Humber 4 meter Rib

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Re: Humber 4 meter Rib

Post by PeterM » 21 Jan 2019, 09:06

My orange number - lots of orange !
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Re: Humber 4 meter Rib

Post by Andy B » 21 Jan 2019, 10:01

I tried to order a pair of Humber "H"s for the boat at the weekend.
Unfortunately they won't sell them without a hull number, which I don't have.
Oh well, saved myself £60....

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Re: Humber 4 meter Rib

Post by chris moody » 21 Jan 2019, 10:31

Easy to get round that, find another Humber rib, photograph the plate showing the hull number, and use that to purchase the H's.
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I tried to order a pair of Humber "H"s for the boat at the weekend.
Unfortunately they won't sell them without a hull number, which I don't have.
Oh well, saved myself £60....
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Re: Humber 4 meter Rib

Post by Martin » 21 Jan 2019, 13:54

Wowsers!
That’s come up really well Andy.

Well done that man :thumbsup
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Re: Humber 4 meter Rib

Post by Andy B » 21 Jan 2019, 21:48

Martin wrote: ↑
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Wowsers!
That’s come up really well Andy.

Well done that man :thumbsup
That's Pete's boat :rofl

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Re: Humber 4 meter Rib

Post by Andy B » 21 Jan 2019, 21:52

In other news, picked this up today.....
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Re: Humber 4 meter Rib

Post by ChrisParish » 22 Jan 2019, 08:34

Looks like it is progressing nicely. Keep up the pics!
Not a complete idiot - some parts are missing.

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Re: Humber 4 meter Rib

Post by Andy B » 03 Feb 2019, 17:59

OK,
Well the weathers been against me so not much progress so far, but i was determined to get the boat back over this weekend so the day started with a bucket of hot soapy water to get rid of the ice that had built up on the hull.

I've been using a variety of thing to clean up the tubes. Namely Cillit Bang Max Power to remove the worst of the dirt then followed up with August Race Tube cleaner. and then 3M tube restorer.
Some of the more stubborn stains are going to require much more work than i'm prepared to put in at this stage, but for now I'm happy with the results.
Filled the worst of the damage in the GRP, but again i've not gone to town as it's a case of where do you stop???

Added a keel guard and given the boat a quick once over with the mop...
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With the bottom of the boat being at the stage where it's getting all it's got I moved on to the jockey seat.
The first cut is always the hardest, But you know the saying measure twice, cut once...
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By this time the sun was dropping, so i flipped the boat over and put it back on the trailer.
Of course i couldn't help myself and had to drop the consul in just to see how it would look.
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Plenty more still to do, but at least it's starting to look like something.

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Re: Humber 4 meter Rib

Post by Paul B » 03 Feb 2019, 18:16

Looking good Andy, what size motor you putting on it :drive

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Re: Humber 4 meter Rib

Post by Andy B » 03 Feb 2019, 19:12

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