We are now passed the halfway point with the re-ribbing of Gwalch with 24 done already. Following instructions from Arthur, Keith and I have cracked on with it. We have now drawn Neil Roobottom and Neil Appleton into the “ribbing…
COD ribs are made from North American Rock Elm. Your common or garden European Rock Elm wont do — its not flexible enough. It is also resistant to water and besides marine use its apparently used in the funereal business,…
The floorbeams that came out were mostly in two halves. By putting them together a template could be made to make new beams using 1.5ins. thick oak. This is were we missed having a bandsaw. Rod Yates sourced the timber…
Last June Llandrillo College officially opened its new MBEC Centre, for Marine, Building and Environment training and it is a first class facility. The Marine workshop provides training for NVQ levels in most aspects of boat construction and repair including…
We numbered up all the deck beams before removing them. Most of them are shot and need replacing but we will use them as patterns for the new ones. All the old paintwork and anti-fouling has to be removed, inside…
The CODs are not lightweight dingies! They weigh a ton and with a fixed keel require substantial support and careful handling (or lots of strong and willing bodies!) As we were going to do a lot of work on the…
Gwalch had been donated to the CYC a couple of years ago after suffering a few years of neglect and abuse. It was stored in the stable in Sychnant with other COD’s. It seemed to us that it might be…
Kandahar had been languishing outside at Gallow’s Point at Beaumaris for about 25 years. Brian Lee and David Gallichen had been meaning to restore it but had never got round to it. When approached, they were happy to donate the…
This BLOG will be a diary of the progress we are making to gettiing our COD’s back on the water.. THE “CodBlog” — An ongoing progress report on the COD Century Project for restoration of CODs. CODBLOG 1 : A…