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We have her salvaged tender in the maritime museum boat shop here in Jersey. I’ll get some pics next time I’m there. It was under water for a few weeks so still decided what we will do with it.

Great to see you back jstar. I’ve had a similar experience of finding ferrous fastenings in odd places on Desiree but my assumption is that these fixings have been replaced by cash strapped later...

Not wooden but a terrible shame nonetheless. Eleonora E, replica of the schooner Westward, founders after being hit while berthed.
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It’s been a long time since I’ve done geometry but are you sure it’s a parabolic curve you want Larks and not a simple or elliptical curve? Just noticing the chart title on your spreadsheet. Is it...

Hi Colin,

I had a quick look at the brochure for the Furunu and it claims to receive down to 100khz which would let you receive public AM broadcasting. If you tune an SSB set to an AM broadcast it...

You got it MV. I was trying to find some pictures for you but unfortunately the website is down so I’ve only got a few I found on my phone for now.

The ‘flagship’ of the fleet is Fiona 108J. A...

Love the updates MV. What proportion of the people in your photos are volunteers? Does the museum have many employees?

I can only dream of the amount of activity you show for the museum I...

Good find Greg. If it works as well as the video suggests it’d be a game changer.

I contacted the UK supplier that I found and with the postage it’s over £80 GBP. I need to find out if the...

I don’t have anything to contribute Greg but new to the forum and have read your thread from start to finish and learnt a lot for my own project. Enjoyed your work so much I was sad to have caught up...

Cheers George but if you had a suggestion that didn’t involve me spending a couple hundred hours stripping paint that would be great!!

The upper piece is indeed supporting the bunk, I’m not even...

The local mill has a pretty limited selection. For the last year or so it’s been Euro and AW Oak, Iroko, Sapele and Tulipwood. Everything else including Ash and WR Cedar would be special order with...

As much as I would love to do a true restoration, I think myself and the museum are pretty pragmatic and acknowledge that funds and volunteer labour are in short supply. I believe I could make the...

The fence panels behind (from the view of the camera) are mine and I’ll be taking them out anyway to replace the fence posts which have rotten where the planter spilled soil on them. The panel on the...

Thanks very much all for the tips and thanks Lupo for the detailed explanation. The tree is nothing special but developers recently cut down a line of gorgeous old firs next door so as a matter of...

Hi folks,

I moved to this property fairly recently and discovered that the planters in the back of the small courtyard garden are rotten and need replacing:
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Quick update on progress. Haven’t had much time lately due to illness but got back to it in March and making decent progress with the combo of heat gun and also a Bahco carbide scraper which does a...

Great tips thank you. I’m pretty sure I’ve got a knackered blade with my osc tool so I’ll try some of the nastiest sandpaper I can find.

Moved the ballast aside and started removing the paint today. Strip discs on the grinder wore away extremely fast and the 6” DA sander was pretty ineffective and clogged quickly so I’ll change tack...

Terrible weather this weekend so just spent a few hours. We managed to salvage a load of construction timber and ply from one of our sister museums which will be used to build a shelter to keep her...

It looks to be delaminating on the inside but will need to get the diesel tank out to have a proper look.



No, of course. I started in the autumn so wanted to get an idea before the weather...

Thanks John, Guernsey is beautiful but obviously nowhere near as good as Jersey |;)

I remember her being dry when she first came to the museum but after a period on the hard she leaked badly when...

Forepeak with hatch above and hanging locker to starboard:

http://i.imgur.com/rJtgJrUh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ADofx9nh.jpg



Saloon looking aft showing engine and heads:

Saloon:

http://i.imgur.com/K9LKNTVh.jpg



Coachroof with portlights:

http://i.imgur.com/19vbTFyh.jpg

Now for the image spam...





View of the port side after a few days of sanding to inspect the condition of the hull, which is generally good under the 20+ coats of old antifoul. The...

Hi WoodenBoaters,



I'm a volunteer at the Jersey Maritime Museum in the Channel Islands and slowly starting a restoration of Desiée-Jacqueline ON 165746 (known to all as Desiree).


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