Shaping the outboard inside pad and keel band reinforcements

Making and shaping the internal after of the outboard pad  

Making and shaping the bilge keel reinforcement wooden battens 

Making and shaping the centre keel reinforcement and then holding them down into position  

finally got Little Mai in the workshop and now ready to fit her out.

Finally got the mould with the dinghy in the workshop ready to make a start on fitting her out 

First dry fitting the stern seat before make the transom pad for the outboard and then glass in the seat 

Dry fitting the bow seat, however before  the glass in this bow seat in, there is the  fitting of the bow eye bolt 

Let the fun begin 

Mai-Star II from empty shell to sailing and then on to a major refit

Starting to get back to work on Mai-Star II after a long break from been able to work on her

Working on making a new forehatch

Another job to sort out the top of the transom 

Sort out the coamings around the cockpit sides

Make a gas bottle locker to keep the gas bottle from moving round the cockpit while at sea

The varnish work on the inside of the cabin as stood well after been left for a long period of time 

The broken deck beam that needs replacing before the new deck can go back on a job with top priority 

The mast step that needed replacing at the same time as the deck beams

A new rib needed to be made and steamed into place as one of the jobs over the winter

A lot of painting and varnishing to be done over the winter months as well both on the inside and outside. 

It as been a busy year at J-Star Boat Services and with more new projects for the new year in the pipeline

At the beginning of  the year it was time to decommission the works dinghy and start its overhaul and restoration which as been on going for much of the year as other projects have come and gone.

One of the projects was to make a small catamaran as a test bed for a new power unit that the client was testing out. 

Then came the ribbing out of our new class of dinghy

As roof rack for a client's kayak so that the kayak did not get damaged while being transported  

 The ongoing restoration of this old gaffer

Mould making for a new dinghy which the company purchased earlier in the year and hopes to bring to the market next year/ 

The conversion of an old ship's/ oil rig lifeboat into a liveaboard cruiser for its owner

and finally a bit of car restoration work before getting back to some more boats in the run up to Christmas