Hi Stu, I dont often leave comments, but I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your channel. I watched you restore Renko from the beginning and was instantly hooked. I think it's down to your personality, and the relaxed way you explain what you are doing that makes it fascinating, even to someone like me who has very little understanding of engineering, and the finer points of boat-craft. It's great to see you back, and thank you for all the time & effort you put into your videos. Please keep them coming! All the best, from Bath in the UK.

Welcome back, Bro. Glad to see you are doing good!! Funny.....just this morning. I made mention to my wife, 'I wonder if or when Dangar Stu is going to be back with a new video' and what a shock, after everybody goes to bed and I settle down to watch a vid or two before I turn in.....Stu is back with another great video. Amazing how things work!!!

This was very interesting. Your experience of working in front of a camera has drawn out the best of the various people involved who were obviously guns at their job but not movie stars. I think the owner Peter has made some worthy decisions with his money rather than just buying new and that this series following the build could also lie in the vessels history books.

Someone said he's working full time...we're all working full time...that hasn't stopped any of us from posting a comment. I do hope nothing has happened to him...

Back on site 5 days a week, it's coming for all of us. You did something many of us only dream about (and dream about through watching you) restored a boat and sailed it around Australia. Good on you Stu. Hope you can keep sharing even if it's a monthly story.

hey stu where are ya been we miss you dude anything would be good

I finally heard the magic words "the naval architect said" I owned a boat repair shop and when I watch some of these boat saving videos I am floored when I see them putting in ballast wherever or moving the engine or water tanks without having a naval engineer consult. Kudos to you and your crew for doing this right and safe. This is the first of your videos I watched and I am subscribing because I won't have to say out loud (to myself) don't do that.! looking forward to seeing your progress. That was the best discussion with any engineer expert I have ever seen on KZread. I hope some other self boat saving people watch this.

he has really ruined his chances of making it big anymore as the algorithm can be affected and if it seems like a channel is abandoned it will not make reco's on the channel, i bet you a large sum of money his subs have gotten less and less and thus the amount of views. to really be successful you need to keep at it. i was once subbed but walked away after i didnt see any new content. its a harsh world out there and you are gonna have to expect backlash here and there and put simply no criticism is not a good sign, same with business when you see nothing but good reviews means they are either not trying hard enough or they are hiding something, i no longer rely on many reviews i look for the negatives and go from there, same with products these outlets that do all this testing is gonna be biased as a company will not want negativity and thats how it all works you see, cause i was once on a river boat, a river boat captain, and id always say no bad news is not good as there is always gonna be issues no issues means something not right. that was back in the 70's over in Vietwham, as i say thats how they roll. i always like to cop backlash from those valves.

I thought that it was starting with, Hi, I'm a boatbuilder and a sailor.

Hope your OK stu haven't seen a upload recently

Hope all is well , missin your vids really enjoyed them. Hurry back please.

We need stu back!

Fantastic to have you back mate👍.

Great to see guys like Peter with the means available to save a boat like this and bring a bunch of skilled people together. Great video Stu, I think you've got the balance between sufficient detail on the one hand, and not getting bogged down in irrelevant detail on the other. Thanks!

Great episode…the workmanship and attention to detail is brilliant….good to see you back on board…stay safe…

Great to see you back, Dangar Stu and in Paynesville. Recently bought a Cheoy Lee 35 foot trawler on the Lakes with the intention of relocation to Melbourne but have decided to keep her in Paynesville because of the beautiful bays, sheltered berths and awesome infrastructure. Try to get out to Ocean Grange next time you're down there. Great restoration in progress. Best, Stuart S

Great tour - and plenty of thoughtful questions Stu. The moment the raised deck was mentioned I thought Hmmm - weight and balance calculations? Then you were right there with the designer talking exactly that!

Thankyou for finding the time to get it out. Great watch. Worth waiting for.

Great poast, Stu. Very interesting restoration. Looking forward to the continuation of this, she's gonna be a beautiful trawler :). Nice to have you back!

Just checking up on you everything ok