REPORT #24

PROGRESS REPORT #24

“Let’s Build Back Better”

19th September 2022.

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This Report is issued at week #31 and marks the midpoint in the Cariad1896 Restoration at PSS Shipard, Satun, Thailand.

 

Up till now it has been 31 weeks of “grunt” work….

A massive dismantling phase.

Replacing planking.

Repairing and repainting steelwork.

Building and/or repairing masts and booms.

Rebuilding machinery which had been submerged in seawater.

The planking on starboard side is now complete. Waiting on caulkers.

 

When planking on port side reaches above inside cabin sole level.

Keel bolts will be inspected and tightened and/or replaced.

Then 4 tons of internal lead ballast added.

Tanks next along with piping and pumping installations.

Then we move upwards on interior furniture, equipment and wiring.

*Message to God…. Dear God, Don’t let there be a 3rd Cariad Refit, because we will all be too old and many of the traditional skills will be lost.

INTERIOR PHOTOS.

OUR MAST BUILDING SHED.

Spars nearing completion except to install all fittings.

PAINT WORK.


ELECTRICAL.

PLANKING.

A skill that is fast disappearing….

Last planks starboard side.

Port side next.

TEAK DECK RE-CAULKING.

MOCK UP - DECKHOUSE MODIFICATION.

Mock up deckhouse modifications including addition of proposed windows.

GARDNER ENGINE.

Des Kearns

Cariad Project Manager

19th September 2022.