.In this video, you will see what we get up to when we are not work on Chance and the other work we do to fund the restoration of Chance and Mai Star II. It will give you an insight into the work we do behind the scenes at our workshop where we make the parts for Chance and also Mai Star II our other restoration project. Mai Star II is our 1939 east coast Gaff Cutter we are currently restoring at our home boatyard a mile away from the boatyard Chance is being restored at which is also in Walton on the Naze.
In the video you will see the dinghies we have in the workshop at present and also the jig we have made up to make our new deck beams for both Chance and Mai Star II. The deck beam jig is made so that we can change the camber for which ever camber the deck beam is and so the deck beams can be made according to its position on the deck and so the deck camber is correct for its position along the deck.
This especially true of Mai Star II deck beams which change as the deck beams are positioned on the beam shelf as they move further aft on the long the length of the boat. The same is true on Chance's deck the camber changes as it go from the stem to the wheelhouse and then along the side decks and the aft deck. and the aft cabin roof as its own camber which is different again.
While we are in the workshop over the winter we will start to make Chance's second dinghy, as Chance originally had two dinghies, one for the owner and his wife and the other smaller dinghy for their crew. So keep tuned in for our building of the second dinghy over the course of the winter.
16 окт 2024
