New Boat Door is finished

In addition to restoring and preserving old boats we have to do some maintenance on the building. Today the side trim on the new boat door was weather sealed (the top trim had already been sealed).

Falcon has been put on a trailer ready for moving to Ian Richardson's shed so that the missing planking can be finished. Ian intends to provide a master class in the finer points of boat repairing for some of the society's members.

Doris is receiving undercoat on the outside of the hull.

Some off the fittings taken off Doris have now been cleaned up.

New Boat Door is almost finished

The new boat door which was installed at the end of 2023 has finally had the missing trim fitted. All that remains now is for us to run a bead of sealant along the exterior trim edges.

At another location the Norwegian Lifeboat "AKL" has been moved outside so that she can be lifted and moved to the Old Herring Factory.

Winter is coming

With winter on the way we have are moving boats around so that the more vulnerable boats are stored under cover.

Cingalee been moved under cover

Cingalee inside

Bulldog being moved to the Old Herring Factory

Waterwitch & Cingalee inside

Boat Manoeuvres

In between rain showers we swapped boats between trailers and got several boats ready for moving to another location for winter storage.

Lagertha off her trailer

Waterwitch on the wrong trailer

Cingalee on her trailer

3 Steps Forwards and 1 Step Backwards

Saga has received her first coat 'sealing' coat of varnish. This coat will be lightly sanded back before subsequent coats are applied.

The interior of Doris has pretty much been finished, some deck work remains to be completed.

Work has started on cleaning out the inside of Laverne.

Cingalee has been put back on a trailer ready for moving back inside as her paint work is suffering having been outside for well over a year now. Her paint work will require some work when we have time.

Field Trip

A field trip out to Herston & Kirkwall with the big trailer to pickup some old spars and floor boards.

Sorting out what to keep and what not in an old Northern Lighthouse Board building.

Looking Back

Many other things are going on in Orkney during the summer months so less time is available to work on boats. A few photo's from 2017 of the Otter Bank, more details here. The restored Otter Bank was on display in an old Romney Hut at Lyness, Hoy until the Lyness Museum closed for refurbishment in late 2017. The Otter Bank has been in storage ever since.