Others sowed for us ,we must sow for others !

That’s the spirit we should strive for 🙏

Hooray for you Tom. Doing something for the future - well, that's a refreshing idea.

"To the best of your abilities" is so much more rewarding then "Fast and economical".

Beautiful words.

Thanks, Tom, for this important perspective. Best from Alaska!

I love stories like that. Thanks.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

There's more stories to come, so keep watching!

Thanks for the wise words Tom. Like statesmen in a world of politicians. Politicians think of their own generation and statesmen think of the next, How we need such thinking. Great advice,

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you approve.

Love this video..He did it for me...:) Yes with boats we must always make it better. Think down the road. Long term fixes. Not just for are sake. More importantly the sake of the next generation. So she will carry the lives and Crew safely where ever she may. As well as passing on the possibility that others will make their dreams come true as we have and put in the same efforts..

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Will. Glad you think the same way. Tom

A shame you never found that tree, I build small wooden pond yachts and this stuff has intrigued me for years! I expect timber was managed since the iron age as who wants to work timber full of knots, splits and shakes. I have just restored a 1920's cutter for a customer hopefully this will be passed down the generations for another 100 years

So true, fantastic words, I treated all the ends of my plywood decks before I glassed them in.

Isn’t that absolutely great that they doctored those oak trees to grow in a particular way suitable for the likes of Nelson’s navy, but all the while knowing that not only would they not be there to reap the reward themselves but neither would perhaps several generations after them. It makes you think doesn’t it. What great people they were. What foresight.

Tom, you are a good man indeed!

Thank you for your interesting yarn, Tom. Good images of wood and bluebells by Roz. Keep up the good work. Always looking forward to an interesting story from you. Cheers. William.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks William. Roz chuffed by your kind remarks.

This “forming” trees was also done in the Netherlands. But the costal trees where bend by the wind. Handy to have .. These where mostly used at first builds. When all good trees where gone we sailed to Scandinavia and started the wood trade. Massive amount of wood was imported and our wood mills processed the lot. Those mills where doted around the county like farms. We build our big fleet to complete with the English and the rest. If you drive true the province north of Amsterdam you may spot the many woodmills still standing. On day I was in the uk and found a “royal oaks “ forest. I was 14 of age .. and so wondering about the royal part , I asked my dad. You said the same as you Tom.. it was for building Nelsons fleet. Thanks for sharing

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating to learn about the Dutch use of wind-grown crooks and the subsequent Scandinavian trade. Comments like this are the very best thing about social media where we can all learn from each other in a supportive environment. I'll be passing through Holland next summer on the boat and will look out for trees bendy to the gale. Also the wood mills. Thanks for being in touch with us all.

Wow. Words of wisdom. Okay Tom, I'll think. Thank you.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words.

What a message! I might recite this example at some occasion.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Thomas. Please do pass the message on. Tom

Great advice from a great location.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Perfect isn't it. The sight and scent of bluebells can't be beat.

Wise words, great video, VMT. Regards AJ

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining me in the woods.

Great video

So very true Mr Cunliffe, that's the way the world should be, and thank you for reminding us with this great little story 👍🏼☺️🙏🏻

Wise words indeed, Tom. I'm 90% through grinding back a wrought iron balustrade to bare metal so that I can get it properly primed & sealed. Fortunately, the UK craftsmen who built my house in Australia in the 1930s did a great job of the first paint, unlike the very dodgy over-painting that's happened since. I could have just scraped, sanded and thrown on a topcoat that would have seen me through, but it would've simply covered the rust, not fixed it. On a larger scale. I wonder how many of our public buildings and projects will be around to be admired in 100 years?

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

4 жыл бұрын

Hope that balustrade is looking sparkling now Geoff. There's great satisfaction from a job well done. Tom.

Wise words

The things you've said are so true, I've always tried to do things to the best of my ability, even when I could have gotten away with doing it halfway, & no one would know the difference. My father taught me that way. He always told me " Son, anything worth doing is worth doing right." I've passed that wisdom along to my son as well. Sadly I've noticed that the younger generation does not generally think this way. Most people could do with seeing this video. Thank you for sharing this story, and passing that advise along. I really enjoyed your story, I truly hope your message reaches the people that need to hear it.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joseph. Nice to hear about your dad. It's a good way to live. Tom

@Deftonesdsm

4 жыл бұрын

Joseph not all is lost. I am on what people like to call of the "millennial" generation, and while a lot of fellow people my age are into technology and materialism . There are some of us fighting to keep it alive. I was a trained mechanic, and now an a journeyman carpenter. I did not need to switch trades ,but i feel i must steward the old ways before they are forgotten. Knowledge gained; if it brings you material things or not , to me is far more important. I have many friends as well who are very handy , and care about keeping a sustanible future in method , work, and living. While i alsp embrace technology by building computers and electronics, there is something more to stewarding for the future . I may not have children , but i will do my damndest to learn from the old hands & pass it to the younger ones coming up. I'm not sure if the human race as a whole will see the short sightedness of our current society . Yet if there's even 10% of my generation like me these old ways will not die. Even if i have to be dragged kicking and screaming into modern life i'll fight for the selfless ways that got our species this far. Cheers

Thanks Tom, your enthusiasm and knowledge brighten my day, perhaps like the unknown shipwrights who built your cutter.

Excellent.👍

A creative and patient art revealed well. Excellent Yarn! Thanks Tom!! from Kurdagonia

Lovely story Tom.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening Paul. Tom

@paulwilfridhunt

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Cunliffe - Yachts and Yarns 😁😊👍❤️🍀

Enjoyed that. Thank you.

So interesting and well presented. Thank you!

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to view.

Thanks Tom , a really insightful and interesting piece. Had the pleasure to bump in to you and your wife in Mallaig a few years ago.You were so polite in response to my excited questions and I remember how deferential you were to your wife. A lesson in life. Best wishes to you and your wife

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Well met in Mallaig. Hope we bump into each other again soon. Best from Roz and myself to you both.

Dear Tom, when the Brits took the Danish navy ships in 1807, we did not have enough oak to build a new fleet. So the king ordered a lot of oak planted, oak which is today known as “navy oak”. The story goes that the navy was contacted in the 70ties and told that they could now come and get their oak! It had been pampered by generations of foresters, and when I began restorring my little gaff cutter I went to see about buying some oak. When told what I needed the wood for the forester gave me a piece of chalk and told me to mark the trees I needed. I got 8 meter boards without a single knot, curved planks for the covering boards and all in the best possible quality. All thanks to you guys!

@SirPrancelot1

5 жыл бұрын

It's a great story. Hope the restoration is going well.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting to read about the Navy Oak. I'm glad we were able to give something good back to the Danes after we'd snitched all their boats. English Oak was always considered superior to American White Oak (don't touch American Red) as it was more close-grained and easier to work and so was popular with shipbuilders.

Well said Tom. Another wonderful video.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robin. I'm going to follow this one up in the Autumn with a look at what happened to those oaks after they were cut down. Keep watching!

A great message Tom, at 58 and an apprentice furniture maker in Australia I can actually remember that exact attitude being continually drummed into us but it has definitely been eroded away over the years. That very attitude is reflected in every aspect of society today where profit takes precedence over everything, thanks for the inspiring words.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it rung a chord David.

super video as usual Tom, thanks for your help with my keel, I made it across to Jersey in time

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Good to hear it worked out well, in spite of the dodgy phone connection.

Tom, your talking about a different class of people from what we have today. They were taught to think the way you are talking about. That stock and art of thinking is drifting far away.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Things often go in 'waves', so let's hope we'll return to that way of life in the not-too-distant future.

I'm a sailor that earns his money with being a technician in the entertainment world, we usually do short therm projects. The stuff I build today will be dismantled by someone els in a couple of days, so I build it like I want to dismantle it. No good leaving your laziness to the next person, do the best you can in wat you do.

When ya just need a little uplifting. Look up one of Tom Cunliffe stories, any one.

@AfricanFlightStar

3 жыл бұрын

John Cano Hear hear! So very true 👍🏼☺️🙏🏻

👌🌱🌲👍❤️

Wood every time, and when the time for that vessel is up, it'll break down to nothing and one day be gone returned to the environment, how often now do you walk along a river or estuary and see fibreglass boats that have been abandoned, which is sad to see, but worse is the fact that you could go back in thirty years time and it'll still be there.

After the second battle of Copenhagen, in 1807, where the British navy captured the Dano-Norwegian fleet (aka the fleet robbery), the king of Denmark immediately ordered a massive afforestation of oak in preparation to build a new fleet. Some of these oak trees was used in the restoration of the Danish frigate Jylland almost 200 years later.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

The oak is a noble tree and to hear such stories is really heart warming. Thanks for sharing with us.

Tom. Last week I adapted your story for a devotional on giving, in my church. I think you would like it! Thanks for the idea.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

I was thrilled to read your comment. I'd loved to have heard the sermon. My granddad was also a preacher and a great champion of decent behaviour. Wherever he is now, if he can tune into KZread, he'll be delighted to read what you've said.

@RH-lz3om

5 жыл бұрын

Tom. Thanks. Great. Here is the link to No Do Overs. I am not the preacher but do help with leading. www.cyfairchristian.org/listen. Cheers!

What's up with the aspect ratio on this channel?

Dear Tom. How do you like your Mason 44? I think they are lovely.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Loving her. We'll be on board again at the end of the week, so stand by for more vids from the Baltic.

BZ Tom ;)

Very much like your videos, but for heaven's sake buy Roz at tripod. Cheers

Lovely insite and a great story. Just hope those Bluebells aren't of the Frenchie sort!!! otherwise we were invaded 200 years ago.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely not. Neither French nor Spanish - English through and through!

come down tomorrow and I'll take you into the woods. Used that line many time on my future wife

I think wooden boats have to come back into fashion eventually simply because they don't damage the environment and they're forever renewable.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't that be something. In the same way that we should be wearing cotton, linen and the like.

@DevonBuccaneer

5 жыл бұрын

@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns absolutely Tom, people don't realise just laundering a fleece is doing enormous harm to our oceans and polluting our food chain. How about a crewed Bristol channel pilot cutter race, non stop around the world. With every team having to build a brand new boat specifically for the race. May be a fanciful pipe dream, but what lovely one.

what is wrong with chestnut trees?

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely nothing wrong with sweet chestnut trees. The nuts are great roasted at Christmas.

Proper stready as he goes panache.

I think he did it for her.

You have to hand it to forward thinking people who understand, that, you don't "own" a boat or a car with that build quality. You are a conservator.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

4 жыл бұрын

Well said Jeff. That's spot on. Tom

What about all the Irish Oak you guys stole over the years 😂😂😂