Under the deck
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.
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Deck wood.
My mother told me last week that the deck wood for the yacht was taken from an old office desk in the saw mill at Tayport, Scotland, where my granddad worked in the 1930's. The mill is long gone but it's history can be seen here: Saw Mill, Tayport I guess my granddad used whatever materials he could get his hands on! At least part of the mill lives on today on the deck of the yacht.
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