Giving the Morgan Giles 30 its new CopperCoat antifouling and seeing the mast back up after its 7 year restoration.

Like all well planned out jobs it is a matter of getting all the necessary equipment laid out before you start  the CopperCoat antifouling.

Masking taping up the waterline one final time before getting the CopperCoat mixed up ready to paint the bottom with the necessary number of coats of CopperCoat .

This is the bottom after the first 2 coats of  CopperCoat antifouling 

This is after the 5 coats of CopperCoat antifouling with just the final areas where the boat stands are and the bottom edge of the keel.

The Morgan Giles 30 with its mast with its mast steps fitted so the owner can view anchorage form up the mast or sort out anything on the mast while underway.

 

Removing the old bottom paint and sanding back to make it ready to epoxy shield the bottom before making a new keel.

Sanding the old bottom paint with extraction on the sander keeping the dust down to as much as possible.

The bottom is in fairly good overall condition apart from a few chips on the bottom where it must have been grounded in the past.

The port side all sanded back then on to the starboard side

The starboard side to go, it should be okay if it is like the port side.

Once it is done then the bottom will be epoxied and then then the new keel can be made and fitted to the hull, Then the boat will be turned over and the hull side.ill be sanded and painted and then the fit out of the inside of the boat can be finished off and the engine and stern gear and the rudder can be made and fitted. 

 

The jaguar 22 is now getting closer to being relaunched

The bottom is now re-antifouled ready to be re-launched ready for the rest of the season.

Now that it is antifouled it is one less job that needs doing before April Star is re-launched and heads up to the Walton Backwaters.

The rudder and tiller are now back on the boat so we can steer her back on to her mooring at m=her present sailing club and do a few sailing trials before sailing up the Wallet Channel to the Walton Backwaters. 

One job we have to do is fit a new pad on the outboard bracket so we can fit the outboard to the boat to give us steerage way should the wind drop light and we need to motor part of the way back to the Walton Backwaters on her delivery voyage.

One other job will be to double check all the rigging and ensure it is all okay before setting sail on her once she is back in the water.

 

Got April Star moved to be able to work on the bottom and get the the electrics sorted out.

Now with have April Star out of her home for the past five years and now out in the open so the bottom can be worked on and the antifouling can be applied and any other work done before she is launched in a couple of weeks time and made ready for the passage up the Wallet channel to the Walton Backwaters  

Another major job to do is to sort out the electrics and get a new battery and check and sort out the lights both navigation and interior lights. 

Other jobs will be to fit a compass and GPS and the missing locker lids in the cabin and service the outboard and make a new pad for the outboard bracket.

 

The refit on April Star as begun and there is a lot to do before she can go back in the water and be sailed back, to her new mooring in Walton on the Naze

 Getting to grips with the cockpit seats by starting to get rid of the grown in dirt of over 5 years being in the same spot. Pressure washer and a lot of elbow grease. 

It is looking a lot better however, some way to go to get it back to a good condition.

One of the main jobs is to get thew hull and superstructure clean again which is needing a good compounding to get a start on this job

A lot of elbow grease and strong hands with the compounding machine and a lot of patience. 

The galley unit back at the workshop in need of reworking to get it up to safe use again.

Sorting out the rudder pivot pin and the lines to control the raising and lowering of the blade when the boat is on its half tide mooring.

The looker lids all need working on and some need renewing as some are broken and others are missing.

A very old electrical dashboard which will be renewed and also other equipment will be refitted to make the boat and its navigation easier on any passage it makes in the future.

The interior is in need of a very good cleaning and plenty of elbow grease and scrubbing brushes and boat clearer and patience to get it clean again.

These 2 photos shows that with a bit of clearer and patience it can be done.

Here is one of the crew compounding the hull and long way to go, however, she is getting there.

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