Before you do anything, get a surveyor in to ultrasound the hull and give you a proper assessment of the state of the plating. It may not be as bad as it seems ...
'holes all around just below the rubbing strake' sounds like it might be pitting caused by ineffective/expired/non-existant anodes. Holes also sounds rather drastic! Do they penetrate all the way through the steel or are they pits that don't go all the way through? If the latter, there may be enough thickness of steel left to avoid the need for plating Even if the area below the strake needs plating over, £6500 sounds a hell of a lot of money. That sounds like the sort of price you might face to plate over the entire hull below the waterline (at which point you'd certainly be wise to consider whether the cost/benefit stacked up) What make is the boat and what sort of condition is it in other than the hull problems? It's market value is a factor as is the original build quality in deciding whether the repairs are worth doing HTH Bru > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Gregory > Sent: 14 September 2007 15:41 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [canals-list] Plating > > > Hello > Having lurked for some time on this list I now need to post > for advice. My > 36ft narrowboat went in yesterday for bottom blacking (she is > 24 yrs old we > have owned her for 12yrs). A 'phone call today to come and > look at the boat > in the dry dock. Holes all around mostly just below the > rubbing strake. It > will need replating. Has anyone had to do this recently and > can they > recommend anyone. At the moment it seems to be a toss up > whether we should > abandon/scrap or replate, figures around £6500 have been > given. We are in > the Nantwich area on the Shropshire Union canal. > Tia > John > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
