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  5. hi all just got a boat bit of a project

    in New to Boating?

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    11 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

    Looks like a good foundation to build on.

    Where are you planning to use her ?

    Its quite intimidating in the Humber with all those big boats tootling up and down the river.

     

    We looked at putting one of our boats into Grimsby but she was too big to be lifted out using the Hoists in Grimsby so we ended up mooring in Hull for a year, they couldn't lift her there so when she needed her bottom cleaning we went down to Plymouth

    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

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  7. hi all just got a boat bit of a project

    in New to Boating?

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    2 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

    There are no petrol stations on the canals - take your boots and a couple of jerry cans with you, you will find a petrol station (normally) between 1/2 mile and 5 miles away from the canals.

    This combined with the additional BSS requirements for petrol is the reason that equivalent boats with diesel engines will be at least £500 more.

    Google will help you find petrol stations so you can plan to get to the nearest ones.

     

    Remember that you cannot legally carry more than 30 litres of petrol on the boat.

    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

  12. wildbills project boat

    in Boat Building & Maintenance

    Posted

    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 :rofl: 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:rofl:

    any way board you enough   

  13. hi all just got a boat bit of a project

    in New to Boating?

    Posted

    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 :rofl: 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:rofl:

    any way board you enough   

     

     

     

     

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