AT17

AT17
The blog will now be devoted not to boat building but to my 82-year-old Vertue, Sally II, now undergoing a well needed refit at Johnson & Loftus in Ullapool (and gliding...)

Thursday, 14 April 2016

Progress

Getting there, in a rather desultory way, but the pace quickens and a deadline is looming.

Nothing much to say other than to point out the use of larch for the steamed timbers, rather than  oak which I find has a tendency to go brittle and break over the years. Never found that with larch which steams well and is more predictable.


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