Katy Louise struck by Mobo

[Tranona]

Tranora. It is Epifanes Wood finish, which looks wonderful, but is a lot of work and doesn't last. I looked at a Crabber in the yard that uses Cetol. It looks good, but doesn't have the same gloss finish. I am in two minds, and believe the colour of the stain coat would make a difference, but I want to avoid devaluing the boat.

Personally If starting again I would use Cetol HLS Plus and then No7. I did the mast of my Eventide with it using the pine stain a couple of years ago and it looked fantastic. Although I have sold the boat I had expectations it would last at least 10 years. Agree it is not as glossy as Epifanes but that is a small price to pay for the reduction in maintenance and long life. Cannot see why it would devalue the boat - more likely have the opposite effect. My GH is finished with Woodskin on the rub rails toe rails etc, but at some time bits have been replaced so the colour is variable. Not sure what I will do to improve those parts. Cockpit coamings are in conventional varnish of some sort, but only the rail on the aft of the cockpit needs redoing and will probably use Woodskin for this.

As an aside I was so impressed with Cetol that I used it on the replacement wooden bargeboards on the house. Hopefully I will live long enough to prove it was a good decision!

 

[oldgit]

For the stainless works, I would use Adweld, who are in the Medway Towns. Contact phone numbers are 07773022360 / 07793013044 and 01634 233046.

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Personally as an insurance company will be involved I would contact several boatyards who are able to do a complete repair. They will be able call in sub-contractors like Adweld for things they cannot do inhouse. I do know Adweld frequently do work for Gillingham Marina. They probably do some work in Conyer as they are quite mobile. Adweld have premises at Otterham Quay.

Had some work done by them a few years ago, good quality work, but it took several frustrating chase up phone calls to finally get the job done and I took the boat round to the boatyard next door to their workshop !

 

[Concerto]

Had some work done by them a few years ago, good quality work, but it took several frustrating chase up phone calls to finally get the job done and I took the boat round to the boatyard next door to their workshop !

Another friend had a leak from his stainless steel water tank. He took it round to them and they did it, including a pressure test, whilst he waited.