Thread: Advice on maintenance

Nick I'll leave it to more experienced hands to advise on maintenance, but I'd like to say it is a beautiful boat! Can you tell us its design/make/history please? And maybe details of its rig! Very attractive hull
BTW the first photo looks like near a station I know very well!

Maintenance can encompass a book or two and I'm about verbose enough to write one.

In short, keep it clean, dry and covered and you'll do well. Good ventilation is also quite important. This boat will last generations if kept like this.

You can install an outboard bracket which will allow you to mount a small motor, raise and lower it as needed and remove it completely when desired.

With some minor engineering, you could arrange for the bracket to clamp to the transom, rather then drill mounting holes for fasteners. This will preserve the lovely transom as it is. A typical installation would be off to one side slightly, so you can sit aft and hold the tiller comfortably.

The transom might be too deep in the middle to mount an outboard. But a little to the side, looks like no problems.

The bottom horizontal plate (mistakenly called a "cavitation plate") needs to be an inch below the bottom of the boat or an inch below the water surface. Whichever distance is LONGER (I had originally written shorter here - now it is corrected).

I can't see much problem with this apart from the normal one of fitting in with the rudder.,

MIK

That's a pretty little boat. What is she?

Hi

I have no history or information on the boat.
The chap I bought it off had restored it.
I noticed it for sale beside the road and thought is was a very attractive boat.
I wanted a boat, and now have a passion for wooden boats although I have
no idea how to sail or have any wood working skills!!!!
I seem to be attracted to high maintenance, old house,old cars,wife and now wooden boats.

Nick

Originally Posted by Boatmik

The transom might be too deep in the middle to mount an outboard. But a little to the side, looks like no problems.

The bottom horizontal plate (mistakenly called a "cavitation plate") needs to be an inch below the bottom of the boat or an inch below the water surface. Whichever distance is shorter.

I can't see much problem with this apart from the normal one of fitting in with the rudder.,

MIK

Should be "whichever is LONGER"

OOOPS

MIK

Originally Posted by Boatmik

The transom might be too deep in the middle to mount an outboard. But a little to the side, looks like no problems.

The bottom horizontal plate (mistakenly called a "cavitation plate") needs to be an inch below the bottom of the boat or an inch below the water surface. Whichever distance is LONGER (I had originally written shorter here - now it is corrected).

I can't see much problem with this apart from the normal one of fitting in with the rudder.,

MIK

mik
this o/board formula is for a plaining boat as this little gem has a displacement hull of a nominal speed of about 8 or 9 knots.
i would mount the outboard deep.
cav plate say 4 to six inches below the water line even deeper as long as the cowl dont drown ,away from the dirty water that comes off the keel and also to stop the said o/board ventilating [prop out of the salty stuff] when pitching over waves in choppy conditions or simply mooving wieght to the bow whilst uping anchor
cheers graham

Good advice if the water gets choppy!

Cheers!

Thanks for the advice.
Could mounting a motor to the side cause a problem with movement of the tiller ( not allowing for full movement because of the rise in the transom?)


Nick

Your tiller should easily clear the transom, it's mounted inboard of it. That hull looks all of 15', which means your displacement speed will be just a tad over 5 knots. If you pile up a big bow wave and burn globs of fuel, you might get 6. A couple of HP will be more then enough to power her through most anything you'd want to venture out into.

Hi Nick very pretty boat, I Have had large sail boats for about 7 years and still can't sail properly, I suggest you join a wooden boat club and have a lot of fun learning from old salts that have been there done that. As for maintance, my latest boat is 32ft so I just start at one end and when I reach the other end I start again. Fresh water has killed many wooden boats.
Ian l
"Wavedancer"

Nice looking boat. I reckon a British Seagull might be long enough and probably well suited as well.

What about an electric outboard they have a long shaft? and better for the environment

cheers Bob

Why are electric outboards better for the environment? They have to get power from somewhere like a coal powered station unless wind powered or solar. Batteries have to be manufactured and disposed of.