For a change of scene some of our volunteers spent today working on the dinghy Shamrock which is currently in storage at a separate location. Work is continuing to replace rotten thafts, capping rail and top boards.
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| Shamrock |
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| Shamrock |
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| Nellie |
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| Linda |
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| Linda |
Today both of the aft boards of Saga were trimmed to length. There will be a join in the middle of the boat where the aft and forward boards meet. In preparation for being glued to the hull the aft boards have been trimmed where they will contact the stern board and the forward boards. The sides will be trimmed once the boards have been glued into place.
Carefully trimming of the edges of the previously rough cut deck templates is now taking place. We started with the edges of decking which will butt up to the existing stern board. At the front we have knotched out the new decking so that it fits snuggly around the foredeck fitting. Cover sheets are being used to protect the new decking prior to varnishing being completed.
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| New deck templates being trimmed |
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| Saga now under cover to protect new decking |
All the volunteers took an hour out at the start of the morning to visit the proposed new storage location. For a lot of the group this was their first visit to the location. Following the visit it was back to the restoration work.
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| Volunteers at new storage location |
Work on Saga continues with smoothing of the deck supports so that the new ply has a smooth surface on which to lie with no bumps or depressions. This task is a combination of planing off wood or adding wood where the supports need to be raised to match the surrounding support level.
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| Adding wood at the back |
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| Adding wood at the front |
We also started work trimming up the ply to fit around fixed deck fittings.
As well as continuing to prep the deck supports ready for the fixing down of the new deck on Saga the team took and hour or so out to check out a new potential storage facility. We were able to take some important measurements and inspect the steel work to work out were we could put in a new boat door.
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| Trimming the ply to fit at the stern on Saga |
Meanwhile in a different location another team was continuing to work on the painting of the dinghy Linda and cleaning of the rather larger steam boat Nellie.
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| Linda before interior undercoating |
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| Linda after interior undercoating |
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| Nellie before final cleaning & painting |
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| Nellie after final cleaning & the start of painting |
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.
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| Cardboard templates |
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| Transferring template patterns to plywood |
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| Plywood cutouts laid onto the boat |