Sea Minor, a John Welsford Navigator.

This blog is about Sea Minor. I'm not sure about the name but that is what she was been called by the man who built her and changing a boat's name is a tricky business because you have to avoid upsetting Poseidon the god of the sea.

Sea Minor is a Navigator, a boat designed by John Welsford. Her vital statistics are: overall length 4.5m (14ft 9in), beam 1.8m (5ft 10in) and design weight is 140kg (309lbs). You can read more about this design at http://www.jwboatdesigns.co.nz/plans/navigator/index.htm.

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Thursday, 22 December 2011

Into the Workshop

After 2 days of rearranging and throwing stuff out there was enough room in the shed for Sea Minor. She will be in there for at least a month while I do the necessary woodwork and a complete repaint before she can go for a sail.

A couple of pictures show that she fits in the space with enough room to walk all round. There is still a bit of tidying up to do in the shed and a lot more to do with the stuff that has been evicted!


As you can see she fits nicely on the building frame that was used for my Acorn 15.



The photo below shows what is left of bulkhead 2. There was a seat in front of this bulkhead, where bulkhead 2 changes from yellow to grey, that was also cut away. The first jobs are to repaint the inside of the compartment behind bulkhead 2 and make a pattern for the plywood to fill the hole. The round hole is in bulkhead 1 to allow ventilation of the space.

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