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A restoration tale (with pics)

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  • #702
    Slig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭Slig


    Hi fergal 9and dnme)
    Well I tried to warn you about the weather around that lake. I take it Sean, Charlie and the lads looked after yous ok. Was there a good turn out?

    PS about the wheel bearing, something similar happened me on my expensive trailer aswell. I bet that a certain old 2 axled trailer we were all condemning lately was looking pretty good as you sat on the side of the road:p.


  • #703
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    We had about 25 boats and 5 jet ski so not a bad a turnout considering the weather. The slip has a very slow fall so I don't think it would be a good spot for dnme to launch unless he had a jeep.
    I still think I would prefer to tow my trailer at 80kph than dnme's "no offence"
    Just goes to show always carry a spare wheel hub and bearing they are cheep and can mean the difference between leaving the boat at the side of the road or getting home. :D


  • #704
    Gingersnaps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 303 ✭✭Gingersnaps


    Came across this today and wondered had you launched your boat. :)

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0919/1224304355537.html

    Really enjoying your lean to thread.


  • #705
    jetfiremuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,468 ✭✭✭jetfiremuck


    fergal.b wrote: »
    Great to meet the man himself after all this internet dating :) Lough Allen is a great spot but it has a weather system all it's own, flat calm in the morning with lots of sunshine then an hour later we were hit with a tropical storm and 4 foot swells.
    Thanks for the compliment,yep I think she was the best looking powerboat.:D

    2011-09-17102826.jpg
    Beautiful tranquil photo.


  • #706
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Fergalb

    That boat of your looks a beaut.

    Can we see a few more pics? Did you build it yourself?


  • #707
    alexlyons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    check his sig


  • #708
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Fergalb

    That boat of your looks a beaut.

    Can we see a few more pics? Did you build it yourself?

    Thanks vicwatson you can see my builds here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055963665 I know Dnme is bizzy working on his lean-to and will be back soon so if you have any questions just ask on my post above.:D


  • #709
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    check his sig

    Had spotted it before alright :D
    Thanks vicwatson you can see my builds here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2055963665 I know Dnme is bizzy working on his lean-to and will be back soon so if you have any questions just ask on my post above.biggrin.gif

    Sound, I didn't realise you had a thread running, it's a beautiful machine I tell ya. Lovely.

    Have been keeping a close eye on dnme's lean-to post !! Thanks


  • #710
    whitesands
    Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭whitesands


    I just found this thread yesterday & have read the lot.

    I'm mad into boats but don't have one, when I seen the state of the boat on page 1 I knew I'd have to read the entire thread. :D

    I'm glad your going with the lean to & keeping it. You would have been mad to quit after all that blood, sweat & tears.
    A couple of years ago I fixed up a boat for someone on the condition I could use it now & again, the owner sunk the bloody boat about a month after I'd finished it so it was all for nowt :rolleyes: At least you have something you can see & you've the winter months to think about parts, colours etc, Come march or april & I guarantee you that you'll be glad you still have it.

    Keep up the good work, I'm definitely bookmarking this one ;)

    Edit: I don't mean to hijack the thread but I thought I'd add this link, he's a yank who bought a 1973 sailboat to retire on in 2001, you can read his log files dating back to then, easily a weeks worth of reading & very interesting for anyone interested in boat maintenance & DIY, http://billdietrich.byethost8.com/Magnolia/Magnolia.html


  • #711
    moonshadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭moonshadow


    Now........how do we get the boat under the lean to........


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  • #712
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    Right!!!

    Where was I?


  • #713
    Hifive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 495 ✭✭Hifive


    Thank god (and DNME) for that, WELCOME BACK.

    It was fierce quiet in here without you!

    I have been following this thread from the start and on several occasions I have just been about to chime in with some form of advise when Fergal beats me too it! (Fergal for boards boats Moderator, yeah!)

    I, like I assume many others, have logged on every day recently to boards boats, in the faint hope that there would be an update on our boats progress.
    How was the little Norman cruiser that somehow I felt I had some shared ownership in?
    Over the months, I felt the pain of the epoxy in the hair situation, the constant bad weather and the muddy and damp conditions in which our hero toiled. However I also rejoiced in the little triumphs, and also the major successes (bung) that have become part and parcel of the saga.
    Being an animal lover, I have also basked in the warm glow of Honey's beautiful stare.

    What has happened recently? Had DNME finally cracked up and and danced around it naked, basking in the warmth of the flames?
    Or perhaps it had been made into a well drained kennel for Honey?

    Come on DNME you've cycled from Mizzen to Malin for charity,
    You've conquered Alaska, (which looked like a blast) and the music business is crying only out for your talent.

    An itsy bitsy Norman 17 awaits your considerable talents.

    It's all very well constructing fancy lean to's and showboating to the DIY heads, but you found us first and we found you.
    You cant just get us hooked and then callously cut off the supply! Us boaty types and indeed non boaty types, need our fix too.

    Get the lead out!!

    Seriously, If you do ever decide to do a trip in the finished article, I could arrange both a greeting and welcoming party afloat anywhere the south east coast (Waterford based) and I promise you would be well looked after if you made it to Waterford.
    This is possible by sea or via the inland waterways through the Barrow and Graguenamanagh.

    Kind regards,
    Mark


  • #714
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    Hifive wrote: »
    Thank god (and DNME) for that, WELCOME BACK.

    It was fierce quiet in here without you!

    I have been following this thread from the start and on several occasions I have just been about to chime in with some form of advise when Fergal beats me too it! (Fergal for boards boats Moderator, yeah!)

    I, like I assume many others, have logged on every day recently to boards boats, in the faint hope that there would be an update on our boats progress.
    How was the little Norman cruiser that somehow I felt I had some shared ownership in?
    Over the months, I felt the pain of the epoxy in the hair situation, the constant bad weather and the muddy and damp conditions in which our hero toiled. However I also rejoiced in the little triumphs, and also the major successes (bung) that have become part and parcel of the saga.
    Being an animal lover, I have also basked in the warm glow of Honey's beautiful stare.

    What has happened recently? Had DNME finally cracked up and and danced around it naked, basking in the warmth of the flames?
    Or perhaps it had been made into a well drained kennel for Honey?

    Come on DNME you've cycled from Mizzen to Malin for charity,
    You've conquered Alaska, (which looked like a blast) and the music business is crying only out for your talent.

    An itsy bitsy Norman 17 awaits your considerable talents.

    It's all very well constructing fancy lean to's and showboating to the DIY heads, but you found us first and we found you.
    You cant just get us hooked and then callously cut off the supply! Us boaty types and indeed non boaty types, need our fix too.

    Get the lead out!!

    Seriously, If you do ever decide to do a trip in the finished article, I could arrange both a greeting and welcoming party afloat anywhere the south east coast (Waterford based) and I promise you would be well looked after if you made it to Waterford.
    This is possible by sea or via the inland waterways through the Barrow and Graguenamanagh.

    Kind regards,
    Mark

    Hello there Mark.

    Now that's a post, god bless you sir. I'm gonna go out tomorrow and have a peek in under the blue tarp. The boat is full of water and the chocs are soaked and probably collapsing. The ground all around her is like bog. I have not looked at her in several weeks preferring to keep my head in the sand.

    I need to get her on a trailer and then backed in under the lean to. This simple sounding sentence is yet another major enigma. I've no idea what to do in order to achieve that. Do I do up the existing horrid trailer, or wait to save up and buy a trailer? Nothing's simple!

    Ive had someone promise me rollers, they disappeared
    Ive had someone promise me lights, they disappeared


  • #715
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    For the time being just put two wheels on the trailer the ones closest to the center of gravity of the boat to make it easy to move.

    Hifive for suggesting me as moderator

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  • #716
    Shane Slv
    Closed Accounts Posts: 167 ✭✭Shane Slv


    http://www.westerntowing.co.uk/acatalog/Boat_keel_supports.html

    I posted this a few weeks ago but with the lean-to (excellent work btw, really enjoyed the thread) and stuff you might have over looked it.

    I think the rollers the the link are excellent value, have 4 of the 19mm keel rollers on the trailer at the moment and there perfect.


  • #717
    Hifive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 495 ✭✭Hifive


    fergal.b wrote: »
    Hifive for suggesting me as moderator

    pinging-content.jpg

    Go on outa that you media junkie, ....Ya love it!!


  • #718
    whitesands
    Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭whitesands


    I realise this will be alot of work but could you not just stick it onto the trailer the way it is, reversing whatever you done to get it off?

    How were you planning to do it? I've other ideas involving bottoms of trolleys & rope but we won't go there yet :p


  • #719
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    whitesands wrote: »
    I realise this will be alot of work but could you not just stick it onto the trailer the way it is, reversing whatever you done to get it off?

    How were you planning to do it? I've other ideas involving bottoms of trolleys & rope but we won't go there yet :p

    The trailer is just a metal frame. It has no fittings, no rollers or roller brackets etc. I stripped it of everything before I painted it. All the fittings were broken. To kit it out would cost a few quid and therein lies the latest dilemma. Do I spend 200 quid kitting up this trailer, it's a nasty homemade iron frame, everything welded, hollow beam rusted to hell etc... or do I buy a decent trailer (a lot more money).

    The first involves spending good money on a bad item (good money after bad). The second is financially beyond me right now.


  • #720
    whitesands
    Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭whitesands


    dnme wrote: »
    The trailer is just a metal frame.
    It has wheels & a frame, your only dragging it up the garden.

    From looking at stuff in your pics, all them bits of wood you have, some rope and/or ratchet straps & you should be able to reasonably secure the boat onto the trailer & drag it up with a car. Use rope to pull from firm ground with the car if the garden is like a bog as you say.

    Also, I doubt the boat is full of water, even if it is, just use a syphon to get it out while you have a cup of tea or whatever.


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  • #721
    wush06
    Registered Users Posts: 689 ✭✭✭wush06


    dnme I'm surprised your not just building a trailer at this stage. How are your wielding skills. ;)


  • #722
    quietsailor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭quietsailor


    dnme wrote: »
    The trailer is just a metal frame. It has no fittings, no rollers or roller brackets etc. I stripped it of everything before I painted it. All the fittings were broken. To kit it out would cost a few quid and therein lies the latest dilemma. Do I spend 200 quid kitting up this trailer, it's a nasty homemade iron frame, everything welded, hollow beam rusted to hell etc... or do I buy a decent trailer (a lot more money).

    The first involves spending good money on a bad item (good money after bad). The second is financially beyond me right now.



    Hiya dnme, good to see your back at the real job :)

    I don't think you'd be happy buying a new/2nd hand boat 'cause it'd just be too easy so your probably going to refurb a trailer. Would you buy boltable rollers that can be removed from the present trailer and moved to any trailer you buy in the future?

    Getting back to the boat build itself - I remember the frustation you had trying to mould the perspex. A friend of mine who is a metal-work teacher told me complex shapes are moulded using vacumn presses as well as heat, could you put several air channels through that mould you made and attach them to a vacuum source - a farm milking machine would be a good one.

    If my life ever quietens down - hopefully end Oct -I'd be glad to come up and help - board and being allowed to play ball with Honey would have to be included though -- the last would be non-negotiable :)


  • #723
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    I dont think some folks may appreciate the situation. The trailer frame is not suitable as is. The keel would just slip on it. I'm not really in the mood for messing about with lumps of timber, rope or whathaveyou. Also, I've never used a welder in my life, wouldn't have a clue, never mind getting my hands on one.

    The boat needs rollers to slide up on, and side rollers with height adjustment to form a secure customised support. So after a day of scouring the web, I have come across these folks in the UK. I managed to get a full set of rollers (keel and side), and a winch all for 90 quid delivered. Amazing value.

    Its 90 quid to turn a frame into a full boat trailer. At worst it allows it to be sold on at a later date if I do decide to buy a purpose built trailer.


  • #724
    forsaleireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭forsaleireland


    Tell ya what DNME if 1 or 2 is going to help out,i'll gladly come along too with a few beers if ya allow us ;)

    they are very cheap indeed


  • #725
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    Many thanks for all the offers folks. Unfortunately I don't drink and have no space for anyone apart from the "Honmeister". :D I am hoping our good pal and local representative, sir Slig is watching and can spare me an hour to move the boat once these trailer parts arrive and I manage to somehow get them fixed to the trailer.


  • #726
    Slig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭Slig


    fine, but you'll have to supply the cake this time:D. As I said prevoiusly I might be able to get my hands on a trailer. There is a fairly hefty galvanised one around that is sitting in the corner of a field slowly being covered with grass. It was built by a boatyard out by the moorings some years ago and has transported a 17ft sea fishing boat all around the country until the drawbar fell off.
    While it was in being repaired a new one was bought in its place so its all fixed up with nowhere to go. Anyway, I'm free until Friday so if you want to give me a call, text or PM when you need a hand I'd be delighted to help (and take a look at the new Lean-to)


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  • #727
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    Slig wrote: »
    fine, but you'll have to supply the cake this time:D. As I said prevoiusly I might be able to get my hands on a trailer. There is a fairly hefty galvanised one around that is sitting in the corner of a field slowly being covered with grass. It was built by a boatyard out by the moorings some years ago and has transported a 17ft sea fishing boat all around the country until the drawbar fell off.
    While it was in being repaired a new one was bought in its place so its all fixed up with nowhere to go. Anyway, I'm free until Friday so if you want to give me a call, text or PM when you need a hand I'd be delighted to help (and take a look at the new Lean-to)

    Ah sure drop up anyway, you don't need an invite.


  • #728
    Slig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭Slig


    I'll have a talk to the owner of the trailer this evening and call around later or tomorrow so.


  • #729
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    Slig wrote: »
    I'll have a talk to the owner of the trailer this evening and call around later or tomorrow so.

    Dont worry so much about the trailer, have you read my recent posts above?


  • #730
    whitesands
    Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭whitesands


    Say nothing dnme ;) let slig knock around & you'll have it in your lean-to this time tomorrow hopefully, I wanna see more boat pics :D


  • #731
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    wow, truely inspiring read. Ive spent the last 4 days reading this after stumbling across your lean-to thread

    all i can say is fair play to you for the amount of effort your are putting in. I have a great deal of respect for you in the way you won't accept doing things half-way.

    Honestly, I had a conversation with my partner this evening saying I wanted to do something like this (on a much smaller scale). I showed her both this and the lean-to thread........ she teased me saying I wont be able to do as good a job, feckin wench hah.

    In the end we agreed my first "project" would be a clothes line shelter similar to this one which was done by another boardie (prospect)

    fcc1383a.jpg

    anyway, all the best and you now have a new fan. I'll be back daily. I probably wont post much, but I'll be thanking all your progress reports


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  • #732
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Hey dnme,

    We is all missin' your updates !;)

    Any updates going on ?


  • #733
    moonshadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭moonshadow


    Sitting under his fanshy smanshy new lean to lookin out at the boat wondering what next.
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    Either that or it wont fit under it and hes hiding ;):p


  • #734
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    ...or the lean-to fell in on him.








    I jest, I jest!! :D


  • #735
    sailordog13
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭sailordog13


    I'm missing my fix.
    Really look forward to the regular updates.
    Any one close to OP that can check in if his ok ?


  • #736
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    Forgive my absence lately. I've been a bit under the weather. However there is progress. Myself and Slig spent today outfitting the trailer with rollers, jockey wheel, winch etc. I'll post a day update once it's on the trailer and that particular story is complete. Slig is calling up again tomorrow. If she goes on the trailer relatively trouble free, we might take her down to the local slipway and see what she's like on the water. If that is the case, I'll movie it up for y'all.

    In the meantime, I'll leave you with this recent outtake from one of my lean-to updates. I was going to cut the audio out of sheer embarrassment but the video would look a bit empty without it. Don't gimmie that crap!!! You all talk to your dogs like this and you know it.:D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFq9MULhI2o


  • #737
    Gerard93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 365 ✭✭Gerard93


    Nice one dnme, glad to see u back, she's a lovely lab, what age is she, I think you said in a previous post she's a Rescue.

    Looking forward to the boat updates again!icon12.gif


  • #738
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    Gerard93 wrote: »
    Nice one dnme, glad to see u back, she's a lovely lab, what age is she, I think you said in a previous post she's a Rescue.

    Looking forward to the boat updates again!icon12.gif

    She's about a year and half. Yeah a rescue also. She's a great character, a real sidekick which is exactly what I'm looking for in a dog. Had labs all my life, can't beat em.


  • #739
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Myself and Slig spent today outfitting the trailer with rollers, jockey wheel, winch etc.

    As they say on boards.ie - PICS OR GTFO :P:P :D:D:D:D:D:D


  • #740
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    Slig was here again today as we continued to battle and contravene every engineering best practice there is, all in the name of 'trailerism'. Every fitting, every bolt and nut had to be ground down or shortened in some way in order to make roller brackets and stems fit the old non standard fittings welded to the trailer. That was pretty much all yesterday. Today we set about getting the trailer back in under the boat.

    From the off, it was obvious that no matter what happened, the boat/trailer was going nowhere because my car just slid on the 10 degree slope. Driving on wet grass is like driving on slightly melted ice that has had a layer of warm butter spread on it. Nothing to do with the capabilities of the car really, any car would have failed in just the same way under those conditions. So the best we could hope for was to couple the trailer to the car and limit ourselves to reversing only. We just used the car to hold the trailer and gradually reverse it back in under the boat. Bit by bit, we jacked up here, reversed there, adjusted this and that.

    It was a miserable afternoon, it rained pretty much all the time after 4pm and we resigned to just keep going. We had to make many adjustments with the jack, moving rollers in and out trying to get the best support locations for the highly curved keel profile. Eventually we settled for what we considered was the best of a bad lot of options. No matter what we do, the back of the keel will not sit down on the roller. In fact there's a gap there of about 6 inches. It's to do with a slight bend in the trailer beam and a more than slight bend in the back of the keel.

    Look I won't go into the details. But just know that every single fitting, bracket, nut, bolt etc went wrong. No matter what we tried, there was some bloody problem. Back rollers not fitting, stems to long or short. Brackets too big for new stems. Roller brackets too short. The angle grinder has seldom been this busy not to mention many trips in to town to get longer bolts or washers or god knows what.

    An exhausting exercise. I owe a big thanks to Slig. No way I could have done this alone. So tonight the boat is on the trailer. Rollers and wheels are raised to match its profile and it's a pretty reasonable looking effort. We rounded off the day by going to look at another trailer that belongs to a friend of Slig's. It is redundant to its owner so it may be for sale. I've taken a few shots of it to see what you think. Again it needs a lot of work but it's a really nice proper galvanized frame, single axle and very sturdy.


    As we left it yesterday.
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    We can't leave poor ol' Prince out (next door's dog).
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    Slowly reversing the trailer back in under the boat.
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    Ta me, ta me. STOP!!!
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    Trailer and boat reunion
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    Gap between back roller and keel
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    Every single bolt, washer, stem, bracket etc had to be adjusted the hard way. Nothing and I mean NOTHING went well.
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    So what do you think of this puppy? Notice it has a central keel channel so one might have to engineer rollers into that. It needs all hardware such as rollers, brackets, jockey wheel, winch etc.
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  • #741
    Jack_regan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭Jack_regan


    Great to see the boat back on the trailer. The trailer looks well now with the rollers in place. I'd be happy enough using the trailer you have for the time being. Are you going to raise the back roller up on your trailer?

    Does Sligs friends trailer have brakes on it?, if it doesn't I don't think that's really what you're looking for. I mean it really depends on the price. If it's going cheap then it would be worth getting it and once you have it done up you can either sell it on to try and make a bit of profit to put back into the boat or sell your own trailer. Is it a factory built trailer with a weight plate? It looks like it's starting to corrode a bit up near the jockey wheel but that's probably nothing too serious. It looks like a good strong trailer anyway.

    Is there something in particular that you're not happy with on your own trailer?, to my mind it looks like you've done a good job restoring it.

    p.s. the lean to looks really well, proper job!


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  • #742
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    Jack_regan wrote: »
    Great to see the boat back on the trailer. The trailer looks well now with the rollers in place. I'd be happy enough using the trailer you have for the time being. Are you going to raise the back roller up on your trailer?

    Does Sligs friends trailer have brakes on it?, if it doesn't I don't think that's really what you're looking for. I mean it really depends on the price. If it's going cheap then it would be worth getting it and once you have it done up you can either sell it on to try and make a bit of profit to put back into the boat or sell your own trailer. Is it a factory built trailer with a weight plate? It looks like it's starting to corrode a bit up near the jockey wheel but that's probably nothing too serious. It looks like a good strong trailer anyway.

    Is there something in particular that you're not happy with on your own trailer?, to my mind it looks like you've done a good job restoring it.

    p.s. the lean to looks really well, proper job!

    My own trailer is very homemade. Its steel beam fashioned on its flat rather than side, so the back bows down if you put weight on it. It's not galvanised so lots of rust, and because of the beam dimesnions (100x50mm), no standard bracket, u-bolt or anything will fit it without serious bodging.

    Slig's trailer above, is also homemade, but done extremely well. It has a standard dimension frame so it'll take any brackets you want to throw at it. It's a dedicated single axle trailer which is kinda what I want. The rust at the front is down to a bodged repair by a poor mechanic, no galvanising, easy to deal with (drop of paint). As for breaks, I can't be arsed, I'll only be towing my boat a few miles up and down a back road at 30mph if I'm lucky. The simpler the better.


  • #743
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    Good to see your back at it dnme, keep all your rollers level don't raise the back one to meet the keel as it will make it hard to launch and retrieve.
    The other trailer looks good but I would be worried about where it was welded, this is where most of the load will be and where you get a lot of flexing when towing and it seems to be the week spot on the trailer so unless you get it for next to nothing and can spend a few quid strengthening it up I would stay with your own till something else comes along.
    Just my two cents, keep her lit and good luck if you give her a dip.


  • #744
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    Here's a closeup of the repair at the front. As you can see, it's doubled up and is connected to the main trailer in two places (directly and via the winch Y brace. So it may be stronger than it looks.

    Img_8087.jpg


  • #745
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    OK ... how to put this...

    I have made a decision regarding this project. At this stage I am bowing out. I've been struggling with this decision for some time now and once I got the boat on the trailer, my mind was made up. I have no means to carry on this project and even if I did, I have no means nor infrastructure to transport, house or maintain it. However and moreover, there are substantial personal reasons why I have come to this decision at this time.

    My sincere apologies to anyone reading this thread who feels they have any sort of vested emotional interest in the boat. I am putting the entire lot up for sale and I'll post links to the ads here. I wont place any asking price, rather I'll look for reasonable offers. I'm not greedy about this and more importantly, I'd love to see it go to a good home where the project can be completed with a bit of TLC.

    Sorry for springing this on you like this. Had I made my feelings known in the past few weeks, we would have had a long and drawn out to'ing and fro'ing session and that would have added to the sadness.

    I need to get this boat out of here. If any of you know anyone who might be interested in this, would you please point them in my direction.

    This thread has been fun. It was a highlight in my life for a while and I want to thank you all so sincerely for that. There was never a bad word spoken in this entire massive thread which is incredible for any forum. It was just a good will place to hang out. Thanks so much to everyone for the company, encouragement, advice and help.


  • #746
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    Sorry to hear that dnme :confused:I don't know what to say so I'll say nothing and hope that one sunny day it will call you as you look out from the lean to and say please fix me.

    Ps. your not getting a thumbs up for that post :D


  • #747
    dnme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭dnme


    I have two ads posted. Unfortunately, donedeal limits you to 1000 characters.


    http://www.adverts.ie/1010104
    http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/boats/2596386


  • #748
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    That's serious :eek: I hope someone here picks up on her and carries on the posts.

    They say the happiest days in a boaters life are when they buy a boat and when they sell it.

    Best of luck with the sale.


  • #749
    alexlyons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    Really sorry to hear that dnme but I respect your decision and see where you're coming from.

    You've done some brilliant work on her, seem to have learnt a huge amount which will stand to you in the future. It's been great fun reading it, you've had ups and downs, but most of all have no regrets.

    Regards


  • #750
    Gingersnaps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 303 ✭✭Gingersnaps


    Hi Dnme.
    Sorry to see you've thrown in the towel. I still admire your determination and the work you put into the boat. Not to mention keeping so many of us entertained with all the trials and tribulations you went through. Fair play to you putting so much time and effort into the boat,the lean-to and this thread. I'm going to miss reading the updates. I hope you get a fair price for it and that it goes to a good home.
    Thanks also for giving us a glimpse into your personal life.


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  • #751
    sheesh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,081 ✭✭✭sheesh


    Dnme,
    Thank you for the thread. I am suprised that you did not stop sooner, it has been tough going for you from the very start but you should look at the positive experiences you gained from the process, you became a boards celebrity :D (you should put a plaque outside the house "Dnme boards legend and boat restorer lived here") you learned an amazing amount of stuff about fibreglass your from a boaty family so you know that it be useful to you again someday. You seem like a nice fellow and you write for the web very well. your videos are well done and you seem to have a genuine talent for the medium. good luck for the future.:)


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