Kalamari

This is another fine example of a classic yacht. Although I have heard that it was a commercial boat at one time before it burned. The classic yacht features were added in the reconstruction. Kalimari was in our shop for some time getting 75% of the keel and stem replaced. We also put this lovely transom and swimgrid. The cockpit was removed and a water draining cockpit was installed in it's place.
What a beauty

New wheelhouse

This is Native II. This is a typical repair to a fishboat house. Usually the original plywood rots out and then affects the timbers. Fortunitly for this boat the carlins were not to badly damaged.

Storm damage

Here is an H28 that was badly damaged in a storm. Nothing a couple of new planks can't fix. Now just imagine what it would have looked like if it was fiberglass!!

Euphmia is coming in.

We are looking forward to having Euphimia in the shop. She will be fitted out with new garboards this go around.

Teak doors

Here is an example of shop testing. No research lab necessary. The video shows a door being tested in the shop for stiffness. Interesting that the weak point of the door is right in the middle where the two panels meet. The objective of this test was to see if the doors were strong enough to hold back water, lots of water, 254 cubic feet of the salty stuff.
This was required by Transport Canada as the doors that were just for privacy now need for stability and safety.
We had no interest in tearing out the Teak doors and replacing them with steel doors, so we had to come up with something acceptable. First we tested the doors, then we split the door in half and epoxied Maranti plywood in between. The customer was very happy to have the original doors while Transport Canada was able to certified them. How great was that!

Our tall ship friends

Here are a couple of great boats that we work on. Passing cloud and the Duen have recently passed the latest round of Transport Canada regulations. The Owners of these vessels deserve metals for being ahead of the game.