Thanks to David Ide, we now have a new, very impressive sign board for the transom. Instead of routing the lettering as before he has cut every letter individually from wood and fastened it to the board (without any spelling mistakes!!). The mounting board has been finished in black gloss enamel which sets off the gold painted lettering a treat. Well done Dave.

The recent storms had played havoc with Tom Sherrin’s shelter and work had to cease as the area was now open to the elements. The ‘shrink wrap’ side coverings were ripped away and part of the corrugated roof had freed itself from the scaffolding and was hanging precariously down.

David R and Glynis managed to slot a couple of pieces of wood underneath the corrugated panels to wedge them up as a makeshift repair to secure the roof.

As for the sides, an appeal was put out for tarpaulins etc. and today, David’s O & R and Alan secured the tarpaulins and taped up some of the side coverings. So Tom Sherrin (and the volunteer workforce) are now sheltered from the elements again.

The Deck fill is moving ahead conditions allowing thanks to Dave O

This week the team have completed scrapping the bottom, all antifoul that was loose or in poor condition has been removed ready for the primer.

The shipwrights have commenced work on the keel.

The end of last week we managed to fill and sand back the WH roof, this took a lot of hard work and was very tiring, this mid week we were flooded out, so progress was a bit slow.

Hopefully this next week, we can pick up the pace again.

Recently those people working on Tom Sherrin were treated to a selection of cakes

– or fruit as a healthy option!