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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 9:10:07 GMT
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Post by Saltysplash on Jun 30, 2017 9:32:12 GMT
So many seams probably wide apart after being out of the water for so long, plus, the warning signs shouldve been there when he bought the thing knowing its deck had been sheathed in fiberglass, never a good sign, but my bet is he forgot to close a seacock which wasnt connected to anything.
bit of a shame for him
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 10:10:07 GMT
A seacock crossed my mind. I love wooden boats - other peoples wooden boats  |
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Post by patty on Jun 30, 2017 15:35:38 GMT
He's still gonna keep going...at least 2 of his sons are helping him and he's getting to spend real time with them..
I hope it floats next time
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Post by peterboat on Jun 30, 2017 15:40:18 GMT
It was a bit of a bugger is all I can say I like you love wooden boats but really I dont think I have enough time on earth to sort one out!!
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Post by faffer on Jun 30, 2017 17:39:11 GMT
I heard about this on the radio today, what a bummer, feel well gutted for him. I love the chaps persistence.
It hasnt put me of wanting a wooden boat though. You can love mine Gazza IF i get one lol
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Post by flatdog on Jul 1, 2017 8:10:07 GMT
Anyone owning a wooden boat should know to not just drop it in the water without allowing the wood to swell and compress the caulking
..... leave the lifting straps around the hull and pumps running.
Can take a day or two before she's dry enough to breath easy...
He should have known about that poor bugger
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Post by Saltysplash on Jul 1, 2017 16:26:51 GMT
Other older methods of allowing the planks to 'take up' was to fill the hull with water and on smaller boats they would sink them.
I used to dry dock mine in april for a couple of weeks due to tides and this was never long enough for her to dry out fully, you just had to remember to open all the doors as when she settled on the blocks everything, planks frames fixings was pressed down on the keel so nothing fitted anymore. Always amazed me how it all went back to normal when she was refloated.
Not good not being able to get in the engine room or heads due to a sealed door
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Post by lollygagger on Jul 1, 2017 19:03:54 GMT
Other older methods of allowing the planks to 'take up' was to fill the hull with water and on smaller boats they would sink them. I used to dry dock mine in april for a couple of weeks due to tides and this was never long enough for her to dry out fully, you just had to remember to open all the doors as when she settled on the blocks everything, planks frames fixings was pressed down on the keel so nothing fitted anymore. Always amazed me how it all went back to normal when she was refloated. Not good not being able to get in the engine room or heads due to a sealed door Parents of a friend of mine had a wooden sailing boat that was lifted out every winter. It went back in fine if he was there to pump it out for a day or two. One year the boatyard craned it in a day early without telling him, then phoned to say the boat he thought was out on the hard had sunk. He was not happy. |
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Post by Saltysplash on Jul 1, 2017 20:36:58 GMT
ouch
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Post by lollygagger on Jul 2, 2017 13:51:33 GMT
He spent the whole season sorting it out including stripping the onboard diesel engine. I expect someone's insurance coughed up, but still... |
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