Cleaning up my small workshop back at home, so some of the smaller jobs can be done without travelling to the larger workshop at Walton

The job was to sort out the rubbish from what is needed in this workshop and sort out the shelves into some sort of order once more

The main job is to sort out what can be reused and what will have to go into the skip at the larger workshop.

The work bench is getting clearer and just have to fit a small vice to the front and bring some of the extra tools I have in the main workshop and put them in the rack and on the shelves and some of the other tools can go in the repurposed filing cabinet under the work bench which can hold some of the power tools which I have two or more of and can be used in this workshop

The other job I will have to do is clear up the outside of the workshop and when I get to the other workshop find the door I made for this workshop and make a second door to fit in the doorway and make it secure. Also sort out the wall rack to fit other tools that need to be at hand when working in this workshop. 

 

Getting on with some of the smaller jobs around the workshop while waiting for other things to arrive at the workshop

Polishing the brass bell for Chance before it goes off to the engravers to have her name put on the bell and the year Chance was built and later have the date when Chance goes back afloat.

Giving the locker lids off April Star their second coat of primer/undercoat before sanding them back and giving them the first of three coats of gloss.

Another small but necessary job to make up two new short aft of cabin deck beams for Mai Star II which will have to be jointed into the two uprights that make up the uprights for the companionway hatch boards 

The wood is part of an offcut from making the framework for the final frame in Chances' hull which when cut will be fitted in Chance as the start of rebuilding the transom and the rest of the back of chances' hull.

The locker lids having been painted and just need to dry before the next coat of paint is applied in the morning

The connecting part of the frame roughly cut out and just waiting to be trimmed and bevelled to fit the hull when it is bolted two the other two halves of the freame 

The other two sections waiting to be trimmed and bevelled like the connecting piece.

 

Engineering and lathe spaces in the workshop and the continuing work on the dinghy we have into be restored.

Engineering space where all the marine engineering jobs are done when they come into the workshop by our trained technicians. 

If there are lathe jobs we have a wood turning lathe to make parts that need a lathe to make them up much as winch bases or other items that need to be made up at a custom size not available off the shelf .

Having cut the next section of the old aft seat it is time to make up and fit a ne inner outboard pad to the transom

To keep the hull from flexing while the hull is being worked on a cross brace is fitted with support legs are fitted in place to keep the hull level while we work on putting the strength back into the hull and refit the seats and gunwales.

 

The next restoration dinghy in the workshop to get a fresh lease of life

This 10ft dinghy was picked up by a client to have me restore it to a tender for their larger boat.

It is very much a blank canvas with no fixture of fittings so it can be made to be exactly what te owner wishes to have in this dinghy/tender.

There is a fair bit of sanding and grinding to be done before I can start the restoration process.

It is a challenge however, it is a  dinghy worth doing to get a boat back on the water without spending a lot of money on a new dinghy when a old dinghy can and should be restored.  

 

The picnic boat now filled and faired up ready for Hi Build primer and a change from the yellow rowing skiff

The topsides now have been filled and faired, so it is now ready for the first coat of High Build epoxy primer.

The hull now is in a position where it can be worked on at a reasonable height and the work on the inside can continue as well.

Just got to get the owner to supply the paint and I can continue to get the topsides to a position to get it ready to give it its final coat.

The owner as decided to have a small rudder under the boat and do away with the transom hung rudder it had before. Just got to get the owner to supply the rudder gear to install the new rudder.

So for the moment work has stopped on this boat while the owner get the paint and rudder gear down to the workshop so the work can continue. 

 

Starting the filling of the holes with epoxy filler after lifting the boat up to a more reasonable height to work on the inside and outside of the boat

Now that the boat is up at a reasonable height it can be worked on both the inside and outside and much of the work that could not be done before can be done now.

Starting to fill the knocks and holes where old fitting have been remove are being done now and sanding the hull and painting the hull will be easier now it is at a good working height.

Because it is at a good height and it now gives me more working room around the boat to do other work on other jobs at the same time as doing this boat.

This is the only place there is not a lot of room around the hull, however, you can not everything when you are restricted by length of the boat within the workshop.

 

Now to ghost coating the topsides to get it ready to start painting the topsides after repairing and filling holes in the topsides

In order to flatten the old paint, it is a good idea to ghost coat the topsides with aerosol paint that is darker than the hull so that you can see where the high spots are and when you have flattened back you can see any areas you need to fair up later  

It is a long and mind deadening job, however, the end result is worth doing.

The first sanding gives you a point to start from and then you can go down the grades of sandpaper discs to you are left with a flat smooth finish to build up the layers of paint

Seconf ghost coat and start the whole job off again

 

Final pieces of the keel glued and fixed in place and now time for the epoxy to cure over night and start the fairing of the keel down to its final shape

The final piece of the keel jigsaw puzzle place on top of the rest of the keel,just have to mark off the leading angle and then drill out the holes for the fixings to go through.

The final piece now glued and fixed down in place.

Now comes the fun part of the job sanding and fairing up the sides of the keel and profiling the bottom face . The front section is going to be remade after a pattern is made of the stem piece so that a new laminated stem can be made and steamed in place.

The keel is this deep because the boat engine needs a 12 inch keel ahead of the propeller to protect the propeller from damage

So tomorrow start the fairing up of the keel before it gets coated with epoxy clear coat and the Gelshield 200 epoxy treatment like the rest of the hull. 

It is being discussed whether or not to start to prepare the hull before it is turned back on to its  bottom, It will be easier to get it to pre gloss paint stage and the spray the hull once it is back up the right way up.

 

The keel on the motor launch is also finished being made up with the final piece being shaped up tomorrow

The new keel for the motor launch is almost made up with just one piece left to shape up and glue and fix into place. Then start to shape the sides and the final 8 inches of the keel to give the propeller good flow over its blades.

Then once the keel is shaped up to the correct profile then an epoxy coating will be applied and the surface will get the same epoxy treatment as the hull.. 

Once this is done then the hull will be sanded and filled and faired up to get it ready for a fresh coat of paint. However, before the hull is painted the hull will turned over and put back on its trailer, so that the interior refit can be finished off and the engine fitted.

 

I have made available all 496 videos of Chance's restoration available to anyone who wishes to see how far we have come with her restoration over the past 5 years

                                 

I have made available all 496 videos of Chance's restoration available to anyone who wishes to see how far we have come with her restoration over the past 5 years just follow this link to go to my pateron page https://www.patreon.com/cw/Chance_1948 Where you can all see the work we have put into her over the years and how far we have to go to get her back on the water

Just a few days off to have a reset period before the Autumn and get ready for the laying up period.

As part of the reset it is time to move these projects along and get them finished and on the market and move them on to their new owners.

A major part of this is to get the jobs finished and empty the workshop and make room for the next lot of boats to come into the workshop and yard to be worked on over the autumn and winter months

This Wayfarer dinghy is now in its final stages of its major refit and is going to be ready to be re-rigged and have the rigging and sails inspected to ensure they are ok and sorted ready for its new owner.

The 8ft  outboard/ rowing tender is ready to go with its own launching trolley. Just add water and away you go. 

For something different a classic Windboat's Pearly Miss runabout which is under going a major refit and can be purchased as a project or you can get  team at J-Star Marine Services to finish her off to a high standard and have a classic runabout for next season. 

 

Boat yard equipment, Workshop Tools, Boats & Outboard Motors Sale by J-Star Marine Services all equipment and tools must go!!!!

I am having surplus boatyard and workshop sale, All the yard equipment i.e. mobile boat cradle which is for a 35 ft motorboat, a 3 ton capacity boat hoist and other boatyard equipment such as a 8 metre x 4 metre mobile workshop frame, work benches must go and a number of the workshop tools such bandsaws, skill saws, planners. routers and bits and much more other tools which are surplus to my personal needs.

I am also selling a number of boats , An Enterprise dinghy on its own trailer, an Wayfarer with launching trolley and road trailer, A twin axle 3 ton capacity flat bed trailer 2 x 8ft GRP dinghies, Two bare dinghy moulding in need of refits, & Outboard engines, 4 hp Johnson extra long shaft two stoke, a long shaft 10 hp Honda four stoke outboard.

Viewing by appointment, Call 07534045729.

Unit 5 Foundry Yard off Hall Lane Walton on the Naze

Having a Yard and Workshop SALE as I scaling back my business

As part of my scaling back my business I am having a yard and workshop sale to sell any of the boatyard equipment I will not need in the future and have not used for sometime.

I am not retiring from boat building just scaling back my business to a more flexible size business.

 

Finally fitting the first part of the keel and now on to the next pieces to make up the keel.

The part of the new keel now glued on with marine sealant  and bolted through the hull with bolts and large penny washers and then get ready for the next stage of the build up of the keel pieces.

With this piece of keel the back of the boat is now got a lot of it strength back along the centre line of the hull.

The next pieces now dry fitted in position just got to sort out how to fix these parts . they are going to glued and then have lengths of studding put through the other parts of the keel pieces to fix them as well as epoxy glue the parts together.

Got to make up a wedge to fit in the part between the next pieces once these are sorted the last long piece will be glued and fixed in position.