NO, it might be cheap, but so is a wooden coffin !!! The only way to correctly survey a Ferro jobbie is to drill a bunch of holes into it to see...
Anyone got a rough idea what a 27ft offshore lifting keel or mini gin palace has for total ballast weight. I can do the calculation for a canal...
Slight off topic question, but does anyone know the rough cost of a professional steel hull built of around the 25 to 30ft LOA know roughly how...
The poles are thick walled alloy certified for use as scaffolding in the UK. You can buy them in most countries, although in far Eastern countries...
Started working on the A frame mast. The 20ft pole is a few feet too long to fit within a 4 foot bow sprits length that I'm planning to fit. I'm...
No more alloy welding. I've used high grade West System epoxy to repair aluminium defects before and it does work. It's also essential not to need...
I'm copying what the RNLI do with their older alloy lifeboats, They have a heavily galvanised steel beam along the bottom, partly for ballast and...
Hi All, Just a few pic's of my 27ft alloy lifeboat project. TNLB Elsie May should have an LOA of 31ft when I fit the bowsprit to help increase...
Thanks, but after looking at the complications with tacking a Lanteen and storing it, I've decided that it's just a bit too complicated and as I'm...
Very interesting, as I'm in the process of making a cheap A frame mast for my classic offshore lifeboat hull up rebuild. It did have a very weak...
Correct, but do you know where I can find cheap Monel ?? I'm rebuilding a 27ft alloy lifeboat, (Hull up project), and I'm just starting to look...
