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Post by JohnV on Aug 30, 2021 18:52:16 GMT
loaded she carried 80 tons
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2021 18:58:42 GMT
Had not looked at this thread for a while but having seen the last few posts I am now completely nackered.
I could sleep for a week!
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Post by patty on Aug 31, 2021 6:18:56 GMT
Had not looked at this thread for a while but having seen the last few posts I am now completely nackered. I could sleep for a week! Theres been some serious work done...
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Post by Jim on Aug 31, 2021 8:32:07 GMT
loaded she carried 80 tons You need a separating loo and some boxes, to increase your ballast for free.
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Post by JohnV on Sept 4, 2021 19:51:25 GMT
Been busy yesterday and today, On Sabina, ballast all tightly chocked with hardwood wedges and wooden panels fitted at the ends to allow remaining areas to be used as underfloor storage. Insulation replaced and flooring screwed down firmly, started insulating the hatch prior to replacing/changing the panelling. Another job ticked off yesterday, I re-fitted the cleaned and greased bottom pintle and top pintle on Shapfell. That's all the underwater works completed, I still have to re-fit the quadrant and adjust the wires but that's for another day
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2021 20:00:11 GMT
I'm still nackered from those heavy lumps of metal which found themselves under the cabin sole.
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Post by JohnV on Sept 5, 2021 6:41:51 GMT
I'm still nackered from those heavy lumps of metal which found themselves under the cabin sole. Considering that I was originally intending to hire a couple of hefty lads for a couple of days to do it by hand and then to think I did it myself !!!
Two and a half days and an home modified cheapo Chinese crane with a Β£130 electric winch added ......... I was surprised how quick and how little pain was involved
It was very satisfying to find I can still manage jobs like that on my own
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Post by JohnV on Dec 4, 2021 20:14:21 GMT
Well three months on from the completion of the ballast instalation in the forward cabin, I finally finished the cabin ..... well apart from putting up the pictures (which I have finally decided on) looking from the doorway SAM_3576 by mudlarker, on Flickr looking from the other side at the doorway SAM_3577 by mudlarker, on Flickr lift out panels for underfloor storage SAM_3578 by mudlarker, on Flickr roll out under bed storage with two more lift out panels beneath for underfloor storage SAM_3579 by mudlarker, on Flickr the pictures waiting to go up (two more lift out panels for further storage area for bedding) SAM_3580 by mudlarker, on Flickr It's taken much longer than it should have but I'm pleased with the result.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2021 20:52:21 GMT
Looks great ... and huge too.
Rog
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Post by Trina on Dec 4, 2021 21:27:33 GMT
That is super snazzy,I love it John.π
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Post by patty on Dec 5, 2021 7:26:29 GMT
Thats fab John....
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Post by peterboat on Dec 5, 2021 17:13:34 GMT
I remember sleeping in there John very comfy indeed, it shows the difference between proper boats and sewer tubes doesnt it?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2021 17:31:19 GMT
It does indeed. Sabina H is if I remember right about 16'6 JohnV will correct me if I am wrong but also this won't fit through Hillmorton even if there are two narrow locks beside each other In fact in inland terms it is more or less useless when compared with something like an Ormelite. When they are gone they are gone by the way.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2021 22:26:38 GMT
Decorator is now on strike until after the new year. Been hard at it off and on over the last few days. Hall, Stairs and Landing stripped of the Anaglypta Wallpaper revealing the original paint from 1968, fortunately the plaster was half tidy - a few cracks to skim over with easyfill 60, a good old rub down of the skirting and architraves, followed by a tube full of decorators caulk to all coving and woodwork joints. Doesnβt sound much but Iβm bloody cream crackered! The painting on the landing is by a local artist (whoβs name escapes me at the moment π€«) - itβs the backwater from Stoke Doyle down to the main river not far from @loddon recent guess the location pic. Another from a local artist on the wall here, be a good while before I go and sit with the Saints Faithful in a packed Franklinβs Gardens π° I hate stairwells - a combination of a ladder, a step up and an 8β plank did the job, itβs not Iβm afraid of heights, nor am I afraid of falling, itβs the sudden stop at the bottom that I could do without π§ The easy bit! All that is left now is to seal the wall with two coats of Zinsser Guardz, then apply two coats of Zinsser Bullseye 123 followed by two coats of emulsion. Before all that the woodwork will get a coat of the bullseye 123 followed by two coats of Dulux Satinwood - I find it easier to do the woodwork prior to the walls, easier to wipe a little emulsion off the woodwork than the satinwood off the wall. once the paint has been splashed about the carpet fitter can come and do his stuff π
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Post by duncan on Dec 29, 2021 22:55:07 GMT
The easy bit! All that is left now is to seal the wall with two coats of Zinsser Guardz, then apply two coats of Zinsser Bullseye 123 followed by two coats of emulsion. Before all that the woodwork will get a coat of the bullseye 123 followed by two coats of Dulux Satinwood - I find it easier to do the woodwork prior to the walls, easier to wipe a little emulsion off the woodwork than the satinwood off the wall. once the paint has been splashed about the carpet fitter can come and do his stuff π Painting doors like those is a job I will shortly be starting, are you using a brush or a roller gazza?
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