"She" has a name

With the painting almost finished it was great to apply the name to my yacht. Grace is my mother's name and fitting because at age 10 she co-skippered the yacht with her father, James around 1940.

Hull painting

I'm happy with the hull paint so far, I still need to apply the gold line but the roll ordered was faulty and looked like a bad attempt with a very wobbly brush.

Looking like a green shark!

The wobbly coach line which was like this over the whole 10 metre roll.

Looking good!

Waiting!

Waiting for sails, paint,deck fittings and the time to get on with it!

RC instalation

Rough fit of winch and rudder servos, sturdy construction of pine laminated and skinned with glass cloth. I was advised to over-engineer this by My friend Howard, I think it will last a few years!

Mast & boom

The mast and main boom were covered in years of grime and paint spots, after a good rub down, varnish and new brass eyes there looking great.

Rudder

The rudder, shaft and tube were removed and cleaned a few years ago so just needing re fitted in the hull and glued into place.

Inside the hull looking at the brass rudder tube

All fixed in place

Monsoon Yacht.

I need to get more practised at model sailing and I'm getting a bit impatient with the restoration. Iv'e just bought a Monsoon RC yacht,MONSOON ready to sail so I can feed My need to sail,NOW!!