Recent content by dombuckley

IIRC it was one of the first ones built in SA, and it turned out to have been built in a rush to get it shipped to the Southampton Boat Show on time. But the poor lay-up in that example just exposed a known weak spot of many RIB designs of that era; more recent designs have much better support...

Take a big mate with you, and get him to lean inwards and outwards on the buoyancy tube, while you look for any movement in the cracks. The hull is pretty well supported forward and aft by the structure of the buoyancy chambers under the floor, but these hulls can be prone to 'hinging'...

'Expansion cracks', my furry butt. That's a LOT of stress cracks, a long way from any obvious point of loading (i.e. trailer supports): that means slamming damage, which means the entire panel has been flexing. If you take another look at her, I would strongly suggest investigating under the...

Good, but ignores the fact that the earth also bulges (to a lesser extent) under the influence of moon and sun (called 'earth tides').

From OP's later posts, I believe his Sadler has a VP2002, so unlikely to be 'Snowbound'. She still had the original Bukh DV24 (recently refurbished) when I surveyed her three years ago. Obviously, I cant go into details (client confidentiality), but there were no significant issues at that time.

The recommended minimum is two portable fire extinguishers, each with a rating no less than 5A/34B, and a minimum combined rating of 13A/89B. Vessels of 11m (36') and above should have at least three extinguishers, with a combined rating of no less than 21A/144B, which basically equivalent to a...

There's a set of lines drawn by Maxwell Blake reproduced in the Chatham Directory of Inshore Craft by Basil Greenhill

A good summary, but to nit-pick, 3-strand rope was traditionally measured by circumference, not diameter. The practice of measuring ropes by diameter only became the norm when braided ropes were introduced in the last century. A 5 inch circumference rope would be about 1.6 inch diameter: large...

BruceK Well-known member Joined 8 Feb 2015 Messages 8,223 Location Conwy Blimey, Conwy's changed a bit. I blame global warming.

Now that's just plain evil. I get enough of that at work.

Seems fair. Will I be incarcerated with a tin of varnish and a lump of Stockholm tar, or am I expected to go completely 'cold turkey'?

What level of insanity do you think would be necessary to take on three wooden boats? Just asking for a friend. Cluck, cluck, gibber, gibber, my old man's a mushroom.....

This is just one man's advice based on his opinion. TruDesign would have better grounds to take action against YBW: in pretty much every "which seacock" type article published in the last two decades, the "cons" against FRP seacocks have always included something along the lines of "Not as...

Aaaaand, we're off!! Grab your popcorn, settle in to your comfy chair, let the fireworks commence....

Welcome to the forum. If you look back through old postings, you will see lots of heated arguments on this very subject! It much depends on where you are rather than the type of boat. Most Colvic Travellers I have seen have been on inland waters, in which case a 14kg mudweight (attached to...