camper&nicholson's 42 ft sloop rebuild the first rebuild of such craft in Romania
test sail trhrough constanta harbour
here the new laminated mast step bearing structure we built; previously in badly corroded steel. I made the mast step "plate " in 20mm...
each planking strake was cold moulded frm three layers oak veneer.keel, knees, stem, stern frame were laminated frm 4mm ash.the boat was epoxy...
the launching wich was quite happy; and went on well; at Constantza Industrial Harbor on a Sunny September perfect day details on...
transom was rebuilt and cold molded; the topsides were painted with epifanes; boottop painted blue; name is here being re-painted. this was the...
wooden cradle we built in order to safely withstand the ++300 km road journey from Bucharest to Constantza Harbour
Lead ballast has been re-fastened by custom made bronze bolts, copper antifouling paint under the LWL; topsides were painted and polished, new...
vintage camper&nicholsons sloop restoration we rebuilt and replaced most framing by laminated framing; laminated floors; cold molded two...
Western Red Cedar "frameless" strip planking fiberglass &epoxy sheating 36 ft cruiser racer . Minimal framing is going to...
west system cold molded over strip planking. stem; keel and stern post oak &epoxylaminated; wooden dowels and bronze screws reinforced....
Here are our core four craftsmen, Nicodim, Cotovanu , Paul, Lucian, plus three french students were helping through the summer:Marouene, Ramzy...
we rolled the hull over in order to make sanding ; epoxy penetration and cold molding more efficient . cold moulding three layers veneer; epoxy...
Al the steel fastenings through the +40 years old hull were badly corroded. All were removed and replaced by bronze fastenings; The framing was...
three layers veneer impregnated in epoxy; first two layers diagonally; third layer horizontally;three coats epoxy on the outside. the framing was...
42 ft hull turned for cold molding
most framing , most floors and 70% planking were rebuilt in laminated ash epoxy capsulated; the hull was rolled on two massive wood wheels; in...
first we took the paint off the entire hull and deck. the hull structure is resorcinol one layer of 10mm cold molded mahogany over inner 9mm...
