Some of the project around the yard that need sorting and moving along to make room for other project waiting to be done over the coming months.

This Cornish Crabber is one sduch project which as been a stop- start project for a few years now and needs coming along to make room for other projects to get done. 

The major job first is to renew the cover over the boat as soon as able and set the work underway again and get the inside refitted and the deck and beams fitted and the new deck fibreglassed in place and then put in the workshop to be resprayed and then given back to its owner to sail.

The two dinghies in the foreground are in need of a bit of TLC over the winter before they both can go out on the water and be used by their owners to explore the Walton Backwaters.

Another project which need some attention to get finished off, a major sanding and filling of the outside of the hull and fairing and spraying and then the inside refitting out ready for next season

I will soon have to get some more stock of hardwood and softwood for the projects coming through over the next few months and build a cover over this area to keep out the weather, so i can put outside the plywood which is taking space in the workshop.

 

Work coming along on the picnic boat and the yellow boat

Just sorting out the foredeck, making the planks all the same length before gluing it all down using vacuum bagging method to glue it down without any fixings 

Got to do the same method to glue down aft deck

Once the foredeck will have a laminated Mahogany break water to make the water run off the deck and also be where the front of the canopy is fixed to when it is made towards the end of the refit 

The inside of the cockpit is now painted apart the area where the joint needs more fibreglass to reinforce the joint

Once that is done the rubber fendering can be bolted to the joint to protect the joint of the hull from any damage.

The top of the boat where the windscreen is going to be fitted is grey so that it is less bright and better to have in front of you when steering thee boat than yellow 

 

The decks now laid and just need gluing down and then sanding after they are epoxied down to the plywood subdeck

The foredeck now all splined and ready to be glued down on a bed of thickened epoxy 

Just the centre round the filler pipe to finish off 

The aft deck all set out ready to be glued down after the aft deck is glued and screwed down 

This will set off the deck well when they are sanded and varnished as they are not teak 

 

Starting to set out the laid deck for the front of the Picnic boat

It has beeb a while since I have worked on the Picnic boat, it is now time to set out the planks for the laid deck on the front and aft decks for the picnic boat 

These thin planks of Mahogany will make up the major part of these deck with a thin strip of light wood going between the planks to look like a traditional laid deck  

Setting out the planks to get an idea of the amount oplanks that will be needed on both decks 

The first few weighted down with lead weights to keep their position while the forward ends are cut and shaped to fit the deck capping 

The starboard side planks cut and fitted 

Making a start on the port side 

Once these are all cut and fitted the insert will be cut and fitted between the mahogany planks 

 

The little yellow boat nearly finished with a few small jobs to finish her off.

The outside now just as to have the rubber fendering fixed in position 

Now the bottom as been painted with a coat of antifouling paint the waterline is well defined 

When the black rubber fendering is fitted it will break up the mass of yellow paint into a more understated yellow 

Now the cockpit s painted grey it is looking a lot better