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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The work is continuing of the Chance Restoration teams Jaguar 22 as we get it ready for the week after the late Spring bank holiday weekend

One of the J-Star Marine Services staff lending a hand by compounding the hull while Simon is cleaning the inside the cabin.

The fibreglass interior lining is starting to come cleaner as it is washed down with boat cleaner and a sponge and scrubbing brush to get rid of the more difficult to remove dirt. The rust marks will come out with a bit of compound and a cloth.

Much of the dirt is just on the surface and will be able to come clean and stay clean once the boat is aired out and ventilation is resorted. 

Work in progress as Simon moved back through the cabin and cleans up the years of dirt that a collected .s

More elbow grease needed, however, we are getting there. 

One of the main jobs in the cabin is to sort out any deck leaks and remove the windows and get them resealed and replace all the locker lids. and then get new cushions and paint out the lockers. 

Other jobs that need doing will be all the halyards other lines around the boat which have been left on the mast which by now will be shot, and service the winches and service the engine. We have to make a new outboard motor pad for the outboard bracket as this is missing. The list for getting the boat ready for the water is while long, however, we will get through it and then be able to sail her back to her new mooring in the Walton Backwater.