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Post by ormeliteeve on Oct 7, 2021 19:26:42 GMT
You could drop a fishing line down there. If you pull out a fish, at least all is not lost. My husband is too tall to stand up inside the boat so he’s not a great fan of it so far. Perhaps if I framed the toilet as an indoor fishing experience, he’d get to like it more.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 19:27:32 GMT
I had a little bullhead in the raw water mud box on one of my boats once.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 19:29:13 GMT
JohnV, Your ormelite is beautiful. It's really nice! I don't remember seeing those photos before from JohnV. What a lovely boat and it goes virtually everywhere inland. How cool.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 19:36:06 GMT
With regard the Blake’s seacock - tony is correct in what he says about the bolts clamping the seacock through the hull being best replaced One at a time, but knowing how well Ormelites were built I’m willing to bet that won’t be necessary. What will more than likely be necessary is a bit of brute force and ignorance if it has been neglected, the valves seize through lack of use and lack of maintenance. My top tip to you is leave it well enough alone until you get her out of the water - once out of the water attention can safely be turned to making sure the seacock lasts another lifetime. If you have any plan’s on getting her out post on here - I completely failed to get and see JohnV up north, I’d deserve a proper kicking if I couldn’t cast my eye over another Ormelite not all that far up the road should you so wish or need a little help!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 19:38:10 GMT
You could drop a fishing line down there. If you pull out a fish, at least all is not lost. My husband is too tall to stand up inside the boat so he’s not a great fan of it so far. Perhaps if I framed the toilet as an indoor fishing experience, he’d get to like it more. Indoor fishing. Now that's an idea that could catch on.
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Post by JohnV on Oct 7, 2021 19:43:51 GMT
ormeliteeve sorry I don't think I have any photos showing the seating/helm positions I won't have time to take any pictures tomorrow and it will be a while before I can but as soon as I have a chance I will do that. while I was looking I found one more of the inside
it doesn't look quite as pristine at the moment as the poor old thing has been a bit neglected for a few years due to there being a couple of hundred miles between us, I have done a bit of getting her back into shape but there is still a bit more to do
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 19:43:56 GMT
People making large green umbrellas are going to be annoyed about this.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 19:45:08 GMT
ormeliteeve sorry I don't think I have any photos showing the seating/helm positions I won't have time to take any pictures tomorrow and it will be a while before I can but as soon as I have a chance I will do that. while I was looking I found one more of the inside SAM_0405 by mudlarker, on Flickr [br Nice cooker. I've got the same one on Dulcinea. Best cooker I've ever had. Calor brand unless someone made the same thing under another label.
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Post by ormeliteeve on Oct 7, 2021 19:50:33 GMT
Gazza,
I’m haven’t properly attempted the open the Blake’s sea cock yet (and I won’t be attempting it until she’s out of the water now) but I know the previous owner never ever turned it so it’s a fair bet that it’s seized right now. Hopefully it will free off with enough use and some well overdue maintenance.
She’s definitely coming out next year, hopefully as soon as it’s warm enough next year to anti foul it and generally check for any impending disasters. I don’t know when it was last out, and to be honest, the current anti fouling doesn’t look that bad, but now I know about the toilet, it’s coming out for sure. I live on a wide beam and the only hole in the hull below water level is where the prop shaft is - the ormelite has at least four holes through the hull below the waterline that I know of. I’ll let you know when I have a date for getting her out, you’d be more than welcome to come have a look. 😊
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Post by ormeliteeve on Oct 7, 2021 19:56:54 GMT
Not to worry, JohnV, would be lovely to see some photos when you’re next at the boat, certainly no rush because I have a lot more pressing issues than where to put my feet when I’m steering!
I think you have a different stove to me, mines a Flavel Vanessa hob. There’s a cavity for the oven beneath the hob and I found the front control panel and knob but the actual oven is missing. There’s one on eBay at the moment for £65 if I wanted to replace it like for like. I notice you have a 230v plug socket on the wall under the extinguisher, so you must have an inverter and a separate leisure battery. Currently, I only have one battery for starter/leisure (although there’s no inverter or electrics except the 12v lights) but this will likely change when I start using it and need to charge my phone.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 19:59:19 GMT
Gazza, I’m haven’t properly attempted the open the Blake’s sea cock yet (and I won’t be attempting it until she’s out of the water now) but I know the previous owner never ever turned it so it’s a fair bet that it’s seized right now. Hopefully it will free off with enough use and some well overdue maintenance. She’s definitely coming out next year, hopefully as soon as it’s warm enough next year to anti foul it and generally check for any impending disasters. I don’t know when it was last out, and to be honest, the current anti fouling doesn’t look that bad, but now I know about the toilet, it’s coming out for sure. I live on a wide beam and the only hole in the hull below water level is where the prop shaft is - the ormelite has at least four holes through the hull below the waterline that I know of. I’ll let you know when I have a date for getting her out, you’d be more than welcome to come have a look. 😊 No problem - the easiest way to free them off is with a piece of hardwood driven through the body of the seacock from underneath with the boat on chocks, once out it can be cleaned, reseated with fine grinding paste, then greased and assembled correctly. I’ve got a 500g pot of fiendishly expensive Blake’s Seacock grease that will last my lifetime - I’m willing to bet I’ll be passing it on when I go toes up just like most pots of Chemico valve grinding paste (I’ve got one that was my late dad Mouse, he didn’t use the bugger up and I’m unlikely to!) once the seacock has been sorted you can replace sanitation hoses at you leisure, be sure any hose connected to it is only fit for the bin!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 20:04:46 GMT
Not to worry, JohnV, would be lovely to see some photos when you’re next at the boat, certainly no rush because I have a lot more pressing issues than where to put my feet when I’m steering! I think you have a different stove to me, mines a Flavel Vanessa hob. There’s a cavity for the oven beneath the hob and I found the front control panel and knob but the actual oven is missing. There’s one on eBay at the moment for £65 if I wanted to replace it like for like. I notice you have a 230v plug socket on the wall under the extinguisher, so you must have an inverter and a separate leisure battery. Currently, I only have one battery for starter/leisure (although there’s no inverter or electrics except the 12v lights) but this will likely change when I start using it and need to charge my phone. We have a flavel Vanessa on the sail boat. It has a built in oven. Lovely thing it is, has been going for years. I picked up a spare off ebay a few years back for 99p, took all the burners and grill off it and dumped the rest. Should make for good spare when the current one packs up.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 20:11:23 GMT
For phone charging on boat I am a bit of am advocate of a quality lithium power bank which you can charge either on the mothership / at home or when engine is running. Or solar if you have some. Specially applicable if you have an older engine like the Stuart Turner which might not really have a very effective charging system.
I've been using a Fox Halo 96k ,(about 20ah at 12v I think it is) for a while. The boat has got plenty of power and inverters but using a power bank saves having to add more charging ports. You just take the thing with you so no need for extra electric installs on an older boat which will not tend to have these things fitted.
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Post by JohnV on Oct 7, 2021 20:17:38 GMT
the 240v socket (there is just the one) runs directly off the shore power fuseboard which is on the aft port bulkhead next to the little picture
(which is only there to hide some historic wood butchery that I was never able to disguise to my satisfaction)
all the supply does is run that socket and the 240v element in the Belling hotwater system which is gas or 240v
never bothered with fitting an inverter kept it fairly basic boat and near to the original concept
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Post by JohnV on Oct 7, 2021 20:32:19 GMT
Incidentally the little wooden flap below the wheel is tha fuseboard for the 12v ...... it uses modern standard size blade car fuses instead of the 'orrible pointed end ones that were there in an equally ghastly plastic box I made that one to try and fit in with how I thought it should look.... I had to rewire it from one end to the other (and re-plumb it as well) although originally I had no intention of doing her up, she had been so chopped about it was wicked but you could still see the original superb quality build shining through. I honestly believe that they are the best designed small, go anywhere, narrow beam cruiser out there
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