anyone suffered damage in todays storms?

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Went to the marina today for a quick look at the boat which is out the water so did not expect to see anything untoward only to find the walk through screen had blown open torn the canopy and smashed the port side curved screen.

To say I was gutted was an understatement and didn't get any better when I rang main regal dealer GIBBS who refused to supply parts as I bought the boat used in the USA. The guy was totally unhelpful because I didn't buy the boat from him. Does he think if he wont supply parts he will stop people importing boats from abroad.

I sold my last boat to Finland,are Finish dealers going to refuse to supply parts for that boat because it was a UK boat?

Things got better after a phone call to Bosuns Locker in Port Edgar, Edinburgh who are only too happy to take an order for well over a thousand pounds worth of parts.

clearly GIBS boat sales are making so much money they don't need parts customers! I could have just gone to a US dealer who could probably save me a fortune if I couldn't source the parts in the uk they all come from the states anyway
 
No damage, but a bit close in terms of getting wet feet, as the house is about 12 inches below the sea level in this photo taken a few minutes ago :eek:
Luckily the "managed retreat" idiots got overturned, and the flood defences actually got rebuilt a few years back.
Yes, it's Sparkes, and you have to walk "up" the ramp onto the pontoon!

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KEN_NUNN said:
Went to the marina today for a quick look at the boat which is out the water so did not expect to see anything untoward only to find the walk through screen had blown open torn the canopy and smashed the port side curved screen.

To say I was gutted was an understatement and didn't get any better when I rang main regal dealer GIBBS who refused to supply parts as I bought the boat used in the USA. The guy was totally unhelpful because I didn't buy the boat from him. Does he think if he wont supply parts he will stop people importing boats from abroad.

I sold my last boat to Finland,are Finish dealers going to refuse to supply parts for that boat because it was a UK boat?

Things got better after a phone call to Bosuns Locker in Port Edgar, Edinburgh who are only too happy to take an order for well over a thousand pounds worth of parts.

clearly GIBS boat sales are making so much money they don't need parts customers! I could have just gone to a US dealer who could probably save me a fortune if I couldn't source the parts in the uk they all come from the states anyway
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Ken, sorry to hear this. I hope you can fix her up quickly. Also hope my boat escapes any damage!
 
rafiki_ said:
Ken, sorry to hear this. I hope you can fix her up quickly. Also hope my boat escapes any damage!
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Thanks its the worst feeling in the world hope yours is fine luckily we only live close by

worst bit is I work offshore & get limited time to enjoy the boat anyway & we were planning on heading up to Glasgow in her for the new year celebrations

the repair is fairly easy a bit of canopy work & I can fit the screen myself the BIG problem is the time it takes getting the curved screen from the US (& the freight cost)

Does anyone know of a company who can do bespoke curved glass in the UK?
 
KEN_NUNN said:
Thanks its the worst feeling in the world hope yours is fine luckily we only live close by

worst bit is I work offshore & get limited time to enjoy the boat anyway & we were planning on heading up to Glasgow in her for the new year celebrations

the repair is fairly easy a bit of canopy work & I can fit the screen myself the BIG problem is the time it takes getting the curved screen from the US (& the freight cost)

Does anyone know of a company who can do bespoke curved glass in the UK?
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Ken, sorry to hear of this, rotten thing to discover, I'd be gutted as you clearly are. can you not put it in the hands of the insurers to sort out an original pane of glass rather than getting a curved pane of glass made up that will undoubtedly not match the rest of the boat perfectly? presume this happened due to forgetting to set the catches on the walk through window or do you think vibration from being buffeted by the wind worked the catches loose? If the latter, I'd be sorting that too before the next big storm comes along and after the repairs have been made
 
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I can fit the screen myself the BIG problem is the time it takes getting the curved screen from the US (& the freight cost)
Does anyone know of a company who can do bespoke curved glass in the UK?
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Trend produce glass for Fairline etc. but the costs of doing a one-off would be horrendous.
(screen for a Targa 30 was over 10k, and that was with all the specs and bend radii)
http://www.trendmarine.com/index.html

If they have one in stock in the States, that's by far and away the best option.
 
Agreed, Trend is the supplier of most marine glass in the UK, unfortunately probably not for your boat. There are some smaller specialist glass manufacturers, but you would need to ensure that the glass is the right spec, and appropriately marked.
 
I hope you have better luck than me as I had this problem on a Bayliner a few years ago.
The window manufacturer ( I think it was Taylor Made) would not ship glass only, they would only supply the whole half screen assembly including the curved glass and the flat glass down the side and the price was up round the £2k mark with freight.
I was unable to source anything here though I did get by with a sheet of Makrolon for a few months which actually did a good job.
Eventually got it done through the insurance. A Bayliner Dealer organised it to be shipped on one of their boats coming across.
Total cost £2750.00
Apparently they supply the curved screens for 10 years after production ceases so if you have a 20 year old curved screen boat, you are a bit stuck it would seem!!
It will be interesting to see how you fair.
 
Sorry to hear of the damage. The Conwy boat shows why the mast should be removed when out on the hard.

Now, hopefully as little ship is under cover she should be ok.

Yesterday I pulled up third at the traffic lights..... A bloody great tree fell behind me, one little scratch on the back of the car and the road was completely closed off. It wasn't until later I realised that I had a very close call with the grim reaper. :hororr:

Tom.
 
LittleShip said:
Sorry to hear of the damage. The Conwy boat shows why the mast should be removed when out on the hard.

Now, hopefully as little ship is under cover she should be ok.

Yesterday I pulled up third at the traffic lights..... A bloody great tree fell behind me, one little scratch on the back of the car and the road was completely closed off. It wasn't until later I realised that I had a very close call with the grim reaper. :hororr:

Tom.
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Puts the boaty thing in perspective Tom, when your car gets a scratch :)
 
KEN_NUNN said:
Thanks its the worst feeling in the world hope yours is fine luckily we only live close by

worst bit is I work offshore & get limited time to enjoy the boat anyway & we were planning on heading up to Glasgow in her for the new year celebrations

the repair is fairly easy a bit of canopy work & I can fit the screen myself the BIG problem is the time it takes getting the curved screen from the US (& the freight cost)

Does anyone know of a company who can do bespoke curved glass in the UK?
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Give these folk a call....if the old one is not in too many pieces they might be able to develope the curve using it.

They attend the Kip Boat show every year and seem OK.


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Wow thanks everyone lots of good input there! Thank You!

I've spoken to a Uk dealer & a US dealer re supplying the screen & I'm just waiting for a cost & time scale from both I have submitted a claim to my insurers but obviously cant progress until we get a costing for the replacement glass

I knew straight away it was bad news.if only it had been a flat section it wouldn't have been a real issue luckily the boat is 2006 & was in production for a few years after 2006 so shouldn't be obsolete yet

I didn't realise the development costs were so high for boat screens but at £10K I guess there is quite a bit of work in making tooling so not viable for a one off

I'll try some of the people suggested on Monday & see if anyone can help but it doesn't sound likely

dpb I was expecting around 2k so not surprised by what you say mine is a taylor made screen also. Someone told me Bayliner would only ship screens by airfreight but I guess we'll have to wait & see what the quotes come back as

I did think about a piece of makrolon as a temporary measure so I might give that a go might mean we can use the boat over the Christmas/new year hoidays

I guess the time to get the glass will be the worst part of the job

littleship your post also reminded me that we were lucky yesterday too,my wife decided to wait & see what happened with the schools before taking the kids to school, in the end they didn't go but I went out at around 9.30 & as I got to the bottom of our lane found a dirty big tree lying across the entrance to our drive & across the road exactly where you stop to check the road is clear so I guess had my wife taken the kids to school at the correct time they could have been under the tree

so maybe it was a not such bad day afterall!
 
LittleShip said:
The Conwy boat shows why the mast should be removed when out on the hard.
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Sorry, but I disagree. The Conwy boat shows why its a very bad idea to use wooden props when ashore. Shaking caused by the wind causes them to get dislodged. The boat would have been fine in a proper metal cradle ( mast up or down ).
 
Pinnacle said:
Sorry, but I disagree. The Conwy boat shows why its a very bad idea to use wooden props when ashore. Shaking caused by the wind causes them to get dislodged. The boat would have been fine in a proper metal cradle ( mast up or down ).
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Are you sure? It looks to me as if it was in a cradle. In which case I'm very surprised that it fell over. Some explanation is required here.
 
Mobo on the leg in front of me had a Canada goose blown through the plastic window in his cockpit enclosure.
 
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