Having polished the new moulds, making a start on making the seats for the Little Mai dinghy

Coating the bow seat mould with release wax ready to coat with the first of three coats of White gelcoat

Doing the same with the stern seat mould, release waxing it ready for the next stage

The bow seat mould, now got its first coat of gelcoat on 

The same having been done to the stern seat mould.

It the morning do the same again, apply the second and third coats of white gelcoat. Before starting to hand laying up the the first of three layers of matting.

Making the plugs and then the moulds for the seats for the New Little Mai Class dinghy

Having made the plugs for the stern and bow seats, the coated the plugs with epoxy and rubbed them down and polished them

Then coated them with a mould release wax before coating them with the first of three coats of black gel coat

The three coats of black gel coat applied to both plugs  

After the plugs were coated in four layers of matting, the reinforcement plywood was fixed to the  plugs 

Then a further couple of layers of matting put over the top of the plugs

Rebuilding inside parts of the door framework

The first door the top and middle parts of the door were in a bad condition and needed replacing and where possible the old parts were used. However, over half of the parts were serviceable.   

The second door on the other hand was the other way round the bottom and the middle were in a poor condition and needed replacing.

The back door framework and the hood rails which the is fixed to is coming along well.

A change of direction and pace. working on a classic car

A complete change from working on boat, now doing a spot of classic car restoration.

The old ash wood  a bit worse for wear after 60 + years

Making new parts to fit using the old parts as patterns 

Still a place for using hand tools to do the finer parts of shaping the wood to fit the shape of the car.

The last of the mortise and tenon joints for the fore and aft hatches on the lifeboat project

The last of the mortise and tenon joints for the fore and aft opening hatches on the lifeboat project.

Dry fitting the joints, then glue and clamp them together and the final bit of planing and sanding before painting them and fitting the hinges and catches 

Then go down to the lifeboat and fit the hatches to finish off the project.