JanetAnne

200ft of planking and a tin of varnish? Happy to straighten out chimney if it helps Santa

Fibreglass topped boats tend to have channels for sliding hatches moulded into their superstructure whereas wooden topped boats have rails above the roof for the hatch to sit and slide on. I suspect it's this sort of design you'll be following so, if it was me, I'd be looking to visit Martham Boats and copying their system from a Judith or similar. Having said that, if David from Judith M is reading this and has a piccy, his hatch design and rail is exactly what you need to be aiming for.

If he was he's in for some major urine extraction! Working a 10mm bubble tester (the biggest they do) in with a 22mm system (Gas Safe requirement for my install) took some doing. The system I designed and mocked up he passed. The system I built he failed because I soldered all the joints (even though they were solder joints on the design) because you can't have solder joints on a boat! Evidently the thinking here is that soldered joints can fracture from resonance or vibrations from the engine! I don't have an engine, it's a houseboat... Anyway, system rebuild again using compression joints and the BSS man is happy. Landlords Gas Safe wasn't.... "these really ought to be soldered" Then there was the almost unheard of marine compliant OPSO valves, flexy hose with a BS number for BSS examiner but with an ISO number for Gas Safe. I could go on..... To be fair, the BSS office in Milton Keynes were incredibly helpful as well and I have achieved both hire BSS and landlords Gas Safe certificates simultaneously!

Having just been through both landlords gas safe and hire BSS (two sets of regulations that are not in any way in sinc with each other but both required) I had to have a bubble tester to pass the BSS part.

No,they float. Full of air you see. .

Ironically a gas tester will check the entire system for tightness except for the incoming hose, the very part you are replacing!

I have a couple of boxes of wooden screw holes if anyone can make use of them?

The simple solutions are always the best

A private lock in? Don't tempt him

Just a quick bump.. not managed to secure one yet! I think Mr Richardson may have forgotten again....

Would the "no deed to title" be enforceable as the boat changed hands again? I only ask because a couple of Herbert Woods old woodies have recently reverted back to their original names and I doubt their current owners would have any knowledge of a previous owners contract from 50 years ago?

I was once told that, back in the day, it was a condition from Herbert Woods that boats sold out of hire had to be renamed. No idea if it's true but, in my experience, very few ex Herbert Woods boats retain their original name whereas more boats from other yards do, most notably Powles!

Thinking of turning 40ft of wooden boat into a jigsaw puzzle?

Oh I dunno, try a week here

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