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

Lewis_Benson · 11-02-2023 8:06pm

Only for your determination is she on dry land, fair play to you.

Some folk would have left her sitting where she was and never thought about it again.

lawred2 · 11-02-2023 8:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120170200#Comment_120170200

Followed this thread for ages. Delighted for you

funkey_monkey · 11-02-2023 8:50pm

Great news Fergal.

Looking forward to seeing you on The Tommy Tiernan Show sometime soon telling this story!

Packrat · 12-02-2023 8:58pm

Super stuff. Well done.

mufflets2 · 13-02-2023 1:28am

Congrats , I just heard , my brother in mayo told me and I live up the road from you.

this is the greatest thread ever made and the story continues.

thanks

fergal.b · 13-02-2023 5:04pm

Sorry no photos of the lift as I wasn't able to get down, I had told the guy's just to lift her when they had the time and weather window, when I arrived down at the weekend there she was😀 Great job they did too not a bit of damage even the windscreen was intact delighted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9fzQnDWK5o

HeidiHeidi · 13-02-2023 5:16pm

Great video, Fergal - nearly had me in tears!

Like I said on the Naomh Eanna thread, there is very little as sad as a neglected boat (not that yours was neglected, I hasten to add!).

I know which I'd put my money on to see back in action again though......

While you're making plans for her re-build, you should open a pop-up shellfish stall to raise some funds 🤣

Best of luck with the project - no better man!

Doe Tiden · 13-02-2023 7:46pm

Great video, how much work is involved in remedying the cracked frame?

knucklehead6 · 13-02-2023 8:42pm

You should put one of the pics in the cool pics thread in cool pics and videos forum

WildWater · 13-02-2023 10:56pm

You’re some man Fergal. Not hanging about. If anyone can get her back to her full glory it’s you.

fergal.b · 13-02-2023 11:10pm

I might just put in a steal plate over it , might also reskin the bottom of the boat with 10mm ply so I can bounce off bigger waves 😁 all of my life in different boats I have been clinching my butt cheeks when hitting big waves thinking this boat is going to break well doing it in a flat bottom boat with a V8 pounding down caused my butt cheeks to be sucked up my face cheeks 😬.

Alkers · 13-02-2023 11:18pm

See the cracked frame in the slideshow, was this just from pounding?

Was water seeping through leading to you being swamped or did it catastrophically fail and go down straight away?

What sort of size is the damage to the hull, assumedly way bigger than any pump could manage to fight against?

fergal.b · 13-02-2023 11:38pm

I went down in less than a minute ,the hole is about a foot square where two sheets of ply were joined, I think when the frame pushed down on floor the movement off the water under the boat just ripped it off then once I was low enough the last wave just filled the boat .

fergal.b · 17-02-2023 1:39pm

How do you eat an elephant ? One small bite at a time :) So I started with the gauges, they just needed a bit of soldering and a good cleaning they are all good to go now.

WildWater · 17-02-2023 4:57pm

That’s unreal. Nearly 8 years at the bottom of a lake and you have them looking like new.

HeidiHeidi · 17-02-2023 5:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120253906#Comment_120253906

Have you seen some of the engines he's restored? I wouldn't have said they were fit for the dump, and a week later you could do your make-up/shave* in them!

*delete as appropriate!

ETA - not to mention the cruiser he got lifted from the bottom of the marina - Old's Cool was in mint condition in comparison!!

WildWater · 17-02-2023 5:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120253928#Comment_120253928

I know he’s a genius but, even after all these years of following his projects, I’m still impressed.

fergal.b · 24-02-2023 2:25pm

Drying out the backup motor from the boat in my heating department

and then testing with the battery from the boat, all working fine. 😀

https://vimeo.com/801953241

josip · 24-02-2023 2:41pm

^^^^ That's the primary motor on our boat.

This is our back up motor :)

fergal.b · 03-03-2023 1:43pm

Hope to bring her home next week so I had to fix up the trailer and get it road ready after sitting for 8 years.

fergal.b · 11-03-2023 2:18pm

Just about home and got a blowout, Not quite RedBull speed but 9 min's not bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpT-djUG_5w

fergal.b · 18-03-2023 1:18pm

Time to get my ass in gear or gears, Never did one of these before so I was a bit nervous but it turned out to be ok, lots of videos on YouTube to help out.