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- Several of our overhead light strips have stopped working but many are not easily accessible because of the boats stored underneath them. However, we managed to make enough space to fix one unit.A final coat of paint was applied to Venture's rudders and dagger boards.
- The centre board on Saga has finally been rigged with an arrangement that is representative of what it would have originally looked like. The original centre board was steel and heavy so required some mechanical assistance to lift it.Blocks for the main sheet have also been attached although we haven't pulled the mainsheet in as […]
- Storage space is always a problem as we do not have enough of it. We have already constructed a number of steel frames to allow some of the smaller boats to be double stacked but we really needed more frames. Two more steel frames have now been constructed with a wider spread which will allow […]
- As the next heat wave hits the country, 15C in Orkney, work on Venture includes painting of dagger boards and rudders and sorting through the fittings to see what goes where on the hulls.Following a visit from members of UHI (University of the Highlands and Islands) to catalogue the Labradorite stones have in our care, we […]