Andrew Thomas
ready to go
Navyal Academy School Ship
The mahogany hatches were rebuilt ; coated in epoxy and ten coats Epifanes varnish.
Hull was rebuilt and three layers cold molded veneer in west system added over the outer surface. Original framing was replaced by cold moulding...
deck was rebuilt by taking off the weakened plywood on fastenings rows upon the beams,and scarfing in new plywood; adding a cold moulded solid...
bulwarks were rebuilt solid by cold moulding cca 12mm wood&epoxy three layers of wood.
we rebuilt the transom ; the cockpit; , revarnished the cockpit .
the deck was reinforced by one layer dynel set in west System bulwarks were rebuilt by laminating 12mm on. new brass deck hardware and deck...
Rocquette sails off Tomis harbor Royal Navy flag
western red cedar strip planking hull turning
after sailing her frm genova to bucharest , take paint off and here's the sorry condition she was in. ++70% of framing was rotten at bilge...
about the sorry condition she was in. bulwarks cracked and rotten ; deck rotten and leaking.
Passage to Lavrion Greece
Interior was revarnished and repainted with epoxy based paints and clear coatings/epifanes.
rebuild complete, her owner sails her frm Constanta to Lavrion Greece.
the nav station
At anchor Greece
the original bronze bell and the lewmar winches
camper&nicholson's 42 ft sloop rebuild the first rebuild of such craft in Romania