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Rich P

Project completed!

Well as much as it ever will be haha.
Time to start enjoying it, I'll close up this 5 year old thread with an in action shot:

Rich P

Well after a long time (most of it unfortunately spent at work and not on the boat), the deck is nearing completion. I removed all the old fittings, sanded back, filled and faired, filled and faired some more. I went with a single pack paint as I didn't want to have to remove all of the old paint. T...

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Well she's now out of the water, the advantage of a mud berth is that after 2 years afloat, no fouling! http://i.imgur.com/S8H8vBn.jpg http://i.imgur.com/kE2S2LN.jpg Theres been a lot of behind scenes stuff going on with the wiring that I haven't bothered taking photos of, wiring runs, brackets etc....

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The time has finally come for me to repaint the decks, coachroof and cockpit on the boat. Both the non slip AND the gloss. The previous owners finish left a lot to be desired so I"m redoing the whole lot. As I intend to use a 2 part paint I need to fully remove the old 1 part paint, looking for...

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She looks fantastic!
Always great to see someone finish a project, gives me more motivation.

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I sold the first boat, the quarter tonner 'Chicane'. This is the one I bought which needed far less work doing, Chicane was a full rip out and rebuild. pjesus, yes I fully intend to use Duralac on all mast components, I've a stock left over from my aircraft fitting days so that should do me. I'm pla...

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The problem with the old switch panel was the long wiring runs, the batteries were in a location that wasn't really suitable, but moving the batteries meant that all the power feed wires had to cross the engine from port to starboard, I decided I wanted to keep them as much to one side as possible a...

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Well at last an update for you all! 4 Years, on, and there no longer seems to be much activity on this forum, is there another website about boatbuilding you've all migrated to, or has everyone been busy? Basically I ended up running out of money mid refit and having to get another job. I worked for...

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Well it's been a while since I've posted to this, to be honest I just got fed up of taking photo's of everything I was doing :P Got an awful lot more done since the last update, the boats starting to get nearly there, I'll give an update in pictures: - Painted Floor - Replaced Backstay Eye - Galley ...

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I've had barely any time to work on the boat because I've been moving house, but that's all done and its a miserable rainy day outside so I'll do a quick update on where I'm at. The next stage is sorting out the deck leaks, and re painting and varnishing the interior. Also I'm recovering the worktop...

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Just as an aside, I had decided to name the boat Wanderlust, and then I noticed there was a Wanderlust on NYR pages! I must have read it and unconsciously chose the name :P

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Slow but steady progress, not an awful lot to report. I've started painting out the lockers on board, some of them smelled a bit and looked mucky even after repeated scrubbing, it's been a slow process because I can only do so many at a time, needing the others to stash stuff in! https://lh5.googleu...

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I'm talking about the plastic blocks with the two screws that all your live feed's are going into, I had those on the previous electrical system of my boat and they melted into a glob of plastic with a short!
My understanding is that they are bad practice?

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Oops!

My mistake, I mean Chocolate Blocks haha :D

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Paulus wrote:Finishing touches...

Finally wired it up...

Now all I have to do is put it back where it belongs and go sailing

Looking beautiful!
But all that work and your using the hated chocolate boxes!!

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http://www.syrebellion.com/info-boot-en.htm

If you scroll down to near the bottom you can see the Solid Dodger on this boat, I actually think it doesn't look to bad, and it should be nice and functional!
I'm probably going to make a removable version for my boat.

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Well, as it turned out it wasn't a lake of diesel, it was a lake of water with some residual diesel in it! More on that in a bit. I traced the fuel problems back to the filter, there was a crack in the glass bowl, this was letting air into the filter, and starving the engine of fuel... I was going t...

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Well I had chance to have a look at the fuel system today, and I found a lovely diesel lake!
Sighhh!
Gonna go over everything with a fine tooth-comb tomorrow and find out whats wrong :|

Thank god its not a petrol engine hahah!

Rich P

I'd definitely go for it! My opinion (and its just that) is that outboards excepted a petrol engine has no place on a yacht, Apart from the obvious fire risk, (You always seem to end up with fuel in the bilge at some point... flammable vapours... no thanks!) they're less economical (less of a proble...

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Thanks for the helpful replies :) The white you see at the edge of the tabbing is where they have some sort of thicker weave to stop the glass tape unravelling at the edges. Its by no means the best bit of tabbing that I've done, but access was an absolute pig and It was more just to give it that li...

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The storm jib hanks will chafe the Dyneema - best to use stainless. Dyneema is lighter and stronger for the same diameter though... I think for the amount of time I'll be using a storm jib it should be ok, especially as I shall be going a couple of mm up on the size of the stay. It also needs to be...

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Once the epoxy was cured, I gave the whole tank area and platform a coat of bilgepaint... I often wonder if I should go with white as it would make the locker much brighter and easier to work in. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RXK__-rqBvE/TT89oje5d7I/AAAAAAAAAR4/HXnD5gFK0TE/s800/IMAG0359.jpg (Sorry no pics f...

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Well time for an update! I've pretty much finished the fuel system now, there's a few problems I need to iron out, I'll explain later in the post. This is the area that the tank was to go over, pretty grotty from diesel spills and neglect: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RXK__-rqBvE/TT89mTE8sRI/AAAAAAAAARc/8N...

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Never a yacht, they're far to buoyant, with enough freeboard to be fine. There was a narrowboat in the creek once and being long and flat bottomed it had insufficient buoyancy to break the muds suction and filled with the tide and sank! We had to refloat her the next tide by pumping her out and as t...

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Its not grit, its like a thick ooze, you'd sink up to your waist at least if you fell in.
It does clog up log paddlewheels sometimes though :)

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The quick answer is YES! The slightly longer answer: When the yacht sits up to her marks in the mud, it keeps the hull completely clear of marine fouling. Although we still anti-foul for when we travel elsewhere etc. Its important when you lift out to clean the bottom of the Hull straight away, on m...

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Thanks for the advice you two, think I'll go with that for the backing plate! :) The transom isn't thick enough or stiff enough IMO to be cored, however I have also found that while all the other chainplates are substantial, the backstay is just a U bolt with a tiny backing pad going to the deck. I ...

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I'll come up with a better name for it eventually! I'll still be posting here, because people appreciate the more technical nature of detailing a refit. The blog will be about what I get up to when I go, with a mainly picture based look at the refit, but I'll also be covering the other aspects, plan...

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See what I mean? Even your hose clamps sound exotic and festive ;) Sounds like you are getting in there and gettin'er done! Thanks for the posts/photos. That fuel line sounds like a nightmare. Rachel They are actually called Hose Clamps here as well! However a really well known and respected manufa...

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I'd planned on leaving the fuel system for a while, however when the myriad of old brittle copper joints decided to start leaking, my hand was forced! I'm planning on replacing the tank at the same time because the old mild steel one is covered with rust and best consigned to the scrap-heap. So anyw...

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Well here's a photo of her in the mud for you: http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RXK__-rqBvE/TTH6HJWtAZI/AAAAAAAAAPc/1RR1KZQZgK4/s800/IMAG0332.jpg Generally speaking the creek is pretty sheltered although on very large tides 9.1m + usually we can get waves over the river bank, the channel to get out is fairly s...

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Got a cheap Eberspacher blown air system!

I'll hold off on the water till a later date, I'll do without it at first and see how things go :)

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I think the progress you've made is amazing, its puts my efforts completely in the shade!
Fantastic work!

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Well, the decision could be decided soon, I'm bidding on an old forced air system on ebay, It looks like it could be a steal at the moment! At the moment forced air looks the way to go, the power requirements are manageable once the unit has started (10-15wats), and they don't use to much diesel... ...

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I initially looked at the bulkhead mounted heaters as my initial preference. While I thought them ideal, they are often much more expensive than other options, also, they don't look to be too effective to driving damp out the boat. For example this current boat (which admittedly had been laid up and...

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Electric heaters are great... When you have shorepower! I'd like to be able to heat the boat when on the hook, or on a mooring :). As for the water heater I was thinking: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-Litre-Surecal-Calorifier-water-heater-and-immersion-/180587861513?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_BoatEquipment...

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Hey there! As part of my plans to make Dreadnought comfy to live aboard, I intend to install some form of heating, and hot and cold running water, probably a bit much for the size of the boat but something I'd like for living aboard! For example it would be nice, if I'm on passage and everything get...

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Hmm, I'm not sure. Britain seems to have a monopoly on sailing literature, I've never ready many cruising stories pertaining to America, in fact the only sailing novel I've read by an American is Sailing alone around the World - Joshua Slocum. The only exotic things I can think of regards cruising i...

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Do you not get tidal estuaries full of swatchways and creeks on your side of the pond? Its an easy choice for me, around £200ish for a years berthing here, and use of all the showers, club house bar, facilities etc. Or I can pay over £2000 in the local marina... Not! I've not told the full story, bu...

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First steps! When I first bought her, she was in a marina, and paid up till the 31st of December. The priority was to get the new engine in so that I could move her up to her new mud berth, which is around 10x cheaper, and also being a part of a sailing club is far better for working on board as the...

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Well here we go again! I've left all this here for historical accuracy! This list is obsolete, some of it complete some of it not, all updates will be at the bottom! I've finally got round to starting the blog for my new project, if any of you have read my old one you'll know that I now have a new b...

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Thanks for the support :)

Didn't know if I'd be shouted down! Haha

I think my father is indifferent about Chicane, its more likely he's trying to help me without seeming to obviously, I'm immensely grateful.

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I know you've probably already checked, is the breather for the tank clogged?
That often allows the engine to run, but then cut out when a demand is put on it.. .

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Well its been a while since I posted on this, in that time the build has progressed a fair way, although that is not the point of this post. I've learned a lot about this project, a lot more about boat building than I ever expected to, and a fair bit about myself... I don't really enjoy enjoy interi...

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Ok here we go! The non-skid areas of the deck are largely finished, remember I'm going for a functional appearance, as I intend to use the boat long distance I expect her to take some hammer so as long as she looks great from a few yards back I'm happy :). First off I had to re-bed any hardware that...

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Don't worry about, there's a chap at my sailing club that had an old classic, in order to make it competitive in the Nationals he had to get the Keel recast into the newer shape, he also had to take the hull thickness right down the equivalent of the newer boats to help with the weight. Agree with w...

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I mean't that because the early GRP ones were built before designers understood the full strength of the material, the hull layup was a lot thicker then on the later hulls which saved a lot of weight with less glass fibre.

Sorry if that doesn't make sense I'll re-write it after I've sobered up :P

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I have got updates from last weekend and I will upload them soon!
Its just getting round to it :|

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One Way David wrote:
Rich P wrote:...build like a brick outhouse they are!
May be, but she looks more sleek and speed to me, like a greyhound just off the starting block.

Dave.

Sorry, I mean't in relation to the lay-up, not the lines :)

Rich P

A flying fifteen was my first boat (Barring an optimist dinghy), I had the 10th hull built in GRP, build like a brick outhouse they are!

They're very good sailing boats and a blast to sail, I paid £100 for mine with a trailer when I was 15 :) Memories :)

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