FIRST STEP - THE DECK
The aim is to scrape the deck of paint and old pitch so we can cover with marine ply and repaint. Sounds easy!!!
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Clearing the deck of all deck gear. We have already removed the bench, then the diesel tank and the windlass. September 2003 |
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Side
deck and cover
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Starting to scrape and discovering quite of bit of rot in the bulwarks and the covering board |
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The deck stripped and bulwarks removed Dylan inspecting the work!  |
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New covering board and bulwarks and bulwark from inside |
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Olivier fitting the exterior deck plank and Cutting the new skylights |
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Filling all the holes before covering the deck |
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Repairing the bulwarks and preparing for bolting them inside |  |
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The first part of marine
plywood layed. At long last!!! |
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Laying the last planks of the foredeck on the bed of sikaflex |  |
Side decks and aft deck covered and cleared ready to be stripped
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Aft deck stripped. More rot in covering boards and bulwarks. Removed and repaired |
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New covering board aft Making pattern for plywood. |
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Tracing pattern and cutting |  |
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Checking and
protected ready to stick. |
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First coat of protection on new deck. |
We have had a bit of a rush
in the projected schedule having to pack everything up for the end of
march,
so luckily an emergency team has been kind enough to come and give us
a hand get the deck finished and Seafield ready to go. You can see the
crazy pace here.