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Re-building the Dewdrop

This is the story of the "Dewdrop" (previously "Kathleen-Charlotte"). She's a Wooden Silhouette MK II, designed by Robert Tucker and built by Hurley Yachts of Plymouth in 1960. She was literally saved from the bonfire November 2006 and was given to me as a project. PLEASE READ FROM THE BOTTOM UP and feel free to leave comments!(More info on Silhouette's can be found at www.soia.org.uk) ***PLEASE READ FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BLOG UPWARDS!***

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Aft Deck




I've got the Aft Deck cut roughly to shape now. It just needs to be trimmed a little and recessed to accept the Side Deck stringers. Again I've tacked it into place.


Once I see an improvement in the weather I need to have a couple of days dedicated purely to gluing everything into place.

Pulpit



When I removed the Pulpit, it was in a bad way. Years worth of gloss paint had built up and where the paint was chipped away, it was beginning to corrode.


I had it blasted and re-sprayed with aircraft grade paint and it looks good as new! Only cost me a tenner, too!


I couldn't resist trying it in place to get a feel for how it'll look. When properly fitted, it will sit on two teak pads.


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