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SailorMeg

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    Nancy
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    River Medway

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  1. The boat is on the medway, destination will be the grand union. So no sea toilet allowed. Sea toilet and flooding happened pre surveyor. Back to the point though, anyone got any serious ideas on the best, quickest and most reasonable way to remove water from in between the old hull and overplating?
  2. water is not still coming in, it is trapped from the boat previously sinking/flooding. yes. this is what has been suggested by various boat people in our yard today, but obviously not the most ideal. Looking at this! This is interesting, do you know what the name of the equipment would be that he would need? Do you mean to say that if he blasts air in through one end, and has something sucking the air/water out at the other end this might extract the water efficiently? That seems odd that someone had to employ someone to extract water from their bilges, whats wrong with a pump and a car sponge? haha! Thank you all for your replies
  3. Hello everyone, I wrote this topic and am writing now for my neighbour (we both have narrowboats currently on hardstanding) who is having these issues, so I will try and reply as best as I can. As I understand it, the boat was over plated before he bought it. He has had it surveyed and the surveyor is very happy with the thickness of the steel and quality of the over plating. Whilst waiting to be lifted out and go on hard standing (our boatyard like to take their time) he got a slot in a dry dock, took it and started blacking etc. as he is on a tight schedule to get this boat finished and move in. The boat had a sea toilet (don't ask! We don't know either) and this was removed during this time, leaving holes in both of the plates of steel? As I am imagining anyway. Whilst in the dry dock the gates failed (wooden and old on a river rather than canal) and the boat sunk, river water came in through the exposed old sea toilet holes. These Holes where temporarily bunged up and after the gates were fixed and the dock drained he used a wet vac to remove the water from the gap as much as possible and then had welding done to several areas of the boat, the old sea toilet holes, a new deck, hatches, doors etc. Obviously wet vaccing the exposed gap has not successfully removed all the water and some is still trapped in between the over plated and the old steel hull. He has had an incredibly stressful six months with this boat so far and is quite concerned about the water trapped inside. What he wants to know is wether the water can damage both but particularly the outer layer of steel and what the best and most painless way to remove it would be. Hope this clears this up Thanks for your help Megan and T
  4. I bought a canal boat about six months go, it is a 50ft rose cruiser stern canal boat, ex hire and has been extremely neglected over the years. Previously has been over plated. It has been surveyed and the surveyors are extremely happy with the thickness of the steel. Have had welding done, and have put a lot of love and energy into restoring this boat into a live aboard. Really need some help and advice to help me get to the finish line on this project. Whilst Grinding out and de-rusting my bilges inside the cabin of the boat i exposed two small holes of the old steel. Unfortunately the boat was flooded whilst in dry dock lol, and the hulls must have filled with water and now there is water trapped in-between the plates of steel on both the starboard and port sides plus the bottom. The boat is now on hardstanding, out of water but there is still water coming into the cab. When I jump up and down inside the boat I can hear the water sloshing around. The water has not been in there more than two months, but I am worried this may cause serious problems. Is this is a case of drilling into the gap and extracting the water or worse case scenario over plating again. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thank you in advance, T.
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