@theBusmonkey We seem to be doing the same jobs. Celotex makes a bit of a mess when you saw it up huh? I've got the wiring conduit back in place and poked the switch wires through, rewired ceiling lights so 2 of the four lounge ones are in the bedroom circuit as those lights will be in there now. Got my CT1 finally so I could finish the Celotex. Then had a hoover up of Celotex crumbs. One positive is they don't electrostatically stick to everything! Also built up the battens around the windows for the ply to screw to - there's another less than ideal situation, those battens are basically held by the window screws. Next up stick the foil backed closed cell foam to the exposed steel, tape all the joints and whoopee I'll be able to fit the ply panel back on. Yes it's all a bit of a lash up but even having done this section it's noticeably warmer in here and the panel + the under gunnel stuff it very well fixed. Just like a camper, too many windows isn't all that good and I have a silly bay window at the front that's really not needed - when I move the bulkhead along I'll have 5 windows and a houdini hatch in my room... soo... I'm going to take out the bay windows, plate over the holes with 3mm and insulate. That's why we didn't paint that bit when we were doing the sides this year. I'm going to bolt through, I really should use coach bolts so they look like rivets. The lower part with the primer blobs did get painted, plus the front deck and missing gas locker hatch and I added a fairlead for the mooring rope. No pics though.
Lol, it seems that way! Bloody fiddly shoving bits of pu foam behind steel panels! Of course you might know that I'm also foil taping the cut edges . I think on our stuff it's just a foiled paper that the pu is extruded between, like plasterboard, so didn't want it wicking water. Likely will anyway Yours will be good in the summer as well I reckon. Sometimes it's just too hot haha! We'll soon be down to our underwear on an evening once the fire starts belting out at full chat
My stove is buried under all the ply that was the panels from the wall and a bulkhead made from cupboards! The bay window was quite groovy when the front was a dining room, but I de-constructed it, moved the water tank there from it's previous position under the bed at one side and built my bed over it. All that was done in something of a rush and I didn't insulate the water tank - that's another job on the list. Those seats were chokka with bricks for ballast because of the water tank, engine and batteries being at the back. Wish this water tank was bigger. The cupboardy shelf thing at the front is steel bulkheads with the bow thruster... which has never worked. Maybe when I have it out of the water I'll get the ends of the thruster tube plated over and hack all that out for more internal space... or maybe I should fix the bow thruster.
That's pretty cool as a bay whilst out cruising but on a bedroom quite chilly I guess. I wouldn't bother with the bow thruster, although for your 60 footer it could help occasionally. More trouble than they're worth usually..
Yeah, it's fine without the girlie button, there are two of us so if we get pinned to the side we cope. It's more adventurous without one, the oldies managed fine without them after all though it helps if you're loaded up and low in the water without a cabin catching the wind I guess.
Great photos and info @Zed and @theBusmonkey I foolishly lifted the step from the stern to the galley and hung upside down to see what was under the galley floor. The answer was lots of rust It made me feel a bit poorly so I stopped looking I went back to have another look and felt poorly all over again so have stopped looking! My fear @theBusmonkey is the same as yours, if rotting out from within. How is the rust around your windows @Zed ? Was it all just surface?
Remember Daydream has been overplated Alex so you're looking at the old shell and not the new steel over the top. She's typical for a Springer and will be fine. Get your vac and broom as far in as you can and remove the loose stuff. Ours was actually fine under the surface rust and it cleaned up really nicely. I sprayed some Fertan on as much as I could reach and painted it with Teamac bilge paint Deep breath, floors up, head down x Looks nice in the engine bay as well
My daughter lives at Willington and we always walk on the tow path when we visit her , and often think what it must be like to live on a narrow boat everyone always seem to be relaxed and happy, and i can wiff the wonderful smell of coal smoke now that the colder weather is here .
No it's a 1.5 BMC marinised by Tempest (Newage)? of Stamford. Pretty standard, keel cooled, just lazily thumps away. It'll never set any records but it's dependable and reliable. Coz of the cylinder head design I've just got to keep the glow plug chambers clean from soot otherwise it simply won't start! It could probably do with stem seals as it's a little smokey especially on cold days but that always seems to be a job for next year..
Do yu really think this stuff would be so widely used if it soaked up water? I've got a chunk "soaking" in a whisky glass now - it's all your fault!
And it's the edges I was concerned about. The urethane is fine, the foil facing should be ok but on the recticel at least its a paper printed facing. You can peel it if you get it damp and then water wicks in. Look what you've made me do...
Fodens used to make a little 4 cylinder two stroke diesel engine fitted to small trucks but was also used in marine application . it would be no longer than the one you have but probably be a bit taller ...having said that the sump casting wood probably be squatter than automotive application . They were a very powerful little diesel . I had a bigger six cylinder Foden 2 stroke in my artic unit i used on timber work ..had plenty immediate power being a 2 stroke
