I am restoring a pond yacht, built by my grandfather , James Melville and a Mr. Ingram in Tayport, Scotland, in the early 1930s. The hull is 55 inches long x 13 inches at it's widest point ( beam ). The mast is 62 inches tall and the boom is 33 inches long. She weighs 26lb. The measurements and weight and classic lines are consistent with a classic 6 Metre yacht design, popular with model yacht builders in the 1930s.
Saturday, 28 March 2015
Starting to strip
The first thing to do was to strip off the canvas skin on the hull which was coming away and very uneven.The canvas came off quite easy to reveal a planked hull, with lots of nails and gaps.
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