Boat Jobs You Don't want to do Again

[Beneteau381]

My mate in Gib had a Sa

I suppose it would be fitting a new cylinder liner to a BUKH engine, without lifting the engine out, in mid-winter, whilst living on board in a boatyard, and having a bad dose of diarrhea, with the nearest heads being 100 yards away, accessible through a gate and a door, both having combination locks.

I won't be doing that again.
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My mate in Gib had a Sadler 38 with a Bukh engine, he cosseted it, loved it, it repaid him by dumping coolant in the sump. He replaced the had gasket twice, it still did it. He finally saw the light, he removed the offending object, hung it in the air, removed the sump and it dripped coolant in his eyes from the knackered liner seals. A new Beta soon arrived to replace the offending object. I asked him what did he do with the Bukh. He didnt reply!

 

[waynes world]

Everything to get this to



to this ha ha, but i still get another to faff with.

 

[Stemar]

You're mad, but well done!

Did you make that "sprayhood" top? I've got one to do when I get all the more urgent stuff out of the way.

 

[ChromeDome]

Impressive.

Business case ok?

 

[PilotWolf]

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to this ha ha, but i still get another to faff with.

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You could have painted outboard! ;D

W.

 

[fisherman]

Everything to get this to

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Brilliant! Not economically viable, of course, but such achievement and satisfacton.....as seen on the face.

 

[waynes world]

You're mad, but well done!

Did you make that "sprayhood" top? I've got one to do when I get all the more urgent stuff out of the way.

Yes i believe so ha ha.
Yes made that top screen and lid. find better pics if you want, i am sure i have them somewhere.

Impressive.

Business case ok?

D o you mean `Waynes Boat Works Services` ? If so i had to jack it in last year as health got the better of me. totally gutted as it was a dream job and it did well. Going to into making things in my workshop i built. GRP and Stainless things soon as things get better.

Brilliant! Not economically viable, of course, but such achievement and satisfacton.....as seen on the face.

I loved every part of it, well nearly ha ha. Lot of folk say it wasnt economically viable. But i actually only lost out on less than £500 in materials when i sold it. labour well its a hobby. i did go OTT on some fittings aswell, always want the best on these projects. new one woll be the same.

 

[waynes world]

You could have painted outboard! ;D

W.

Got a newer Honda for it later, thats was a `do for now` jobby

 

[Stemar]

Yes made that top screen and lid. find better pics if you want, i am sure i have them somewhere.

I'm more interested in how you did it. Did you make a mould for the lid or lay it up on a table?

 

[waynes world]

I'm more interested in how you did it. Did you make a mould for the lid or lay it up on a table?

I just made a mould on the boat from PU foam sheets and shaped it them laminated over it all. Top is separate from the screen.

 

[fisherman]

We made a mould for a locker, rectangular, using melamine faced board screwed together and corners with fillets of filler. Came out very well, and of course we could break the mould off the work rather than having a difficult extraction. Thin enough board would bend for a roof like that.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

We made a mould for a locker, rectangular, using melamine faced board screwed together and corners with fillets of filler. Came out very well, and of course we could break the mould off the work rather than having a difficult extraction. Thin enough board would bend for a roof like that.

Do I take it that melamine does not require a release agent when using resin/fibreglass.
Thanks

 

[fisherman]

Do I take it that melamine does not require a release agent when using resin/fibreglass.
Thanks

That would need checking....I wasn't there when it was laid up. Very easy to do a small test piece.

 

[fisherman]

Do I take it that melamine does not require a release agent when using resin/fibreglass.
Thanks

This suggests not Suitable material for one-off GRP mould?

 

[LONG_KEELER]

This suggests not Suitable material for one-off GRP mould?

Brilliant. Thanks.

 

[UK-WOOZY]

angle grinding an old boat trailer and also the whole boat interior getting the old headlining glue and foam off, think most of the dust was the polycarbide discs

 

[emandvee44]

I have done many jobs on our boat over 12 years of ownership, some very enjoyable, such as re-wiring the mast, and some unpleasant, but nothing comes close to the current task - re-caulking the cockpit teak deck.
I took it on because, after a few years in the Med. sun, the caulking can melt, as in our case, and it is a horrible sticky mess in places, and obviously unprotected can be spread by constantly walking on it. Flexiteek or similar was just too expensive, (although right now it seems a bargain ) Started a few weeks ago and had good advice from a nearby owner who had done it. I also watched a lot of you-tube videos, which were very helpful.
I purchased a 'reefing hook', groove sander, narrow chisels, and eventually a multitool with a special hook tool specifically designed to remove the caulk. The multitool definitely speeds things up, although I had to buy a large packet of plasters to treat the injuries. The old caulking, which was mostly sound, sticks to the teak grooves, like the proverbial, so there is a lot of fiddly work to get it all out. The reefing hook and multitool do not remove it in one go. The cockpit table does not help and you need to be a contortionist to reach some spots. Anyway, I am about 80% done, but luckily it is raining today so I have a day off. Hopefully next week I can apply the caulking, which will be Sikaflex, and then 5 days rest while it cures. Then sanding with a random orbital sander.
M.
p.s. I will try to post some pics. of the finished job.

 

[grandpaboat]

Changing Reed valves in the scavenge space on a Sulzer RD 9/90 at anchor up the Persian Gulf in summer.

 

[Greenheart]

All of this thread has quite put me off buying an old boat ?

Well said.

I've discovered this thread weeks late, and I've nothing to add that is worse than (or even equals) most of the descriptions here...

...but it's been a very valuable reminder of why the day I sold my Achilles, was as happy as the day I had bought her.

But I still spend so many hours each week looking at yachts for sale, and gauging how strongly I'd feel the need to modify them, or calculating which imminent repair or refurbishment is indicated by their attractive prices and less encouraging photos.

It's really an excellent pointer towards paying a bit (or a lot) more, for a boat that only needs sailing, not fixing.

 

[TNLI]

Replacing my old British Leyland diesel engine with a new yanmar.

Mine Gott, what a terrible job to have done. You definitely would not want to do that again! The old BMC 1500D I've got is a far tougher engine than the Yanmar 2GM in my first small Pacific Seacraft 24, which failed in a big way 3 times, (Seized injection pump & blown injector tips, cracked head gasket and split salt pump impellor), in as many years. The BMC diesels have a cult following, even if they are a bit less efficient and a few tads noisier, Luckily I like the noise of an old donkey!

As regards bad jobs, trying to remove rust inside the fin keel in my last yacht, a Van Der Stadt 34, (Professional hull, but homebuilt the rest), was not a job I want to do again.