The Cornish Puffin

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J3JCV

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1,248 posts

154 months

Sunday 24th March 2013
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Bought a small boat for the family to explore Falmouth Harbour and the Carrick Roads, she was built in 1973 is 19 or 20' long and worked as a Fishing boat between 88 and 91 as PZ452.




Most recently she has been heavily used a leisure fishing boat, so to make her in to a family launch will take some effort!




oddly she happens to be stored on the hard right next to our old Hurley 22 that we old before moving to Italy about 3 years ago.


We had great times in that boat.

I will update with work in progress.

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 24th March 2013
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Hello sailor, what's with the pot of Vaseline in the cabin? hehe

SlimRick

2,258 posts

164 months

Sunday 24th March 2013
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Crossflow Kid said:
Hello sailor, what's with the pot of Vaseline in the cabin? hehe
Roger the cabin boy?

Fishtigua

9,786 posts

194 months

Sunday 24th March 2013
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Crossflow Kid said:
Hello sailor, what's with the pot of Vaseline in the cabin? hehe
Makes zippers silent and poppers ping for easy access.

Hooli

32,278 posts

199 months

Sunday 24th March 2013
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Crossflow Kid said:
Hello sailor, what's with the pot of Vaseline in the cabin? hehe
rofl PH - Little Details Matter

J3JCV

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1,248 posts

154 months

Sunday 24th March 2013
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Ha Vaseline...... those photos were taken on my first look aboard, some of you should have known better and spotted the blue tin of Morris Grease to Port, thats the real stuff for ramming in the stern tube to keep the bilge dry.

Anyway this is how it looks now!



I have also taken most of the deck fittings off to reseal and replace.



The mighty Beta 30


Fishtigua

9,786 posts

194 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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Those Beta engines will run for ever, fantastic things. I see you've also got a R & D coupling that looks quite new, again a good bit of kit. I see what you mean about the decks, some heavy use from fishing there.

All in all, a nice, chunky little boat.

Ali Chappussy

876 posts

144 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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J3JCV said:
some of you should have known better and spotted the blue tin of Morris Grease to Port, thats the real stuff for ramming in the stern tube to keep the bilge dry.
That's what they were suggesting dear boy!!

J3JCV

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1,248 posts

154 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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No.....not on Pistonheads shirley.

bluesatin

3,114 posts

271 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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R&D Coupling are so simple but make such a difference. Would recommend to anybody with a slight wobble on the shaft!

Ali Chappussy

876 posts

144 months

Thursday 28th March 2013
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J3JCV said:
No.....not on Pistonheads shirley.
Don't call me Shirley!

J3JCV

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1,248 posts

154 months

Monday 8th April 2013
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So it was antifouling time over the weekend, I popped down on Sat morning and put on a bit of epoxy over some of the worst bits, taped it off and went home for lunch.

When I came back I was faced with this..


Some doofus parked a car with a country mile between it and the Discovery, but less room than the length of my roller to the boat! Patchy epoxy and blue tape in a boatyard at this time of year can only mean one thing and this was not obvious to said parker.

Anyway a couple of coats of Micron 66 later and she looks like this.


I have ordered a new prop from Teignbridge today as this one is way to big, shame though as it is fine and will be a waste just to leave in the garage.

Fishtigua

9,786 posts

194 months

Monday 8th April 2013
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I think she just smiled at me.

zed4

7,248 posts

221 months

Monday 8th April 2013
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That's just perfect for round there. Nice purchase.

Is it at Mylor at present? I love it there. My girlfriends parents used to live there, they still have the house but its now let out. frown I miss my holiday cottage! I loved taking my RIB down there in the summer. Fishing, cruising and visiting the pubs up the river. Heaven. A beautiful area for photography too.

J3JCV

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1,248 posts

154 months

Monday 8th April 2013
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Yep it's at Mylor Yacht Harbour, I grew up on that yard as my dad ran the place for nearly 50 years!

zed4

7,248 posts

221 months

Monday 8th April 2013
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J3JCV said:
Yep it's at Mylor Yacht Harbour, I grew up on that yard as my dad ran the place for nearly 50 years!
That must have been amazing! I'd love to find work down there and move there. I must talk to Ancasta to see if they have any work!

J3JCV

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1,248 posts

154 months

Sunday 14th April 2013
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So it was round two of doofus parking today:


But I was only down to de-winterise the engine, & put on the shiny new prop.



I have also fitted a decent bow roller, as I will keep her on a swinging mooring and will be using 10mm chain for the pick up. This week I also added a small boarding ladder on the stern for emergencies, doubt I will use it for swimming unless I get used to the UK sea temp again!!




V41LEY

2,889 posts

237 months

Monday 15th April 2013
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Ali Chappussy said:
J3JCV said:
some of you should have known better and spotted the blue tin of Morris Grease to Port, thats the real stuff for ramming in the stern tube to keep the bilge dry.
That's what they were suggesting dear boy!!
Absolute classic ! Laugh out loud moment here !

J3JCV

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1,248 posts

154 months

Wednesday 24th April 2013
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I have got my tiller back from the finishers at work and my god I could never imagined a 40 year old piece of timber that was water stained and bashed up would look so good!

Picture doesn't do it justice, but the first thing a friend said when he saw it was "you should take the rudder off and get the whole lot done properly as its a shame to stick that in there".

J3JCV

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1,248 posts

154 months

Friday 3rd May 2013
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Took her for her 1st run today and its all good, needs more ballast up forward though, as she tries to leap out of the water from about 2500 to 3500 rpm but only up about 1 knot boat speed.