3 Back in The Cave_ Drying out after a few months outdoors under her cover 8 Warning to fellow sailors If your mainsheet hoop and other fittings are not secured with 10mm bolts, 13 Stripped of nearly all fittings ready for a clean up 1 Alterations to Wuthering Heights under water sections will be commencing next week_ The proposed i
10 First job, remove the keel_ Adjusting 1st 3 planks will not affect rise of floor measurement, so no 5 The first Cuts_ Blue tape to indicate the width of hog_as was 2 Hog squared off and cleaned up 0 The raising of the bow (lowering when boat is upside down) 18mm_ Next step is to make temporary half
4 Increase in cross section area at mid length 11 Some in-situ jiggling of 2nd frame, slope of plank 2 is not as the extra insert piece shows_ Inser 6 Plank no2 template being made 7 View of the altered rocker in front of case
9 Making the template for the front end of Garplank, aft sections are easy, they're parallel sided 20 New planks cut, both sides at a time to make sure they are identical 25 Epoxy coat of what will be inside of tank, will not be able to do this once in place 12 Trial of the temporary building frames
14 Existing plank 4 reshaped 35 4 and a half hours later, 6 feet of garplank removed and hog revealed_ Rear template fits nicely_ 15 The lines of the new planking_ Next job is the dust an and brush 16 A rough idea of the new shape from just the templates
33 The new shape, 3rd plank final fitting 17 Insert to rear rib behind case and insert in centre console to fit new plank lines 23 2nd plank glued_ Shows the extra buoyancy around the case 18 Completely different bow section than before_ A move back towards 3572 bows
19 Plank 3 front end template fitting_ All three front templates done, 6mm 5ply on order from Robbins T 22 Trial fit of new support under tank to take imposed lever forces 26 Overall entry lines remain the same 27 Starboard garboard plank attached_ Templates of port side made and these when turned will ensure sta
28 One side planked and a Chipstow keel all ready shaped 30 The clamp, pulls plank joint out to meet existing planking 34 Trial fit of the keel, starboard garboard plank inner edge of land measured and marked out and match 32 And the next side begins_ 1st steps are to get the garboard plank on, cut slot and fit the keel, cut
31 Getting plank 2 to fit plank 1, and that it matches on both sides 29 Bingo! Magic clamp tightened and the plank fits the template all planked primed
final shape thin top coat
Merlin Rocket 3646, hull alterations (winter 2014)