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Post by Saltysplash on Oct 30, 2016 7:59:41 GMT
If its been on the hard for some time then the seams will have opened, its not good for wooden boats to be out of the water for too long. Carlt is the wood guru.
With some boats its not a case of can I repair it, its a case of how much wood am i prepared to cut out and replace.
Always worth having a look even if just to satisfy curiosity. I once went to view an old Admiralty 60' MFV down in Rainham, Kent. The Owner flicked on a switch landside and pumps started up on board and a jet of water erupted from a hose poking out the hull. Stepping on board, some fool had sheathed the deck in fibre glass and this was now spongy and springy to walk on. Going below, we didnt need any lighting, there was plenty of daylight streaming in through the deck and the hull.
Rod, the owner never did sell that boat, he eventually removed the engine and towed the hull out onto the flats and put a match to it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 8:08:20 GMT
Guessing that the boat in the op is subject to storage fees and that there is a JCB or similar machine waiting for the go ahead to dismantle it
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Post by JohnV on Oct 30, 2016 8:20:27 GMT
Guessing that the boat in the op is subject to storage fees and that there is a JCB or similar machine waiting for the go ahead to dismantle it This is the case with so many project boats, there are an awful lot of people with rose tinted specs (not Faffer ..... he's unique and just crackers) They take on projects which are beyond their means (be it money or skill) The project gradually deteriorates the debts rise, and before you know it, you have something beyond redemption. From the point of view of a boatyard owner at least a wooden boat can be broken up and burned, now with GRP they have a real problem. Unless you can bury it as part of a land reclamation project, To properly dispose of GRP costs money
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 8:24:15 GMT
I noticed CRT have a penchant for disposing of GRP boats (via section 8 tactics) so I wonder how they organise waste disposal. Its an interesting point I had not thought of before.
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Post by faffer on Oct 30, 2016 10:29:18 GMT
Guessing that the boat in the op is subject to storage fees and that there is a JCB or similar machine waiting for the go ahead to dismantle it This is the case with so many project boats, there are an awful lot of people with rose tinted specs (not Faffer ..... he's unique and just crackers) They take on projects which are beyond their means (be it money or skill) The project gradually deteriorates the debts rise, and before you know it, you have something beyond redemption. From the point of view of a boatyard owner at least a wooden boat can be broken up and burned, now with GRP they have a real problem. Unless you can bury it as part of a land reclamation project, To properly dispose of GRP costs money As Freddie says ` there can be only one ` Had a ead of this last night, bloody awsome storebro-34-rebuilt.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/complete-story-of-repairs-of-storebro-34.html
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