Nice project for someone.

[vas]

Brief synopsis for you Vas and anyone else who cannot receive programme. Young married couple in their twenties cannot afford house prices in London. They have no boating experience whatsoever, but see a boat advertised on eBay and think that it would be a good idea to purchase it and do it up to live in. They purchase it without a survey for £14,000. They have a budget of £25,000 to reinstate it including an estimate of £5,000 to overhaul engines. They manage to get it into dry dock and find that one of the propeller shafts is bent (can't remember which side). They make a square box room in the shipbuilders shed with enough room for a bed fridge and cooker, and live there whilst they refurbish the boat. They complete it to a pretty good standard and it is now on a pontoon. They never got the damaged shaft repaired or I think the engine, but they got the other one operational. Their budget went through the roof eventually costing them £102,000 including the cost of the boat.

thanks a lot Harry!

I hope it surfaces the web at some point as I'm curious to see what the managed and how.
I guess they did have hands on experience with wood and diy.

cheers

V.

 

[burgundyben]

Vas

The program wasn't that informative really, but, the Morgan Giles Monaco's are lovely.

 

[KimberlyM]

Hi there - I'm one half of the 'young couple' who owns Maserati - just wanted to update you with a current photo. The work will never, ever, end but we are very happy so far after the craziness of the project!!

Any questions let me know, and do let me know if any interest in more photos from the restoration process.

p.s. engines are in good working order

 

[Afraid Knot]

Kimberley M,

Think we'd all like to see more photos and details, the prog just wetted a lot of appetites, and lots of us are suckers for rebuilds and restorations. :encouragement:

 

[rwoofer]

Looks great in the photo, would love to see more!

 

[BartW]

yes pls post more pics of the boat and the process,
it looks a lovely boat !

 

[KimberlyM]

Photos coming soon, I promise! Just posted more detailed uodates in another thread about the show, posted below:


Default Re: George clark amazing spaces .
Hi there, just wanted to give an update on this - I am one half of the couple who restored the Morgan Giles Monaco 52. She's called Maserati, named by the original owner Tommy Sopwith.

Amazing Spaces truly generates content for TV - the edit was not what we were expecting (by way of not even beginning to touch on the amount of work that went in) but it is true that we were, and still are to a degree, novices. For the record, we do know port from starboard, the show really chose to ham up that joke.

It was quite the journey, and a huge learning curve for both me and my husband. We thankfully are 'finished' (knowing the work will never ever be done!) During the project, we project managed a team of boat builders and labourers, but we did do as much unskilled labour as possible! A few stats - both engines are in full working order, the propeller shaft was able to be fixed, transom was entirely rebuit but luckily the hull was sound. Unfortunately the people who owned her in the 90's epoxied a rubber matting to the teak deck, which was unsalvageable. We couldn't just throw the beautiful teak away so ended up re-purposing (turned upside down) as flooring in the aft cabins. She's fitted with full central heating (the winter was very warm indeed), new water and electrics system, washer/dryer, pantry in place of second head, monsoon shower and the portside bow cabin has been transformed into a mini library and berth. There is a large main stateroom and a double cabin as well. We are very lucky to have gotten a mooring in central London which is icing on the cake!

Current photo attached, I promise to post many more of the restoration process soon, as many have been asking!

We definitely know she's now not worth millions, but perhaps a bit more than £40k... ☺

Any questions let me know! Ultimately though, our very abrupt introduction into the wooden boat world (and greater boat community) has been great. I can confidently say that we will probably never go back to living on dry land. (Or far from water)

 

[aidan68]

Hi was looking through some old photos at home and found two I took in 2008 of a boat called Maserati moored in Rye. Wondering what became of it I ended up at this thread. Amazed to see the outcome . Congratulations .

 

[aidan68]

Hopefully this will post the photo.