Roving

White Wings is getting some of her planking re-roved; that is copper boat nails are hammer from the outside through over lapping planks and timmers (ribs) and small copper roves (cupped disks) are then places on the inside of the nail, the nail is cut back to leave a few millimetres exposed which is then peened over the rove to fix the nail in position. This task usually requires at least two people as one has to work on the outside of the boat and the other on the inside.

Working on White Wings

What's going on here?

Waterwitch Engine Service

Now that Waterwitch has been moved inside we have been able to start servicing the engine which hasn't been started for around 5 years. The first stage has been to remove the engine box to allow proper access to the engine from all sides.

Cingalee Name Boards

The name boards previously removed from Cingalee have now been stripped, repainted and re-varnished. We won't refit them just yet but instead wait until Cingalee can be brought in out of the weather.

Workshop is full

More boats have been moved into the storage facility which is now full. We could do with even more space as several of the largest boats are still outside in the weather.

Chocking off The 19' Stroma Yole Tern

Working on Tern

Full up

Crew with the 18' South Isles Yole Doris

Workshop is filling up

With all the snow now gone and not much wind today several more boats were moved inside into the workshop area in preparation for being worked on.

Waterwitch needs an engine service and a little paint work having been outside for almost a year now.

More snow

More snow in Orkney, so we took a 'snow day'

First Big Boat Inside

With the new big boat door now operational we were able to move the first of the bigger boats into the Old Herring Factory. Nellie was transported from another storage location to the the Old Herring Factory and moved inside.

Once inside the spars we had carried with Nellie were unloaded. Nellie was then blocked off and removed from the trailer.

Elsewhere the new work table was finished off with a final coat of varnish

Cingalee's name plates which have been outside for almost a year have suffered in the weather so these have been removed to received some TLC.