Saturday 25 September 2021
Sunday 19 September 2021
News from Cygnet Wooden Boats September 19, 2021 at 05:28PM
RESTORATION OF CHARLES BAILEY JUN'S 1892 RACING YACHT ROGUE. With the recent restoration and return to the water of Charles Junior & Walter Bailey's 1895 Racing Yacht IDA and our restoration of their 1896 Racing Yacht TE UIRA, it is wonderful also to see the restoration continuing of Charles Jun's first Racing Yacht, ROGUE x MURITAI. Started in 2007 and now continuing at Horizon Boats under the supervision of Master Shipwright Wayne Olsen in Auckland New Zealand, ROGUE'S restoration is nearing completion. The restoration from 2007 is beautifully chronicled and photographed here: https://ift.tt/3nLonnC ( With thanks to the owners of ROGUE for the pictures)
Thursday 16 September 2021
Monday 13 September 2021
Sunday 12 September 2021
Saturday 11 September 2021
News from Cygnet Wooden Boats September 11, 2021 at 08:49AM
UIRA UPDATE NO 20. A TOUCH OF GREEN AND A NEW KEEL. AND BOAT BUILDING 101! UIRA lost her original lead keel to bullets during WW2 but the hull survived due to her then owner Charles Marshall. Charles Marshall's love affair with UIRA lasted 40 years and only relinquish ownership on his death on the 3nd of April 1953. When rediscovered in 2018 UIRA was still fitting with the keel made of steel punching's from Marshall's manufacturing company and concrete! To recreate a new lead keel as close as possible to the original we took into account the shape of the existing concrete keel and reports from newspapers at the time of her launching that stated that UIRA had a short length of bulb keel between 4 and 5 tons. Taking all this into account and the weight of UIRA'S hull at 3.6 tons, add into the calculation her waterline length of 30ft and draft of 7ft and a ballast ratio between 60 to 65% a keel of 4.3 tons should do the job! Calculations done, now just create a plug to create a mould in which to pour 4.3 tons of moulted lead! Ganz einfach! 😊 Jeremy, Matt, Iefke and Andrew have also been busy with the teak deck seems now sealed and ready for sanding, the toe rail is in place and painted ready for the teak capping. Big thanks to Iefke Van Gogh for the recording the progress through her wonderful photographs and thanks also Martin Clowes!
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