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Not ready just yet.....I have to build the workshop, roof it, put some tarmac down behind the house, plant loads of beech and holly hedging, finish the kitchen, put down a pitch pine floor in the hallway, tile the bathrooms and fit a shower.

At least she has gone to a good home. The guy that bought her plans to use it in his retirement. I'm glad I didn't have to sell it to some young teenager who would wreck the boat.

Now we've lived with the floor for a few months, I'm delighted with how it turned out. It hasn't scratched at all and its easily cleaned with a slightly damp pad.

Thanks for your help!

Well guys,

Its a year later, I'm now married and have a 7 week old son!

I sold the boat today for 3000 euros. With the recession and all, thats not bad.

Felt a bit tearful as he drove the boat away.

Its finally done! I put down one coat of primer (Lecol EG780 Oak primer). Then according to the instructions, you do not sand the primer. Then you apply the first topcoat (Lecol HPU 895 Classic). Then I sanded with 120 grit, vacuumed well and rubbed down with a tack cloth. Then I applied the second ...

Its the same here in Ireland. The winters are wet, but cold, so I guess the cold air can't hold as much moisture and the wood stove dries out the air in the house.. The summers are warm, wet and misty.

Ah thats good to hear. After its all sanded, it looks a whole lot nicer now. I went to 60 grit with the drum sander and then with the square buff made my way to finish with 100 grit. It was 2:30am and the rental sander was due back the next morning, so I couldn't bring myself to do a run at 120 grit...

Thanks for the reply Dave, great info and just in the nick of time :D I've rented both the drum and square buff sanders for the weekend. At the moment, I've done the floor 3 times with 36 grit (twice diagonal and once straight). It just about level now! I'm impressed with the drum sander and how eas...

The subfloor is level. Its 3/4 inch plywood anchored to a concrete slab with express anchors/ express nails. I put a plastic sheet between the plywood and the concrete. The concrete slab is there two or three years, so its well dried out. My main problem is that the oak boards are all very slightly ...

Hi guys, I'd rather be building a boat at the moment, but with a baby due in April, I've been doing some home renovations lately. I've just put down a new unfinished solid red oak floor in our main room and I'm planning on sanding it this weekend. I'm getting a drum sander and a square buff sander t...

If all else fails, Union Chandlery in Cork will make you up stainless rope with the end fittings...I got a bit as a safety strap for my outboard.

Thanks for the replies!.

Maybe the Glen-L 14 would be a better choice. It has a sloop rig. Looks to be a popular boat.

What I mean is...if a small sailing boat capsized, what would be the maximum size that one person could handle (i.e. turn her right-side-up again)? I'm considering the Glen-L 13 as a first sailing boat....I've already built the squirt. Also I'm strangely attracted to the L-Gato 12 foot catamaran. Bo...

I'm figuring that with a fully galvanised custom trailer, I should be looking for 6500 euros.