Classic wooden speedboat build , sink, search for, recovery and rebuild.

fergal.b

airsoftone wrote: »

well done mr bond . pity i did,nt get all of the interview but i got the general gist of it . now you are famous . as for the boat chair would love one of those for my shetland 570 could see myself steering the shetland sitting in it . good video . .

fair play to you fergal .

Cheers, I was a bit shaken but not stirred

All of the interview is up now if you want to hear it just click on each pic or you can get the whole thing here I think it's a bit better than photobucket https://vimeo.com/75659973

airsoftone

will do cheers fergal . ment to ask you . what do i do now that the boat is out of the water . to have her ready for next season . like what do i have to do as concerning winterizing it . ?????? sorry for sounding so dummmmmmm .

fergal.b

Now what to do with some bits of stainless steel a turnbuckle and some deck hinges:D

airsoftone

fergal . about winterizing my boat now thats it out of the water whats the procedure can you tell me ???? also i am looking to make a linkage between a 70hp johnson outboard and a 8hp johnson outboard any suggestions !

fergal.b

airsoftone wrote: »

fergal . about winterizing my boat now thats it out of the water whats the procedure can you tell me ???? also i am looking to make a linkage between a 70hp johnson outboard and a 8hp johnson outboard any suggestions !

I put a post up on the forum about winterising that should help if not I'll try to answer any questions you might have about it there. If you start your own post about the linkage it will make it easier for someone to find when they are doing a search. I want to try and keep this post just about the boat build.
Cheers



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airsoftone

sorry about that fergal i do understand . my apologies .;)

fergal.b

It might just work:) took me a while to polish the stainless and boy is it hard to bend.

miss no stars

Forgive my ignorance, but what is it?

airsoftone

i was thinking the same thing .. ????? but did,nt want to sound dumb .:o

fergal.b

miss no stars wrote: »

Forgive my ignorance, but what is it?

There will be one each side at the bottom of the transom to act as trim tabs to stop the nose bouncing up and down.
They would normally be electric or hydraulic and look like this without the trolling motors but in the old days they were hand adjusted so thats the way I'm going

airsoftone

mmmmmmmmm got yeah .

miss no stars

ah interesting

breghall

What a novel idea Fergal, never seen tabs like that before. they'll certainly finish off the boat and stop the porpoising.

tin79

Are you going to cover the engine bay Fergal or does it need to be left open?

fergal.b

tin79 wrote: »

Are you going to cover the engine bay Fergal or does it need to be left open?

It will be covered, I did start making one for it but then changed my mind on the design I'm still thinking about it





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tin79

fergal.b wrote: »

It will be covered, I did start making one for it but then changed my mind on the design I'm still thinking about it





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Chrome?

fergal.b

tin79 wrote: »

Chrome?

Yep there will be chrome


I'm also playing around with the boat name so if any of you are graphic designers you can take the blank canvas and show me what you can come up with I kind of like the old english.

gutteruu

Maybe its just me, but I would leave the back blank. I think the wood looks lovely. (Maybe a small pirate flag)

fergal.b

gutteruu wrote: »

Maybe its just me, but I would leave the back blank. I think the wood looks lovely. (Maybe a small pirate flag)

That's an option I could just do a small name in the corner, might look a bit neater.




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HeidiHeidi

fergal.b wrote: »

That's an option I could just do a small name in the corner, might look a bit neater.




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+1 for this option. Or even just a small name on the bow?

That wood is really beautiful, shame to mar its perfection in any way!

airsoftone

i agree totally .... i would not tarnish that finish in anyway what so ever . i would just put a flag pole & flag on it or maybe a flag pole each side of it too kind of level it up . too tarnish that finish would be a shame . if you really want to name it put the name on a flag . best bet . look a hell of a lot c:):)ler i think .

boldspirit

The name made out of Mahogany like a plaque would look well I think....

jdee99

Heres a few worked pics

Yawlboy

Have a look here - http://www.weareupnorth.com/how-to-name-boat-vinyl-lettering-fonts.htm

Yawlboy

I think this looks great

fergal.b

Not too bad.



Yawlboy I will be doing a transom band and the rub rail "not cheep" so may have to wait till Xmas If I go for a name I was thinking Gold leaf or gold metal flake. Maybe I should have done a poll on this one.



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airsoftone

i like the sylvia 1 but just with 1 flag on the back . thats just me

jdee99

Prefer it without the flags on it and I reckon gold leaf effect would be better - will see if can figure out how to do gold leaf LOL

Yawlboy

fergal.b wrote: »

Not too bad.



Yawlboy I will be doing a transom band and the rub rail "not cheep" so may have to wait till Xmas If I go for a name I was thinking Gold leaf or gold metal flake. Maybe I should have done a poll on this one.



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HI Fergal, just a personal thing but I really don't like Gold with Silver (Chrome) - perhaps Silver leaf?

YB

airsoftone

man this is going to be a hard one .