the anchor locker i built

psychopic · 17 July 2007, 20:02

Hi all, the problem....nowhere to keep my anchor on board, so i built an anchor locker......

before:

marine ply cut, screwed, epoxied, and filled into shape

then came the hard bit. 2kg of flowcoat, about a million sanding pads, a really tired arm and orange nose hair

Would i do it again? Not until i have a bigger workshop.

Now it would be nice to have some nice weather to use it

RAD · 17 July 2007, 20:12

Looks great, nice looking seat too.

You appear to have changed the flooring, what have you used there?

Enjoy the soon to come summer!

psychopic · 17 July 2007, 21:15

I used cheap rubber interlocking matts from B&Q. £30 did the whole boat. It's nice to walk on, grippy too.

IBWET · 17 July 2007, 21:36

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Originally Posted by psychopic

Would i do it again? Not until i have a bigger workshop.

Now it would be nice to have some nice weather to use it

Really pro look.

Clever bloke.

One little concern ...is that one self tapper holding your consol down in the original photee

psychopic · 17 July 2007, 21:55

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Originally Posted by IBWET

One little concern ...is that one self tapper holding your consol down in the original photee

in fact there were two holding int down, one at each end

The guy who bought the boat new from humber had a stab at rigging it the whole boat, then put less than 20 hours on it. I have since completely re-rigged it. Now there are 25 screws holding the consol down. (and now it's actually in the middle of the boat!!)

nick wood · 17 July 2007, 21:56

Cool nice seat/storage locker, but did you paint the ply with resin on the inside of the box first to protect it against water ingress?

If not may be worth doing now. Once you get a wet anchor and chain in the it will not take long before the wood soaks the water up.

psychopic · 17 July 2007, 22:01

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Originally Posted by nick wood

did you paint the ply with resin on the inside of the box first to protect it against water ingress

yeah don't worry it had about 5 coats on the inside, it's not in the photos though so good spot

nick wood · 17 July 2007, 22:05

That will be a good job well done, it does look very smart and almost like its always been there. With out going to the extremes of making a mould up it looks like you have got a good shiny finish on it.

Nasher · 17 July 2007, 23:33

Cracking job.

And in the true spirit of making something from nothing rather than just getting the credit card out.

Well done.

Nasher.

Markyboyo · 18 July 2007, 09:36

Just a quick off topic question! Is that a 2.0 or 2.28 beam ocean pro?

psychopic · 18 July 2007, 10:27

it's the 2.0 beam

Markyboyo · 22 July 2007, 04:13

Thanks for that just trying to get an idea before I head to the humber factory some time soon. Pretty much set on a 5m destroyer with a 90etec
buy sorely tempted by the 5.3 with a 115opti not too many more pennies! I think I'd be well tempted to build a locker like that too, going from a 19 foot fast fisher to a 5m rib will be a shock on the storage front as I do tend to carry lots of rubbish around with me!!

alystra · 24 July 2007, 11:04

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Originally Posted by Markyboyo

Thanks for that just trying to get an idea before I head to the humber factory some time soon. Pretty much set on a 5m destroyer with a 90etec
buy sorely tempted by the 5.3 with a 115opti not too many more pennies! I think I'd be well tempted to build a locker like that too, going from a 19 foot fast fisher to a 5m rib will be a shock on the storage front as I do tend to carry lots of rubbish around with me!!

The usual advice with boats is find the biggest you can afford - and then add a bit. My 5.3's great, but another 0.2 would make all the difference. If you're getting it new, the extra built in anchor locker is well worthwhile - mind you it's probably cheaper to make one like psychopic's excellent effort. I have a bench seat aft which is the only decent storage space. Use those round screw top 'kegs' mentioned somewhere on here a while ago, and excellent heavy duty dry bags from 'Highlander'.

psychopic · 24 July 2007, 11:35

i think the destoyer and ocean pro come with bow anchor lockers as standard now, i may be wrong though, the humber website is total crap and doesn't really help much.

I would say that for £ for £ the heavy duty drybags from highlander are the best boating related product i have ever purchased, and the orange ones are exactly the colour as my tubes

Tims Osprey · 24 July 2007, 14:45

Psychotic, is that the humber that was for sale on boatsandoutboards a couple of months back from Gloucester?

psychopic · 24 July 2007, 23:46

Tim, yes that's the one. Should i be worried?

Tims Osprey · 25 July 2007, 00:04

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Originally Posted by psychopic

Tim, yes that's the one. Should i be worried?

No worries! its just that i spoke to the chap who was selling the boat a couple of months ago, was on my shortlist, but i decided to buy another osprey in the end. The guy sent me some nice pics of the boat as well shall i show them?

Markyboyo · 25 July 2007, 03:32

I'd definately go for a 5.3/5.5 but it wouldn't fit in the garage so would end up paying for storage!

psychopic · 25 July 2007, 08:51

Tim, ok then, lets have a look...

Tims Osprey · 25 July 2007, 10:30

yer ok