New Old Boat Options

[nimrod]

I got myself another old boat and when I say old I mean old. its a Brooker 14' aluminium that I can turn into a decent bass boat with a little work.
At the moment it looks like a piece of old crap but that's what I wanted so I can work my skills around it to turn it into something worth having.
I will need to make another trailer as the one it's sitting on at the moment is just an old pipe trailer although it does have A C T registration, I will
try and swap it over to NSW rego and use the plate and numbers for the new trailer I make (probably alloy ).
I will pick the boat up on Tuesday, it's in ACT so I hope the bearings will get me back to Sydney, I will take a tub of grease down and check them.
I will be making a few updates as I progress with photos, so I hope the site remains open till I finish the project. Not going to rush into anything
and just do upgrades as I get the money for parts etc.
Stay tuned.

[kkw]

I'm tuned. Do you want to remove the fibreglass deck on my Quintrex, fabricate alloy gunwhales with rod holders and put in a casting deck? Just asking Jumpus would do it, but he doesn't want to. Just kidding, a bit, Frank. Good luck with your project.

[oz man]

m8 this site is not about to close.

[nimrod]

m8 this site is not about to close.

Good pleased to hear it. We just have to try and get some people interested again.

[Fed]

How did you go Frank?

[nimrod]

How did you go Frank?

I picked the boat up on Tuesday, towed it home at 100kph with a stop and wheel bearing check every 1/2 hour and it towed like a dream, wheels stayed nice and cool
there was no wobbles no sway and no rattles or bangs. it's a bloody old ugly looking trailer but jeeze it tows well. Far too heavy and ugly for what I want so will be starting
on a new trailer in the near future.
I want to buy a sand/soda blaster and strip the hull back to bare alloy and give it a bit of a tidy up, floors etc and then I might even take it fishing.

[SUMOFISHIN]

Frank when you stated that you had bought an OLD boat, I thought it must have been a timber clinker like my dad had when we were kids.

[nimrod]

Frank when you stated that you had bought an OLD boat, I thought it must have been a timber clinker like my dad had when we were kids.

No not quiet that old although I did have one of those, it was an old beach work boat , lifesavers, you know the type they use in the beach regattas.
I laid 3 cotes of fibreglass inside and out put a army Johnson 40hp on it and used it for about 12 months before selling it to a mate I had at the time.
extremely heavy boat but sat well in the water.
Frank

[kkw]

used it for about 12 months before selling it to a mate I had at the time.
Frank

Does that mean he gave you the flick as a mate, after you sold him the boat? don't you go stressing that old body you live inside, Frank. I'm sure you will di it at your leisure.

Hey Sumo, you never answered that last pm I sent you, months ago.

[SUMOFISHIN]

I've Been away a couple of times, if I didn't answer did you check to see if I was still alive.

[quintrex101]

Definitely interested in this thread. Keen to see some photos mate. I would love to do something like that but i dont think i'd have the skills to do it. Maybe one day!

[Jumpus GooDarus]

I want to buy a sand/soda blaster and strip the hull back to bare alloy and give it a bit of a tidy up, floors etc and then I might even take it fishing.

Soda blasting is a NO NO on alloy
Dont waste your time $$ buying a sand blasting gun you dont a compessor good enough , you'll be there 4ever
prob cost close 2 a $ 1 k to get goat bead blasted

Ewe could ask the CRIM 2 give ewe wun of his k's

[nimrod]

Soda blasting is a NO NO on alloy
Dont waste your time $$ buying a sand blasting gun you dont a compessor good enough , you'll be there 4ever
prob cost close 2 a $ 1 k to get goat bead blasted

Ewe could ask the CRIM 2 give ewe wun of his k's

Well thanks for the encouragement, no way I could afford to have it done, maybe I could hire a decent compressor for a day or so. the blaster I have
in mind is $299 and it would be handy to have from time to time on other jobs. My old comp will handle small jobs.

[Jumpus GooDarus]

4get it frank not even a 3 phase 4hp compressor is good enough you'll be there 4 a week
Unless ewe want to hire one of those mobile desiel compressors with a 40mm line u r wasting your time

[nimrod]

4get it frank not even a 3 phase 4hp compressor is good enough you'll be there 4 a week
Unless ewe want to hire one of those mobile desiel compressors with a 40mm line u r wasting your time

Jumpy. I would normally take your advise on most things but I have to give this a try, If I fail I fail but I need the thing to be taken back to bare metal
and I ain't got that long left to start rubbing it back with sand paper and I sure as hell can't afford to pay someone to do the job.

[nimrod]

After thinking on this quiet a bit I have decided to go with good old paint stripper, for a few reasons, you can buy a
hell of a lot of stripper for the cost of the sand blower, let alone all the added extras like hiring compressors and buying the media for the blaster.
Plus I can do the job bit by bit without too much preparation and clean up later, although stripper is pretty messy I can restrict the mess to one area.
I will go to Bunnings and buy 4 ltres paint stripper $59 for a start a couple of cheap brushes I have scrapers etc and drop sheets/plastic to catch the waste etc.
With the money I save I will be able to buy the etch primer and paint to do the job, haven't decided on colour yet, might go with Maroon and Black.
Then I need to buy alloy to make trailer frame, I have enough to do Xmembers and such.
Going to be a big project.

[SUMOFISHIN]

Good thinking Frank, Make sure you give us some Progress Reports including Pics.

[kkw]

How is the project coming along Frank?

[nimrod]

How is the project coming along Frank?

I haven't done much so far, been busy making mouse breeding racks, and last week I was bitten by a neighbours cat and it tore a tendon in my hand,
so I haven't been able to do anything for a while.
I have managed to strip about half of one side of the paint off the upper portion of the boat so far and can tell the alloy under the paint is in real good condition.
A mate bought around some scrap 50 x 50 rhs alloy yesterday so that will be part of the new trailer, just have to clean it up a bit and should be able to use it.
I found out the other day that a box trailer 6x4 that I bought about 6 years ago is actually registered as a boat trailer, so when I make my new trailer I can use
the rego from that to put on the new trailer, just won't have a registered box trailer any more.

[kkw]

been busy making mouse breeding racks, .

Just got a picture in my mind...... Frank and Jingles.