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    Posted: 30 Jan 16 at 4:55pm
Daring dinghy up for sale, could be last of its kind ,FREE as I need space and do not have time because of other projects.
All wood and decks are in exceptional condition, have new marine ply for bottom as it was holed in storage at farm.

Parts missing are - tiller, full length sail battens and some of the sheeting, not to bad for 35yrs of dry storage

Will need to bring own trailer.
Any info or photos
torkydland@hotmail.co.uk
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Nick you have Pm

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Tor, I mislaid your pm with your phone number. Would you like to sent it to me again. Delighted to hear you are thinking of restoration.

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I think West do a thin epoxy that you paint on the dry wood which will help with moisture resistance. From what I remember its ok under varnish too so just coat the whole boat in that (inside tanks before you stick the bottom on would be a great help).

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Originally posted by JimC

Conventionally I would have thought the insides should be varnished or painted. I tend to slap on several costs of heavily thinned down cheap varnish with a large brush: after all UV resistance is hardly a problem! Wood self draining boats are sods for rot because its so hard to keep the humidity down, so it does need doing.

Maybe some worm/rot killer first? What does the panel think?


Sounds a good start.   I too would be in favour of thinned down varnish that soaks in to the wood.  How about thinned epoxy instead? Is that available?

I'm surprised to see the boat is self draining but it looks like it was built that way; or heavily modified.  Was the original design self draining?   As Jim says, water will get trapped especially around the frame joints to the bottom hull wood.  I see there are a number of hatches which will help with air circulation, so, maybe with these kept open and a very good cover, you would be in with a chance.

I doubt worm killer will be needed.   If the wood is dry it is very unlikely to have living worms.

Have you got the mast, boom, centre board and rudder? 

Personally, I would ditch the sliding seat and put a trapeze on for the crew.

Good luck.
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Conventionally I would have thought the insides should be varnished or painted. I tend to slap on several costs of heavily thinned down cheap varnish with a large brush: after all UV resistance is hardly a problem! Wood self draining boats are sods for rot because its so hard to keep the humidity down, so it does need doing.

Maybe some worm/rot killer first? What does the panel think?

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Took some more pics today,

I started to strip the varnish off 35 yrs+ ago !!!


The wood on the top sides are really in good condition, so a bit more stripping and sanding should do it.

Since the boat has been dry stored for so long, will the wood inside be needing some kind of treatment .
Before the bottom is glued and screwed on ?

The inside is in a good state too, but bare wood.

So any help would be much appreciated how to get this Daring back on the water.

I think it has some really sweet curves on it.

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Tctor68 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jul 15 at 12:33am
Many thanks Dougaldog, for all the info on the Daring.
Will think about getting it restored to health again as it sounds like it will keep the Daring from becoming ( EXTINCT ) .

Does anyone have any other photo's etc on Daring's

Will post some pics when I get time.

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Hi Nick,
If you are interested I could take more photo's as it in my garage.
I have known about this one since late 60's and owned in 70's .
It has been dry stored since late 70's.
The boat has a sail number of 79 so maybe one of last to be built.

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I spent at least ten years looking for a Daring, having been enthused as a youngster by them when I saw the one that sailed regularly at West Kirby. I got quite pally with Bill O'B towards the end of his days, and we met several times to talk about development of the boat. My search went from Eastbourne to the highlands of Scotland, via of course the Weston connection. I'm delighted one has turned up.

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