Everingham with Y block

[hookster]

Christ almighty it's a never ending battle, welcome aboard to clinkerville James, good on you for jumping straight to the top of the wooden boat food chain.

Hey Dave D - you're probably re-filtering water that I've already filtered some 1980km upstream!! Oh, when I go camping out the river over summer...if I can't be bothered getting out of the water to, you know....Think of that next time you dive in and cool off

[Doc]

Hookster,
Just remember those monster Murray Cod's do like large worms. Good luck with the high pitch voice.
Doc.

[Chivs]

Correction Doc large fat worms, or is the detox action plan still enforced?

[bootlegger]

Welcome to the world of multiple boat ownership and yes you will need a bilge pump

[DaveD]

Yes, I was serious. And mines an Everingham too. Outlet is out the transom and adds a couple of mph?!

[hookster]

The old cod would want bloody good eyesight Doc. Anyway, I thought they were bottom feeders?

[screwit]

If you make a mist system out of garden fittings and wet the boat out inside for 2-3 days [on the lawn it will need watering too !! ] it will seal up and less damage will be done to the hull as it will be tight, roves and planks and paint will stay tight and not move as much on the water.
If you have a dam drop it in on the trailer and let it swell up.
If you have a solid plank boat after use, dont leave it in direct heat - 35 deg + of the day out of the water or the planks may split !!! They need to dry slowly.
Ross

[DaveD]

Ross is correct, if you wet them out they aren't too bad. Mine isn't now as I've sikaflexed a couple of spots and always run water through it beforehand, also being ply its not as bad as solid wood planks. The pump was in there when I bought it and certainly was used alot before the sikaflex. Clinker always leak, its just a matter of how much. With the old race boats they didn't care because they were launched, raced and then retrived.

[antique-boatique]

just have to say that when I raced wooden clinkers I never had any real problems with leaking and the boats would stay in the water for the entire meeting - none of this pulling them out between races - if they all leaked that much there would be many boats sunk on moorings so the trick is to keep em wet

[Bob Vic]

Clearly not going fast enough in the olden days antique!