Graham Nash

congratulations on the new boat Mike. I cant wait to see what you've bought. I cant imagine you'll have any issues selling Sea Jay.

I am so excited about getting out and about this year Im compiling a list of the slipways I can use to try to keep my fuel costs down a little while exploring some different spots. I was walking around Christchurch today and Wick looks like a candidate for my I.O.W trips. It mentions it can only be used at high water, does anyone have any experience of this slip? Id guess Id probably prefer to use it at smaller tides and get there very early. Whats it like in the summer? I know about the moving channel at Mudeford so would take extra care there. Any comments would be gratefully received..

Sold.

I was completely unsure what I was going to need to replace my deck so I went mad .... Im a firm believer of "Id rather be looking at it than for it" 😁 I have about 12/15 met of 600g chop strand glass (probably closer to 15 met) cost me £2.50 per met and about the same of 400g chop strand glass (cost me £2.25 per met.) I also have 25 kg of polyester resin and hardener in 5kg containers (cost me £27.72 per 5kg). Cost to me of this was about £195. Anyone looking to do some major glassing could make me a reasonable offer over £100 and save themselves a bob or two.

She could be right .... You certainly wont be missed if you fall overboard!

yes you're absolutely right. I have a large one under the mount, and two beneath the skeg. Mike (Fishermans Cafe) explained their purpose while I was devouring a large breakfast this morning :-)

Im heading down to the boat in a minute. Ill have a look. Thanks

Im not sure I have any anodes Charlie, the outboard is tilted out of the water once I moor up and the power is disconnected completely (do I need one)?

That's exactly what I was hoping to hear :-)

Good morning, my boat is moored up wareham river which (it would seem) is relatively fresh water. I antifouled it a couple of years ago and it has been in the water since. Most small boat owners said at the time that they only do theirs every 3 or 4 years because of the lack of need. My boat is out of the water at the moment and they are right, there is no build up on the hull and it looks pretty good. However, while its out I'm considering refreshing it again. Do I need to remove the old stuff first (because that will be the deal breaker as to whether it gets done again or not). Many thanks.

yes jerry

Yet another garage clear out. This has been unused probably 10 years. It needs a good clean (and air). Too bulky for me, probably suited to the real hardcore fisherman or even shore fisherman. Size XL. I'm about 16 stone and it fitted me. Free to whoever can collect (or maybe drop off at the next meeting)

how did this go Jim? I bought one years ago. I even fitted a motor on it. But i was generally too cold, too close to the water, too unbalanced, too vulnerable, too unfit and just a bit too fat :-) I sold it to a guy who said he was going to use it to paddle from Cornwall to Dover with his dog. I never heard from him again but i never read any reports in the news to suggest he either did it or failed while doing it.

although you dont need it due to the fantastic offers from Nigel and Martin. For anyone else, the car park behind the Thistle Hotel has no height restrictions and the one right next to the Twin sails is very cheap and also has no height restrictions. Both are able to park 24 hours although I personally would prefer the Twin Sails one if you're not actually staying in the van over night. Its much more open with no dark and dinjy corners for scumbags to hide.

unfortunately work is getting in the way for me today. The fog was pretty thick this morning when I walked the dogs. Good luck anyone heading out.

I had fully intended on taking the boat out of the water to start ripping the deck up but i keep seeing a potential weather window later this week. Is anyone else seeing the same and thinking of getting out?

That looks like a huge job Charlie. I've seen your boat many times (I've even been out on it). I never realised you had done the build! Fantastic and no wonder you're so pleased with her.

is that Swahili you were writing Jim?

Cardboard Aided Design very good 😄

what is?

Thanks Charlie, Im sure a few of us would love to see some of your build pictures. I am not sure what I need to do below the deck yet, but Im expecting to need to do the stringers in both planes. Good idea about making a cardboard template, I throw loads of very large sheets of cardboard away from my work.

oh what fun indeed!! Thanks for that Charlie (I think). I have no bulkheads to do, just a relatively small deck and potentially the stringers. The nidalplast I have been quoted for is either 1.2 X 1.2 square or 2.4 X 1.2 but they seem to want to sell the larger sheets in quantities of 5 (which Im not sure I'll use). Probably if I was dong the stringers from Nidaplast I could use that quantity, but I was expecting to need to do the stringers from marine ply to enable me to screw the deck into it.

Taken from one of the boat maintenance forums ive been reading ...... "The problem is that Nidaplast is a honeycomb material, so I cannot use screws to fasten it to the stringers, as this wold crush the honeycomb material". I believe I can stick it down and use screws to hold it while the glue dries, but i assume I would need ply stringers (or ply attached to the side of the nidaplast stringers) to screw into. Im hoping someone on here will have done one so I can learn from their mistakes :-)

That's my understanding.

speaking with East Coast Fibreglass they suggest two layers of 800g on each side and it is almost impregnable (and completely rot resistant). But theres nothing to screw into for deck fittings (like seats and consoles etc) so Id guess I would need a certain amount of wood underneath for fittings etc?