Darke steel boats building a shell

[stan4]

bows cut to shape then pulled into shape ,water tank is then built into bows and fully welded

[stan4]

bows cut to shape then pulled into shape ,water tank is then built into bows and fully welded

front and rear bulkheads are tacked in place ,rear self draining deck is tacked in and then all fully welded ,front deck is cut to shape and all fully welded

[Athy]

Good information Stan, thank you for posting the photos.

[stan4]

Good information Stan, thank you for posting the photos.

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Cabin sheets are pressed to shape roof boxsrolled and welded into place ,then lifed into place strightened tacked into place ready for next sheet

[KenLyn]

We popped in and saw this shell the other week and were extremely impressed. Well done Stan.

[stan4]

We popped in and saw this shell the other week and were extremely impressed. Well done Stan.

all handrails and fittings welded in place shell is then fully die pended and fully cleaned down ready to spray and black windows cut and fitted

[stan4]

ballast and floor is put in then shell is battened out useing 2x1 tannalised battens ready for foam spraying

[casper ghost]

Is this an advert....

[twinpot]

Quite a long advert.

[Bob the welder]

Is this an advert....

get coat

[Athy]

It possibly is an advert but, especially for members who are thinking of having a boat built, it is a step-by-step portrayal of how it's done. Stan has not actually offered the boat for sale yet, though, so it qualifies as information rather than advertising.

[Grace and Favour]

It's a recruitment poster series for the Darke arts . . . ..

 

 

 

 

Though obviously the copy editor is not practising at the moment

 

 

Stan is obviously a man of few words (and he's saving those for when he really needs to spend them)

Edited May 8, 2010 by Grace & Favour

[ChrisPy]

not much of an advert, if it has taken 19 weeks to build the shell!

[casper ghost]

not much of an advert, if it has taken 19 weeks to build the shell!

I don't know, we took 19 weeks too...