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Branson ‘Thomas 50’
Constructed
to the following specification, with all external doors, windows and
hatches fitted and secure.
Modified
to include a linking corridor
between the fore & aft cabin housed under port wheelhouse bench, with
all wheelhouse benches (as illustrated) fabricated in steel.
The aft cabin to be shortened to 9’4” (plus the wardrobe), & the
wheelhouse to be correspondingly lengthened by 2 feet, with the space
under the aft wheelhouse bench forming a 2 foot deep wardrobe in the aft
cabin.
Engine room bulkheads,
doors and hatches to be made in steel.
Hull plates
below the water line to be
8mm.
Welding -
ground & linished.
All steelwork
primed and epoxy undercoated inside & out.
Hull finish
- Below sheer line, Blacked with four coats of epoxy tar.
Weed hatch
above
propeller.
Mooring bollards
- fore, aft and centre.
Steel rubbing bands-
full length, fully welded (three on each side).
Cabin roof
– outside top edges to be finished to a bull nose rounded profile.
Gas lockers
with drains over the side.
Mast tabernacle.
Bow thruster tube.
(To take a Vetus 95Kgf unit)
Holes cut
for wastewater outlets, vents, etc.
Chain locker
Hawse pipe
with protection plate.
Reinforced mooring bollard,
specifically to secure anchor chain.
Reinforced pad
to support anchor
windlass.
Hand rails
around the edge of all roofs.
Guardrail
in front of wheelhouse
doors.
Lockable steel hatch
between the wheelhouse and the cabin.
Anodes
stainless studs welded on. (six sets on the hull, two on the rudder).
Skylight
5ft by 3ft Hardwood and double-glazed. (No skylight in aft
cabin).
Wheelhouse
-
folding, with 4” wide hardwood window frames and a removable, GRP
skinned, arched, insulated roof.
Windows
All windows & portholes including the skylight and wheelhouse to be
double-glazed & conforming to Cat B.
All cabin windows to be opening, arch-toped,
anodised and powder coated aluminium.
Fore cabin –6 windows (36” by24”), 4portholes
(18”) one with frosted glass.
Corridor - 1 porthole (18”)
Aft cabin - 4 portholes (18”) and one escape
window.
Tanks,
(5) - White & red diesel, fresh & grey water, to be fabricated in
steel, and black water in polypropylene.
Purchaser to specify size and location. All with
baffles, pressure tested & ready to take screw fittings.
Tanks to be fitted with inspection hatches,
allowing full access to all internal areas.
Battened
throughout to include all walls, ceilings and bulkheads.
Spray foam insulation,
2” thick over all walls ceilings & bulkheads and rising up to
enclose all steel ribs,
and extending to just below floor level. To include the
engine room walls and ceiling, and the wheelhouse.
Floors -
18mm marine ply to all areas.
Systems:
‘Schilling’ type Rudder
and a 70:0:70 hydraulic steering system, installed and
working.
Emergency steering
system installed and working.
Engine & controls, gearbox, stern gear.
John Deer 85Hp M2. Propeller & gearbox to be specified by purchaser.
All
installed and working.
Dry ‘hospital type’ silent exhaust.
Skin cooling.
Flexible shaft coupling.
Non-drip shaft seal.
Oil sump pump.
Calorifier take-offs.
Engine room
- air ducts from outside provided for and shelves to support batteries
and tanks.
RCD Category
Supplied with the appropriate certificate stating that all work has been
carried out to RCD category B standard.
Please note:
whilst we have tried to establish facts wherever
possible,
any views
given are only our opinions.
If you have any questions, I will be happy to forward your emails to
Jackie and Jeff
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Created 29th March 2007
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29 March 2007
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