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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!***

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Sprucing up the Mast!!






I decided to have a break from the hull this evening, so I laid the mast out on a bench and set to with my new belt-sander. What a brilliant tool. It's gone from a tired looking, weathered old flaky mast to a really nice piece of spruce.


Note the convenient use of a set of aircraft chocks to raise it off the bench!


I should get some varnish applied fairly soon.


Working Nights!





As you can see I don't have a lot of light to work with in my shed at night. Roll on the Longer evenings!


I've tried some of my previously made cabin superstructure for size. I think I'll get away with just a few alterations.



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