Fally-over houseboat ship project

[Huntsman]

hidetheelephants said:

It would be cheaper and much quicker to get a set of lines and have a new one built. Recycle the decking, that's probably the only part worth saving.

Is it the case that a rebuilt does not need to meet current regs for stability and stuff, so you can have a long skinny elegant rebuild or a fugly modern tub?

And, I think a new one is actually not actually much cheaper? Some new plastic stuff is appalling to look at hilariously priced!

[hidetheelephants]

Huntsman said:

hidetheelephants said:

It would be cheaper and much quicker to get a set of lines and have a new one built. Recycle the decking, that's probably the only part worth saving.

Is it the case that a rebuilt does not need to meet current regs for stability and stuff, so you can have a long skinny elegant rebuild or a fugly modern tub?

And, I think a new one is actually not actually much cheaper? Some new plastic stuff is appalling to look at hilariously priced!

No responsible project manager/NavArc would have anything to do with it without meeting basic standards anyway.

[Huntsman]

hidetheelephants said:

No responsible project manager/NavArc would have anything to do with it without meeting basic standards anyway.

I get that.

I guess people do the rebuilds for the romance of it.

[OutInTheShed]

Huntsman said:

The chap that led the project to restore Shemara told me they did 1 million man hours.

Ooof.

As with the amritime heritage thread, there are too many derelict and high maintenance vessels and not enough rich idiots and volunteers to go around.

Too many projects which really aren't very useful even if they get finished.
Too many 'museum' craft which we can't find the budget to maintain.

[Arnold Cunningham]

I wouldnt say "Rich Idiots". If you have the money and you want to do it - go for it.

The real idiots are the ones who embark on the project without any consideration of the true effort or cost of it all and clearly nothing like the required funds.

[dhutch]

Yeah, if I had £100m to my name, I would have bought it already, having haggled the purchase price down to half that, and just get on with it.

Sadly I already have plenty of commitments to my time and money and the red number alongside 'credit card' is nearly as big as the black one alongside 'life savings' so its on hold for now pending funds!

Maybe its a good day to by a lottery ticket?

[Southerner]

-Cappo- said:

dhutch said:

It appear there is a new development.... ....seams an ambitious price tag unless it includes the floating drydock she sits in (which it doesnt) !

https://www.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/classic-boats-mo...

It's probably safe to assume that he had further surveys done and estimates submitted and realised that he was going to be in ten times further than he thought, so he's thrown in the towel. Unfortunately it's also probably safe to assume that that's the end of Llys Helig.

Last line of the ad does say the vendor would “consider a joint ownership approach”, so maybe he isn’t completely done with it just yet!

[Alickadoo]

Southerner said:

Last line of the ad does say the vendor would “consider a joint ownership approach”, so maybe he isn’t completely done with it just yet!

Joint ownership?

What could possibly go wrong?