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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!***

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Cabin Doubler Pieces




The first layer of coachroof was glued on today. As you can see from the pictures, I fabricated some doubler pieces all the way round to add rigidity and provide a bigger area for fixing the roof to.

On the front section I've extended the doubler down in between the two windows. This is to give extra strength as the majority of the surface area here is taken up with the window apertures.

I used some left-over 6mm from the roof for this job.

2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

hi she looks really prety boat how hard was she to rebuild . as im 36 and iv got the same boat most off her is ok but one side is rotten and his to be replced and i want to get her back in water as soon as i can thank for any info

9:26 PM  
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8:34 AM  

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