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Well it has been a major job but what else can you expect for £5oo.oo
You wont believe it but I had to resheet most of the lower hull especially the stern area .At some point the stern quarter had loads of ballast dropped in the idea being to get the prop lower and stop the cavitation .The hull actually had holes in it and even a fracture of about 4"" under the engine .The reason it didn't sink was because of the build up of sludge which slowed the leaks down .
The ballast acted as a sponge and held the damp !!!! REMEMBER THIS !!!!
so all that area had to be recovered .
I used about three 15 kg reels of mig wire and Masses of gas .
I will do some more detailed stuff and put it on my web site
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/boats
Mind you the stuff that's already there will take a good bit of reading.
The tug is ready to go in but there's a ship in but tomorrow could be the day .
Must say it has been great fun ,I spent every day except three days over xmas working on it and loved every minuet .That might sound mad but this time of year I seem to suffer badly because of the lack of day light so as we're half way to spring my therapy has been the tug .
The worst and hardest work was grinding the hull ,upside down for hours and hours I can tell you there's no need for me to do my weight training .
The tug was called Reed Hawk but the name is attached to the yard and the pilots still use that call sign so a new name is required.Perhaps some one can think up a good one .
The Volvo is spot on and I believe the Parsons gearbox is as well but that's to be tried ,mind you Henry says it's ok so that's good enough for me . Henry is the man who look's after the yards equipment and has been very helpful with idea's about problems along the way .He has an aqua star 33 ( don't I know some posh people)
I cut up some old scrap and made hand rails to go all around the deck ,also welded a ladder on the stern as well which is a must have just in case some one goes in .
There now a little of the tug, as work on the tug is basically done for now I have started back on the garden which is good because now my divorce is sorted out re settlement ,the shed can be finished .
The shed is a proper shed 40 by 22 foot just right to put the other boat in plus lath mill and so on .Core by the summer I could have that finished as well !!.
The only down side to all this fun is I have not paid to much attention to making money but who cares .
Oh and if any one wants a run out to do a little fishing in the wash I could be persuaded with nice cup's of tea and mars bars.
I now will be looking for the next boat got to be steel and BIG maybe an ex trawler but above all free or cheap enough to warrant all the work needed
Mick
You wont believe it but I had to resheet most of the lower hull especially the stern area .At some point the stern quarter had loads of ballast dropped in the idea being to get the prop lower and stop the cavitation .The hull actually had holes in it and even a fracture of about 4"" under the engine .The reason it didn't sink was because of the build up of sludge which slowed the leaks down .
The ballast acted as a sponge and held the damp !!!! REMEMBER THIS !!!!
so all that area had to be recovered .
I used about three 15 kg reels of mig wire and Masses of gas .
I will do some more detailed stuff and put it on my web site
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/boats
Mind you the stuff that's already there will take a good bit of reading.
The tug is ready to go in but there's a ship in but tomorrow could be the day .
Must say it has been great fun ,I spent every day except three days over xmas working on it and loved every minuet .That might sound mad but this time of year I seem to suffer badly because of the lack of day light so as we're half way to spring my therapy has been the tug .
The worst and hardest work was grinding the hull ,upside down for hours and hours I can tell you there's no need for me to do my weight training .
The tug was called Reed Hawk but the name is attached to the yard and the pilots still use that call sign so a new name is required.Perhaps some one can think up a good one .
The Volvo is spot on and I believe the Parsons gearbox is as well but that's to be tried ,mind you Henry says it's ok so that's good enough for me . Henry is the man who look's after the yards equipment and has been very helpful with idea's about problems along the way .He has an aqua star 33 ( don't I know some posh people)
I cut up some old scrap and made hand rails to go all around the deck ,also welded a ladder on the stern as well which is a must have just in case some one goes in .
There now a little of the tug, as work on the tug is basically done for now I have started back on the garden which is good because now my divorce is sorted out re settlement ,the shed can be finished .
The shed is a proper shed 40 by 22 foot just right to put the other boat in plus lath mill and so on .Core by the summer I could have that finished as well !!.
The only down side to all this fun is I have not paid to much attention to making money but who cares .
Oh and if any one wants a run out to do a little fishing in the wash I could be persuaded with nice cup's of tea and mars bars.
I now will be looking for the next boat got to be steel and BIG maybe an ex trawler but above all free or cheap enough to warrant all the work needed
Mick
