BARNABAS, A St IVES MACKEREL DRIVER
Through Barnabas the film brings to life the Cornish fishing industry in its heyday and the people who built and worked the boats. The recent major restoration of this historic vessel was filmed in the Penzance Dry Dock over a period of nine months. Now, once more, Barnabas embodies our maritime heritage and sails around the coast of Cornwall for present and future generations to enjoy.
Barnabas was built in 1881 in St Ives. She is a dipping lugger.
She is owned by The Cornish Maritime Trust, a charity which works to preserve Cornish maritime history. It produced this film about its flagship vessel, assisted by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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What are we if we are so preoccupied with making money and playing games and entertaining ourselves if we don’t have the aptitude to admire this craftsmanship. These are men who are worthy of much respect. And for those who have bothered to produce this excellent film which brings us pause as we wonder about these people from yesteryear, they also deserve much hearty praise. We say thank you and God bless you.
What a beautiful boat! These national treasures are priceless, worth the effort in rehab.
As a time served shipwright it is wonderful to see the old skills still in use. Now retired I spend my time building model boats. Amongst my collection I have a “ St Ives Bay mackerel driver,” the Ebenezer, which sails like a dream despite not being able to dip the lug to tack.
Great video and a great story. I myself was a member of an association that had built a replica of a 17th century Scandinavian post yacht, and spent many happy hours crewing for our fare-paying passengers off Vaasa in Finland. She's a 12-metre, 12 tonne boat. Anyway, Barnabas is a beauty and well worth all that work. Congratulations to all involved - well done!
That’s remarkable! Respect for all builders!
They are rebuilding a beautiful, ancient instrument. Tuned by hand, so the Ocean can again play on it. I have no idea how all these angles once taken can practically be carved en route cutting the wood, and how those chaps are keeping track of all their marks and signs and wonders. I only like to call it wonderful. May Barnabas always cheerfully cut the waves under fair winds. Thankyou from Germany 🌻:).
@smudgey1kenobey
Жыл бұрын
Lovely sentiment !
Thank you for producing such a beautiful documentary of Barnabas. I have seen her on the high seas a number of times. Fairwinds.
Brilliant film! I was in Falmouth a few months back crewing a Bristol Pilot cutter that was built and worked from my little village of Pill, Somerset where the Bristol piloting started from. Drinking around the pubs in Cornwall and speaking with the locals they really do have a love for these classic boats and the enthusiasm is off the scale.
Loved this vlog, more heritage saved. Well done all. A beautiful boat
Funny, I grew up in Maine and the old photos look like my family pictures
Beautiful boat beautiful film thankyou Marty Australia 😂😂
Been there and done that!.. lol Our Boys 92ck.. Essex Smack!.. Would love to sail down there and play with you Boys at the Falmouth Classics...
Great Video well made, showed the time and skills involved great storytelling. You could feel the history.
Excelent wooden work from this guys, greeting from Norway.
What's interesting at 28:06 is that they have removed the metal pads from the G-clamps, and the ball end of the clamp screw sits in a depression in the wooden pad. Very clever. Otherwise you'd be trying to clamp up all the wooden pads at the same time as trying to stop them falling down between the clamps and the plank. If you're doing something in a hurry, everything needs to be located - there's no time for messing around! There's always so much to be learned seeing real experts at work.
Wonderful documentary and commentary! Thanks so much for making it -- and of course for remaking Barnabas.
Wow simply wow, fantastic story, brilliant skills, top class documentary ❤.
Heb zelf de gelegenheid gehad om aan een houten Barkentijn te werken. Deze was in zijn soort uniek. Helaas gezonken en de middelen om weer opgeknapt te worden was er niet. De Elisabeth Smit is wel een boot waar ik vaak aan terug denk. Remenicances noemen de fransen het chique 🎉😊.
One man restored a 1910 woden ship on youtube the vlog is called "Sampson Boat Co" hundreds of chapters shows actual work not some exec members looking good for the camera. One man in charge he is a shipbuilder and lots and lots of helpers. The ship is Tally Ho.
@anthonywilson4873
11 ай бұрын
Leo and team are still restoring Tally Ho and getting very close to the finish line, a wonderful set of Videos. Great people wonderful skills a journey through time.
Ни одно дело в мире не делается с такой чистотой помыслов, как строительство парусного судна
From Joshua Slocum's book, 1892, 'Sailing Alone Around the World'. To quote, about the Spray, "Now, it is the law in Lloyd's that the Jane repaired all out of the old until she is entirely new is still the Jane". First published 1900 ISBN 0-246-12207-2 Brilliant book, brilliant video; not a computer in sight.
I watched a father and son restore an old wreck of a mackerel driver in the yard at the top of Galmpton Creek on the River Dart. It must have been around 1983 or 1984. Ralph was the father, Brian his son. Sadly I have forgotten their family name. All done with hand tools only.
magnifique /. naviguer sur de tels bateaux est meilleur que d'être cousin du roi , sourire,
Great Video….but tell me who plays this great music
Like the movie titanic with that boat sailing the ocean
My surname is McNab, any relation to the writer and film maker I wonder?
This informative video is sadly ruined by the frenetic music...