For not putting background music on the video, you gained my subscription.

@paulnorberg3869

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@thesayxx

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulnorberg3869 me 3

@ngwenyabrian11

3 жыл бұрын

I second you on that

@skf957

3 жыл бұрын

And I'll be a bridge to Forth, leaving Firth to someone else.

Finally someone who recognizes that background music is actually an annoying part of most videos. Thank you for omitting the unneeded noise.

@victor_silva6142

3 жыл бұрын

Naval videos. Only if with sea shanties!

@evelbill1439

2 жыл бұрын

Love old sea shanties.

@gailalbers1430

2 жыл бұрын

completely agree - completely needless noise in a video !

@Kingofrestrrooms666

Жыл бұрын

@@victor_silva6142 🤣

@Kingofrestrrooms666

Жыл бұрын

@@evelbill1439 yummy me too ! Birds Eye make them ! great as a snack or for breakfast!

The only you tube video I've watched that finished too soon. Thanks

@dadillen5902

3 жыл бұрын

Hum, 'finshed to soon' a boat that can hold 65 seamen. There is a questionable joke in here somewhere..😁

@TheIndyspace

3 жыл бұрын

@@dadillen5902 Not merely 'questionable', but also seems possibly a bit premature... 🤔

Some channels you stumble across you know immediately that they deserve a follow, this is one of them!

@tinymetaltrees

2 жыл бұрын

That just happened to me, three and a half minutes ago.

@jayswarrow1196

Жыл бұрын

The commentary about the background music, and "this thing called co...", pushed a thought into my head, that i'm about to get broke, buying whatever being offered here, because this fella is one of them purple-blooded children of a dancing king. - He has a way of expressing himself, in quite a hypnotic manner..

Well, the KZread algorithm has really delivered.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it really has. No pressure on me to keep delivering, eh!

@JorenDekker

3 жыл бұрын

After converting our van this might be the next dream.. 😏 thnx yt algorithms

@TheCaptScarlett

3 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing the algorithm brought me here from Dangar Marine

@devinhedge

3 жыл бұрын

Agree. Great video! Sent this to my daughter at UNCW as an idea for a cheap marine science research vessel.

@mostly-harmless

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexHibbertOriginals your content is spectacular, informative with no BS and clearly lots of passion. Keep it up! :D

You should have an internet contest to name your boat. Nothing has ever gone wrong by doing that.

@Warhawk76

3 жыл бұрын

Scrotie Mc Scroteface is headed your way

@msamour

3 жыл бұрын

Are we talking about the Boatie McBoat face incident? We got a good chuckle out of that in Canada.

@jayerjavec

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely never.

@JoeZUGOOLA

3 жыл бұрын

@@msamour check the name

@kevinparker2409

3 жыл бұрын

@@msamour check the name

Thank you for not including music. Can't wait to see the finish product.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@davidelliott5843

3 жыл бұрын

Gentle music is fine. But it’s rarely ever gentle and it’s more hassle to edit.

@brianshissler3263

3 жыл бұрын

Wait, he is from Finland?

@berennicholas5003

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianshissler3263 damn it I was gonna make a joke saying. Wait the product is Finnish

@brianshissler3263

3 жыл бұрын

@@berennicholas5003 lol

It's not very often, never in fact, that I subscribe to a channel I have never heard of after watching just one 3 minute video

Nice boat, bought from the right country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and built in the right country 🇸🇯. The dry witty humour is spot on and refreshing

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

We did find one or two 'cut corners' in the build (like some random workshop rubble thrown in to fill a void in the insulation foam), but yes in general happy we bought a Normar.

As a lot of people ask about prices: Generally new-ish TELBs cost around £10-15k. Some 10m+ length ones will fetch more, and more basic models from around £5k. It's a massive reduction on the price a certified TELB would cost the original ship/oilrig owner. Under £5k can get you pretty clapped out old boats, or shells without engines etc. We bought the Norwegian-outfitted one.

@markmoorhead1442

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to ask the youtube community how much they cost, so thanks for the thoughtful answer!

@watcherror

3 жыл бұрын

You dont mention it i believe, but I guess Allan-in-the-middle was not the chinese version?

@Marcus538

3 жыл бұрын

Good value surprising amount of volume insude

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sorry about that. Alan is Norwegian.

@chamkila911

3 жыл бұрын

Thank God you didn't buy the chinese one, or else you wouldn't have been able make episode 2. You would have been lost at sea.

Thank you for not having background music, great choice! Very curious how this turns out!

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

I like the no music in the background. You speak clearly and to the point. I too subscribed. Good video.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

2 ай бұрын

Cheers James

There honestly should be a KZread filter for no background music. VERY WELL DONE SIR!!!

@rogerwilco2

2 жыл бұрын

Yes.

thanks for the no background music. many of us appreciate it, if not the majority.

Informational, short, new concepts I'd not thought of, no janky background music, dry humor... Subscribed!

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Curiously clicks thumbnail. Experiences brilliant humor. Clicks Subscribe.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Chris

For sparing us the third digression, you have gained a subscriber.

Cool stuff. I spent time playing with these when I was offshore and when i did my bosiat training. Ours were dual-layer. .

Yard is just up the road from me. Great to see you re-purposing the boat

This looks awesome! Can’t wait for the rest of these.

Cool project! Hope to see more Alan progress

Oh ya, I’ll watch this, cheers from Canada!

Good stuff. Looking forward to seeing this develop.

Cant wait to see how this turns out. Need more already good luck 👍

I definitely want one of these especially living on Lake Superior. Where the waters are just as and in some cases worse than the seas it is built for.

What a great idea! Now I need to find and checkout your next video. I’m looking forward to the finished product.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

The narrator's dry humor was very entertaining, better than cheesy upbeat music.

So looking forward to see more of what you do with this 👍

Living the dream, man - escaping the weather of the UK for something more hospitable. Nice.

Sounds like an adventure,I’m in!

Haha love this. Looking forward to the rest of the series!

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Found by chance. Enjoyed seeing the video. THANK YOU for a great idea.

I love that this video was suggested 2 days after I spent spent hour looking at one on ebay 👀

@darcywiley5096

3 жыл бұрын

hashtag notacoincidence

@daquigley7971

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure they knew that before it hit

Looking forward to seeing the completed craft. I've been recently toying with the idea of converting an oversized orange lozenge into a long range ocean going vessel. Best wishes, Egg.

@AH-ns2wh

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes, it's fairly unusual to take converted TELBs into blue-water. There are a load of major considerations that extend beyond their original purpose of only keeping occupants alive and mobile for 24hrs. These include improving sea handling without a deep keel, fuel capacity, and not to mention near-impossible insurance cover.

@lookupparagliding

3 жыл бұрын

@@AH-ns2wh Thanks for the reply. Yeah, there's a lot to consider lol. An interesting concept nonetheless. Cheers, Egg.

Yup! Seriously contemplating one of these for a retirement/bucketlist project to sail around the UK. Got a few years to go, but until then I´ll be looking at vids like this.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

A slow but very safe circumnavigation it will be!

@slammsonite1

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexHibbertOriginals I have lived most of my life in South Germany, but went to sea for a number of years.

@snowgorilla9789

3 жыл бұрын

From the West coast of Canada also have had my eye on this option

@slammsonite1

3 жыл бұрын

Went to Stonehaven to take a look at one with the intention of buying but the tide of life took a different turn and I ended up in Bavaria, where there is not a lot of water for such a boat. But the plans are not off the table. There are three places where I am concentrating, one is Stonehaven the other is in Denmark Fornaes and the third option is in Turkey. Boats will cost between 5 and 10 grand and I am looking at an option to fit one out with a mast and sail and a brace of leeboards. Need to crunch the numbers but I believe it is an option. I need a goal and I don´t want to end my journey like my mother sitting in the kitchen for the last 20-odd years waiting to join her husband.

I almost most thought you going to throw in a third! Well done 👍🏻

Good luck with this adventure. God Bless.

That would make a cool houseboat for the springs! 🍻🍻🍻

A point to remember about these boats is that they are usually taken out of service after a certain number of drops from escape chutes on oil rigs or ships. They are usually retired early if they are found to be cracked during annual servicing. Do pay close attention to the hull during your pre purchase inspection.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely worthy of thought if buying a freefall model. This one is released more gently from davits, and hasn't been used for more than routine inspections.

@robertsmith1810

2 жыл бұрын

most i would think come from de-commisioned merchant ships or north sea standy boats. I do wonder what thickness of Fiberglass these hulls have?

This sounds like a very exciting project, be interesting to see how you insulate and outfit it for the bitter arctic cold

Love it. Looking forward to watching this project. Thank you

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Nicholas

Great! You are almost there💪

Class, looking forward to the series. Always thought that these boats had more potential as adventure wagons. Crack on!

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Massive potential indeed. Drawbacks too, but Alan isn't a £100m ice-class ship. :)

This gives me some ideas for 20 years from now when I can afford a boat

Wow! Great project, best to the whole team!

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

This project looks awesome!! I'm a Helicopter Mechanic and I love seeing stuff like this! Keep up the GREAT work good sir! You have a new subscriber. 👍👍

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ryan

Interesting and very good humour, love it, subscribed.

Goddamn those as some sweet Mark Strong tones. Worth every penny.

A full video on this would have been amazing to watch

I am all aboard for this build. It's rare to find one of these in my part of the US. I found one but couldn't make the deal. They are great for long-range cruisers. Some need a little ballast down low and to the outsides to help slow the rolling some are known to have. Surprisingly, they get pretty good fuel burn with their small 4 cylinder diesel.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Great to have you onboard! Ballast will be a major future episode, after spring sea trials. It's a 3 cyl turbo Bukh, but yes estimates of around 1l/nm until I've done a proper analysis.

These boats are super cool and have so many possibilities. I want one lol

Well, I guess Boaty McBoatface was already taken. Wonderful project, best wishes for success. I've subscribed and will be counting digressions very carefully in case I need to alert the comment section.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you! And yes, make sure you keep my digressions in check...

Love it!, great idea Good luck!

Really exciting project will follow with interest

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Cool! Good - and nicely subtle - humorous narrative. Much luck.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers for that

Fantastic plan 👌 Good name too . Il be watching all this 👍

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Just subbed. Love stuff like this I’ve thought about how to go about buying such a vessel. Not so available here in Australia they’d rather scrap than recycle Thanks for the pleasure. 👍🇦🇺

Just found your channel, or rather your channel found me :-) Love it, really interesting, have subscribed and looking forward to a bit of binge watching

A properly exiting episode with no reference anywhere to angle grinders.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

10 ай бұрын

I didn't even have one back then!

A guy down the street from me when I was growing up....it's said he invented some kind of these! A small prototype was in the water in back of his house that sat on Crooked River! His last name was Enzian or something like that

I truly enjoyed the humour. From Canada, cheers!

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Yeeeeeesssss just what I need. Another boat restoration noir drama.

Don't know how I got here but I'll keep following. Good luck on the build!

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I always thought one of these would be great in a tsunami prone area. I would have it anchored some how so after the first wave of the tsunami passed I could release it, pop to the surface and ride out the tide.

Excellent commentary.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly! It's just me wittering on.

I was visiting Houston Texas and I seen a bunch of these on the side of the road and I was wondering what they were thank you so very very much for clarifying that for me

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Supply in Europe is limited, but it would cost more or less the value of the boats to have them freighted over.

@charlesdickens6706

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexHibbertOriginals ...not adventurous enough to sail them all the way ?

Good luck mate

Awesome informative Video experience Y'alls God Bless Ya 🙌🙏

Great video 👍

Don’t know why this was recommended, but it’s interesting. Also, thanks for not using obnoxious background music.

My middle name is ALA N Glad you kept that name blessings

Very interesting,and no stupid loud music ,I’ll continue to watch and subscribe

I always wanted one of these, they look unsinkable. Very cool project fellas and thanks for no back ground music that most people put in which annoys the heck out of me .

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

You bet

Nice ! I subbed as I enjoy your humor and like boats and ships.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Very kind

Yes im going to watch all episodes

@AlexHibbertOriginals

2 жыл бұрын

Good work

Cannot imagine spending a week in an enclosed boat with this guy.. you lucky bunch

@AlexHibbertOriginals

2 жыл бұрын

Fragrant.

Well done. Love the humour. Best wishes from an Aussie.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Looks like "cloud city vehicle from star wars" next to each other.

you can "cut" the roof from one side to the other, and remove the front half of the "roof" or "cockpit" so that the rear half of the roof remains the usual "cockpit" on boats. Even cutting carefully, the upper part of the front half of the cockpit could be used to be the front roof of a boat with a more usual appearance and more utility to be on it the tribupants

That's just badass, i would sooo buy one of those and turn it into a house boat, and i'd put a nice swim platform on the back.

Exactly two digressions it is then! Sounds quite reasonable.

@RobMacKendrick

3 жыл бұрын

Then it's agreed. I'll notify the Ministry.

I’ve always fancied one of those hopefully because it’s unsinkable

I live in Houston, Texas and near the ports we have a couple of large TELB recyclers. As a kid they fascinated me since they also resembled goofy submarines. Never could imagine a practical use for one though. I hope your expedition gets un-kiboshed once Covid is on the downhill slope.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt

There’s one of those currently docked In Marlow.

Hello from the U.S. cool build.

I like the way you talk. ( south Florida )

The narrator is hilarious! Love this video!

Good job

good luck !!

This is perfect for trailer conversion.

@benvasilinda9729

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing.

@kyleanuar9090

3 жыл бұрын

Tiny house original

Only thee minutes in and subscribed, top quality content

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

My friend bought one of those. He converted it to a long term fishing vessel for one. He put a stove that burned diesel. One problem is it only does 6knots and the incoming tide can be faster. No problem, he goes out with the tide. He would go out for weeks at a time.

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

You're right in that Alan wouldn't be able to fight strong tides, so timing will be all.

I've no interest what so ever in the ocean, sailing or boats in general. However, I've the strangest and possibly highly irrational desire to be set adrift in one of these. Yours Jealous on another level. Very honest and sincere best wishes for the trip 👍🙏🇮🇪

@AlexHibbertOriginals

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@michaelsmith9308

3 жыл бұрын

At least in the worst possible storm, you can still relax, knowing unless you hit something you will survive friend!

@matthewmaxcy1574

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexHibbertOriginals how much does one go for as is.?

I do the preventive maintenance on lifeboats very much like these everytime I rotate offshore. I am extremely curious to see what this becomes!

@Alex Hibbert Originals Definitely look at options for air quality. With the gasoline storage beneath the floor.

... well you have me intrigued.

I love your sarcasm

God bless Alan and all his sea-men.

@freequest

3 жыл бұрын

May his Sea-Men not be spilt into the ocean.

@dadillen5902

3 жыл бұрын

All 65 of them. Hum, one would think it would take a lot more semen, I mean sea-men, to fill that, um boat. 😯😉😁

@angeldetierra3855

3 жыл бұрын

► Semen. Please check your spelling!

@dadillen5902

3 жыл бұрын

@@angeldetierra3855 I believe I did. Please check you sense of humor.

@angeldetierra3855

3 жыл бұрын

@@dadillen5902 ► My comment was meant for The Bacon Wizard. Looks like we have similar sense of humor.... --- Please leave the internet. There's only place for one of us!

I think the names a brilliant one