Arrival at Portsmouth – December 2015
1 Arriving at Portsmouth December 2015
2 The Lift Out
3 The Lift Out
4 In good company
5 In position
Restoration under way – October 2016-February 2017
6 Decks removed for survey
7 Some temporary deck installed
8 Safety rails added. Engine hatch removed
9 Safety rail support
10 Easy access or a new M.O.B ladder
11 Daylight in the Engine Room at last
12 Forepeak exposed
13 Repositioning the Forward Samson Post
14 Cockpit and wheelhouse with decking removed. Note access ladder – it is a long way down!
15 Wheelhouse
16 Port side deck removed
17 Repairs to the Bows
18 Under the Wheelhouse deck, Port side
19 Cockpit Port side aft
19a A neat piece of work
20 New timbers under the cockpit deck
21 Removing the wiring
22 One of the new Dorade boxes
23 Inside view of the Dorade Box
23a Dorade Box – How it works
24 Pipework under the Starboard Fuel Tank
25 Starboard Fule Tank ready for removal
26 Propellor shaft before disconnection
27 ….and after
28 The Bows
29 The Bows
30 Preparing the foredeck
31 A neat scarf
32 Preparing for deck beams
33 Port side foredeck
34 Saveall exposed
35 Saveall before removal
36 Saveall – slightly damaged by a foot!
37 Engine removed. Port side
38 Engine removed. Starboard side
March – 2017
39 Deck supports taking shape in the bows
40 Aft bulkhead in the cockpit takes shape Starboard side
41 Aft bulkhead in the cockpit takes shape Port side
42 Martin cleaning the engine room
43 Engine Room looking a little cleaner
44 Save-all cut in half and ready for transport to Poole
45 Fuel Tanks ready for removal by College staff
46 Fuel tanks ready for removal
47 Space vacated by the Port fuel tank
48 Space vacated by the Starboard fuel tank
49 Progress at the Bows
50 New beams on the bows
51 Even more new Beams on the bows
52 Mast unstepped
53 Progress at the Stern
54 Counter deck taking shape (port side)
55 Counter deck
56 Temporary support for wheelhouse roof
57 Wheelhouse without the Portside bulkhead
33 Working on the engine
59 Looking much cleaner now
60 A great improvement
61 ……but still plenty to do!
April – 2017
62 Safety rails in place
63 The Bows from within
64 Showing how the sheer plank is cut to remove it
65 Sheer Plank removed – outside view
66 Sheer Plank removed – inside view
67 Sheer Plank off cuts
68 Richard removing the Insulation
69 Behind the Insulation
May 2017
70 Two happy workers
71 The new sheer plank nearly finished
72 Richard preparing fuel tanks for transport
73 Jacky and the fuel tanks ready for trip to Poole
74 Knee – starboard quarter
75 Port aft wheelhouse bulwark awaiting completion
76 Starboard sheer plank nearing completion
77 The Mast prepared for transport
78 The Tom Sherrin information banner
June 2017
79 Letter from I.B.T.C.
80 A very neat repair to Portside cockpit coaming
81 Work to be done
82 More work to be done
83 Will it never end?
84 Wheelhouse with windows and much of the Port side removed
85 Portside sheer plank under repair
86 Tom Sherrin in her new position
87 Tom Sherrin in her new position
July 2017
88 The Skeg
89 The Skeg drying out
90 Nigel relaxing
91 Painting started at last
92 Painting started at last in the forepeak
93 Painting has commenced
94 Where has the nameplate gone??
August 2017
95 The Engine having a well earned rest
96 Still scraping
97 Trevor hard at it with a mechanical sander
98 …..and more scraping
99 ………with protection against Trevor’s dust!
100 Skeg repair Port side
101 Skeg repair Starboard side
October 2017
102 Drying out is taking its toll
103 Some of the bits and pieces which have to go back in again!
104 Looking worse before it gets better – we hope.
105 The new publicity sign on the wheelhouse roof
106 The new publicity sign viewed from the balcony
