my understanding of timber boats is , they need to be in the salt water. out of water is no good as they open up ...... and keep the rain water out of them .

I would just keep your boat in WA and buy another in Qld. Buy something not too flash and keep it on a mooring.

It's sad to see a timber boat on the hard. Unless it is just a quick antifoul, you know that the boat will never see the water again.

I live in Mackay marina and if you contact me here we can come to some arrangement I will look after it for you
I am very experienced and a good boat builder to boot.

whiteout said..
I live in Mackay marina and if you contact me here we can come to some arrangement I will look after it for you
I am very experienced and a good boat builder to boot.

With your experience and skills, what would your answers be to the three questions in my first post Whiteout ?

Cisco.. although carvel planked I did coat all sides of all planks with 3 coats of epoxy sealer (International Everdure) prior to planking. I built this boat myself. Prior to fastening each plank the inboard surface was also undercoated with the International grey Yacht Primer then a coat of British Paints enamel paint. I did tests on samples of jarrah and the epoxy sealer to prove to myself that sealing the timber worked when fully immersed in water. It did and so I applied Everdure to every piece of timber on the boat, but especially the planks.

Other data for you Whiteout.... it's 9.9m LOA, weighs 6.5 tonnes, underwater hull painted with International Yacht Primer grey undercoat (after the epoxy sealer) then International Micron Extra antifoul, topsides International Yacht Primer grey undercoat then International single pack top coat. Seams cotton caulked followed by Sikaflex primer and Sikaflex 291 to fill the seams. The 291 product was what the technical expert at Sikaflex recommended at the time.
After launching I had some problems with the Sikaflex adhering to the seams so replaced a few leaky seams with the Fixtech product which worked perfectly. Sikaflex is now banned from use on my boat.

The boat has been on the hardstand in my front yard in Perth for 3 years and 95% of the planks have not moved. Relative humidity records for Perth show a range of between roughly 50% and 80%. Mackay relative humidity records show a range of between 65% and 80%. I do plan to strip the planks back to raw timber, re seal with Wattyl epoxy sealant, redo the seams (with the Fixtech product) before I move it to Mackay.
Average temperatures in Mackay are about 2 degrees cooler than Perth so I'm guessing placing the boat on the hardstand for 7 months each year should be okay. But I thought it best to check with QLD people before I conclude too much.

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Keep it in the water it will be fine in Mackay Marina I will look after it

I have seen before on hardstands, boats with very large tarp (full canvas not plastic) pulled up all sides and then partially filled with water. That should keep the humidity up to stop shrinkage, and if water level checked regularly (and a bit of algaecide and chlorine added to stop mould). That may work (no marine borers on hard stand!).

No personal experience, so more research needed.