Centaur 29

[TSB240]

I am setting up a tour of, hopefully, four or five boats in the solent early December

so.... does anyone know of any to add to the list

they are about - I spoke to the broker of this one last week

http://www.aspireboatsales.com/brok...3A65636%3A50&wuom=126&luom=126&searchtype=buy

and this week the price has dropped from £2,500 to £1750



also are there any retired DIY inclined Centaur owners who could come with me and give the keels on all these boats the once over

I could pick you up at your house,drive you around, buy you lunch, drop you off again
I klive in Oxford, the boats will be in or around the solent

dylan.winter@virgin.net

I am going up top Scotland this week so I will have a look around up there - but a solent boat eases the logistics

by the way, for anyone following the well threads - the plastic pipe idea is dead

complete bugger to stick apparently

so the well is to be made of boring old ply

I have roughed out the design and have started making prototypes in the shed

It will be a very simple bolt together design

a drill, a jig saw and a hand saw should be all the tools I need

I am hoping that with a bit of organisation I can do the job using three fit old blokes in three days and using no more than £300 worth of materials - with any luck that should include some money left over for a drink once it has been launched

At the moment I am working on seven simple to cut shapes

a single sheet of ply should be enough

aiming to do the job beginning of April when it starts to warm up a bit

I will make the panel shapes available for others to try if they like the look of the way the the project turns out

Four blokes, including Roger of this parish, who is doing a cracking good job on a Centaur restoration and David Johnson from Wessex Resins have offered a day each. A bloke called George who has been on an epoxy course has offered a day and while I was out walking today I met a bloke who is retired copper who has done the Lowestoft boat builders course - he said me might be in

so the manpower is lining up nicely

any more days/advice gratefully considered

should be good fun!

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just had a thought about your materials for your well.

I was looking at our aftermarket gas locker which is a Square GF moulding that would just about take an ob leg.

You could use this as a plug and make up a well around it. You then get a plug and a well tube ready to be quickly bonded to hull and cockkpit floor.

 

[dylanwinter]

bonding

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just had a thought about your materials for your well.

I was looking at our aftermarket gas locker which is a Square GF moulding that would just about take an ob leg.

You could use this as a plug and make up a well around it. You then get a plug and a well tube ready to be quickly bonded to hull and cockkpit floor.

David Johnson from Wessex resins says that he would rather it was plywood

easier to get a good bond

I am just about to upload the mark 1 outboard well

think Barry Bucknall rather that Jack Holt

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[ghostlymoron]

David Johnson from Wessex resins says that he would rather it was plywood

easier to get a good bond

I am just about to upload the mark 1 outboard well

think Barry Bucknall rather that Jack Holt

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If it's a Barry Bucknell job, use plenty of glue and panel pins and don't forget to wear a shirt and tie and flannels while you're doing it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5W9RaJBzYw

 

[Thistle]

OOOH! That dates you!

 

[aquaplane]

If you really want a shed like Spindrift mentioned earlier, you should get one for nothing if you offer to take it away before next years yard dues become payable. Anyone who wants £1000 doesn't want to give up the dream.

Last spring a Centaur on Windermere went for £1000, it had been for sale for 2 years starting @ 6 or £7,000 and the price dropped and dropped. This was a boat that was in reasonable fettle too AFAIK. There must be similar boats on the coast.

 

[dylanwinter]

If you really want a shed like Spindrift mentioned earlier, you should get one for nothing if you offer to take it away before next years yard dues become payable. Anyone who wants £1000 doesn't want to give up the dream.

Last spring a Centaur on Windermere went for £1000, it had been for sale for 2 years starting @ 6 or £7,000 and the price dropped and dropped. This was a boat that was in reasonable fettle too AFAIK. There must be similar boats on the coast.

I heard one in "good condition" but with a seized engine that went for £800

I hope I can find something where the interior is not too tatty


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still looking

dylan.winter@virgin.net