Up Date On The Antifoul Removal

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Had the boat slurry blasted today, back to the epoxy coating that was applied a few years back, for my own peace of mind more than anything else, just to know what was under all the layers of antifoul, the boat came with documentation saying it had been epoxy coated, but until I saw it for myself I wouldn't have been happy.So clean off all the old paint and see what is there, I'm pleased to report no nasty surprises, the epoxy's not as smooth as I'd like, but that can be sorted in the next few weeks, After prep work I've got Jotun's Vinyguard primer and Jotun's Classic to go back on, along with a new set of anodes.

I placed the boat and trailer on a poly ground sheet, and masked the boot line, the local guys from Masterblast in Hythe did the rest, including rinsing the boat down from the top and cleared all spoils into bags and removed them off site. I was there during the work and was asked at every stage of the operation if I was happy. No problem to ask questions and the bottom line was not heart attack material, unlike one gentleman's quote I got from Poole, he wanted 900+vat:eek:

Todays bill £360.00. plus supplying cups of tea:)

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Nice set of photo's E, she appears to sit nicely on the trailer, with good access to the hull.

Did you make the trailer yourself or modify an existing one?

When loading, do you float on or help with a push from the engines?

It still must be a trick to get perfect alignment, given the narrow forward section of the trailer, with nothing vertical to measure distances with.
 
AndieMac said:
Nice set of photo's E, she appears to sit nicely on the trailer, with good access to the hull.

Did you make the trailer yourself or modify an existing one?

When loading, do you float on or help with a push from the engines?

It still must be a trick to get perfect alignment, given the narrow forward section of the trailer, with nothing vertical to measure distances with.
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The trailer started off life as a 7.5 ton Ford Cargo truck, I bought the empty chassis with the back axle still in place so that it could be towed away,I then acquired these,

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The front set of wheels and turntable, I already had. A friend of mine is a farmer and very adapt at fabricating all sorts of equipment so to knock together the bits I had collected was, in his words, a piece of piss,to be fair he'd sourced the 2 agricultural axles for me, as I hadn't a clue where to begin to look for them, they were the dearest items on the fab list £300, on the plus side the tyres are foam filled, so you can drag it over a ploughed field with nails sticking upward and they don't puncture, very useful when you have ten ton of boat sat on them.

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The trailer was built using the design drawing of the boat, which I got from the man who designed the boat, he's alive and well and still living on the Isle Of Wight, John Askham, as you can see in the pics, the whole trailer has a up hill look, so when the boat locates in her slot and pulled ashore she sits level, rather than a nose down attitude.

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as for loading, considering the bow snubber hasn't been fabed yet it was surprising easy, I painted the top surface white so it shows up in murky water, and she tends to self locate because of the sloping sides.The first time, we just floated her over the trailer using two lines to hold her in place and gently tugged her out.

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Great work on the trailer, would have cost you many £000's off the shelf (if such things are even available off the shelf?), and probably still wouldn't be as robust as yours
 
Nick_H said:
Great work on the trailer, would have cost you many £000's off the shelf (if such things are even available off the shelf?), and probably still wouldn't be as robust as yours
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Just to qualify, the wheels and axles, the rear pair are from a bunded fuel bowser that carried 12000 litres, = 12 ton payload plus the weight of the chassis and running gear, probably close to 15 ton all up, the front pair on the dolly turntable are rated at 4.5 ton, so as you say Nick,you're right, I probably couldn't afford it if it was bespoke made by a trailer maker:D but it's the old game of, it's not what you know, but who you know, that counts, the whole thing cost in hard cash about 1200/1500 squid,plus a bit of farm work in the summer haymaking about june/july time driving a tractor and round bailer machine:D not too bad considering a 3500kg multi roller rig is around double that sort of money and can't take my boat anyway.

Thanks for your kind comments, I'll pass them on to the one who deserves them.
 
Your anti-foul post seems to have morphed into a trailer thread... :D

Fascinating stuff however and a very interesting read. I think it's a great illustration of ingenuity all round and I suspect it's also paid for itself in just a few lifts (or rather the lack of!)
 
AndieMac said:
Always love a big trailer story :) she looks well put together and wider in the body in plan view. A good asset for you!
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9 feet wide and 25 feet long to the turn table centre pin, with the A frame tow bar and the extension dolly the whole thing is about 45 feet long when launching or recovering, the dolly is only used at those two times to stop the JCB from going too far in the drink:D
 
The trailer appears to fit like a glove E, nice bit of engineering, I reckon you also enjoy a bit of a project ;).

Is the tractor part of the boat yard equipment, or do you bring it in just for those occasions?
 
AndieMac said:
The trailer appears to fit like a glove E, nice bit of engineering, I reckon you also enjoy a bit of a project ;).

Is the tractor part of the boat yard equipment, or do you bring it in just for those occasions?
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It belongs to the centre Callum, and they charge a small fee for the machine and driver, I did try the pajero, but felt that if I did gave it a go, the boat, trailer and pajero would go down the ramp like a lifeboat launch and the 4x4 doesn't have a snorkel:D I'm game, but common sense over rode the nerve to try it, simple maths stopped me, boat ten ton, trailer two ton, 4x4 just on two ton,steep ramp, seven feet deep of cold water it's a nobrainer really but could have been fun trying.

There's a guy down here who launches his boat using a Land Rover diesel disco, shoves it in backwards so deep the front seat gets wet and has to open the doors to let all the water out afterwards, but I feel he does it just to shock the grockles that come and watch.:D
 
epervier said:
There's a guy down here who launches his boat using a Land Rover diesel disco, shoves it in backwards so deep the front seat gets wet and has to open the doors to let all the water out afterwards, but I feel he does it just to shock the grockles that come and watch.:D
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Hmm, I've come close to that once or twice! That's when its time to forget the Waxoyl, just stick a good coat of Anti-foul on the Disco... :D
 
epervier said:
There's a guy down here who launches his boat using a Land Rover diesel disco, shoves it in backwards so deep the front seat gets wet and has to open the doors to let all the water out afterwards, but I feel he does it just to shock the grockles that come and watch.:D
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Perhaps a potential job for your extension dolly? :)
 
Back On Subject

Just a few more pics of antifouling progress,

primer x 2 coats,

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Antifoul x 2 coats,

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Boottop white hard Inter 33

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Props antifouled, with a new to me clear product, probably fertiliser for weed,cast-worm and barnacles.

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And a before pic for comparison

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Next, strip the teak spray rail,then plenty of layers of epifanes:(
 
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