Back to work on the Morgan Giles 30

After a bit of time away from The Morgan Giles 30 it is time to get on with a number of the jobs which are still to do on her over the winter months. Firstly get the stanchions and lifelines back in position so that we can work on the deck safely without out the risk of falling off the boat.

Another job that needed doing was to refit the rudder back in place so that the tiller block and other fitting could be refitted and any adjustments made to get the tiller and steering sorted so that the rudder was fitting on its bearing correctly.

The propeller shaft and propeller are now refitted and so that the engine installation can be started. 

The first job on the inside is to finish off fitting the parts that need to go in before the engine itself can be craned into position.

 

Starting to sort out this mess, then make sense of this.

First remove all the loose items to get to the bottom of the engine bay and make sense of what we have to sort out first.

Sort out what is any good and replace what is needed to be renewed with up to date equipment.

These fuel lines will need renewing with new copper pipes so that they are both the same size.

The photo above as one size and this fuel pipe is a different size.

Someone did a good job on the gear shift and throttle cables cutting them off with a pair of bolt croppers  

 

Fairline weekender in for her to engines to be put back in and the rest of the engine room to sort out.

Now that the Morgan Giles 30 as left the yard the cradle is being repurposed for our latest project, the refit the original engines back into this Fairline weekender. 

The boat safely on the cradle ready to be worked on over the next few weeks. 

The business end of the outdrives. these need a bit of work before these are ready to have the legs fitted back on to the boat.

 

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.