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| View of prop tube showing the concrete used throughout the boat as ballast. To the right of the picture you can see a hole caused by corrosion in the inner wall or the double skinned area. | Looking forward from the transom to the support for the mizzen mast. | Looking down on prop tube before removal of concrete | Concrete removed to below prop tube, prop tube sleeved (prop tube was in good condition) lots of new interior ribs installed and in the top right of the picture the 12mm original steel plate de-scaled and painted | View looking forward |
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Starboard side curved sections being replaced. This is all 6mm plate which was curved using a hydraulic press, a series of folds 25mm apart in the plate resulting in nicely curved panels |
Bit of a dark image, but shows new floor beams/ribs in 40 x 40mm x4mm angle. The mizzen mast support has been removed and a new 100mm tube welded in to meet the new floor height | Fuzzy image of floor |
Close up of starboard keel curves showing finished welds | Port side curves |
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Further forward, more keel plating removed ready for new |
Starboard side view of inner skin of double skinned area. Both sides of the boat where replaced | Another view of inner skin replaced | Close up of crossover pipe to vent air from the oil filled double skinned area in the keel aft end | Nice keel curves |
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Port side keel curves |
More keel curves | Keel curves inside | More keel curves inside | New rudder stops. The old rudder pivot tube has yet to be removed and replaced |
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| Keel curves with sometemporary paint | This picture shows the replated hull just aft of the engine room aft bulkhead | |||
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