roland elsdon Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 19 minutes ago, 70liveaboard said: I'm assuming the machine gun rivets are probably fake ones, seeing as its a Brinklow. Plus who put the bulkhead in between the engine room and main cabin.. the apprentice perhaps.. ? How many pieces to make a bulkhead, only Brinklow knows.. lol Some fool with too much money will buy it no doubt.. But it's so over priced, looking at the shell itself, its really just funny. Well im looking at the original bulkhead on my harland and wolff ship builders boat from my seat in the living room as i type. believe me its anything but straight. It is also prefabricated with horizontal rivets, and frames in the same manner , as brinklow have fitted the engine room conversion bulkhead. Being internal the rivets are undamaged and from here look like washers. My old yarwoods boat was much the same, two piece prefabricated bulkheads between the cabin and hold. Traditional narrowboat building. Sorry about punctuation... poor eyesight and small screen. With a toilet shower bedroom lounge kitchen and music room in a 10 ft cabin there is little space for screens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70liveaboard Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Even more fun increasing the size of the pic's. Amazing what you get to see.. But people will make their own decisions on fab quality, weld (or lack of it), weld quality, cuts etc.. oh, and of course fake rivets.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot bulb Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 For what it’s worth, I think Brinklow boat services build a very nice boat. But then what would I know, Having never really had as good a look around one as clearly some on here must have had. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted October 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 45 minutes ago, 70liveaboard said: Even more fun increasing the size of the pic's. Amazing what you get to see.. But people will make their own decisions on fab quality, weld (or lack of it), weld quality, cuts etc.. oh, and of course fake rivets.. In other words, you are either not prepared or can't tell us what problems you are actually seeing with the build, then? I get a bit bored with "knowing wink" smilies (or similar) on a forum that actually aims to be informative - far more helpful to others in my view to make a genuine explanatory comment, than than trying to imply some kind of one-upmanship "I know something that you don't". Fake rivets are an option no doubt - I'm sure if you asked Brinklow would build you one that omitted them that they would, and you would save a few quid in the bargain. I'm not generally a fan of them, but if you are building a replica, (or "remake" as Brinklow tend to call them), of an old prototype I can see the sense. The cost of actually hot riveting an entire replica would be prohibitive to most buyers. What I do think is that Brinklow do their "rivets" with considerably more subtlety than just about any other builder, so if anyone wants a boat with them, Brinklow will turn out something far less heavy handed than say R W Davies or Barry Hawkins. At no point, by the way, have I made any comment whatsoever about the asking price for this boat, or whether it could be considered good value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagedamager Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I think it looks just fine and if I had the money brinklow would be my first choice of builder. None of this bend a couple of plates round and pull the base plate up to form a bow type of builder. A hull built to swim, which looks right and built to a high standard. You can't have a Ferrari for the price of a Cortina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, stagedamager said: I think it looks just fine and if I had the money brinklow would be my first choice of builder. None of this bend a couple of plates round and pull the base plate up to form a bow type of builder. A hull built to swim, which looks right and built to a high standard. You can't have a Ferrari for the price of a Cortina. And those criticising clearly have little interest in historic boats, or remakes of the same, so cannot be expected to understand where the value lies in a Brinklow boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 Have you seen the price of cortina’s recently!!! Certainly more than a decent mid 2000s Porsche.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 It's good there are still people out there with the ability to do such great boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave moore Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 I saw this boat at Glascote yesterday. Absolutely beautiful, 110% workmanship from all involved. I reckon that the boat could be finished for a further £50-60k, not far above the cost of a new build from other builders of lesser pedigree. I’d love to see it go to a good home. Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 13 hours ago, alan_fincher said: I can still see it. 13 hours ago, johnmoly said: The link still works for me. Odd... I get “Sorry, but this listing is currently unavailable.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, WotEver said: Odd... I get “Sorry, but this listing is currently unavailable.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 Just now, Mike the Boilerman said: Thank you. She’s very pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 minute ago, WotEver said: Thank you. She’s very pretty Yer welcome. Yes very pretty. Too high in the water at the bow now but that will be deliberate, to account for weight to be added fitting out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 I’ve now managed to find the listing by swapping to the Desktop view and then searching for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted October 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 13 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said: And in the background a real Yarwoods boat.... "Rufford", which we tried very hard to buy, but got pissed about by the then seller, and eventually seriously gazumped on Lovely though the new build is, I know which one catches my imagination! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmoly Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 10 hours ago, WotEver said: Odd... I get “Sorry, but this listing is currently unavailable.” The link still works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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