Back to work after a short break and back in the thick of it.

Before the works break, we were working on renewing the iroko rubbing strakes on the Hardy Pilot 20. 

The old rubbing strakes behind the front part were completely rotten and so we were able to get old of the covering pieces which we are now taking a profile of so that we can make a new front piece to the same profile as the piece.

Using a profile gauge we are able to get the profile of the old piece and so make a pattern of this and use the pattern to make the new profile

Here is one of the back pieces getting planed to shape along its length as there is a curve along its length to mirror the sheerline of the boat where this attaches to the hull with bolts along its length.

Another job getting sorted is the repairs to the Westerly Centaur which came to us with the blade full of water and parts of the rudder in need of extra fibreglassing where it had become thin over the years when the boat dried out between high water on its mooring.