Manxcat54

No because i'm not a cold arse with fires everywhere, listen smarty I have a self build campervan and it's more difficult than a boat

There won't be water on this boat

It's 22mm Caberfloor and better than any of the ply around, it's very solid, it's not CHIPBOARD

It may look like nothing progressed, but believe me behind the scenes it has been busy, and my day to day job keeps getting in the way of the fun. I have now cleaned, painted, ballasted, insulated and bubble insulated four 2 ft bays, that is 2400 mm plus, and believe me that end of the boat was tough going, but I can put my hand on my heart and state that the base is 8.4mm at it's worst point, and will never rust from inside during my time on this planet, a bit more tomorrow. and whatever i try these pictures keep turning, can't the admin do something?

I feel a bit relieved now, when I return to the boat that bugger is coming out, thanks for the replies

Hello everyone I removed the pump out toilet tank from the boat I am currently refurbing, the 2 1/4 tube connecting the tank to the pump out entry situated on the Gunwales was cut through when we cut the tank out, however the bit that is still left under the side of the boat is in the way for a couple of reasons, so does anyone know how this tube connects to the brass fitting, I must admit to not yet investigating, but I was thinking would it be a locking ring on the outside on the top of the Gunwales, can anyone advise?

Hi Do you know the size of the outlet on it

I know it's probably been asked a hundred times or more, but can anyone recommend a decent 90 mm shower tray waste fitting, I would like one that will accept the piping from the gulper without too much in the way of reducers, there is good 4 inch clearance under the tray

They could well be, I was thinking it would be senseless to place a tank in and then do so much welding just to hold it, but in any case it's very thick steel in that spot, thew sides were shite (no pun) but the bottom was a sort of wax feel to it, anyhow it will see me out.

Update on the state of affairs, so after having the guy flame cut the old pump out toilet tank out, I spent 4 hrs shovelling you know what out of it (not nice) then I put some sawdust and flakes in (they were once for my chickens, but I got rid of the buggers) so they came in handy, I let them do the work, then today I used a tough scraper and got it virtually down to steel, just a sort of glaze left, but don't forget, this tank is an integral part of the hull, it was welded on all sides to the base plate, so in this area it will be 1/4" thick tank plus whatever the base plate is or was (I really should have checked that with my ultra sound before I painted) anyhow I have absolutely smothered it in red oxide, that can be let to dry for a day or so, then I can begin to clean the area up, get the base plate painted, new woods on the cross members, and then a bit of floor installed.

Bags of coal and a garden

Believe me there are NO fuses but it does have a battery isolator

Hi Guys I know I have touched on this matter before, but what would be a reasonable set up to run on my boat to maintain both leisure and starter batteries, I am not going lithium because I don't want the expense. And just one thing, this old boat which I am refurbishing, I sat up in bed again when I realised that whilst stripping out the previous wiring, I have not come across any form of charging system? it just looks as if it relied on the alternator to charge the batteries, but I can't see any sort of protection from over charging? and another thing, I have yet to find a fuse on anything? which sends shivers down my spine, but it's been on the water until 2019 and was built in 1979.

Yesterday I cleaned the engine bay out, what a painful job, my legs and back were killing me (at my age I don't bend so easily, but my mind thinks I can) but I managed to get down to bare metal, and as you can see I coated it with Vactan, it was still purple yesterday, however it is now dry and has turned black, tomorrow I am hoping to paint the area with Ronseal garage floor paint, I did have options, but opted for this, lets face it I will be in a wooden box before it wears.

Today I brought a welding guy in to flame cut the dirty horrible pump out tank up into bits and get rid, it's been a burden for me moving on, I keep falling over the thing, and the final straw was when he was cutting I was fire watch, and suddenly there was a big flash and pop, and I got covered in Sh1t, thank god it's gone.