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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2017 18:13:25 GMT
One bite at a time You've got to get a thread going on the tub, it sounds a very interesting project. I love the bit where it all comes of a rush, less so the fiddly details that seem to take forever Their is one somewhere the underwater drain was downright dangerous! all they had done was put a hole cutter through then glassed a plastic drain pipe in!! I after weighting down the boat on tother side pulled it out by hand, then ground it out to feather of the edges, taped it on the outside, then glassed it up level with 2 heavy mats 6 x 6 at the end, you would hardly know it was ever there it was ove r half an inch thick at the waterline though We are lucky that nothing major has been butchered, I've done a lot of undoing of previous crap work but nothing much is really as bad as what you've had to put right! We do have one major underwater skin fitting besides the cooling and toilet and that's the exhaust outlet, i like it as it's nice and quiet, I put the sinking risk to the back of my mind though!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2017 18:20:29 GMT
This is scheduled for Thursday. I've all ready done it with the hot air gun next is a go over with the Panther paint stripper then sand and fill the odd bit. Replace a couple of battens around where the Morse control goes. Fit an angle trim to tidy some rough bits in the corner by the helm then stain it all.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 1, 2017 8:51:26 GMT
Proper Job !!! With regard to skin fittings, Sabina has two underwater intakes. Both are short heavy steel stubs in the engine room. The first is from the 1950's (?) is a massive box about 8 inches square and about 3 inches deep in 10 mm steel welded to the 3/8" hull plates with a bronze valve (also 1950's) bolted on top which is the bilge pump prime/fire pump inlet ....... this I do not worry about The other is a thick walled threaded stub welded to the hull with a bronze valve screwed onto it for the main engine raw water feed. Since an incident a few years back on a delivery job when a similar joint almost flooded the boat's engine room I have been a bit paranoid about them. When I was in drydock I had the stub cut off (It is not really possible to inspect properly when it's in position) and a new one fitted ....... as it happens the old one (fitted about 20 years ago) was in perfect condition ....... but at least I now feel happier
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Post by peterboat on Nov 1, 2017 9:39:29 GMT
Proper Job !!! With regard to skin fittings, Sabina has two underwater intakes. Both are short heavy steel stubs in the engine room. The first is from the 1950's (?) is a massive box about 8 inches square and about 3 inches deep in 10 mm steel welded to the 3/8" hull plates with a bronze valve (also 1950's) bolted on top which is the bilge pump prime/fire pump inlet ....... this I do not worry about The other is a thick walled threaded stub welded to the hull with a bronze valve screwed onto it for the main engine raw water feed. Since an incident a few years back on a delivery job when a similar joint almost flooded the boat's engine room I have been a bit paranoid about them. When I was in drydock I had the stub cut off (It is not really possible to inspect properly when it's in position) and a new one fitted ....... as it happens the old one (fitted about 20 years ago) was in perfect condition ....... but at least I now feel happier Same as me but what worried me was I just pulled the plastic pipe out by hand!! clearly done by the boat fitter and well it had worked for 35 years so what can I say except it was leaking so eventually it would have sunk
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 10:15:01 GMT
Proper Job !!! With regard to skin fittings, Sabina has two underwater intakes. Both are short heavy steel stubs in the engine room. The first is from the 1950's (?) is a massive box about 8 inches square and about 3 inches deep in 10 mm steel welded to the 3/8" hull plates with a bronze valve (also 1950's) bolted on top which is the bilge pump prime/fire pump inlet ....... this I do not worry about The other is a thick walled threaded stub welded to the hull with a bronze valve screwed onto it for the main engine raw water feed. Since an incident a few years back on a delivery job when a similar joint almost flooded the boat's engine room I have been a bit paranoid about them. When I was in drydock I had the stub cut off (It is not really possible to inspect properly when it's in position) and a new one fitted ....... as it happens the old one (fitted about 20 years ago) was in perfect condition ....... but at least I now feel happier Better safe than sorry! I've a couple of new seacocks to put in Northern Star when she comes out, one for the toilet and a new bigger on located in a more accessible position for the engine.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 10:30:22 GMT
I've been on another polishing and fettling frenzy. The screw holes for the fairleads in the gunwales were a bit tired, I am using these threaded inserts, they bite well into the fiberglass and provide a secure M6 fixing, i'm not too worried they are mild steel as the fitting will sat on a bed of mastic so wont get wet - besides which they are unavailable in stainless!. I had to relieve the underside of the fairlead with a 12mm slot drill so it could sit flush to the gunwale as the insert is not flush. Fridge outlet Random engine bay air vent. I'm not joining the Brasso brigade, but seeing as they are off and easy to cheer up I thought I had ought to make the effort. I didn't want a mirror finish on them hence not going mad.
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Post by patty on Nov 1, 2017 12:07:24 GMT
Gosh u put me to shame..I only have one piece of brass here..someone thought it'd be a good idea to give me a miners lamp for a miners cottage...hmmm suppose could give it a clean maybe tomorrow
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 12:23:54 GMT
Gosh u put me to shame..I only have one piece of brass here..someone thought it'd be a good idea to give me a miners lamp for a miners cottage...hmmm suppose could give it a clean maybe tomorrow It's the first time any if the brightwork has seen polish in our 8 year tenure - I'm not a fan of shinny shinny Keeping the brass stuff to a minimum sounds a good plan 👍
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 15:05:43 GMT
Thats half a litre of Le Tonki used up. It's even better on unstained wood Coverage wise I have used it at the rate of :- Locker tops 1 coat. Cabin door 2 coats inside and out. Hatch 2 coats. Screens 2 coats. I've half a litre left for the cockpit, I may well run out of time to get more than one coat on before we have to vacate the paint shed. if that is the case I will get another half litre in the spring and re-coat it then.
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Post by faffer on Nov 1, 2017 20:01:04 GMT
Good bits of kit the threaded insert arnt they, i have been looking for SS ones and no look, as you say, dont do them i think. I asked at a local engineering suppliers and they said they have never seen them in SS.
Them doors look bloody great kida. Cant wait to do mine. More likely be next year now when it gets warmer and when i paint the boat, all in one job.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 20:12:28 GMT
The reflection on the wood looks like you could jump in.
Looks terrific.
Rog
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 20:44:11 GMT
Good bits of kit the threaded insert arnt they, i have been looking for SS ones and no look, as you say, dont do them i think. I asked at a local engineering suppliers and they said they have never seen them in SS. Them doors look bloody great kida. Cant wait to do mine. More likely be next year now when it gets warmer and when i paint the boat, all in one job. Yes, they are good, 8mm is the ideal pilot hole for them. Northern star is getting her pulpit/bow rail reattached with em, pretty confident they will take the strain. My problem with getting more than one coat on the cockpit may not be quantity but as you point out - drying time, all the stuff I've done at work had been inside a 40' container, it's south facing so has been gently warmed, even with the lower temps we have seen. Not suffered any condensation so it's been all good. The paint shed is north facing, and I probably won't be ready to do the Le Tonki until the early part of next week, that only leaves the end of the week to throw the screen and canopy back on to make her watertight. Still, if it's as easy to apply another coat in the spring as the blurb says it will be no issue 😀⚓🚢👍🍻
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 17:31:13 GMT
I'm officially knackered!
06:30 start, chemical strip the remaining varnish, a loooong time (too bloody loooong!) on the sander. A bit of farting about sanding inaccessible bits by hand. Massive amount of time clearing up with Henry. Many many cups of coffee later and I was finally able to get the first coat of stain on the now prepared surfaces. I used the last of the old stain I had kicking about so as to make sure the colour is even before I Sadolin it.
Little bit of sodding about tomorrow after work refitting the hatch and cabin door then a day off on Saturday for bonfire night.
Back to the grindstone on Sunday.
In other news the good people at Corby Covers have just about finished and told me how much of the drinking fund is going west for some minor repairs, a clean and waterproof - I shall collect it next Wednesday and fit it the same day, the screen will be going back on then so it makes sense to keep it with them until I'm ready for it to go on.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2017 6:49:23 GMT
Another day up at the crack of Dawn Out of the house for 04:40 as I had a load of stuff to drop off for the weekend and needed the car empty so I could get the door and hatch in without stacking them on top of each other A picture of yesterdays now dry efforts. Whilst I had the genny on I quickly masked around the wood frame the screen sits on and gave it it's first coat of Sadolin, the second coat will go on later on today.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2017 20:06:49 GMT
Bollocks!
I think the climactic conditions are going to beat me, the sadolin that went on at daft o clock is nowhere near drying, it is also a dull Matt/bloom finish rather than a nice sheen. The deck boards I did last Sunday are also not fully dry, they have had to be pressed in to service so we can use the boat tomorrow. Absolutely no way I'm going to risk Sadolin the whole cockpit only for it to go to shit.
Plan b is to put all the cockpit fixtures back on now it has been preped and got at least one good coat of stain on it to last the winter. Come spring it's a case of pulling a few fittings and carrying on where I left off.
I haven't been idle this evening though, door and hatch are back on, the Wallas has had a test firing after not being used since God knows when along with fitting a new cabin lamp.
Another bonus of cancelling yet more woodwork fettling is we can have a bit of long overdue family time this weekend 👍🚢🍻😀
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