm planning to (right down to the epoxy brand and epoxying the internal frame) Best of luck on the rest of your channel, my curiosity's been piqued by the rest of your content too, despite my lack of knowledge. Love your style. Keep it up, please! :P
Sea trials 👏👏
went amazingly well. I'd still rather sail. lol
Well done sir. We enjoy paddle boarding, just lay around and watch the birds and flowers. Relaxing.