http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html
Surely they would check before lowering her in FULLY?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html
Surely they would check before lowering her in FULLY?
Link just goes to Daily Mail, but no specific story.
I was born on a wooden boat that I built myself.
The cracks were bigger than anticipated.
Odd thing was, the crane guy just lowered her in. Most would ask the owner to check for leaks while he kept the boat at about it's water line level.
Suspect the owner was not on this forum.....as, if he were, he might have thought a bit more about 'taking up'
Ignorance has its own level of responsibility for the outcome, ... however I do really feel for the guy.
Duplicate.
Last edited by Chippie; 06-29-2017 at 09:06 AM.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/index.html
Sorry folks!
There you go Rich, thanks.
Here's the actual direct link:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ting-SANK.html
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The pics don't make it appear that it was "restored". It looks quite rough for being after restoration pics. He had a hell of a big pump running in one of those pics as well. Why wasn't it still in the slings as a precaution while it took up (or didn't take up) ?
Tom
Sinking that fast, I'd guess he forgot to replace that last plank before she launched!
That pic only indicates that he replaced the deck. What did he do to the hull? It looked pretty rough to me but maybe I'm wrong.
Did he re caulk it? Replace rotten frames? Replace planks? Deadwood? Keel bolts? How much work was cosmetic and not restoration?
He obviously missed something.
Tom
Last edited by Peerie Maa; 06-29-2017 at 03:51 PM.
It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.
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something about this isn't quite right.. why would they set the boat and let it out the slings when even glass boats are held in the slings until a OK is given by the skipper. Could someone spend that much of their life restoring a boat and not know it's a sinker?
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