well, to be fair....that looks to me like moss on the inner hull rather than a hole through it.
I would guess that the ply of hull might be there, but it will be soft and rotten right through.
Moss growing on it is never a good sign.
eib
Moving class.....to a Cat?
Re: Moving class.....to a Cat?
Ed Bremner
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
Re: Moving class.....to a Cat?
I think the hull would be about as sound as wet cardboard! I'm not sure what veneers they were usually built with but I know Prout cats rotted pretty quickly once they were let go or left with water in the hulls.
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PeterV
Finn K197 & GBR564
Warsash
Finn K197 & GBR564
Warsash
Re: Moving class.....to a Cat?
That's ok then a couple of coats of paint and it will be ok.
Hornet 191 Shoestring,
Hornet 595 Demon awaiting restoration
Hornet 610 Final Fling
Hornet 353
Hornet 595 Demon awaiting restoration
Hornet 610 Final Fling
Hornet 353
Re: Moving class.....to a Cat?
Surely just pouring on G4 will miraculously revive the hulls?
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Re: Moving class.....to a Cat?
Hi Ed
Sister Ship to my Nacra is for sale on Apollo Duck it's based in Dorset.
Cheers Al
Sister Ship to my Nacra is for sale on Apollo Duck it's based in Dorset.
Cheers Al
Re: Moving class.....to a Cat?
Yes, I saw that.....and cheaper too....
Still, at moment this is all dreaming unless I win the pools or someone buys my IC.....which I have to admit is not quite openly for sale yet.
I know I should sell it....I even want to....but it is hard to break 12 years of addiction to the most invigorating dinghy class in the world.
But agree it does look like a good one.
cheers
eib
Still, at moment this is all dreaming unless I win the pools or someone buys my IC.....which I have to admit is not quite openly for sale yet.
I know I should sell it....I even want to....but it is hard to break 12 years of addiction to the most invigorating dinghy class in the world.
But agree it does look like a good one.
cheers
eib
Ed Bremner
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it