wildbill

their was a horrible bit of joinery their taken it out i am sure i can do a bit better but it will be bodge it and leg it this aria will be setting and dining aria more insulation to go in but not that stuff the last booger used i will bodge it a bit better have to sort out that mess next really big bodge coming on bonus i don't have to buy cooker or sink theiy will be re upholstered i have spent most of the afternoon bodging and ripping out things i don't want to get carried away or i wont get any use out of it this year so sum thing will be bodged just to get by so we can use it this year it the finish that maters my old man used to say bill

Have Ben slaving on the old girl all afternoon got on and made progress on the bow bunks and taring out will post picks later phone is dead bill

It's not getting change yet but i am considering flying a black flag with sum Arabic writing on it bill

How do i start a blog on hear i want to do one on my project bil

sum object i have refurbished for the boat just nead to put new clock part's in

only canals she has a sound hull ther is a small leek in one of the windows and another one but i will sort the then a good rub down and paint her the previous owner made a right mess of it bill

sum photos of the old girl she looks a bit sad now but watch this space bill

thank you i thing 30 later will get us a fare distance calculations at full throtill abut a gallon a hr so five galons at seven knots or slower will give me more hrs bill

OK question my boat will have a petrol outboard getting petrol on the road is not a problem but how would i do it on a holiday on the canals and rivers bill

three plus one make up in the wheel house hopefully bill

that's one thing the last owner had started its a mees but it is insulated bill

My priority is to get camping on it as soon as possible No mater how rough it is Bill

i have taken this from my introduction thread the good things 1 the good things it has working lights a 2 cooker sink 3 a toilet porta potty 4 a radio that work so i can listen to radio 2 5 it has a fairly dry bilge only water is rain water bad things 1 a lot of the internal wood is rotten 2 theirs a rather badly made units it had a 3 wood burner it bean riped out and the aria is a mess it will have a diesel heater fitted 4 the toilet what can i say it has to go and rebuild or re working at least 5 the name isis it has to go ok prioritys 1 sort out the beds in the bow sharp end and line with plywood two days work 2 side windows in wheel house 3 sort out the wheel house it not built very well but will have to live with it tunge and grove boarding stane and varnish for day's work 4 find a ships well 5 Morse control for outboard mercury 9.8 two stroke 6 fit out the galley with doors and drawers 7 make setting eating aria where the wood burner was 8 make soft furnishing for all seating beads and all this in about 4 weeks starting from next Saturday on a very low budget most stuff will be sourced from skip finds and salvaged second hand begged borrowed or acquired adapted or modified i will use treated hard wood where i can and treat all wood i get i will treat So any one who knows of somewhere i can get boat parts from pleas let me know I got a outboard for it today Mercury 9.8 two stroke long shaft if any one is passing Bodmin and want's to drop it off in goole let me know any way board you enough

Just to answer your question all at once its 25 ft Buckingham 25 it's actually a floating skip at the moment with a lot of very badly done bodging on it but it is what it is I don't have any picks of it yet and would struggle to get them on her not that good with computers things the good things 1 the good things it has working lights a 2 cooker sink 3 a toilet porta potty 4 a radio that work so i can listen to radio 2 5 it has a fairly dry bilge only water is rain water bad things 1 a lot of the internal wood is rotten 2 theirs a rather badly made units it had a 3 wood burner it bean riped out and the aria is a mess it will have a diesel heater fitted 4 the toilet what can i say it has to go and rebuild or re working at least 5 the name isis it has to go ok prioritys 1 sort out the beds in the bow sharp end and line with plywood two days work 2 side windows in wheel house 3 sort out the wheel house it not built very well but will have to live with it tunge and grove boarding stane and varnish for day's work 4 find a ships well 5 Morse control for outboard mercury 9.8 two stroke 6 fit out the galley with doors and drawers 7 make setting eating aria where the wood burner was 8 make soft furnishing for all seating beads and all this in about 4 weeks starting from next Saturday on a very low budget most stuff will be sourced from skip finds and salvaged second hand begged borrowed or acquired adapted or modified i will use treated hard wood where i can and treat all wood i get i will treat So any one who knows of somewhere i can get boat parts from pleas let me know I got a outboard for it today Mercury 9.8 two stroke long shaft if any one is passing Bodmin and want's to drop it off in goole let me know any way board you enough

Hi all just got a new to me boat need a lot of work but i think i will have it ship shape in no time should get sum use out of it this year excuse my spieling and gamer the scourge of dyslexia bill