The latest dinghy restoration project to come to the J-Star Marine Services yard to get our special treatment to bring it back to life.

Another dinghy came to the yard today for the first stages of its restoration back to a working dinghy.

The first job was to take photos and measurement of the parts that needed to be recorded for new parts to be made and refitted once the repairs are done to the hull.

The hull with all but the upper part of the transom removed so we can assess the work needed to be doneto the hull before we remove the old paint and rotten wood and any holes in the hull.

There are a few small holes in the bottom where somebody was going to use it as a garden planter and then changed their mind.  So we will need to be do some small gelcoat and matting repairs to make it watertight again and then give it a good clean and repaint the inside later in the restoration.

The outside of the hull is going to need a good sanding back and the repainting the hull back to a shiny gloss finish.

Half the bottom sanded off to get back to the base gelcoat and make any repairs needed before repainting the hull and turning the hull over and refitting the inside with new seats and new gunwales and inwales.