Fally-over houseboat ship project
Discussion
Yeah, I'm not sure where it will go from here. They're nice people, but maybe in the process of taking on more than they know. I don't know. They do atleast I think they aren't going to just DIY it on Saturdays, but at the moment can clear the junk off and strip obvious trash out.
Due to meet them at a social distance Saturday as part of walking the dogs.
I forgot the exact timeline, but yeah I think mid 70s it had a wodge of cash to convert it to a leasure craft. Then about 10-15 years ago a cheep and dirty spruce up including the plywood bulwarks to do charter work. They fell on harder times and I think had some really low grade work done to her as a half cut recovery bodge.
They are in touch with some of her sister craft including restored examples and those who did the work. Money is coming in via various crowd funding routes. Who knows.
Daniel
Due to meet them at a social distance Saturday as part of walking the dogs.
I forgot the exact timeline, but yeah I think mid 70s it had a wodge of cash to convert it to a leasure craft. Then about 10-15 years ago a cheep and dirty spruce up including the plywood bulwarks to do charter work. They fell on harder times and I think had some really low grade work done to her as a half cut recovery bodge.
They are in touch with some of her sister craft including restored examples and those who did the work. Money is coming in via various crowd funding routes. Who knows.
Daniel
This.
Huntsman said:
In the case of Ship Happens, it needs to be BOAM.
I watched their vids a bit, that boat needs to be under cover with a team of three, led by an experienced shipwright, for a year, she is big, complex build, the surgery to remove the rot will be serious work. To my mind, unless they have got several million to spend, its a non starter.
I have the wooden boat T shirt, 3 rebuilds on boats of 28 and 31 foot, boats that are about 3.5 to 4.25 tons. I have done all the work myself, been to A&E, nearly killed myself trying, I can tell them, they cannot do that boat on a DIY part time basis. Its just not doable. I hate to be negative about a wooden boat, they run in my veins, but not that f
king great big thing!
I watched their vids a bit, that boat needs to be under cover with a team of three, led by an experienced shipwright, for a year, she is big, complex build, the surgery to remove the rot will be serious work. To my mind, unless they have got several million to spend, its a non starter.
I have the wooden boat T shirt, 3 rebuilds on boats of 28 and 31 foot, boats that are about 3.5 to 4.25 tons. I have done all the work myself, been to A&E, nearly killed myself trying, I can tell them, they cannot do that boat on a DIY part time basis. Its just not doable. I hate to be negative about a wooden boat, they run in my veins, but not that f
king great big thing!Arnie Cunningham said:
Doubt it.
And in the case of ship happens, I no longer follow them. It’s clear they are in so deep over their heads, but don’t realise it.
The tat they’ve been buying, Amazon wish lists, etc. Clearly no clue.
Watched one recently out of morbid curiosity; brass gate valves have no business being anywhere near salt water, it will be rotten as a peach with dezincification. I expect the throughhull is the same, waiting to sink the thing like a UXB.And in the case of ship happens, I no longer follow them. It’s clear they are in so deep over their heads, but don’t realise it.
The tat they’ve been buying, Amazon wish lists, etc. Clearly no clue.
hidetheelephants said:
Arnie Cunningham said:
Doubt it.
And in the case of ship happens, I no longer follow them. It’s clear they are in so deep over their heads, but don’t realise it.
The tat they’ve been buying, Amazon wish lists, etc. Clearly no clue.
Watched one recently out of morbid curiosity; brass gate valves have no business being anywhere near salt water, it will be rotten as a peach with dezincification. I expect the throughhull is the same, waiting to sink the thing like a UXB.And in the case of ship happens, I no longer follow them. It’s clear they are in so deep over their heads, but don’t realise it.
The tat they’ve been buying, Amazon wish lists, etc. Clearly no clue.
Is it possible to tell from their video?
Googling indicates the same to be an issue with brass screws, which I must admit came as a bit of a surprise. Every day's a school day!
paintman said:
hidetheelephants said:
Arnie Cunningham said:
Doubt it.
And in the case of ship happens, I no longer follow them. It’s clear they are in so deep over their heads, but don’t realise it.
The tat they’ve been buying, Amazon wish lists, etc. Clearly no clue.
Watched one recently out of morbid curiosity; brass gate valves have no business being anywhere near salt water, it will be rotten as a peach with dezincification. I expect the throughhull is the same, waiting to sink the thing like a UXB.And in the case of ship happens, I no longer follow them. It’s clear they are in so deep over their heads, but don’t realise it.
The tat they’ve been buying, Amazon wish lists, etc. Clearly no clue.
Is it possible to tell from their video?
Googling indicates the same to be an issue with brass screws, which I must admit came as a bit of a surprise. Every day's a school day!
But to their credit anything that hasn't got a hole in it is better than something that has when the tide is coming in.
Arnie Cunningham said:
You could be mates with Pash 1 with comments like that.
Passes Arnie the handy mahogany plug I carry when he's forgotten to do the bung up on the Arrow, rejected as not shiny enough. MOTORVATOR said:
anything that hasn't got a hole in it is better than something that has when the tide is coming in.
paintman said:
hidetheelephants said:
Arnie Cunningham said:
Doubt it.
And in the case of ship happens, I no longer follow them. It’s clear they are in so deep over their heads, but don’t realise it.
The tat they’ve been buying, Amazon wish lists, etc. Clearly no clue.
Watched one recently out of morbid curiosity; brass gate valves have no business being anywhere near salt water, it will be rotten as a peach with dezincification. I expect the throughhull is the same, waiting to sink the thing like a UXB.And in the case of ship happens, I no longer follow them. It’s clear they are in so deep over their heads, but don’t realise it.
The tat they’ve been buying, Amazon wish lists, etc. Clearly no clue.
Is it possible to tell from their video?
Googling indicates the same to be an issue with brass screws, which I must admit came as a bit of a surprise. Every day's a school day!
Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff