How Much Did 'Ship Happens' Couple Simon and Gemma Spend on the Sarinda?| History X

My opinion is that saving a historic boat is worth the cost. 6500 pounds is nothing compared to the experience.

it seems to me they paid what the market dictated on the date. If I was going to guess I was going to say $10,000.
I think it will take more than $50,000 to make it safe to cross the channel.
But, the entertainment value for viewers is something you can't put a value on.
And the fact you have the ability and the desire to put the effort and skills into the project is something I really admire.
The youngsters will grow up with the project and they will learn a lot of things like doing things right, working hard, etc.

Love it

The motors are worth that if things go bad, I think she will sail again .

That's way, way, less than they can recoup by just selling the engines.

The engines alone are worth 5 times what they paid . Good luck to them

They paid a fair price. Otherwise it had been sitting and rotting for decades with zero interest. Had these 2 not seen its value it very likely had been scraped or its hulk left to rot in time. When you condsider the labor hours and maint as well as $$$ and craftswork needed on boat of this isze and construction this couple will spend more than 100k just making her a seaworthy vessel. Of note this couple is doing 80% of the actual ship righting work themselves while balancing children and a business. Frankly they should be considered a Historical entity and receive some fundage from Britians massive pocket book.

The engines alone are worth around 20 thousand each !!

How much they paid for and spent now on their boat is not our concern.

Sell the two engines for a lot more than 9k.

I have a simple question for you.

How much actual research did you do? Apparently very little because you don't even know how to pronounce the owners name. That is a huge insult to most people.

This is history..what it cost irrelevant .....i have been doing the same sort of thing for the last 10 years prob cost us £1000's so far...

They have a ship that was involved with the ww2 D-Day landings how can you value that

They have actually made a great deal of progress already. The hull is in great shape as are much of the frames.

What's your point?

Get rid of that bad audio. Lot of hisses etc.

The price paid is just not the issue. This is a work of passion.
The money. Is just the way they get to do the work.

I'm going to have to check them out.
Thanks Ken.

How much did you make from this video ?

I know the exact price cuz my dad sold it to them

Thumbs down this video is only trying to cash-in on someone else’s hard work.

Not a bad price the engines alone are worth the price. Good purchase.

I think their cost is fair. What the heck the thing is half-rotted. and they are rebuilding it. I have watched all episodes and specials. Kudos to them. Best of all they seem to be having fun rebuilding
a special piece of history. Hats off!

I sort of feel that is about the right money.

The way I look at, you have to balance competing views.

It's not worth much side of the argument:
- If they didn't buy that boat, it might never be repaired, given the amount of TLC required, without them it isn't worth much.
- As everyone knows, there's nothing as expensive as a cheap boat, it needs to be cheap to compensate for the amount of money required to save it.
- It's the sort of boat that is often given away to someone who will appreciate it.
- It's going to be a LONG time before it's usable.
- They'll need all the money they can get to save the boat.

It's valuable side of the argument:
- For a start those engines run, marine engines aren't cheap, they're worth decent money. Not to mention other equipment and parts on board.
- It is historically significant, and rather unique, which makes it worth having/saving.
- That's a lot of boat. It's not small.
- It's a relatively small amount of money in the bigger scheme of things.
- They can make money off the whole exercise by making videos.
- It is rewarding to do.

another american knowall. you said nothing, just the sound of your own voice is what you like to hear.

I want to know how much they actually paid to renovate the boat. If they get donations, materials, free electrical goods etc, they are actually only using their labour to renovate the boat. Now if they decide to sell the boat at a later date, I will guarantee they will 20 times more than what they paid. I do not begrudge that they work hard, however if they had to put their own money into the renovation it would never have happed and they would have been stuck with a lemon..

Lost me when you couldnt pronounce gemmas name....not hard to find out before you hit record mate

Make your own thunder stop stealing other people's! And at least try and get names right before you turn on the camera !

2 years later the kids are no longer involved

They have about 86,000 viewers now. I've been watching it from the beginning when it was first posted on CNN. It's a great show, and I recommend watching it.

I just watched this weeks episode of Ship Happens ,May 2024. They have persevered and enjoy their hard/team work. will do the deck this summer.

The price, £6500 is cheap just for 2 big Caterpillar diesel engines alone. Great buy IMO 👍👍

Kids? The only time I have seen their kids is in the opening thumbnail- I figured they had sold them to the Arabs for materials money.

far to much for my in fact it would have to be free for me to take that on

A great rebuild ….! 😊😊

This channel is absolute bullshit

What is bizarre is not the price of the boat, but all the Ship Happens zealots out there who see the boat sale price question as blasphemy, or as something injurious/slanderous. I’ve watched episodes of Ship Happens. It’s an ugly, rotten, old boat, and I personally see their efforts as a complete waste of time, money, and effort. Why anyone would associate their work with something majestically inspirational, and doing their children a good turn, is bizarre at the least, and delusional at best.

Now they have finished the foredeck and refurbished the engines, I'd guess they could get at least Pds 50,000 or more.

This rotten boat cost $10,000, and it will cost more than $50,000 to renovate. I’d bet the last dollar in my wallet on it.

Great buy just for the 2 Cat engines alone all the rest is hard work and money. Simon and Gemma seem really genuine with no frills,what you see is what you get.

They have turned their dream into reality. Thats more than most people will ever do

Been watching ship happens love it.

Bought a hobby.

Who f'n cares... they make good movies.... This is click bait go and buy more boats for yourself

Mate, why don't you create your own content and not live off the back of someone else? Also, if you did proper research you'd know how to pronounce English names correctly. I stopped the video at that point

It's definitely a great watch they're definitely doing a great job refurbishing it what they have done looks awesome obviously they think they got a good deal and that is all that really matters in there definitely devoted to what they are doing love watching it in the headway they're making yeah they must love what they're doing my hat is off to them❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊

One pound is the value of the boat when

I think it's great Simon and Gemma are taking on this project. Just as I enjoyed "The Western Flyer", "Argonaut", "Tally Ho" and the "Orca" build. I took on a project others have said they've thrown away better, but I enjoyed and learned a lot from a "junkyard" project. Keep up the good work Simon and Gemma!

You are a bad man it is not your business