Cutting Expensive Plywood Veneer

It was time to start on the new deck for Saga. First we laid a couple of 8x4' cardboard sheets on the boat to work out how to juggle the separate pieces we would need to cut out. Templates were marked up on the cardboard sheets. These cardboard templates were then cut out and tessalated onto a couple of expensive Sapele veneered plywood sheet. The outline of the template was then transferred to the plywood and finally the required shapes were cut out. These are just rough cuts over sized by around 10mm. Final trimming will take place later.

Cardboard templates

Transferring template patterns to plywood

Plywood cutouts laid onto the boat

Saga Green

The interior of Saga has been touched up and is now finished. The next job will be the fitting of the new plywood decking. Work will start on the fitting the new deck in a week or two after the work crew have finished a couple of small jobs on other boats also under going restoration.

Linda is looking smarter

 

The dinghy Linda is getting under underside painted in a smart light blue. Her oars are also getting the same colour.

At another location the painting of the inside of Saga has pretty much been completed. The missing deck support on the stern board has also been replaced and just needs a little fairing off to finish up the deck support work.

Happy New Year

Volunteers started 2022 by continuing with painting the interior of Saga. The work on the replacement deck spars is pretty much complete but we won't start to apply the new decking until painting of the interior has been finished - it's just easier to paint the inside without the deck in place.