Free Project 36ft boat

[ProDave]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170868840636&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123

The seller says "we would love to give her a chance at restoration even if we have to give her away. We need the yard clear and this is more important to us than the bid"

Not for the faint hearted.

 

[Chrissie]

Thats an ingenious way of clearing the yard at no cost to them, :~)

 

[diapason]

I'm amazed at the number of cheap or free boats around at the moment. Our club has got at least 20 covered with brambles and nettles It would be good if a scheme could be arranged to pass them on to those who would love to have a boat but can't afford a 'decent' one. Local clubs and colleges might provide training in doing the restoration work. I'm currently working on a boat which I bought cheaply from my club and which will give me an entry to sailing which I could otherwise not have considered.
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[Dave_Seager]

Isn't that what eBay is for? I have often advertised stuff that was difficult to transport to the rubbish tip. Not only does someone take it away for me but they pay me as well!

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Not for the faint hearted.

You can say that again! While there is nothing - well, not much - intrinsically wrong with a ferrocement hull one needs to bear in mind that many of these were built by amateurs; not necessarily gifted amateurs. Unless one has tangible and irrefutable evidence of the capabilities of the original builder and his working procedures one would be well advised to be extremely cautious. I don't think that structural repairs to the hull, should any prove to be necessary, would be as straightforward for a DIY person as with FRP or steel.
Just my opinion.

 

[fluffc]

You can say that again! While there is nothing - well, not much - intrinsically wrong with a ferrocement hull one needs to bear in mind that many of these were built by amateurs; not necessarily gifted amateurs. Unless one has tangible and irrefutable evidence of the capabilities of the original builder and his working procedures one would be well advised to be extremely cautious. I don't think that structural repairs to the hull, should any prove to be necessary, would be as straightforward for a DIY person as with FRP or steel.
Just my opinion.

It looks old enough to pass the primary test - that it still remains in one piece. Poor examples fall apart. From the photos, the lines seem fair and the hull well finished. There appears to be no significant rust. This evidence all together seems to suggest she was well built; possibly professionally.

Regarding repairs to Ferrocement - it really is quite easy to do properly. (beware it is also quite easy to do very wrong..)

Having said all this; it would be a big project - looks like it basically is a bare hull.

 

[BobPrell]

It looks old enough to pass the primary test - that it still remains in one piece. Poor examples fall apart.

Yep. same test applies for cars, houses, horses, whatever.

But especially ferro boats, which are equal to grp i that respect. They are made of a material which is close to chemically inert. There are some processes which can attack them but often don't.

I will say something for ferro hulls in the current climate of an oversupply compared to demand.

In the last resort a ferro hull can be bashed, broken up and sent to a concrete recycler, and a steel recycler.

I have not yet heard of a way to recycle a grp object.