The Morgan Giles 30 now has its final coat

The final of coat of Orange marine gloss has now been applied.

Now for the grey antifouling paint and after almost five years of work with the owner this Morgan Giles 30 is ready for its next stage. 

Once a few finishing touches are done on the cabin to make her water and weather tight from above She will be going to her launching yard to be rigged and launch.

Before that happens we have to install her new engine once she is moved outside into the yard.

 

The new galley is moving forward with the water system fitted and now the gas system to get sorted out.

The new mixer tap fitted and the hot and cold water pipes connected up to the water pipes. Now got to get the water pump fitted and wired up so that we can run the system.

The water system coming together and the floor as to be fitted in the locker to cover the pipes and have some where to put the pans and stores when the owner goes cruising.

The sink waste pipe to fit  after the floor and shelf go in the galley area, the the new lids to go over the sink and hob can be fitted. 

 

Busy, Busy week on the Hardy 25 refit.

The headlinings are now back up in the cabin apart from the toilet compartment which needs lining out on the steering bulkhead.

The divider bulkhead between the fore part of the cabin and the main part so that the cushions will stay in their correct position and give a back rest to the person in the fore part of the cabin.  

Looks a lot better than seeing bare fibreglass in the roof space of the cabin.

Also the rope fender is back on the boat and looking like a true Hardy again.

The calorifer is now installed and plumped up to the engine and the water system. Just got to fit the water pump and then fill the water tank up and test the system. 

Sorting out the birnest that was the wiring into some origiansed order once more and with all the old no longer used wiring that the boat had added over the years.

 

Four and a half years of work with the owner and the staff of J-Star Marine Services and the finishing line is in sight for this major restoration of a Morgan Giles 30.

This is a major restoration of a once tried Morgan Giles 30 which the owner of the yacht had the vision to change the yacht from a family cruising/ racing yacht into a expedition yacht for himself and partner and friends    

The interior is very custom made by the owner to designs that with the advice of a surveyor and the experienced staff of J-Star Marine Services has made this yacht into the yacht which the owner will sail in the Northern altitudes and around Scotland.    

The engine bay ready to have the new Beta 20 installed into in the coming weeks 

The interior upper area is now ready to get insulted and then boarded out to finish off the interior 

A well designed and compact navigation space 

A well designed and compact head compartment 

The galley area with plenty of storage lockers which on a compact yacht is also necessary.

At the heart of any  expedition yacht the cooker to keep the crew and skipper happy with food and hot drinks on the long passages.

                             
 

A busy few days in the Workshop this week in the run up to Easter Weekend

We started the week with making a plinth for the new windlass and to make a angled base for the compass.

Just making sur the position for the hole for the chain to go through the deck and the cut out for the chain on the plinth that is being made for the windlass on 

Also we made a teak pad for the halyard winch to go on so that the leads from the halyard clutches is at the correct height. 

Making up spacers for the toilet and galley outlet pipes which in both cases are pumps  out with small pumps and the skin fittings are above the sinks. 

We have now got the new engine for the Morgan Giles 30 and will over the next few weeks fit this into the engine bay in the cabin of the Morgan Giles 30 

A well designed and compact unit and will fit well into the engine bay below the navigation steps 

On a different note we aregetting stated on a dinghy which has been sitting around the yard for a while which the owner now wishes to finish off and get afloat this spring.