Off with her Deck !!! and on with the new Ha!

Smokey burning bitumen as the deck is cut orf .... pretty chokey too....phew


Nice tats Ross








and heave ho off it goes..












Measure three times .......













cos we can only cut once !!!!

but then it had to be cut in half down the middle to get it in place...with a hole for the water tank (now back in situ underneath) filler .

Many thanks to get this much needed job done. Much smoke from burning bitumen, but off it came to reveal a large triangular water tank .... still full of water !!! that was a surprise, but it does mean that it is sound and no leaks ha...syphoned it out and now ready to slide it out of the hull so that I can complete the Waxoil treatment.....

New fittings are all that is needed for the tank but the original brass filler might be recoverable hopefully.....So next week her new front deck will have its 2 coats of Hammerite smooth black whoooopydooooo......providing the weather allows me to get it done in time...

A blast of ballast

Jolly glad I have the pics to show where I started .......
and its a relief to see how well she is recovering from her 10 years of neglect ...getting quite excited....but still more dirty work yet to be done....

Back inside, spraying the Waxoil was a bit yukky and fumey (masks and goggles again) but with a pressure sprayer it went down a treat and into all those places no-one can reach......now to let it dry out and just made stepping stones with the ballast whilst it does.......
I feel like I know every square millimeter very very well ha ha

Ballast from Billington's, cant afford to use the firebricks that are often used but she had broken slabs before and it will be easier for me to handle ....good weight training and cheaper than going to the Gym - whoopydoo !!