They don't make them like they used to!

[ffiill]

Just worth remembering that Colvic began with kit boats for home or third party completion.
The original 19ft 6 inches raised topsides hull could be bought just as a hull for several hundred pounds in the late 60s;hull and deck bonded together;internal fitting pack etc and so it was certainly into the early 70s.
Therefore there are still lots of Colvics that were home completed or third party completed some to a high standards and others not so high a standard.
Just set me wondering when galvanised bolts have been used as fastenings?

 

[Davy_S]

Just set me wondering when galvanised bolts have been used as fastenings?

Possibly the first owner, home completion?
I helped someone with a Colvic Watson 26 to do some work, I am fairly sure that his bolts were bronze, phosphor bronze maybe, but not galv.

 

[vyv_cox]

Judged by the standard of work internally I suspect very strongly that it was a home completion job. Several other owners have then had a go themselves so it is quite a mixture, with declining standards as time has progressed. The original internal woodwork is quite nice but furniture, beams, etc not well attached to the hull. Every external piece of wood, above and below the water, is attached using steel bolts.

 

[Daydream believer]

The deck of my second Tucker Brown Stella was fixed down with galvanised lost head nails-- hundreds of them

 

[Otter]

Judged by the standard of work internally I suspect very strongly that it was a home completion job. Several other owners have then had a go themselves so it is quite a mixture, with declining standards as time has progressed. The original internal woodwork is quite nice but furniture, beams, etc not well attached to the hull. Every external piece of wood, above and below the water, is attached using steel bolts.

What external wood have you got below the waterline?

 

[Koeketiene]

What external wood have you got below the waterline?

Nothing wrong with a bit of external wood

'My' ship - all wood. And she served for over 40 years before she was decommissioned.

 

[vyv_cox]

What external wood have you got below the waterline?

2 x bilge keels, 1 x keel, although this is more of a rubbing strake, maximum about two inches thick. That's the one I am struggling with at present due to leaks on our delivery trip from Milford to Port Dinorwic.. I have removed a section comprised of several pieces from the curve between the stem and about 3 ft back on the keel. Will probably laminate the replacement. Five steel coach bolts held this length on, amazingly difficult to remove due to rust.