Plans for the weeks ahead

This coming week it is going to be a spilt between the Cornish Crabber restoration and Mai Star II's restoration. The Cornish Crabber restoration is starting to put items back together, such as the deck beams and the centreboard case. The main part to get refitted to move the crabber project ahead is the re-instating of the centreboard case as all the other interior fixtures and fittings are based off its position in the boat. So until it is fitted back in the boat the project can not go ahead. So the main job on the boat this coming week will be the re-glassing in of the case after grinding back hull in the bottom of boat where the centreboard was cut out by a previous owner who was going to change the boat into a shallow draft fixed keel yacht. That project as been scrapped by the present owner who wishes to return it back to how it was originally build.

On the Mai Star II restoration project, The start as been made on removing the damaged and broken frames and ribs on the port side forward of the mast position which at sometime in the past as been damaged. The next job in the boat is to take the old interior out and then remove the cabin superstructure off the boat and rebuild the cabin sides and front before refitting after all the deck structure is rebuild and the cabin structure can be refitted on to new deck structure. With the cabin and deck structure out of the way, it easier to sort out the frames and ribs that need replacing without anything the way. This restoration is going to be a keel to cabin top and from stem to stern restoration and replace everything that is in any way sub standard. So that's the plan for the near future.