Deck's on....

We have had a great summer at Moreton Marine.  Fedoa is coming on leaps and bounds as we have moved up onto the deck.  We have had other customers tearing us away from Fedoa through the Summer, with a number of classics in Cowes including Eleonora, Stormy Weather ,Infanta and Zoom needing our attention.  The Royal Yacht Squadron Bicentenery, Panerai Classic and Fastnet race all happening in Cowes made everyone remember that their boats needed some love!  We have also replaced the deck of a 1980's Swan, and campaigned a boat in the Fastnet ourselves.

Fedoa's deck is now completed, with teak covering boards, margins and king plank setting off the Alaskan yellow cedar swept deck as the original deck was laid in the 1920s. 

The bulwarks went on over the deck finishing them beautifully,

 and the team have all contributed to refurbishing the old hatches, as well as building a new fore hatch, lazarette, steering box and a striking new pilothouse.

The spars are being made by Collars in Oxford with lovely douglas fir, supplied by Stones Timber in Totnes, who have been supplying the teak and cedar for the deck.  The spars are well on their way and we hope to have them here for dressing next month.  The fittings will be made in house to fit the spars, and then sent for galvanising.

We are now starting to work through the deck fittings, with the original gammon iron refurbished to be used as a template for a bronze replacement. 

New chain plate templates have also made and are being sent to the foundry, along with the sheet horses and various other deck fittings.  The samson post is in and holes cut for the spars, and two of our shipwrights are busy rebuilding the rudder. 

We are snagging the joinery below to make it ready to finish off the varnishing, and now have to get back to the systems, finishing the engine systems, aircon, water maker and electronics.  Another busy few months approach as we head into the last part of the year....

LET ME OUT!

Moving outside for Spring

Since the New Year Fedoa has been steadily progressing.  The last major bits of cabinetry on the inside were completed in January and February, with the remaining cupboards built into the saloon,

 

and the owner's cabin aft fitted out to a high standard.

In March we moved out of the interior, and have put a good numbers of hours into fairing the hull, which is now ready for its first coat of primer.  

  

The new and the old timber has all be faired by hand to give Fedoa back her beautiful lines, with the whole thing being soaked in thinned down epoxy resin to strengthen and stabilise the timber.  We are looking forward to seeing the result once she starts to be painted

The next exciting phase is the deck.  

We have put down teak covering boards all round the edge of the deck, and now the new yellow cedar laid deck is being sprung up against the covering boards as per the original deck in 1927.  It is already looking good, and you can start to see what the finished deck will look like from the first few planks.  Teak will be laid for and aft down the centreline as well.

We hope to have the deck completed within the next month, and we can fit the bulwarks over the covering board before adding a capping rail and varnishing.  Then we more onto the joinery on deck and final painting and caulking of the hull.