Search found 23 matches
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:45 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Anyone up for a Veneer Swap Please?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2515
Re: Anyone up for a Veneer Swap Please?
Hi Rupert, Any news about AGBA veneer please? Do you know if Robbins Timber in Bristol would sell me such a small quantity? I guess if they stock it in the typical format of long strips a few inches wide I could ask them to cut the strips into say 400mm lengths for ease of packing? Has anyone tried ...
- Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:24 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Anyone up for a Veneer Swap Please?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2515
Anyone up for a Veneer Swap Please?
Hi Guys, I am in the final stages of renovation of my Fairey Duckling hull - sadly the repairs to the hull in the keelson & transom area were quite extensive and I decided tto go for an exact thickness veneer repair using excellent 2.5mm Khaya that I got from Capital Crispin Veneers that was pre...
- Wed May 02, 2012 9:23 am
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Fairey Duckling Hull Moulding Numbers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4540
Re: Fairey Duckling Hull Moulding Numbers
I came across an old Fairey Owners Club posting reporting that over 2000 Fairey Ducklings had been made - this information evidently came from Charles Currey who was Fairey Marine's Technical Director I think?
Cheers,
Wilf Bishop
Cheers,
Wilf Bishop
- Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:50 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Fairey Duckling Hull Moulding Numbers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4540
Fairey Duckling Hull Moulding Numbers
I have stripped & veneer repaired the Fairey Duckling that a friend very kindly gave to me to restore for teaching my two young granddaughters to saicl and I have found the number 977 punched into the inner face of the wooden transom immediately below the stern seat thwarts. Would this be the hu...
- Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:48 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Pathe Film of Fairey Firefly Production
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2333
Pathe Film of Fairey Firefly Production
Hi All, A friend sent me the following link to a amazing short film showing the key stages in Firefly construction taken during the 1950's. There is a lot of great detail in this shortfilm and I see more every time I view it - hope you enjoy it. My question is what is the large relatively deep draft...
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:16 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Removing 2-pot Polyurethane Varnish
- Replies: 8
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Removing 2-pot Polyurethane Varnish
I have just been given a Fairey Duckling sailing dinghy to restore which I intend to use to teach my two young grandchildren to sail. However the immediate problem is that the boat seems to have been varnished inside & out with 2-pot poly varnish and a quick trial patch with my usual paint strip...
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:47 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Repair of Glued Clinker Ply Hull
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2241
Repair of Glued Clinker Ply Hull
Hi Guys, I would like to get some views on a repair scheme I am proposing for a glued cllinker ply hull where the two bottom glued clinker ply strakes and the hog have been subjected to standing water for sometime (boat stored in the open bow down I guess?) and are now totally rotton. The boat is th...
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:53 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits wanted
- Topic: Wanted Old Finn for Restoration
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12342
Wanted Old Finn for Restoration
Hi All, I previously completely restored a wooden Fairey Marine Finn (K197 "DJANGO") that I sold to Ed some years ago when I had no winter storage for dinghies since I then lived in central Cambridge & had no garage. I now live up in the Yorkshire Dales and have a large workshop. So in...