Work resumes on Sjogin

After a few weeks of Duckboat Worlds mania, I started woking again on Sjogin.

First up was fitting a dutchman into the rub rail where a bit of punkiness was removed. I think there are at least a half dozed similar repairs on the rails. She sorely needs new ones.

I’m planning to pull her in December 2011 and work with Beaton’s to replace the rails and fix whatever evil lurks behind. It would be a good opportunity to tackle one of those “one of these years” tasks and remove all of the paint from the topsides. I pray this will not involve heading up rivets.

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The excavation involved chiseling back to sound? wood. It was tricky working around the fastenings.

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The dutchman was cut out of very aged cedar. The wood shop crew are cleaning up years of offcuts and a nicely grained piece of Atlantic Cedar presented itself to the pattern.

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All glued up. This is more of a cosmetic repair as I fully expect to replace the rail next Winter. (He says with fingers crossed.)

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Progress in copying the offsets into a spreadsheet. After checking, and double checking the data I’ll send it off to Paul Gartside and Francois Vivier for their use. We’ll see how close Steve Martinsen and I got to taking off a fair set of lines.

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Speedwell’s available for a final coat and get ready for a bit of Fall sailing. All her sisters are done till next year.

I’m planning to replace the fixed gooseneck with a sliding one. A bit of 5/8″ bronze track and the boom will be able to be raised to a height suitable for the less flexible.

When looking at the photos from the recent Worlds, I was struck by the amount of hoist left on the luff and foot. It looks like the sail and boom could be raised at least six inches. Tom Beaton said the original spar design accommodated cotton sails and the need to accommodate the stretching over time. So I’ll take advantage of the extra room make the boat more useable.

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Caroline returns. I owned this Bullseye in 1985, just before Jon and I bought Sjogin. She’s now in the care of our good friends Valerie and Paul. I was pleased to learn that she’ll be based at Beatons after years on the Navesink.