After looking through hundreds of suggestions from the pupils of Law Primary and whittling them down to a shortlist of six, North Berwick’s community boat builders and future representatives of the town in rowing races against their neighbours have chosen the name “St Baldred” to be given to their first “St Ayles skiff”, a four …
General: NB001 inside hull sealing and undercoating commenced. The temperature in the shed has still been cold this week and this has had an effect on the time taken for the sealer and paint to dry. The keel for NB002 is being worked on in the workshop. Details: NB001 inside hull is now sealed and the first undercoat …
General: Progress has been made on NB01 with the inside hull now sanded and ready for the painting process to commence. The keel for NB02 is being manufactured in the workshop Details: NB001 inside hull is now sanded and ready for the painting process to commence. The first batch of sealer and undercoat has arrived and a coat was …
NB001 top inner rail is now completed installed. Frame tops installed and templates being made to allow the manufacture of the beams and thwarts (seats). Note this work will not prevent the painting of the inside hulll when sanding is complete. NB002 planking has gone to schedule this week and is now 100% complete. [flickr photo=14302190271 …
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The boats and equipment require a lot of maintenance if they are to have a long life, and we are dependant on club members to perform this maintenance. The worklist below shows maintenance tasks that are required, if there is no name assigned to a task – and you feel you could perform, or assist …
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