Thanks for the tip, I might refer back to it at a later date!

Tom

Butch Davis ) wrote:
: Thomas,

: FWIW (very little), a friend of mine took on such a project in 1982. He and
: his SO worked on the boat for about a year. At the time he was employed at
: an Army marina/hobby shop and had access to all tools and equipment and was
: able to work on his project on-site during the lunch hour etc. When he
: finished the project the boat was pretty nice. He subsquently sailed down
: to the Keys where he lived aboard and sailed until he sold the boat and
: started work on another project boat.

: At the time he finished the project he told me it was about four times as
: much work and expense as he had estimated when he began. He told me he
: would never again try to restore a ferrocement boat and that he believed it
: would have been cheaper, faster and easier to start from scratch with a new
: armature.

: This guy was a gifted craftsman with years of experience.

: YMMV.

: Butch
: "Red Cloud®" wrote in message
: ...
: On 31 Jul 2005 22:46:47 -0800, (Thomas D.
: Ireland)
: wrote:
:
:
: I am thinking that I might be interested in a Ketch or Cruiser
: restoration project. I would like one about 45' on deck. If any has one
: for sale in the Pacific NW I might be interested to hear from you. If
: anyone has any experience with a restoration of this type I would be
: interested to hear your horror stories etc.
: I have looked at several web sites (ferrocement.org, etc) as well as
: looked at several book titles on the subject but have found that books and
: the real world are two entirely different things. I would like to get a
: diversity of resources that I can refer to. If anyone can offer any ideas
: I would appreciate it. I run out of ideas from time to time.
: I have limited construction experience and have had some training with
: shop tools and equipment and may be able to offer some ideas to someone
: who might need some help so I would like to hear from those people as
: well. I also have some cadet experience and may also be able to help with
: some of those issues as well. Hope to hear from y'all soon!
:
: Tom
:
: Just for openers, you'll find it extremely difficult or completely
: impossible to
: get insurance or financing of any kind for a ferro cement boat.
:
: rusty redcloud



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