I have to admire the finish on the wood. I am just about to start renovating my old GRP GP14 and trailer. It has been laid up for at least 15 years. Now I am inspired.
i am doing the same with an old enterprise similar to the gp14 however the boat is so old (and built of mahogany) that all the wood is now extremely dark😂
Chickens are hard wired to do all the chicken things. I have raised a little sablepoot on her own because she was the only egg to hatch from the dozen in the incubator. She is now 10 months old and does all the normal chicken things without seeing another chicken.
Wow! What a beautiful boat. One of the sexiest ive seen. Its almost right upnthere with an ac40. Having said that though, i was sickened by the bouyancy bags, amount of control lines, and the spinnaker poles. She looked so beautiful naked. Nice job on the restoration.
Nice job corin (interesting name). Ive just bought a _solo_ (which is very similar to your gp) and noticed the 2 rectangular holes in the transom. What the hell are they? Im assuming theyre to remove water from the cockpit. However, on yours, you seem to have them permanently sealed. Mine were flaps that were attached to a bungee located in the cockpit.
Yes they are transom drains to allow water out of the cockpit. No idea why mine were screwed on so I removed them and replaced with bungee retained ones as you describe. See 10:20 onwards for fabrication of new adjustable flaps and 13:38 onwards for a picture of the bungee holding the flaps on.
Fabulous Pilot cutter meets a fabulous Gaff Cutter off Zone indeed. On a fabulous day for sure. The drang , a famous collapsed cave around these parts, was the scene of some rather good acting too.
I landed here because i just bought an old wooden dutch dinghy that needs a lot more work than I realised and i was looking for a 'how to'... i have zero experience with this kind of work... but your video definitely serves as the perfect inspiration. Great work 👍
Lolololoololololololololol I think we are in the same boat, pardon the pun. I just bought a _Solo_ which is very similar to Corin's GP. Like you, it needs alot of work...... and I mean ALOT! Cracked (in multiple places) rudder, separated gunwales (both sides), rotten mast step, water ingress in a few places, all sheets need replacing, and the trailer and trolley need tlc! I live in a van in the bush and most of the work I'll be doing will be in open space in a friend's backyard. I'll be posting crappy vids of my progress. How is your rebuild going?
Corin, beautiful job with the ‘The Mastodon ‘ and also with another very informative video on boat refurbs. Very useful. I have just started my own project on GP#3001 and I was wondering how much paint it took for 3 coats on the hull?
Thanks Philip. From memory it was one tin of International One-Up combination primer and undercoat, and then annoyingly just over one tin of International Toplac!
Good job, done in the nick of time to stop another old boat rotting out. I've seen the result and she looks just fine. See you in the dinghy park at Co**or next spring? BTW, doing inside, under the deck, with the boat inverted is the only way to see and get at all the hidden stuff that goes on in that otherwise invisible zone. So congrats for doing a proper job.
Thanks Tom. I'm in two minds about whether to leave her in the dinghy park over the summer. As I think I may have shown you, the sun on the dark blue cover began to separate the top layer of the the plywood decks in places so I brought her home, turned her upside down (again!) and drenched the (very dry) underside of the decks in thinned varnish before gluing down the peeling patches of veneer and re-varnishing. I have since bought a light grey cover which I'm hoping shouldn't get as hot in direct sunlight, but I'm still somewhat nervous about leaving her out instead of nice and sheltered in the barn. We'll see...! She did go for a brilliant week's sailing up on Coniston Water in the summer though, so she hasn't spent the whole time in the hospital wing! See you in the dinghy park at some point, possibly sooner than next spring in fact, as I've left a pico in the GP's spot in case I get any time to sail over the winter.
