After such a long time, Mai Star II is finally in the Grey Shed and out of the weather and can get started on.

 Now after other projects have been finished and boats that have been clogging up the yard because their owners had not worked on their boats it was time to sort out the yard so that Mai Star II could be put where she had been needed to be put for such a long time under cover and be able to be worked on.

The place where Mai Star II hd been for the past years is now got an Enterprise dinghy in its place, this Enterprise is in for some TLC before being put up for sale to aid the restoration of Mai Star II.

 

The grey shed now as the repaired cover over it again after a long time as it needed to be repaired as it spilt along the centre line along the peak of the roof. The preair was much cheaper than getting new cover and will help give us more funds to get the restoration of Mai Star II underway again. We know that in time we will will have to replace the roof, however, in the meantime as long as we look after the cover it should last a a good long while over the summer.

 The small cover at the front end is more to keep the sun off the transom and keep the shed cool in the summer, We are going to fill the ends in over the summer with plywood and a set of plywood doors which will be better for working in the shed over the winter months , however, over the summer it is not such a problem as we need to keep the shed cool.

 

Mai Star II is now shored up and leveled up, just got to put in some extra chocks to stop the hull from twisting out of shape as we put the new frames and ribs back in her over the coming months as we get rebuild to put her up for sale to add funds to put in to the Chance restoration funds.

It took a lot of muscle power and brain storming and a lot of experience of boat moving with little equipment other than chain blocks and metal rollers and finally the help from a fork liif to put her in the finished position in the grey shed.

In this shed there is enough room to work round the hull at over angles and also enough height to work on the deck and put the cabin sides and cabin rook back on her when it is time to do that part of the restoration.

 There even enough room to put the Mai Star Class dinghy in the shed while we make room in the main workshop to put her and the Enterprise in once the Morgan Giles 30 comes out and they can be worked on and the Enterprise is put up for Sale and the Mai tar Class is given a bit of TLC so that she can be used this summer to explore the local back waters of the Walton Backwaters close to my Workshop and Yard.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Work done today on Mai Star II

Image
Having removed the lower section of the first frame to have a lower section across the keel/hog. It is time to make a pattern of the piece and go through the oak pile to find some suitable pieces of oak to make up a new lower section which connects together  the two frames in the hull at the forward end of the keel bolts.  Another jobwe did was to remove as much of the rotten section of lower forefoot which the samson post mortised into when it was in position. The new forefoot will be made out of some of the seasoned oak  we have in the yard and will likely be made up of two pieces glued together to make up the correct thickness. and then new bolts will be made up and the fore foot will then be bedded on a bed of red lead putty and thick paint.  The three bolts were able to be moved in their holes which is a good sign and will make it easier to put new bolts in to the holes. possibly go up a size and bore new holes through the outer part of the hog/keel. Just placin...
Read more

Making patterns of the two foredeck lodging knees and inspecting the deck bems to see which of them can be salvaged and which need remaking.

Image
Making plywood patterns of the to foredeck lodging knees which are on either side of the deck beam which holds the samson post deck plate Having sorted out the deck beams from the other deck bits it was time to inspect which can be salvaged and which will need to be remade using laminated oak to make up the new deck beams. Many of the deck beams are in reasonable condition. while others are a mess with bits missing off the ends and others rotten in place. The deck beam in the middle is completely shot and the only thing that can be used for is a pattern. The other deck parts such as carlins and coamings are under bench until we get round to making new bits later. All the varnished parts are under a cover until we are ready to work on them.  
Read more

The frame and inner hog repairs now done and now its time to make up and steam the ribs in place.

Image
The inner hog pieces now replaced and ready to be screwed and bedded down on a mixture of  red lead powder and linseed putty in the same method the original inner hog pieces were fitted almost 80 years ago. The frames are all dry fitted and the same method to be used on the frames as are the inner hog pieces. The same method will be used on these port side frames  The grown floor which as come out of here will be replaced with a laminated oak as it is difficult to source a piece of oak with the grain pattern to make a new floor.   
Read more