All change at the workshop and in the Yard

The restored dinghy is now in its final stages of its restoration to once more a dinghy that its owner can use.

Just got to under cover the mould and start to lay up a new 8ft GRP dinghy.

Just getting ready to put the final coat of varnish on this enterprise dinghy and then be able to refit the deck fittings and get it ready for sale.

The Fairline 24 as now got to the nearby marina to get commissioned  and use thi summer

The Mai Star Class dinghy now ready to be relaunched and used by her owner to explore the local rivers and the Walton Backwaters

 

Back at work in the J-Star Marine Services workshop working on the two dinghy restorations

Sanding down the deck of the Enterprise dinghy then will be able to refit the deck fittings 

Hand sanding to ensure a flat surface and a good next coat of original Full gloss varnish.

Having sanded the Hi Build primer it is now time to do the next level fine filling with epoxy filler

Once the fine filling ois done and sanded back it will be time for a further coat of Hi Build epoxy primer, the a final check on the surface and if needed a final run over with the fine filler and then sand back and then paint thefirst of the top coats.

We will then decide which colour the hull going to be painted

 

The refit of the Hardy Pilot is now starting to put the linings back on the cabin side and the hull and the bulkheads going in position

The new chain locker bulkhead is now glassed back in position and  is ready to be flow coated before being covered in boat carpets

The cabin sides have been relined with vinyl  and the hull as been relined with boat carpets close to the original colour as was possible to source.

The vinyl is a better colour and easier to keep clean than the original which got mildewed.

The creases in the vinyl are where the windows are and the vinyl on the cabin sides are flat.

The area under the galley unit relined as before.

The first bulkhead which makes up the toilet compartment the other bulkhead/ door is going to go back in shortly and then the headlining panels will go back up in place.

 

This was the back of the Fairline Carberra 24 looked like at the start of the refit and this is what the engine bay looks like now

When the Fairline Carberra 24 came to us the engine bay looked a bit of a mess with bits laying all over the place.

So the first job was to sort out what was going to be saved and what parts were going to go in Skip.  

Now that the engine bay was cleared of all the mess it was time to get down to sorting out all the parts that were missing and replacing parts which were not needed anymore and doing cable and control line runs around the engine ready to put the engines back in place.

The first job was to make sure the engine were complete and any parts that were missing had been replaced and any final checks made before refitting the engines.

As you can see they are a close fit in the engine bay with not a lot of room around the engines to work on them.

 

THe time has come to put the engines back into the engine bay now that the work is done on the engines and in the engine bay.

At long last the engine bay is now in a position to put the engines back into the engine bay and reconnect them up to the outdrives. All the work to sort out the old wiring and damaged and broken cables and gear shift cables. 

The transom shields have had all the moving parts unseized so that the outdrive trim covers work freely and move as they should and can be operated.

The outdrive legs have been checked over and any parts sorted so that they will work correctly when reconnected to the engines and the they have new bellows graters fitted.

The engines have been rebuild and all the missing parts replaced and so they are ready to go back in the engine bay

The engine with its lifting sling fitted to lift it back in place.