Member Removed Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 hi could do with more of your help . many thanks to AFISHIONDO for his research . this here boat? . i aquired . what should be the lay out of the forard cabin , what should be in it ?. evrey thing in the boat has been ripped out by former owners. i realy could do with some ideas. thanks martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Not sure what you meant? Surely if you have a blank boat, you can put whatever you want inside the cabin, it's like starting with a blank piece of paper, just draw away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy fred Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 i think nice slate tiled floors and polystyrene tiles on the cabin roof " nice" and perhaps pink draylon curtains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 hi could do with more of your help . many thanks to AFISHIONDO for his research . this here boat? . i aquired . what should be the lay out of the forard cabin , what should be in it ?. evrey thing in the boat has been ripped out by former owners. i realy could do with some ideas. thanks martin The origional Sea Nymph was sold as a complete boat, if yours is one of these can you sea the marks where the bunks were bonded into the hull? However the later Sea Nymphs which were made using the early moulds were sold by various people and some of these were sold as bare hulls with just the hull and the top bonded together. Some were even sold in a 'cuddy' format without even a rear bulkhead to the cabin. If you can't see where the interior moulding was bonded in, it may be that yours is one of the bare hull Sea Nymphs and never had an interior at all. Any way, what you put in is up to what you want to do with the boat. Remember that if you do a lot of interior construction in marine ply you will be adding a lot of weight. Do you intend to sleep in the boat? Or will slatted side benches do? If there is no bow bulkhead/ seat I would strongly recommend that you fit one for hull rigidity and strength. DO NOT FILL IT WITH BUILDERS FOAM!! The foam can absorb water if it hasn't cured properly and you can end up with 100lb of bow weight. You are far better off leaving it as a void with a small hole filled with a screw bung at the lowest point. Come back with a bit more info' on what you want to do with the boat but let simplicity be your guide, built in bogs and fitted kitchens 'cos Aunty Freda might come out on it once in a blue moon just don't work on a small boat. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Removed Posted June 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 thanks for your replies. you can see where boyancy pods in the cockpit have been cut back and filled with ceiling tile and expanding foam,not sure what foam it is ,there is/was a sealed compartment in the bow ,this has been cut into and a smaller locker put in then the remaining void filled with expanding foam. i have put a15hp on ,do you reckon i will get 10kts or more? :rolleyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 i have put a15hp on ,do you reckon i will get 10kts or more? :rolleyes No The Sea Nymph is a displacement hull and displacement hulls have a more or less unbending formula for speed in Knts. 1.5 X the Sq root of the WATER LINE length = The hulls top speed I guess the W/L length of your hull is about 16ft Therefore the square root is 4 and 4 X 1.5 is 6 Knts. In use one may expect a little more on smooth water but there comes a point when the back has sunk down and the bow has come up so that there is a 'hill' that the boat will never climb. It looks daft, wastes fuel, and the boat goes no faster. This 'hill or hump' of water just behind the bow which is what a planeing hull is able to slip over (given enough power) to achieve planeing speed. The speed at which various hulls achieve this point at is called (If you will pardon the expression) the hulls 'hump' speed. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will church Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Hi Martin I have just bought a Sea Nymph - perhaps we could have a Sea Nymph Forum?!? Anyway, you'll be welcome to come and have a look, will be hoping to pick her up next week, or come out for a sea trial. She has a 15hp and yes is very slow, but seems to handle the water very nicely - though it was calm when i went out yesterday. What does seem good is she doesn't roll really bad when two people are on one side (that was a test, not my usual practice!) I think they're great!!! PS one adaption I have been thinking of is making a ply box to sit over the outboard, providing space for bait boards etc., just not sure how to keep an eye on the water tell tale with that on. Humm? All the best, and look forward to you getting her on the water - I'm guessing she's undergoing a refurb at the moment? Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 PS one adaption I have been thinking of is making a ply box to sit over the outboard, providing space for bait boards etc., just not sure how to keep an eye on the water tell tale with that on. Humm? Ooops that's a no no! What happens is the engine starts to rebreath its own exhaust gas and runs like a bag of snot. One can do something similar but you must make it more like a table with legs rather than an all encompasing box. Mad Mike PS can we call you two The Nymphettes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 ur a clever git mike sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Will, Glad to see you are still boating, I was beginning to think you had got put off after the trip we had in a very choppy Solent when your Wilson Flyer looked like a gigantic Cheese Cutter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will church Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 I loved that trip Paul! And I'm still very grateful for the help. Wilson was a lovely boat but just didn't get enough use, so I've released some capital to pay for berthing/boat park type thing. Also I now have no pressue of getting home to keep myself in brownie points and so would love to be making the most of it all, though with 8 weddings, 2 stag doos and 3 30th birthdays (mine included!) this summer I am short of weekends for boating fun! However, I am at least pleased to near that I have a fellow nymphette that will be going as slowly as me around the Solent! Afishionado, thanks for pointing out the obvious to me the idiot here who missed it! Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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