What's the downside to aluminium?

[Alan de Enfield]

 

 

Aluminium boat :

 

 

 

 

 

Steel boat :

 

 

 

[Chagall]

Was that third boat really called Warmglow?! 

 

 

 

Edited May 20, 2021 by Chagall
added an ! to make it not really a question!

[Alan de Enfield]

12 minutes ago, Chagall said:

Was that third boat really called Warmglow?! 

 

 

 

 

 

Yup, it really was - Ironic !!

 

 

Warmglow Built by Methley Bridge Boaty - Length : 15.24 metres ( 50 feet ) - Beam : 2.08 metres ( 6 feet 10 inches ) - Draft : 0.01 metres ( 0 feet ). Metal hull N/A power of 38 HP. Registered with Canal & River Trust number 513652 as a Powered Motor Boat.  ( Last updated on Wednesday 22nd May 2013 )

Edited May 20, 2021 by Alan de Enfield

[ditchcrawler]

4 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

 

Aluminium boat :

 

 

 

 

 

Steel boat :

 

 

 

 

 

 

But has it burnt or just melted? See comments on an earlier post

[Col_T]

16 hours ago, BEngo said:

like the rest of the class constructed with an aluminium superstructure explosively bonded to steel hulls.

 

Do you really mean "explosively"??

[ditchcrawler]

The train companies say it cracks https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57042384

[booke23]

5 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

 

Aluminium boat :

 

 

 

 

 

Steel boat :

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting, although I suppose it’s academic as both boats are only fit for scrap anyway.  

 

I see tragically, Warmglow’s generator survived the inferno!    

[Alan de Enfield]

Just now, booke23 said:

 

 

Interesting, although I suppose it’s academic as both boats are only fit for scrap anyway.  

 

I see tragically, Warmglow’s generator survived the inferno!    

 

Both of the steel boats are being re-sold as 'fire damaged for rebuilding'.

[booke23]

1 minute ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Both of the steel boats are being re-sold as 'fire damaged for rebuilding'.

 

?

I wonder how economically viable that actually is. I mean it would cost a fortune if you were paying someone to do it. I suppose a dedicated DIYer might be tempted, but it’s an awful lot of work.

[David Mack]

Luctor, formerly of this forum, bought a burnt out boat, cut most of the fore end of the cabin off, fitted the back end as a back cabin and used it as a coal boat for a while.

[blackrose]

10 hours ago, starman said:

Yes they do and this is what happened to one at Braunston

 

Tragic. Another example of the result of galvanic corrosion. 

[Mad Harold]

3 minutes ago, blackrose said:

 

Tragic. Another example of the result of galvanic corrosion. 

It's Ali worm.A mutation of woodworm.

[peterboat]

23 hours ago, max campbell said:

Apart from the price! Is there a technical reason Sea Otter only built small boats? Do they corrode at all?

 

They built Dutch barges as well 2 that I saw anyway, nice looking things but no weed hatch which meant that I had to tow one to Torksey when it got a carpet around the prop!

[haggis]

27 minutes ago, blackrose said:

 

Tragic. Another example of the result of galvanic corrosion. 

I don't quite follow your comment. That boat was stolen from its mooring on the south Oxford and set alight in the Braunston area. Whether by the thieves or others I know not. 

I don't see how galvanic  corrosion had anything to do with what happened.

Haggis

Edited May 20, 2021 by haggis

[ditchcrawler]

5 minutes ago, haggis said:

I don't quite follow your comment. That boat was stolen from its mooring on the south Oxford and set alight in the Braunston area. Whether by the thieves or others I know not. 

I don't see how galvanic  corrosion had anything to do with what happened.

Haggis

I think it was a joke

[haggis]

35 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

I think it was a joke

Oh, I didn't recognise it as such as it wasn't from one of the forums Jokers ?. 

 

Haggis