What's Going on Here?

An interesting looking structure ..... several National 12s could be lost in this large tent......

Or one very large Gentleman's Motor Yacht!

I am very pleased my little boat is only 12ft long when compared to this project. The starboard quarter of Mr Wilson's latest restoration project. A massive task, but then it is his Boat Yard!

Back to Bobtail who had a short spell in the sun at the weekend when I swept out the garage. The port decks glued in place and trimmed to fit.

Back inside and how to hold the decking down on the centreline required lots of string and pieces of timber. Fortunately nothing slipped and the cats cradle worked!

Cramps, string etc removed and the deck is nearly finished. The last part of the puzzle to be fixed when all the fittings are re fixed onto the transom later in the week.

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Back to work

After a long bank holiday sailing at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club work has resumed on Bobtail.

The last two days of Burton Week(end) were very windy, but that didn't deter some of the vintage fleet taking to the water. Several broken masts but a fantastic event and largest fleet of National 12s racing for some time.

Back to Bobtail and some 4mm plywood obtained from the ever helpful Aldeburgh Boatyard Company together with more epoxy and the loan of a large bundle of cramps.

The new decks will made from 4 pieces of plywood. The joints at the junction between the side decks and the foredeck will be hidden under the wash boards.

The task for cramping the decking in place is quite straightforward with the use of plenty of sliding cramps and some left over staircase from a friends barn conversion.....

The cramps are the perfect length to catch on the top strake. All the other panels are cut roughly to shape and will soon be glued in place.

Some bronze bar also obtained to make a new mainsheet horse ( yes the ABC again!). There is no way the rusty old mild steel one will be reused. I need to persuade Colin and Martin at Purely Metal to bend and thread the straight bar into the required shape.

A picture of N76 (Coot) sailing at Aldeburgh Yacht Club is some inspiration to keep me working hard and get N760 back on the water....