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- Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:46 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Down to one boat......
- Replies: 30
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Re: Down to one boat......
Hmmmm. I think I'm up to seven, three of them Ospreys. I'm running out of space.
- Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:28 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: It's not an Enterprise... but what is it??
- Replies: 32
- Views: 25222
Re: It's not an Enterprise... but what is it??
In fact if you want a project Osprey I think I may ne able to help with that. I know of one needing some work to the decks and gunwhales but otherwise sound..... Send me a pm if you are interested.
- Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:12 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: It's not an Enterprise... but what is it??
- Replies: 32
- Views: 25222
Re: It's not an Enterprise... but what is it??
As someone who now owns 3 Ospreys, a full set of building templates and jigs and some plans and loves them all can I say you have made a very wise decision. There are plenty of better Ospreys out there for far less than the costs in materials that this boat would need. My mark 3 Claridge built Ospre...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:54 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Another Enterprise
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14608
Re: Another Enterprise
As someone who sees a lot of damaged hulls through my workshop can I also say never stand in a dinghy on a trailer!!!
Hope you and your girlfriend have a lot of fun sailing and fettling her.
Graham
Hope you and your girlfriend have a lot of fun sailing and fettling her.
Graham
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 5:52 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Transom draining flaps
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13605
Re: Transom draining flaps
I have just retrieved my late aunts sailing diaries from her flat in Broadstairs. She kept a record of every race in and modification to their Merlin Rocket 1088 right from collecting the part completed kit from Chippendale in the winter of 1959. In the first sail they half filled with water and so ...
- Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:29 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
- Replies: 57
- Views: 50535
Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
Michael, Was there still a wood shortage in 1948, when this boat was built? With regard to the plank lengths. My father built a sharpie in the 50s and had to go up and down the street buying peoples wood ration tickets from them. The only wood he could find readily available was 6 foot "coffin...
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:45 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: osprey?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4517
Re: osprey?
Yes, Mark 2 Osprey.
- Thu May 15, 2014 8:22 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Gel coat.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4749
Re: Gel coat.
Really all depends what you are trying to do. I would have thought 40 grit would be removing stuff rapidly and leaving scratches - do you mean 400 grit? If preparing for a paint job I wouldn't go that fine - possibly up to 240 grit. If fairing up a repair I would work through the grits from 120 up t...
- Sun Apr 13, 2014 9:25 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: cutting out plywood decks
- Replies: 12
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Re: cutting out plywood decks
It's easier than you think - providing you are renewing the outer gunwhales you only need the centre foredeck join and the small join on the side decks to be precise. Try and use the factory edge of the ply sheet for the foredeck join. Plane a slight undercut angle down its length so with the curve ...
- Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:45 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: miracle rubbing strip
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6085
Re: miracle rubbing strip
I normally use sapele on miracle gunwhales. Mind you mainly because the timber yard across the road from my workshop lets me dig through their offcut pile and there is usually a few bits the right size there. It also does the job well which is a bonus.
- Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:10 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: plastic inspection hatch sealant
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3905
Re: plastic inspection hatch sealant
You also have to think about removal - might you want to take the fitting off again? Sikaflex can mean the fitting is never going to be removed without damage. For tank hatch covers on a wooden boat I might want to remove them for varnishing so would tend to use a bog standard silicone. It is just a...
- Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:50 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: miracle restoration
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16699
Re: miracle restoration
Do paint inside the tanks. You don't want the front falling off....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43lBiJIzEPk
- Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:24 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: miracle restoration
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16699
Re: miracle restoration
The Class rules prohibit hatches on the deck. They should be on vertical bulkheads. It is easier to fit as the surface is flat rather than the slightly curved deck. If I was at your stage with my restoration, I would bring the bulkhead aft to the cut away bulkhead. Gives more buoyancy and much easi...
- Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:56 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: miracle restoration
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16699
Re: miracle restoration
If you can get it back to clean sound wood epoxy coat. If at all contaminated with previous coatings then paint.
- Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:04 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: wood glue or epoxy ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4949
Re: wood glue or epoxy ?
With plenty of clamps no pins needed at all - I use those cheap spring clamps you find in pound shops. I have seen it done with C shapes cut out of ply and timber wedges. Round the outside the deck fits over the inner gunwhale section so clamping is easy. There are a couple of ways of doing the cent...