(first published May 2005)
Starting to strip off the paint from the inside of the hull yesterday I noticed that the centre-board casing will need a bit of reinforcement where it joins the hull. When the boat was built (by a fairly unsophisticated builder in a pretty crude way) the hull moulding had a slit put in it along the keel for the centre board, and then the centre board case was just glued on above the slit with glass fibre and polyester resin forming a continuous L-section join all round, as in the diagrammatic cross-section.
But polyester resin is not as good a glue as epoxy and, over the years, the join has started to break down. Now, before I paint the bilges again, I’ll have to renew the joint between centre board case and hull with glass cloth and resin. Another trip to Norwich, I suppose!
Meanwhile, here’s a list of jobs done and still to do:
1) remove and discard fendering around the hull (done)
2) separate hull and deck, discard deck after measuring (done)
3) make new gunwale - spacers, inner and outer (done)
4) repair stem, make and fit new stemhead (done)
5) make and fit new rubbing strip and capping to gunwale
6) make new sternpost and fit (done)
7) cut holes and fit buoyancy tank screw hatches
8) design make and fit thwart and rowlock support beams (done)
9) design, make and fit thwart
10) design make and fit mast support thwart
11) design, make and fit aft thwart to top of buoyancy tank
12) prepare and paint inside of hull
13) reinforce hull to centre board case joint
14) fair off and paint outside of hull
15) fit rubbing hardwood strips to bilge runners and keel
16) fit deck hardware, rudder hangings etc
17) acquire new sail
18) fit mast and sailing gear
That’s it so far, but in the spirit of this article I bet there’ll be more to come!
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