Making a start on repairing the long stargazing on the Blue Stripe on this Hardy

Having ground back the surface gelcoat to remove the stargazing out of the gelcoat it was time line dermal the stargazing out of the lower level to that rid of any lower level stargazing.

Once that was done then, it was time to start to fill up the dermal-ed lines to level the lines up with new Oxford blue gelcoat 

The stargazing was a very long length

The length was from ahead of the cabin window to as far back as the porthole in the toilet compartment, so it is a long stargaze.

It is going to take a bit of time to fill up the stargazing with gelcoat, however, as we fill the stargazing up, we will then gelcoat the whole area from the forward end of the stargaze to the aft end and from the wooden fender rail to the rudder fendering then sand and compound the whole of the blue stripe to its original colour.

 

Removing the Hardy Bosun windows to have them re-made

Having carefully removed the inner frames from around the windows it was time to clean up the old sealant from around the edge of the windows aperture.

Once the sealant was removed it was time to cover up the apertures until we have the new windows to fit on the boat.

The windows on the work bench ready for a quick clean up and then packed up and send away to be re-made

 

Getting to grips with Hardy Bosun wheelhouse removal

First job to remove the cockpit canopy and make easier to work around the back of the boat  

First of the headlining panels to come down in the heads compartment 

Then the first of the two in the cabin area 

Then the second headlining panel to remove to expose the fixing for the wheelhouse sides 

The first panel out of the way

Then the second panel removed 

finally the head compartment panels down and out of the way, just leaves to remove the wiring for the navigation lights, wipers and the power supply for the instructments before the wheelhouse can be removed 

The navigation lights removed so that the wires can be removed as we lift off the wheelhouse off the cabin sides 

not an area most owners ever see

 

Doing a bit of work to restore the rudder shoe fitting as one is missing because the wrong grade of Stainless steel was used

 As part of a survey it was seen that the fixings holding the rudder shoes have been fixed on with the wrong grade of Stainless Steel, it appears that the stainless steel bolts have been A2 stainless steel and not A4 grade stainless steel which is the grade for fixing underwater fittings.

                             

With this in mind the other fixing are going to be removed and replaced with the correct grade of Stainless Steel A 4 

The anodes will need replacing as a matter of course before the boat is re-launched 

Both the shaft and the hull anodes are showing that they are working 

The port rudder is in good condition, however the fixings are going to be replaced to make sure that the same does not happen to this as it did on the starboard rudder shoe

Shaping the lower section and then screwing on the upper part before taking them apart to fit each part to the boat

First using a variable profiler, take the shape off the old section to use as a pattern for the new section.

Having removed a lot of the angle using a power planner taking the rest down with a hand plane to get to the same profile as the original part.

setting up the lower section ready to remove the large part of the angle before final shaping with a hand plane.

Several runs at the lower section and the angle starts to appear 

Once the angle is near to the finished angle the upper section is then fitted 

Then dry screwed in position so that final shaping can be made.