Fruitful week with a lot done to all the boats that we are working on.

It has been a week of going two steps forward and one back with the restoration dinghy project. This is because having just finished off putting the final screws and nails in the first two full length planks it is time to take out the other damaged planks that need replacing as they have spilts and bits missing out of them. So it was back to grinding off the roves and punching out the old nails and removing the old planks in one piece so that they can be used for patterns for the new planks.

It also give the owner a chance to look over the underside of his dinghy to check out any problems with the bottom of the centrboard case and the general condition of the underside of the hull in general. Also at a late date give it a coat of primer to seal the bottom before painting the boat completely before taking it for its first sail after the work is completed.

The other boat that is being worked on at the moment is a Classic Princess 25 which is in need of a fair amount of TLC and rebuilding. The first jobs of the week was to clearer out the inside after first putting plywood blanks in the place of the windows that are out to be replaced. After the blanks were put in then it was the turn of the cabin to get cleared of the old gear the was laiding round the cabin. Removing parts that needed keeping for patterns and otyher that needed disposing of as they had seen better days and were in need of updated to present regulations.

Then I was able to get the wood for Mai-Star II's new cabin sides this week so that job can go ahead over the next few weeks and get the boat back in the water and sailing agaIN.

The project has begun and getting underway

 Here a few photos of the task ahead on the restoration of a classic Princess 25

  

A photo of the main cabin looking forward

 

 A photo of the engine room

 

 Another photo of the engine room

 

 Main Cabin looking aft towards the steering position

 

 The doorwayand toilet compartment

 Floor access to bilge

 Bilge access in forward end of cabin

 

 Galley area in need of a bit of TLC

 Bathroom sink unit in need of a bit of TLC

 Another photo of galley area

 Forward end of the main cabin looking at chain locker and water tank filler pipe

 Port side front bunk

 

 Steering position in need of a bit of TLC and revamping with new controls.

doorway

 Old fuel tank

 Locker under the galley sink

 light wiring hanging off the deck head

 Old water pump system this will get revamped with a new system.

 Two photos of the cabin windows boarded up to keep the weather out while working on the inside getting that back together.

 

The lid of the water tank before it is cleaned

 The inside of the forward water tank in a bit of a state, but it can and will be cleaned and made safe

 A photo of the port side of the forward bunk with the stickly back plastic removed

 The same on the starboard side before it was done.
  

 

This is a photo of the forward berth started to be cleaned of the old material and glue that has covered this up for years. 

Now some more planks coming out of the restoration as these were in a poor way.

The next set of short planks to come out of the boat these are just a few.

                                                Two on the Starboard side of the boat

 now there will be two on the Port side nce the planks are cut and the nails removed from the plank lands

There is the owner grinding off the roves off the old damaged planking.

 

Now there are two more planks out of the port side where they were spilt along the planks where the bilge stringer was fitted. These will be the last of the planks to come out and then once they are done the thwart stringers can go back in and the rubbing skates can go back on and then the deck fittings. 

New work for the coming weeks.

Over the next few weeks, J-Star Boats is going to be restoring a tried Princess 25 back to its former glory and back into commission. The main focus of the job is to go back to the shell of the boat and start again. This will involve a fair amount of pulling out of wiring, pipe work, electric pumps, cleaning out bilge areas and water tanks and even fuel tanks.

also the removing of old windows from the cabinsides and blanking these off while they are rebuild and the side linings are refitted.

more on this as the project progresses.

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