vintage yacht (Victoria)

By jacko 17 entries 17 Jul 2018 — 2 Mar 2019
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vintage yacht (Victoria)

restoring a vintage free sail yacht have named this as there is no name on the yacht after removing 4 colour layers of paint from the hull and 2 days sanding I repainted with 5 layers of paint rubbing down with 2000 grade between each coat
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sailing

over the next week will be trying to get used to setting sails in the wind if we get any and thinking if i need to add a pin rack ???
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pin rack

just found out that i do not need a pin rack as i have a slider on the back of the yacht
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hull

well thats 3 coats of dark green below water line and 3 coats gloss white above phots to follow
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new sails

new sails in the making ordered 1 Egyptian cotton 400 thread count sheet 😊 vintage style no modern fabric for me 👍
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single rc channel

with the braine gear installed the next job is to try to get single channel for rudder only and keep the braine gear installed photos to follow when i work it out ??? anybody help me out please
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1st new sail

my first attempt at sewing a cotton sail 😭 needs a good ironing when i get better will do the Egyptian cotton sails 😁
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