Boat moving

A number of OHBS's smaller boats were today moved from their temporary storage location to the Old Herring Factory in Stromness. The move was performed using a HIAB lorry with a hydraulic crane. Plan A of driving the lorry into the temporary shed didn't work out because the roof was too low. Plan B loading through a side door worked out fine. Off loading was relatively easy as we could make use of an old loading/unloading bay door and simply pull the boats off the back of the lorry into the shed.

Plan A  didn't work

Plan B worked

Unloaded boats in their new home

Barney is back

The daily visual safety check of Barney, one of our shop vacuum cleaners, showed that the mains cable strain relief fitting had been pulled out of its mounting. Simply putting the strain relief fitting back into the mounting was not going to prevent the same problem occurring again so a more robust solution was implemented.

Nothing to do with boats

Strong winds prevented the movement of some of the smaller boats to the Old Herring Factory so instead work concentrated on domestic improvements.

Cover fitted for outside lock

New lock barrel fitted to store

Light switches labelled

Repairs to door handle

Hand towel dispenser fitted

Still more prep work at the new location

We continued work on getting the new storage location ready to receive boats and also be ready to allow restoration activities to recommence. Old storage room locks which have not been used for years and had rusted up have been replaced so we now have secure storage for the more valuable tools. Holes in the outside wall were patched and our new hazardous materials cupboard was moved to a usable location.

Secure equipment store

Hole patching

Hazardous materials cupboard

More prep work at the new location

Work continued on preparing the new storage location. Part of the prep work involves making our part of the location fire safe, other work is to make the location more comfortable. Much work is currently focussed on removing old factory fittings which we do not require or no longer work.

Fire Door Signage Fitted

Coat Hooks reinstalled

Coffee Break

Internal Works Continue

The removal of unwanted equipment and fittings has continued at the new storage facility. While some volunteers removed or moved equipment others worked on trying to reinstate locks and other fittings that had seized up with years of inactivity. Some supplies have been moved from other storage locations but have yet to find a permanent home so are scattered around the floor at present.

Materials awaiting a new home

Pipe work being removed

Internal walls removed to open up the space

Lease is signed

The lease on a new storage facility in Stromness at The Old Herring Factory has finally been signed. Work could now begin on removing some of the internal walls which we needed to removed to open up additional storage space.