Plans for this Easter Weekend down at the Chance restoration project at Titchmarsh Marina Walton on the Naze Essex

 Hopefully  this Easter weekend (Sunday & Monday) The Chance Restoration team should be working on Chance down at Titchmarsh marina  is Walton on the Naze. My wife Tricia does craft fairs to help raise funds for the Chance restoration project. As well organising the behind the scenes work to keep the project going. While Simon gets on with the physical part of the restoration with the help of friends when they are able to help out. This weekend the team are going to try and put the cover back over Chance and try and make it stay in place and keep the rain and weather off Chance as best as it can until we can raise enough funds to get a permanent shelter build over Chance that will stay over her for the rest of the restoration project. 


Over the winter Simon has been busy trying to source wood and other materials to get on with the major structural jobs such as the starboard side of the aft cabin area and the transom. His main job at the moment is to strip off the aft deck of all the teak decking to expose the  aft deck beams which all need replacing with new deck beams as the starboard side was cut off so that they did not connect with the beam shelf. So that over the years that side of the hull as moved out of shape which is going to need putting back in position before any work can take place on rebuilding that part of the hull. 


Therefore, Simon is going to have to support the aft cabin roof off the deck and give the hull a chance to be able to be lifted back into position with the aid of props and straps across the hull to bring the hull shape back to where it should be and then refit new frames into the hull. At the same time fit some new ribs in the aft cabin area to help maintain the shape of the hull.  One of the main jobs will be to put a new correct shape and size beam shelf in the hull and bolt it is place to get back the shape and strength the hull needs to  before the team can rebuild the hull once more. 


So there is going to a lot going on #Chance over the coming months as we get to grips with the restoration after a very wet and windy winter.  

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