The Pearly Miss runabout speedboat starting to have its mahogany trims fitted back in position.

The first of the Mahogany trim pieces getting refitted to the inside of the cockpit.

Clamped into place so that the position of the seat shoot bolts can be marked off and drilled out and the top and bottom edges can be radiused  before the back faces are coated with varnish be for they are screwed back in position with A 4 stainless screws 

Making off the second pieces before clamping it in place

Finally they are both in position and just need a finally trimming.

 

The picnic boat is back to be finished off and used in the local creeks

The picnic boat is back at the yard to get finished off and used in the local creek around this part of North Essex.

The boat needs a good washing down before any work can start and inspect the hull.

One job to do is to re-instate the base keel and bolt it through the hull.

Another job is to fill in the space between the propeller shaft tube the encapsulate the prop shaft tube to keep it in position. 

 

Getting the transom inside shaped ready epoxy to the hull and then glassed over

Fitting the inside pad so that the level for the inwale and gunwale trim can be made and fitted  so the gunwale and inwale can be finished off.

The outer pad is already made and will be fitted once the hull is painted

 

Starting to do the hull repair on the Wayfarer's bow

Having cut back the loose and broken hull it was time to grind the surround of the hole and feather edge the edges of the hole.

The hole edges now have all the damaged laminates removed and it is now time to grind back the edges so it can be laminated up back to the original specification. 

Now getting the edges more to the correct level, just got to get into the locker to finish off the grinding from the inside.

 

Not all boatbuilding work is glamours, sometime you have to get in the bilges and scrub out the dirt and see how it comes up

Once all the floorboards and seats were removed  it was time to get in the bilge area and start scrubbing thew years of dirt that as got down there and make a start of removing as much as it is possible to get off the hull. 

A lot of elbow grease and scrubbing brushing 

A lot of scrubbing to go before we will any progress in the bilge area

At least we are making headway 

More scrubbing needed