Princess 25 refit Window gelcoat repairs and other jobs

This photo shows the areas which are going to be repaired and reinforced to stop the window surround from breaking.

 

This photo shows the areas coated with the first of two coats of gelcoat

 The same was done to the side window areas where the same problem was incurred where the surround was damaged

 This phot shows the first of the bits of fibreglass matting applied to strenghen the weak areas of the window surrounds which had broken

 This photo show the same thing being done to the side window surround which will then be fibreglassed again to strengthen the area the the side panelling can get put in place and the windows replaced.

 This photo is of the cockpit screen to roof trims cleaned up and having their first of six coats of varnish applied then the cockpit windscreen can then be fitted back in place and the boat will start to take shape once more.

Feedback from people at the Essex Country Show.

Over the past weekend, the staff of J-Star Boat Services was exhibiting their latest new build, a wooden clinker dinghy designed by Wolstenholme Yacht Design. The staff at J-Star Boat Services will be building this dinghy over the winter at their workshop and will be featured on their weekly blog with updates of its progress over the coming months.

There was a fair amount of interest in the new build and the fact that we has a company use a mixture of modern and traditional tools and methods to do our work and keep old traditional ways a live in this modern world.

This week it will be back to our other work that we have scheduled with other clients and the dinghy will be progressed slowly over the next few months and will be ready for its new client in the spring for him and his family to use next year.

More work on the new dinghy

This photo shows the sheer line batten in place and the transom blank in place and now it is ready to mark off the plank width on the moulds

 This photo is from the stern looking forward showing the sheer line.

 The second part of the stem. The inner stem or apron as it is sometimes called streamed around its jig and left to cool down before being glued together.

 The second part of the stem now being glued together and left to set before removing it from its jig and cleaned up and shaped.

The second week work in the run up to us exhibiting at the Essex Country Show as been busy

The week as been busy with getting things sorted for the stand we have planned for at the Essex Country Show. Making units to show items that are used in modern boat building as well as some traditional tools that are still used in building wooden boat in this modern age. We will be exhibiting our new dinghy which we are building during the show and will show people who visit our stand how a traditional clinker dinghy is built and the skill needed to make a work of art. The first part of the build is done that of making the moulds for the planks to go round. then the work of marking out the plank widths and the marking out of the planks on to dumpy planks so that these can be transfered to the boards of timber from which we cut the planks out and fit to the keel and stem and tramson.

This week so far the staff at J-Star Boat Services have made the new outer part of the stem glued it up on its jig. Then it is the turn of the inner stem of apron as it is sometimes called to be glued up on its jig and finally the stern knee to have the same treatment and be glued up on its jig.

When this is done, then the parts can then be cleaned up and fitted to the front and back of the keel/hog on the stocks and then the hard work of putting the planks on the keel/hog and then round the moulds and then build the boat up form the keel to the top plank and then to fit the ribs and then fit out the boat.

The new build is getting underway and we will be exhibiting at the Essex Country Show on the 14th & 15th .

This photo shows the lower part of the keel being fixed to the building stocks before the upper keel or hog is fitted to it

 

This second photo shows the second half of the keel fitted and the mould stations fitted to the hog before the upper braces are fitted to the moul stations and the plank widths marked out on the moulds.

This photo shows the top cross braces in position and the braces ready to have the fore and aft braces fitted to hold the moulds in position while we fit the planking to the moulds as we build the new boat.

 

This new build will be on our stand at the Essex Country Show over the weekend of the 14th & 15th on Stand Demo 10, so pop along and take a look at the boat.