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.

Table Top Progress

Continuing on from yesterday further work was done on the table top today so as to get this job done as far as possible before we start to move some of the bigger boats inside.

Table top is now cut and edges broken. Next job is to seal the top after which we will fix is down to the stainless legs.

Back on the Go

The new boat door has now been connected to the electricity so we can open & close the door using power which is a lot easier than the manual method. Work has started on constructing a table top using spare wood for an old sink stand.

Table top

A lot of the smaller boats already inside were today moved to make space for some of the larger boats to be brought inside now that the new boat door is usable.

Packed small boats

More open space

Waterwitch which had been rigged inside was stripped down and positioned ready to have a bottom plank replaced.

Waterwitch

No Go

Too much snow, so no go today.