Boat project :)

[leeco]

bought a boat in the winter and we have been doing her up.
heres a few pics of her nealy ready.
bought it for £300 but its was a mess.

 

[Johnmelad502]

bought a boat in the winter and we have been doing her up.
heres a few pics of her nealy ready.
bought it for £300 but its was a mess.

I see no ships...

 

[wotan]

It's a ghost ship....the Fying Dutchman.

 

[mattylad]

I think the ship has sailed on this one

 

[crossercuss]

i get this sinking feeling were not gonna see any pics....

 

[leeco]

lol sorry i tought i had pictures of it but i dont have any yet. next time im down there ill get some

 

[leeco]

I managed to get a few pics but it looks a little messy. it’s the 1st time ive messed with little boats (not ships ) but I think its starting to look good, here’s a pic of the 2 little cabins on it.

i made the door on the left the door on the right i let my brother make

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I just need to fit the rest of the electrics it all runs off 2 12v truck batteries with 2 solar panels I bought off eBay that I need to fit, it says it will keep the batteries charged but I am not too sure they can do the job ill find out when I fit them also I have a air horn coming from eBay that plays the dukes of hazard tune ive got some 12v led lights to fit in the roof and a 12v TV to fit. I am no boat builder so maybe carpeting the walls and floor may have been a bad idea

 

[Steve]

chav-tastic.

 

[leeco]

chav-tastic.

you think it's chav-tastic wait till you see what i did to the front of it today it looks like a artic truck

 

[leeco]

things you do when the buildibg tread is on its ass to be honest its realy tested my joinery skils out and electric skills the solar panels are 12w + 2 are 4.9w so its nearly 2 amps per hour going into the batttery every hour but ive got a jenny

 

[ColJack]

have you considdered a wind turbine?
it'll charge as you move, and on those cloudy days.. if it's at the coast it's always windy there..

 

[leeco]

have you considdered a wind turbine?
it'll charge as you move, and on those cloudy days.. if it's at the coast it's always windy there..

Nope but these solar panels are crap so we have got a good genny lol it dose 230 110 and 12v but i've only got 12v stuff on there. Its nearly done now we have a kitchen lol and just need to make a few more doors for here and there and the boat safety guy comes round tomorrow and might give us a boat MOT lets hope it passes at £130 a time if it fails.when i've finished ill post pics of the final boat.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Don't boats have special bats like caravans? Leisure and gel ring a bell

 

[leeco]

A few more pictures.

Not aot to do now their is a little hole on the hill to fiberglass fill then im putting her back in the water.

 

[kevindgas]

seeing it has a British Waterways number i presume you are going to use it on the canals.
if so you may be interested in joining the forum on Canal World Discussion Forum, we are a friendly bunch on there most of us have boats or had boats.