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Wet-As-'Ell 
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Joined: 11 Mar 15 Location: Cumbria Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
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 Topic: My ScorpionPosted: 11 Mar 15 at 2:07pm |
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Hi all....
I have been given (yes, given) a 1964 Scorpion that needs "a little" renovation and love. Because I am worse than useless (and sometimes dangerous) at DIY, I have approached a marina in Cumbria to look at the woodwork for me and I will then do the varnishing/finishing. However, I have no idea how to do this either and wondered if anyone had some tips (Other than burn it or pay for someone to do the whole lot). Cheers Mark  Edited by Wet-As-'Ell - 11 Mar 15 at 2:08pm |
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JimC
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Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6661 |
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Posted: 11 Mar 15 at 2:12pm |
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I should go here... http://www.cvrda.org/community/
Be aware that doing up old boats should only be undertaken as a labour of love for the pleasure of the activity: financially its a dead cert loser. You spend the entire value of the boat just on paint and glue, and when you've finished its worth no more than when you started... Edited by JimC - 11 Mar 15 at 2:16pm |
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Wet-As-'Ell
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Posted: 11 Mar 15 at 2:21pm |
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Thanks Jim but it just takes me back to the home page.
Cheers Mark |
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Rupert
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Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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Posted: 11 Mar 15 at 2:57pm |
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Just type in cvrda.org and it will take you to the Classic and Vintage Racing Dinghy Association, where lots of people have been through what you are doing. As Jim says, only do it if that is part of the joy of ownership. Otherwise, you might begin to think free was over priced!
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Woodbotherer
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Posted: 11 Mar 15 at 3:46pm |
Allow me to introduce myself and offer good burning advice, I can recommended decent brands of match, suggest flammatory products to assist, to make the whole diy boat burning experience rich and fulfilling.
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Tom J
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Posted: 11 Mar 15 at 4:23pm |
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Someone else doing something similar and may be able to provide some tips: http://www.sailscorpion.co.uk/?p=1143
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iiitick
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Joined: 04 Jun 14 Location: gb Online Status: Offline Posts: 478 |
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Posted: 13 Mar 15 at 12:22am |
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Why not just nail it back together, get it sailing and have fun? I did this with an old Merlin a few years ago. The boat was considered beyond saving but I saved it....sort of. We had a bit of fun, and boy won a race with his sister in it. By pure chance I sold it to the son of the original owner but as Jim says there was no profit in it.
In my twenties I 'restored' a number of what now would be called classic cars, then just old cars. Good fun just to get them going again. I had two Bentleys at the same time and a 1957 Porsche Convertible D. which in good condition are worth £150,000 now....mine was worth about £150 plus the cost of 1,000,000 pop rivets and half a ton of filler.
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Riv
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Joined: 23 Nov 13 Location: South Devon Online Status: Offline Posts: 353 |
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Posted: 13 Mar 15 at 9:27pm |
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If you are considering paying someone to do the woodwork, this boat must mean an awfull lot to you...........
However you don't say if you have ever sailed a Scorpion before, so as iitick says above maybe the best thing to do is to patch it together for this year, sail it and see if you even like it. Scorpions are not everyones cup of tea. With the Epoxy revolution anyone can patch up an old boat enough to get it sailing. So unless you are actually going through the bottom and other bit are literally falling off patch it and have fun!
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JohnJack
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Posted: 02 Apr 15 at 9:30am |
Interesting comment, how so? (other than any other class)
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Woodburner
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Joined: 13 Mar 15 Location: Folkestone Kent Online Status: Offline Posts: 332 |
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Posted: 02 Apr 15 at 11:39am |
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We had a visit from a Scorpion owner recently. Left it on the beach whilst he went for a cupper .
Tide came in, Inshore rescue boat launched, boat trashed. Scorpion Owners. Check the photo sequenceCount the bodies that came to it's 'rescue'
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