Tidy up

An easy morning (it was raining outside) mostly spent tidying up and reorganising after returning from the Orkney Classic Motor Show last weekend. 

Storm Floris

With the end of the Orkney Classic Motor Show on Sunday afternoon we were keen to get Nellie back inside at the Old Herring Factory as Storm Floris was set to arrive Monday morning with 50kt winds.

Off loading back at the Old Herring Factory

Boat on Display

This weekend is the Orkney Classic Motor Show and OHBS is displaying the First World War launch Nellie together with parts of her steam propulsion system.

Setting up at the Auction Mart in Kirkwall.

Waterlily at SSW

The 150 year old North Isles Yole Waterlily is being displayed at Stromness Shopping Week this week so its quiet at the Old Herring Factory. Here are some pictures of work in progress currently in the Old Herring Factory:

White Wings

Laverne

Laverne

Grieve Dinghy

Paint Bench

Tern

Doris

Venture

Nellie - Steam Engine

IIG

This week Orkney hosts the 20th International Island Games and many OHBS volunteers are away helping at various sports events.

It's getting wet

Today was boat moving day (in the rain). First we had to move some boats to make some working room. Next we used our new stacking frames to store some of the smaller boats on top of boats stored below. We now have a number of double stacked boats which saves floor space.

Double stacking some of the smaller boats

Working out a plan

We used our lifting frame to assist in the boat movements, the lifting frame can take all the weight leaving us to just steady the load.

 

It's getting windy

 The steam engine from the steam launch Nellie has been cleaned up and re-painted.

Paint work on the Yachting World catamaran Venture continues.

Outside clean up work on Nellie's steam boiler has been started.

Saga painting is almost complete. The boom now requires stripping and revarnishing and there are some more fittings to be reinstalled including the rudder mounts.