Anyone know of a good place to take my aging Fyran to get some corrosion holes patched up in the waikato? Thanks
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Anyone know of a good place to take my aging Fyran to get some corrosion holes patched up in the waikato? Thanks
I think you will have trouble welding if corroded shit boats new killers when old . Have look at rivets with plates and bostik polyurethane sealant . Do not use silicone as it will come unstuck and contaminate every thing . You can tighten up hull rivets with a club hammer /dolly inside and some one on out side hitting each rivet once , the dolly holder should wear ear muffs on inside , job takes about 30 mins .
No problem welding pin holes in a hull. Clean the corrosion by using the tip of a drill, about 3 times the size of the hole. Don't drill right through, just make the surface shiny.
Its surprising how many more holes appear after you think you have finished welding, but just persevere, and you will have the boat watertight again
Have a mate here in Rotorua that may do the job if you wanted me to ask.
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Will pull out the floor and fill with water to see how bad it is,know there have been some welded in the past but have noticed the powdery stuff in a few spots on the exterior.
Yea hit him up ,will try and get a couple of photos up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny
I don't know mate, might be a good excuse to buy a new boat :)
Building a new house so no new boat in the near future,..
Yeah fair enough mate. Probably one of the only things that can outspend the boat thing would be building a house :)
Not in the Waikato sorry but if you get stuck a good mate here in West Auckland is a genius with Aluminum. He builds custom boats and carries out all sorts of repairs. I know those thin skin boats are a real challenge to repair. If you want his contact details pm me and I'll pass them on.
As above if you have got it early and its just a few spots no dramas to spot weld them.....if its wide spread depending on the size of the hull it would be more economic to rehull from the chine down.
Without knowing anything about your boat other than its a Fryan...
If it has a removable ply/alloy deck and Styrofoam under it remove it all and give the inside of the hull a high pressure fresh water blast then take it to someone to inspect and quote.
If it has sealed alloy chambers things could complicate but same applies. ...remove underfloor tanks etc and anything you can to access and water blast inside of hull for inspection and quote/estimate.
Otherwise you are just paying big charge out rates to basicly clean up shit that you can do yourself so the contractor can estimate/advise accurately.
Can I have your old house when you move? Ill build you a boat in swaps:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by The bomb
Sure,will need to be a big fu#kin boat though!Quote:
Originally Posted by keengunNic
Removable ply deck,mid 80s 4.6m deep v shape Fyran family series,removed styrofoam years ago,owned her for close to 25 yrs now.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Yep then take all that out and waterblast really closely.....a decent one will take out the white powdery stuff and whoever will both be able to see what is involved and have a easyer job.Quote:
Originally Posted by The bomb
Do that then take it to them dry.
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Had an early Stabi dinghy that did that. It got so bad you couldn't put an old 50 cent coin anywhere on the hull with out pits or crators .I couldn't gamble on it in rough water on Stewy Is where I live. Sold it off cheap to a guy who glued a rubber sheet thing to the outside hull and got a bit more time out of it.
Pm me with some details on the mclay as an option if all else fails if you like,I have a 50hp evinrude with remotes and hydraulic tilt,and 5m long boat capable wobble roller trailer.that are both in good knick so really only need a new hull and I’m setQuote:
Originally Posted by berg243
not too helpful but nautech marine near river head auckland was excellent. Awesome value for money and the welds are great
Managed to remove the floor boards today and there was a lot of small foam looking spots,touching them they would wipe away with a slight gritty feel to them,father in law who is a sparky and does a lot of boating reakoned disconnecting the battery would help.couldn’t find any onnodes on the outboard to speak of .Attachment 175893
so fryan dingy has warning label on it not to use steel fittings etc etc etc to stop reaction (galvanic??) its electrolisis or fancy name for rust of non iron type metals...if you put a say 4" nail on bottom of alloy boat,the reaction between the two metals can see the nail eat its way through hull
which begs question has your boat been in salty near Kawhia and picked up iron sand.....
would this be enough to cause issues????
MS2 will gum up holes short term but if hull is that far gone....would you trust it???
had this issue with fryan we bought...fortunately we spotted issue straight away and Mr Boats was good enough to take it back for full refund with apolagy,we privately bought another and have kept it out of salt water and are reasonably careful to keep it clean and free of metal stuff.
Fish raglan a fair bit and have used her a lot on lake tarawera,might be the acidity in the lake water now I think about it.the old girl is still solid otherwise.
Get a battery isolation switch if it hasn't and isolate anytime it is not in use.
If you pull up all the floor and floatation and give it a good high pressure water blast all that chalky oxide will piss off and you can see what you are dealing with.....I would use salt away over the whole bildge and floatation too.
Fryans (and others ) that use foam blocks under a non sealed floor suffer this fate usually because salt gets between the hull and close fitting foam and doesn't dry out.....just sitts there fizzing in your garage or yard.
Some people take it out and throw away (not reccommemnded) some people replace with lots of plastic bottles...or the best one I have seen fill up the cavities with those balls used in kids play things.
Im still running the factory foam under my floor but am diligent with salt away/ getting it dry and pulling it up once a year to clean and salt away everything.
Also check that absolutely none of your electrics are using the boat as an earth.
Took the flotation out years ago,have an isolated switch fitted,will hit the father in law up about the earth thing,not a lot of electrics on the boat,bilge pump,old as fish finder,hydraulic tilt and nav lights are about it I think.
Pm me your number, my mate has an engineering shop just outside hamilton and i know he has done stuff like this before. Ill put you in touch.Quote:
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