Boats Past And Present?

[air gun ant 1,666]

What are donkeys TC?

[noddy10 411]

crackin boat northernlight, how much was that set up if you don't mind me askink

[nothernlite 18,089]

What are donkeys TC?

 

the next best thing to a ass lol no got a clue lol

[nothernlite 18,089]

crackin boat northernlight, how much was that set up if you don't mind me askink

£16000 that was a good few extras and delivered up north to my caravan

[air gun ant 1,666]

 

 

crackin boat northernlight, how much was that set up if you don't mind me askink

£16000 that was a good few extras and delivered up north to my caravan

looks a cracking boat mate! I'm saving up for a warrior but I think I'll be saving a while lol

[nothernlite 18,089]

preffered that to the warrior just for the sake of beaching it with the hull thought it would of been easier running it up the beach lol

[Tiercel 6,986]

What are donkeys TC?

 

Self draining scuppers we call them donkey c0cks. as all dory's have sealed decks once you have water in the boat it can be hard to get out but with the donkey's you just drop them when on the plane and they drain the deck.

 

Great for washing the boat down a few buckets of water and it all drains out the back.

 

TC

Edited October 30, 2014 by tiercel

[air gun ant 1,666]

ahh i understand now, good idea.i have a bilge pump fitted but like look in to them also.

[nothernlite 18,089]

Would a automatic bilge pump do the same there's one of them on the boat

[air gun ant 1,666]

an automatic bilge should be live all the time, and works of a float system so you should never have any real amount of water in the bilge. but should that fail its always good to gave a back up like a manual bilge pump or donkeys i suppose lol

[Tiercel 6,986]

If you set the donkeys at the right hight on the stern you can leave them down when the boat is on the moorings, so any rain water that enters the boat will drain off. Saving you having to go down and bail out the boat in wet weather. Far better than relying on electrics in wet weather.

 

As a bye it was only a couple of days ago I learned the correct name for them, they are called Rib drain socks / trunks. But also go under the names of donkey c0cks and elephants trunks.

 

TC

Edited November 2, 2014 by tiercel

[Rabid 1,936]

This was my first one (soon to be up for sale)

 

 

Then I had this leeward 18 (soon to be up for sale)

 

 

And this is my latest one, (soon to be on the water)

 

 

 

 

[air gun ant 1,666]

That new one looks a craker mate! I'll get there one day lol in the mean time I've only gone and bought another bloody ship wreck should make a few quid on this tho, just needs a lot of man hours throwing at it, all the bits are there, it just needs lots of sanding, a decent paint job and everything putting back together.

Edited December 2, 2014 by air gun ant