Busy day on Mai-Star II

A large gap between the stern post and the inner knee, most of this will go when the boat is back in the water and a couple of through bolts are put in the stern post and the two are bolted together.

 

 

The new two bilge pump outlets dry fitted.

 

The two outlets from the outside

 The port side all back to bare wood and the started to be sanded down ready to have work done on the hull.

 A head on photo before and after and showing the waterline being change as the weight in the boat is now changed.

 The hull now started to be sanded back ready to have the work done on the hull.

Busy week ahead

This week's job list includes getting the hull of Mai-Star II cleaned back to bare wood and then the ribs fitted and then the hull can be faired up. The cabin sides will get fitted and glued together after fixing to the carlins.

Once they are in fixed in place the cabin roof deck beams can be refitted and the cabin roof can be fitted which this time will be made up out of two lays. One of T& G and then covered in 4mm marine plywood and the covered in epoxy matting and then painted with anti slip deck paint.

Another job to this week is to get the new deck on the Enterprise Little Mai and get her back on the water for the summer so I can go sailing with my son at the weekends.

The next week is going to be busy getting the boats ready for Easter and thev weeks ahead.

The next week should bebusy as there are a number of boats to get ready for Easter. The Enterprise dinghy will be getting its new deck on after the new front bulkhead is glassed in and sealed. Then the deck will go back on and then the long job of varnishing the new deck and the inside of the hull and then the outside of the hull will be painted and the boat rerigged and all the deck fittings will be put back on. Once the Enterprise is done, the Mai-Star II will get its planking sorted and the new cabin sides will be fitted and the new roof will be fittied after the deck beams are fitted back and this time the ends will be fitted so they can not come adirft like them did before. Then the hull can be cleaned off back to bare wood and faired up and filled and then repainted. Then the new cabin sides and the rubbing stakes and the toe rails can all be varnished. Once that all done then the boat can be re-rigged and the sails set up.

Busy week with lots of little jobs and not so little jobs either started or finished.

This week has been busy with a lot of little jobs being finished and a number of bigger jobs either started or re-started. Got the old GRP dinghy cleaned up and polished and re-painted as necessary and taken down the boatyard ready to be launch next week. Also moving the Hardy 18 to its new mooring and so the owner can get off and on his boat without any problems. Finished leathering up the spars so that they do not wear when the sails are set and rubbing along the rigging. Did a bit of work on the Enterprise dinghy, filling the screw holes on the hull and also the little holes left in the deck beams and gunwales from the old nails and screws from the old deck.

Also had time to get some work done on Mai-Star II and start to get the new cabin sides into position and start to fix them in place. Then go and do a bit of own boat tuition with a boat owner on his new boat. 

Giving the old dinghy a bit of TLC

Today's jobs are giving the old dinghy a bit of TLC and a coat of paint on the bottom and good compounding on the hull and then a coat of paint on the inside both on the topsides of the hull and then giving the floor a fresh coat of anti slip paint and then taking it to the boatyard to put in the water for the start of the new season. Once that done then turn my attention to the Enterprise and Mai-Star II and get them sorted out.

This photo is of the dinghy from died ahead show one side has been compounded and the other is yet to be done

 

This photo is of the bottom being antifouled

 Another photo of the bottom having been antifouled

 

This photo showing the boat all finished on the outside

 

Another photo this time from the port side

 

This photo shows the inside topsides having been given a fresh coat of paint and just the floor to be done then the boat will be ready to go afloat agan for the season.