Seventy-year-old teak, sanded bare: The Pethericks' 1956 yacht shows her decks
Six uploads in seven days took Billy from buying the boat to firing her engines, with his dad asking to do the honors.
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Bringing 70-Year-Old Teak Back to Life
Eleven hours after it went up, "Bringing 70-Year-Old Teak Back to Life" was already past 70,000 views, and it was moving faster than anything else The Pethericks had posted all week. That says something, because the week was full.
Six videos went up, one nearly every day, and together they read like a short season of the channel's one big story: a classic yacht from 1956 that Billy bought and now has to save. It opens with the purchase and moves on to stripping back the grime in "Uncovering the Beauty of a 70-Year-Old Yacht." Then the decks. "The Teak Decks Were Covered for a Reason…" became the week's most watched upload. Between those came the mechanical chapters: a gearbox fix on what the title calls his £50K yacht, and a family moment in "My Dad Asked to Start the Engines." The gearbox video carries a Mat Armstrong tag, a nod to the car rebuilder whose restoration world sits right next door to this one.
Under the teak video, the comments read like a boatyard workshop. Viewers recommend oxalic acid for the dark water stains, finer sandpaper for a silkier finish and a heat gun to lift old varnish. One suggests keeping a jar of teak dust to mix into filler. Several point out the forgotten boats around the big one, with a single man working away on her. Another asks who made the soundtrack.
The channel as a whole drew well above its usual daily views, even as the subscriber count slipped by about a thousand over the week. Among similar DIY and building channels, Tia Weston had the standout week, while Woodworking Projects and Shirahaha ran quieter than normal. For the Pethericks, the busiest thing on the channel is the newest: the teak, finally showing its color again.
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What viewers say
The comments under "The Teak Decks Were Covered for a Reason…"
Notice all the other forgotten boats surrounding the big yacht with one determined man toiling away on the big one. Incredible effort. I love the progress reports.
@1940limitedSee it on YouTubeOxalic acid will remove the darker spots on the teak, especially the waterstains on the floor will improve it greatly. Wonderful restauration!
@realityofillnessSee it on YouTubekeep a jar of the teak sanding dust. mixed with white glue makes a perfect match wood puddy
@datawasteland2287See it on YouTube
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The videos drawing views on The Pethericks right now
The Teak Decks Were Covered for a Reason…138,004 views · 2026-10-01
My Dad Asked to Start the Engines118,804 views · 2026-10-03
Uncovering the Beauty of a 70-Year-Old Yacht110,916 views · 2026-09-30
I Bought This Yacht… Now I Have to Save Her110,442 views · 2026-09-29
I SOLVED THE GEARBOX PROBLEM ON MY £50K YACHT97,940 views · 2026-10-04
- Channel
- The Pethericks
- Subscribers
- 754,000 ▼ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 734,461
- Videos published this week
- 6
- Video published
- October 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 72,062
The numbers
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💡 Test your knowledge
Teak, the wood on the Pethericks' yacht decks, is native mainly to which part of the world?
Teak (Tectona grandis) grows naturally in the forests of India, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos.
