@BlueBell that's our sistership...pretty identical to Luja when we bought her... we're the couple in the article they linked to, actually....
We were for our various haul outs and time on the hard but we aren't there now that we're in the water. Still in that area though :)
Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but how's everyone's build been doing over the last year or so? I'm not sure where we were last time I posted...
I can't entirely comment because we haven't done sea trials with her yet, but our lifeboat is 28' and designed for 60 people. Given SOLAS regs...
Looks good! Do you have enough hatches in there for what you want or are you going to add more?
Thanks! She is a next level disaster inside at the moment--it's not even so much that I don't mind showing her as that it's hard to see what's...
Eek I forgot about this thread (and got busy in the boat yard!) but great to see someone else jumped in with their project :) WAY up-thread I was...
Hi, I have his number but not sure about posting it here, and I’m not sure if we can pm on this site, if you have Instagram we are...
We are, yes. There are a few other lifeboats that we've seen online, but Stodig is definitely a big inspiration, especially their side windows! I...
Yes, there are 2 oarlocks at each window, you can kind of see them in this picture. The white cubes in the foreground are some of the food rations
Given how bad I am at rowing a dingy I think we best not attempt it till a very calm day in a very big empty bay! My friend is a 2x olympic rower...
Yes, we're up a RVYC there, though hauling out next week at Van Isle for a couple of months--priority one is to ditch the orange! We don't know...
Yes, the Northern Adventure. I guess Transport Canada has banned the davit style lifeboats (at least in the context they were used on that ferry)...
Heres a few...
I know this is an older thread, but we just picked one of these up from BC Ferries refit yard in Richmond, BC. There are 3 more if you are still...