In order to seal the hull and give a smooth finish to paint  ,I will coat the hull in glass cloth used for skinning model planes, from Scottishborder models
I have never worked with this , so I'll practice on the hatch cover first.

Inside the hull

The hull in general is in good condition but needing to be a bit more watertight in parts.
I poured yacht varnish in the hull and gave it a swish about.This took a while to dry and was a wee bit messy.

Hull inside.

This shows the gaps in the hull ( outside macro X10 )

Rigging.

After a short rummage about in an under the stairs cupboard I found the boom arm of the yacht rig.The boom is in good condition and fits to the mast base ( not sure how ).

Boom arm.

As far as I'm aware there is no jib parts, I do have the rudder and it looks OK. Don’t know how efficient it will be though.

Hopefully when the rigging is done it will look something like this.

A bit more rubbing down done today and a hatch lid made.

 

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.

I was given the pond yacht over 30 years ago from My uncle, My brother in law had it for over 25 years where is sat in storage. I had forgotten it existed until he offered it back to Me and so the journey to restoration begins.

Anything beyond this point is an old blog and has nothing to do with pond yachts, but feel free to read.