Hello from Australia

hooked on water · 14-02-2008, 13:49

Dear All

Just a quick hello from here in Australia.

Have just bought a 32 hartley ferro ready for fit out
This is a big task, and a long time in front of me
Would welcome any support I could be given
Hope to get to know alot of you better over the ensuing years
take care and happy sailing

David_Old_Jersey · 14-02-2008, 14:10

I am sure the Ferro folk (and those handy with a spanner.....and a trowel

) will be along shortly........but in the meantime welcome aboard - and I hope your project progress to conclusion - with updates along the way!

Pics are always nice............

SkiprJohn · 14-02-2008, 14:11

Aloha Hooked,
Welcome aboard! Let us know how your project is progressing.
Kind Regards,
JohnL

hooked on water · 14-02-2008, 14:51

Thanks guys, I will in deed post pics and be on the boards quite a bit
am hoping to be initially able to get the boat in the water by the end of the year, and final fitoff for the following christmas

It will be rather lean by the time I get it in this christmas but will be grand.

Am going to be fitting a fair bit of varnished wood, as I like wood trims. I know it is hard work, but have had it on most of my boats in the past

Cheers all, and thanks for your thoughts

Hooked

Weyalan · 14-02-2008, 14:53

G'day cobber! Good to have another kangaoo riding, wombat throwing, crocodile wrastling aussie in the mix.

Wotname · 14-02-2008, 23:09

G'day mate, greetings from Perth, good luck with your project, hope it goes faster than mine - 4 years on the hard - but I work slow..........

hooked on water · 15-02-2008, 01:36

Thanks guys

I am actually from Tassie, so near you Weyelan

I am pushing to get the boat in the water for christmas, which I should be able to do if I meticulously get into it. Will then need a good year to finish all the trim and remaining cupboards that will not be in at that point

bare minimum of final fit for then

see ya around

Hooked

Elizabeth · 19-02-2008, 22:45

Hi Hooked!

Nice to have another antipodean on board - in the short time I've belonged to this board I've learn't heaps. People love to help here, are supportive and a lot of fun.

Elizabeth

Alan Wheeler · 19-02-2008, 23:35

Quote:

I am sure the Ferro folk (and those handy with a spanner.....and a trowel

) will be along shortly

Hi, I tried to start a business repairing FC boats. But they never seemed to need reapir, so I shut down. ;-') :-)

Welcome Hooked. We have a small fan base of FC owners here. It's nice to see it grown one more.

mudnut · 20-02-2008, 00:58

So Hooked,What boat did ya buy(Name and broker)?I've been researching a long time for when the day finally comes.Tasssie has just about the cheapest market price's around.I guess in hindsight ya bought her private,seeing she's(Ready for fit out!).

Posting on-going pic's of the refit would be sooo informative,lots of folks doing it but no pic's.Ripp open a few Boags and read on.Mudnut.

hooked on water · 24-02-2008, 12:41

Yeah mudnut, I did buy her private after alot of looking
I tell ya, everyone talks about FC being evil to the world and only belonging on the bottom of the ocean. But out of everything I looked at that was home built or home finished - the FC were always built the best

I looked at a few at brokers, thinking I would save my time, but they all needed alot of work, and one which worried me was FC with a serious hit in the bow - had blown a large section of hull about 6 sq feet loose and now half inch proud, just above water line. The owner did not even notice it previous. Tried to tell me it was just swelling. It would take one massive hit on the nose like running into a wharf fast head on to do that kind of damage . 2 years he had owned the boat, never slipped her or done any maintenance anywhere on the boat - the dealer described it as a nicely kept clean boat too.

Got to keep on your toes

I am very glad to be one of the FC crew now

Thanks for all your comments

14-02-2008, 13:49	#1
hooked on water Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hobart Australia Boat: Hartley RORC 32 Posts: 118	Hello from Australia Dear All Just a quick hello from here in Australia. Have just bought a 32 hartley ferro ready for fit out This is a big task, and a long time in front of me Would welcome any support I could be given Hope to get to know alot of you better over the ensuing years take care and happy sailing

14-02-2008, 14:10	#2
David_Old_Jersey Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sailing to the Moon........ Boat: Yes - But tied to the Dock. Posts: 1,313 Images: 1	I am sure the Ferro folk (and those handy with a spanner.....and a trowel ) will be along shortly........but in the meantime welcome aboard - and I hope your project progress to conclusion - with updates along the way! Pics are always nice............ __________________ Open your mind, but not so far your brain falls out.

14-02-2008, 23:09	#6
Wotname Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Boat: Van DeStat Super Dogger 31' Posts: 734	G'day mate, greetings from Perth, good luck with your project, hope it goes faster than mine - 4 years on the hard - but I work slow.......... __________________ All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangereous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. T.E. Lawrence

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hooked on water Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hobart Australia Boat: Hartley RORC 32 Posts: 118	Thanks guys, I will in deed post pics and be on the boards quite a bit am hoping to be initially able to get the boat in the water by the end of the year, and final fitoff for the following christmas It will be rather lean by the time I get it in this christmas but will be grand. Am going to be fitting a fair bit of varnished wood, as I like wood trims. I know it is hard work, but have had it on most of my boats in the past Cheers all, and thanks for your thoughts Hooked

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hooked on water Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hobart Australia Boat: Hartley RORC 32 Posts: 118	Thanks guys I am actually from Tassie, so near you Weyelan I am pushing to get the boat in the water for christmas, which I should be able to do if I meticulously get into it. Will then need a good year to finish all the trim and remaining cupboards that will not be in at that point bare minimum of final fit for then see ya around Hooked

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Elizabeth Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Napier New Zealand Boat: Holland 10.5 metre "Xaviera" Posts: 32	Hi Hooked! Nice to have another antipodean on board - in the short time I've belonged to this board I've learn't heaps. People love to help here, are supportive and a lot of fun. Elizabeth

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mudnut Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 664	So Hooked,What boat did ya buy(Name and broker)?I've been researching a long time for when the day finally comes.Tasssie has just about the cheapest market price's around.I guess in hindsight ya bought her private,seeing she's(Ready for fit out!). Posting on-going pic's of the refit would be sooo informative,lots of folks doing it but no pic's.Ripp open a few Boags and read on.Mudnut.

24-02-2008, 12:41	#11
hooked on water Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hobart Australia Boat: Hartley RORC 32 Posts: 118	Yeah mudnut, I did buy her private after alot of looking I tell ya, everyone talks about FC being evil to the world and only belonging on the bottom of the ocean. But out of everything I looked at that was home built or home finished - the FC were always built the best I looked at a few at brokers, thinking I would save my time, but they all needed alot of work, and one which worried me was FC with a serious hit in the bow - had blown a large section of hull about 6 sq feet loose and now half inch proud, just above water line. The owner did not even notice it previous. Tried to tell me it was just swelling. It would take one massive hit on the nose like running into a wharf fast head on to do that kind of damage . 2 years he had owned the boat, never slipped her or done any maintenance anywhere on the boat - the dealer described it as a nicely kept clean boat too. Got to keep on your toes I am very glad to be one of the FC crew now Thanks for all your comments