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   Hi Phil

Exactly my sentiments, although if I'd done it I would have made the windows bigger!

To my untrained eye the hull looked ok and although glassing it over may not be ideal I'm guessing it will help with long term protection, and then who's to say that sometime in the future the owner may decide to make her a working boat again.

I mentioned in a few other posts that boats need a use, military, "commercial" i.e. Midnight Trader style! housing etc or they simply fade away.

BTW do you have any clue about the RTTL post I added recently?

Cheers  Mark  

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marksaab Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 February 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 160	Post Options Post Reply Quote marksaab Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 January 2010 at 7:11pm
	Hi Phil Exactly my sentiments, although if I'd done it I would have made the windows bigger! To my untrained eye the hull looked ok and although glassing it over may not be ideal I'm guessing it will help with long term protection, and then who's to say that sometime in the future the owner may decide to make her a working boat again. I mentioned in a few other posts that boats need a use, military, "commercial" i.e. Midnight Trader style! housing etc or they simply fade away. BTW do you have any clue about the RTTL post I added recently? Cheers Mark
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johnk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 March 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1355	Post Options Post Reply Quote johnk Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 January 2010 at 9:01pm
	Hi Mark, Yes, you have hit the proverbial, without some use of some kind they will mostly just rot away, glassing, well will leave that one! some have, some have not, and some would not in a million years! if done to the very highest standard from the very start, perhaps will exstend the life of the vessel when otherwise it would go, any way said I would not get into, sorry nothing on the RTTL, Johnk

Whitelady Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 30 June 2008 Location: Lowestoft Status: Offline Points: 75	Post Options Post Reply Quote Whitelady Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 January 2010 at 1:26am
	Clive, I do not have fault with the owner wanting to turn it into a liveaboard. I do not have fault with the owner doing it... All I point out is it does not hurt much to make a vessel slightly more atractive. Different windows, the framework being internal and a different hull colour would make her look so much better.
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clive Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 December 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 379	Post Options Post Reply Quote clive Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 January 2010 at 10:18am
	Thats fair enough, Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder. Big windows may make the cabin cold?
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Whitelady Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 30 June 2008 Location: Lowestoft Status: Offline Points: 75	Post Options Post Reply Quote Whitelady Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 February 2010 at 12:36am
	that is true definately so on WL, but a trade off for wonderfully light and airy saloon in day time.
	You don't own a boat, a boat owns you.