Working on the transom of Chance uncovering a large tin of worms

 


A photo of the port side aft and the sheerline is fairly straight and true as it would have been when Chance was build  


The starboard side appears to have drop a few inches lower than the port side in the same area.


The vast empty space, however at least we have reference points for the position of the original furniture  


A lot of work in this area of the boat over the coming months to get this part back into a good order


Now the ribs are out the hull will be able to be sorted up easier as the hull will not be held in the incorrect position as they were because the ribs were put in when the hull was out of shape


The two "A" brackets now off the bottom of the boat and be taken away to the workshop and cleaned and new cutless bearing can be fitted 


The rotten transom framework which be removed and the area patterned up and a new framework made up and fitted 


In a poor condition, however much of the original shape is still there to take patterns off and make new framework for the transom and hood ends of the planks to  fix to qhen it is refitted with new oak



The starboard side is in a really poor way and much of it is the wrong shape and will all have to come out and the correct shape parts put back in position and the shape of the transom returned to its original shape





Much of the port side behind the framework as been filled with sealant of all manner of types and some I have not since for more than 30 years 


This corner of the transom is a complete dogs dinner with so much misshapen parts that do not fit or should be there at all 




The cross beams of the transom framework do not even fit or are jointed into the uprights of the transom framework this is one of the reasons why the starboard side is out of shape because it is not connected to the rest of the framework


This as tried to be jointed but the joint failed to be made correctly and is not fitted to the upright


This bem is just screwed to the outer framework but in the wrong position and is not jointed as it should to the outer framework


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A big shout out for a cover to put over Chance so we can get on with the restoration of Chance.

Image
 At the moment we are in this position with Chance, We have a large poly sheet over Chance which keeps getting blown off as we can not fix it down very well and is a thankless task having to keep pulling over the boat until the next major gale of strong wind decides to remove the cover again.  That's the position at the moment, what we are looking for is a shed/workshop like the one over Helen Wycherley Heritage Restoration project in Whitby North Yorkshire. This type of shed/ workshop would do our restoration project a world of good and make possible for us to get on with our restoration of Chance.    So if anyone out there can put us in contact with anyone who wishes to move on their poly tunnel shed/ workshop, please get in contact with us through our social media channels. This would help our restoration project get underway again. Te cost of building a new shed is way out of our price range and without some help it is looking in a grave way as to how to move for...
Read more

Chance Autumn update

As many of you will have seen from the lack of updates there as been little work done on Chance over the summer. This as been due a lack of time and more over a lack of funds to do major task done on Chance. especially the removal of the middle and aft section of the starboard beam shelf and reconstructing the transom and its framework which holds it in position.   However, all is not doom and gloom, has I have been able to take on an apprentice to help me during the working week on my clients boats and leave myself and wife time to get on with working on Chances repairs.  So hopefully over the coming week's we should be able to make a start on getting the beam shelf removed and replaced with a new correctly fitted beam shelf which will bring the hull back into position  along with the ribs and frames which have to be replaced at the same time to get the hull back into its correct position once more.  There is going to be a lot of shoring up of the starboard sid...
Read more

Next Job at the stern of Chance is going to be to remove the Rudder on Chance

Image
 Now having removed a number of planks on either side of the hog as found that the inner hog is in need of replacing. This means that we will have to remove the rudder tube. This means having to remove all the frame work from the transom to expose the rudder tube. The rudder tube in this photo is sitting on two shaped wedges on top of the hog.  Also all this aft deck planking is going to have to be removed as well. no easy job as it was laid down with galvanized screws which have been in place for almost 80 years and will very likely not come out without a lot of damage to the teak decking, so it is likely we will cut off the screws between the deck and the deck beams. This is not a problem as the deck beams have to be replaced anyway because at one end they are not fixed and at sometime in the past were cut short. So now the fun will start dismantling the aft end of the boat more to get the hog repaired and the whole of this area rebuild as strong as when it was first build....
Read more