More Boat Work

Shiny New Stem Plate

This boat is teaching me a lot.  A lot of patience that is.  It seems to be taking 10 times longer to do the work than I ever thought it would  However, it is going well, what I have done that is and I know it'll be strong too.

Old stern Chainplate

New Stern Chainplate

The last mention on here was I removed the rusty stem plate.  The stern chain plate was equally as rusty and I removed that too along with the port and starboard plates.  The stainless ones are now back in place and fibreglassed in.

Rudder Cut in Half

The rudder which you saw me stumbling around with has been cut and the shaft and bearings removed.  I enjoyed this job as it is the only job thus far I could do standing in a normal position  The bearing has been reamed out and had a plastic sleeve in it and is ready to be reinstalled along with the shaft which has been shortened in readiness to be attached to the tiller.  I'll be excited if I can get this project finished this year!  Sally has sanded the mast and that is ready to be coated with a aluminium coating once it stops raining.