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

fergal.b

Yawlboy wrote: »

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

YB

I'm not a big fan of gold and silver mixed myself but it's already in the boat, the bezels on the clocks are gold "they were cheep":) plus I have a polished brass prop and a polished stainless steel rudder and trim tabs.

Yawlboy

ah now the prop and rudder are under the water - I was on about the visible bits when the boat is in the water. sure you can get the clocks chromed :P


Seriously it is a gorgeous boat and anything you do will only enhance it.

fergal.b

Yawlboy wrote: »

ah now the prop and rudder are under the water - I was on about the visible bits when the boat is in the water. sure you can get the clocks chromed :P


Seriously it is a gorgeous boat and anything you do will only enhance it.

They are only under the water when I'm on the water, when your stuck behind me on the motorway for 3 hours I would like to offer an aesthetically pleasing ass to look at



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davlacey

id go for silver myself. id say there is a lot of bling yet to be put on. something like this

airsoftone

i kinda like that silver kinda personalizes the boat .

lazywhole

hey fergal,

what made you decide that it was the glen-l design that you were going to build and not some other designer ? great job by the way,im trying to pluck up the courage to build a power skiff myself

fergal.b

Hi lazywhole I'd say it was their forum that clenched the deal knowing that if I had any problems I could just ask and someone would help me out. Also the plans are full size so no lofting. If you do decide to go for it I will help out any way I can but you might have to change your user name




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airsoftone

just as amatter of interest fergal what did you do with the donour boat !

airsoftone

have a look here ..http://youtu.be/nrdTNzDugTw

fergal.b

airsoftone wrote: »

just as amatter of interest fergal what did you do with the donour boat !

I sold it on without the trailer and everything striped, the guy that bought it was going to put an outboard on the back.

airsoftone

yeah that one . what did you ever do with it .. ????

breghall

I remember seeing that boat up on DD a good while back, looked like he never got around to putting the outboard on it either.

fergal.b

breghall wrote: »

I remember seeing that boat up on DD a good while back, looked like he never got around to putting the outboard on it either.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was still for sale The seats were so bad looking I entered them into an ugly boat seat competition on iboats and won:) a new set of seats that I was going to use on this boat but they turned out to be the wrong colour http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150139193353780&set=a.312605203779.145373.268788468779&type=1&theater



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gutteruu

That coving behind the seats in the cockpit at 4:13 in that video looks lovely. You want to retro-fit them ?

fergal.b

gutteruu wrote: »

That coving behind the seats in the cockpit at 4:13 in that video looks lovely. You want to retro-fit them ?

I might be making something like one of them to cover the engine air breather if I put them on the back I would have to make new seats to match :eek:


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fergal.b

I found a boat with the same name

fergal.b

For my next little job I'm going to use some plastic tubing,pipe insulation and leatherette.



I'm going to try and make a crashpad to go around the cockpit something like this.

Talent

Looks impressive!

fergal.b

I started off cutting strips of leatherette and gluing them around the tubing all 16 foot if it, I could have sewn it but I'd need a piping foot for the machine.




This is the edge I want to cover.



It's just glued on for now to hold it in place as I will be stapling on the leatherette that covers the foam crashpad.



This is the foam covered I need 11 foot of this.



And this is the look I'm going for with the piping.

toshiba2010

how do you come up with these,s idea,s . :cool:

fergal.b

toshiba2010 wrote: »

how do you come up with these,s idea,s . :cool:

Pennilessity is the mother of invention



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toshiba2010

that,s so true . since i bought that boat of mine i found that out quite quick . with buying . life vest,s for me and the other half . rope fender,s & bit,s & bob,s plus the cost of petrol not to mention two stroke oil . it all add,s up . but i have to say it,s the best few bob i ever spent in my life the freedom is unreal .

toshiba2010

i ment to ask you where did you get that material i,m looking to get some cheap material to cover the seat,s in the boat . and i,m going to do it my self to save money . can,t be that hard .

fergal.b

I had a good look around for it and this was the cheapest I could find http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fire-Retardant-FR-Faux-Leather-Leatherette-Leathercloth-Fabric-54-137cm-PVC-/121033388625?pt=UK_Crafts_Fabric&var=&hash=item61d06965dd I was quite surprised it was so cheep





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toshiba2010

thanks fergal your a gentleman as allway,s

coleria

fergal.b wrote: »

I had a good look around for it and this was the cheapest I could find http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fire-Retardant-FR-Faux-Leather-Leatherette-Leathercloth-Fabric-54-137cm-PVC-/121033388625?pt=UK_Crafts_Fabric&var=&hash=item61d06965dd I was quite surprised it was so cheep





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Is that right £1.75?? + postage?
Its €20 per metre in hickey's or anywhere else really.
(sorry thats just a sample, its £9.95 per metre,

whats ordering and delivery like?

fergal.b

coleria wrote: »

Is that right £1.75?? + postage?
Its €20 per metre in hickey's or anywhere else really.
(sorry thats just a sample, its £9.95 per metre,

whats ordering and delivery like?

I paid £5.95 for 1 metre x 142cm, no problem with postage.




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fergal.b

Another job done

fergal.b

Added the name and Trim tabs

breghall

that turned out very well indeed. well done Fergal.