Gentlemans twin screw diesel yacht built 1956 lloyds a1

Jcorstorphine said:
Saw this on Ebay, wish I was 20 years younger and would have gone for it. Built by Cox of Ipswich to Lloyds A1. (sigh)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CLASSIC-WOODE...6118870?pt=UK_Power_Boats&hash=item1c1711add6
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I'd love to have a go at this, but sadly can't. Having spent most of the last 10 years on board our 1951 motor / sailor I've become a big fan of classic wooden boats and would love a bigger one. We're 30 x 9'6". The extra 6' (and engine) would be very welcome. Oh well, maybe another day......
 
Bizarre; what kind of schmuck spends £10k on paint before sorting out why it sank? And what is going on with those seams? It looks like someone has caulked it with a fire axe; presumably it's due to rot?
 
Looking at those pictures, I reckon she needs extensive hull work and god knows what you would find under ther planking. Unless she is of significant historical interest, I wouldnt bother. Unless of course you have plenty of FREE time and FREE materials.
That is going to be one very expensive job.
 
ccscott49 said:
Looking at those pictures, I reckon she needs extensive hull work and god knows what you would find under ther planking. Unless she is of significant historical interest, I wouldnt bother. Unless of course you have plenty of FREE time and FREE materials.
That is going to be one very expensive job.
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There was some discussion about her on the motorboat section a while ago, back in the summer I think, I work just up the road and went to have a look.

She's very poorly, some poor repairs on top of poor repairs, ugly to boot, good for the chainsaw only in my opinion.
 
Auction has reached £2,050

The auction has reached £2,500 with some 5 days to go. Never understood why people make a bid so early on and show their hand. I wait until the last minute and put in my bid but then, I still loose.

Like others, I also don’t understand the logic of spending 10 K on a paint job when the engine and underwater areas are shot. Maybe it was some form of moral booster.

Having owned wooden boats in the past and become an expert in canvassing decks, caulking seams, renewing keelbolts togther with all the multiplicity of skills required to be a DIY owner of a wooden boat, I won’t be bidding on this boat for as has been said, it is a serious load of work, I just hope the winner has not taken on more than he can chew.

However it would be nice to follow the boats progress, perhaps the buyer might write an article for PBO / Classic Boat.
 
Had a quick look around the outside. Asked to price for the work but as I did not really gel with the owner I was 'too busy'.
Dead Mahogany due to fresh water. Copper hiding it. The lifting highlighted the problem.
Copper removed, planking shrunk like saturated rotten mahog does.
 
Bidding has ended

Seanick said:
Anyone know what did the bidding reached?
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I looked at Ebay a few days ago and the price was back down to £99 yet a few days earlier it was at £2,050. It turns out that the seller has canceled the auction. If you log on to the page and look at the bids even though it is at 0, it will give you a list of bids.

It was also on the classified section at £50,000.
 
Clad in GRP

Old boats with tired and leaky hulls used to get clad in GRP and shoved back in the water for a few more years...

Is this still carried out anywhere? Presumably it is a serious 'No No' with surveyors and is just a death sentence for an old timber hull in these more enlightened times.... BTW, I do not condone the practice, far from it! :(
 
When I first saw the photo I thought it was the old Grand Banks Chanty Man

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I had the pleasure of going on one of them in the States last year.

If it had been I think I would have been very tempted.

Tom
 
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