Cornish Crabber rebuild getting underway

Sorting out the sockets where the ends of the new deck beams are going to be located into when they are made

A bow shot where a new deck beam as to be made and fitted where there was not one before, the latest owner wishes to have a good connection between the deck and the top of the chain locker bulkhead 

The original deck flange which the new deck is going to be fixed too 

A large void space at the moment, however, it will soon be filled up with bulkheads and engine and tankage 

Just setting up the deck beam building jig to laminate the new deck beams  

A large void space looking forward the same thing is going to happen with this space it will get filled with bulkheads and other items as the boat gets rebuild

The fuel tank back from the fabricators and the flow coating finished on the bulkheads

The fuel tank now as the feed take off in the correct position and the tank as the correct size vent pipe take off as well 

The sight pipe fittings have been remade as they were loose and would have leaked 

The flow coating of the bulkheads now finished and ready to go on to the next stage.

The main pair of bulkheads now painted and varnished and the fibreglass getting a coat of flow coated

The main bulkheads are now painted with primer and the face of the bulkheads on the main cabin side are now varnished 

the holes in the sides of the cockpit bring filled and glassed up on the inside of the lockers

The holes now being fillled and then glassed up on the inside of the lockers so that all that is left are the holes that are needed

The first of a number of new skin fittings going in the bottom of the boat as the refit gets underway on the inside of the boat

The new seacocks have marine plywood pads so that any unevenness is taken up with the plywood and sealant applied to the plywood

The first of many to go in over the course of the refit