REPORT #38

CARIAD LAUNCHED

ONE STEP CLOSER TO HER FORMER GLORY

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REPORT #38

10th November 2023

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I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO RESIST THE CALL OF HISTORY, ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM PRESENTED WITH THE CHANCE TO PRESERVE IT.

Tim Hartnoll – Owner of Cariad

SPAR BUILDING

BUILDING NEW MASTS BEGAN IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, WHERE WE HAND-PICKED SUITABLE QUALITY LOGS TO BE MILLED FOR SPAR BUILDING.

ROUTED OUT SECTION FOR ELECTRICAL CABLES

“TOOL-BOX” MEETING – KED, JUHA (MAST BUILDER) AND MIKE (HEAD SHIPWRIGHT)

OUR SPAR BUILDING SHED

IN TOTAL, WE BUILT 11 NEW SPARS AND HARDWARE

PROCESS OF BUILDING THE CROSSTREE FITTINGS

TRADITION DICTATES WHEN A MAST IS STEPPED IN A SAILING SHIP A GOLD COIN MUST BE PLACED UNDER THE MASTS.

OUR COINS ARE QUEEN VICTORIA GOLD SOVEREIGNS DATED 1896

– THE SAME YEAR THAT CARIAD WAS BUILT IN THE SUMMERS & PAYNE SHIPYARD IN SOUTHAMPTON.

LAUNCH 1ST OCTOBER 2023

CARIAD MEETS THE WATER ONCE AGAIN.

STEPPING THE MASTS

LOWERING THE MAINMAST INTO POSITION

CLASSIC YACHT RIGGERS SETTING UP CARIAD’S RIGGING

RIGGERS SETTING THE MAIN TOPMAST

ANCHORED OFF LANGKAWI SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING PSS SHIPYARD.

– NEXT PHASE WILL BE TO FINISH THE INTERIOR FITOUT –