WE at J-Star Marine Services are supporting this event which our staff are taking part this year.

 On the 19th to 21th of March, I'm taking on The Great Tommy Sleep Out.

I'll be sleeping outside for one night to fundraise for RBVE (Royal British Veterans Enterprise)

and raise awareness for homeless ex-servicemen and women. 



I'd love your support in helping me make a difference. Royal British Veterans Enterprise

has been helping those in need for over 100 years, providing support to the armed forces community,

individuals with disabilities, and those who have become unemployed. 



Please consider donating, sharing this page, and standing with me in support of our veterans.

Let's stand up for those who stood up for us.

The next week I will be getting on with more of the same as last week.

Now that the gunwales and inwales and the other trims and the two seats have had their build up coats of varnish, I am turning my attention to repainting the hull wit a new coat of hi build epoxy primer before finishing the hull off with a fresh coat of cream two pack marine gloss.  

The Wayfarer dinghy rudder getting a refurb and a lot of coats of varnish to bring it back to life. Just got to glue up the tiller which had had glue give out after a lot of years. Using epoxy this time to ensure it lasts for many years to come.

The rudder cheeks getting their first coats of thinned varnish on all sides as I build up the layers back to the original spec and once this is done then rebuild the rudder once more.

I have to put my gazebo up over the Enterprise and make the area into a varnishing booth  to stop any dust getting on to surface.

A few small jobs on the inside. One of them being fibreglassing in the front and back buoyancy tanks seats and build up coats of varnish on the woodwork  before turning over the dinghy and start painting the hull with a two pack cream marine gloss paint.

The two hanging knees which are now coated with Hammarite siler paint and now ready to bolt back in the hull, so that they can tie in the deck beams to the hull frames. Once these are back in place the up strakes of the hull can be made up and fitted and the foredeck area will be at a stage to be re-planked when funds are available to do that job.

 

Another busy week in the J-Start Marine Services Workshop

 The steel hanging knees from Mai Star II are now ready to be installed back in Mai Star II once the Studding arrives and the spacers are made up and fixed in position.

The two rudder cheeks now repaired and top of the new rudder cheek is thinned down to fit the tiller head.They are now getting their many coats of varnish before the parts are rebuild and the rudder is ready to be put back into use when the rer4st of the boat is restored 

The rudder blade was sanded back to bare wood and now getting the first of many coats of varnish before it is refitted to the other part of the rudder. So got to glue the tiller back together .

The new 8ft tender/dinghy as now got its centre thwart fitted and its first coat of thinned varnish like the rest of the woodwork it as to have many more coats of varnish before it is finished off

The breasthook is now fitted and so all that as to do now is fibreglass in the seats at both ends of the boat.

The course of action now is to apply as lot more coats of varnish before turning the boat over to paint the hull.

The pram dinghy is now gettingfa good sanding down before it gets its first coat of hi build epoxy primer

The enterprise is being got ready to have its final coat of varnish before all the deck fittings are refitted and the boat is put up for sale and sold to a new owner.