Crumbs!

[Chippie]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html

Surely they would check before lowering her in FULLY?

[Rich Jones]

Link just goes to Daily Mail, but no specific story.

[wizbang 13]

The cracks were bigger than anticipated.

[Andrew2]

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'

[nedL]

Ignorance has its own level of responsibility for the outcome, ... however I do really feel for the guy.

[Chippie]

Duplicate.

[Chippie]

Link just goes to Daily Mail, but nospecific story.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/index.html

Sorry folks!

There you go Rich, thanks.

[Chippie]

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'

That's what I meant to say in OP Andrew, thanks.

[cstevens]

Here's the actual direct link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ting-SANK.html

[Tom Wilkinson]

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) ?

[Bob Cleek]

Sinking that fast, I'd guess he forgot to replace that last plank before she launched!

[Peerie Maa]

The pics don't make it appear that it was "restored".

Didn't open the link then?

[Tom Wilkinson]

Didn't open the link then?

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.

[Peerie Maa]

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.

Five-thousand man hours and three years later - not to mention £13,000 poorer

is more than just a new deck on a 80 year old boat that was worked hard all of it's life.

[Tom Wilkinson]

is more than just a new deck on a 80 year old boat that was worked hard all of it's life.

Shouldn't be sitting on the bottom then. He obviously missed something rather important.

[Peerie Maa]

Shouldn't be sitting on the bottom then. He obviously missed something rather important.

Yep, several bars of household soap for starters.

[DeniseO30]

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?