Niander
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Id love it [if I had the time]but then I work with steel everyday!
but agree the remaining steel thickness is crucial!
but agree the remaining steel thickness is crucial!
rotten 41ft yacht in chichester
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Otter
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How would you tackle it? Would you over plate the whole hull? What would you do with the bad steel inside?
jerrytug
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1. Rip out whatever is in the way, inside the hull, and put it in a shed.
2. Find the bits of the structure that need replacing.
3. Cut them out, with a plasma cutter.
4. Cut and beat replacement sections and MIG weld them in.
5. Smooth and paint.
6. Fit out the inside. (see 'shed',above)
7. Job done.
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mtb
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did they sort the hull and get every thing done ALREADY blimey
snooks
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She'd had many births on board for my liking 
Searush
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She'd had many births on board for my liking
Yes, I often wonder at the fecundity of some boat (& caravan/ campervan) owners.
Hadenough
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She'd had many births on board for my liking
One birth would be too many for me! Luckily after years of debauchery and an adjustment to plumbing, I am birth free.
Tranona
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That has to be the understatement of the year. Huge amount of work to do it properly. Welding bits of steel on is not the difficult bit - assuming there is something to weld to, but stripping to get at it, coating the finished job to make sure it does not happen again and putting it all back together is more than a "few hours" work.
jerrytug
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Yes I was exaggerating, but if you had a few people swarming over the job, it could be done in a week or so, to get her totally fine, for strength, to go back out to sea.
I'm not saying immaculate fit and finish, or the proper blasting and expensive two pack epoxy though, just good to go for a year or two, before she rusted through again..
(I'm not being funny but I have done some ship repairs back in the days)
I hope we get updates on here of how they get on
Seajet
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Hmmm, they built a Liberty Ship in something like 24 hours once but I'm not sure it's all that relevant; that steel / rust version of a string vest is the best advert for GRP I've seen in years ! 
WestWittering
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Basically that is what they did, but she will be coming out again on the East coast and the jobs done thoroughly - it was costing about £400 a month on the hard here….
I didn't know the new owner, just a chat the other evening, but he seems to know what he is doing and I wish him the best of luck. I missed the re-launch though due to some domestic bliss, but it all went well (well, there are no Notices to Mariners for Chi Harbour, so she obviously cleared the bar). She has AIS (I think) so you could look up Wind Runner if you wanted.
Di
jerrytug
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Thanks for the info WW, best of British to them.
Steel Windrunner
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Di, thank you for your enthusiasm when I was working on Windrunner. I am pleased to report that Windrunner made it safely home to Fambridge on the River Crouch. The engine didn't miss a beat, all the electrics worked well, we even had cold beers in the fridge. Everything worked as promised, We found two bird nests, one in the mainsail and the other up the boom. The sails are in remarkably good condition although ever so slightly green stained, the boat has all newish standing and running rigging, there is also hydraulic autohelm, heating, radar which all worked fine. She's out the water now at Fambridge where the main saloon has been stripped out ready for new steel and lots of welding. The ugly outside patches will be removed and then faired. Removing the main saloon has enabled me to redesign the layout and remove the 1970's cupboards and open her up a little. My plan is to relaunch next spring enjoy her for the Sumer and then completely strip out the forepeak the following winter, I will then remove all those patches on the stem which some people looked at whilst leaving the toilet block. I had some lovely comments from some people at chichester. Some people thought I was mad! Some people were very blunt with their negative views, but the negativity was soon forgotten about with cold beers, blue sky and a flat calm off of beachy head on that Wednesday on route to Ramsgate. Please put the word around with the local sceptics. She floats, she's lovely and she's on the mend!
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Shuggy
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What a fantastic post! Well done. She's a good looking boat.
Phoenix of Hamble
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Superb.... welcome to the refit club!
She's got the makings of a really lovely boat... see you out and about on the east coast!
She's got the makings of a really lovely boat... see you out and about on the east coast!
Bru
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Welcome too to Fambridge! Might see you there - come and say hi if you see is about on Erbas
(memo to self: No.1 Beer Hold and No.3 Spirit Store to be replenished urgently. Ruddy forumites, they get everywhere and they're the very devil to get rid of!)
(memo to self: No.1 Beer Hold and No.3 Spirit Store to be replenished urgently. Ruddy forumites, they get everywhere and they're the very devil to get rid of!)
Steel Windrunner
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Strolls
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dylanwinter
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apart from aesthetics is there any reason not to patch it from the outside?
I would have assumed - as an ignorant numpty - that was one of the advantages of steel - you can slap some more plate on the outside
I would never buy such a thing but I am curious having watched steel boat owners relentlessly grinding and painting their charges
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RichardS
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Interesting thread which I first read months ago, but what are all the deleted posts about?
Richard
Richard