Cockpit Lockers

The new cockpit lockers are now in place. Again I've used 12mm ply here. The starboard locker will have a hinged lid on it. The port will be sealed as there will be a bunk underneath. The bridge-deck is sound and I believe it will sand back so I have'nt replaced it. One thing I did notice in the cockpit is that because the cockpit does'nt drain away, there's a ventilation problem under the floorboards. I had some damp going on there(smelly too!). I've therefore decided to make a duckboard (probably from teak) to alleviate this.

Cockpit

The cockpit lockers were in a bad way, so they had to go! The previous owner included some lovely 70's style tongue'n'groove in the cockpit lockers, however, with a heavy heart I took a hammer to it!

Original Layouts

Here's one of the Brochures showing the original layout options!

Inside

The interior will get a complete re-gloss and some new floor boards. I'll make these from 12mm ply as the old versions were really flimsy! I've decided to build in a little galley on the port side. I hope to work it out so that the lid/cover will double up as a handy little chart table. I intend to relocate the port bunk to a quarter-berth under the port cockpit locker. Apparently this was a build option on the original boats by Hurley Marine.

Cockpit Coamings

The cockpit coamings were added seperately to the cabin sides. The join will be neatly concealed by a mahogany "Butt-Strap". The coamings are made up of two lots of 12mm plylaminated together. They'll be planed nicely to shape and capped as per the originals.

New Wood!

Finally some new wood begins to appear! The cabin sections were cut out using as much of the old ones possible as templates. I used 12mm mahogany faced ply for this. As you can see the fore-deck has mostly been replaced with 6mm ply. I didn't worry about aesthetics here as the decks are going to be painted rather than varnished.

New wood

Finally the new cabin starts to take shape! I've decided not to put any windows in the cabin front. The side windows will be as the originals only through-bolted.

More dead wood comes off!

Check out the original enamel stove!

Removing the rot

Work begins on the removal of all the rotten timbers. As you can see, there's a lot of it and it's pretty depressing work!

The Original Article!

This is one of the original brochures from the early sixties.