Hi thanks for the kind words - its messages of encouaragement such as yours that give me the enthusiam and impetus to carry on. In fact, she is a...
standpipes dont really provide a solution for the problem of having dissimilar metals in salt water - ie there's still a bronze and steel in salt...
On all my wooden boats, I've always had bronze fittings. Currently, on my steel boat, all the below w/l thru-hulls are bronze. They were...
thanks - I always understood that stainless fittings should only be used above the w/l and that in using them below the w/l there is just as much...
I have an old (50 yrs) small (62ft) Feadship that I am restoring (Tiky 62ft). Some of the thru-hull and all of the deck drain outlets need...
Feadship Tiky GA with proposed new Pilothouse here is the General Arrangements of what i had in mind for the new PH
Pilothouse for vintage 62ft feadship Tiky Believe me, adding a PH is not something I will do without a great deal of thought - clearly , doing...
Kahlenbergs and similar (Buell etc) not only sounds the best but also they look the best. S/S cant compare with the look of good quality chrome...
I've been following your posts and thought you might be interested in hearing my story about my 1961 62ft Van lent Feadship ... I live in...
OLD FEADSHIP RESTORATION - TIKI 61ft built 1960 Hi I think I’ve been through more or less the same process as you - when I bought the boat...
Hi it has often occurred to me that having re-plated much of the hull, ripped out the entire interior (bulkheads, deck lining, furniture and...
It occurred to me that you may be interested to hear about the rebuild of my 60yr old steel motor yacht - a vintage 61ft Feadship - Alto Volante...
A yacht can be just toooo big > here is Dilbar , seen squeezed into her berth at Porto Cervo at the end August (wouldn't you be a tad upset if...
I could do that but it would only be a temporary solution which would mean a lot of work, especially if the bags split over time - what I want...
hi unfortunately the Feadship archive is very scant on the older vessels such as these and they can only supply very basic info thanks anyway...
I own a vintage 1961 Van Lent “Tiky” (pka Alto Volante) that we are restoring. She originally had 2 x MAN 150HP model D1548M engines with large...
that would be great. my email is davidjapp@carlinmusic.com best David
hi - you may well be right but I doubt that any boats were built in steel in OZ
I dont know much about Halveson but I thought they were wooden , then GRP?
alrs I think you are correct that she isnt a feadship and coincidentally I had spotted this pic in a for sale ad a year or so ago best david
