The dinghies in the workshop are coming along at different stages of the being done of them

The Enterprise dinghy is just waiting for its final few coats of Varnish before its turned over to have the Hull sanded down and given a fresh coat of White marine glass paint

The decks are all smooth and just need a good drying day to get the varnish applied.

The Mai Star Dinghy as now had its final coats of White Marine gloss paint and just needs turning over to have the varnishing done on the top plank and on the seats and the inside gets it fresh coats of white marine gloss and then it will be ready for getting an outing.

She looking good just got to get some varnish on the top plank and on the seats and thwarts.

The GRP dinghy is now getting ready to be flowcoated on the inside and the centre thwart and a set of new gunwales.

 

Painting and varnishing Monday

Start  of a new week after a short break to recharge the mind and body, so its back to the painting and varnishing of the dinghies in the workshop. 

The clinker dinghy getting its last coat of primer before it gets its two coats of white marine gloss paint. Then it will get the top plank re-varnish before its turned over and get the inside sorted out and then get used.

The Enterprise dinghy getting the patches their thinned varnish coats to build up the layers back to the rest of the varnish.

Once the build up coats are done then the whole of the deck will be varnished and then the Enterprise will be turned over and the hull will be sanded back and spot primed and then a couple of coats of white marine gloss paint before it is put up for sale.

There is a few more coats of varnish to go yet before the finishing coats of varnish are applied.

 

Starting the touching up of the varnish and paintwork on the two small projects in the workshop.

Having finished the sanding of the decks of the Enterprise it is now time to start laying up the thinned coats of varnish on the bare wood areas of the decks. 

The main areas have been the areas where the cover was in contact with the varnish and broken down the surface of the varnish.

Most of the varnish is in good condition and will just need a few coats of varnish when the areas have been touched up enough to get the layers back to the good condition varnish.

The clinker dinghy has been touched up where the paint was sanded back and was back to bare wood, most of the lands were where the paint was thin and needed touching up. 

The transom needed a bit of touching up as well, so it was done at the same time as the Enterprise dinghy.

 

Now that the larger projects have left the yard and workshop it is time to get on with some of the smaller projects that have been waiting to get done.

This Enterprise dinghy is in for some much needed TLC, The main areas are where the varnish needs to be sanded back to bare wood and patch varnished until it is back up to the same thickness as the area that are not affected. 

Once this is done then the Enterprise dinghy will turned over and the hull sanded and primered where necessary and then given a fresh coat of white marine gloss. 

Some of the areas that were affected were large and other not so large 

As in this photo just a small area around the top of the stem on to the small area of the foredeck.

The Mai Star Class dinghy is now ready to be cleaned down and the bare patches need marine primer applied and then a fresh coat of white gloss and the top plank need re-varnishing before the boat is turned back over and the inside and top of the gunwales need re-varnishing and the inside needs repainting 

The restoration dinghy project is coming along with a few more hull repairs to be done on the inside before the whole of the inside is sanded back to clean fibreglass and the inside is given a coat of grey flow coat. 

Then the gunwale will be made and steamed into position and the rest of the restoration will be done.

 

After 5 years the workshop is now empty of the Morgan Giles 30 and there is room for other projects to get done.

The Morgan Giles 30 now at its new home for the outside work to be done before launching next spring and sailing home to Scotland with its owner.

Now that the Morgan Giles 30 is at its new home until it is launched the workshop is a hive of different work from sanding and painting and varnish dinghies to moulding new dinghies to rebuilding old dinghies which were going to land fill.  

The blue dinghy was on its way to a landfill site when an owner who is a friend of J-Star Marine Services ask if he with the help of the team at J-Star Marine Services could help bring this boat back to life. 

The latest Little Mai Star Dinghy being finished off ready to go to its new owner in the North of England.

We are always looking for new projects, to fill our workshop and give it the attention it deserves from a team which no what it takes to bring the owners dreams to life.