LadyInBed
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I assume that the insurance won't cover this rot, is the owner taking the hit?
Southerly 115 - heads up...
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Kurrawong_Kid
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For some reason I can only get the first 10 replies to this thread. Have the mods restricted page 2?
Champagne Murphy
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Working for me....
MikeBz
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Out of curiosity from what era is this boat?
ex-Gladys
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When Gladys was in Fox's having a nasty T-Bone repair, they used a lot of plastic sheeting taped up to isolate the work...
Javelin
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I've sheeted and taped before but you have to be extremely thorough, the slightest hole missed, gaps in floor boards, behind lockers, headlining even light fittings and switches and the fine grp dust will get in and you'll be finding little pockets of dust months later.
It really is pernicious stuff.
The Southerly is 18 years old approximately.
The damage repaired due to the t-bone collision was covered by insurance.
This rot that I found, pretty much by accident I guess will be down to the owner.
That said it's going to be a lot cheaper than if I'd of missed it and the chain plate rod pulled through the deck and he lost his rig.
It really is pernicious stuff.
The Southerly is 18 years old approximately.
The damage repaired due to the t-bone collision was covered by insurance.
This rot that I found, pretty much by accident I guess will be down to the owner.
That said it's going to be a lot cheaper than if I'd of missed it and the chain plate rod pulled through the deck and he lost his rig.
Fr J Hackett
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Northshore had a reputation for high quality build, I am afraid that some were and some were not having owned two Vancouvers tha last of which a V34 was decidedly a Friday boat with leaks galore a couple of bulkheads poorly glassed in amongst other things has left me with the conclusion that it is all down to the individuals involved at the time of the build and inevitably there will in some cases be slipshod work. I recently came across some videos of an Oyster 56 2003 vintage with leak problems some of which were clearly down to poor original workmanship so regardless of marque there is more than a possibility of encountering problems down the line.
Getting back to the Vancouvers there is a well known case of the knee to which the chain plates are attached delaminating from the hull of a 32 which was a common method of attachment throughout the series.
Wansworth
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Many of the workforce in a glass fiber boat fitting out yard didn’t have the apprentashipsof the old wooden boatbuilders andmay well of come up the ranks from lowlylaminators without any knowledge of best structural practice.
pvb
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But that should have been anticipated by the designer and production management, and steps taken to make the production process foolproof.
DownWest
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And what about QC?
Javelin
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The fact is I could repair in exactly the same way as it was built and it would probably be absolutely ok for another 15 years.
So from a manufacturers stand point, is 15 years an acceptable period.
I guess their lawyers would be happy as long as its over 5 years.
The board would probably be happy with 10 years.
I would hope my repair will be good for 30 years but it will be more expensive in materials and in man hours, something the original board would not be happy with.
As an aside but relevant, I previously worked for an automotive manufacturer, we built for ourselves and also designed and developed for others.
In the 90's European manufacturers considered 100,000 miles to be the designed minimum replacement for the majority of components and 250,000 for the USA.
Service items were obviously set at a lot lower lifetime.
So from a manufacturers stand point, is 15 years an acceptable period.
I guess their lawyers would be happy as long as its over 5 years.
The board would probably be happy with 10 years.
I would hope my repair will be good for 30 years but it will be more expensive in materials and in man hours, something the original board would not be happy with.
As an aside but relevant, I previously worked for an automotive manufacturer, we built for ourselves and also designed and developed for others.
In the 90's European manufacturers considered 100,000 miles to be the designed minimum replacement for the majority of components and 250,000 for the USA.
Service items were obviously set at a lot lower lifetime.
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I thought this was going to be a thread about toilets :encouragement: Thanks for posting.
