Tarmac on deck... lets have cobbles in the bilges

By mark on Oct 14, 2008 | In News, Fixing stuff | Send feedback »

Time for a before and after! Spent the last couple of weeks down in the hole, rewiring, emptying the unspeakable bilges, cleaning the timbers and removing the mass of 'ballast' that had been stacked up right in the stern above the prop cutout and over the stern tube, must have been well over a ton and a half of assorted scrap iron, 20kg bags of blasting shot, old batteries etc.... Removed these, then discovered a huge slab of ropey concrete, although it wasn't just concrete. more lumps of scrap iron dropped every where and then concrete poured on top to bind it all together - nice! so a few hours with a kango and we can see the frames once more, and more importantly, we can get at the stern tube, which has a bit of a leak, and needs repacking. So the before picture look a bit like this...

MFV engine room conversion
couple of tons of ballast and rubbish to shift

MFV engine room conversion
what lies beneath! The back end of the engine room before we started

MFV Motor Fifie engine room after clearout and conversion
As she looks today. Almost done, bit more woodwork and paint needed

painting is now almost finished, but as for the tarmac on deck, think that is going to fall into the long term project category

MFV trawler deck coating
the 'tarmacandle'

Converted fishing boat deck after stripping
there's some wood after all!

And finally...... treasure!

a lucky penny found in the bilges of an old scottish MFV
Just for luck?

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