Nicholson 26 Owners Ass

[Vinne]

Awareness of the delamination only happened when the refit I mentioned started and was noticed because you could hear that it sounded hollow when tapping on it. There was no visible indication that it had happened.

The remedial action suggested and taken was to drill some holes, wait for it to dry out and then inject epoxy to fill the void.

I suspect this might have been an after effect of some severe osmosis damage as there was a large (and badly done) repair on the same side from which it delaminated.

No really visible signs but i'll attach a picture of when I was resolving some of the osmosis damage. The white patch is the old repair, but looking at it now it seems to far aft to have affected the ballast.

 

[Nicholson 26 Albyn]

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Morning all,

I've just discovered this forum, which I now wish I'd found years ago! I bought Albyn, my 1969 Nicholson 26, from the Isle of Arran in 2020. I then sailed her up to Inverness, where I'm now based. I'm keen to continue making little upgrades to Albyn, as well as some major ones, but my priority is definitely to sail her. Hoping to head north in the next few weeks (Orkney, possibly Shetland), but we'll see..

Forgive the rubbish photo...

 

[SpinningGill]

This will probably horrify the cognoscenti, but has anyone ever fitted a bow thruster to a Nicholson 26?

 

[Tranona]

I can understand the reason why you might want to fit one. I have fitted one to my Golden Hind 31 and it is valuable for keeping control at low speeds. However I suspect there is not physically room to fit a standard unit into the boat. The thruster for your size boat is a Sidepower SE30 which uses a 125mm ID tunnel. Details here https://www.sleipnergroup.com/thruster-systems/thrusters/se30-tunnel-bow-stern-thruster-12v although there is a lower powered one that uses a 90mm tunnel. It is a bit of a 3 dimensional puzzle deciding where and how you can fit the tunnel then whether there is room inside for the drive unit. The dimensions are in the link. You also have to consider how you are going to power it. Common to fit a dedicated 100ah or so battery up front charged either through a splitter from the alternator or (like mine) through a B2B charger from the start battery. The latter is potentially easier to install as you do not need heavy cables running through the boat.

A kit of parts including tunnel but not battery and cabling costs around £2000 and installation is between £1500-2000 depending on how much work you can do yourself.

This is my installation. The battery is the other side of the bulkhead. I use a wireless remote that also does the windlass as a fixed control in the cockpit would be difficult to use and it also saves running cables through the boat.
Hope this helps

 

[SpinningGill]

Thank you for a very informative answer. It's just one of the things that we're looking in to at the moment.