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Marin, Thanks for the pictures and the story, great stuff. *I really like those boats, super practical. *Does the man made harbour have water at all states of their huge tides? *I guess they short crew so need the helmsman to work the pots as well. *Probably just the skipper and a deckhand? *Do...

Hi Steve, Thanks for the comment, yes I have been trying to keep similar lines and I will paint in the same style which accentuates the lines. *Perspex is plexiglass or polycarbonate (not lexan), the basic clear or tinted plastic sheets. *We will use 5mm thick sheets, comes in a sheet same size...

A few more update photos as the new wheelhouse structure starts to come together. *In case you are wondering the sloped section at the aft end of the cabin is a cutout for a steep stairway leading up to the roof. *Side doors and aft door will be sliding, windows I am still trying to decide. *I...

Hi Benn, Speaking of good walks in Hinchinbrook, you reminded me that I once walked the length of the island. *It certainly was beautiful and it took four days of walking and camping in different spots each night. *We were dropped off by boat at the southern end then picked up at the north end...

Hi Benn, Good to hear from you and good to hear you are out there enjoying the coast and the islands. *The area between Bundaberg and Cairns I actually am not familiar with by boat, more by car and some kayaking at Hinchinbrook. Are you up the river in the Bundaberg town marina or down by the...

Thanks Red, glad you are enjoying the pictures. Cheers, Leon.

Hi Steve, For varnishing or painting work the guys are generally getting paid by the day or if done by a company then it would be a quote job including materials. *If you hired an individual and provided your own materials you may pay between 10-30 dollars a day depending on the length of your...

Some more pics -- Edited by Phuket on Saturday 27th of June 2009 03:43:17 AM

I didn't make it to the boat the last couple few days due to some family dramas but when I got there today I was stoked with the progress. *The higher, long roof is going to work great. *The crapenters have the top on now and are working on the sides. *I am already thinking about the first trip...

Since the foredeck went so smoothly and the carpenter offered me a good price to carry on and do the wheelhouse I decided to go for it. *So today they started ripping into it. *We will raise the roof to the tops of the exisiting posts and extend it to the rear most posts. *New sides, new sliding...

With the carpentry finished on the foredeck things have slowed down a little. heavy rain for the first few days of this week did not help either. But Kao and Geng have been plugging away at the boat and I have spent as much time on board as I can. Saturday afternoon I got into the fibreglass...

Good question Steve, must admit I still have not fully decided how it will be inside the cabin. *Most of the space will be taken up with beds, two singles and a double V berth in the front, so the floor will only be a narrow strip down the middle. *At the base of the stairs it may only be a...

Good visual progress today, companionway stairs, cover for the companionway and also important started on the stereo with amp and speakers mounted.

Some more progress shots. *Sides went on yesterday with one centre deck panel also down. *Work has slowed as two of the three carpenters have to work on an other job for a few days.

Thanks Steve, the wood is a mid-range local hardwood called takien sai, sorry I don't know the english equivalent. *Yes the plan is to leave the beams exposed and appreciate the wood. *The deck above will be ply so I will epoxy then paint that, but will varnish the exposed beams to have some...

Today the carpenters got the rest of the deck beams cut to length and mounted, although they are still to be braced more strongly. *They also cut the hole in the front of the wheelhouse where the companionway will go and began work on a bulkhead to divide the engine room from the rest of the...

Thanks for the feedback. *The beams are cut to shape to put some camber in the deck, maybe an inch drop from centre out to the sides. * That is the height I am going to stay with, I really did not want to change the profile look of the boat by putting a raised cabin - plus it is stronger and...

From a blank sheet things look they are moving ahead quickly. *Some pics of progress on day two. Cheers, Leon.

Carrying on with the conversion from fishing trawler to family weekend trawler I have started with the new raised foredeck. *I have it parked in front of a carpenters shop, still in the water, for the next couple of weeks. *Today they removed the rotten foredeck and started shaping the new deck...

Most likely you have some debris in the carby. *The ethanol is an effective solvent and will clean dirt from the tank and fuel lines, but this can then lodge in places restricting flow. *The worse option is that it has dissolved some rubber from your lines or some gaskets in the fuel system...

Living in the cold may have some good points, but the tropics are for me.......* I gave the trawler to a carpenter to start the new foredeck yesterday so we took our 22 foot Panga out for a day trip today. *Went about 20 NM south of Phuket to an island called Racha Noi. *It is my favourite spot...

Actually I must admit I have taken a break from the boat project for *a few weeks and have been using the boat every Sunday. *The new railings and awning make it much more user freindly and now that I have have a solid steering system, proper fuel system and functional gauges and alarms on the...

Eric, I think you will find those recommending engine can achieve more than rated RPM are referring to high output diesels in planing craft. These engines are generally pushed to their limits and are very susceptible to damaging overheats. This is like a built in safety factor to allow for...

Eric, My Ford Sabre 80HP has a fresh water cooled stainless manifold, looks like the original one and is still in good shape. Water cooled manifolds get fabricated locally here in Thailand all the time - marinised second hand truck and bus engines are the norm for local vessels. My regular...

Marin, Thanks for the questions. *I do not know the real age of my boat. *I bought it from a guy in a muslim fishing village on an island between Phuket and the mainland. *It is not however a local boat. *He told me he bought it second hand around 4 years ago on the east coast of Thailand in a...