Visit Boat Hi everyone, Due to a long holiday directly after visiting the boat, I'm a bit late in answering. I hope you don't mind. The...
@Rasorinc & tomas I too am worried that not enough of the hull is left over. There's the age, electrolysis damage, etc. However, I'm not just...
@Rasorinc Advice noted.
The forum below also mentions that 3 mm plate thickness should be an absolute limit:...
Actually from what I'm reading now thickness testing may be quite difficult, needs to be calibrated for paint, etc. Seems to be an art on its own.
Now only question left is if the ultrasonic thickness gauge will measure properly through the rust.
Ah, greatness. Just found out from forum link below that it is possible to do ultrasonic thickness testing when the hull is submerged in water....
From this forum: http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f55/hull-thickness-too-thin-i-paid-the-deposit-oops-or-not-64024.html 3 mm thick steel seems...
Just kidding.
Rum-influenced sw...you mean you wrote that post with a bottle of rum on the side? :)
Advantages & disadvantages ferrocement @messabout I hadn't considered thermal and sound insulation. Good point. Thermal insulation would...
Decided Hi everyone, I've received many warnings here about the amount of work and money it will take to repair a wreck so I've decided I...
James Craig Looked it up and it's a nice ship. Must have taken thousands of hours and hundreds of thousand dollars to repair it. Wonder though...
@ Hambamble Ok, interesting.
Rust Wow, lots of replies. @ JSL Your comment about throwing good money after bad is similar to what I've been hearing from multiple people....
