Well, this weekend lukes baby sister is getting married, so we have to have a stag night on thursday evening/Friday morning don't we....
Anyway, I don't suffer from hangovers, so Friday Morning, brilliant sunshine, I start cutting out the old hatch. The problem with the current hatch is it is two, badly fitting, bent bits of metal welded to hinges in the side of the boat. There is a channel at the bottom to allow rain in, but it slopes inward. Besides which the rain will just go through the 1/2" gap on one side. Only on one side because the Stilton Cowboy could not be bothered cutting a straight door anywhere on this boat.
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ever mind, I have a new prefabricated hatch from Martin Kedian, and it is superb. Properly formed doors, rain channels, and a 50mm flange to cover up the bits where I haven't cut the hole quite straight!
Several hours, and even more cutting disks later, there is a hole. I cleaned up all the edges and offered the hatch up to fit. Yipee, it fits!. There is a slight gap at the top, however, because the boat sides aren't straight. The hatch is well built enough that when it is bolted in it will pull the sides straight though.
Quick splash of primer on all the exposed metal, put the hatch in temporarily, then I'm finished for the night.
ever mind, I have a new prefabricated hatch from Martin Kedian, and it is superb. Properly formed doors, rain channels, and a 50mm flange to cover up the bits where I haven't cut the hole quite straight!Several hours, and even more cutting disks later, there is a hole. I cleaned up all the edges and offered the hatch up to fit. Yipee, it fits!. There is a slight gap at the top, however, because the boat sides aren't straight. The hatch is well built enough that when it is bolted in it will pull the sides straight though.
Quick splash of primer on all the exposed metal, put the hatch in temporarily, then I'm finished for the night.
Saturday morning, a bead of silicon around the hatch, and it is bolted in for good. A bead of silicon around the join just to make sure and... bugger me its 1.30 pm, the wedding is at three and I haven't got a present yet!
High speed dash, Clitheroe shops, Shower, change and at the Wedding with 5 minutes to spare! Fantastic reception afterwords with Hog Roast, music, beer, and all.
High speed dash, Clitheroe shops, Shower, change and at the Wedding with 5 minutes to spare! Fantastic reception afterwords with Hog Roast, music, beer, and all.
Sunday morning its quiet, Am I the only one who still gets up early after a night on the lash ? Cleaned up all the welding on the port side of the hull and blacked all the welds. Decided to have a short day and watch the formula one. Great Result. I'm still rooting for Barrichello and I think he is in with a chance this year.
Sunday night was wasted waiting for a train that did not appear. When I rang, I found out it was cancelled. Taxi back home (£6.50) taxi back to the train station in the morning (£6.50) and then get told I have to buy a new ticket! £72.00! Then the train runs late, and does not stop at my station, dumping me in London! I ended up getting to work at 3.00 pm instead of 7.30 am., and it has cost me £85.00 for the privelidge!. Adolf had his bad points, but at least he got the trains to run on time!
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