Venture Paint

 The Yachting World catamaran Venture is getting some more paint.

Repair Shop

An OHBS volunteer saved a couple of electrical items from the tip. These items have now been checked and repaired and are good for work. We acquired a 110v site transformer and a 12v battery charger/booster.

Nellie's reinstalled steam engine.

Still Wet n Windy

Not the best weather for outside work so we remained inside. Once of the steam engines belonging to Nellie was lifted back inside the hull.

Repair work on the 'Grieve' dinghy is moving ahead.

Storm Amy

As the first storm of the winter approaches Orkney we have made sure that everything outside is secured as wind gusts in excess of 65 kts are forecast for Saturday.

Inside restoration work continues

Now that Saga's hull & boom are pretty much complete focus is shifting to the mast which has been located.

Boom Back

Saga's restored boom has been reunited with the hull. Next we will take a look at the mast and see if we can find any sails.

When we received Nellie she came with a large rectangular rudder. Nellie had never been in the water with this rectangular rudder fitted. The rectangular rudder was an experiment  to see if steering responsiveness could be improved. This experimental rudder wraps the original rudder so we have removed it to expose the original rudder.

Saga's Boom

Saga's wooden boom has been stripped and is being revarnished and painted.

The mast will then require work to repair some damage to spreaders.

Open Day

Final preparations and we opened at 10am, it was raining so a slow start. The rain cleared shortly afterwards and visitors started arriving from about 11am. We had a steady flow of visitors throughout the remainder of day, even closing a little later than planned.

What's going on here?

Discussing Birsay Honey!

Audio-Visual displays

Sorting the raffle prizes