Fally-over houseboat ship project

[Robertj21a]

paintman said:

Crouch of Kibworth, Leicestershire with the recovery truck.

Their usual work can be seen on the TV series 'Trucking Hell' & I wonder if we'll see this on a future programme.

Saw them in action many times in the 80s & 90 as they are used a lot by Leicestershire Police - always good to know it was them that had been called for as they invariably turned up well overgunned for the job so you knew it would be done.

Edited by paintman on Tuesday 25th August 23:46

Massively impressive truck recovery business.

[hidetheelephants]

dhutch said:

mean I am sure there will be some fothering type work too. I dont know who is project managing, who is advising who, or who is stipulating what in terms of how it is carried out, but I expect if nothing else, very little is being done in haste or under the radar, given the amount of time it has been on its side gathering 'interest' from all sides!

I love work, could watch it all day....

Daniel

There's no fothering; it would be obvious if there were. It may be that insurance cover for the tow to the medway or wherever it's going is void unless more conventional methods are used but it would be a lot quicker. There's nothing wrong with doing things by the book but it's not the only way and it's not fast.

[robm3]

Condi said:

Scrump said:

Condi said:

You do wonder why people think they can keep adding weight to the top of boats without thinking or consulting a navel architect. It looks like there is probably half a tonne of bricks in the fireplace, along with a few tonnes of steel added on top of what would have been the upper deck. Obviously she's been changed a lot since new, but it's hardly surprising she was unstable.

That is a really niche profession. Is there much call for designer belly buttons?

Why not, if you can buy a designer vagina, have anal bleaching, and sculpt stomach fat to make it look like you have a 6 pack, someone must have had a designer navel at some point.

And it's very common for a lot of female superstructures have added weight to the front these days, also quite unstable in many ways I suspect.

[Brother D]

So looks like they have done a float test if you go over to their instagram page. Surprised there's not more followers!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE8kpAvBcxI/?igshid=1u...

Edit to add also youtube

Edited by Brother D on Friday 11th September 04:21

[dhutch]

Brother D said:

So looks like they have done a float test if you go over to their instagram page. Surprised there's not more followers!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE8kpAvBcxI/?igshid=1u...

Edit to add also youtube

Great news.

I can well imagine an washing machine, full of silt, is a right sod to lift and remove!

Those wooden floors are absolutely lovely!

Daniel

[XJSJohn]

dhutch said:

Those wooden floors are absolutely lovely!

Decks

[The Mad Monk]

Thinks.

Lot of work to do there. Going to cost a lot of money?

What could possibly go wrong?

[dhutch]

XJSJohn said:

Decks

Valid.

[classicaholic]

With some of the crap stripped out its already starting to look nice, cant wait to see it back to original shape and false bow cut off.

[crofty1984]

She floats! She's a floaty boaty!

[pidsy]

It’s great isn’t it.

Surprised there are more people following this on Instagram.

[LlysHelig]

Hello, thought we should update this thread on the current status of Llys Helig.

She’s now floating and fairly watertight, any water ingress is manageable.
Weekend of 19th - 20th September volunteers will scrape barnacles and paint the hull and superstructure white and the funnel yellow. This is partly so reference points can be applied during the tow, but also to look respectable when she gets to Chatham for the next stage of works.

The most frequently updated info is on the Llyshelig1922 Facebook page if you want to follow the story.

Tow from Burnham to Chatham is planned for last week of September or first week of October.

Thanks for all your kind comments.

The Llys Helig team

[pidsy]

Welcome!!

All of us here are wishing you the best on this project!
It’s a fantastic thing to have chosen to take on.

[interstellar]

LlysHelig said:

Hello, thought we should update this thread on the current status of Llys Helig.

She’s now floating and fairly watertight, any water ingress is manageable.
Weekend of 19th - 20th September volunteers will scrape barnacles and paint the hull and superstructure white and the funnel yellow. This is partly so reference points can be applied during the tow, but also to look respectable when she gets to Chatham for the next stage of works.

The most frequently updated info is on the Llyshelig1922 Facebook page if you want to follow the story.

Tow from Burnham to Chatham is planned for last week of September or first week of October.

Thanks for all your kind comments.

The Llys Helig team

Excellent, stumbled on this on here when it was on ebay and have followed on instagram, best of luck!!

[dhutch]

pidsy said:

Welcome!!

Indeed. Great progress to day.

Glad you have found the thread and joined us.

I have 'liked' the facebook page as well as joined twitter to watch, so should get said updates.

LlysHelig said:

She’s now floating and fairly watertight, any water ingress is manageable.
Weekend of 19th - 20th September... ...paint the hull and superstructure white and the funnel yellow.

Presumably this is in effect also a holding paint, and will do an amount to reduce corrosion till she is ready for stripping back and repainting fully in a few months/years time.

Does seem a bit mad to paint her for just a few months, but I guess the cost of it is negligible, smooths over relationships with those moored near her, as well as given a canvas for the markings while under tow.


Daniel

[CAPP0]

LlysHelig said:

Tow from Burnham to Chatham is planned for last week of September or first week of October.

Please keep us posted on these plans, and if you can be more specific about the destination then if I'm able to I'd love to come down and watch her arrive.

[NickCQ]

dhutch said:

Does seem a bit mad to paint her for just a few months, but I guess the cost of it is negligible

Especially if you ask for volunteers to paint your private yacht

[Europa1]

LlysHelig said:

Hello, thought we should update this thread on the current status of Llys Helig.

She’s now floating and fairly watertight, any water ingress is manageable.
Weekend of 19th - 20th September volunteers will scrape barnacles and paint the hull and superstructure white and the funnel yellow. This is partly so reference points can be applied during the tow, but also to look respectable when she gets to Chatham for the next stage of works.

The most frequently updated info is on the Llyshelig1922 Facebook page if you want to follow the story.

Tow from Burnham to Chatham is planned for last week of September or first week of October.

Thanks for all your kind comments.

The Llys Helig team

May I just say I think yo must be certifiably insane to have taken this on.

And I thank God that there are people like you around. The world would be a poorer, duller place if there weren't.

I doff my virtual cap to you and wish you all the best with the project.

[dhutch]

Europa1 said:

May I just say I think yo must be certifiably insane to have taken this on.

And I thank God that there are people like you around. The world would be a poorer, duller place if there weren't.

I doff my virtual cap to you and wish you all the best with the project.

Absolutely.

Mad, in the best way possible. I only hope to be able to do something even remotely as daft in my own time.

I've shared the link to the Steam Boat Association facebook, which for my sins I currently staff, and they are all very glad to see she has a future.


Daniel

[lufbramatt]

another interesting turn of events- Wonder if google analytics showed a strangely high amount of traffic from PH to the ships website?

As a Chatham local I'll keep an eye out for new arrivals!