Fally-over houseboat ship project

[Huntsman]

Anybody mad enough?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Steel-Houseboat-Project...

How would you parbuckle it?

(Interesting that anyone has bid at all, I would want it to come with a modest dowry.)

[Huntsman]

Steve_D said:

If the description is correct and it flooded due to a failed valve and the mooring dries out then simply fixing the valve and pumping out at low water should see her floating on the next tide.
Or am I missing something.
I like her lines so must be worth saving.

Steve

She'll be full of mud by now. If you stopped her flooding, the weight of mud pulling her down could do some damage I would think.

For sure, could be pretty enough, but I'm not so sure about being worth saving.

[Huntsman]

MOTORVATOR said:

Lot more to it than meets the eye. Maldon council have been trying to track down the owner for years to discuss insurance and obviously now removal. Sits on a very small holding owned by MDC within the Crouch Harbour.

Owner appears to have an ebay account....

[Huntsman]

Presumably people are bidding for the scrap value.

[Huntsman]

Chances of a sale completing?

[Huntsman]

The temptation to send a barrage of silly questions is strong....

[Huntsman]

Brother D said:

So I don't think it's a silly question...

But, couldn't you pump out all the water at low tide, then find the leak on the next incoming tide, fix it on the next low tide, then 'wrap' the starboard side in thick plastic to stop the water coming in to any broken windows on that side, and use the rising water to right the ship?

(Or how would a salvage company do it)?

I'd love to know how the people that are said to have quoted £7500 to right her would do it. What would you be getting for your money?

I reckon she'll have many tons of mud inside by now.

[Huntsman]

jbswagger said:

http://www.maldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk/news/156...


"The Llys Helig supports gave out in March this year meaning the boat collapsed onto its right hand side."


A different reason as to why the boat is on it's side?

Begs the question why it needed supports...

You can see it on google maps lying on its side.

I think....if I wanted to take it on, it'd have to come with a dowry.

[Huntsman]

pidsy said:

I, like others would be fascinated to see what happens next.

Anybody local know?

[Huntsman]

WF36 said:

Last I heard it was still sat there.

Is it still there?

[Huntsman]

Apparently now upright!

[Huntsman]

I wonder who is behind ths restoration.

[Huntsman]

classicaholic said:

Now that has class!

Looks like Nahlin.

[Huntsman]

I read on Twitrer that Llys Helig is staying put for a while longer before heading off to dry dock.

[Huntsman]

dhutch said:

Video announcement on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/llyshelig1922/videos/1199...

In summary, as the weather has broke for winter they have decided to wait for spring. In the meantime they are going to replace missing deck beams to the aft and put Inna temporary deck for winter and the crossing, and do some above waterline hull repairs.

Daniel

Seems a sensible approach.

[Huntsman]

I wonder when we'll see some news.

[Huntsman]

I messaged him on facebook today and got a reply.

Keep watching.

[Huntsman]

classicaholic said:

We all know what BOAT stands for!

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 fking great big thing!

[Huntsman]

ClaphamGT3 said:

Krikkit said:

How does a ship like that, inside Holyhead sea wall, manage to be so badly damaged?

As I looked at it, the vessel was lee-shored athwart the gabions that make up the sea wall. In the prevailing sea state, no vessel will survive that for long

Plus she was timber and rotten as a pear.

[Huntsman]

Any news of Llys Helig?