Maintenance & More Boat Moves

As well have working on boats we also have to maintain their supporting infrastructure. This week we serviced all the trailer lightboards we have. This involved checking all the lights were working and making sure all cables were properly anchored.

Two more boats were moved and covered ready for the winter. Esmerelda being prepared for towing:

Boats ready for the winter

Housekeeping

The catamaran Venture has been moved to the Old Herring Factory in preparation for some restoration work. With Venture moved we could tidy up our second storage location to allow some boats in preservation mode to be moved out of the Old Herring Factory.

Venture

Tidy up complete

Falcon moves

Falcon has finally been moved to Ian Richardson's yard so that he can instruct a group of volunteers on how to go about making and attaching several missing planks.

While at Ian's yard we inspected Ian's latest project - an elliptical stern yole

Back at the Old Herring Factory Nellie's steam boiler arrived, being rather heavy it has been left in the compound but covered.

Boat Moves & Varnish

With the help of a Hiab Loader Lorry we moved some boats today. Lagertha was moved within the compound. AKL was moved from Ness to the Old Herring Factory, then Shownia followed.

Moving Lagertha

AKL arriving at the Old Herring Factory

Shownia arriving at the Old Herring Factory

Inside Saga was treated to a further coat of varnish.

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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