Des Kearns
Cariad Project Manager
Week #40 – 24th October 2022.
REPORT #25
PROGRESS REPORT #25
Join Us On The Journey That Has Lasted Over 100 Years
WEEK #40
_________________________________________________________________________
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR MAST BUILDING SHED.
Spars are finished, varnished and paper wrapped ready for rigging.
Trial fit of new spreaders
MOCK-UP OF DECKHOUSE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS
Original deckhouse construction methods
Quick plywood mock up with raised 8” extra height. Mock up shows proposed window configuration.
Naval architect Paul Spooner’s proposed modification drawings
New step arrangement mock up
Early plans for stern additional cabins
REFURBISHED INTERIOR STEEL WORK READY FOR RE-ASSEMBLY.
PLANKING – A DYING ART
800 plugs required for replaced planking.
MACHINING.
Machining rudder stock couplings.
A BIT OF BRITISH HISTORY
Original Garboard Plank bronze bolts cast in Southampton in 1895.
Original bronze fittings
RUDDER & STEERING GEAR.
Before and after
Preparing for selective copper sheathing
CHECKING KEEL BOLT INTEGRITY.
TANK REFURBISHMENT
Pressure testing
