Four and a half years of work with the owner and the staff of J-Star Marine Services and the finishing line is in sight for this major restoration of a Morgan Giles 30.

This is a major restoration of a once tried Morgan Giles 30 which the owner of the yacht had the vision to change the yacht from a family cruising/ racing yacht into a expedition yacht for himself and partner and friends    

The interior is very custom made by the owner to designs that with the advice of a surveyor and the experienced staff of J-Star Marine Services has made this yacht into the yacht which the owner will sail in the Northern altitudes and around Scotland.    

The engine bay ready to have the new Beta 20 installed into in the coming weeks 

The interior upper area is now ready to get insulted and then boarded out to finish off the interior 

A well designed and compact navigation space 

A well designed and compact head compartment 

The galley area with plenty of storage lockers which on a compact yacht is also necessary.

At the heart of any  expedition yacht the cooker to keep the crew and skipper happy with food and hot drinks on the long passages.

                             
 

A busy few days in the Workshop this week in the run up to Easter Weekend

We started the week with making a plinth for the new windlass and to make a angled base for the compass.

Just making sur the position for the hole for the chain to go through the deck and the cut out for the chain on the plinth that is being made for the windlass on 

Also we made a teak pad for the halyard winch to go on so that the leads from the halyard clutches is at the correct height. 

Making up spacers for the toilet and galley outlet pipes which in both cases are pumps  out with small pumps and the skin fittings are above the sinks. 

We have now got the new engine for the Morgan Giles 30 and will over the next few weeks fit this into the engine bay in the cabin of the Morgan Giles 30 

A well designed and compact unit and will fit well into the engine bay below the navigation steps 

On a different note we aregetting stated on a dinghy which has been sitting around the yard for a while which the owner now wishes to finish off and get afloat this spring.

 

A Busy day on the Hardy 25 getting the interior refitted

The inside is starting to look more a like the way it was when it was originally build.

The doors are now going back on and the new galley worktop is now refitted 

The bottom door trim is now back in place, as is the cabin step which is now back in position and just needs the two small side sections and the hinges fitted to the lid. 

The galley is now ready to have the oven and hob fitted as well as the new deep sink as well.

Before the sink and hob can go in the electric power for the oven as to be conneto the oven as does the gas pipes and fitting to run both the hob and oven. Also the water pipes have to be finished off and plumped up as when the top is fixed down there will be no easy way to sort any of the pipe work or plumping.  

Just got to get a pair of hinges to make the locker/step useable as a storage area.

 

The past couple of week's have been busy with a number of project jobs getting done.

 Over the couple of week's there have been a number project jobs that have been finished off, One of the major jobs was the deck painting of the Morgan Giles 30 which now has the decks now finished off with two coats of non slip sand colour deck paint. Now they are ready to fit the various deck fittings from cleats to a new windlass and several other deck fittings to organizing the sail control lines. the hull has been sanded back again to get the hull ready for the next coats of topside gloss paint. The superstructure as been masked off to get them ready to sand them back ready to paint the superstructure with a fresh coat of cream gloss paint. 

On the Hardy 25 refit the was the galley refit with a new galley front and top which are now installed after the last of the cabin bulkheads were refitted and the navigation instruments transducers fitted in the hull and all the new cabling run from the transducers to the steering consul. Also, a lot of the wiring as been rewired to the dashboard and so that the headlinings can be refitted and all the new roof lights can be fitted. The next jobs are to get the covers off the boat and get all the windows refitted on the boat and then get the deck works done.