Please forgive this shameless plug for a book recently published by a friend.. Hegarty's is one of the last remaining Irish wood boat yards in...
Bengy I've followed and responded to a lot of these type of threads where someone appears on the forum with hopes for a project but the answers...
If the hull has holes then it is almost certainly a bigger project than two months. Do you know any steel worker who has done a lot of boat...
What is the last photo showing? Is that a hole or a reflection? The advice you've been given here is good, especially, not to live on the boat...
Better to take out the tank and get it re welded. Cement might stop the leak for a bit but it would flake off later and make a proper repair more...
It may not be necessary to replace it. Most likely if it isn't actually perforated already you could get away with just cleaning it. If there are...
It's a lovely looking boat, a lot of the charm is in the swept deck . I don't think there is any easy fix. Rust scale expands and is porous so...
Here's my advice.. To build a decent fully finished boat you will have to take lots of decisions. If your sailing experience is limited then so...
We do a lot of this type of repair in the yard where I work. The easiest way to create an earth connection is often to clean a small area of steel...
The spots look like osmosis blisters in a high build filler coat? Could it be that the high build was over-thinned for spraying and then an epoxy...
Thanks for the replies. The boat I'm about to start gelcoat work on was built in 74 so it's very unlikely I could get an off the shelf match. As...
Recently I have been doing some colour gelcoat repairs mixing the colours by trial and error. The results are reasonably good but it is really...
Sketchup is great for doing quick drawings but, at least in my experience, it is frustrating for anything else. Autodesk give free educational...
Very good! I've done a lot of work in a tent with a crushed rock floor, I agree, it can make a good surface but perhaps not at first. It can be...
Thanks Paul It's a random pattern, I don't have a photo but I'll take one on Monday. I was concerned with the mould method that it would be...
I have been tasked with a deck repair to a small racing keel boat which has minor collision damage on the side. The deck has a heavy moulded...
Yes, looks like it would be a fascinating place to explore and photograph. I've never been able to get my head around the waste in closed...
Amazing collection of foundry photos, thanks.
I'm trying to understand what it is? The buildings look too small to contain processes that would require so much air flow so I imagine they...
I think you are right, yes. Looking up locks, I came across an explanation of early methods of locking "flash locks" where the boats were...
