Thanks again for all help, have been working on engine so deck on hold. Will be building cover over deck to start repairs. A few more pic's to...
Hi , MikeJohns, the hull is 57ft lod, 35 metric ton @ half load, 5mm plating. Magic Pearl, there are no longitudinals, Just angle frames @18". I...
James123, the boat was completed in 1990 approx., been on the hard ever since. SamSam, the beams are spaced at 18", the crown of the distortion is...
Thanks for all the answers guys, I think there is a consensus that hot work is not a suitable method for this job. Do any agree that the...
Mike, cutting and welding is the way to go for me. The boat is an Alan Buchanan design, built to Lloyds certification. The original owner spent a...
As far as I can make out from the correspondence between ship yard and owner, the hull was delivered complete, ready for fit out.There was some...
Thanks for the replies gents, it must have been fitted like that M&M, she was never completed. She was moved after the hull was completed to have...
I'm hoping to at be able to remove most of the warp by releasing the welds, cutting the butt welds and clamping it all fair before tacking up. I...
Hi all, I have enclosed some pic's of the deck of a steel ketch, as you can see the plating is not great to say the least. the hull was built in a...
I have a steel boat which has steel standpipes and flanges welded to backing plates below waterline. On the exterior of the hull the standpipe is...
Hi Jeff, Sage and sobering words, and the little voice in my other ear is telling me the same thing, so is 'er indoors. Might need to take of the...
It's definitely a Buchanan design, the yard built the hull only, decks and the rest done by the owner elsewhere, he died in 2011, so family are...
Thanks Jeff, Yes, think I should get a survey done.
Thanks Tansl & Samsam for the comments, a bit more about the boat, the hull was built at a professional yard, a Buchanan design, the deck is on,...
Thanks for the comments NSA, a structural survey would be undertaken if I was to take on the project, at the very least, as I have doubts about...
Hi all, Could any builders out there advise on best way of verifying weld quality on this steel hull. Professionally built in 1991, don't know...
Thanks gents for the replies, the design is from the 80's, coastguard approved to ABS rules. I can contact the designer, but as he is retired I...
Help appreciated understanding quoted displacement on plans. If a designer of a cargo schooner states a particular displacement, is this just for...
Thanks all for the advice and info. I can see that 3D software would be a very useful tool to have in the box. Tansl, thanks for the offer,...
Thanks gents for the comments. 3d virtual modelling sounds interesting but I can't even use a spreadsheet, and 3d printing is probably very...
