Boat movement Friday

The Shetland family four is now been moved to the other side of the workshop ready for the brokerage photos then off to the Yacht Brokers to be put on their yard  

Looking a lot better than when it came into the yard and is now ready for its new owners this spring

The Hardy Navigator now in the place where the Shetland Family Four was, Now it is time for this to get its refit ready for the new season and for its work as a family cruising boat.

The Shetland Family four now finished off and ready to go up for sale

The day as now come that the Shetland Family 4 is now ready to go out of the Workshop and up for sale

After all the hard work over the past few months, it is now ready to go 

All the the cockpit linings have been replaced and the locker tops have been re-varnished, now just the cockpit cushions need to be placed in position and the cockpit will be complete

The hull and superstructure have been compounded and just need a final coat of polish to keep it clean duing the coming season

The new smoked grey windows set off the clean lines well 

Now it just needs a coat of fresh antifouling and just add water.

Making the new shaft log for Yacht Norma

Marked out the piece of green oak and the chainsawed the piece off the log, now comes the fun bit planning down the piece to the correct size.

The piece I got for the job comes from the centre of the tree so the grain pattern is good and tight.

Marking out the faces of the new log then getting ready to saw the surplus off 

The surplus now removed and the new shaft log turned over ready to mark off rib positions and the curve the bottom to fit the hog. 

Cockpit final touches and the cabin front window finally back in position

Just finishing off the final cockpit fitting put back in position  with the seat put back in place 

Front window back in place just needs a bead of sealant round the edges to seal the foam tape

Fitting a new bilge pump

Fitting the new outlet skin fitting so it is high enougfh not cause any back flow to the bilge pump 

Clipping up hose to have a down flow to the skin fitting

Neatly in the corner of the stern locker to keep it safe from getting damage

Bilge pump a float swtich fitted nextly in bilge to get rid of as much water as possible from the bottom of well.