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

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.