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  • 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 […]
  • Work on refurbishing the Aldis Lamp has been completed. The box has been stripped and repainted and all fittings repaired or replaced as best we can. The lamp itself has been left untouched except for a clean as it works.
  • A 1936 Aldis Lamp & storage case is being refurbished – the lamp still works.A lot of the old tools we have in storage has been cleaned and oiled to protect them again rusting when the weather gets damper.