Wooden Boat Restoration

RHP

that is what an old fart looks like

 

Jeez.......... I hope that boats nearly finished........

 

There's a lot of old rigging thinghies in Tom Cunliffe's HAND, REEF AND STEER and in John Leather's The GAFF RIG Handbook.

 

Thanks Teddy

 

Manie I think RPH is one of those Brazil "nuts" every one is raving about

 

About other Estlander boat restoration, but sorry only in finnish
http://www.puuvene.fi/content/view/59/97/
http://www.classicyachting.net/classic-designers/gustav-estlander-yacht-designer-2.html not much but in english..
Believe your boat has been made in his own boatyard in Helsinki.. not sure though..

 

Hi Teddy
Her origional registration number is K 654

 

4king raining now and bloody freezing.Need to fit underlay in the morning. Snow on the berg sh23t. Epoxy going to play up.Manie I think I an going to need that bottle of Jack

 

Hi guys

its Friday eve

late - tired - and drinking on the job

my daughter also thinks its funny that her old man can just lie in his boat and stare into space

 

Oh ****

i forgot a boat needs a frikken rudder with small gaps

gawd i better get back to the drawings or else my name will be shithead

gonna stop drinking tomorrow and draw a rudder

damn not only am i an old fart but also frikken stoooopid

 

sorry Butch i got your meds today

just forgot to post

my brain dont brain anymore - gotta think about that bloomin rudder

anyway here is your meds
and the fridge it will be kept in
and the shelf that the fridge will be sitting on

now back to the bloomin rudder

 

With a skeg? Butch has a skeg in his boat.. It looks a bit like a keel though..

 

Couldn't resist had to fit one sheet.As my assistant said "how!(South African how) not clean and where the groo(glue)"

 

Hi Butch

as you would have seen i have had a couple of good days

please look out for any plywood cats down there

you indicated in a previous post that there may be Easy Cats up for sale ??

i would love to just go and look with you - and take some pics

the further i go with my little Jarcat experiment the more confidence i am getting to build my own 12 m cat

you and i can sit in the Dec holidays over a couple of beers and tear my crazy ideas apart

once i have more pictures i will definately go and visit Wynand - i think what he has forgotten many of us will never learn

Keep on building boet !!!!

 

Manie I will arange a visit or two .Do you want to leave it for December? Might be best cause things are going nuts down here loads of work coming out. We should visit Richards Bay as well I belive there are a few projects on the go in RB.Plan for a few days down this way lots to see. I will have accomodation for you as well if required.I would like to see what Wynand is up to as well maybe we can share the trip +- 4hrs from PMB.