Out of the Frying Pan

March 2014

It's been an interesting month with a number of very different jobs going on.  We have now treated the whole of inside of the boat with wood preservative, and an impreg primer which soaks in and protects the timber. 

We have then been hand painting the whole of the inside with a number of coats, while also doing any snagging to get everything up to A1 standard.  A final coat will be sprayed next week to give the required level of finish inside.

The bronze floors have all been going in and fastened to the planking, which looks very impressive down the length of the keel. 

We are very fortunate to have a skilled blacksmith on the team, so we have forged our own keel bolts from high grade aluminium bronze rod.  

There are approximately 60 keel bolts ranging from 3/4" to 1 1/4", which are now all made up and were threaded last week by a local machinist.  

We will start to fit these next week, which means we will able to get the keel fastened back in during April

We can then look at installing the engine and running gear, finishing the bulkheads and starting the interior fitout, and laying the deck which has been machined up and is ready to be laid.